UMASS/AMHERST * llliiiilllili 312066 0333 3134 1 LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SOURCE,. CQlLe'ge,....^U_rLa5. c ^ s The :^ AMERICAN r^ FIvORIST A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR THE TRADE. VOLUME VI. CHICAGO: AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. The American Florist. ^NTor^uajcR vr. August 15, 1890 to August O, 1891. czrcDi^TTErisnr^. Illustrations are indicated by an A Acacias • Acscia Rlceana AcalyphBs Agave A oierlcana Advertise the flower show AdvertlslDg eihibillons Advertising, Points on Advertising, Some facts and flgnres Advertieing. More about Advertisirg wisdom Advertising facts and figures Advertising for retail florists Advertising. One way of ^gopodium podagraria fol. var Agricultural seeds Allamandas in summer ■Allegheny Park conservatories. . .879 Ameiican Chrysanthemum Society.. American Seed Trade Association.. . •Andromeda specioaa Answers to questions - Anthuriums Ants. To drive away Aquatics, Wintering tender Arallas 400 Araucarias, Mult-plication of Are we the sinners? Aristolochia Goldieana Aristol ochla grandiflora Aristolochia ornlthocephala Arrangement of flowers. . .817, 820, 840 At Toronto next August Awards at exhibitions Azaleas •Azaleas 910 Azalea Deutsche Perle of Madame B Badge business. The 139 467 Baltimore 18. 163, 403. r.l3, 632. 740 943 Baltimore flower show 717 Bambusa Fortune! varlegata 609 •Basket 618 920 •Basket, Flat 8ti5 -Basket of lilacs 883 •Basket uf orchids '.I''.' •Basket of spring flowers 6U 'Basket. Steamer 818 •Baskets at N. r.thow 719 801 Battleof flowers. A 814 Bay Ridge, N. Y.. Notes from r.ll Bedding. Plants available for (»10 •Begonia Clementina? t'34 •Begonia of new Erdody type 281 •Begonia Perle Humleld 283 •Begonias. Rex and shrubby 281 Begonias. Tuberous 4S2 Bennett. Henry— obituary 43 •Berberls StenophyllaX 326 Bignonia venusta 878 • Blister beetles 161 Blue pansies — 960 Boarding plant? 9 283 Boston lil, 91, 110. 140. 163, 166, 226. 233, 261, 277, 310. 321. :«0, 402, 421, 436, 474, 606. 629. 568, 638, f67. 684, 702. 720, 741. 763. 783, 803 824. 845. £84, 903, 923, 943. 964, •IS4, 1004. "Boston Chrysanthemum show. Views at 199 201 Boston convention. Programme of. . 2ti •Boston exhibition. Group of plants Boston. Map of 25 Botany at Harvard University 919 'Bouquets at N. V. show SOI Brick flues. Cleaning 313 o •Brides bouquet 5 Brooks place, Milton, Mass., The.... 6 Buffalo 69S, 7S2, 825,852, 868,934 S Bulb dealers talk on shipments 6 Cacti. Rare ■98 Cactus plants not dutiable 948 Cactus society, A 792 •Caladiums, Fancy 401 Calanthes, Deciduous .. 1'60 Calanthes for cut flowers 422 California, Early days of trade In. ... 2S6 Callas, Diseased '-(U Calllcarpa purpurea 493 Cal ystegia pubescens 624 'Campanula persicifoliaalba 383 Campanulas 3^3 Campylobotrys retulgens SC'.i Canada. Notes from 397 •Candytuft. Specimen plant of 403 Canna seeds. Germination of '.(I2 Cannas as scarlet Easier flowers 6,W Cannasln winter 139 Cannas, Some •''■''•i •Carludovica palmsefolia ■'' •Carnation as a pot plant 419 Carnation blooms cut 398 41'. Carnation contest 517.518 IJ.O Carnation controversy, The MO 610 Carnation culture 720 •Carnation Daybreak 399 •Carnation Edwin Lonsdale 360 Carnation Excelsior 508 Carnation flowers one dollar each... 338 •Carnation H.B.Chlity 361 Carnation Hinze's while 399 •Carnation Hoosler 381 Carnation Lamborn 313 378. S99. 417, 462, 606. 693, 61U. •Carnation Lizzie Mcaowan. House Centaurea ruthenica 94!) Centaurea americana 66 Cemetery superintendents to meet.. 970 Chicago 16, 67. 91, 116, 140, 170. 1S9, 206, 232, 239, 260, 278, 314, 323, 344, 3r,3. 393, 412, 432, 436, 476, 500, 648, 600, 638, 668, 691, 702, 718, 7J1, 774, 781, S04, 824, 864, 884, 9C3, 932, 912, 944, 963, 984, 1003. Chicago publiclibrary 348 Christmas prices 362 Chrysanthal etymon 260 400 •Chrysanthemum Beacon 340 Chrysanthemum bee-fly 222.268 320 •Chrysanthemum Christmas Eve, House of 321 Chrysanthemum Etolle de Lyon 240 Chrysanthemum-Its western history 157 •Chrysanthemum Mrs. 1. D. Sailer.. 268 Chrysanthemum seed 303 Chrysanthemum Society, American. 1 Chrysanthemum synonyms 136 •Chrysanthemum Waban 303 Cbrysanthemums-A : Chrysanthemums, A r Chrysanthemums, An Chrysanthemums-Be , 418 Carnation Mrs. Fisher. ... Carnation notes 204 Carnation, The 629 Carnations at A vondale 234 Carnations at Corfu 6C8 Carnations at exhibitions 242 Carnations— bone meal for 283 •Carnations, Bunching 338 Carnations-Chicago notes 400 532 Carnations— Heavy expenses 532 Carnations— Hinze's and Hill 081 der 3'.« Carnations— Lamborn vs. Hinze's... 4,H5 Carnations— Lamborn vs. Mrs. Fisher 532 Carnations, New '283, 360 379 Carnations, Frizes for 488 Carnations— Rootingcuttingsln sum- mer 982 Carnations— seasonable notes... 4, 93 139 Carnations— shaded glass 283 Carnations-solid beds and raised benches 182 Carnations— The "Divine Flower"... 760 Carnations, Tying up 242 Carnations, Winter blooming 484 Carnations. Wire supports for ...234 264 Carnations— wire worms 90 Cattley a eldorado 980 CattleyaGaskelliana 980 Cattleya superba SSO •Cattleya Gaskelllana 184 •Cattleyas 663 Catalogue making i 931 Chrysanthemums -catalogue classi- Chrysanthemums -Clalmlng names Chrysanthemums Chrysanthemums -dollarsand cents 510 Chrysanthemums Early 14 Carysanthemums -Experiments in 25' s for cut flowers... 27' Chrysanthemums -Growing exhibi- 456 •Chrysanthemum grown by Japan- •Chrysanthemum s. House of at J. A. 27 ChryLnthemums How shall we Chrysanthemums -Japanese names Chrysanthemums -New early 13. Chrysanthemums -Nomenclature... 13J Chrysanthemums Notes on 45 Chrysanthemums -NotesfromSiaten Chrysanthemums - Philadelphia Chrysanthemums - Prospective Chrysanihemuma — yuestions ac- swered Chrysanthemu 01, 91. 1£8. Chrysanthemum seedlings of Isil. ... 181 Chrysanthemum shows— Chicago 177, Orange, N. J. 179, Erie, Pa. ISO, Short Hills. N. J. 183, Philadelphia 197, 222 and 23S. Boston 200, Indian- apolis 202, Baltimore 203, Montreal •301, Toronto 204, Sprlngfleld, Mass. '305. Minneapolis 215. Detroit 205, New Bedford, Mass. 210, Haritord, Conn. 216, Worcester, Mass. 217, Germantown, Pa. 217. Oshkosh, Wis. 21S. Washington, 2l,s, Cincin- nati, 21S, Syracuse, N. Y. 21s. Buf- falo 219 London.Ont, 230, Newport, R. 1.220, Louisville, Ky. 220, various oilier points 220, •Leipzig, Germany. 261 •Chrysanthemum. Single stem and single flower 181 Chrysanthemum, Specimen 920 •Chrysanthemums, Trained 181 Cineraria, The 264 303 Cineraria, Cultivation of the 682 •Cinerarias, House of 683 Cincinnati 612 613 Clematis recta 66 Cleanliness in the greenhouse 723 Clerodendron Thomsons 962 Cleveland 424.454 818 Climbers 211 Climbers, Some useful 962 Climbing plants. Some useful 822 Cobaea seed. Sowing 714 •Coelogyne crlstata for cut flowers.. . 86 Coleus Golden Verschaffeltii 230 Color 297,306,317 367 Color— A symphony in pink 167 Color arrangement for wedding dec* Color, Arrangement of flowers with respect to 4SI Color chart, The 634 614 Color effects of flowers 800 Color harmony among flowers 856 Color question. The 10O3 3olors as they appear In photo- graphs 932 Combat of flowers, A 734 onservaiories Allegheny Parks 163 ^ Conservatories of Mr. Chas. Dlssel.. 6'.i9 ;onservatorles of Mr. W. Brown.... 368 Conservatory, Falrmount Park, Philadelphia 713 Construction, Wrinkles In 972 ]o-operative scheme 174 Coreopsis 114 Corsage bouquets and bouton- nleres 711 Cosmos 139 Cost of production 120 962 Credits 316 '.86 Crinums and pancratlums 418 •Cross. The casket 842 •Croton varlegatum 567 Crotons 666 Crude oil for fuel 406,444 466 Customs regulations 642 688 •Cut flower boxes 800 Cut flowers. Marketing 2 181 Cut flowers. Packing for shipment,.. 918 •Cut worm. The variegated 680 Cutworms Cm 762 Cyclamens 610 Cymbldlum Mandalanum 880 Cyperus in decorations 611 Cyperus papyrus 337 •Cypripedlums 666 567 Cyprlpedlum, A rare 718 •Cypripedlum Arnoldlanum 114 Cypripedlum BoxalU, Varieties of... 932 •Cypripedlum caudatum forms 8SII Cypripedlum caudatum var.Luntll.. 68 Cypripedlum Curtlsil 468 Cypripedlum Insigne miens HI Cypripedlum Latliamianum S72 Cypripedlum Lawrenceanum tat. pictum Ill •Cy tlsus canarlensls 802 •Cy tisus racemosus 802 Dahlia growing Dahlias, Propagation of . Daisy. A good white •Davallia pallida (Mooreana) Davalliao •Decoration, Ball •Decoration, Stair •Decoration, Table •Decoration, Wedding •Decoration, Wedding, at N. Y. sho •Decorations, Arranging plant. . Decorations, Ball •Decorations, Table, at N. Y. show Dendrobium tbyrsiflorum var Dendrocbilum flUforme Denver. Colo •Deutzia candldissima fl. pi Deutzias Diabrotlca twelve-punctata Dlchorisandra undata Dlsa grandlflora Drawing rooms at N. T. show Dutch bulbs, Growing in America. Duty on plants— A favorable decisio Easter in London Easter plants Easter plants and flowers Easter trade— Reports from all i Bleagnus longlpes Epldendrum nemorale mojus.... Epiphj Hums •Bpiphyllum truncatum, Varictiei Eristalis tenax Sucharis amazonica Eucharis. The . A. F.,Meet- G Geraniums— cost of production 1 Geraniums, Silver leaved : Gladioli. Criticism on i Gladioli of recent Introduction •Gladioli, New 1( •Gladiolus bulbs. Cheap trays for... ! G lass. Butted 1 Glass, Single and double thick. ...Oil ; Glazing i Glazing, Butted glass in 624 ! Glazing, Payment for I Gloxinias '. Good time with Mr. Maule, A ; Government seed dep't t Government seeds. The 1 Government seed shop for Is'.U ] •Greenhouse benches 1 Greenhouses, Construction and pres- ervation of c Greenhouse improvements i Greenhouses, Modern '. Greenhouse palms i Greenhouses, Practical ' •aypsophlla in floral arrangements. ; ; grouping of 345 Euphorbia heteropbylla fol. Euphorbia jaquinisBflora Executive Comn ingof ' Exhibition arrangements '. Exhibition at Short Hills, N.J 4 Blhlb.tions 358,466,4taf Exhibitions, Advertising 'i Exhibitions, Awards at 'Mi: Exhibitions, Management of ^''0 ; Exhibitions, Preparing for W3 t Exhibitions, Prices of Fairfleld, Conn., Notes from 5 •Fairmount Park, Phila. , parterre at 7 Ferns for cutting 2 Ferns for exhibition '^ Fern notes •" Fertilizers for greenhouse crops 1 Floral arrangements 01,531 s •Floral canoe ] Floral designs. About.... •Floral designs. Various.. Floral difficulties •Floral lam p •Floral pillow Floriculture in central Texas Floriculture In the south 346, 380 Floriculture In the U. 8 Floriculture in D. S.— Tabular statis- nardy flowers •Hardy flowers, Exhil •Hardy plants. Effect: Harrisiiandcallas Ueatlng, Overhead Hellanthus Maximillani Uelianthus rlgtdus •flibbard, Shirley-Obituary Hollyhock disease, A new •Horticultural building at World's Fair Horticulture an art Horticulture in America Hotbeds Hot water under pressure I'.il, 262 •Hutchison, James— Obituary Hybridization Hydrangea paniculata grundiflora. . . •Hydrangea. Specimen Ill-natured criticisms Indianapolis Insuring greenhouses against Are. •Irises, German Iioras .258. 301 . Flower garden. The . . Flower of Luna, The. •Flower show and ch Kerles, Thomas— Obituary. •Laslia purpurata Legal notes— A boiler transaction... Legal notes— About chattel niort gages Legal notes— Acts of God, etc Legal notes — A few words about trade marks Legal notes— A cut flower contract.. Legal notes-Consideration valid oi , Com- Flowers by telegraph. •Flowers in boxes. Arrangement of . Flowering plants. Notes on Foliage plants. Some useful For boy graduates Forcing Romans and narcissus Foreign notes 51, in, 294. 334 For Toronto Fraser, Alexander— Obituary Freight vs. express •Fuchsia. A giant Fuchsia beetle. The Fuchsias, Older •Funeral design. New Funeral designs Fungus in cutting bench Fungus In propagating bed . Funfela grandlflora •Funkia Siebokll Funkias an executor. 8T8 Legal notes— Duties Legal notes— Duties of witnesses S Legal notes— Fiduciary capacity 5 Legal notes— Full bloom and over- Legal notes- Law talk for a sick man 1 Legal notes— Liability of shipper and carrier i L»gal notes— Mistakes of law and of fact 3 Legal notes— Response to Query 7 Legal notes— Wife's separate estate, t Legal notes— Bights of infants 10 •Lemoine, M. Victor Libonlas 1 Llgularia Kiempferii var 5 Lilies, Copper sulphate for 3 Lllium Harrisil 7 Lillum Harrisil. Failure of a t Lillum Walllchianum superbum 6 • Lily disease. The ■LlncolnPark Chicago, View in. ..423 1 "Listen to my tale of woe"' 8 Lloyd, Allen— Obituary 638 Looking backward 859 London letter 634 67T LonK Island notes 4. C6, 114, ISO, 240, 280, 3j|^"|j«:0, 703, 742, 8'U,B22,860, 693, Lycaste i •Magnolia stellata Magnolias Manettia bicolor Marketing cut flowers 3,1 •Masdevallias Massachusetts garden, A famous. . •Mass. Hort. Society, Annual exhll Mass. Hon. Society, Annual rose Ma's. Hort. Society, Rhododendron show 6 Mass. Hort. Society siiring exhibi- •Mass. Hort. S.ciety spring show, Views at 679,6S0e Mealy bug. The 1 •Mignonette, Giant 7 •Mignonette, House of at J. N. May's i Mildew and black spot. New remedy 350, 635, 646 846 Minneapolis — M in neapolisput)llc library. •Missouri Botanical Garden, The, •Mosquito catcher plant. The Palms, Greenhouse •Pampas plumes, Harvesting. . Pandanus Pandanus, Beautiful seedling. . •Pandanus utilis Pandanus mills. Seeds of , Paris Paris letter Passiflora violacea •Passiflora Watsoniana Passion flowers Paterson, N.J •Pavilion Horticultural Gar Toronto •Pelargoniums. Show Penna. Hort. Society spring eh •Phaius Humblotii •Phaltenopsis amabllls Phalienopsis, Fine Philadelphia 8, 70. 91. 115, 140, 14 228, 2112, 279, :«4, 3!'.i, .■)70. 43.'^, 47 605, 6U5, i;i2, r.37, l',.K, ill J, 692, 7l ID, S.S5, 9J4, 943, IN ,1004. •Phlla. Ch 1 show, views 219i Myosotia dissltlflora. Nanz, Henry Sr.— Obituary. Narcissus and Romans •Nasturtiums National flower. The Nephrodlums Nepbrolepis Newplants . 563 New Yc ; 141, , Itll, 207, 232, 2-8, 312, 324, 344, 311;, 384, 402, 4'23, 436, 467, 606, 630, 570, 612, 038, 668, 697, 700, 717, 740, 763, 804. S24, 845, 861, S85. •New York exhibition, View at. . . .657 689 New York floral notes 401,438, 462,630, 612, 630. New York Howor market 737 New York parks 093 New York show. The 718, 765 •New York show-Drawing rooms... 758 New York show. Floral arrangements at 7o9 Nomenclature committee S. A. F.486 824 Non-warranty of seeds 748 •Norton.M. H 62 Notes on Louis Siebrecht's place.... 224 Not so criminal 636 •Odontoglossums Odontoglossums and t Oh io law on old accoui •Oncldiums Orange, N, J Orchid, A rare •Orchid arrangement ( •Orchid house 658 Orchid Illustrations 654 Orchid pests 660 •Orchid pot. New 922 Orchid, The murderous porcupine. . . '226 •Orchids, Arrangement of 511 Orchids at W. S. Kimballs 998 Orchids— Cultural notes 630 SS3 Orchids for cut flowers 554 •Orchids, Group of E63 Orchids, Hunting in ItnJ 894 •Orchids in conservatory of J. L. Orchids, New 114 •Orchids, Prize group of 668 Orchids, Some choice 770 Orchids, South American at home. . . 880 •Orchids, Various 607. 609, 631, 633 656 Ornamental fruited plants 358 P Packing plants for shipment 1014 Painting wood 872 Phyllanthus nlvosus 5C9 Phyllocactu8,The 254 •Pillow of flowers 487 Pittsburg and Allegheny 772 •Plant decorations. Arranging 243 Plant8,A few useful. 519 Plants available for bedding ;.. 660 •Plants growing on mossed wall 9*22 •Platycerium grande JOI Platyceriums.... 700 Poinsettia, The 343 Points on advertising 348 Poison hog-meat plant 41 Poor man's primer. Extracts from.. 32S Popples, Iceland.... 192 Postage on dried plants and cut flowers 1012 Postage on plan ts 1132 Presby. Charles M. -Obituary 804 Primula sinensis var. Pallanzas 900 Primulas, Hardy 978 Pritchard. Richard— Obituary 244 •Prize offered by Am. Florist as Pronunciation of names 'Mi Providence 246,646,648 923 Pterls 778 •Pieris Victoriaj 779 Pyrethrums hOS Pyrethrums, Double 1 •Red spider. The 6 Relations of employer and employe. 265 Renanthera Storiei 6 Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. So- Romans and Root lice and ants 'Rosamultitiora, Vase of I Rosa nitida Rose and the gardener. The Rose, Anew Rose beetle. The Rose Climbing Perle, The 'Rose forcing houses. Modern Rose house, A model Rose house. Substantial Rose Mrs De Graw Rose Souvenir de Woolton Rose sports •Rose Waban Rose white La France Roses— A free discussion Roses, Bedding •Roses, Bowl of Madame de Watte- ville '. Roses, Dutyon Roses, Early hybrid Roses, Essay on. . Roses- Fertilizers Roses, Giant Banksia 1 •Roses, House of hybrid . Roses in solid beds Roses— Mixture for mildew i Roses, New 1 Roses— Number of blooms cut. 63, 112 : Roses, Our American 1 Roses- Propagation in the south.... i Roses-Returns per square foot t Roses-Seasonable notes... 62, 88, 133 ; Roses— Solid beds versus benches. 88 ] Roses. Souv. de S. A. Prince and I paliuotio Ml r. In conTenilon at Boston .. Itt a6rlo»-l)bllu«ry 80t 8Md advertlslnii contest .i™ 618 BMd noveltlaa. Notes on 738 r80 Seed warranty 368, 5(2, 018 012 (Medsmen's convention 803 Seeds- Decision redardlnR duties. .. . 708 Beeds. Duty on «1 Beeds, Non-varranty of 718 Beeds, Tariff on 122 Belavlnellas as Bbading Kreenbouses 684 •Shaw, Henry 46'.i Shipping CO. I> 3<6 Shipping out flowers 664 'Show pelargoniums 89;^ SUva of North America, The M Slugs and snails 872 Snails 7S •Society Am. Florists at Wellesley.. i:5 Society American Florists, Boston convention x^ Society of American Florists, The... 422 Society of Indiana Florists, The i I'.i Solanum jasminoldes granditlora... 139 Solanum jasminoldes var. granditlo- ram 1000 Springfield, Mass., Amateur Hort. Society 5 460 Springfield, Mais 116,612 Spring Howers— May 4 Spring perennial, A Succulents Summer fiowers suitable for cutting Summit, N. J., Notes from Stach ys lanata •Star of violets and Roman hyacinths Steam heating 610,650,626 Stephanotls, The St. Louis 116,163 St. Louis public library Street fakir, The •Stnily In pink and white, A Summer Howers for cutting Symphony In pink, A Syracuse, N. V 286,452 •Table center piece •Table decoration Tamarlx sinensis Taste In arrangement Termes tlavipes, Koller. ... •Terrace Gardens, Kichmu Thallctrum adiantifolium. . Thunbergia laurlfolia Title fora turnip, A Toronto 20, 2W, 402, 670, 090, 803, 885. WIS, »23, 1112, 1134, 1183, 1004. Toronto meeting. Program ii77 Townsend, B. F —Obituary 421 •Trade display, Chaapel's '-3H Trade displays 246 •Tropn»olum inajus. Varieties of 3 •Tropajolunis 2 Tuberoses at Christmas 339 Tuberous begonias 482 •Tuberous begonias, House of 483 u ntica.N.T 261 Vanda . Vanda Cosrulea G3£ Vase of Auratum lilies '■ Vase of Catherine Mermet roses. . . S3S Vase fllled with ro8es(R.multiflora)H)0; Vase of hardy flowers and foliage.. HSl Vase of hardy tree and shrub bloom 971 Ventilating apparatus. Inexpensive 80^: Victoria Embankment gardens S2t Views on Gardner estate itSlt, iril it.;': Violas 92; Violet, The S2C Violets, A big crop of out-door S21 Violets two years 711 Visit to James Dean's, A 03* W Wall fiowers ! Washington 148, 277, 402, 430, 633, 631, 644, 828, 874. 1143. Water and watering U Watering and ventilation ! Water supply. Cost of i •Wedding reception arrangement... I Weekly paper, A 1 Wellesley Wells, Levi B.— Obituary What one amateur has done 1 White an ts White flowers. Scarcity of in fall. .41 •Window arrangement J Winter blooming plants Wooly aphis and scale i World's Columbian Exposition 12, 144, 3211, 366, 510. •World's Fair Horticultural building t •Wreath of early fall flowers 1 •Wreath, Well arranged : Y •YachtCIub design ! z Zinnia Tom Thumb Mmerica is "the Praw af the Jlesseh there maij be more comfort Rmidshius, but we are the Srst ta touch Unknown Seas," Ifol. VI. CHICAGO AMD NEW YORK, AUGUST 15. 1890. With Supplement. Ho. 12'. f iHiii /Ai!ii®J@Mi lF(L@L@s@ir Published on the ist and isth of each month by The AMERICAN Florist company. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $1.50. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, A I BOSTON, MASS., August 19, 30, 31, 82, 1890. M JOBII Boston, Ma88., Loais, Mo., presiden CONTENTS. To Boston Boston hotels The American Chrysanthemum Society . . . Prize list Mass. Hort. Society Nasturtiums (Tropaeilum) Marketing cut flowers Varieties of Troppeolum msjus (illustration) . Carnations— seasonable notes Long Island notes Exhibit of hardy flowers {with illus) Splingfield, Mass., Amateur Hort. Society . . Orchids— a rare orchid —Mass. Hort. Society The red spider (with figures) . . Leaves of advice from a limb of the law xv . . Carludovica palmcefolia (with illus) Philadelphia vas^ofauratum lilies (illus) G. and F. Club of Boston Transportation of plants Boarding plants World's Columbian Exposition lU-natured criticisms Cata ogues received Coming exhibitions Seed trade Overhead heating News notes Chicago ^ . . . . BOtimore t . . . . Toronto, Ontario Bjston notes ; . . . Map of Boston Programme Boston convention Convention notes Railroad Rates.— To secure the rate made by tlie passenger associations when going to the Boston convention this month you will pay full fare going and when purchasing your ticket ask for a certificate of such purchase from the agent selling you the ticket. This when countersigTiecl by the secretary at the convention will be an order to the Boston agent to sell j'ou a return ticket at one third fare. Ticket agents are supplied with blank forms for the certificates. Any FLORiSTwho can manage to get to Boston next week and fails to improve the opportunity will certainly miss a most profitable and enjoyable week. Philadelphia to Boston. The Florists' Club of Philadelphia will go to Boston via. the Fall Kivev Route. Those wishing to travel with the party should address for further information, John Westcott, 1514 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, or Chas. D. Ball, Holmes- burg, Philadelphia. New York to Boston. Tlie New Yorkers and Philadelphians will travel to Boston via. the Fall River Line of steamers from New York, leaving the latter city at 5:30 p. m. August 18. The rate is one and one third fares for the round trip. Address applications for state-rooms to J. N May, Summit, N.J. Cost of state-rooms is in addition to price of ticket, and are $1 and $2 each according to location. Each room ac- commodates two persons, and a saving can be effected by two arranging to occupy one room. Chicago to Boston. The Chicago Florist Club has arranged for special cars from Chicago to Boston via the Niagara Falls Short Line, leaving Chicago at 9 p. m. August 17 and arriv- ing at Boston August 19 at 9:55 a. m. The rate of one and one-third fares for the round trip amounts to $25.35 by this route. Owing to the very advan- tageous arrangements made for special sleeping cars, the Chicago Florist Club has decided to bear this sleeping car expense on the tt^p down, and cordially invites all western florists who can make it convenient to travel via of Chicago to make use of these cars, free of expense to them. Club members are entitled to the same privilege. Send applications to G. L. Grant, secretary, 54 La Salle street, Chicago. From West of Chicago and St. Louis. As the Western Passenger Association has refused to make a reduced rate to the Boston convention, florists in the territory of this association will be obliged to pay full fare to some point in the Cen- tral Passenger Association's territory and secure the reduced rate from that point on. The cost of the trip can be reduced to the minimum by buj-ing a straight ticket to Chicago, then purchasing a ticket from there to Boston on the cer- tificate plan via. the Niagara Falls Short Line, and take advantage of the free sleeper tendered them bv the Chicago Florist Club. Buffalo to Boston. The florists of Buffalo and vicinity will go to the convention via. the West Shore Railroad, connecting at Buffalo with the train bearing the delegation from Chicago and the west, on August ISI Members located at stations on the West Shore road between Buffalo and Albany who can arrange to take the same train should do so, as the larger the party the merrier. Those starting irom Buffalo may secure information regarding tickets, etc., from Daniel B. Long, 457 Main street, or E.J. Mepsted, 479 Main street, Buffalo. Boston Hotels. Following is a list of Boston hotels at which arrangements have been made for delegates to the coming convention of the Society of American Florists. It is ar- ranged according to distance from the convention hall, beginning with the nearest: Northward from Horticultural Hall. Name and Distanc- Rate location. from Hall, per day. Tremont House, Headquarters, Tremont St oppsite *j3.oo 5.00 Parker Houte, School St I sqr. t 1.00300 St. Nicholas Hotel, Province St ^ " t .75 1.00 Boston Tavern (gents only), Washington St i " f i.oo 2.00 Sherman House, CourtSqiiare i'4 " f .75-2.00 Young's Hotel, Washington St. & Court Sqr. . 2 " t 1.00-3.00 Crawford House, Scollay Square 3 " t 1.00-2.00 Quincy House, Brattle St 3 " * 2.503.00 American House, Hanover St 4 " *" 2.50 Revere House, Bowdoin Square 5^ mile f .75-1.50 SOUTHWARD FROM HORT. HaLL. Adams House, Washington St 4Eqrs. =*"■ 3.C0 Hotel Reynolds, Washington St 4 '* * 3.00 Victh's Hotel, Tremont St 5 " f 1.002.C0 United States Hotel, f >^ mile t i.co Beach St 1 * 2.50 3.00 Hotel Brunswick, Boylston St \\i " * 3 50-5.CO Hotel Vendome, Commonwealth Ave . ... \V, " * 3.5o-5.co * American plan, f European plan. The American Chrysanthemum Society. The progress of the societj' has not been as rapid and pronounced as those who have the welfare of the chrysanthe- mutn at heart had hoped and expected. There are causes for this seeming apathy which unfortunately has delayed the good work a year. It can not be that a subject of such vast importance as a national chrysanthemum society for this country can be put off either by whims or caprice. Therefore, let all who are interested and especially those who have been with the promoters from the com- mencement determine to get together at Boston and make a start which can not be called back. There is much to be done to get this worthy society on a safe foundation, but it can be done, for the chrysanthemum has now taken a place in horticulture which can not be displaced by eifher fickle fashion or some good men's deeires. The American Florist. Aug. IS, Any advice and assistance looking to- wards the permanent establishment of the A. C. S. will be thankfully received by any of the officers at any time, whether it be at a meetiug of those interested or through the medium of the colunms of the Florist or by private advice. There is one matter which it is to be regretted can not, this j-ear at least, be accomplished. I refer to an exhibition under the auspices of the A. C. S. To do so would involve gi-eat expense to the society, which al this time it is not jjre- pared' to bear. But there is one thing wiiich it can do and that very easily, which is to open a register in which all named seedlings be recorded prior to their being distributed. It sliruld bedone before circulars or catalogues are printed, so as to avoid duplication of names. An effort was made in that direction last autumn, but the idea did not take shape earlv enough to be of much benefit. There are several duplications in last year's lists of novelties, which sooner or later will cause much unnecessary eon- fusion. Just as soon as a seedling chrys- anthemum assumes such decided charac- ter that it is thought worthy of dissemina- tion a name should be given and for- warded immediately to the secretary of the A. C. S., and if there is no other chrysan- themum on the register or in cultivation of the same name it would then take its place in due form. This is more necessary in this country than any other at present, owing to the climatic conditions whereby seed is so easily and successfully ripened. I trust the above will meet with favor with all importers, seedling raisers, and those who purchase new varieties. Edwin Lonsdale. Prize List, Annual Exhibition Mass. Hort. Society, Boston, Aug. ig— 22. All articles for competition and exhibition must be ready for examination by the committee at 12 M. on Tuesday, August 19. The exhibition will be open to the public at 3 P. M. on Tuesday, and will close at 9 P. M. on Friday. Special Prizes. H. H. HUNNEWELL PRIZES. No. 305 Coniferous Trees not Natives of New England— Disp'ay in pots or tubs, named $15 $10 OFFERED BY R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 306 Annuals — Best display, not less than 100 vases, a piece of plate ot the value of 25 THEODORE LYMAN FUND. 329 For the best Floral Design, and best kept for three days, to be examine.d each day, and the prizes awarded the last day, the Lyman Plate, value 35 30 25 BY THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. A For the best decoration of mantel- piece and fireplace. Plate.. . . 75 50 OFFERED BY ABRAM FRENCH & CO. B For the best Floral Decoration of Dinner Table. Plate ....... 60 40 OFFERED BY THE "AMERICAN FLORIST." C For the best named collection of Hardy Herbaceous Flowers, with foliage, from Herbaceous Plants not having woody or shrubby stems, and all Hardy Bulbs, fill- ing 100 bottles, with not less than 75 varieties. Plate 40 30 OFFERED BY HENRY A. DREER. D For the best collection of Dwarf French Cannas Cut Flowers and foliage, by amateur exhibitors. Plate 25 15 E For the best collection of Gloxinia Flowers, by amateur exhibitors. Plate 15 ID OFFERED BY PETER HENDERSON & CO. F For the best collection of Seedling Verbenas of not less than 10 vari- eties, Plate 25 15 OFFERED BY PARKER & WOOD. G For the best 100 vases Asters, 3 in each vase. Pceony and Victoria flowered, not less than 12 vari- eties of each. Plate 25 1 OFFERED BY "AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST.' H For the best di-play of named spec- imens of Ornamental Foliage, Hardy Trees and Shrubs, tilling sobottles. In books ofthe value of 12 OFFERED BY J. C. VAUGHAN. I For the best collection of Dahlias, not less than 24 named varieties, filling 100 vases. Plate 2 J For the best collection of Liliputian Dahlias, with buds and foliage, filling 50 vases, 3 in each Plate I OFFERED BY BENJAMIN GREY. K For the best display of Nymphieas and other aquatic flowers and plants. Plate 25 1 OFFERED BY SIEBRECHT & WADLEY. L For the best collection of Orchid Plants in bloom. Plate 25 1 M For a Single Orchid Plant, to be judged by points. Plate ] OFFERED BY JOHN GARDINER & CO. N For the best collection of Gladioli, filling 100 vases. Plate 25 1 OFFERED BY THE "AMERICAN GARDEN." O For the best collection of Foreign Grapes. Plate 25 ' OFFERED BY THE BOWKER FERTILIZER CC P For the best 2 bunches of Foreign Grapes, one or two varieties. Plate 15 : Q Best collection stove and green- house Cut Flowers. Plate. ... OFFERED BY GEORGE JOHNSON & CO. R For the best collection of green- house Peaches, Apricots and or Nectarines, 12 specimens each. Plale 25 PRIZES OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY. 307 Palms— Pair, in tubs not less than 24 inches in diameter. . .... 15 30S Pair, in tubs not less than 20 309 Pair, in tubs not less than 16 inches in diameter 10 310 Pair, in pots not less than 12 inches in diameter 8 311 Greenhouse Plants— Six green- house and stove plants, of differ- ent named varieties, two Crotons admissible 30 25 312 Single plant for table decoration, dressed at the base, only one en- try admissible 10 8 313 Specimen Flowering Plant— Sin- gle named variety S 314 Ornamental Leaved Plants— Six named varieties not offered in the collection of greenhouse plants, Crotons and Dracceuas not admissible 20 15 315 Single specimen, variegated, named, not ofifered in any col- lection 6 5 316 Caladiums— Six named varieties . 6 317 Ferns — Six named varieties, no Adiantums admissible 10 8 318 Adiantums — Five named varieties S 5 319 Tree Fern— .Sgl specimen, named . lo 8 320 Lycopods— Four named varieties . 5 32: Dracaenas- Six named varieties . . 8 322 Crotons — Six named varieties, in not less than 12 inch pots ... 10 S 323 Six in 6-inch pots 6 5 324 Cycad— Single plant, named. . . . lo 8 325 Nepenthes— Three plants, named 6 326 Orchids— Six plants, named vari- eties, in bloom 12 327 Three plants, named varieties, in bloom 8 32S Single plant in bloom 4 Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum ) What wc know as nasturtiums arc in fact tropa!olums. Nasturtiums proper belong to a different famih' of plants altogether; the common water cress (N. officinale) being one of thetn. The common nasturtiums, or trop.co- lums rather, may be divided into three sets, namely, the common tall nasturtium (T. majus), the dwarf or bedding nastur- tiums which arc diminutive varieties of T. mains, and Lobb's nasturtium (T. LolilnaiHiml which is the tall one so nuR'h grown .is .-i greenhouse plant as well as for outdoor purposes. Ot each of these sets we have many varieties differ- ing from one another mostly in color of bloom, and often also in the shape of the Powers, tint of the foliage and rankness of growth. The common tall nastutiiiums (T. majus) are most alwaj'S increased from seed and treated as summer blooming annuals. And the seeds when young and tender are gathered and pickled in vinegar for table use; the young flower-buds are also treated in the same waj'. The differ- ent varieties as atrosanguineum, dark crimson; coccineum, fiery red; luteum, yel- low; roseum, rosy, and Scheurmannia- num, scarlet striped, come pretty true from seed. The dwarf nasturtiums afford us the largest number of varieties, and seed catalogues teem with them. And we have a yellow-leaved variety esteemed for its colored leaves, and double-flowered varieties that have got to be perpetuated from cuttings. Among tall nasturtiums T. Lobbia- num is my favorite. It affords us a greater variety in color and lorm than does T. majus, besides it is more florifer- ous, more perennial and less rank. The varieties come moderately true from seed, but we propagatemost of our stock from cuttings. We use it considerably in summer planted out against trellis fences or spreading on the ground, and we grow it in the greenhouse for winter flowers. For winter-blooming we propagate it in July or .\ugust, grow it in pots and run the vines on strings under the rafters of the carnation house. When planted out in beds they grow too rankly and bloom too little; when grown in pots, growth is curtailed and blooming enhanced. And it is a very nice scarlet flower to have a lot of in winter. .\mong other tropaeoltims, the canary- bird flower (T. peregrinum) is a common annual of our summer gardens. Tropjeo- Imn tricolorum from Chili is a fleshy rooted species grov^'n in greenhouses in winter on wire cylindrical trellises; T. Jarrattii after the same fashion is often grow^n with it. Tropaeolum speciosum is one ofthe prettiest scarlet-blooming vines ill cultivation, a native of Chili, and ap- jiarently hardy, but very unsatisfactory licre. In many parts of northern Euroi)e it is the crowning glory of the garden. TropjEolum pentaphyllum, T. polyphyl- liiin and T. tuberosum are three other species of great merit as summer decora- tive perennials but wc have got to take tlicm on probation. They have tuljcrous roots, and are hardy only on warm,well- diaincd land and under a mulching; those who grow them usually dig up the tubers ill fall and winter thent under cover as they do Ipomavi and other tubers. The tubers of T. tuberosum are cooked and used for food in South America, and also in some European gardens, but they are tnighty poor eating. W. F. Marketing Cut Flowers. I was much interested by Mr. Raynolds' ]).iper on marketing cut flowers, read ijcfore the Chicago Florist Club and pub- lished in yottr issue of May 15. While the paper is certainly a very clever and exhaustive review of the subject it seems to ine that at least one of the statements made is of vcrv (loiibU'ul accuracy, and on this statement the whole strength of tlic argnmeiit (Icpciuls. While it IS ccrl.iinly true that cotild we sell our now wasted flowers at even a low figure our profits would be enor- mously incrcixsed, yet I can not lielieve tli.it there are tens of thousands of buy- ers awaiting a reduction in prices to take i8go. The American Florist. \I^R\t■^\t3 OT "VROPtOLUU ^WViS. our surplus stock. In the very lieighth of the gay season when flowers are most expensive, a poor persf)n can Iniy a l)nnch of bouvardia, mignonette and ricliutrope for a sum which any one having more than enough ibr tlie bare necessities of Hfe can easily afford. By this I do not m«an that at Christmas or Easter this can be done, but on nearly every other day of the year— and when they can get these and many other beautiful flowers all winter we have no right to assume that they are waiting to buy roses and orchids. The poorer classes can not afford handsome pictures, furniture or statuary, then why should we suppose they are willing and anxious to buy the choicest productions of our art? It seems to me that Mr. Raynolds is assuming that flowers are a necessity, and to a limited extent this is true. Thev are necessary to those whose wealth enables them tc possess everj-thing that art and nature can produce, and who are therefore able to cultivate their taste for the beautiful, but it would be absurd to say that the bulk of our population fav- ored in worldly goods must have the expensive flowers cheapened for their especial benefit. I do not believe that this is so, but on the contrary, that cut flowers are, generallv speaking, sold to the iKsl ,»,.ss,l,lc .Mlv.-inlagr'Yor both grour, .(11,1 (Icakr. flic iKilural concln- si(.ii then IS that ourluisniess has reached that stage where the supplv is greater than the demand. With usin the eastern cities this IS only partially true. For the present our efforts must be directed towards producing the largest possible quantity of first class blooms during the holidays, the party season and at Easter. There is room for much improvement in this respect, for by unskillful manage- ment we growers have time and again The American Florist. Aug. 13, i'ailed to respond to the cariKst appeals of the dealers for more stiill, and thus indirectly caused the trtnictulous over- production at other times. It seems verv possible that this over- production will' always exist li) a certain extent under our present social condi- tions, but by careful study and skillful management' the growers can do much to lessen its evils. That the commission system is in any way responsible for ovrproduction and consequent waste is difficult to believe. For many growers it is decidedly the best way of disposing of their merchandise. For our business is fast liecoming one of specialties, our growers are year by year curtailing the number of varieties grown uiuil in the near future we may expect to find one man growing nothing but mignonette, another only La France roses, and a third only carnations, with the result that w^e will have finer and cheaper mignonette. La Fratice and carnations than is possible under present mixed con- ditions. It would then be impossible for any florist or number of florists to make contracts for a grower's entire clip, as in the days of old, and either commission men must handle our products or we must have a market of some kind. Theoretically nearly every grower favors a public market, but practically there are many almost insurmountable objec- tions, and the tendency seems to be the other way. In New York, for example, the commission men seem to handle by far the larger portion of the trade and it is understood that the best growers there are satisfied that it should be so. Can it be allowed that a good commission house is too favorable to the retailers? Is not the commission man's profits dependent on his securing as much as possible for his consignees? I feel confident that the trouble arises from competition and not from the commission system when proji- erly carried out. In conclusion my object has been simply to suggest ideas for more able minds to improve upon and I earn- estlj- hope that this subject will be thor- oughly discussed at our Boston meeting. John Welsh Young. Germantown, Philadelphia. Seasonable Notes. Carnations should now be making rapid growth, in faet from this date up to September 10th they ought to get in their best work of the season, I notice the space between the rows of plants is gradually becoming smaller, which of course means a proportionate increase in the size of the plants. The weather so far this season has been exceptionally favorable to a sturdy development and vigorous habit, the rains which have been abundant seem to have come about the right time in almost every instance, consequently the growth has been almost continuous from the very time of set- ting out. It is quite an interesting study to note the great diffl;rcnce of habit that exists between the varieties, Silver Spray, for instance, seems bound to start upwards and it is only by dint of coiisl.-int atten- tion that this sort can Ijc made to keep any where near the ground, while Tidal Wave raised and sent out by the same firm, hugs the groimd so closely that it does not aj)pear to have a leg to stand on. Portia is also pretty much of the latter habit, while Grace Wilder if not watched closely is liable to wander oft' and become somewhat scraggy; drawing out the center of the main shoot early in the season, however, brings her lady- ship to terms and will greatly aid in forming the basis of a stock plant. It is important at this time of the year to look closely to the plants from time to time, say once a week at least, removing all buds that appear, also all shoots that show a tendency to start off into flower; constant practice of this kind will greatly assist in attaining a uniform growth, so that when the time comes for the regular August or September stopping an even field presents itself for our work. It is also very important that the ground be kept free from weeds; keep the hoe mov- ing and mind that no grass or other weeds are allowed to establish themselves near the stem of the plant, as such can only be removed when large at the risk of disturbing the plant. August is the month when carnations seem to enjoy themselves to the very fullest extent, the cool dewy nights of that month appear to act as a double stimulant, under the exhilarating effects of which they seem fairly to advance at the double quick. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., July 28, 1890. Exhibit of Hardy Flowers. We present herewith an illustration from a photograph of an exhibit of hardy flowers shown by Charles L. Burr at the annual exhibition of the Springfield Ama- teur Horticultural Society, Springfield, Mass. Among the flowers shown were Digi- talis hybrida, pjeonias in variety, twenty- five varieties of German irises, gaillardias in variety, Dictamnus fraxinella alba. Coreopsis lanceolata, single pyrethrunis in variety, Potentilla formosa, Scabiosa caucasica, campanulas in variety, Iceland poppies (Papaver nudicaule), oriental poppies, sweet williams in variety, lilies in variety. Delphinium cashmerianum, aquilegias in variety ,Spirjeas VanHoutteii and Japonica, honeysuckles, and a large collection of hvbrid remontant roses. Long Island Notes. Double Zinnh, Tom Thi'mb.— After a few mrre years' careful selection no doubt we may get something good, but now, apart from dwarfness, the little chap is poor enough. Dictamnus Fraxlnella.— If you want to get up a stock of young plants get some of this year's ripened seed and sow it at once; if you wait till next springyou may get disappointed. Double pyrethrums are hardyenough if grown on raised beds or thoroughly well drained ground. If your land is not of this kind make up a raised bed and lift, divide and rcplmt llir |iyrethrums now, so as to give tluin a l;'>ik1 chance to get well rooted iRion- winter. Freeslvs.— These are bulbs that don't deteriorate by cultivation, they rather improve and multiplj' exceedingly. X'fkmikxas I'lv'OM si'Fn.— Friend Miller from l.lius ,.r purples, and still in the crate percentage of these colors. The brighter and purer the colors the more favored they are. Francoa ramosa is a Chilian saxifrage and a very desirable greetdiouse flower- ing plant. I raised a lot of it from seed last spring and planted them out in May and lost nearly all of them. Better to have grown them in pots and kept them indoors cr in frames. There is money in cactuses.— Mr. E. S. Miller, of Floral Park, the most suc- cessful propagator of cactuses in the country, will read an essay on succulents at the Boston meeting. Now, if 3'ou want to know anything about cactuses, the most desirable kinds to handle and how to propagate them, and where to gettheiinds you can not readily prop- agate at home, and any other pertinent questions you please, come prepared, and when you get Mr. Miller on the stand remember "He that questioneth much shall learn much." Tuberous Begonias.— The finest lot that I have seen this j'car are growing, planted out, in cold frames covered with sashes which are whitewashed and ven- tilated by being tilted up at the sides. China Asters.— Veitch's Empress and Burpee's White Oueen are our earliest asters. Both are of dwarf, even compact form, very prolific and bear large, full double, pure white flowers of the finest kind. I don't see any difference between the two. Clematis Davidiana is one of our best, non-elimbing, hardy, herbaceous sorts, and it now is in full bloom. The flowers are blue, small, crowded into terminal and axillary bunches and very fragrant. I have always propagated it by division and also by root cuttings. But I was at Hallock's the other day and there saw thousands upon thousands of thrifty young plants that were raised from seed, it has never ripened seed with me, and we have a good many large, old, stock plants of it. Single Hollyhocks.— No doubt it is because of my crude and uncultivated taste that I have no favor for these. And I know in hollyhock season that the double flowers only are sought for and this too by people who pride themselves upon their fine esthetic taste. From seed sown now we can get up a nice stock of young plants that we can winter over in little space in cold frames and plant out in spring to give us good flowering stock next summer. Montbretia crocosmi.eflora.— "Let me give you a point in growing it," said Dr. Wolcott Gibbs, of Newport, to me the other day. "Leave it outside in the ground over winter and mulch it deeply." "I had a surplus last year and I did that. Doctor," I replied, "and the field mice had a perfect heaven there, cut to ])ieccs every corm and honey-combed the ground." "Field mice! why we don't have an}' of them at Newport," he answered. Just so. Doctor, different con- ditions demand different treatment. The Double-flowering Corn flow- er.—I have lost all charityfor this wretch and pronounce it the most unmitigated humbug offered this season among gen- eral novelties. Salvia splendens var. Ingcnieur Cla- venad is a novelty this year. We are told that its blooms appear two months earlier than do those of the ordinary S. splendens. But this is not so. I treat S. sijlendens as an annual, sowing it in March and again in April for jilanting outside. 1 treated Clayeuad in the samc wav, and both came into bloom at the i8go. The American Florist. r'-finti r ::.-! 3uB „ljkiff-..."r^ 1 B m ! ■ 1 1 iB^'& ' «k "A. '«r- r- r .-H* M m^'* PE'S'-i f «j'^»*fi^'^:*'ii^|fV'^^^ ^^*>*#^' ■ \ *^^:r- ■ ^''f :" " " T .. " txH\e,\i ov v^^RO\ ^vonnlrs same time, and in any other respect I fail to find any difference between them. Pot grown plants of both came into bloom at ten weeks old. The dwarf gladiolus-flowered cannas have come to stay. But it isn't all gold that glitters. What with ripening seed, spent flower spikes and withered and decaying blossoms, these cannas in their most flourishing days display a good deal of raggedness. And if we would keep them looking their prettiest we should pick the dead flowers off every day. Save your canna seed and sow it and try to get something unusually good and new. Most of them set seeds freely and the young plants bloom the first year from seed. Don't think that all the good cannas are raised in France, the finest gladiolus-flowered canna in existence, so far as I know, has been raised from seed in America. "Artemisia annua" furnishes "a great quantity of its charming foliage and beautiful green sprays of tiny buds, and of such delightful fragrance." No doubt opinions difler, and mine is this: This annual is a rank and stinking weed , ob- jectionable as a garden plant and inad- missible among cut flowers. "Ah, 'John!' ah, 'John!' thou'lt get thy fairin ; In hell they'll roast thee like aherrin!" Not a bit of it. I have just learned tliat you have given to the M. E. Church Society of your village the ground on which to build a new church, also donated $1,000 in cash to them to help build the church. This generositj- we will accept in extenuation for your highly fragrant chamomile, your "Great Cyclone Plant" and your misnamed "Ipomtea gracilis." "The Last" Novelty.— Henry CanncII of England, has got a double-flowered calycanthema Canterbury bell, which he illustrates and describes in his catalogue this year. He styles it "The Last," and feeling assured of his safety placidly in- forms us that he won't be able to offer it for sale for three years to come. It may be interesting news to Mr. Cannell that he is not alone in the possession of this novelty, I have got it in full bloom now (August 4) and it has been continuously in bloom since the middle of June last, and a friend at Flushing to whom I gave some plants also has it in flower. The three years' grace, if it will last for three years, consists in the great difiiculty we experience in getting the plants to set seed; instead of setting seed like most any other Canterbury bell it keeps up a desultory blooming of misshapen flowers and ignores our anxiety for a crop of seed. The Springfield, Mass , Amateur Horti- cultural Society. This is a popular society, gotten up and conducted on popular principles. A prominent member of the society writes to me regarding it, and as his letter con- tains a good deal of what is novel and suggestive in the getting up of a horticul- tural society, with hio permission, I append the following: " Oiu' society is only eighteen months old, it was organized a year ago last January. It has over400members. The life-membership fees are 50 cents for men, and 25 cents for women. We have no annual dues, and have got to make all our money from our exhibitions, and joining the society. And instead of being bankrupt, as one might think, we have about $400 to our credit. Besides pay- ing our expenses we have one of the nicest little halls in the city that we hire and hold meetings — two a month — in for dis- cussion of fruits, flowers, etc. Our great success is due to our interested, active members. We have got most all of l^he people wlio grow flowers to join the society, anil when they came to the meet- ings they g(jt intercsteil and came again and so the thing has prospered. I think that every city of 10,000 or more people should have a society of this kind. On account of the great interest in flowers that has been inspired by this society, there has been an immense increase in the quantity of flowers planted in this city this .season, over what was ever planted in it in any previous year. Our exhibi- tion last month (June) was a grand suc- cess in every way,andwecleared between $200 and $300. We placed our tickets .at the low rate of 10 cents each, and we had a large attendance." \y. F. The American Florist, Aug. 15. A Rare Orchid. A visit to the famous orchid "ren- dezvous" of" W. S. Kimball, Rochester, N. Y., alwa3'S reveals some unique and scarce orchid which his excellent "lieu- tenant," George Savage, has brought to the highest degree of perfection. The plant in question, Renantliera Storiei (Stone's), syn. nephranthera, a relation of the grand vanda family of which Vanda Sanderiana is the most striking, was introduced from the Phillipines about nine years ago. It is excecdinglj- rare and seldom in a healthy condition. W. S. Kimball's plant would give a reverse idea. It measures 8 feet in height, and when seen in flower bore an immense spike of flowers 2 feet in length and branching considerably. It could not have borne less than 110 flowers which were more than 2 inches across. Dorsal sepal and petals dark orange, lower sepal broad, of a brilliant crimson, lip small, deep crimson with small yellow bars. Beside the above there were a great many species and varieties in flower, in- cluding grand varieties of odontoglos- suras, of which Harryana was the most distinct. Some fine specimens of Cattleya aurea, the most beautiful of the golden cattleyas. The rare C. Manglesii, a de- lightful hybrid between C. labiata Ludd- manniana X C. Loddigesii. The Iffilias were also represented by L. xanthina, L. amanda, a supposed natural hybrid, probably C. intermedia as one parent, the other with equal probability being L. crispa or L. lobata. A grand galaxy of cypripediums was also in flower, the most prominent of which was a peculiar tinted variety of C. Curtisii, etc, etc. A great many other species and varieties too numerous to mention were also looking their best. The lily pond upon which great atten- tion is bestowed, is filled with all the leading aquatics. The Nelumbium spe- ciosum was apparently at home, as was also the ancient paper reed of Egypt, Papyrus antiquorum, used in the time of the Pharoahs. Among the last things we noted was a remarkable specimen of the Dutchman's pipe, Aristolochia ridi- cida, the latter name describing it to a T. H. A. BUNYARD. Mass. Hort. Society. A delegation from the committee of arrangements went on a tour of inspec- tion to the incomparable orchid houses of F. L. Ames and E.W.(5ilmore at North Easton recently. Wm. Robinson, gardener for Mr. Ames, acted as conductor and entertainer on this occasion, and the committee were well pleased with what they saw and enjoyed. Probably there is no one in this vicinity who is such an adept in growing orchids as Mr. Robinson, and it is a real pleasure to listen to his enthusiasm when going the round of the numerous houses over which he so ably presides. Although this is usually the barren season when but few orchids are in bloom, yet we saw some very fine specimens. A Lycaste Deppeii with 100 blossoms was a fine plant. Some 15 varieties of cypripediums in bloom, one of which, C. WalUsi, was exceedingly beautiful, the outside of the slipper being a soft InifT in color .-ind the insidewhite morocco with pendent petals two feet long. Tlie c.ittlcyas were in flower to some extent, there being 25 varieties showing bloom. The most beautiful one was C.Dowiana, a buff and crimson flower of superior elegance. Epidendrum radicans had been in con- tinuous flower since February. Oncidium Zebrinum was showing a flower stalk over 20 feet long and promised a fine effect when the buds expand. Odonto- glossums and masdevallias in great num- bers were in fine bloom, also angra:cums, vandas and cycolabiums. In the plant houses we found a great variety of plants in flower, such as tuber- ous begonias, lapageria, both rubra and alba, gloxinias, etc., intermixed with fine foliage plants, making one of the finest collections in the country. Mr. Ames' houses and grounds are always open to the public and can be visited at all times, and visitors will always find there curiosities in plants and flowers that can not be found in any other collection. We were welcomed at Mr. Gilmore's by Mr. Greaves, but as our time was limited we made only a hurried survey. The usual neatness was mani- fest, and the orchids and plants presented a very healthy appearance and consider- able bloom. Mr. Gilmore's houses are not nearly as extensive as Mr. Ames', but his collection has been made with great care and with a view of growing only the best in the limited space he devotes to plant culture. Both places are open to the public and visitors are always welcome. ^ni^ects anil ie)i^eaiSe/^. Conducted by Chaules F. Baker, Agricu tural College P. O., Ingham Co., Mich. Send specimens of unidentified insects an diseased plants to him at above address. The Red Spider. iTetranychiistelariiis, Linn.) ' Perhaps no insect can so vex the florist, when circumstances allow, as the red spider (T. telarius, Linn). Almost every florist has had it to deal with and each can attest to the destructive character of its work. Leaves of plants in the green- house and garden, especially roses, are sometimes seen to be covered with yellow blotches. These may be due to some fungus, but more often, if closely exam- ined with a magnifier, may be found to be covered with large numbers of the red spider in different stages of growth. The systematic class Arachnida includes spiders, scorpions and mites, the last named constituting the order Acarina. This order is divided into a number of families as follows: the TrombidiidjE, in- cluding spinning and harvest mites; the Bdellida;, including snouted harvest mites; the Hydrachnidse, including water mites; the Gamasidae, including insect mite-parasites; the Qxodidse, including the ticks; the Halacarida;, including the marine mites; the Oribatidaj, including the beetle mites, and the Acarida;, includ- ing subcutaneous, cheese, itch and gall mites. These families contain many verj- common and troublesome but interesting species. The Arachnida are not true in- sects and are distinguished from them in having four pair of legs instead of three, in having only two divisions to the body, a head-thorax and abdomen, instead of three, a head, thorax and abdomen, and in having no antenna; and also no com- pound eyes, but a number of simple ones. The mites are separated from the spiders and scorpions by several very striking characteristics. The mites never have the abdomen pedunculated (joined to the thorax by a slender tube) like the spiders and their whole bodies are in one piece, there being no grooves to mark the places of separation. Of the family Trombidiidie which contains the most highly organ- ized species of Acarina, the red spider is a type. It is one of the best examples of the spinning mites. It is on account of this habit of spinning webs that it came to be called a spider, which in truth it is not. The red spider (see Fig 1) is a very minute insect, only one twenty-fourth of an inch in length, thus appearing to the naked eye like an animated speck. In color it varies from rust red to brick red and has two brownish yellow spots on the sides. The yellowish and green forms which are often found are probably sim- ply immature. As the coats of the body are nearly transparent any colored mate- rial in the stomach would give a different appearance to the insect. The reddish colored individuals are the most familiar to the florist. Duges found on the holly- hock at the same time specimens of all shades of color. Johnston observed that on the grape vine their color varied much in intensity. This great variation at first led scientists to think them of different species, but they were afterwards sup- posed to be the same species, and this was proved by breeding them. These results might never have been obtained had color been taken as a species characteristic. Whether of th: same species or not does not make any material difference to the florist, as they are all equally destructive. The body is oval in shape, with two pair of legs projecting forward and two back, the first pair of front legs being the longest. The ej-es are twoin numberand very minute. Just under the hind portion ofthebodyis a small conical projection, which is the spinning organ. The man- dibles are short, and with their scissor- like terminal joints are fitted for cutting. Just between the mandibles is a barbed sticking apparatus. The mite eats away a portion of the leaf-skin by means of the mandibles and then plunging in its barbed sucker it draws up the cell contents. The appearance and relative positions of the mouth parts may be seen in Fig. 2, which shows the mouth and palpi, one mandible and the barbed sucker. The claws (sec Fig. 3) are specially adapted to help in spinning the web, being very short, much curved and furnished with long stiff hairs, some of which may be tipped with small globular appendages. The legs are sup- posed by some to be an essential part of the spinning apparatus, on account of the claws and their hairs being used only in this connection. The threads are drawn out and guided by the motions of the insect, its feet moving with great agility. The movements of the insect itself, however, are not at all quick, and on smooth or polished surfaces it moves with great difficulty. The egg of the red spider is spherical and colorless, and the size is propor- tionate to the size of the insect. In eight days the mite (see Fig. 4) hatches out. It is then exceedingly small, transparent, very light in color and, unlike the parent, has only three pairs of legs. After attain- ing maturity it sheds its skin when the fourth pair of legs appears. Duges says that undoubtedly it passes a short time just at this period in the immovable pupa "state. The eggs are laid and the insects spend their lives on the under side of the i8go. The American Florist. leaf, occtiring on the upper side oiilj' by accident. When established on a leaf they spin a web, fastening the threads to hairs and prominences on the surface of the leaf. While doing this they support themselves by means of bristles which jut out beyond the claw. The threads are so fine that they can not be seen even with a common magnifier until after being worked into the web. If we ex- amine the surface of the leaf beneath the web by means of a magnifier wc should find hundreds of the red spiders in all Fig. I. {After Ctaperedc.) stages of growth, from the egg to the perfect insect. It is not the feeding of a few that causes the injury, but of myriads. The leaves assume a yellowish color, or grayish green, marbled with paler patches above, while below the glistening web gives it a grayish appearance. The injury is not only shown on the present growth of leaves and flowers, but during the next year the twigs become stunted and weakened. The leaves are ultimately killed and fall prematurely. Sometimes their work causes the edges of the leaves to roll under slightly. In fact, it causes the whole plant to become sickly and finally die. The fact of their having been (AJtey Claperede.) found under stones in October caused Duges to believe that they passed the winter in that or similar situations, con- cealing themselves when the infested leaves fall. The red spider is probably found to a greater extent on roses than on any other plant, although there is hardly anj' ten- der garden or greenhouse plant that is exempt from its attacks. In Europe several species of fruit trees are subject to its attack, and in this country it has been found on the plum and (|uince. Otner plants which have been injured by it are hollyhock, calla, viola, Spirjea Thunbergii, mitella,trop;Eolum, adlumia, bean and nasturtium. The fact that often the red spider will get a firm foothold before discovered, would warn us to keep a sharp outlook for them. It might be given as a general rule that any plant showing a sickly appearance should at once be separated from the rest, the cause ascertained and then be specially treated. The red spider thrives only in a hot, dry atmosphere. It is never found in numbers sufficient to be injurious in a moist atmosphere and a low temperature. This at once points out a good preventive. Means should be employed to keep the atmosphere moist and free access given to fresh air. Plants regularly and thoroughly sprayed will not be attacked, and all plants under glass and not in flower should be so spraj-ed. The presence of large numbers of the red spider then is indicative of ill treatment. Sulphur has probably been used more widely as a remedy than any other substance. This may be used in fumes, in solution or dry. It is not used dry very often, as the other methods arc much more preferable. The solution is made by mixing one pound of sulphur and tvi'O pounds of quicklime and boiling the mixture in four gallons of water. Sulphuret of lime is also used by mixing four ounces of the sulphuret, two ounces of soft soap and one gallon of boiling water. The sulphuret and soap should be mixed and stirred while the water is poured in. It should be applied to plants by dipping them in it and to bark with a stiff brush. Sulphur should not be burnt in any quantity. It will exterminate the red spi WKBER.Morrtstown. SITUATION WANTED— By a young competent German florist and landscape gardener, experi enced in line of nursery, also capable of drawing plans. Best reference given Address H F, sail Manchester Road, St. Louis, Mo. SITUATION WANTED-By a young man in the vicinity of New York or Boston: 3 years experi- ence In growing roses, cut flowers and general greenhouse plants; sober and steady; flrst class references: American, aged 'JO years. An.\khs, Brldgeton, N. J. w ANTBD-Florlsts' w ANTED— Catalogues nd price lists of atrai :'u-H, Floriat, Crete. III. W^ light man In greenhouse; must reliable. Address Lock Box 46, Steubenville. Ohio ■rY'ANTED-200 to 600 f eet c 47 Ridge Str'e eh pipe. , N. Y. W^ w^ Wa: --,. - nations, violets, Frank gardener, good ( AV' once, handy man for Keneral ureen- 1 and triass preferred. Steady job. Tciis, 459 E. Btvision St.. Chicago. WANTED— A Kood steady man, one who under- stands the KrowlDK ot roses, bedding plants, propaKating, etc. A steady place for the right man, one who must be willing to work. He f ore nces re- quired. W. A. Buck, North Cambridge, Mass. ;iS3D Terrace S Diles of Chicago. A spler.did opportu- ;(1. 6aying business. - Florist, Chicago. lut-buiidings; good well i lew and in good order. One hour from new \orK City, and one mile from depot. Price. $4 SOO or will sell the greenhouse property lor|2.0C0. Address P. (>. Box 119, Ramsey uildings Astoria Nurseries, Astoria. N. Y. Having purchas- ed the larger part of the stock of Wm C. Wilson, and wishing to reduce same preparatory to moving to new location, offer bargains in all varieties of plants. Heating apparatus and greenhouse flxtures A BARGAIN. .\ WELL EST.iBLISHED Florist 1 sale. Four houses, well stocked and equ Must sell, for good reasons, even if at a s« Growing Ohio city of 25 000 inhabitants. Large d equippe( t a sacrific' TCD i_E:-r. 9,coo square feet of glass, within 17 minutes of New York by rail, and 45 minutes by wagon; 6,000 square feet heated by Hitchings boilers, the rest by flues. Dwelling house and sheds. City water in greenhouses. Address S. B. VREELAND. Greenville, Jersey City. N. J. FOR SALE OR LEASE. new wind mill flxtun l8go. The a merican Florist. FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-inch. 3-inch. 4-inch Duchess of Albany. ...|i2 oo I15.00 jfiS 00 Mme. Hoste 700 10.00 1250 Am. Beauties 800 1200 15.00 LaFrance 5.00 9 co 1250 Gontiers 400 8 00 1200 Perles 400 800 12.00 Niphetos 400 800 1200 Mermets 400 800 12.00 Brides 400 800 1200 Bon Silenes 4.00 700 1000 Balto. Belle, strong, 4-inch, $8 oo per 100 Gen'l Jack, 2 in. J40 per 1000; 3-in. |8.oo per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. J5.00 per 1000. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Ferns — A. cuneatum, A. decorum, Jio.oo per I GO. Latania borbonica, 5 in. $4.00, 4-in. f3 00 per dozen. is&" Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the most interestinK Novelties of the comiDK season, and those that will attract the widest attention of the Trade on both sides of the water, "*°nW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five TWew Teas of Sterling Merit, orielna- orders can be booked now. and will be filled 1 "■""^^'^THE DINGEE&CONARD Rose Growers, West Grove, ROSES FOR PLfiNTING. BROWN & CANFIELD, SFSINGFIEI.D, ILI.., Still have Fine Plants of Followino': Per 100 CATHERINE MERMET, 3-inch $7.00 LA FRANCE, 3-inch 7,00 PAPA GONTIER, 3-inch 7.00 MME. DE WATrEVILlE, 3-inch 7.00 MME. COSIN, 3-inch 7.00 DOCHESS OF ALBANY, fine, 3-inch 12.00 A few LA FRANCE and MERMET, 4-inch . . 12.00 FRCZ)< A very large stock of young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-iuch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, IMPORTED H. p. ROSES, Worked low on the Manet) suits to the florist bloomtr of cuttings WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PL.AIN, (Boston), MASS. Perl .» 8 00 S75 ( 25.00 Sonv.de Wootton. :i-ln. pots — Smilax, strong, 2'-i-in. pots Rex Begonias, fine varieties. 3-ln. pots 8.00 WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL, N. Y. C. M. PKESBY. CHAS P. AXDEBSON. JOHN HENDERSON CO., ROSKS A SPBCIALTY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDINS. TO OUR PATRONS, AND THE TRADE GENERALLY :— We are convinced that this Rose will prove of permanent value — indoors and out. Its continuity of flowering, vigorous growth, large flowers, beautiful in color and form — a true Tea — must commend it to all. Strong plants Ready April 1st, $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. All the Old, New and Forcing varieiies on hand, at lowest prices. WRITE FOR CATALOGUES AND PRICES. The OaRs I^osE (Nurseries Meteor, Mme. Cusin, Perles, Niphetos, Mme. de Watteville, Brides, Papa Gontier, Mermets, Magna Charta, and Gen. Jacqueminot. Hinsdale, May Queen, Orient, Silver Spray, Paxton and Buttercup Strong healthy plants at lowest prices. Write for particulars. California's New Rose "THE RAINBOW." READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. Diirine the recent Rose Show of the California State Floral Society "THE RAINBOW" received more admiration than any of the thousands of flowers ex- hibited, and the highest comments of the press. Stock in the best pos'sible condition at the following pricps: 1 I*lei»xt, ^1. lli l»lants, Jii«lt>. lOO I»l£nrits, ^7?%. TERMS CASH.— Remittances may be made by Draft, Postoifice Orders, or Wells, Fargo & Co. Money Orders. Description and Colored Plate of " THE RAINBOW " will be mailed on application. JOHN H. SIEVERS, SKN FRAWCISCOrCAL. [0 000 first quality Roses ^ov We offer for sale lo coo first quality Ro.scs grown from two eyed cuttings. They are in fine condil planting. Perles, Mermets, Brides, Niphetos, Safrano and Bon Silene. Price, 3-inch pots. $7 00 per 100. 4-inch pots, $10.00 per 100. SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON, S'nch pots, $1200 per 100. 4 inch pots, $1500 per Papa gontier and La France, 3-inch pots, $8 oo per loo. 4 inch pots, $12 00 per S]%TII^A.:fC. Fine, vigorous plants, from 2;^inch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. J. Ij. lalljXjCHW, CLIMBING NIPHETOS. We have several hundred fine plants of the above Rose in 4-inch pots, 15 to iS inches high. ."Mso PERLES, MERIMETS, BRIDES, BON SILENES and GONTIERS, 4-inch pots, fine plants. Write for prices, stating number wanted . SALTER BROS., Rochester, N. Y. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10,000 liealthy Roses trom 4-inch pots, consisting of Mermets, Brides, Perles, Cusins, Souv. de Wootton, Papa Gontier, La Prance and Niphetos, at ISIO.OO per 100. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. Also 10,000 SMILAX from SJ^-in. pots, at S4.00 per loO. JAMES HORAN, bkidgepokt, conn. 2,000 Strong Healthy ROSES. The following sorts from 4-in. pots: PERLE DES JARDINS, CATHERINE MERMET, MME. DE WATTEVILLE, MME. CUSIN, PAPA GONTIER, THE BRIDE, ISS.OO per 100. 1,000 Adiantum Roenbeckii, the very best Maiden Hair for cutting, from 4-:nch pots, f 8 00 per nxj. Waverly Place, ELIZABETH, N. J. ROSES FOR SALE •.'300 LA FRANCE. 3 and 4-inch $3.00 1000 CATHERINE MERMET, 3 and 4-inch 6 00 5C0 GONTIER, 3 and 4-Inch 6.00 1000 BRIDE, 3 and 4inch 6 00 500 METEOR, 3 and 4-inch S.OO Evans' Rowlandville Nurseries, STATION F, PHILADELPHIA. I2 The American Florist. Aug. 15, ITlMlE /ALK9lEilJ@^IH lFiL@@0@ir Subscription SIJ To Europe, $1.50. a Line, Agate; Cash with Order. No Special Position Guarantrcil, }uuts, 3 months, 5 per < Srdert lor les> than one-tiall inch soace no.' iccepted. I»" Advertisements for Sept. 1 Issne mnst UBACa D8 by noon, August ». Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. THF. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. In the July number of the American Garden we are instructed that the "horti- cultural interests of a World's Fair are worth}' of a broader conception and treatment than our horticulturists have proposed for them. « * * * there should be a gi-cat ulterior aim in the pro- ject, but this seems farther above the "conception of some advocates of an hor- ticultural exposition than are the clouds above the tree tops. * * * * It is evident that the leadership of this great enterprise should fall to the Department of Agriculture, for the department alone can furnish the inspiration and the im- petus" (the italics are ours). And in commenting on the nomination by the Chicago Florist Club of its president as Director of the Horticultural Department the Garden tells us that "if it is expected he shall assume the whole leadership of the enterprise it is fatal. The boldest comprehensiveness should characterize this endeavor." We must admit ignorance of the views mentioned by the Garden as held by "some advocates of an horticultural ex- position." Neither in Chicago nor in the east have we heard any narrow views ex- pressed concerning the World 's Columbian Exposition. We most heartily agree with the editor of the American Garden as to the necessity for a "broad conception" a "great ulterior aim" and a "bold com- prehensiveness," but rc/ythe Department of Agriculture can alone furnish the in- spiration for our horticultural depart- ment, and why'\t will be "fatal" for the leadership to be assumed by the nominee of the Chicago Florist Club is by no means made clear to us. Granting unhesitatingly the necessity for the assistance of specialists and the value of the co-operation of a great inter- national horticultural congress, ■ yet it can not be denied that there must be executive leadership, some one man must be at the head, and when the editor of the Garden declares so emphatically that it would be fatal for that man to be the president of the Chicago Florist Club he must have some reason for this assertion. Hither he must mean that he knows the candidate to be personallj' unfit and lack- ing in the needed broad gauge require- ments, or else we must take him as inti- mating that it is impossible for any one calling himself a florist to have the bold comprehensiveness which should charac- ■ terize this endeavor. The Chicago Florist Club is composed of the combined nurserymen, gardeners and florists of Chicago and vicinity. Who can be more vitally interested than they in the success of the horticultural exhibit at the Columbian Exposition? Who should know better than they whether the west can furnish a leader cai)able of making this exhibit a success? Their nominee is not wholly unknown outside of Chicago. Ik- has received the cheerful endorscnunt of the leading florist clubs of the I'nilcd States. The nurserymen ■•iiid seedsmen have not hesitated to en- dorse him. Has the editor of the Garden more vital interests at stake, or has he better sources of information than all these, eiui1)ling him to assert that the appointment of this particidar man would be fatal? Or can it be possi1)Ic he really seriously believes that the proper man can not be found outside the Department of Agriculture? The florists and the Florist Clubs of the country we believe are entitled to an explanation of the implied slur on their calling. V. practical value of the periodical he conducts. ILL-NA TURED CRITICISMS. In the August number of the American Garden, under the heading "Sub-Rosa," appear some comments upon the Society of American Florists which are a vast sight more disgraceful than was the un- fortunate Hudson River excursion, the skeleton of which the editor has seen fit to drag from its grave. The editor of the periodical named says he has "met before with the florists and was disappointed." He "foimd the con- vention an imwieldy mass, prone to claptrap." We don't know how many of the con- ventions of the S. A. F. he has attended, but as he assumes to know what he is talking about, we presume he must have attended several. In any event his com- ments arc direct insults to the members of a society which has more life and vim in it, and which has accomplished more solid, practical, really beneficial work in one session than any similar organiza- tion has in a decade. Wherein has he found the convention an "unwieldy mass?" Has he found it the least particle more unwieldy than any other society with an equally large mem- bership? Is the large membership a det- riment? It is true that the majority of the members are "Hale fellows well met," and to this fact may be attributed much of the success of the society. The mem- bers are not a lot of stiff-backed, theoret- ical visionaries — they are intenseh' prac- tical and are not strangers to the art of combining recreation with instruction. Can it be possible that the writer of these insulting paragraphs understands the meaning of the word "clap-trap?" Either he does not, or else he is so bound up in his own ideas that there is no sight in his eyes. Let him name an organiza- tion whose membership is more earnest in its work than that of the Society of American Florists. Let him name an association which makes less displaj- and accomplishes more substantial results. "Let us purify it, give it definitencss, straightforwardness, and dignity," says this critic. The impertinence of this in- ference would be intolerable if it were not laughable, coming as it does from this exponent of grandiloquent and imprac- tical projects. The Society of .\merican Florists is not perfect. It is young. It doesn't profess to know everything, and it always wel- comes practical suggestions. But it has been modest in its demeanir and that it should be singled out for such absurd and unjust criticism is indeed strange. The society is doing a splendid work and if the w-riter of these spiteful comments would attend faithfully to the work of the societj- with the "comprehensiveness" he is so prone to advocate, he would be enabled to add vcrv materially to the Wii HAVE received from Mr. John F. Kupp, Shiremanstown, Pa., a description and pencil sketch of an odd freak of the fuchsia. There were two perfect flowers of the Arabella variety, but both joined to the same ovary. With this issue the American Florist enters upon its sixth year, and we are I)leased to say that it is with the pros- pect of being able to still further enlarge its field of usefulness to the florists of America. The Florists' Hail Association of Amer- ica will hold its fourth annual meeting at Horticultural Hall, Boston, Wednesday, August 20 at 6:30 p. m. A. H. Phila., will find the desired in- formation in our trade directory, price $2. We can not print portions of the book in these columns. Mr. L. R. Kramer, Wooster, 0., sends us a number of blooms of the spotted calla, all curiously malformed, most of them double. The Boston daily papers are already devoting considerable space to advance notices of the coming convention of the S. A. F. Catalogues Received. J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, bulbs; Jno. Laing & Sons, London, Eng., roses; Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. v., strawbemes; Godefroj' Lebeuf, Argcn- tenil, France, dahlias; Chas. D. Ball, Holniesburg, Philadelphia, palms, ferns, etc.; E. H. Krelage & Son, Haarlem, Hol- land, bulbs; SpringCity Nurseries, Hunts- ville, Ala., nursery stock; Jacques RoUand, Nimes, France, seeds. Commg Exhibitions. August 19-22, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition Mass. Hort. Societv. October 28-Nov. 1, Atlaiita, Ga.— Chrys- anthemum show, Piedmont Exposition Co. November 4-6, Orange, N. J. — Chrysan themum show. New Jersey Floricultural Society. November 4-6, London, Ont.— Chrys anthemum show, Forest City Florists and Gardeners' Society. November 4-7, Chicago.— Chrysanthe mum show, Chicago Florist Club. November 4-7, Erie, Pa.- Chrysanthe mum show, Erie Clirysanthcinum Club. November 5-6, Providence, R. 1. — Chrysanthemum show, Rhode Island Hort. Societv. NoveniberiO-14, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show, Penna. Hort. Society. Novemberll-l.S, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show, Mass. Hort. Society. Novenilicr 11-13, Montreal, Canada. — Hall show Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. November 11-15, Cincinnati.— Chrys- anthemum show, Cincinnati Florist Club. November 11-15, Indianapolis.— Chrys- anthemum show, Society of Indiana Flo- rists. November 12-13, Worcester, Mass.— Chrysanthemum show, Worcester County Hort. Society. November 20 , New York.— Exliibi tion New York Florist Club. November , BaUiniorc— Fall cxliibilion Gardeners' Club. tSgo. The American Florist. 13 THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WBOLESaLE FLORIST 20 West 24lh Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, a.i:d the Choicest ROSES for th«> Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List sent npon appllcitlon. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. HAMMOND &, HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St.. NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. C. STRAUSS & CO. Telephones 97 7 aiirt it't'J. WASHINGTON, D. C. ROSE BUDS in ANY QUANTITY SHIPPED ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDERS, N. F. McCarthy & co. WHOLESALE FLORISTS AND JOBBERS IM FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place, BOSTON, MASS. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna- lions always on hand. Return telegrams Sunt immediately when unable to All orders. ©yfioPei>aPc MariCetA. Cut Flowers. BOSTON •^"Sloo Gladioluses 'M 3 Heliotrope :m .10®'-.™ 12 M 100® 1.60 PHILADILPEIA Roses, Beauties " peries.. ■.:•.•.■.■.■.:;:;:.■ .00. 300 1.00® ;,.m White hollyhocks 1.M " Penes. Sunsets :: ^Sfl^tiesicusins:; NEW roRB .viermets. Bndes ■■ ^In^nSVol'tir" .«..g Carnations, long CHICAGO J^lf^ ■3 " Am. Beauties Carnations, short )o.co@ 15:00 .25® .:« Wm. J. STEWART. Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies ^s WHOLESALE ^^ 67 Bromfield St.. BOSTON, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST, Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker Uouse), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express promptly fllled. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 165 Tremont Street, BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Roses and other Flowers, carefully packed, to all points IE WeB-.ern and Middle States. ^ Return Telegrram Is sent immediately wten I» tr Impossible to ail your order. EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29th St., NEW YORK. Having removed to more spacious quarters I next door) with increased resources and facilities I am now prepared to lurnish at short notice and in any quantity, selected Roses of every variety, also all other flowers in market. Koses to be shipped are especially select- ed, and packed under personal supervision. American Beauty, lia France, The Bride, Mermet, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WKITE FUR i'KIl E LIST. Return telegrams sent when orders or part of them cannot be filled. Mention American Florist. K. H. HUNT, 79 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, Successor to VAUGHANS CUT FLOWER DEFT. Our stock is cut with sj^ecial reference to ship- ping trade, which comprises the greater part of our business. We therefore claim that we are better prepared to attend to the wants of FLOWER BUYERS, outside of Chicago, than any house in the West, a-p-BS nAii.-s-- 1 'Week days till 7 P. M. OPEN DAILY. ^ g„„^^yg ^jjj J2 ^ KENNICOTT BROS, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washlnglon Street, CHICAGO. We always have choice. Fresh Cut Flowers in season. The best packers in the trade. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 7 p. m. Sundays until 12 m. WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. Extra designs made to order. Write for price list. Consignments Solicited. Telephone JM. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN UAILT^^^VstMlJ ^^M. "WIHE DESIGITS IIsT STOCIC. FRESE & GBESENZ, (Successors to <>. W. FHKSE,) Wholesale Dealers In CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 7 P.M.; Sundays 12M. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission /T\erchants Consignments Solicited. Special shipping. Mention American ird to neglect so Important a matter ? Price of Tickets, postpaid, 100, SOc: 200, 3Sc.: 300, 50c.; 500, 75c.; 1000, SI. 40. A.a^KI«ICA.IV I'^r^OiilJST CO., S4; Xja Salle Street, C:!IXIO.A.<3rC: i6 The American Florist. Aug. 15, Chicago. Cicorgc Klolini has removed iVoni State street to 31 Washington street, the store I'ormerly oeeupied by Chas. Keissig. The "floral store' opened by Joseph Cumin August 1 is loeated at 242 Wa- bash avenne. Tlic simnd of the carpenter's hammer reaches us from all sides and new green- liouses iialore are springing up in all directions. Stone throwing will soon have 10 be made a capital crime in the vicinity of Chicago to properly protect the iK'ft of glass which is surrounding it. .\t Rogers Park Adam Zender has added six new houses 100x20 each, four of which will be devoted to roses and two to carnations. Hot water is the heating medium. Muno Bros, are building two houses 126x20 each and six 100x20 each. At Evanston M. Weiland is building seven new rose houses 160x20 each and two others 160x6 each. He is also add- ing shed room 160x18 feet and bnildinga substantial chimney 64 feet high. At Bowmanville J. A. Endlong has in course of construction a rose house 300x30, to be heated by steam. Gross- mann & Bauske are building two carna- tion houses 100x20 each. A. V. Jackson is adding a rose house 116x19. J. Ristow has built five rose houses, each 150 feet long and with widths of 27, 24, 22, 26 and 30 feet respectively, also a shed 200x S. Heating is by hot water. Geo. Reinberg is adding two rose houses 100x18 each. At Galewood Otto Hansen is building eight houses 100x18 each. Heated by hot water. John P. Tonner is adding two houses 128x11 each and two 95x23 each. At DesPlaines Garland Bros, have built two houses 150x20 each, to be heated hy hot water. Warren S. Garland is setting posts for five houses 125x20 each, to be heated by hot water. At Blue Island Heim Bros, are adding two rose houses 85x20 and 85x12 re- spectively. Heated by steam. Henry Hilmers has purchased thirteen acres and is building six rose houses 100x20 each and tvi'O carnation houses 100x18 and 100x16 respectively. All to be heated by hot water. At Washington Heights X. Singler has in course of construction two rose houses 97x18 each. At Western Springs J. C. Vaughan is addingfive new houses containing 10,000 feet of glass, and a storage house 28x150 built of stone for dormant stuff. A. Fuchs is building six new houses in Lake View, including a large palm house. Messrs. Whitcomb, of Lawrence, Kan., Murray and Probst, of Kansas City, Mo., and Currey, of Nashville, Tenn., were in the eitv recently. Irving Park, III.— Mr. Leopold Ine superintendent of the Bohemian Cem etery, has received the plans for a con- servatory and palm house 50x25 and 36 feet high. It is reported that one of the heavy bowlers from the Empire state has or- dered a new vest to match the gold medal which he expects to carr\- away from Boston. The time set apart for the bowling contest at Boston is Tuesdav afternoon, August 19, at 4:30 p. m. "sharp. The games will be played on the alleys of the Allan (iymnasiuni. The party will leave the Tremont House for the gymnasium at 4 I), m. A FEW POINTS TO CONSIDER. OTT ZX T TT'V ^^^ important feature in pansies is well taken care of in my \ii, U x\i-il A JL strain; in fact so well that many of my customers say there are no better ones. Those who bought a few hundred on trial last season are placing their orders now for a fully supply. rpTTT7< PT 7J IVT'T'^ ^'■^ "''^^ stocky seedlings that can be mailed or ex- A niji JT V^£\i\ A k!5 pressed safely long distances and at a moderate cost. Samples will be mailed for 10 cts. /"VTT 7J IVTT^T'T'V I can furnish them in any number, 100 or 10,000, all from \^|UiTLi« A A A X tjie same beds and same seed. A trial order is respect- fully solicited. ■pT^T/^l^ Free by mail 100, 75 cts.; 500, fc; by express 500, $250; loco, J5; A^AVAV^'Xjj jcnn and unward lo per cent discount. Lancaster, Pa. 2500 and upward 10 per cent discount. ALBERT M. HERR, ZIRNGIEBEL'S NEW GIANT MARKET AND FANCY Have been exhibited everywhere and ad- luitted to be the fliiest strains at the present time. Trade packages of 1,500 and 5110 seeds respectively, at $1.00 eacli. Full printed directions lor the proper cultivation of these pansies with each package of IN ANSWER TO MANY INQUIRIES: We have no seed of Giant Fancy Pansies to sell hy weight, being too scarce and high. We renew our stock every season, from seed obtained direct from Messrs. Bugnot and Gassier, at the rate of thirty and twenty dollars oer ounce, respectively (with a lim- ited supply), as we consider their seed to be the DENY5 ZIRNGIEBEL, NEEDHAM, MASS. CHOICE PANSY SEED. MAMMOTH SUNBEAM STRAIN. One of the finest and i and careful pelectio have one' of the choicest collections In cultii Every florist should t --..^. New. well-ripened seed ONIY ONLY ONLY PANSIES The (rrandest Collection ever offered, including all the Latest Novelties. Our seeds are warranted to be fresh, pure, and strictly lirst-claas in every respect, send tor new Circular and Price Liat to NEW SEEDLING CHRYSANTHEMUM "ORANGE BEAUTY." This novelty has been In bloom with us last year from September until June and Is now In full bloom. \Ve can supply fine plants in 'J'.e-inch pots at $1 £0 per 10 plants, or $10 per UO. Also a large stock of Grand IJuke Jasmine. 2^-inch pots, »5. 00, and 3H-in. pots, J7. 00 per 100. Jasmine multltlorum 2!ii-in. pots, h 50 per 100. Bouvardla Bockll and Cleveland, dozen, or 120.00 per 100. strong plants, *i.CO pe: Terms, cash w'ith order or satisfactory reference. FRANCIS MORAT'S SONS & CO., LOUISVILLE, KY. From 3-inch pots, strong, healthy plants. I'er 100 La France and Niphetos, - - |6.oo MERMETS AND PERLES, - - - 4 00 Address JOSEPH HEINL, JACKSONVILLE, ILL. Fi^OR SAr^B. ■. per 100 NEW CROP. Golden Yellow, % oz. $1.60; 1-16 oz. %U pkt. 76c. Trlmardean, Deep Purple, % oz. SI. 50; 1-16 oz. 11.00; ''bCGNOT'S (NEW), spotted, large flowering show Pansies, somewhat smaller than Trimardeau, but of even more exquisite markings and richer , pronounced by CASSIEK'S 3 and 5 blotched 1 J2.50; P (King of the Blacks), flne for bedding. er oz. $1.00; Ju oz. 76c.; pkt. 25c. KIMTEKOK WILLIA.M, dark blue. Per oz. ind .'t blotched il 60; "-(toz. Jl.OO; pkt. 50o, FAl'ST (King " ' LOKD BEACONSFIELD, pnrple. Per . $1.00; ^02. 75c.; pkt. 25c. mixed, per r oz. $1; M oz. 75c.i pkt. 21 ■0Z.75C ; WOZ.50C.; pkt.; r oz. 75c.; % oz. SOc. pkt. 1 ■ ■ r lb. $0 OU; oz German pkt. 10c rs. improvi $10 00, oz.$l OO; \i CINERARIA Hjbrida, flnest mixed, I colors, improved large-flowering, mixed, per led. pkt. 40c. d, 1000 teeds MJc; pkt. 20c. ** ** single fringed, mixed, extra, 1010 seeds $1.25. " '• double fringed, mixed, Obconica, 1000 see*d^s l\ OO'. TEliMS CASH. For other seeds. Kail Bulbs. Flo- rists'Supplies. Imported Nursery Stock, etc., write for catalogues if not yet received. Address J ^ PE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. PANSIES-EXTRA uws pansies to try a pad .riatsays "they are ihe lars." "The proof of llM shall Improve Ihls stral nd out none but the very year to year and JC)c."and$l each; Mi RoEMER's Superb Prize Pansies. fW The Fine ^M iEKMANY. Introducer and Grower of all the lead- ing Novelties. Catalogue free on application. FRED. ROEMER, Seed Grower. UUEDLINBIRO of the best (juality, in the J4 hest exhibi- tion varieties, offereil at very moderate prices. Hei^r-^' IVIettt?, S<'i-l.'r. hniit, QUEDLINBUBQ. GERMANY tSgo. The American Florist. 17 WE STIi^L HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF CHINESE PRIMULB SEED OF CHOICEST STRAINS. JOHH GARDINER «& CO., 21 North i3th street, FHILASELPHIA, FA. GRACE WILDER, AND OTHER FINE CARNATIONS. FIELD GROWN PLANTS. ir^. e:. C3t-ii-r-r^^, r'^tf r-sor:!., IV. J. C^BHiATIOMS. 10,000 FIELD GROWN. READY IN SEPT. ALKUATIKKK, Fl CARNATIONS. Grace Wilder, White Grace Wilder, Florence, E:c. Also Bouvardias, strong ground plants, healthy stock, ready Sept. 1st. Send your order early. Primroses out of 2 V-in- pot«, Ji4 per 100 Smilax out of 3-iQch pots, %t, per 100 WM. A. BOCK, North Caiiiliiiii-ln 3.U) Oeranlum White Swan, 2-ln t 00 Geranium Kose Scented. 2^-ln.... 3 50 F«chsla8,oholceyounK»took,2>s-ln.... »W Dufty .Miller (Centaurea gymnocarpa) 2 UO Abutllons, < varletlea 3 10 Heliotrope Garlleld,2)4-ln 3 OO TralHngVlncaMalor,2-ln.......... ._ 2 60 Violets Marie Louise and white, 2>ii-ln .100 Uosu Bride, 2H!-lnch « 00 »g- 25 or 50 of any the above at the 100 rale Addrew N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence. MO. (Independence 1» well located tor shipping, being 8 mIloB east of Kansas City.) 1 8 go. The American Florist. 19 LILIUM HARRISII.B'TTERKNowNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOF I OFPUG FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFE" QNI Y '^•^\^\\' ^M\l "pr"-,' BOLFS FROM OUP O'^N CPOnNDS !N BERMDPA )m a photoe:taph laki n tht This Is not only the best b , and the flowers beinR esp I for forcing (or the Kaster Uly"-b by gr Tbe extent to be kept f 0 iussell, lie) ' Worth your packing. We would Bermuda ml" ■ fact, by special culture. early in AuguBt, somethinM > indispensable, as in Bermuda tl in Bermuda, grown ise. with successive ng as cut flowers ar C0F\RIUHTEI) 1^^0 \\\ t R PIBESOV TAUR\TOWN N \ '^>t Faitet iSgo howtm; a i i onetfout mw iron greenhtusa h teat Tatnf in t op of Ltlzttm Hami,ntn full bloom Ihi h tseptoimelo t i:^ ooo fio v >s fn Ea%U ill inies for winter blooming but it is oae ol the most profltable tt )wers that can be groT auu iniffe ^iiuoD. brum ii.a name a^mc ho. name from the fact i the year round, or i spending upon after _ _ bulb reaches its high -before bulbs in our own country have hflrdly begun to make their growth, perfect growth, are particularly " " --.^.-- -^ ^.— - is being forced for winter flowi occa'ionally thatLilium Harriaii L proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following letters t shape. I don't think I lost one; it is a pretty good _ __ ling Co., Uallas. Texas, writer •■""^- ' ■■= ■- — -■ = "--* — --" i thought they would haYe carried so far packed dry. healthy i shown b: I will not keep— this i Easter. •The Lilies arriv 1 perfect condition, and ^ purchased 20.000 acknowledging packing." THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds In Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to olTer it at reasonable prices, and havealwaysbeenrecogniiedbythetradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over Be sure you get the genuine Lilium Uarrlsll. In order to secure "the true variety," purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which Is known to be pure. ' value of this Lily has led unscrupulous or Ignorant parties to plant L. Longi" ' " ..--.. -,-^ ^ . .. . . ..... . .. . , rlsii was very scarce, thus mixing the stock irretrievably, thereby rendering bulbs have been sold to larj^e growers* as the genuine variety, where large loss nas resuitea. an than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; '•MixeiiB<3-o, c;.a.Xi. or to C. RA.OU>;:, CHINESE PRIMROSES. FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER DELIVERY. Fine, tlirifty plants from 2-ln. pots, ready for 3-Inch. SO-ELT-St Wliile. tall flower stems; White Magnifies; Dark Red, large flowers; Bright Rose Color; Crim- son, spotted; Striped, red on white ground; Cheswick Red; Dark Red; Carter's Blue; Fern Leaved. Price, $2.50 per hundred; per thousand, $20.00; packed and delivered at R. R. 20 plants by mail, prepaid, for Sl.OO. Double White and Red, Si5.00 per 100. We ship by Fast Freight, or by Express, as directed. HENRY S. RUPP & SONS. Shiremanslown, Pa. SPECIAL OFFER. 1 onei llie (flUowliij Id poi lealtliy coEdition: 200 l.a France, 3-lnch . 100 '■ 4-lnch . 126 Fucliaia fulgens, it 2.^ Hibiscus Cooperii, stronR. 4-inch :iOO Asparasus tcnuissimus, 2-inch 60 Plumbago Larpenta-. 2-Inch .,...•..■ (an useSUO good 2!^ or 3-Inch Smilax I JOS. E. BONSALL, :!0S Garfield Ave., SALEM, «)HIO. A. Cunealum, fine plants for shifting. ROSES, 3 inch, for immediate bedding, at usual prices. Send for List. TEIRRE HAUTE. IND. DON'T FORGET TO EXAMINE the exhibit of the Furman Boilers at the Boston Convention, Aug. 19, 20, ;i and 22. Mf'gJCo . Ceneva, N. Y. TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, BULBS. '^ - ' full i_j„g fruit and Ornamental. Deciduous and Ever- '^ r— i*' green Trees. Grape-vines, Small-fruits, Slirubs, Roses, Winter-blooming, and Hardy-border Plants, Bulbs, Etc. Standard and Dtvarf Pears, Quince, Killmarnock Weep- ing Willows, European and Oak-leaf (fountain Ash 8end7or'.ulTFklEErAT.ll!oa_>_i>— NEWEST AND BEST HORTICULTURAL TOOLS and other sup- plies. Our 5pe'-('ii rirc!(Mr describes them all. »; -^y V \ N\f ;^#r^' Uenuon Am rtosD Flonai SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. NO WIDE-AWAKE FLORIST need be toll} It win pay him to use Saeh Bars, etc. made from -^ CLEAR C^ PRESS, ^s- Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. 1^ Seno for circulars and estimate-. . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND. Hamilton Co., OHIO. UenUOQ Amarloan Florlit. "STANDARD" POTS Ours is the only firm that has, up to this date, March ist, 1889, made pots which conform IN EVERY PARTICULAR to the requirements of the Committee of S. A. F. THE ^ BEST, CHEAPEST and most durable pots manu- factured. Endorsed by all the leading florists. For price list ol Ihe "STANDARD" POTS. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, No. 713 & 715 Wharton SL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. We will allow a discount of 5'/! on all orders for amounting to f 50 or less. On orders over f 50, 10% will be allowed. Special discounts on orders amounting to more than f 100. PRICES OF "STANDARD" POTS. Price of No. in Credit Caah Ize. 1000. Crate. Crate. Crater ^-in. $7 50 770 |6 00 J5 75 9 25 570 5 50 5 25 " 15 50 340 5 50 5 25 " 25 00 16S 4 50 4 25 Send Express Money Order or N. Y. Dralt to «IF»:E*rvK, DOF»FM^Krv «fc OO., SYRACUSE, N. Y. Crate. i?^.jn . I288 4000 $12 «, Ill 50 y 2 " 3 32 3168 II 00 10 50 4 2% " 3 75 2400 9 50 9 00 5 2H " 4 25 1890 850 8 00 6 3 " 5 25 1200 675 630 The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE. Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NRTIONflL HOT WATER HEATER CO., BOSTON. Oliver .Schlemiuer, Ciu , t ahill. CoUins & Co , St. Loui ^Mo. CHICAGO. SaveYourCoalMTHLowi n nnini steam(»°hot water FLDRIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. WsizesforSteam. U sizes for Hot Water. 15 sizes for Soft Coat THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. IT niat':i/i"<- F.i-.I. Tlir « ,.) I No CiaM. Save* 25 l>er <■■ ui<<-. OA.Ptivxor>^^, EVANSVILLE IND. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hot Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY. 74 & 76 M/rtle Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. tW Send for Catalogue. Thos. W.Weathered's Sons, 46 & 48 MARION STREET. NEW YORK. MANUFACTURERS OF Improved BoHerS (shaUi;?K";;rates), PIPE and PIPE FITTINGS, for heating Greenhouses, &c. VEKJXIL.4TIISG APrARATrS. for raisins Sashes in Oreenhouscs. GALVANIZED SCRETV EVES and WIRE for Trellis Work. gg~=. horticultural e I^uilders. 'ff l\ Conservatories, Greenhouses, &c., Erected, in any part of the United Greenhouse Heating pf Ventilating ttlfcHlNQS «i CO. 233 Mercer Street New York. Bi^e ^aflepr)s of jSoilei'S, Eighteen Sizes, Saaale Jderleps, Sarjical JSeilePS, J3ase ]^upr)ir)a tt/afep J^eafePa Perfect Sash Raising Apparatu*. posta(2re for Illustrated CatalofTUO- Id 4 SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, in bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. MAILINQ BONCES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymens' and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS & SONS, Order :k^oxv^ A Copy of our New TRADE DIRECTORY IJItlCE, S2.00. «MERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. Chicaqo. Fall Catalopes Write about them Talk at Boston out any printing you want. 'xpect to be there, and will glad to give any desired J. HORACE McFARLAND, PRINTER lor JORSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN and FLORISTS HARRISBURG, PA. BE SURE TO SEE the Fiirman Boilers at th loston Convention, August ig, 20, 21 and 22. Herendeen Mf'g Co., Geneva. N. Y. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE STRAll.«S & CO., Wa»hlnKtoi •We use eight IAS. VICK, Seedsman, Kocbester, says: "The Furmn Mtidmical In coal, easy to manaiie, and lilghly satisfactory " I'RKIJ KANsT, Supt. Chicago ParkB. says; "Itlsacomt B^- Send for our new Illustrated ratftlogn6.glTlr([ full Infoi HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vina Street, GENEVA. N. Y iTiii Mmmmm fiL@iDif CONVENTION SUPPLEMENT. KoA W. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, AUGUST 15. 1890. Supplement to No. 121 Key to Map. Convention Hall. Treniont House. Music Hall. Adams House. American House. Boston Tavern. Hotel Brunswick. Crawford House. Parker House. Quincy House. Revere House. Snerman House. United States Hotel. Hotel Vendome. Young's Hotel. Bunker Hill Monument. Faneuil Hall. Old South Church. Boston Notes. The Germania band will furnish the music. Frank Becker, J. W. Manning and W. C. Strong will supply the plants for the decoration of Horticultural Hall. The bowling contest will take place on Tuesday afternoon. The alleys at the Allen gymnasium are very fine, and there will be abundance of room for spectators. The horticultural exhibition at Music Hall will be free to members on showing their badges. The silverware for the large number of special premiums will be quite a show in itself. One of the most interesting events will be the trip on Wednesdaj' afternoon to historic Lexington, and the beautiful grounds of Mrs. F. B. Hayes. There will be a warm welcome from Mr. ComleJ^ If Mr. J. W. Manning makes one of his characteristic exhibitions of hardy her- baceous flowers there is a great treat and a valuable lesson in store for those who will exami'ne it. A large group photograph of the mem- bers will be taken on the grounds of Mr. H. H. Hunnewell on Thursdav at 4 p. m. The picture will be made Ijy Mr. Chas. Siorcr, of Boston, and a copv of the same will be presented to each memljcr by the Herendeen Mfg. Co., of Geneva, N. Y., who make the Furman steam and hot water boilers. Two new gladioluses of the Nancieunc section. President Carnot and John Laing, have been certificated by the Mass. Hort. Society recently. The officers of the Association of Cem- etery Superixitendents and of the Mass. Hort. Society have been invited by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club to partici- pate in the excursion on Friday. Boston sweet pea growers ha\ e reason to be proud of their accomplishments this season. The flowers produced this year have been about as near perfection as possible and enormous quantities have been disposed of. Mr. Hugh Dickson, of Belfast, Ireland, will be present at the convention. Rep- rese»t9.tiYes of other noted trans- Atlantic VA\p ov ^ VK«"^ ov Boston. houses are also expected. Much regret is expressed at the unavoidable absence of Mr. Dimmock, of Summit, N. J., who has been unexpectedly called to London. The boys are brushing up their green- houses and giving the stores a little touching up in ordeT'to make a good im- pression. Mr. N. F. McCarthy has even gone so far as to give his big yellow cat a fashionable clip. Nick says he would have had the animal shaved with a razor if he could only have held him quiet. As it was the job cost $1.50 and the m«in earned his money. W. J. S. The a mer ican Florist, ^^i- ^5, Proirramme for the Boston Convention. TUESDAY, AUG. 19, 1890. FIRST DAY— Opening Session, 10 o'clock A. M. ADDRESS OK WELCOME, IIV TIIK GOV. OP MASS., AND THE MAYOR OF llOSTON— RESPONSE, ROBT. CRAIO, PIIILA.— PRESI- DENT JORDAN'S ADDRESS— REPORTS OF SECRETARY AND TREASURER— REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES— REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES— MISCELLANEOUS nilSINESS- DISCUSSION OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. FIRST DAY— Evening Session, 7 o'clock. ESSA Y— The growing importance of Easier trade, and how to prepare for it. JAS DEAN, Bay Ridge, N. Y. Discussion. ESSA Y—The yalue of System in Business. D. B. LO.\'G, Buffalo, N. Y. Discussion. QUESTION BO.X. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 1890. SECOND DAY— Morning Session, 9:30 o'clocli. Selection of place of meeting for 1891. Nomination of officers for ensuing year. ESSA Y— Hybridization. E. S. CARMAN, River Edge, N. J. Discussion, Election of State Vice-Presidents by State Delegations. SECOND DAY— Evening Session, 7:30 o'clock. ESSA Y—Best Twenty-five Hardv Herbaceous Plants fo>- florists' Use. J. IVOOD'IVARD MAN- NING, Reading, Mass. Discussion. ESSA Y— Succulents. E. S. MILLER, Floral Part, N. Y. Discussion. Discussion on Landscape Gardening. This subject proved to be most inter- esting at the Buffalo meeting, and an opportunity will be given to all who wish to express their opinions on the subject at this time. QUESTION BOX. (see below.) The Florists' Hail Association will meet at Horticultural Hall one hour previous to the opening of the Evening Session, Second Day. THURSDAY, AUG. 21, 1890. THIRD DAY— IWorning Session, 9:30 o'clock. Election of officers. ESSA Y—The use of Special Fertilizers Under Glass. PROF. S. T Ma YNARD, of Mass. Agri College, A mherst, Mass. Discussion. Review of plants of recent introduction. THIRD DAY— Evening Session, 7:30 o'clock. Final committee reports. Miscellaneous business. QUESTION BOX. (scc below) FRIDAY, AUG. 22, 1890. FOURTH DAY. The fourth day will be devoted to social enjoyment. The Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston will tender to the mem- bers of the Society of American Florists a trip in Boston harbor and along the Massachusetts coast, to be followed by a banquet at Nautasket Beach. Other hospitalities which have been prepared for the pleasure of the delegates, including a number of invitations to notable pri- vate establishments, will be announced at the proper time. QUESTION BOX. The following subjects for the Question Box have been already sent in, and to- gether with those placed in the Question Box during the session, will be assigned to gentlemen competent to reply to them. Five minutes will be allowed for each reply, and they will be replied to at the three eveningsessions, and will be grouped as nearly as possible so that subjects of general interest to the trade will be assigned to the first evening; cultural questions to the second evening; and questions relating to mechanical appli- ances, etc., to the third evening. SUBJECTS. 1. Berry-bearing Plants for Fall Use? 2. Twenty -five Plants Indispensable to the Extreme South? 3. Acclimation of Southern Plants in the North? 4. Twelve Best House Plants for 'Win- dow Gardening? 5. How must Lilium Auratum be Han- dled to make it a Permanent Success in Open-air Culture? 6. Can the Hellebores be Grown to Advantage by the Commercial Florist? 7. Can we Reasonably Expect a Race of Early Chrysanthemums, blooming in September and October, Valuable for America? 8. Best Method of Treating Callas during Summer to have them in bloom for the holidays? 9. Best Method of Forcing Early Hybrids? 10. Twelve Best Hardy Shrubs for Florists' Use? 11. Twenty Best Native Plants suita- ble for Florists' Use? 12. The use of Foliage in Connection with Cut Flower V^^ork? 13. How to Increase Public Interest in the Society and its Objects? 14. Is the Selling of Flowers, etc. through Commission Men the best possi- ble Plan of Marketing our Produce? (To be answered by a grower, a commission dealer and a retailer respectively. ) 15. What can be used to make a Vapor that w^ill Destroy Red Spiders and not injure Vegetation in Greenhouses? 16. Petroleum: Is it Profitable in Greenhouse Heating? 17. What can be said in favor of Overhead Heating? 18. Is Double thick Glass the best and in the long run the Cheapest? Don't forget to have your railroad certificate countersigned by Secretary Stewart. STANDARD POTS. The best in the market at lowest cash prices. Special discounts on large orders. Write for prices to r>. c scMorME^rvr>, NEW BRIGHTON, PA. yAu ' FREE8IAS. AUGHAN'S BULBS See our EXHIBIT at Boston. These we have been shipping since June 5, and can still supply first class stock. IIIIIIM UARRKII First class Bulbs in all grades now ready. LILIUm nHnniOII. j^^^ ^^ ^^^^ yj,^^ orders. Look at samples. ROMAN HYAP.INTH^ Our first shipment is just ready. Romans L. CANDIDUM. DUTCH BULBS CALLA BULBS LILY OF THE VALLEY These vfe expect by August 25. Fine Bulbs at 20 per cent, below former rates. Will be ready about September 15- assorlment. Order now. Fine stock, California grown. September 10. Ready about Will arrive in November. We are mak- ing special rates on best Hamburg stock. PRIMULA AHG CINERARIA. |iSS°&„S'*..T.'4:"' u G H A N 'S B U L B S VAUGHAN'S BULBS. PAWSY SEED. VAUGHAN'S "INTERNATIONAL" NEW CROP SEED. This you can buy at our exhibition stand at Boston. IT IS UNEQUALED. Rfl^F'I Get our prices on general forcing stock (4-inch), also ""'*'-'^' Clotilde Soupert, and all the novelties. We have nice young stock of the best PALMS AND FERNS. FLORISTS' SUPPLIES HOLLY AND GREEN. Ask for one of our llluslraled Catalogues and take it home with you. We are headquarters on everything of this class, and make prices lower than ever. Book orders with our Agents at the Boston meeting and you WILL GET IT if it grows. i8go. The American Florist. 27 HENDERSON^S FLOWER SEEDS FOR R\LL SOWING. PANSIES OUR GREAT SPECIALTY. HENDERSON'S NEW MAMMOTH BUTTERFLY PANSIES HENDERSON'S IMPROVED GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES An unrivaled strain, flowers of largest Hize, perfe(_-t form and of gorgeous colors and markinps. Price, per }^ oz., $1.0U; per oz., $6.00. ith flowers of enormous , Yellow in tiie mixture, them very eflective for vases and florist's spring Price. $4,00 per oz. We have made special ar- rangements direct with collectors for supplying FRESH PALM SEEDS L-S the best and newer kinds. Wholesale Florists' Catalogue, illustrates them. THE TRUE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. Having tnu vn them for years, ot grown, and our Strict Selection for several ; even if the bulbs were given to you. We were the Pioneer Introducers in quantities for Florist's Forcing of this Peerless Forcing Lily. HIGH CLASS FORCING BULBS. HYACINTHS. TULIPS. NARCISSUS. LILIES. LARGE FLOWERING LILY OF THE VALLEY. ETC d growers of Bullis in We are probably the largest importers, dealers large quantities that we do. enables us to get Superic tomers HIGH CLASS BULBS at low rates. Send us rica and handling the unusually Stock at advantageous pricey, ;tud allows us to offer our cus- list of your requirements and we will estimate on them. Our Wholesale Catalogue sent to the Trade" on Application. PETER HENDERSON &CO.^^SKRr PHILADELPHIA, PA. •? 49th and Market Sts. r»j^i:^jM:{S. KENTIAS, ARECAS, LATANIAS, PHCENICES. SEAFOBTHIAS, ETC. A very large stock of all the best varieties in sizes suitable for growing on, or for decorative purposes; in first class condition, at prices as low as they can be imported for. I«OSE>S. At this date (August 15th) we have an immense stock of all the leading forcing varieties; strong plants in 3 and 4-inch pots, suitable for late planting mcluding in extra fine condition, Mme. Hoste and Duchess of Albany. We make a specialty of Ferns, and can furnish in quantity first quality stock of all the leading commercial sorts. SEE OUR SAMPLES AT THE CONVENTION. Se-ix*! for >.Vlxolesale JPrice I^ist. EXOGtiORDfl GRflNDIFLORfl HYDRANGEA Thos. Hogg. Strong plants for forcing. ALL KINDS OF HARDY SHRUBBERY, DAHLIAS, ETC. Send for Wholesale Price List. SAMUEL C. MOON, Wholesale Nurseryman, MoRRisviLLE, Bucks Co., pa. HOLMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA., r/\LMS, FERNS AND DEGORflTIVB TLflNTS. My establishmeDt is devoted exclusively lo the culture of such plants. The stock is one of the largest, and CANNOT BE EXCELLED IN OOALITY. Prices always moderate. TS,^DE LIST Oisr ^ITLICATIOlSr. The American Florist. Aug. T5, Convention Notes. The in-ADUiARTERS of the American Florist arc room 200, Trcniont House. Be srRE to get a ccrlilKaU IVdiii the agent when you buy yotn til kri i i H.'sinn. The annual exhibitimi "i i In \l.iss. Hort. Society will be Iickl in .Musk ll.ill, see ma)). UxcuRSioN and banquet at Nantasket Beach with the Boston boys on Friday, the 22nd. TiiE Committee on Nomenclature meets at the Tremont House Monday morning August IS. A MEETING of members and all others interested in the American National Chrysanthemum Society will be held some afternoon during the convention, notices of which will be posted in the convention hall. As WILL be noted a map is especially necessary to strangers visiting Boston. Don't venture out alone without the accompanying one in your pocket or you may not find your way back to head- quarters before the limit on your railroad ticket has expired. The main part of the trade exhibit is in the hall below that in which the con- vention will assemble. The boilers and other heavy goods will be found at Bum- stead Hall, which is one block from the convention hall and is on the ground floor of Music Hall. IF you would have "good luck" with your forcing stock, try Send a list of your wants, stating kinds and quantities, for estimate. John Gardiner & Co. 100 Peperomla manuloaa, 4-lncb pots, young plants, two sizes 10c. and iSceach. 160 Glecomahederaceavar., 2-inch 3c. Orders booked now for field grown plants of Vlnca major and V. major var., to be delivered in Oct.. 10c. iOHN CURWEN. Jr., Villa Nova P. 0.. Del. Co.. Pa. "STANDARD" POTS. We hereby extend a cordial iin itatiou to all members of the v"^ A. F. while in Boston to visit oiir manufactory. In addition to showing the manufacture of the "Standard" Pot we shall be pleased to exhibit to all intend- ing purchasers, or others inter- ested, upwards of 1,000,000 "S andard" Pots. Seeing is be- lieving. Do not take printers' ink proof of who is making the only true "Standard" pots, but examine them before you pur- chase. North Cambridge, Mass. NOTE — Only fifteen minutes' rlcle from Boston LOOK FOR OUR EXHIBIT AT THE Boston Convention OF THE Society of American Florists, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOWER POTS. Just what lias l)een wanted for a long time. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 and 715 Wharton St., PHILflDELrHlfl, Pfl. ASPARAGUS ROOTS We have to offer 400,000 CONOVER'S COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS ROOTS, also 150,000 BARR'S MAMMOTH, all strong, vigorous 2 year old roots, and are now prepared to receive orders for delivery in the Fall of 1890 and Spring of 1S91. Also now growing choice varieties of MELON, TOMATO, CABBAGE, CUCUMBER, SUGAR CORN, and PEPPER SEED, RHUBARB ROOTS, HORSE RADISH SETS, and STRAWBERRY PLANTS. .«• (Sexncl for IPrloe Xvlst. -Ki Foot of Main Street, Burlington, N. J. WILLIAM R. BISHOP, 1 8 go. The American Florist. 29 Mushroom Spawn, Genuine English Milltrack. John Gardiner & Co. make a specialty of genuine English Milltrack Spawn. Why waste your money on doubtful quality, when you can buy the Genuine English Milltrack at a reasonable price .' Our spawn is prepared for us by one of the most celebrated makers in Worcestershire, England, and can be thoroughly relied on to produce a fine crop of the best Mushrooms. Four ijnportations a season. Always fresh. The price commends itself. 50 lbs.,$5.00; 25 lbs.,S2.75 ; 10 lbs., St.20 ; by e.xpress .at customer's e.xpense. Sample by mail, post paid, 5 lbs. for $1.00. HINTS ON MUSHROOM GROWING. Our eight page pamphlet, " Mushrooins for the Million," which gives in a concise form, all necessary information for the successful raising of the best Mushrooms, will be enclosed with sample orders, or mailed free for stamp to any one interested. " The proper time to begin or October, with siiccessional December : this will give us an unbroki the end of October till the end of April igust, September supply from JOHN GARDINER & CO. Seed Growers, Importers and Dealers Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. Florists' Letters Emblems, Monograms, Etc. Theee letters and designs aremadeof thebestlmmor- telles wired on wood or metal frames, havingholes ters and designs will prosecuted to the full* extent. Postage. IS cts. per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Brdway, Brooklyn, N.Y. J. C. VAl &CO.. Phlla.. Ington. D. C; ' A Full Line of Samples at the Convention Mention American Florist. ROTTED PEAT, FIBROUS PEAT, and Dry or Wet Packing Moss, Wl.OO per Barrel. Green Sphagnum Moss, $2.00 per bbl. rels THE BARNEGAT MOSS & PEAT CO.. Barneoat New Jersey. Mention American Florist. WANTED TO BUY 400 to 500 feet of Second hand 4 inch Greenhouse Pipes, Hitchings pre- ferred. Must be sound. Apply to PEARSON & Mc CARTY. ^REMEMBER^ Wlien you are at the CON\"BNTlON that our Representative, J. C. MONINGER, will exhibit our line of goods, pertaining to GREENHOUSE BUILDING, it will pay you to investigate, especially in the way of having everj'thing cut to lengths ready to be put up. JOHN L. DIEZ & CO., 530 N. HALSTED STREET, OHICA^GrO, IIvl^. LOCKLAND LUMBER CO. A. M. STEAENS, AT CONVENTION. SPOT CLEAR" CYPRESS. I Bear in mind we are the only parties that advertise to furnish clear Cypress. A man who is capable of growing first-cldss roses, carnations, tropical stuff and smilax. One who is not afraid of work and who has had some experience with steam heating. \n American or German preferred. Address .ill letters to Mrs. Ella Grant Campbell, 275 Jennings Ave., CLEVELAND. 0. Or. rof t be fo ! S. A. F.. Wt : of I 7000 APPLE GERANIUM SEED Oror> 1800, at 35 cents per 100. Also 150 varieties hardy plants— HERBACEOUS— both native and cultivated. MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON, SE>.A.Hrr.A.lsrBTJIt<3-, s. c #i^ EYEHGREEN CUT FERNS. Especially for Florists' Use. $1.50 PER 1000 FERNS FANCY. DAGGER. Discount on Large Ordei Special attention paid to supplying the Wholesale Trade. Write for prlct r $6.00 per i BOUQUET GREEN for Holiday Trade, $2.00 per bbl. (30) lbs.; SPHAGNUM MOSS ^^t^s'i^l^ CHRISTMAS TREES )lbs. lu fibre, dry or green, Ji.oo pei Wri.e for terms on large lots =ricau White Spruce, much better shape anc color than the Blue Spruce, also Balsam Fir from 3 to 30 feet high. Special attention to supplying car load lots. Write tor price list and Terms. CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS,. „.. (__ g. BRAGUE, HlnSdalG, MSSS. 47th ST. and LEXINGTON AVE., NEW YORK. 30 The American Florist. Aug. 15, Entries in tlie howling contest have heen made hv IMiihulclnliia, New York, New Jersey, Ciiicas<'.ltiitValo and Boston. The atlcv's on which the sanies will be played are (">'> t'cet long. Nine inch balls will be used, citlicr finger or solid accord- ing to rolUi's choice. Three games will be plavcd, the time for the same being the afternoon of Tuesday, the 19th inst. The prize is a $50 cup offered by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, the cup to become the i)crma- nent property of the winning team. In addition to the above trophy Messrs. F. W. Foster & Co., manufacturers of steam and hot water heating apparatus, will offer through the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, three prizes for the best individual records made in the above contest, to be known as the "Fos- ter Prizes," and consisting of gold and silver badges of special design, as follows: 1st prize, a gold badge, value $35; 2nd prize, a silver badge, $10; 3d prize, a silver badge, $5, all to become the property of the winners. I HAVE THE DISPOSAL OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIMEN PLANTS which the owner wishes to sell to make room for smaller stock : I Acanthophoenix criuita, - 15 ft. high. I Areca Baueri, - - 10 " 1 Dicksonia antarctica, - 8 " 2 " '• . . 15 " 2 Cycas revoluta, large plants. 1 Orange tree, - - - 14 " 3 Latania borbonica, - 10 " 2 Ficus indica, - - - 15 " 2 Cocos plumosa, - - 21 " 1 Ficus macrophylla, - - 19 " 2 Seaforthia elegans, 13 and i5 " 9 Alsophila australis, 2 to 10 " 7 Ficus elastica, - - 10 to 15 " AND OTHBRS. For prices and information regarding the plants, apply to WM. J. STEWART, 57 BiomMd St., BOSTON, MASS. ZIRNGIEBEL NEW GIANT PANSIES. Have opened a new era in Pansies, The mag- nificent speciraen.s that we have exhibited and sent to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Hartford, etc., etc., have shown to what perfec- tion ol color and size the Pansy of to day can attain when well grown. The display we made on May loth in Boston has probably never been equaled even in Europe, not a few of the flowers measuring four inches across, and colors rivaling the best orchids. OUR GIANT MARKET is truly the variety for the million, being of im- mense size and bright colors. We have greatly improved them, getting more variety of colors, especially in the lighter shades, i 500 seeds. THE GIANT FANCY we find it impossible to improve on. They are certainly the ne plusultrain Pan-iesnow. They requirehighcultivationtoflevelopwell. 600 seeds. Trade packages of either variety at $1.00 each. Full dlrecllone how to grow panslea with each pkg. Denys Zirngiebel, Needham, Mass. <^^m ROSE HILL NURSERIES J)^^\^i,. SPECIAL OFFER. Areca Catachue, beautiful new Palm, $i8 & j2o per doz. lutescens $io, I25, $35, $45 and Jsoper loo $15, 518. $24 and I30 per doz. Verschaffeltii, $9, $12, $15, $18, $20 and $14 per doz. Kentias, seedlings in thumb pots. Belmoriana & Forster- r,.,..T.-a v" niKSf^ •'"'*■ i^"' f35 & $50 per 100. $12, $15, $18 & $24 per doz. TI\ADc- 1 ijU^^ Latanias, Seedlings in thumb pots, 50 000 . . $8 per 100 '' " " " extra strong, $10 per 100 ■' strong plants, $30, $45 and $65 per 100. I9, $12, $15, $18, $20 and $24 per dozen. Ptychosperma Alexandrae. $6. $9, $15, |i8 and $24 per doz. Seaforthia Elegans. . . . $6, $12, $15, $iS and $24 per doz. Phoenix reclinata . . $6, $7.50, $9, $12, $15, $iS, $24 -E3V-CAX»1%T^ and $30 per dozen. Jr iV-«^.i^>». Rupicola, FOUNTAIN PALM, $1.00, $1 50, Adiantum cuneatum. . $8, «io, $15 and $20 per 100 $2 50 and $3 50 each. . ^,. ^ ^ , . ■' Rhodophyllum, the pink leaf Maiden- Cycos revoluta, SAGO PALM, all established plants hair $t and $■; per dt z with perfect leaves, $15, $20, $25, $35 and J50 per pi^ris tremula .' .' .' . .' .' ."$8 $10 and 120 per 100 dozen. $[o and upwards in pairs Assorted Ferns in best varieties, per 100 $S; good Ficus Elastica, $8, $10, $12, $15, |i8 & $24 per doz. selection. Pandanus Utilis seedlings, thumb pots, $8 per 100 *~fcX»*->-»u-rT-fc^ Pandanus Veitchii. . $12, $18, $24 and $30 per doz. Assorted, cheap. . . , I7 50 $10 and $15 per dozen Dracasna termmalis. . . $10, $15 and $20 perioo very good ....... $iS, $24 and $,0 per dozen " $2, $15 $18 and $20 per doz. » .^ ■» ,j f ;; stricta g'^ajde. . . $18 and $24 per doz. Samples Of above enumerated plants will be and^/iTper'do'zen^ ^" 5 per 100. 9 on Exhibition in Convention Hall, Boston, IWass. SEITID B'OH, SmCIA-L THADE FR,ICE LIST. All Delegates to the Convention are cordially Invited to visit our Nurseries. SIEBREGHT&WflPLEY. NEwRocHELLE.N.y. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Cnn be hrid in any Quantity and in Great Variety from ORCHID IMPORTERS AND GROWERS, SUMMIT, N.J. A large importation just arrived of the popular Winter Flower- ing Cattleya Trianse in excellent condition. Full particulars and prices furnished on application. ^Ixe iMnest {Stoolt of L0W-gUE)l)Et) IjaRDY l^YBRIt) I^OSES SNt) K>i:tra Strong Clematis, etc., etc., THE BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, NURSERY ASSOCIATION. Send for New Catalogue also of HOLLAND BULBS, ROMAN HYACINTHS, LILIUM HARRISII; and 500,000 TRUE BERLIN PIPS LILY OF THE VALLEY. Address cz. 1-4. ac^cD^^^E:^^, Importer of Bulbs and Plants, 3 COENTIES SLIP, NEW YORK CITY. i8go. The American Florist. 31 SPECIAL NOTICE! ^N^oi^tlx^r^irx, Sotjitlx^i*i:i, E>o^«^t^r»j:L, Vi«!^itoi^«» to tli^^ o^lbo^v^o 0^1*0 CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT THE UNITED STATES NURSERIES, Stiort Mill^s, ][V. J. JAMES R. PITCHER. W. ALBERT MANDA. Something New. The accompanying cut represents a Glass House Frame, constructed of STEEL AND GALVANIZED IRON. This new invention will be placed on exhi- bition at MUSIC HALL, BOSTON, CONVENTION WEEK. In placing this new invention before the public, I do so well knowing that it will have many objections to overcome. But I feel confident that when its merits and ad- vantages over wood houses are thoroughly understood, those objections will be largel}^ removed. A more detailed description will appear in these columns later on. JAMES^ n. SCOVEL, 420 GRAND RIVER AVE., DETROIT, MICH. 32 The American Florist. A^g- 15, A. T. CBFRKY'^ Patent Improved Florists' CEFREY LETTER CO.. Gentlemen:— I find the new machine-made I Immortelle Letters manufactured by you very salable and in many respects superior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Their uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up. and the excellent! for fastening them to the work, are among j ndable points ' * ' devi . letters Please double my last order and deliver as soon as possible. Yours' truly, W. J. STEWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, Dear Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand letters as soon as possible. They are the best and most practical letters in the market. The pin fasteners are a long way ahead of the old fashioned wav of wiring. Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. CEFREY LETTER CO., Boston, Mass., Dear Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small let- ters and five hundred large (two inch.) GAuVIN BR03., Boston. We wish to announce to all aorists that we have removed to much larger quartets, Ho. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a half cents, and the 1 'i-inch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will have no o hers. Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in '- THE CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green Street, BOSTON, MASS. ^^ME> JVE»^V^4^ HOFFMAN DELIVERY WAGON 1% (ft < O 1 rt o ^ THE JACOB HOFFMAN WAGON CO., iTiie Mmmmm [inLiLiiir lerica is "ths Prow at the Uessel; there may be more comfort Eiaidshios, but we are the Erst to touch Uaknou/n Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND HEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 1, 1890. Ho. 122. iTLiiiiE L^mgmmm (Fik@i!3B@ir Published on the ist and 15th of each month by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $1.50. Address a 1 communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. M e. Norton, Boston, Mass.. president Chambers. Torouto. Ont.. vice-president: CONTENTS The Boston convention 33 President Jordan's address '^4 The S. A. F. in convention at Boston illus) . . « The Florists' Hail Association IS The^enteruinments || Exhibition Mass. Hort. Society . . . . . .". ! ! 37 Special prize offered by "Am. Florist" (illus) 38 Sketches at exhibition Mass. Hort. Socielv (ill) 39 The trade exhibit "... 40 Awards at the trade exhibition 41 The bowling match 41 The ' Poison Hog-meat Plant" , . . • 41 Easter trade and how to prepare for it ... . 42 Obituary— Henry Bennett 43 S:rarcity of white flowers in fall 44 The Boston meeling 46 I.eavesof advice from a limb of the law .Nvi . 46 The seed trade 48 The lily disease (with figures) 48 The cemetery superintendents 49 News notes 50 52 Coming exhibitions ^6 Passiflora Constance Elliott 58 Press of convention matter has neces- sitated the addition of four extra pages this issue, making it a 2S-page number. The Florists Hail Association has re- cently paid J. J. Schumacher, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, $150, and S. D. Bradford, of Colorado Springs, $33.45, for loss by hail. . As WILL be noted, our report of the Boston convention which appears in this issue consists mainly of a record of hap- peniiigs of interest during the week. But we shall_ treat fully of the many essays and discussions in future issues. We FF.EL some little pride in being able to present such excellent engravings of the convention in session and views at the Mass. Hort. Society exhibition so soon after these events. The center of our full page illustration gives a general view of the exhibition. The mantel in the lower left hand corner is the one ar- ranged by David Allan and which was awarded first prize; the one in the upper right hand corner was arranged by W. E. Doyle and received second prize. The other views show selected groups of. decorative plants. The Boston Convention. The sixth annualconventionof the Soci- ety of American Florists convened in Horticultural Hall at 10:40 Ttiesday morning, August 19, with about 600 members present. The session was opened by addresses of welcome from Lieutenant-Governor Haile for the State, and Mayor Hart for the city. The hall was crowded to overflow- ing, and the bright decorations of the Grand Army encampment, with the strains of the Germania Banti, presented, indeed, a scene of welcome. On the plat- form with the Lieutenant-Governor and the Mayor were J. M.Jordan, President of the Society; A. P. Calder, President of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos ton; M. H. Norton, Vice-President, and several of the State Vice-Presidents and prominent inembers. Mr. A. P. Calder took the chair and introduced Lieuten- ant-Governor Haile, who, in a brief speech, welcomed the visitors. He said: Membeii of the Society of American Florists. Ladies and Gentlemen:— \t is my pleasant duty to extend to you an official welcome on this the first session of your convention. Your calling is one destined to accomplish a high achievement in civilization. .\s the pictures which adorn the walls of our houses act as edu- cators in refinement to a marked degree, so the flowers in beautifying our homes and their surroundings are powert'ul forces in the evolution of a higher civiliza- tion. Your society is doing a noble work, the trend of which is the uplifting of humanity. How different are the pur- poses of this society, to which the State and city extend a welcome this morning to those of the great assembly of last week. Last week the quarter century milestone of the war was set up, and Massachusetts came forward to honor the soldier who fought for the Union. To- day we welcome the florist who beauti- fies the land when the white-robed mes- senger of peace has full swaj-. I thank you for the compliment of inviting me here, and Massachusetts extends the most cordial welcome to every individual member of the Society, and expresses her interest in the objects of the societj'. After a selection by the Germania or- chestra Mr. Calder introduced Mayor Hart, who also extended a cordial wel- come on behalf of the citj', to which Mr. Robert Craig responded as follows : Mr. President — Ladies and Gentlemen: The members of the Society of American Florists have already been made to feel \vhat it is to be the recipients of a New England welcome: they have thus early had occasion to realize that, with you, that term is not meaningless, but one full of significance. Oifr whole country has been thrilled by the demonstration of the extraordinary capabilities of Boston hos- pitality, as evidenced only last week, in the kind and generous treatment of the multitudes of the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic, every one of whom left your beautiful city with feelings of gratitude toward it which will endure as long as life shall last. I want to assure the distinguished rep- resentatives of this State and city and the people of Boston, through them, that the members of this society appreciate in a like degree the evidences of kindlv feel- ing with which they have been received on every hand; and I can only regret my inability to clothe in language sufficiently adequate for the occasion my response to the cordial 'greetings that have been so eloqitently voiced by the Chief Executive of this commonwealth and by the Mayor of this city. We are proud to be in Boston for many reasons — because it is an historic city, one full of places of peculiar interest to us and stirrounded bj' memories that are cher- ished by all of us— because of its achieve- ments, because of its institutions of learn- ing, because of its magnificent libraries, because of the noted men and women it has produced. Some of the greatest poets, philosophers and statesmen that this country has known lived and labored in Boston or in its vicinity. We are proud of being here for another reason : because Boston is the centre— the acknowledged centre — of horticulture in this country. It is the home of the greatest, the most suc- cessful and one of the oldest horticultural societies in the land; a society that, ever since its organization, has numbered among its members some of the best citi- zens of Boston. In fact, horticulture has been recognized in Boston as it has not been in any other city in the Union. From early in the history of Boston the Commons of the city were set apart to be adorned by the florists' art, for the use ot the people for all time to come ; and from that day to our own horticulture has been given here that recognition to which its merits entitle it. We anticipate the enjoyment we shall hav. in viewing the magnificent exhibi- tion in Music Hall, which has been gotten up bj' the expenditure of so much well- directed labor — the sight of the exhibition alone is worth coming a thousand miles to see — and when we think of the marvel- ous collections of rare and valuable orchids and other plants we shall have opportunity to see, and when we remem- ber that in the vicinity of Boston are undoubtedly the finest examples of land- scape art in America, and probably not excelled by any in the world, we cannot sufficiently express our pleasurable antici- pations. Ladies and gentlemen, I will not detain you longer, but will conclude by repeat- ing, again and again from the bottom of my heart our thanks for the greetings extended tons. Both the welcome and response were received with long-continued applause. 34 The American Florist. Sept. /, LMt sllOUld such sub- it ;mtl the Tliiii followed President jord;i dress, from whicli we give extracts President Jordan's Address. IVeeolrnl lias csl;,l.li.lu .1 the thisaSS.HMlhM, llLll ,1 deliver .Ml ,iniin,,l ,hMi jeets as lie m.\\ cUcm " good of the societv may domaiul. The object of this society is defined in Article 11. of the Constitution to be as follows: "The aim of this society is to lift up and carryforward all that tends to advance the interest of its members;" therefore we are at liberty to present any subject connected with art, literature or science, entering into an analyzation of any of the economic questions of the day. \Iuch is expected of this society in its organized eflbrts, not only to instruct its members in their daily avocations, but to educate the masses in horticulture, by widening and deepening an interest in our profession, by increasingour membership, active and honorary, until we embrace all the leading men of the country who are interested in the various callings of horticulture; all men cu^.i^c ■! in s, i< utific research tending to ail\,iin. ili. iirofes- sion; the formation <>l kiihln.l .osucia- tions; encouraging exluliiiiuu^ ol plants and flowers, by bringing into closer rela- tions the retail dealer with the gi-ower and wholesale dealer; unless the retail dealer can make a success of his business the grower can not hope to do so. An eminent writer on economics re- cently made this statement: "The profits realized in nearly all branches of business to-day are acquired from what was con- sidered twenty years ago -waste-" and but a small percentage of waste has yet been saved, therefore it becomes usclosely to examine our work and see wherein we can prevent or diminish this waste; waste of time, waste of money, waste of energy, waste of hours that should be spent in relaxation, amusements and recreation. A large proportion of the wealthy men of this country are anxious to know how they can best benefit humanity with their accumulated millions; how they can best build a monument to their names more enduring than granite; how they can best prevent waste and reduce the friction in business, by lubricating the wheels of evolution that the fittest may survive. Large fortunes have been bequeathed to religious institutions, but who can foretell the teachings of any one religious sect one hundred years hence? Libraries have been established in various cities, and schools have been endowed to carry out some wishes of their donors, and while we all believe that much good is accomplished in evolving a higher civili- zation for those who can avail themselves of the benefit of these institutions, yet we must acknowledge that those who are thus benefitted are very few, compared with the great mass of people that fre- quent our parks and public gi-ounds to take object lessons; where young and old, rich and poor, learned and illiterate meet on one common level to drink in nature's best gifts to man. Undoubtedly these sentiments inspired Mr. Henry Shaw (who died in St. Louis, August 25, 1889) to bequeath to the public his immense fortune for all time to come, for the purpose of instructing the people in the ever-increasing knowledge of horticulture. Let me read you a few extracts of his will: After mentioning the trustees, he gives to the public a Botanical Garden, which shall be forever kept up and maintained for the cultiva- plants, flowei-s, oductions of the cum and library botany, horti- vcgct.-ihlckl.iudoTU,; devoted to tile scrv culture and allied su „ \ school has already been established, under the direction of' Professor William Treleasc (who is connected with the Washington University), where young men are trained in the practical work of horticulture. Thev are paid for their work, besides furnished with lodgings and tuition free; they will be taught sur- veying, book-keeping and all necessary branches of knowledge to make them use- ful in any branch of horticultflre. Mr. Shaw did not forget the social side of life, and bequeathed one thousand dollars each year for a banquet to men eminent as teachers of science, literature and art; also four hundred dollars each year for a like banquet for gardeners and florists; five hundred dollars each year for a floral exhibition; giving the trustees unlimited power to spend large sums of money in extending the parks and pleas- ure grounds. » » » « * The subject of a higher education has been mentioned in our former conveti- tions, and has elicited some sharp criti- cisms, and in presenting it again, will quote from Professor W. O. Atwood's report from the Agricultural Department at Washington, M. C, transmitted June 15. 1SS9: "Witliin leeeiit times, farmers and men of seiciiee interested in farming, have seen the ailvaulaues of using the resources of science to iiiujrove the practice of agri- culture, niul have established agricultural experiment stations. "The objects of these stations are to experiment and to teach, to make a reg- ular business of diseoverv, to promote agriculture by scieiitit'ie iiivesticationand experiment, to diffuse as well ;is increase the knowledge which improves fannjjrac- tice and elevates farm life. Modern science reveals the operations of nature in their truth and beauty, and lifts us by their contemplations out of ourselves to higher things. It finds as much that is won- derfid in the growth of a blade of grass as in the motion of the planets, as much of inspiration in the process by which a clod of earth gives up its fertility as in the forces that keep the stars in their places in the universe." The United States Department of Agri- culture, situated in Washington, D. C, is supplied with reports from the diflerent expei-iment stations (of which there are some forty odd at present); these reports are condensed, and a bulletin issued free to any applicant; any one engaged in horticultural piu'suits can gain much useful knowledge by the reading of these bulletins. Each member of this society should make the acquaintance of the director of the nearest experiment sta- tion, furnish him with new plants or trees for testing, giving the director a report of such facts as you may have learned by your own experiments, and thus bj' this interchange of knowledge will we advance to that higher plane where we can reason from cause to effect. » • « There should be established some meas- ure of qualification of young men entering into the employment of florists to learn the business, and with proper influence we could have graduated at many of our institutions of learning young men suit- able for apprentices in our jjrofession. The death list of our members for the past 3'ear is unusually long. Some whose names have been shining lights for many years have left us. In due time resolu- tions from the committees will be received and recorded. May the lessons of the past inspire us to fill up the full measure of our manhood, by endeavoring to do more for others than we expect indi- vidually to receive. Recommendations for our future work will be made by the executive committee. During the sessions of this convention may our deliberations be honest, earnest and decisive; each expressing his own individual opinions, either in speaking or voting on any subject that may be pre- sented. Hoping for a continuance of the pros- perity of this society in the advancing of our standard of excellence, so that we may ever remain in the foremost rank in the pursuit of horticulture, the foregoing is respectfully submitted for your con- sideration. Secretary Stewart reported that 775 members had paid tlieir dues for 1889, and that during the year fourteen mem- bers had been removed by death. Treasurer Hunt reported receipts dur- ing 1889 of $1,957. 97, and disbursements for the same term of $1,231.90, leaving a balance of $726.07 in the treasury on January 1, last. On July 1st, last, there was a balance of $554. The Committee on Nomenclature sub- mitted the following report through Chairman J. D. Raynolds: Mr. President : Your committee have made every eftort in their power to col- lect all available data for the revision of plant nomenclature. Not content with such cases of misnaming as had come under their own personal notice twelve hundred circular letters of inquiry were sent out with addressed postal cards for reply. Only three of these came back from the dead letter office, having failed to reach their destination. One hundred and twenty -eight answers were received. Sixty -three of these were to the effect that the writers knew of no cases of misnam- ing, and sixty -five gave lists of from one to a dozen or more supijosed synonyms. To the remaining 1069 circulars no rcjilv whatever has been received. Your committee met at the Tremont House, in this city, August IS, and de- voted a long morning session to carefully examining and sifting the sixty-five lists sent in. The larger lists were mainly of cases where there has been confusion and conflict of authority as to the right botan- nical name. Of course these were generic or specific names, and, while it is in the highest degree desirable that the ee>nflict should be settled and a correct scientific botanical nomenclature be arrived at, vet your committee feel that they have neither the authority nor ade(|uate facili- ties, and they take it that such work is not at present expected of them, hentfe the only work undertaken at this meeting has been an attempt at lessening the existing confusion in varietal names and especially the examination of eases when it is alleged that old varieties have been sent out under new names with fraudu- lent intent to sell them at an enhanced price. It must be said here that such cases are far less numerous than has been com- monly asserted, and of the few instances that have been brought to the notice of the committee not a single one li.-is Ix-en .•iccomi)anie(l by any sort of Icgaleyidence that the .iccusations were true. In most names were given the.se were simply the unsupported assertion of the writer, sometimes even accompanied with the -■*po. The American Florist. 35 / ""'^^v:-' W ivt soc\UN 0^ KVM.R\OKH vvoR\s"\5 \H coH\itH"^\on M aos"\on. request that the eommvinicntion be con- sidered confidential! While your cdinmit- tee have every desire toex|)iiscaiiil ]iiinish fraud, and will fearlessly make tlu'. it tempt if furnished with proper evidciKc, yet it can hardly be expected of them that they will undertake the work of " showing up the villains" by making public charges which they would be unable successfully to maintain in defending a suit for libel. Of the cases of supposed misnaming submitted by far the larger nuinljer — fully seventy-five per cent.— are simply cases of mistaken identity, arising from substitu- tion, either intentional or accidental, by the person the plants were bought of; or else the mixing of labels, which is well known to be a most fruitful source of error. Your committee makes no claim to being Infallilile, and, in all ])ruliability, when their list of suiiposcd s\iionvms comes to 1)c printed and circulateil.it will Ije found that their judgment in some cases has been erroneous and that further revision is necessary. This is not a work that can be done at once or which can ever be declared perfect, but it is hoped and believed that perfection can Ix- nearer approached year by year, and that what has been so far accomplished will not be considered without value. There are, of course, a number of in- stances where the committee are in doubt as to whether two names are or are not synonyms. These cases can only be proved by testing, growing the plants side by side under the same conditions for a sufficient time to make exhaustive comparison. The chairman of your committee entered into correspondence with the horticul- tural directors of the agricultural experi- ment stations, and a number of them have signified a willingness to undertake such work for us and make official re- port of the results. It is, however, the nearly unanimous opinion of the commit- tee that this proffered assistance should not be accepted, since it is doubtful if the results would be accepted as final and conclusive, and it would be better that the work of testing should wait till it can be done by practical men within the society. The six sub-committees have made painstaking reports, giving all known cases of misnaming in their different classes, which reports are herewith sub- mitted. Toronto, Ont.-irio, was selected as the place of meeting for 1891 aiid officers for the ensuing year elected as follows: Pres- ident, M. H. Norton, Boston; Vice-Presi- dent, John Chambers, Toronto; Secre- tarv, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston; Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. The many essays and discussions on same will be treated in subsequent issues. Horticultural Hall at 6:30 p. m. August 20. The report of the secretary shows the amount of glass insured to be 2,132,- 118 feet. The reserve fund amounts to' $1,233, and the balance on hand of assessment fund $553. The following directors were" elected for the ensuing vear: B. F. Dorrance, Julius Roehrs, Edwin Lonsdale, J. D. Carmody, James Horan, J. M.Jordan and J. C. Vaughan. At the meeting of directors held subse- quently the following officers were re- elected: J. M. Jordan, president, J. G. Esler, secretary, J. C. Vaughan, treasurer. Although the fund for payment of losses was still above the legal limit it was deemed wise in view of the large amount of glass now insured, to make an assess- ment on all members who joined prior to April 1 last. This will give a strong cash fund to meet any losses. Many new applications were reported. Full reports will be printed in a later issue. The Entertamments A CARRIAGE RIDE. The Florists' Hail Association. Tlie Florists' Hail Association met ! On Tuesdav afternoon the ladies in I attendance at'the convention were treated j to a carriage ride through the city and I suburbs bv the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston which was very greatly enjoyed. The party filled a tally-ho and I thirty-four carriages. Their route took ( them through Commonwealth avenue 36 The American Florist. Sept. and the Back Bay Tark and out to Franklin Park, where refreshments were served at the Overlook. Tliciicc the drive was to Cambridge, where the pot- tery of A. H. Hews & Co. was visited. Here the party was welcomed by Mr. Ikws and sliown over his establishment, a li,i;lit UukIi licing provided also and a s(»ivcnir iKiiikin-hofder vase was pre- senlctl to caeh individual. AT LEXINGTON. Wednesday afternoon a special train carried the S. A. F. to historic Lexington in response to an invitation from Mrs. F. B. Hayes to visit her beautiful estate. Arriving at Lexington they repaired to the town hall and Ustened to an address of welcome by Rev. A. B. Staples. Mr. Staples also enumerated and explained the interesting historical events for which the town is noted, in a pleasing manner. The company then proceeded to the common and viewed the historic boulder and the famous John Hancock house. .\nivintr ;it the home of Mrs. Hayes, after a r.iiiil]ic (ivirthe beautiful grounds and an oppdrtiiiiity had been given to thor- oiij;lily admire the magnificent trees and other objects of interest, a collation was served under a large tent in the yard. Alderman Wilson welcomed the visitors in behalf of Mrs. Hayes in a few well chosen words. After the collation had been served the visitors assembled on the slope in front of the house and were pho- tographed. About 6 o'clock the com- pany took the train for Boston, pro- nouncingthe occasion a very pleasant one. AT WELLESLEY. Thursday afternoon the members of the society were taken by special train to Wellesley, where they were the guests of Mr. H. H. Hunnewell on his magnificent estate, certainly the most beautiful and interesting in America. Several hours were spent in admiring the beautiful landscape, the elaborate bedding, the rare plants and flowers to be seen in wonderful profusion, the graperies and fruit forcing houses, the curious garden of clipped trees, the conservatories, the views over Waban Lake and the many other gems of natural scenery. It was an educational afternoon. In response to a bugle call the visitors assembled on the lawn in front of the residence where they were photographed in a group, and afterward an elegant lunch was served in a tent which had been erected on the grounds for the purpose. Mr. Hunnewell is a royal host and he had an able lieu- tenant in Mr. Harris his head gardener. We shall have more to saj' about this beautiful place in an early issue. bowlers' banquet. Late Thursday evening the New York bowling team gave a supper at the Thomdyke to properly celebrate their success in carrying "off first prize in the bowling match. It was an informal affair and those present enjoved them- selves most thoroughly. All 'the clubs which participated in the match were toasted individually and the Florists' Clubs of America collectively. The huge silver cup won by the New Yorkers was filled with champagne and each one present drank from it to the continued prosperity of the Boston Club, and at the same time made a speech, sang a song or told a story. The modest Bostonians- were fairly overcome by the numerous eulogistic speeches and kindly wishes for their future welfare. Mr. Craig recited a "pome" which proved that success in any contest awaits those who aim high and put forth their best endeavor. A New York gentleman favored the com- pany with a song entitled "Riding on the elevated railroad," which was an alarm- ing expose of "high life" in the metrop- olis, and which evoked much laughter and applause. Mr. Lonsdale gave a revised version of the "Good old Duke of York," and Mr. Parson related in tuneful verse the exploits of the "Bold Mcln- tyres." All those who could not sing said something wise or witty. Friday morning had got a fair start before the company separated. EXCURSION AND BANQUET. Friday was devoted entirely to pleas- ure. As guests of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club the society enjoyed a de- lightful sail in Boston harbor on the steamerNew York, followed by a banquet at Nantasket Beach. The time set for the start was 9 o'clock, but large bodies move slowly, and it was nearer the hour of 10 before the jolly crowd, numbering nearly 1,000, had snuglvcnsconsed them- selves aboard the boat. The sail afforded many, especially those who came from the west, their first sight of old Neptune's domain, and not a few of them paid him tribute. Heading for Nahant and then shaping her course for Minot's ledge light, the vessel gave ample opportunity to note the many points of interest in the harbor. At 2:30 p. m. the whartat Pemberton was reached, where a special train was in readiness to convey the party to Nantasket. On their arrival at the beach Landlord Vercelli of the Hotel Nantasket, catered to the wants of the inner man in the large skating rink. Here for over an hour the voyagers rested, being regaled with the delicacies of the season, enlivened by strains of sweet music from Lindall's band, which had accompanied the party on the steamer, and wrought up to a pitch of enthusiasm at the close of the dinner by the speech-making which took place. The post-prandials were begun with brief remarks from retiring President Jordan, who proposed three cheers for the entertainers, the Boston gardeners and florists. They were given with energy. Then President A. P. Calder, of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, acting as master of ceremonies, said that although the Society of American Florists had been cordially received by state and city officials, the Gardeners' aiid Florists' Club had proposed to outdo city and state by making them thrice welcome. "When we heard at the convention in Buffalo," said Mr. Calder, "that Boston was to have the next convention, the wellspring of our desire overflowed, and our thought was, 'How can we best con- tribute to the happiness and enjoyment of the members and advance the interests of the society?' We have done what we could, and now we have but one more wish to express, which is that your visit here may long be remembered and remain fragrant, fresh and bright among your best recollections in the annals of the association." Mr. Calder then called on President Jordan, who expressed his pleasure at the success of the convention, complimented the Boston reception committee on their untiring devotion to their guests, and said the past week, and especially this day, had been one of the happiest occa- sions of his life. President-elect M. H. Norton was the next speaker. He joined with the jiresi- dent of the Boston club he said in giving the visitors a welcome. He believed no city could entertain them more fittingly, and that no body of men could appreciate such cordiality more thoroughly than the florists. "If you are satisfied," he con- cluded, "I am sure we are all satisfied too!" Edwin Lonsdale was next introduced, and presented to Secretary Stewart a purse of gold containing $400, in token of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-members. Mr. Stewart was over- come. In response he said: "I do not understand this matter at all, but if there is one thing more than another that could make me happy it is to see you all here with us. My heart is eloquent, but I can not express what it contains. Whatever I can do to show the florists of our country our feeling of love towards them I want to do. Yours is one of the noblest of callings, and you are never satisfied unless you are making somebody happy. God bless you all." Mr. Calder then announced that the ladies attending the convention had held a meeting on board the boat, and had passed a vote of thanks to Mrs. F. B. Hayes, of Lexington, Mr. Hunnewell, of Weilesley, Mr. and Mrs. Hews, of Cam- bridge, Mr. J. Tailby, of Wellesley, and the ladies of the Boston convention, for their uniform courtesies during the con- vention. Mr. John Thorpe, of Pearl River, N. Y., was then introduced as the "father of the society." He spoke of the former conventions of the society, and said that the one in Boston "beat them all." He expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Boston Florists' Club. Mr. Patrick Norton, of Dorchester, Mass., was the next speaker. He said: "Last week the Grand Army were here in their warlike splendor, but this week records a peaceful and a like auspicious gathering. We hope to meet next year in Toronto, Ont., in the same strength, but also in a peace- ful way." Mr. F. G. Foster, of Toronto, Ont., then said: "Although we can not compete with Boston in such generous and princely hospitalitj' as we have en- joyed, Toronto will give you a hearty welcome and will give you a chance to enjoy yourselves in your own way. The visit will do us good and will do the Society of American Florists good in gen- eral. It will enlighten their minds to the capabilities of Canada and will smooth the rough ground supposed to exist on that imaginary line between Canada and the United States. It will increase the membership of the society, as the people of Canada will not only see the good fellowship existing among the members of the society, but will be quick to recog- nize the financial benefits resulting from membership in such an organization." Mr. W. R. Smith, of the Botanical Gar- dens of Washington, D. C, then spoke. He referred to the generous hospitality of Boston, and said that such a collection of plants as had been exhibited in their honor could not be equalled in any city in the world. Mr. J. D. Raynolds, of Chicago, referred to the coming World's Fair in that city, and urged co-operation on the part of the members to the end that the horticultural exhibition might be one in which all Americans could take just pride. After the exercises in the rink a ball game won by a Boston picked nine in a contest with all comers by the score of 8 to 1- was played. Those who did not care to witness the liall game strolled about the beach and whiled away the hours pleasantly until 7 ]). m., when the return trip was made, the partj' reaching lA'wis wharf shortly before 9 o'clock, thus bringing to a close a most enjoyable day. i8go. The American Florist. 37 Notes. Votes of thanks were tendered to the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, Mr. H. H. Hunnewell, Mrs. F. B. Hayes, the Mass. Hort. Society, the press of Boston, and all others who had so gen- erously assisted in entertaining the soci- ety and contributed toward the success of the convention. The delegation from Chicago and the northwest came very near being pitched into eternity on the trip down through a broken axle on a forward car while running at a high rate of speed. Fortu- nately the accident resulted in merely a few hours delay in reaching the Hub. Messrs. John Thorpe and E. G. Hill were appointed delegates to represent the S. A. F. at the meeting of horticultural societies in Chicago, called to consider matters in connection with the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. By a resolution offered by Mr. John Thorpe, Mr. Jas. D. Raynolds was in- dorsed lay the society for the position of director of the horticultural department of the World's Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago in 1893. When President-elect Norton and Sec- retary re-elect Stewart appeared on the stage together they were greeted with tumultuous applause. Neither of them are great talkers, but both are good workers. The pleasures of the occasion were somewhat marred for President Jordan by the receipt of a telegram stating that a portion of his greenhouses had been destroyed bj' fire during his absence from home. The short view of the Nantasket Beach attracted the attention of the members from the interior who were so anxious for closer inspection that they could not wait for the speeches. Eulogies were pronounced upon the lives of John and Peter Henderson, Henry Bennett and other members who had been removed by death since the last meeting of the society. Mr. James Henry Laing, of John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, England, attended the Boston meeting, Mr. Hugh Dickson, of Alex Dickson & Son, Belfast, was also present. Pitcher & Manda's show of cypripe- diums at the trade exhibition was re- markably fine. Mr. Manda was present and assisted materially in all the fes- tivities. The special prizes, consisting of silver vases, cups and other similar articles, occupied a glass case in the center of Music Hall and made a glittering show. An amendment to the by-laws increas- ing the secretary's salary from $500 to $750 per annum was adopted by a unanimous vote. The hospitality of the Boston friends was simply magnificent, and the man- agement of the various excursions was most excellent. Mr. D. B. Long's essay on sj'steni in business was liberally illustrated by large sheets showing his method of book- keeping. Mr. J. W. Manning, of Reading, Mass., made a beautiful display of rare conifers in the halls of the Tremont House. Mr. Jas. Dean, of Bay Ridge, X. Y., was nominated for the presidency, but declined in favor of Mr. Norton. Mr. E. S. Carman's essay on cross- fertilization and hybridization will be given in full in an early issue. The dining-room at the Tremont House was handsomely decorated with palms and similar decorative plants. Mr. W. K. Harris expressed the belief that double thick glass is the best and in the end the cheapest. The New York and New Jersey florists banqueted those who traveled with them to Boston by boat. The invitation to meet next year in Toronto was extended by Mr. J. H. Dun- lop of that city. The discussion upon marketing cut flowers brought forth nothing especially new. The "only" Dan Farson, of the Quaker City, was there. "Nuffsed." A portrait of President M. H. Norton will appear in next issue. "Jim the penman's" score was the glorious sum of 234. The weather was perfect during the entire week. We shall visit our Canadian friends next j'ear. Annual Exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. The Boston Music Hall is but a few steps from Horticultural Hall, and in it the Mass. Hort. Society held its annual fall exhibition of plants and flowers. In Boston we expect to see something un- usuallj' superior in the way of fine plants, because of the many large greenhouse gardens in and immediately around it, and the general interest taken in fine gar- dening. But the present exhibition has been conceded by both the Boston people and strangers to have eclipsed in excel- lence any previous effort. Every plant shown was a good plant, and there was a complete absence of ill-grown or trashy stock. The palms were splendid, and so, too, were the cycads. The orchids, con- sidering the time of year, were a bank of loveliness, and well merited the admira- ation of the many visitors who continu- ally crowded in front of them. The cro- tons were esjjecially fine, not so much on account of their large size as of their full- ness, abundant, large and splendidly col- ored foliage. The dracsenas were not large; their merit rather consisted in their broad, massive leaves from the base up. Large as the music hall is, there was not nearly room enough in it to display the plants to good advantage, but this disadvantage was more than counterbal- anced by its nearness to the hall in which the convention was held. Besides tbe prize-winning plants there were many other superb specimens. Frank Becker, of Cambridge, andW. E.Doyle, of Boston, contributed a large assortment of fine palms, dracaenas, laurels and other plants used in furnishing. The Harvard Botanic Garden sent a group of large ferns, mosses and cactuses, and Mrs. F. B. Hayes, of Lexington, a fine specimen of Dasylirion acrostichum. A large plant of the perforated leaved Monstera (Philo- dendron ) deliciosa, with large, boat-like flowers and long, cone-like young fruits from J. H. White, elicited much interest. Mr. Denys Zirngiebel, of Needham, con- tributed the very large group of China asters in bloom in pots that decorated the upper stage, and they were very fine. One end of the hall was partitioned o^ into four compartments in each of which one table and one mantel decoration was arranged, and these rooms were by far the most frequented and apparently ap- preciated part of the whole exhibition. These rooms were always crowded with visitors. Sixty and forty dollars were the first and second premiums offered for table decorations, and these had to be kept fresh and in good condition for four days. Galvin Bros., J. Newman & Sons, Twombly & Son and W. E. Doyle, all of Tremont street, had each a table. Galvin Brothers' table had a center-piece of pink roses — Mermets and Duchess of Albany, relieved at each end by dishes of Grace Wilder carnations all openly and taste- fully arranged, and made up around with maidenhair fern. There were scrolls of Blanche Ferry sweet peas, and the favors were pink roses. Asparagus plumosus was draped about the lamps. Awarded second prize. Newman & Sons' table had as a center- piece a vase built of double sunflowers with a bunch of Papa Gontier roses at top, and the base was trimmed with adiantum ferns. In the end baskets a dish of fruit was set in the middle and built about wth pink roses and terns, and the center of the table for four feet wide and a good part of its length was lined with mirror glass on which were strewn pink pond lilies and their leaves and some fern fronds. The favors were of Papa Gontier roses. Twombly & Son's table had a large Adiantum Farleyense as a center-piece set on mirror glass with pink pond lilies strewn on it, and a tracery of pink roses foliage and fern fronds was run all around the middle of the table. The favors were of Perle roses. In W. E. Doyle's table the center-piece was a large flowing but airy specimen of Phoenix rupicola with small plants of Cocos Weddeliana and Pandanus Veitchii. This table was uncommonly wide and gave an opportunity for a larger use of plants and flowers than was the case with the others. Around the center plants and in an oblong square along the table was arranged a solid belt of speciosum lilies. And the favors too were of these lilies. Awarded first prize. Two prizes, of $75 and $50 respectively, were offered by the Society of American Florists for a mantel decoration, and these elicited four competitors, namely, Galvin Brothers, J. Gormley & Son, Tre- mont street, David Allan, Moimt Auburn, and W. E. Doyle. Galvin Brothers filled the base with Veitch's pandanus, ferns and asparagus, in the fireplace was a Cissus discolor, double sunflowers and pandanus fur- nished the mantel shelf, with a Croton Chelsoni in the center, and over the mirror palms, dracasnas and pandanus were arranged. John Gormley & Son occupied the same room in which was J. Newman & Son's table decoration. The base of their mantel decoration was filled with green dracfenas, screw pines and ferns; the mantel shelf was banked with Perle and Mermet roses, interspersed with ferns and a few croton leaves and draped with ferns and asparagus; two sunflower-made vases at the ends were filled with red and pink roses and a spray of lapageria, and there was a flower-made time piece in the middle. At the top was a center plant of variegated coprosma with adiantums on each side. Caladiums on pedestals occu- pied each end and the gas lamps were draped with smilax. David Allan's mantel decoration was in the same room with Twombly & Son's table decoration, and it was a marvel of loveliness, richness and elegance. The materials used in its construction were of the finest kind, and tliey were arranged with such delicate effect that not a pot or vestige of one was seen, and everything appeared rich and nothing heavy. Up 38 The American Florist, Sept. each side of the mantel crotoiis, Cocos WeiUk'liana and variegated alocasias were arranged, and in tlie tireplace um- bels of the wliite agapantlnis were stuek among Adiantum trapezit'orme; tlic man- tel shelf was banked with I'arKyense ferns trimmed with orchid blossoms and draped with long sprays of red lapa- gerias; dejiending over the mirror sprays of white lapagerias hung from a border of ferns and orchids. The decoration was surmounted by a Croton yucen Victoria, relieved on either side by a plant of Pandanus Yeitchii. Splendid pitchers of Mastersi and other nepenthes trimmed the lamps, and yards of plumosus aspar- agus was freely used. The orchids used were Odontoglossum vexillarium, O. Alexandra?, 0. Sanderiana, Grammato- phvllum Ellisii, Cypripedium Curtisi, C. Lawrenceanum, C. Harrisianum, C. Stonei and C. Crossianum. This mantel was awarded first prize. In front of and in the fireplace in W. E. Doyle's mantel were arranged dieften- bachias, violet-leaved alocasias, green and variegated small pandanuses, Cocos Wed- deliana, a Cordyline indivisa and Cal- adium pictum. The mantel shelf was banked with double flowered sunflowers and white speciosum lilies on a bed of green. Sunflowers and white lilies were also arranged above the mirror, with small plants of pandanus, cocos and dieffenbachia and an alocasia as the cen- terpiece. A fine specimen of speciosum lily set on a pedestal hidden among small palms and ferns was set on each side of the mantel. Received second prize. The pond lilies were one of the loveliest and most appreciated features of the ex- hibition. Chipman Brothers, Sandwich, Mass., sent a tubful of the rose colored variety of Nymphsea odorata right from headquarters. Professor Fairman Rogers, Newport, R. I., sent N. Devonianum, N. dentatum, N. ccerulea and N. candi- dissimum, also the Japanese Xelumbium album and a form of it with red striped margins. Mr. Benj. Grey, of Maiden, who makes a specialty of aquatics, sent Nymph^a stellata, N. Zanzibarensis in variety, the rose-colored N. odorata, N. Devonianum and N. dentata. Of Pistia stratiotes he showed immense heads. And Mr. E. D. Sturtevant, of Borden- town, N. J., who is said to have the largest variety of ornamental aquatic plants in the world, brought scores upon scores of his splendid Egyptian lotus Mr. L. W. Goodell, of Dwight, Mass., filled a large tank with beautiful lilies, also some rarities. He had Nymphsea Marhliacea chromatella, the new yellow one, and which is supposed to be a natu- ral hybrid between N. flava and N. can- didissima. It is day-blooming, slightly fragrant, hardy, free growing and very free blooming, continuing to blossom from early summer till late fall. A pretty little white lily was N. alba-pygmasa, said to be a natural hybrid between these two species, and also hardy and copious. Among other lilies he had N. alba, N. can- didissima, N. scutifolia, N. Marliacea, N. dentata, different varieties of N. odorata and of N. Zanzibarensis. Among the last named was a very deep colored sport from N. Z. rosea, which he has named purpurea. A leaf of Victoria regia was spread in the middle of the basin, and Azolla Caroliniana floated about like duckweed and Limnocharis Humboldtii, water chestnuts (Trapa) and Eichhomia crassipes were at home in the tank. The new and rare Eichhornia cocrulea was prettily in bloom; it is bluer than B. crassipes, and the plant creeps about in matted fashion in shallow water in about like manner as do verbenas on dry land. Myriopliyllum proserpinioides hung in laee-likc fringe over the edges of the tank. Eimantliciiiuni liulicum attracted atten- tion because ofits vigorous growth, and its pretty liltk- white flowers whose sur- faces arc 1)eaiitifully fringed or bearded. Sagittaria Japonica fl. pi. was in full flower, its large, extremely double, pure white flowers are very attractive and good to tell, the plant is hardy and easy to grow. Limnocharis Plunieri was worthy of notice. It has very large foliage and a bunch of flower buds ter- minating a stout scape, but only one flower at a time is open. The zebra-striped rush, the variegated sweet flag and other plants went to help the display, and lean- ing over the tanks were huge specimens of the Egyptian papyrus plant. From Mr. Hunnewell and the Harvard Botanic Garden likewise came tubs of pond lilies in bloom. Mr. Tricker from Staten Island, brought flowers and leaves of Nymphsea "Mexi- cana." The flowers are yellow and some- what fragrant and bear a close resem- blance to those of N. flava; indeed, judging from the flowers, leaves, style of growth and other characteristics, such an expert as Mr. Sturtevant considers it identical with that species. Its very stout flower stems, however, are a little puzzling. Mr. F. L. Ames, of North Easton, Mass., took first premium for six orchids with beautiful specimens of the following: Cattleya Eldorado having a dozen flow- ers, C. Gaskelliana with ten blooms, Ljelia eallistogloss:; bearing three spikes of splendid flowers, Odontoglossum grande with seven spikes, Cypripedium Morganianum with two spikes of three flowers each and a handsome specimen of C. Veitchii. Mr. J. L. Gardner, Brook- line, was second with La;lia crispa, Den- drobium Dearii, Vanda suavis, Miltonia spectabilis, Oncidium volax and Ccelo- gyne Massangeana. For the best collection of orchids in bloom Mr. Ames secured the leading prize. In this lot were the yellow flower- ing Oncidium Kraraeri, the striking Odont- oglossum vexillarium superbum, Cypri- pedium macropterum, Bulbophyllum um- bellatum, Odontoglossum albo-sangui- neum, a unique plant bearing one spike with thirteen decidedly marked blossoms on it, Cypripedium oenanthum superbum, C. lo-grande, Promensea stapellioides, a specimen of brides affine with a droop- ing spike twenty inches long, and many other choice sorts. Mr. Ames also got first premium for the best three orchids, these included Cypripedium Curtisi with five very large dark flowers, Cattleya Warscewiczii im- pcrialis with two spikes bearing five immense blossoms, and Odontoglossum vexillarium with ten arching spikes of lovely glistening flowers. With Ltelia elegans Littleiana Mr. Ames took first premium for the best single plant of orchid in bloom. It was a beauty, nearly four feet high and had a spike of eight brilliant blossoms. For the best single orchid plant to be judged by the follow- ing points, namely, condition, symmetry and size, 3 points, beauty, quality and quantity of flowers, 4 points, value and rarity of specimen, 3 points, Mr. Ames was awarded the premium for Lalia crispa superba bearing five spikes carry- ing forty-five flowers. For a pair of palms in tubs not less than 24 inches in diameter, Mr. H. H. Hunnewell secured the leading honor with grand specimens of Phoenicophorum Seehellarium and Cocos Bonnettii, and Mr. J. H. White, Brookline, was second with Kentia Belmoreana and Areca lutcscens. For a pair of palms in tubs of 20 inches or less in diameter Mr. White got first honor with a splendid pritch- ardia and latania. Mr. White also got first premium for a pair of palms in 16-inch tubs, these included an Areca Baiisei and a handsome seaforthia. And Mr. Ames got first and Mr. White second prize for a pair of palms in 12-ineh pots. Mr. Hunnewell got the first premium for the best six stove and greenhouse plants with Phyllot£Enium Lindeni, Eneephalar- tos villosus, Cissus discolor, Ficus Par- cellei, Davallia Fijiensis and Croton Wil- liamsii. Mr. J. L. Gardner, Brookline, and Mr. N. P. Kidder got the second and third prizes, respectively. Conspicuous amongtheir exhibits were Alocasia Sedeni, Marauta Lindeni, Cycas revoluta and Queen Victoria and other crotons. Mr. White got first premium for the best single specimen flowering plant which was a massive Allamanda Hendersoni in full bloom and trained close down on a trellis. Mr. J. L. Gardner got second prize i'or a specimen of Agapanthus um- bellatus with 28 flower scapes. In the ornamental foliaged plants class Mr. N.P.Kidder took first premium with Maranta rosea-picta, Alocasia Thibautii, the variegated Ficus elastica, Phrymium variegatum, Pandanus Veitchii and a handsome dieffenbachia. Mr. White who got second honors had well grown and variegated plants of Ficus elastica, co- prosma, eurya, alocasia, dieffenbachia and phormium. For the finest single specimen of varie- gated plant Mr. Ames was first with Dracasna indivisa variegata, Mr. Kidder was second with Maranta illustris, and Mr. G. A. Nickerson third. In the class for six ferns exclusive of adiantums, Mr. Kidder got first premium for Nephrolepis davallioides furcans, N. pluma, N. rufescens, Mierolepia hirta cristata, Davallia Fijiensis and D. Moore- ana; Mr. Ames got second and Dr. C. G. Weld third. Among their collections were superb plants ot Nephrolepis cord- ifolia, DidymochlaMia umulata, Nephro- lepis exaltata, N. rufescens tripinnatifida. For six adiantum terns Mr. Kidder was first and Dr. Weld second. Their collec- tions included .\diantuni graeillimum, .\. cimeatum, .\. concinnuni, .\. I'leiningii and A. tctraphvllnm. Tree ferns were not represented by the t.ill thick stemmed dicksonias or alsophilas, but by the dwarf Lomaria Gibba, fine plants with 6 feet wide heads of fronds. rSgo. The a mer /can Florist. coHMLH"^\on OT ^^^l. s. ^. v. 40 The a mbrican Florist. Sept. /, Por sclaginellas Mr. Kidder was first lltid Dr. Weld second. Prominent among the varieties were S. plumosa, luvniatodes, Mertensii and S. Wildenovi. Fisher Brothers, of Montvale, Mass., sent a sample lot of" lovely little plants of Adi- antum Farleycnse, and the Botanic Gar- den, Cambridge, sent a varied lot of large plants for decorative purposes. For six dracienas Mr. HunncwcU got first premium for magnifica, Youngii, Bella superba, indivisa variegata, Kobin- soniana and Shephardii. Dr. Weld got second for Goldeana, Sedeni, Wellesleyana, Mooreana, Mrs. H. H. Hunnewell and Youngii. Mr. Kidder secured the premium for crotons in 12-inch pots; he had Earl of Derby, Hvansianuni, Baron J. de Roths- child, Queen Victoria, nobile and Andrea- num. For crotons in 6-inch pots Dr. Weld was first, Mr. J. G. Gardner second, and Mr. G. A. Nickerson third. Among the best colored of their plants were variegatum, revolutum. Queen Victoria, maculatura. Baron Rothschild. The finest croton in the exhibition was a specimen of Queen Victoria contributed by Mr. Geo. A. Nickerson, D;dham. Mr. Ames got first premium for pitcher plants. They were splendidlj' grown in suspended baskets, and the pitchers were unusually large and deep colored; the kinds were Nepenthes Burkei, N. Curtisi, and N. Mastersiana. The United States Nurseries staged a lot of cut leaves of nepenthes, as well as an interesting set of sarracenias and a nice pan of Dion^a muscipula. The display of cut flowers was disap- pointing, neither annuals nor perennials averaging as good as one would hope to find in Boston. The dry weather was said to have been the cause of this. The prizes offered by the American Florist for the best collection of cut flowers of hardy perennials were secured by J. W. Manning, first, and Temple & Beard, second. These collections included Rudbeckia purpurea and several yellow rudbeckias, Hatris, monarda, blue and cardinal lobelias, summer hyacinth, gail- lardia, phlox, tiger, speciosum and aura- tum lilies, Helenium autumnale. Clematis Davidiana, double and single multiflorus sunflowers, white day lily, red and white yarrow, butterfly weed, Heuchera san- guinea, Plumbago Larpentte, Senecio pulcher, Boltonia latisquama, clematis coccinea, Veronica subsessilis, blue and cardinal delphiniums, blue and white campanulas, blue scabios, Amaryllis Hal- lii, Aconitum uncinatum, Oinothera Fra- seri. Euphorbia corollata, white musk mallow, Stokesia cyanea and some white chrysanthemums. Mrs. E. M. Gill got first prize for a col- lection of cut blooms of annuals with a mis- cellaneous assortment of unnamed com- mon kinds of no great merit. Verbenas and some other annual vere so poor that the committee would not award them any prize. The recent dry weather was against great excellence in sweet peas, still some very pretty ones, Blanche Ferr3' in the lead, were shown. Dr. C. G. Weld got the Dreer first prize for gloxin- ias. He had about 100 bottles with three blooms and a spray of maiden hair fern in each. Mr. J. W. Clark was first and Dr. Weld second for gladioluses, which were very pretty so far as they went, but rather lacking in variety. Mr. W. Winter, of Mansfield, showed a collection of dahlias and one of tuberous begonias, the flowers in both cases being small. Apart from the bank of plants of China asters shown by D.Zirngiebel, there was nothing striking in this line. Zinnias were ill-represented, and Drummond phloxes were not astonishing, but it was pleasant to find salpiglossus in favor. E. Sheppard & Son, Lowell, had a meritori- ous bank of cut flowers, the delphiniums and perennial phloxes among them being particularly good. From the Arnold Arboretum came a group of flowers of hardy heaths and Osbeck's sumach. Both J. W. Manning and Temple & Beard had collections of sprays of foliage of hardy trees and shrubs. They placed I^articular stress upon variegated foliage, like tri color beech, cut-leaved foliage, like Japan maples, &c. Temple & Beard, W. C. Strong and J. W. Manning each fur- nished an assortment of evergreen coni- ferous trees in pots and tubs, and which were arranged outside the doors and about the hallways. Most of the plants had, evidently, been lifted from the open ground and potted for the occasion. They consisted mainly of retinosporas, yews, spruces, firs, pines, junipers and the like. The Trade Exhibit. This valuable feature of the annual conventions of the S. A. F. shows mate- rial improvement each year and the ex- hibits this year were unusually full and complete. All the recent improvements in and additions to the rapidly lengthen- ing list of articles necessary to the trade were to be found in one of the two halls. The growing importance of the trade is well shown by the great variety of mate- rial now used by the florist and this is brought to us with added force when they are all gathered together in an ex- hibition of this kind. Following is a complete list of the ex- hibits: Cefrey Florist Letter Co., Boston— Im- mortelle letters, inscriptions and designs and wheat sheaves with inscriptions in immortelle letters. Welch Bros., Boston— General line of florists' supplies and box for shipping cut flowers. The latter is made in several sizes and holds a number of metal bot- tomed trays. Ernst Kaufmann, Philadelphia— Wheat sheaves, metallic wreaths and a general line of florists' supplies. August Rolker & Sons, New York- Wreaths of metallic flowers. L. B. Brague, Hinsdale, Mass.— Lycopo- dium, cut hardy ferns, sphagnum and Christmas trees. Thos. F. McCarthy, Boston— Florists' wire designs. Dan'l B. Long, Bufi"alo, N. Y.— Photo- graphs of floral arrangements. J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. —Specimens of printing for florists. United States Nurseries, Short Hills, N. J.— A very large and handsome display of orchids and decorative plants including a splendid collection of blooming cypri- pediums. H. S. Miller & Co., Newark, N. J.— Animal bone fertilizers especially adapted for florists' use. John Gardiner & Co., Philadelphia- Mushroom spawn. Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston— Plant food. N. F. McCarthy & Co., Boston— Gen- eral line of florists' supplies. Hartford & Nichols, Boston— Lycopo- dium, cut ferns, moss and Christmas trees. F. E. McAllister, New York— Bulbs and florists' supplies. C.J. Kogge,WestHoboken,N. J.— Hose preserver consisting of a strip of duck about an inch wide saturated with rub- ber. It is wound around weak spots in the hose and can be applied in a moment by any one. W. C. Krick, Brooklyn, N. Y.— Immor- telle letters, inscriptions, etc. Parker & Wood, Boston— Bulbs, seeds, tools and general florists' supplies. A collection of cut blooms of sweet peas also shown by them was excellent. A folding wire plant stand which they had on exhibition received much favorable comment. It folds quite flat in a very ingenious way and promises to be very convenient. H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia- Baskets, wheat sheaves, metal wreaths and a very full line of general florists' supplies. M. A. Bennett, Boston— Whale oil soap. J. C. Vaughan, Chicago— Seeds, bulbs, tools and florists' supplies. Also plants of the new polyantha rose Clotilde Soupert. Ed.Jansen. New York— A fine display of novelties in baskets. W. P. Simmons & Co., Geneva, O.— Trusses of 23 varieties of geraniums. Aug. Jahn, New Bedford, Mass.— Glox- inias. F. Becker, Cambridge, Mass.— Palms and like decorative plants. C. Thurston, Paterson, N. J.— Specimen plants of a new begonia 'in the way of metallica. H. E. Chitty, Paterson, N. J.— Blooms of the new white carnation Lizzie Mc- Gowan. Charles D. Ball, Holmesburgh, Phila- delphia—An excellent display of palms, ferns and like decorative plants of the trade sizes most in demand. W. K. Harris, Philadelphia— Iron plant stand. The same that was illustrated in the Florist some time since. H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia— Forcing bulbs and a large display of palms, ferns and like decorative plants of trade sizes. Also cut flowers of gloxinias, double fringed petunias and cannas. Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston— Forcing bulbs, tools and implements. Also Smith's Hot Bed Mat, which is made of heavy water proof paper. It will probably prove very useful. F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown,N. Y.— Bulbs of Lilium Harrisii and freesias. The dis- play of Harrisii was very fine, some of the bulbs being of immense size. He also had photographs of houses and fields of bullis in bloom and a fasciated stem of a lily which had borne 193 flowers. R. & J. Farquhar& Co., Boston— Seeds, bulbs, tools, mushroom spawn, etc. Also the Neponset waterproof paper flower pot. J. \. Penman, New Yoi'k- The Diction- arv of Gardening and Book of Ferns. Whilldin Pottery Co., Philadelphia- Flower pots in ail sizes, including one with a new style of bottom which pro- vides for ample drainage. E. A. Ormsby, Melrose, Mass.— Ven- tilating apparatus. Bartlett & Dow, Lowell, Mass.— The Elliott Wheel Scuftle Hoe. G. E. Adams & Co., Glens Falls, N. Y.— Pot washing m.nchine. A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Boston — Cvpress sash bars, gutters, etc. "Benj. Chase, Jr., Derry, N. H.— Plant stakes and labels. Iv. Hippard, Yoimgstown,0. — Ventilat- ing apparatus. Quaker City Machine Works, Richmond, Ind.— The Evans' Challenge Ventilating Apparatus. Richardson & Boynton, Chicago and New York— The Perfect Hot Water Heater. D. E. Howatt, Poughkceiisie, N. \'.— The Acme Water Heater. Gurney Hot Water Heater Co., Boston —The Gume/Hot Water Heater. iSgo, The a mer i ca n Florist. 41 National Hot Water Heater Co., Bos- ton and Chicago— The Spence Heater. Pierce, Butler & Pierce, Syracuse, N. Y. —The Florida Hot Water Heater. Hitchings & Co.,Ne\v York— Hot water boilers and section of greenhouse fitted with the Hitchings ventilating apparatus. F. W. Foster & Co., Boston— Heating apparatus. Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y.— The Furman boilers. Waterbury Rubber Co., New York- Steel armored hose. Jacob Hoffman Wagon Co., Cleveland, O. — Delivery wagon for florists. Smith & Smith, Kenton, O.— Mailing and express boxes for plants. Jas. R. Wotherspoon, Philadelphia — Watering pots and fumigators. Chas. Fottler, Dorchester, Mass.— The Boston Ro.se Sprav Hose nozzle. John L. Diez ^l- Co., Chicago— Sash bars, gutters, ventilatms. i.lc. Benj. Hammoru], fislikill on-the-Hud- son, N. Y.— A full line ol Iiis well known insecticides. A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge. Mass. — Flower pots, ornamental plant jars and vases. Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.— Cvpress sash bars. 'Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Phila- delphia—Palms of trade sizes. John Burton, Chestnut Hill, Philadel- phia— Palms of trade sizes. Siebreeht &. Wadley, New Rochelle, N. ^'.— Palms, ferns and like decorative plants. Craig. & Bro., I'hiladelphia— Palms, ferns and like decorative plants. Wni. C. • vStrong, Brighton, Mass.— Conifers. J. W. Manning, Reading, Mass.— Con- Awards : the Trade Exhibition. The Society of American Florists made the following awards at the trade ex- hibition: First class certificates— Pitcher & Manda, for specimen cypripediums and anthm-iums; Ed. Jansen, for baskets and wheat sheaves; H. Bayersdorler & Co., for display of florists' supplies; Henry A. Dreer, for display of French cannas, gloxinias and petunias. Honorable mention — R. & J. Farquhar & Co., seeds and horticultural goods; Joseph Breck & Sons, general garden supplies; Smith & Smith, mailing and cut flower boxes; F. E. Mc.\llister, collec- tion of bulbs; Charles J. Kogge, hose mender; Parker & Wood, garden imple- ments; Craig & Bro., general collection of palms, etc.; Edwin Lonsdale, general collection of palms, etc.; J. C. Vaughan, collection of bulbs; Joseph Breck & Sons, collection of bulbs; H. E. Chitty, new carnation; T. F. McCarthy, wire designs; Siebreeht & Wadley, general collection of palms, etc.; Parker & Wood, Lilium Har- risii bulbs; W. C. Krick, hand made im- mortelle letters; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., lilium bulbs; Parker & Wood, folding plant stand; D. B. Long, floral photo- graphs; Bartlett & Dow, the Elliott wheel hoe; F. R. Pierson, bulbs; F. E. McAllister, florists' supplies; E. Kaufman, florists' supplies; John Burton, collection of palms, etc.; Charles Fottler,- hose nozzle; Jacob Hoffman Wagon Company, delivery wagon; Frank Becker, collection palms; James R. Wotherspoon. watering pots and fumigators; Charles D. Ball, palms, etc.; Cefrey Immortelle Letter Company, patent florists' letters; Henry A. Dreer, palms, etc.; llcnrv A. Dreer, bulbs. The Bowling Match. Standing room was at a pi the bowling alleys of the Allen Gj'mna- siimi on Tuesday afternoon of the con- vention. It was a jovial, good natured crowd, and there was a great deal of pleasant badinage. Certain members of the society who are usually long on dig- nity were discovered occupying points of vantage and attired in smiles of eager .-mticipation. The lioyswlioset the pins had evidently ]irepared to do quick work, but on some of the alleys their task was evidently not quite as laborious as had been antici- pated . Some of the clubs had been utiable to bringtheir bowlers with them and had to make up teams from those members who happened to be present. The New York club took the cup offered by the G. and F. Club of Boston, with a score of 970. The first I'oster prize, a gold medal for best individual score made in the first game went to Roliert Craig, of Philadelphia, who had a score of 191. The second I'oster prize, a silver badge, went to E. J. Mepsted, of Buffalo, on a score of ITo. No less than four were tied for third Foster prize, a silver badge, each having a score of 172, but on jilay- ing oft' the tie with three halls it was taken by Wm. Robinson, of the Bo.ston club. The games were played on the six alleys, on the first string the three lowest to drt)p out, on the second string the lowest to drop out, the remaining two to play off. Following are the full scores: NEW VORKS. Theodore Roehrs 16S 15S 163 J. \. Penman 136 169 234 Alexamler Burns . . . . i3y iso 147 W. S. Allen 142 131 128 C. H. Allen 165 163 128 Julius Roehrs 172 142 176 Club totals 922 913 976 Average 153;'-; isz'A 15.1 ;.i liOSTONS. M. H. Norton 145 135 13S T. Cox 165 173 166 W. Edgar 128 172 168 J Rough 142 163 95 W. Robinson 172 145 120 D. Allan 127 155 107 Club totals 879 943 794 Average i45;4 157 1-6 132 NEW JERSEYS. J. N. May . . . ■ 153 15S Bowled out I. Fosterman 154 160 W. A. Manda 151 133 W. Henshaw 132 134 P. McDonald 138 121 Joseph ISIanda 172 149 Club totals 900 S55 Average 150 142^-; BIFFALOS. W. Scott 175 Bowled out E. J. Mepsted 152 J. H. Rebstock 135 W. J. Palmer 121 J. F. Cowell no Alex Scott 109 Club totals 802 Average 133?!; PHIL.'^DELPniAS. E Lonsdale 172 Bowled out John Burton 131 R. Craig 191 W. K Harris 89 J.W.Young 76 J. Westcott 127 Club totals 7S6 Average 131 CHICAGOS. G. I,. Grant I4q Bowled out W. Viherts 103 F. J. King 109 A. McAdams ii'^ J. T. Anthony 93 J. C. Vaughan 67 Cub totals 639 Average io6>^ Mr. Taylor's brace, administered to the New York club iust before the final strug- gle is undoubtedly what pulled them through. The Boston club braced too early. The janitor at the alleys said it was the "hottest" bowlingmatchhe ever saw. After the heavy weights had conchided their games, three special prizes, the first a silver fruit dish ofl'ered by the Gar- deners' and Florists' Club of Boston and the second and third medals offered by F. W. Foster & Co., of Boston, were com- peted for by those who had not liowled in any of the teams. The first prize was taken by Ed Jansen, of New York, with a score of 171, the second by Wm. Martin, of Boston, with a score of 157, and the third went to W. W. Coles, of Lansdowne, Pa., with .1 score of 14-7. The Poison Hog-Meat Plant. ( Aristolochia grandiflora. ) At the con- vention at Boston, Mr. E. D. Sturtevant, of Bordenton, N. J., showed me photo- graphs of flowers and flower buds of this most wonderful plant, taken from a spec- imen now in bloom in his greenhouses at Bordentown. He had it under the name of A. pelicanum, an appellation often ap- plied to this species on accoimt of the sim- ilarity in shajje of the unopened flowei- buds to the body of a pelican at rest. Mr. Sturtevant's flowers of it are un- usually fine and larger than those we arc told about in botanical books. When fully open, the broad part of the flower is twelve inches wide by 18 inches long, and to this length is added a long, slender tail-like twisted appendage, forty-two inches long, thus making the flower sixty inches long! Mr. Stnrtcv;nit described the open flowers to me as being of a deep wine color, mottled witli creamy yellow, andso malodorous or stapelia-scentedthat flies laj' their eggs in them and breed mag- gots. The plant is a luxuriant tropical vine with large, cordate leaves. It has not seeded with Mr. Sturtevant, proba- l>ly, he says, because the right insects have not yet come around to assist in fertiliz- ing it. He raises his stock from cuttings. Regarding this remarkable plant I find the following interesting communication in the London Gardeu: "This species, figured atid described long ago in the 'Botanical Magazine,' seems to have been lost to English gardens. Until the recent introduction of an African species, A. Goldieana, the flower of this plant, was often quoted as next, in point of size, to the gigantic Rafflesia Arnoldi, which is the largest of known flowers. Like that, it |i(i'.sissrs a disgusting odor, and the miui-.il I'mk- of color. Loo, is the same. tin. yi.iiuL; Ijiids are much bent and have tlic appearance of the head and beak of a pelican when that bird is at rest. The expanded limb of the perianth is terminated by a tail sometimes more than 18 inches in length (by measurement those of Mr. Sturtevant's flowers are 42 inches long, W. F.). Dr. Lunan relates * * that a whole herd of swine were poisoned by eat inu; t lie mots and v-otmg leaves of the pl;nit: I'lom this it derives its English name. I'(.is(.i] Ibigmeat. Mr. Myers was often led to compare the large, flaccid blossoms on the bushes to colored pocket handkerchiefs laid out to drj-. It is a native of the West Indies and South America. And referring to the still larger flowered kind, .Aris- tolochia Goldieana, let me quote from the same article in the Garden: "The flowers are enormous, the one fig- ured (in the Bot. Mag. I having measured 26 inches by 11 inches. The perianth ex- ternally is greenish, barred and veined with maroon red; the inside is reddish 42 The a mer i ca n F l grist. Sept. hrown.marUc'd :iiid splaslicd with mange vcUow. U is i\anic(l in honor of the Kev. ilut;h C.oUlic, of the United I'rcsbvtcrian chnieh missionarv society, and Hving plants were first" sent to'tireat Hritain l)_v him from the Old Calabar River, (lustav Mann also found it near SieiTa lAoni." Wm. Falconkr. The Growing Importance of the Easter Trade and How to Prepare for It. IIY JA.MKS IIKA.N, llAV RIIICE, N. V. {Rtadal Ihe Boslm, Convention o/ llie S. A. F. August /v.] Easter, the anniversary of our Lord's resurrection from the dead, is the greatest of all festivals of the Christian church. (Iccurring each vcar between the 22nd day of March and the '.•.-.tli day of .\pril, it has been ol)served liy all Cliiisti.ms as .-i festival of joy; and in many ways have the Uaster holidays, at difi'erent periods of our history, been spent; in joyous sports, in processions, in attendance at ehui'ch, in almsgiving, in the liberation of prisoners, and in the use of the Paschal or Easter eggs to such an extent that the jirice of the eggs advanced greatly, but in none of the works which refer to Easter in the Earlier period of our history can we find where the price of flowers ad- vanced, or where flowers were used to any extent at the festivals or dec- orations occurring during the Easter holidays; and indeed we can rapidly leave the earlierperiod and refer to atime within the memory of most of us when (lowers or plants were seldom used either in church decorations or as gifts during the Easter holidays. Now the custom has become almost universal, and the Moral decorations of the churches in the larjjer cities at Easter are magnificent and on a scale of grandeur unthought of fifteen vears ago and the Easter of to-dav might "well l)e called a festival of flowers. The custom of sending an Easter gift of cut flowers seems to have advanced to such an extent that dealers in choice Easter cards complain that it has seri- ously affected the sale of their cards at Easter. Twenty years ago we had no Easter trade worth speaking of. At that time we grew a few plants of azaleas, L. long- iflorums, roses, mostl}^ Plantiers, spirea, deutzia and some Dutch hyacinths, but all of the above plants we grew in very limited quantities rnd mostly small plants. For the next five or six years the increase in Easter plants was very slight and hardly noticeable. From 1878 until ISSS the demand for Easter plants and (lowers increased rapidh', and in some years exceeded the supply. For the past two years I have not noticed any increase ill the Easter trade of New York City. It may be that there are more plant"s and flowers grown. It is certain that none (if the New York City florists had any difficulty in supph'ing themselves with alt the plants and flowers that their busi- ness requii-ed and that at reasonable ])rices. It is generally thought that, out- side of New Y'ork and perhaps Philadel- phia, the increase of Easter trade will continue for some j-ears to come, espe- cially so in the smaller cities, which will follow the customs of the larger ones. Before entering on the subject of how to prepare for Easter there are a few (|uestions which I shall read and every florist interested in the growing of plants and flowers for Easter will or should answer them for himself. First. Is there a paying market in your vicinity for Easter plants in excess of the (piantity that was grown for last Easter? Second. To what extent would the market warrant the increase in the out- put of plants and flowers? Third. What varieties can be grown and sold at a profit? Fourth. As the shipping of Easter plants to a distance when in full flower is both expensive and risky, and as the flowers are liable to injury-, the grower will have to depend largely on a home market for the sale of his plants. First I shall take up the Easter lily, which in importance I place at the head of the list of Easter plants, and under that head I include both longiflorum and Harrisii. Fully three quarters of all the lilies that are now forced are Harrisii, which is a great deal more profitable to grow, as it flowers more freelj- than the longiflorum, and the plants are not liable to come blind. It can be forced with safety at a higher temperature than the longiflorum, and if the plants are removed to a temperature of 50° at night and given air during the day two weeks before the flowers open they will be just as firm as the longiflorum and you will be able to cut nearly double the number of flowers. Most of the lily bulbs come from Bermuda, arriving here during the months of Jul\- and August. On the re- ceipt of the bulbs they are potted in a light saiidj loam to which has been added about cine lliird of well rotted manure, using a 7,^ ■■ ;niil i; inch pot for the 5 to 7-incli bnllis; :i il' •_. nnd 7-inch pot for the 7 to 9-incli Iniliis, and a 7 and 8-inch pot for the 9 to 12-inch bulbs. In potting the bulb we place it about one inch below the surface of soil. The}' are then set close together in a frame out of doors, given a good watering and covered with a mulch of hay or straw which prevents the soil from drying out so rapidh- and saves watering. They can remain out of doors until frost comes, although a degree or two of frost will not injure the plants. From the time the\- are brought into the greenhouse until New Y'ears a night tem- perature of -10° to 45° with plenty of air during the day is all they require. After New Y'ears they may be removed to an- other house or the night temperature in- creased to 60° or 65° and even to 70° if the weather proves bad and there is little sunshine. Try to have the flower buds well above the foliage six weeks before Easter, so that standing in the doorway- of the greenhouse you can plainly see all the buds. Bearing constantly in mind that it is a great deal easier to hold the flowers back by shading and giving plenty of air which hardens and stiffens them and enables them to bear transpor- tation better than when you are com- pelled to hurry them into flower by steaming the pipes and watering them with warm water. Under such treatment they are fit only for the rubbish heap. Before deliver}' we cover each flower sep- arately with fine tissue paper, cutting the paper into squares of 10 inches. The buds or unopened flowers are treated in the same way. In fact, we wrap up every plant we send out for Easter, and although it takes a great deal of time in the rush of Easter work we find it pays well as we have little complaint of flow- ers daiii.imil ill li .insportation. TheaznK.i is snomj in importance on the list of i:.isUi iilants, with its sym- metrical head covered with flowers of the most gorgeous colors. It is a most decided favorite for Easter decorations. The most of the azaleas we force come from CrlieiU in Helyiniii, where the plants are grown ill ininunse quantities. They are shippid Ime during October, and althougli jiacked e.uefiillv tlicv do not always arrive in such a condition that they can be used the same season, often dropping their foliage and flower buds, in which case they have to be grown an- other year before flowering. The success- ful Easter grower never depends on his last importation of azaleas, for the plants he will force for Easter, but always car- ries at least one year's stock of plants ahead, in cass of loss or damage. The azalea during the winter months can be kept ill .1 night temperature of 40° with ]ileiu\ of air during the day until eight weeks before Easter. If Easter comes in March 55" will answer at night; if Easter comes in April 50° will be enough. It will be necessary to set some of thelate varieties, such as Souv. de Prince Albert, Louisa PyuKrt, Leonie Y;in Houtte and Souv. de Prince Albert alba, into heat two weeks earlier; and here I want to say, do not stand your azaleas under the shade of some convenient tree during the summer months and expect them to flower with you the following winter. Give them the open sunshine. Plunging or planting them out in a frame where you have grown your pansies will answer. If the soil is heavy add sand and leaf mold, as the azalea delights in a light loose soil. Mulch but do not use manure as it would injure, if not kill the plants. Water and syringe to keep down red spider. Treated thus they will make a good growth and mature their flower buds and give you a good crop of flowers when wanted. Be careful that the azaleas are housed before frost, as that would injure the flower buds. The hydrangea is pushing bur old . friend, the azalea, very close for second place on the list as an Easter plant. And certainly a specimen plant of Otaksa is a sight to behold; covered with its immense clusters of bright pink flowers, often measuring over 12 inches in diameter, of a color that shows equally as well by gas as daylight, it is indeed a rival not to he trifled with. Thos. Hogg is still an old favorite with us all, with its many clus- ters of pure white flowers, and will always retain a prominent place among the plants grown for Easter. Hydrangea rosea with itsbeautiful rose colored flowers as its name implies, de- serves to be grown in all collections, although the flowers are not as large as Otaksa, or the plant such a vigorous grower. The color and the freeness with which it produces its flowers will always give it a place as a market variety. We have one or two new hydrangeas that promise to rival if not surpass Otaksa, but they havcnot been thoroiiijlily tested. By mixing iron filings with the soil where the plants are grown during the summer, and when potted watering with alum water, you can change the color of the flowers of Otaksa or rosea to a blue. The hydrangea is easily propagated and grown from cuttings. A cutting struck in March, planted out before the first of May in a good rich soil and mulched and watered regularly, will by October make a ))I;iiit fit to go into a 7 or 8-inch pot. Do not ])inch or top the hydrangeas after the middle of June that are wanted for Easter forcing. It would be well toseeure the hydrangea against frosl ;is it is li;ible to iniure the flower Inids. 1 lift mine bv the loth of October, pot them in good rich soil and place them until New Years in a cold frame, giving air during the day and covering the frames at night to pro- tect them from frost. They are brought into the greenhouse at New Years and given a temperature of 60° at night with air during the day for three weeks, then incre.-ise the temperature to 65° .-it night j8go. The American Florist. 43 with litllc ail- chiriiij; tlie day. until the flowers begin to color. Then gradually gi\ethem more air during the day and reduce the temperature at night, which will give a bright color to your flowers and harden the plant, enabling it to stand out in the air without wilting, as a great many of o\vc city florists have to dis])Iay their plants in the open air in front of their stores. This rule ought to hold .good for all plants that are forced for flowers, especially so with the hy- drangea and Plantier rose, both of which if grown in a warm temperature and ex- posed without being hardened will wilt very badly if exposed to the cool air out of doors. The hydrangea when ingrowth requires plenty of water, and an occa- sional watering of liquid manure will be a benefit to the plant. The genista, or as some prefer to call it eytisus, comes next to the hydrangea in importance as an Easter plant. There are two varieties grown. Genista Cana- riensis is best grown in its natural state and best suited for decorations where large plants are required. Genista raee- niosus is not of such strong growth as Canaricnsis and is better adapted for small ])lants and easily kept in shape by trimming which it stands well. The flowers are a little larger and of a deeper yellow than Canariensis. The genista is easilj' grown from cuttings. The plants grow freely in a, light soil to which has been added some well rotted manure. Shifted as they require they soon make salable plants, but be careful not to over- pot. Do not plant the genista in the open ground during summer as they lift verj' poorl3% very often losing all their foliage. Plunge and mulch the plants out of doors during the summer, and see that they are watered and not allowed to get dry. They can be brought into the house the latter part of October. They will require very little forcing for Easter. 40° to 45° at night with plentj' of air during the day until the first of February, when the temperature can be increased to 50° at night and less air given during the daj', is all they will re- quire. From the first of February they will need plentj' of water, and one or two waterings with manure water that is not too strong will be of benefit to the plants, especially if they are grown in small pots. The above four varieties of jjlants are those that are mostly grown and find the readiest sale at Easter in New York. There are other plants also largely grown, such as spira;a, deutzia, callas, roses, I'hododendrons and geraniums. The cul- tivation of the above plants is so well understood even by the novice, that it will not be necessary for me to go into details. There ai'e a large number of bulbs also grown for Easter, consisting of Dutch hyacinths and tulips, mostly double; narcissus and valley. The culti- vation of the above is well known by all, and I shall onlj- speak of the cultivation of the valley in pots. Plaiit 15 pij^s in a 5-ineh pot 21 days before Easter and place them in the dark under the l)ench in a warm greenhouse for two weeks. At the end of that time tlicy can Ik lienchcd and given light and air, wliiili will give the foHage its natural color ami harden the flowers. It makes a beautiful as well as an appropriate gift for Easter, and is in great demand and can be sold at a handsome profit. There are also used at Easter large numbers of palms and other foliage plants; but as they are not grown esjjeci- ally for Easter but carried in stock, they can hardly come under the head of Easter plants. After Easter a great many of the jilants and flowers that are used for dec- orations in the churches are distributed among the hospitals and the sick. Grow only the amount of plants that vou can dispose of at Easter at a pj-ofit, for often the lily flower that will bring 15 cents for Easter will not bring half tliat amount the day after, and if Easter comes early it will be almost impossible to sell plants of azaleas, hydrangeas and many of the other plants, at any price, that are left over after Easter. After New Year's the grower with Easter plants to force will often find him- self with a house of plants that may have enough flowers on to make him hesitate to throw them out; he may reason that there is time to finish cutting the crop and by extra firing he will be in time with his plants for Easter, but does he count the cost of extra fi^pl? Or the danger he runs of getting late with his plants, or the injury that he does his plants by the high temperature that he will have to maintain to get them in flower in time? I think not, or he would at the proper time have thrown them out and given his Easter plants the time and attention which they require. Every grower will have to a great measure rely on his own judgiTient in the forcing of his plants, largely depending on the advanced state that the}' are in at New Year's which is the time we generally start to force for Easter and the house that he will use to force his plants in. If the house has a southerly exposure less time will be re- quired than if the house is situated so that it only catches the sun for a short time during the day. I have attempted to make this a prac- tical paper and have given without re- serve the manner in which I prepare and grow my plants for Easter, and if I have added anything new that will assist my brother florist in his Easter business, I shall feel that the time given to the prepa- ration of this essay was not lost. Henrv Bennett.— a cablegram re- ceived August 15 contained the sad announcement that on the 12th, Henrj' Bennett, the famous rosarian of Shepper- ton, England, had passed away. Mr. Bennett had a host of American friends who will be deeplv grieved to learn of his death. Regarding his valuable work in the improvement of the rose, Mr. E. G. Hill writes as follows : "In the death of Henry Bennett, flori- culture loses a man who has been a posi- tive force ; a most conscientious worker has left its ranks and gone to his reward bej'ond this sphere of action. Rosarians have lost a most vaKied colleague, and his work is cut short at a time when it could ill be spared. "Henry Bennett was a scientific and careful worker in every line to which he turned his attention, alwaj's seeking some definite object ; how well he suc- ceeded can be judged by the splendid pro- ductions which he has given the rose world. " His life up to some twelve years since was jirineipally devoted to stock raising and the ])r(i(luctiim of fine cattle; he argued with liinisclf ili.a the same results were to be had in the ralsingof new roses that had attended liis more than success- ful efibrts in the improvement of his herd. "In rose growing, he first sought to produce a free-flowering type with the characteristics of the Hybrid Perpetuals as to color and form, and the perpetual character of the Tea varieties. If many of his first set of roses were somewhat disappointing, be it said, however, that they represented a type for which we had long been longing and looking, and which, previous to this time, had been represented only by three or four varieties of Hybrid Teas, and these were accidental seedlings, probablj' produced by insect agency; it may be said, however, that Beauty of Stapleford is still grown and much admired. "Theadvent of Mr. Bennett's first set of Hybrid Teas had the good effect of stimulating the other raisers of seedling roses to seek crosses of a similar strain and to-day we grow many beautiful varieties, which, except for Mr. Bennett's efibrts, we should never have possessed. " His second set contained Lady Mary Fitz-Williams, Grace Darling, Countess of Pembroke and Heinrich Schultheis, four magnificent varieties, thelatter being an H. P. The first named is justly es- teemed in Euro])C as being, perhaps, one of the very finest v.nietii-i in eiiUi\ .ilion, and to see it in the lui^lisli roM inirscries is a sight never t,.> lie Ioil;oUcii ; il ii did equally well in .Aincrica we should place a much higher estimate on the labors of our friend. Grace Darling is another Hybrid Tea which has placed Mr. Ben- nett's name high with those who culti- vate the rose in the open ground. We cannot pass without noticing Viscountess Folkestone, Meteor, Mrs. Jno. Laing, Wm. F. Bennett — all most remarkable varieties. Who, except perhaps M. Pierre Guillot, can show so many valua- ble additions to the lists of our roses? "Her Majesty, Puritan, and Princess Beatrice were disappointing to those who purchased them for the special purpose for which they were so confidently recom- mended. That they are roses of consid- erable merit, no one will question, but as forcing roses, thej' failed in manj- neces- sary requirements. "The disappointment attending their careful trial in America was very sorely felt by Mr. Bennett, and he was keenly sensitive to the resulting criticism of his .American friends. He had a right to ex- pect great things from Princess Beatrice as a forcer by its growth and behavior at Shepperton; for, to say the least, it is a remarkably fine bud when nicely grown; it has made a good record in the Southern States and also in California as a splen- did out door rose. "Just previous to his death, Mr. Bennett had received certificates for his seedling H. P. Rose, Capt, Hay ward, .1 magnificent scarlet crimson, ol line lonn .-iiid heavy texture, as the writer cm u>tify. "Mr. Bennett's acliievenients command ouradmiration, and anyfaults intowhich he maj' have fallen, were those of the head and not of the heart, for he was above anything that was questionable or that savored of trickery. "He was honest, earnest and thoughti'ul in all his undertakings, and he deserved better treatment than he received from the no small number of English rosarians who imagined that they and they alone knew how to produce seedling roses. So bitter and vindictive in their attacks were some of these assailants, that they proved to be no small factors in hastening the death of this good and honorable man. "Henevcr liicd ol icrcrrinuio the kindly welcome L;i veil liiiii li\- his lo-l.iliorcrs and florist friendsin .\iiienca, and he held them in grateful remembrance tor the warm re- ception given him by the Chicago conven- tion. "A year ago it was the writer's privi- lege to spend a day under Mr. Bennett's hospitable roof and to learn from him 44 The Americax Florist. Sept. /, imicli that was valuable and interesting lesiKX-ting roses and the produetion of new varieties. Out ot' the many thous- an. lOO I»lfmts, ^Tn. TERMS CASH.— Remittances may be made by Draft, Postcflice Orders, or Wells, Fargo & Co. Money Orders. Description and Colored Plate of 'THK RAINl'.OW" will be mailed on application. JOnN n. olEVbRS, SAN FRA^ciscorcAL. 1 8 go. The American Florist, 45 FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING Dachess of Albany ...f 12 oo I15.00 |iS 00 10.00 12 00 9 00 Soo 800 Soo Soo Soo 1250 15-00 1250 Mme. Hoste. Am. Biauties Soo LaFranc" 500 Gontiers 400 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 400 Mermets 400 Brides 4 00 Bon Silene? 4.00 700 1000 Bilto. Belle, strong, 4-inch, $8 oo per 100 Gsn'l Jack, 2 in. J40 per 1000; 3-in. |8.oo per 100 H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in . $50 00 per 1000. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbDnica, 5 in. J4.00, 4-in. %2> 00 per dozjn. B@" Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. R08E8 FOR FORCING. BROWN & CANFIELD, SPBINQFIE1.D, III.., still have Fine Plants of Following at reduced prices: penoj CATHERINE MERMET, 3-inch $6.00 LA FRANCE, 3-inch 7.00 PAPA GONTIER, 3-inch 5.00 MIME. DE WATfEVILLE, 3-inch 6 00 MME. COSIN, 3-inch 6.00 PERLE DES JARDINS, 3-inch 7.00 SUNSET, 3-inch 7.00 MME. HOSTE, 3-inch 8 00 DUCHESS OF ALBANY, 3-inch 10.00 A few LA FRANCE and MERMET, 4-inch . . 10.00 FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the mo estlDK Noveltii Trade ( NEW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT. MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five New Teas of Sterling Merit, origlne. ted. grown, and tested in this country, and sent oat on tbeir merits at reasonable rates, orders can be booked now, and will be flUed in rotation as receiv- ed-April 1st next. Full descriptions ready Jan. In. Prices, $1 each: set ol 5 lor $5: two ol each, 10, lor $9: five ol each. 25, lor $20. Ai-DKEssTHE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. ]F'CDi=? ^ai_e:. CLIMBING NIPHETOS. We have several hundred fine plants of the above Rose in 4-inch pots, 15 to iS inches high. Also PERLES, MERMETS, BRIDES, BON SILENES and GONTiERS, 4 inch pots, fine plants. Write for prices, stating number wanted. SALTER BROS., Rochester, N. Y. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10.000 healthy Roses Irom 4-inch pots, consisti.ng ol Mermets, Brides, Perles, Cusins, Souv. de Wootton, Papa Gontier, La France and Niphetos, at SIO.OO per 100. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. Also 10,000 SMILAX fro at »4.00 per 1 JAMES HORAN Sh- oo. BKIDGEPOKT, CON? C. M. PRESBY. CHAS P. ANDERSON CO., JOHN HENDERSON ROSES A SPECIALXY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDINS. TO OUR PATRONS, AND THE TRADE GENERALLY :— We are convinced that this Rose will prove of permanent value — indoors and out. Its continuity of flowering, vigorous growth, large flowers, beautiful in color and form— a true Tea— must commend it to all. Strong plants Ready April Isi, $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. A// the Old, New and Forcing varieties on hand, at lowest prices. WKITE FOK CAT.\I,OGnES AND PRICES. The 0aKS^05E_(N[URSERIES Meteor, Mme. Cusin, Perles, Niphetos, Mme. de Watteville, Bride?, Papa Gontier, Mermets, Magna Charta, and Gen. Jacqueminot. ci:.A.rRisr/\TricDi^^. Hinsdale, May Queen, Orient, Silver Spray, Paxton and Buttercup. Strong healthy plants at lowest prices. Write for particulars. JOHIV H. Or^VY^XvOI^, I3.fi. ^^^izde:, I I., Tvi. -^. ROSES. We still hay; a nice stock of Cut Flower Roses which we wish to close out, acd will make special low prices. Send us a list of what you can use, we will make the prices suit you. They are in 2, 3 and 4 inch pots and the following varieties : Catherine Mermet, The Bride, La France, Ejn Silene, Perle des Jardins, Safrano, Niphetos, Papa Gontier, Souv. d'un Ami, Madam Hoste, Duchess of Albany and Grace Darling. We are head- quarters for Rhododendrons, Hardy Plants and Tuberous Begonias. B. A. ELLIOTT CO., Extra fine stock for forcing. Lowest prices. All two-eyed cuttings from 3 and 4-incli pots. PERLES, NIPHETOS, CATHERINE MERMETS. BRIDES AND PAPA GONTIERS. A very large stock fine P.(EONY ROOTS for Fall Delivery. THE FOREST GLEN FLORAL CO., Main Office: 173 WABASH AVE., CHICA.OO, ir^Iv. We offer for sale lo.ooo first quality Roses grov They : from two eyed < iate planting. Perles, Mermets, Brides, Niphetos, Safrano and Bon Silene. Price. 3inch pots, J; oo per loo. 4-inch pots, $10.00 per 100. SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON , 3 inch pots, $12 00 per 100. 4-ibch pots, $15.00 i PAPA GONTIER and lA FRANCE, 3-inch pots, $8 00 per 100. 4 inch pots, $12 00 i »'!^XT.,A:X.. Fine, vigorous plants, from jji-inch pots, J2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 100 J. U. xalliXjOPff, 46 The American Florist. S'-pt. /, Subscription $1.00 a year. To Europe, $1.50. lacli, $1 .40; Column. $14.00. Cash with Order. No Special Position Guarantcod. Discounts, 3 months, 5 per cent; 6 months, 10 pet cent; 12 months, 20 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvenlslnK Department of the amehioan Florist i» for Klorlms Seedsmen, and deaiBrs in wares pertalnliiK to tnose lines O.Ni.v. IMease to trdert lor lets than one-hall inch space no' accepted. for Sept. 15 lB«oe mnsl KKACe D8 by noon, September <.i. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. THE BOSTON MEETING. For six years the florists of America have met and for five times it has been a pleasant dutv to accord each succeeding occasion the greatest success. Tliis sixth reunion at Boston can only fill its proper place in the line when viewed from an- other side, not from that of actual con- vention work accomplished. It is ill the magnificent exhibitions and decorations; in the delightful excursions to ideal coun- trv homes; in the lengthened opportun- ities for making and renewing acquaint- ances that we may claim this gathering has through the ej'e given us broader and more enobling ideals than any former vears' work. But in the line of essays and discussions, particularly the latter, there was much room for improvement. It is no new criticism to say that mem- bers will straggle and prove dilatorj' at the business sessions, while to compel discussion has been at all times difficult. Is it strange then with two fine halls packed with exhibits of every class, with some variation in hotel arrangements and a few lost in the crooked streets that the actual attendance was lighter than it should have been. Out of it all we read that there is both work and study for our officers to make the next session at Toronto what it should be. How it shall be done should be stated to our members in season and in a convincing manner in order to induce a full attend- ance with our generous hearted Cana- dian friends. The paper upon Easter Plants by Mr. Jas. Dean, which was read before the Boston convention and which we print in this issue, is one of the most valuable that has been developed in the meetings of the society. Mr. Dean's reputation in hisgreat specialty— thegro wing of Easter plants — is so well known that anything from his pen will be read with interest, and this particular paper should be kept for reference, as it gives full instructions with the dates for starting and temper- atures to be maintained so completely as to leave nothing to be desired. The annual exhibition of the Mass. Hort. Society held in Boston during con- vention week, was simply grand. Com- petent judges declared that it has never been equalled in .America. Every jjlant shown was a specimen and the grouping was admirable. Our page of illustrations of this exhibition will, we believe, be highly appreciated by our readers, though it can give but a faint idea of the beauty and educational value of the exhibition. OiiTE A number of interestingcommun- ications have been crowded out of this issue by press of convention matter. They will appear at an early date. Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. {For Young fhrisls.) ACTS OF GOD ETC. Oh, ves, I remember those orchids very well indeed. They were hybrids which you had produced after several years of experimenting and they reflected great credit upon your skill and patience as a student of nature. Quite likely to get you into a law suit are they? Let me hear all about it. As I understand then, you sold them for $500 to Judge Cheatham who left them in your hot house while he and his family were in Europe and they were destroyed by the fire which broke out when your place was struck by lightning late in the summer. The Judge now threatens to sue for the $500. Well, take courage, he'll not do anything of the kind. You insured them against fire, that was as far as you were called upon to go. The descent of the lightning was what the law denominates an "act of God." Let me define an "act of God" for yuu. It is some occurrence taking place in the natural world which is not brought about by any human agency and which no human foresight could have prevented or which can not be attributed to any carelessness or negligence. Now a stroke of lightning, an earthquake, a cloud- burst, a tornado, a tidal wave, a sinking of the earth's crust, etc., are all "acts of God." Lightning rods? Unless there was a special contract to that effect no ware- house man would be obliged to put rods on his building. In fact, scientific men are not at all agreed that rods aftbrd any protection, and many even claim that they serve to increase the danger by attracting the destructive fluid. But before the law will accept a so- called "act of God" as an excuse you must show that the damage was the direct and immediate result. For in- stance, suppose the lightning should strike next door and the building be wrapped in flames, if you showed negli- gence or carelessness in remcving the property of others entrusted to j'ou for safe keeping you might be liable. It would depend somewhat upon the con- tract of storage. Or again, suppose for some reason the ground where your hot houses stand should begin to subside. The law would expect you to take warning and remove all property charged for storage by you to a safe place. Nature often gives warn- ing of contemplated blows. A sudden and extraordinary darkening of the sky ought to be sufficient warning' lor you to remove your delicate plants to a place of safety. You ask me what the law would be ni case you made a contract to deliver so many thousand cut roses and then fell dangerously ill. It would not be such an act of God as would save you from a suit for damages unless you could show that the contract contemplated roses grown by yourown personalcare and attention. The law never attempts to make a man do an impossible thing. For instance, let us suppose that I am a famous portrait painter and make a contract to paint your portrait within one year from date, but just after making the contract I have an attack of rheuma- tism which stifl'ens mj- index finger. Equity in this case would let me be a judge whether I could paint the portrait or not. Now to come back to this matter of act of God, as you ship g^oods by railway and steamboat it may be worth your while to listen for a few moments. A common carrier is always responsible for an)' loss or injury happening to goods wliile in his keeping for the purposes of his contract. Mark my words well. Now the exceptions are "acts of God" and the public enemies. The common carrier is required to see to it that no loss or injury comes to the goods in his charge by reason of his neg- ligence or his design, either personal or constructive. That is to say, if you ship a lot of rare fruit trees and a 'cloud- burst" sinks the track, derails the train and a carboy of acid is broken and your trees destroyed by it you'd have no cause of action. But on the other hand, if the track was merely washed away bv' the breaking of a dam, no matter how securely built, the carrier would be held for the damage. Now there's another point. After the happening of the "cloud- burst" if yon could show negligence in removing your goods to a place of safety you could recover. Y'ou ask me whether the depredations of train robbers may be excused as acts of God or the public enemies. Of course not. The carrier might after paying such a loss fall back upon the county or state for his damages. True, if there was war between this country and England and a partv of Canadian guerrilas should ' swoop down upon a railway train and carry away your shipment of cut flowers you'd have no redress against the com- pany. A carrier would not be held to protect your goods against the whole British Empire. You say thereis anotherphase to Judge Cheatham's demand against you. He takes the position that 30U guaranteed to him that your hot houses were fire proof I don't think the use of the words "fire proof" carries any absolute guar- anty of indestructibility. No building can be absolutely fire proof. The words are merely descriptive of a certain class of buildings. A maker of "burglar proof safes" would not be able to do business very long if he had to pay back all the money .stolen from his "burglar proofs." They may be "burglar proof" provided the " skilled mechanic who enters the premises can not explode his dynamite, but not otherwise. Has our friend Judge Cheatham any other points? No? Well then I think you are pretty safe, but my advice to you is that you print on the receipts which you give for plants stored or left with you for culture and training the condi- tions under which you receive them. But this will not be sufficient. You must add a clause like this: "Above conditions arc hereby agreed to," and make the owner put his or her name or initials on a duplicate receipt. Trouble? Of course it's trouble to briiillic in hot weather and to keep warm in i-^.l.l, but it must be done. A little mnyv I loublc one way or the other makes vcrv slight difi'ercnce. But there is one goDil thing about trouble. It prett)' gener;dly pays. Vou remember that rose bush in front of mv door? Well, you told me that unless I spraj'ed it with insecticides every morning I'd have no roses. I took your advice and you recollect what a crop of beauties I had. My neighbor Slownian refused to take so much trouble. He had a splendid crop of Worms. Well, what is the (picstion? I may answer bv saying that in most of the i8go. The American Florist. 47 states of the union the destruction by fire of leased premises breaks the lease and puts the parties where they were before ' its execution. In all important leases, however, it is customary to provide for such a contingency. r.NCLE Bl.\ckstone. THOS. YOUNG, Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, Ilt-Sl the Choicest ROSES for tho fall and winter season. W. S. ^LLIH. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List sent upon appllcaOon. W. F. SHERIDART, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive promp HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE ELORIST 27 Union Square, HEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE ELORIST 56 West 30th street, C. STRAUSS & CO. Telephones 977 and 999. WASHINGTON, D. C. ROSE BUDS IN ANY QUANTITY SHIPPED ON TELEGRAPHIC ORDERS. N. F. McCarthy & co. WHOLESALE FLORISTS AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place, BOSTON, MASS. Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Hall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna- lions always on hand. Return telegrams SoOt immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL ©VVfiofe^afe MariCetA. Gladioluses. Caruations . Asters Roses, Beauties. " Perles. Niohetos. MarieOnillots... Carnations, lontr PHILADBLPHLA. Gladiolus Btallis Tuberose stallis.. Asters Sweet peas NIW rOBK. Aug. Wattevilles. Cusins.. . Bndes 2f'0@ 3.00® La France, Albanys trade dull. Roses i Carnation Carnation Callas.... Valley.. Tuberot Violets. 100® 1.50 J.CO ® 15.00 i 00 ® 20.00 Gladiolu Wm. J. STEWART, Gut Flowers i Florists' Supplies ^^ WHOLESALE ^=- 67 Bbomfield St.. BOSTON, MASS. Mention American Florist. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St.. near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph. Telephone or Express WHOLESALE FLORISTS, Western and Middle E Return Telegran BOSTON MASS. liy packed, to all points ti is sent Immediately wnen i EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29tliSt., NEWYORK. Having removed to more spacious quarters (next door) with increased resources and facilities I am now prepared to furnish at short notice and in any quantity, selected Roses of every variety. American Beauty, La France, The Bride, Memiet, Mnie. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WRITE FUR I'RH K LIST. Keturn telegrams sent when orders or part of B. H. HUNT, 79 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, Successor to VAUGHAN'S CUT FLOWER DEFT. Our stock is cut with special reference to ship- ping trade, which comprises the greater part of our business. We therefore claim that we are better prepared to attend to the wantsof FLOWER BUYERS, outside of Chicago, than any house in the West. ' KENNICOTT BEOS. WH0LE8ILE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. Eltra designs made to order. Write for price list. Consignments Solicited. Telephone 4116. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN DAILY: ) j "^WII^,E IDESIGl^S IlsT SXOCIC. FfiESE & GBESENZ, (Successors to <». w. FKKSE,) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 7 P.M.; Sundays 12 M. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & ([Commission /T\erchants OF ctnr Fi*ivOWEi«s, 1237 Chestnut Street, . - PHILADELPHIfc, Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid tc shipping. Mention ajiiehica.v Florist. CHAS. E. PENNOCK, Wholesale piiORisT 38 So. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, *^ WHOLESALE b^^ Conimlsslon Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St., ST. LOUIS. MO. Quick sales and p eed. consign: ' ts sofici returns guaran- CUT FLOWERS The choicest Cut Flowers at lowest market rates shipped C. O. D.. Telephone connection. Use A. F. Code when ordering by telegraph. For prices, etc.. Address, J. L. DILLON, BLooiMseuRa. P*. Every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. 48 The American Florist. Sept. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Albert M. McCullough, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Fottlkb, Jr., Boston, secretary and The ninth annual meeting at Cin- innati, Ju Mr. H. L. Yilmorin, of the Pniis seed Hrin, Yilmoinn Andrieiix & Co., is visiting this country. K.\NSAS City, Mo.— T. Lee Adams and the Harnden Seed Co. were damaged by fire and water about August 20. 0.\KSHOTT & Millard, well known seedsmen of Reading, England, are report- ed to have failed, and offer to settle at 25 cents on the dollar. Mb. J. CoMONT, representing Messrs. Jas. Carter, Dunnett & Beale, of London, is now on his annual visit to this country and attended the Boston convention. Mr. Chas. Henderson, Mr. John A. Watson, Robert George, A. D. Cowan, J. B. Robinson, R. & J. Farquhar, L. L. May and other seedsmen attended the Boston convention of florists. Lndl\napolis, Ind., August 31, 1890, Km. Florist Co., Chicago, 111., Gents:— You stated in your August 1 issue that I had "lately assigned." This is false, as I did not make an assignment. Now August 15 you say I am "offering 25 cents on the dollar. / am not at this present /itiie, hut have settled with every- body. Don't owe anything. It is time you" get settled on this matter. The J. A. Everitt Seed Co. is continuing the business. Do vou understand? Truly, J. A. Everitt. SniieaiS) ani. Ssl\^eaiie&, Conducted by Charles F. Baker, Agri< The Lily Disease. {Polyactis cana, Berk.) The great bane of the lily grower's life is the so-called "lily spot" or "lily dis- ease." In England florists have been troubled with it a great deal more than they have in this country. It is, how- ever, becoming prevalent here, as letters from florists in different parts of the country show. The disease is caused by a fungus growth. The fungus is a Botrytis of the Polyactis type, and among mycologists is known as Poly- actis canai Berk. It was brought to the notice of vegetable pathologists in 1869, but was first studied by Rev. M. J. Berkeley, and in 1881 was described by him in the Gardeners' Chronicle. Others have also spent considerable time in the study of it. We are, however, indebted to the later and more thorough investi- gations of Prof. Marshall Ward for the greater part of our knowledge in re- gard to it. A good idea of its action, when most virulent, may be gained from a letter written by a florist in Walthamstow, England. He saj's: "At first it was supposed that the plants had been struck by lightning, because others in beds near by were not touched. The next day those that had looked black the day before were blacker than ever and the buds of the green ones were all covered with small light brown spots. On in- specting the plants the third day it was found that not only were the plants first ;ittackc(l, completely spoiled, but that it had spread like 'wild fire' to plants thirty yards distant." Mr. W. G. Smith, of bunstablc, England, in describing the work of thisfungus says: "The lily stems are left like dead, brown sticks and the leaves hang around the withered discol- ored stems like fragments of ragged, brown, soddened tissue paper." Onlythe spots appear during dry weather, but a wet spell will cause a heavy growth of a grey fungus— mould-like in appearance —to spring up around the spots. After this decay progresses very rapidly and the growth of the fungus increases. It does not always make its appearance on the outside, but often grows on the inside of the leaves and stems as mycelium onlj'. A vertical section through a decayed bud or badly diseased patch shows the grey growth around the spots to be large numbers of straight branched conidio- phores (Fig. 1) which break through the skin of the plants from the inside, ;ind which finally bear the conidia (Fig. 1 I B ) or spores. These conidiophores (Fig. 1 I C) get to be from one to three milli- meters in length. After they have bored their way through the walls and cuticle of the epidermis cells (Fig. 2) and made considerable growth, they send out from two to five branches (Fig. 2 A) at the end, which are short and stout. During this time the main stalk has become sepia-brown in color and divided ( Fig. 1 I A) by partitions. Soon there appear on the enlarged ends of the branches little projections which ultimately be- come the conidia (Fig. 1 I Bi By exam- ining a cross section of a decayed bud the hvphae are to be found in everv part. The mycelium entirely fill all the cell cavities and lacuna' of the calyx and corolla, and also thetissiasof tlic anthers and ovary. Where the fununis thus nccii- pies the tissues, no perfect cells can lie found, because the eftect of the hyphjE so completely occupying the tissues, is to change the whole into a brown homo- geneous decayed mass. Through this run the strands of the mycelium. The mycelium, as it exists freshin the plant, branches freely, has many partitions and is colorless. With age, however, it may take on a pale sepia 'tint. The colorless branches which come to the surface to form conidiophores, on growing older, turn brown, as do also the conidia as they ripen. When a conidiuin ( l"ig. 1 11) has attained maturity it is ovoid, pale brown in color, and is 1-50 to 1-40 mm. long by 1-70 to 1-60 mm. broad. A small portion of the sterigma ( Fig. 1 II D I which held it to the conidiophore may often be found at the smaller end of the conidium. They are produced and ripen very rapidly. This fungus seems to attack the living tissues directly, and that below the sur- face. Unless the conditions are favorable the spores will not be produced and only mj'celium can be found. In this case it would be difficult for the fungus to spread from plant to plant. The growing young plant ma3' possibly carry the spores up from where they have lodged in the soil, or they may be blown directly to the ]5lant by wind. It is an extremely varia- ijle fungus. Sometimes it might be said to be stemless, while at others it is ex- tended to a considerable length. It may produce a large number of spores on each branch, or the branches may be much drawn out and only have one spore each. .\n interesting lact, and one which was somewhat misleading at first, is that the lily spot is almost identical in appearance with the carnation spot, which is pro- duced by nematode worms. Mr. W. G. Smith has even stated that the nematode worms are almost invariabh- found in connection with the lily disease. Besides attacking most species of lily, Polyactis cana has been known to occur on tulips, htmiea and scrophularia. A number of florists state that from their experience the lily disease does not attack the same plants year after year. This is not known, however, to be the rule in every case. Its ravages are not confined to the open air, as it also attacks plants in the greenhouse. Here the con- ditions of damp air, damp soil and sud- den changes of temperature, which seem to greatly aggravate the disease, can be rcL;uIated. If, however, we wish to rid the Hlics of the disease — thoroughly and cllciuially— more strenuous measures must be' employed. In considering the i|ucstion of remedies the fact must lie taken into account that the mycelium of the fungus grows underneath the skin of the ]ilant, and conse(|uently .iiiy reiiudy applied to the surface could "nl\ .K--ti.iy or prevent the formation I'l -ihmiv .m,] so save some plants and pwini oiluis. Prof. L. R. T.-ift has kindly liiriii5.hol me with the fcdlowiiiu .uiouiit of the mode of trcatnuiii . ■C.Miiiillv gather and bum the diseased Ic.ims. liiids and stalks after they have died down. The next spring as soon as the plants li.ivc made a i8go. The American Florist. 49 good start spray them thoroii_i;lily with iimmouated solution of copjier carbonate, made by dissolving one ounce of copper carbonate inone quart of ammonia (20°) and diluting with twenty gallons of water. If this is repeated every ten days it will greatly reduce, if not entirely, pre- vent, the attack. Care should be taken not to touch the interior of the open flowers with the solution, as it would spot them. A solution of liver of sulphur — one-half ounce to the gallon— has also a good effect." The Cemetery Superintendents. The Association of American Cemetery Sn])erintendents held a very successful meeting in Boston on same dates as the convention of the S. A. F. There were many essays and discussions of great Ijractical value to those having charge of the "silent cities of the dead, "and the so- cial feature of sucli gatherings was not forgotten. The convention visited the beautiful cemeteries in the vicinity of Bos- ton, and found much to interest and in- struct. .\ ROUND hand bouquet consisting of si.Y white water lilies of medium size and one scarlet gladiolus flower in the center with a border of ferns is retailed by the Italian fakirs in New York City for five cents. rMs; Gardiner's Superb Strains of CHINESE PRIMULAS PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. choicest mixed e,\. ex., loD seeds 25c.; 500 seeds .^i ; icoo seeds $2. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA, choicest mixed (fern leaved), ex. ex., 100 seeds 25c.: 500 seeds $1.00: 1000 seeds ,?2 00. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIM3RIATA. double, scarlet, ex. ex., 100 seeds 50c. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. double, white, ex. ex., 100 seeds $1.00. PRIMROSE, Yellow, English pkt. 25 cts. " New Knglish Hybrids. . . pkt. 2S cts. POLYANTHUS, Cloth of Gold pkt. 2s els. Yellow pkt. 25 cts- JOHN GARDINER&CO. Seed Growers, Importers and Dealers. Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A, Fine thrifty plants from 2'i-inch pots, $3 00 per 100; J25 00 per 1000. Address J Q BURROW, Conventions. A. F. Photographs 180O. Splendid Photographs of the group at H. H. Hunnewell's estate were secured by MR. CHAS. STORER, Artist. Also other views on the estate, and in Music Hall, Boston, a set of which will make a valuable and beautiful souve- nir, size Sx 10 on iixi4mounts. 90 CIS. eacli; $7,00 per dozen; $4.00 lair ilozeii. I will select the very best if left to me. CHARLES STORER, 25 Bromfield St , BOSTON, MASS. PRIMULA OBGONICA SEED. NEW CROP NOW READY. Primula obconlca pkt. (lOOU seeds), .f .7;) Primula Floribunda, crop 188:i.. .pkt. (100 seeds), .26 Pansy Seed, Trlmardeau, choice mixed, pkt. :& I. N. KRAMER & SON, ORLEANS, FRAKCE. ROSES ON THEIR OWN ROOTS iSpecia/ OSet for Fall Delivery. GOOD. STRONG PLANTS. Per too Per i aptain Christy. i.Souv.delaMaIn ■.Jules Margottii Mme. Hoste, Papa Go Impel'opsVs Vei'tchii, splanti 10,1)00. . ( Vitalba, 1 year transpl.. ind forcing varieties. stock of same in s and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, ) Charles : 1 order from i l,»25 00 per 100 ery moderate or to C. RA.OT TX, 296 I». Y. yaRRISII SNE) (^aLLn gULBS, At reduced rates. Write for i>ri< es. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 133 Mason Street. Milwaitkkk. Wrs HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIPUORfl. We ask the attention of Dealer.s and the Trade to our Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 ^ear, 2 to 2}< feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; s6o.oo per thousand. DRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 2 year, second size, iS to 24-iu., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. ^^^- THE OINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. We can now furnish in any quantity desired Debit and Credit Tickets ot whici we give below samples reduced oue-balf in size. DEBIT ^x.. CREDIT. /f.'"''^^ /01889 -Scni t,-^^ i debits are printed locks of r~ "" " ■ these tickets 50 of < black and the •h, placed bach fin entry of a sale or receipt of izoods filed. Tickets for each transaction work. With this simple and easy red, so they can be readily distin thus but one block will have to - - lade anywher led. They a arried. By i afford to neglect s Price of Tickets, postpaid, 100, 20c.; 300, 35c.; 300, 50c.; 500, 76c.; 1000, SI. 40. A.:St^^HICA^J!>i I^IvOIilST CO., 34: Iji» Snlle Street, CXXXCA-t^X^ 50 The a mer i ca n Florist. Sept, I, '.; , Was )llt -Xcai liiii; tv "1 ill til L- llorists houses. M.-.i IV .V \V:ir ;i tt "K 1 p three iv c;k-1i • ■hr S .'It 1 Ic !• one 1; hou I- adjoi n,,^^ the MK- ll. V ilirad V 1 ;ul ( II Llic c orner ol l.u stri. ■Is . M . C. W. • Mm si >llli s city, IS pull lll.y " , ,-, IM cw .., sc \\ ith deep the only one i'liscaVtle vMili mkIi a l,.nii(lation." Mr. llolVimister. ot Llie Wasliiiigton Floral Co.. is putting up a new rose house. He is uoiiii; to heat with steam, because he win iiicil steam power to pumj) water Into the tank lie is ercetini;. He expects to have .-iii imkiienilent water svstcni ol his own. -Mr. I..-iwlon will use liot water in his new house. The Seattle I'loral Coiupanv will use steam, and Meany & W.ird .-lie putting ill flues. Louis Zeigler, lorinerlv head gardener for E. F. Wittier, has leased the greenhouse belonging to W. U. Davis, proprietor oftheCloverdale Nursery, and will hereafter conduct it. London, Can.— The Western Fair for ISOO will be held in this eity September 1,S to 27. In the horticultural depart- ment prizes are offered for plants in pots to the amount of $260, and for cut flow- ers and floral arrangements to the amount of !?20G, a total of 4Ge for plants and flowers. But the prizes are cut u]) into rather small amounts by the large num- ber of items. KiiNOSHA, Wis.— Lewis Turner has built a new house 10t)xl4-. Geo.Jackman&Son Beg to offer a large and well grown Stock of the following : ROSES-Iii choice and exhibition varieties. RHODODENDRONS— or the best named sorts, and Hybrid Seedlings well set with buds. AZALEAS-Good named sorts, also Mollis and Poii- ticuni set with buds. CONIFERS— In large collection. SHRUBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOREST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands. CLIMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated Clematis. STOCKS— Fruit and Manetti, fine. Catalogues free on application. T1{RMS — Cash with order, or satisfactory trade reference from unknown correspondents. WOKING NURSERY. WOKING, ENGLAND. Field Grown Carnations. Ready Sept. ist. Field Grown Stevias. Field Grown Chrysanthemums. Fot Grown Chrysanthemums. Fine lot of M. Neil Roses. Ready now. WKITK FOK PRICES TO PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO. 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITY, IVIO. Good stock lleaUIiv VIOI.ET.S IMARIE LUUISK and SWANI.KV WHITK. UMe. Theaboveclumps »l. Wiper 100 Kine plants transplanted 'J ?r, Ul^ percent, off o accompany orders f ]Sr.A.SSi 'ILLE, Ti:3srjsr. FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. P/ants grown specially for Winter Blooming, strong and healthy, medium size. BUTTERCUP, at $io and $12.50 per 100, as to size. CHRISTMAS and DAWN, at #15 per 100. GOLDEN GATE, a Hinited number of strong, field grown plants of this splendid pure yellow, at 75 cents each. J. R. FREEMAN, a new cardinal colored; and CHASTITY, a new rosy pink colored; fine plants, at $25 per 100. OLD STANDARD SORTS, in assortment, at 5^8 per 100. CHAS. T. STARE. AVONDALE, Chester Co., PA. CJIRNiATIOliS. 10,000 FIELD GROWN, READY IN SEPT. MRS. FISHER, SNOWDON, GRACE WILDER, VICTOR, ALEtiATIERE, FLORENCE, HINZES WHITE, ANNA WEMU. Also field Krowu CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Will make Contracts Now. R.T. LOMBARD, Wayland, MASS. CARNATIONS. Grace Wilder, White Grace Wilder, Florence, Etc. Also Bouvardias, strong ground plants, healthy stock, ready Sept. 1st. Send your order early. Primroses out ofzV-in- pots, I4 per itx) Smilax out of 3-inch pots, fc per loo WM. A. BOCK, North Cainbridsje, Mass. LIZZIE McQOWAN Orange, N. J., Feb. ist. 1890. This is to certify that I have this day sold to H. E. ChiTTY, of Paterson, one- half of the stock of my new White Carna- tion Lizzie McGowan. JOHN McGOWAN. TIDAL WAVE. A few hundred fine field grown plants of this magnificent Carnation for sale. H. E. CHITTY, PATERSON, N. J. Field grown plants, ready in September and October. Also \/iCDi_E:"r^. Large clumps for forcing of Marie Louise and Swanlky White. Send for circular. W. R. SIIEI.MIRE, Avoiulal.-, I'a. CARNATIONS. Hinze's White, Edwardsii. Peerless. Fred Johnson, Orient, Grace Wilder, Century, AleRatiere, Florence, stronK Held Krown plants, 1st size s.iio 2nd size f. DO VIOLETS, Swanley White, stronK clumps 6 00 WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOODS BRO.) FISHKILL. SURPLUS STOCK. We have a Hne lot 01 Roses inr iMiine'liiilf. ,. injr: fine and healthy plants, su. Ii us rcrlcs, mets, Brides, Niphetos and ij eis m, li JGOOperlOO. Also olXXI HydranK...is, (Maks;, j HOKg, Uoseaand White Krint-fd. .■xin, -w,.,,.^. 4-lnoh pota, »i;.00, $3.00 and fill li:i in-r Kid. oi booked now tor choice. Hne, liettllliy. nela ui ('arnations. All the leading sorts. .Mso Vii Marie Louise and Swanley White. Write for p by the 111] or 11X10. FAIL I5UTZ Si SON, New Castle, 1 FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS Fine, Healthy Stock of Silver Spray, L. L. Lamborn, Grace Wilder, Florence, Portia, Mrs. Garfield, and many other varieties. READY IN SEPTEMBER, AND VERY CHEAP. Send for Fiice last, and ORDER EARLY. GEO. HANCOCK, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. Mention American Florist. HINZES WHITE. GRACE WItOER, PORTIA. LAM- BORN. TIDAL WAVE, and other new and old varieties. MARIE LOUISE VIOLETS. PANSY PLANTS OF THE JENNINGS STRAIN, lor Winter and Spring blooming. HULSEBOSCH BROS., -GKOMEUS Ol DUTCH BULBS, FLOWER ROOTS & PLANTS OVERVEEN, near Haarlem, HOLLAND, oiler to the Trade as usual all kinds ol the best Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies Narcissus, Roses, Azaleas, A. HULSEBOSCH, O. Box 3118. NEW VOKK CITY. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON. HILLEGOM. HOLLAND. HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for prices. Our n.w Bulb Catalogue la uo« ready. Will l)t' luailed free ou appliratiou. JULIUS HANSEN, FINNEBEBG, GEBMANT, LILY of" the" "valley, very strong pips, largt.st cultivators of North Germany, f>E:xi. 1.000 i»xjE»s, ^aa. Large Silver RIe.lal, Herliii Krunze Medal, llaiiiluire. Mention i i8go. The American Florist. SI J.M.Thorburn&Go. 1*^ Jol^ix street, NEW YORK, IMPORTERS OF BERMUDA EASIER LILIES. We have the Best Stock ever Imported. ALSO ROMAN HYACINTHS, DUTCH HYACINTHS, TULIPS, DAFFODILS, FREESIAS. LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS, ETC., ETC. CALLAS, LARGE STOCK. J. C. YAUGHAN. CHICAGO. AUGUST ROLKER&SONS NO. 136 &. 138 W. 24th St., FLORISTS' SUPPlTeS, SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, NEW YORK, ISIPOKTKK Ol- FORCING lULia IMPORTED HARDY ROSES, Strong Clematis, Etc., Etc. Florists find great profit in the JAPAN SNOWBAl^I.. We have mainly introduced it, and have the largest stock in the world. Flowering plants for fiDrcingr. at low figures by We ha any thiiigs suited to money-making Illustrated Catalogue 6 cents. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON. Germantown, Philadelphia. Bulbs! Bulbs! Bulbs! We beg to offer the following Bulbs for Early Forcing ; LILIUM HARRISII 5 to 7 inches in circumference LILIUM HARRISII 7 to 9 CALLA ^ETHIOPICA First .Size CALLA .15THIOPICA Second Size FREESIA REFRACTA AI.BA, ETC., ETC. SPECIAL PRICES ON APPLICATION. Extra choice strains of Primula Chinensis, Calceolaria, Cineraria, Pansy, etc., 50c. and |i per pkt. An extra selected strain of Highland Mary Pansy, very fine, per pkt. %2. DAISY Bellis Perennis fl. pi "l :• " •' Ll^feuow::.::;;:;;;;;;;::::::;::::::! 50 cts. per packet. " " " Snowball J WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW — FOR — Chinese Narcissus, AURATUM. LONGIFLORUM. ALBUM. RUBRUM. KRAMERI. ELEGANS. AND OTHER JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY BULBS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM. SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. our new Wholesale List nf above, and of Trees. ) re1['dy"''sKNL> FOli IT." '' H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS FOR LILIUM HARRISII, ROMAN AND DUTCH HYACINTHS, CHINESE SACRED LILIES, and other Imported Bulbs ; also for AZALEA INDICA, and choice Three year old HOLLAND GROWN CLEMATIS. 8^° For prices F. O. 1!. at St. Louis, address THE MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO., MILDEW. If you have mildew or other fungus on your plants or in your house;;— do you want to keep it? U:e Hammond's GRAPE DUST to get rid of it. [f you wish to know how to etfectually use Grape Dust to kill the mildews and not harm the plants, write to BENJ. HAMMOND, Fishkili-on-Hudson, N. Y. GRAPE DUST IS SOLD BY THE SEEDSMEN OF AMERICA. Per 100 Lilium Cat didum tulbs, ist size, $3 oo and size, flowering bulbs, - 2 oo Smilax, young plants ready for planting, - - - - 3 oo 346 Masten St., BUFrAlO, U. Y. FLORISTS and SEEDS.MEX write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, O.. Primula Obconica. for samples an Isewhere. before ordering 3-inch pots 5.t0 perlOO CARNATIONS. Field grown. Ready September 15th. Portia, Hinite'g White, Win. Swayne, Christmas, Century, Chester rride, etc. Price, *" 00 to J12.00 per 100. GERANIUMS. Choice lot of varieties o-iceh pots, price J.iiiO per 100. Many other plants in dne variety, cheap. Send for Wholesale Price List. Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. INDEPENDENCE, MO. 52 The a mer i ca n Fl oris t. Sept. I, Marysville, Mo— M. H. Morgan is building a new gi-oenlioiisc GO x 16. iNDKi'EiNDKNCi;, Mo.— N. S. (Sritlitli has aililcil to Iiis plant tliis summer, one new carnation house and one projiagating house. Detroit, Mich.— A chrysanthemum show will he given in this eitv November 4 to 7, lui.ler'thc auspices ol'tlic Kclroit florists. Cim-A.;.).— The store opened at HI Washington St. l)v Ceo. Kklun is merclv a branch. He still retains tlu' store on Stale St. Mexico, Mo.— Joseph I'.elvcn, lormerly of Tipton, Mo., has bought a place here and will conduct the business of florist and gardener. Paterson, N. J.— II. E. Cbitty has just completed a new house 18x120 leet, built alter thcllitcliings ])lan with iron r.-il'ters, ])urlins, brackets and trusses. It will be used expressly for the culture of the new white carnation I^izzie McGowan. Hartford, Conn.— The September ex- hibition of the Hartford Countv Hort. Society will beheld the Dth to lU'li insts., inclusive, and the annual ehrvsantliemuni exhibition November 12 to l-i inchisivc. Schedules for both exhibitions may be had on application to C. H. Pember, secretary, Hartford, Conn. Palms and DraCctnas. LATANIA BORBONICA, 3 in. poLs, .strong, 15c. each. CHAMEROPS EXCELSA. 31"- pots, strong plants, l.".c ; 2-in. pots, sraaU, 6c. CORYPHA AUSTRALIS. 2-inch pots, 8c. WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA, 4-inch pots, 25c.; 3-inch pols 15c. 10 to 15 other varieties in 5 to 10 and 12-in. pots, some good specimens at low down prices. Over 100 CYCAS REVOLUTA. from $1.00 to $8.00 and $12.00, according to size. DRACAENA TERMINALIS. 5 in. pots, strong plants, 40c.; 4-in. pots 20c.; 3 in. pots 12c ; 2,"~-in. 6c. DRACAENA INDIVISA, sin. pots, strongplants 35c.; 4 in. pots 20c.; 3-in. 12c.: 2-in. $5.00 per 100. Send me your orders, I feel sure I can give satisfaction. W. J. IIl^SSSsiEJI*, PLATTSMOUTH NEB. Choice Stock Cheap. Per 100 Dracaena Indivisa, 4-inch f 10 00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3-inch 3 00 Latania Borbonica, 3-in , i year 800 Aspidistra Variegala, 5 inch ..jSg per doz. Pandanus Veitchii, 4-inch $12 per doz. ROSES Irom OPEN GROUND, Deliver in Dec. Per 1000 Jacqueminot lyo 00 Hermosa 60.00 Agiippina 60.00 J. H. CAMPBELL & SONS, 3601 Germanlown Ave , PHILADELPHIA, PA. A. Cuneatum, fine plants for shifting. ROSES, 3 inch, for immediate bedding, at usual prices. Send for Li-st. TERRE Haute, ind. P 0.80x644 RIO DE JANEIRO. Palm Seeds. Qrchids, new caladiums. Messrs. ADOLPH v. ESSEN & CO., Gr. Reichenslrasse, 73, Hamburg, Germany. ORCHIDS AND PALMS SPECIALTIES. The stock i.s . iide that asy I in adequate iprecedented extent. FRUIT TREES, ROSES, AZALEAS, CAMELLIAS, Itonvardias. Cyclamens. Kricas, Kpacris, Siilanunis, Tree Carnations, anil other of fine quality and immense numbers. INSPECTION INVITED. THE ULAS.S COVER.S AN AREA OF UPWAKDS OF Sl.^.OOO Sl'PKK. FEET. MR. EDWARD V. LOW hopes to arrive in the United States about first week in September, and will remain for six or eight weeks, when he will have much pleasure in calling upon intending pur- chasers, or answer communications addressed to him at Hoffman IIoDSE, New Vokk City. HXJOH XvO^W^ & CO., CLAPTON NURSERY, LONDON, and BUSH HILL PARK, ENFIELD, ENGLAND. HOLMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA, PA., rflLMS, FERNS AN? DEGORflTIVE PLANTS. My establishment is devoted exclusively to the culture of such plants. The stock is one of the largest, and CANNOT BE EXCELLED IN QUALITY. Prices always moderate. te,a.i3e; list oisr ^n'Licji.TioiT. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Many additions of Choice New varieties this season. Send for New Catalogue. CUT BLOOMS AT ALL SEASONS. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Lowest Prices Ever Offered. Send for special prices of SURPLUS STOCK which must be sold now. ^^•tsr^" BRACKENRIDGE & CO., Govanstown, (Baltimore), Md. PRIVATE COLLECTION of ORCHIDS All Standard Varieties. Many Rare Plants. The above collection of the late GENER-'^I, L. PERRINE. of Trenton, N. T., will be sold in its entirety to close his estate. Apply to LEWIS PERRINE, Jr., Atty., Trenton, N. J. FARLEYENSE in 2'4inch, ready to shift into 4 inch. »3r>.00 per lOO. *30(» 00 per 1000. FISHER BROS. & CO., MONTVALE, MASS. JAPANESE PLANTS. Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Seeds, Etc. FELIX GOlizk'LEz'& CO. Uire<-t Iniport«T8 iiiul l-Aporters, 303 to 312 Wayne and Crescent Ave., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL Wholesale Catalogue mailed free on application. BEGONIA-TUBEROUS ROOTED. lYBRIDA GIGANTKA EKECTA AND ROBUSTA PBRFEt TA. NEW ! I 'ot in Auft. and Sept. and they will bloom in i;reen- ouse from Oct. to March. The following shades: THE SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES. NEW CROP PALM AND PANDANUS SEEDS. usual prices: Latania Borbonica. 65c. per lb. : $55 per 100 lbs. Thrinax elegans. $5 per Thousand Seeds. •• argentea, $3 per parviflora. $2.25 Livistona olivaeformis, tO seeds. 75c.: 100 $6. Pandanus utilis, 100 seeds, 85c.: 1000 $7.50. ao.tOO feet of sound l>raca-na canes; Krugrans, Terniinalis. and Farrier. State quantity wanted, and price will be given on application. BAY VIEW. FLORIDA. PALMS. LATANIA, KENTIA, ARECA. Apply .0 EDWIN LONSDALE. WVNDMOOI!, CHESTM T HIM.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. M«ntlnn American Florist FERNS. PALMS. Kirn !pment. and ripens of lir growth. Our bulbs being ^ 3 by I ► purchased 20.000 a acknowledging me in excellent shape. ■' ilias, Texas, wr THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to olTer it at reasonable prices, and \ havealwaysbeenrecognliedby the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP ori890, over ^ HArvi^ A. :ivuiviviOJV Bur^BS. -k — purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. The Be sure you get tb value of this Lily has risli was very scarce, bulbs have been sold t parties to plant L. Longiflorum in Bermuda, planting it with Ilai jvably. thereby rendering it absolutely valueless for forcing, am ndering it absolutely ■ ftrlety. where large loss has resulted, and dealen ! demand; "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered a look 1 I we have known )idly when Har- instances where these mixed I bulbs offered at prices less than market Iiarg'e growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., tarbytowh, new york, u. s. a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine qualify, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 54 The American Florist. Sept. /, Foreign Notes. An IvNGLiSH National Orchid Society is being talked of. Bkgonia Haaceana or Scliarffi is meet- ing with favor in England. Rose shows were held at 38 different jioints in England during June and July. A PROJECT is on foot in England to cr-cta nicnioriaUotlie late B.S. Williams. An orchid journal will soon be pub- lished at Rio de Janeiro, in both Latin and Portuguese. Early in June a rose show was held at Vienna at which about 100,000 cut blooms were shown. There is a society of Florists in York, England, which has had an unbroken existence of over 100 years. The sum of $500,000 is annually ex- pended for the maintenance and improve- ment of the parks of London. Rose La France de 1889 is said to approach PaulNeyron in size, but is more beautiful. Its color is rose magenta. Pelargonium Gloire du Plessis, sent out this year, is claimed to be a decided improvement on Souvenir de Mirande. Mr. John Stewart, for twenty-five years secretary of the Royal Caledonian "Horticultural Society died recently, aged 76. The parks and open spaces of London under municipal control have increased during the past twenty years from 178 acres to over 3,000 acres. There was a beautiful exhibition of ferns at Chiswick July 22 and 23, on the occasion of the Fern Conference at which several valuable essays upon ferns were read. There was a very fine display of flow- ers at the exhibition of the National Carnation and Picotee Society of Eng- land, in spite of the fact that the season has been very unfavorable. The Provincial show of the National Rose Society of England held at Birming- ham, July 17, was the best ever given by the society, both as regards quantity and quality of blooms displayed. English gardeners are having the same trouble with Primula obconica that we have had here. Reports of poisoning from this plant are now fre- quent inEngHsh horticultural periodicals. An English gardener who was dis- charged by his employer without notice, sued him for a week's wages in lieu of a week's notice, and he was non-suited by the judge. A discussion is now going oil as to thejustice orinjustice of this ruling. Our English cousins are strong on societies. They have their Rose Society, Chrysanthemum Society, Dahlia Society, Carnation and Picotee Society, Primula and Auricula Society, and in fact a society to look after the interests of nearly every one of the popular flowers. SUGAR MAPLES. The Finest of Shade Trees. Order noiv for MAGNOLIA TRIPKTAl.A, ! to 3 feet. beauUfjil 8 Submit litt of i CHINESE PRIMROSES Plants from 2j^-inch pots; leading varieties; all fringed; large flowers; bright colors Price, per hundred $2.50; per thousand fal.tH). Address HEITBY S. BUFF & SONS, SHIREMANSTOWN, PA. A FEW POINTS TO CONSIDER. OTT n T TTV ^^^ important feature in pansies is well taken care of in my VZ LJ £\.\^\. X A strain; in fact so well that many of my customers say there are no better ones. Those who bought a few hundred on trial last season are placing their orders now for a fully supply. rpTTTji \y\ 2J TVIT^^ ^'■^ "'"^^ stocky seedlings that can be mailed or ex- A njOi Jr^Xji^l\ X C5 pressed safely long distances and at a moderate cost. Samples will be mailed for lo cts. i~VTT 7J IVTT^TT^V I can furnish them in any number, looor 10,000, all from ViUi^iV XXX X tijg same beds and same seed. A trial order is respect- fully solicited. piDTpp Free by mail 100, 75 cts.; 500, I3; by express 500, |2 50; looo, $5; X X\.X\_yX^ 2500 and upward 10 per cent discount. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. ZIRNGIEBEL'S NEW GIANT MARKET AND FANCY Have been exhibited everywhere and ad- mitted to be the finest strains at the present time. a gold."— Boston Trans- " Huge jewels of velvet a script. May 10th, 1893. Trade packages of 1,500 and "o^Si at$100each. Full printed di .. !■ u.i HiiuKcu ui.ci.;Liuua for the prop of these pansies with each package IN ANSWER TO MANY INQUIRIES: by weight, being too scarce and high. We renew c stock every season, from seed obtained direct fn Messrs. Bugnot and Gassier, atthe rate of thirty « twenty dollars oer oun ipplyl, we uon»iuer iiieir seeu lo oe me considered. We do not handle DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, IVEEDHAM, MASS. Mention American Florist- ONZiT oiriiY oiri.7 PANSIES The (trandest Collection ever offered, including all the LateHt Novelties. Our seeds are warranted to be f«'esli. pure, and ptrictly first-class In every respect, send (or new Circular and Price List to the Trade. ALBERT BENZ, DOUGIASTON, N. Y. RoEMER's Superb Prize Pansies. t»- The Finest Strain of Pansies m the World. .^X Introducer and Grower of all the lead- ing Novelties. Catalogue free on application. FRED. ROEMER, Seed Grower. gilKDLINUURG, GERMANY. of the best ciuality, in the J4 best exhibi- tion varieties, offered at very moderate prices. Seelne Wiml AT ALL TIMES READY FOR CUTTING Buyers would do well to \-isit tiiy ulace and ex- amine stock during CONVEITTIOIT WEEK, via B. & A. R. R. C. THOMPSON ADAMS, West Medway, Mass. HALLADAY STANDARD GLARED WIND MILL K<-llilbl» Airnc!. H,.mi,'.I /''"""!,"' i8go. The American Florist. 55 The most characteristic of prominent American orna- mental plants, and the most neglected. In the August and Septen^iber issues of THE AMERICAN GARDEN tine genus is n^iore fully treated ttian in any book yet publisfied. THE TITLES OF THE ARTICLES FOLLOW: Ackermann's Phyllocactus (Phyllocactus x\ckermanni); 2 pages, illustrated. Cactuses in-doors and out; 8^ pages, illustrated. Opuntia Fruit as Food; i page, illustrated. Cactus Landscapes; 3 pages, illustrated. Cactuses under Culture; i page, illustrated. ' The Cactus Family; 3'/ pages, illustrated. The General Management of Cactuses; 2 pages. Cactuses in Place and Out of Place; i page. A Wonderland of Cactuses; A^li pages, illustrated. The Propagation of Cactuses; i page, illustrated. Native Florida Cactuses; 3 pages, illustrated. Epiphyllums; i^ pages, illustrated. Cactus Growing in Florida; i page. Spines and Prickles; 3 1-2 pages, illustrated. These issues of the magazine also contain I83 other articles and 82 illustrations on gardening subjects. Price 20 cents per number; the two Cactus numbers together for 35 cents. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. $2.00 PER YEAR; $1.00 FOR SIX MONTHS. {Sr»E^OI.tVIv OI^I<^E>I^S These two Cactus numbers sent FREE to any new subscriber sending $2.00 now for a year's subscription. This offer continues only so long as the present limited supply lasts. If these are gone when your order arrives, the numbers for the B.EZT OF THIS YEAR will be sent GRATIS &i\di your time extended to January, 1892. No free "specimens." The magazine now averages over 100 pages a month, containing over 142 articles and 45 illustrations. It costs more to produce, and is the largest and most prominent horticultural magazine in the world. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. 56 The American Florist. Sept. /, Coming Exhibitions. September 9-11, Hartford, Cmi"—Sep- tcmlK-r exhibition Hartlbrd County Hort. Society. October 28-Nov. 1 , Atlanta, Ga.— Chrys- anthemum show, Piedmont Exposition Co. NovemlK-r -J-G, Orange, N. J.— Chrysaan- Ihenium show. New Jersey Floriculturl Society. November 4-6, London, Ont.— Chrys- anthemum show, Forest City Florists and Gardeners' Society. November 4-7, Chicago.— Chrysanthe- mum show, Chicago Florist Club. November 4-7, Erie, Pa.— Chrysanthe mum show, Erie Chrysanthemum Club. November 4-7, Detroit, Mich.— Chrys- anthemum show, Detroit Florists. November 5-6, Providence, R. I.— Chrysanthemum show, Rhode Island Hort. Society. NovemberlO-14, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show, Penna. Hort. Society. N o vcm ber 11-1 3 , Boston .—Chrysanthe- mum show, Mass. Hort. Society. November 11-13, Montreal, Canada.— Fall show Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. November 11-15, Cincinnati.— Chrys- anthemum show, Cincinnati Florist Club. November 11-15, Indianapolis.- Chrys- anthemum show, Society of Indiana Flo- rists. November 12-13, Worcester, Mass.— Chrysanthemuip show, Worcester County Hort. Society. November 12-14, Hartford, Conn.— Chrysanthemum show, Hartford County Hort. Society. November 20 , New York.— Exhibi- tion New York Florist Club. November , Baltimore. — Fall exhibition Gardeners' Club. EHGRAYER FOR FLORISTS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. LARGEST STOCK OF ELECTROTYPES OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS' CATALOGUES, ETC. Complete Catalogues .OOc. deducled from first order. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot fjr marketing, and effect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- .keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of trans- yplanting, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in S. ■ F. Standard sizes. SOI.E MANTirACTUKERS: F. W. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. Write for Sample Circulars. Weight of 1000 iW\n. pots (Including crate) 20 lbs. Weight of 1000 3}i-ln. pots (Including crate). . ■■ « lb". .. 2^" '^" •• ' •■ 231b9. •■ SOD* ....38 lbs. " 3 " •' " 331b8. TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, BULBS. ■^ '* *■ Full Line Fruit and Ornamenial. Deciduous and Ever- ~ ""* green Trees, Crape-vines, Small-fruHs, S/irubs, Roses, Winter-blooming, and Hardy-border Plants, Bulbs. Etc. Standard and Dwarf Pears. Quince, Killmarnock Weep- ing Willows, European and Oak-leaf Mountain Ash in lareeBupi>lr. Everv Nurseryman, Dciilcr and Planter should Bend for our FKEE CAT-Vl-OOr K. iiikI PKKE LIST. 36TH YEAR.-700 ACRES.-24 GREENHOUSES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painsville, Lake Co., Ohio. FALL PLANTING The LAKCEST ami MOST COMPLETE .s(oil{ in the U. S. of FKIIIT aiul OKN A MENTAL Trers, Shrubs, Pwonles, Bosrs, llarily PIniils, (iraiw Vines, Small Fruits, **. lUuslrMtcil ;ui(l ilisciiplnr iirioed Valaloyur CO C C >r the trade «*• P tt L t 3IT. HOPK NURSERIKS, rochksti-;r, N. Y. ELLWANGER& BARRY MUSHROOM SPAWN SFHl^GNUM MOSS. Clean article. Special low price. The next 15 days will send 10 large barrels well filled, for ,$6 00, f. o. b. here. Send alto for our Wholesale List of Plants. NORTH BURDICK FLORAL CO., KALAHAZOO, HIGH. OUI« JVKW DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. PAINT. DO NOT USE CANARY OR BRIGHT YELLOW ON THE CONSERV- ATORY OR GREENHOUSE, IT LOOKS VERY BAD. 15UT if you wish to use any paint about the Dwelling. Conservatory, Greenhouse, Barn, Cow Stable, Dog Kennel, Fences, Wheel barrows, Bridges, Roots, Boats, or Carriages, write for what you need. I shall be glad to ship you any quantity, at a price that will be pleasant, and a quality that will stick and cover, in any latitude on the coast or interior. The paint factory was started in 1875— and been running ever since. HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishklll-on-Hudson, N. Y. tSgo. The American Florist. 57 S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Flosist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con. vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taten from the official programme : " Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the S andard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifceen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. I<*lrs»t. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the li.ooo to tt-e fund of the Society of American Florists. S^oond. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i '4 -inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from S inch to 12 inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds ia which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an tqual number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to chDose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. Patent Improved Florists' CEFREY LETTER CO., Gentlemen ;— I find the new machine-made Immortelle Letters manufactured by you very salable and in many respects superior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Their uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up, and the excellent device for fastening them to the work, are among the most commendable points in your letters. Please double ray last order and deliver as soon as possible. Yours truly, W. J. STEWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, Dear Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand letters as soon as possible. They are the best and most practical letters in the market. The pin fasteners are a long way ahead of the old fa'hioned wav of wiring. Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. CKFREY LETTER CO., Boston, Mass., Dear Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small let- ters and five hundred large (two inch.) GAl,VIN BROS., Boston. We wish to announce to all florists that we have removed to much larger quarters, No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a half cenis, and the 1 'i'-inch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will have no others. Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in THE CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green Street, BOSTON, MASS. 58 The American Florist. Sept. I Passiflora Constance Elliott. II. C— Without knowing tlicconditi lit and ulir wl iiiiahlc to s.iy wli.it is tla- matter with this |i;irticiilar speciiiicn. Constance I'lliotl. as a ruk-. blooms frirly enough. Vigorous young phints do not lilooni as I'leelv as do those ol restricted growth, or old plants. For instance, pot bound plants after being planted outdoors soon come into bloom and flower freely till they begin to grow rankly, then they stop blooming till towards fall when thev begin again. Old plants wintered in pots and in a frame or greenhouse and planted out in spring act in the same way. But plants that have lived outside over winter make a rapid and full growth as a rule before they display any effort to bloom, and they seldom begin flower- ing bfefore midsummer, often not so soon. There is probably no more popular hardy shrub to-day than Hydrangea grandiflora, and until recenth- the supply has nearly always been unequal to the demand. But the large stock of well grown plants to be seen in the nurseries of the Dingee & Conard Co. at West Grove, Pa., would indicate that for the present the shortage, if any, will not be nearly as great as in the past. A PROJECT is on foot to establish a cut flower exchange in Boston. Ventilator Machinery FOR ILL CL4SSES OF GREENHOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded ttie only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1880. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. ISi. HlffARD, YOUNGSTOWN, O. DID YOU SAY You have not tried Hl'GHES' SOLUBLE FIR TREE OIL, And that you want an eflective Insecticide, then do what other florists of experience and wisdom have done before you, and order at once a trial gallon. Read the previous numbers of the Flo- rist to find out what it wUl do. Dozens and dozens of American testimonials have confirmed what I claim for it, E. GRIFFITH HUGHES, Operative Chemist: MANCHESTKR, ENGLAND. PRTr-ir . < Put up in 1 gallon tins. *.'i 25 ' - „^„ ,- ,. PRICE . J p^^ ^l jj, 1 ^yj^^^ ^^^g^ j,,^, ^ in New York TO SECURE THE GENUINE ARTICLE. see that each tin shows a white label with red trade mark, full directions how to use and the name of AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, Sole Agents for Amerira, New York Depot, 136 W. 24th I STANDARD POTS and cheaper than t hos V O. B, cars here, free ot 2 -inch, per ICOO. Wi 25 mproved machinery, are e by the old way. irge: 7-inch, per 100, Large quantities of our Pipe are in use in Green- houses throughout the West, to any of which we refer as to its excellent quality. Pipe can be easily put together by any one, ver} little instruction being needed. Hot- Water Heating, in its Economy and Superi- ority, will repay in a few seasons its cost. I M.&. ©i.. Q.-^ to III W. Lake St CHICAGO THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL GLAZIERS' SDPPLUCS. ESTABLISHED. 18668; I Wire D 335 East 2l9t' street. • NEW YORK. H. BA\^RSJ)ORFEK & CO., M. M. BAYERSDORFEFr& CO., PlORISTS' gUPPLIES, 56 N. 4th St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Fall Catalogues J, HORACE McFARLAND, PRINTER lor NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN aui FLORISTS HARRISBURG, PA. hales: MOLE TRAP For deHtrovins ^rrminfl iiioIcm in iawds, parkH gardens and cemelerins. The only I'KUKKCT mole trap in exiHtence. (^iinriinleeil to rntch molna where nil otber traps fniL Sold bj seedsmen. Affricultnral Implement &nd Bardwan deslera, or sent by eipresi on receipt o( 83^)0 bl H. TV HAJLES. RIDOKWOOD N. J. »iS^ [■^/0R^RNAMENT/\L8.FRUIT TREES r '^::StEEl.PICKET flower guards SESTD FOR A COPY or OUR NEW TRADE DIRECTORY 1 1 SB 9 B 9 1 B g i8go. The American Florist. 59 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wronsfht Iron Hot Water Boilers. Capacity from 350 t FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 S. Canal street, CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in any part of tbe U. S. or Canada Glazed on the Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. 1 catalogue or For further 'testimonials, lllu JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS. 69-73 Broadway, NEW TOBK. ^.#4^- artoui B'lurn SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. NO WIDE-AWAKK FI-ORIST need be toW it will pay him to use Sasti Bars. etc. made from -^ CLEAR C^ PRESS. ^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. ^F" Send for circulars and estimate' . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND. Hamilton Co.. OHIO. I Florid. "STANDARD" POTS Ours is the only firm that has, up to this date, March ist, 1889, made pots which conform IN EVERY PARTICULAR to the requirements of the Committee of S. A. F. THE ^ BEST. CHEAPEST and most durable pots manu- factured. Endorsed by all the leading florists. For price list of the "STANDARD" POTS, address THE WHILLDIN POTTERY COMPANY, No. 713 & 715 Wharton SL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NflTlONflL HOT WSTER HESTER CO., and INSURE Your PLIIIITS^FLOIIIS SaveYourCoal n nnini steam>^ohot water FLORIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes for Steam, Hsizes for Hot Water. 15 sizes for Soft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. '^ a MafTitzine Feed- Thrui ill fuel. Oives a uniform i-:iiit4> lJOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y. Saddle River N. J . Floral Photographs. These fine plates — seventy-five in number — are now ofFered to the Trade. They will help you to better priced orders for designs, bouquets, etc , as they give customers an exact idea of what to expect for their money. They will educate to the making up of more stylish work. Artistic, beautiful, perfect. Write for Catalogue with full description and prices. DAN'L B. LONG, Florist, EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St.. CHICAGO. 6o The American Florist. Sept. /, Index to Advertisers. Bsyersdorfer H & Co. Benard O 4'.i Bern Albert 64 BersorHH&Co 61 BrackenrldKe AOo Brown A CanflelU Burrow J O Campbell H ASoin. 52 Caniiell U & Sons iiO Carmody J I> 60 Cefrey Letter Co 57 Chltty UB 60 0«Tlne'8 Boiler Wks.. 69 Klllott B ACo Kllwanger* Barry. FlBherBros 4 Co... Forest Glen Floral Co 45 Gonzales F&Co.. Grlfflth, N. 8 nail Association . Hales, n. t George 50 Hansen Julius 50 Hartman Mfg Co 58 Henderson John Co... 45 Hendrix W W H Herendeen MfK.Co... fio Herr, Albert M. 5t HesserW.! 52 Hews A H &Co 67 Hildeshelm CM 53 Hllancer Bros 68 Hlppard G 68 HltcnlngsA Co 60 Horan, Edw C. '.'.'. '.'.'.'. HoytRD '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Hudson John M Hughes KG Hulaebosch A HuntEH HuntM A Jackman Geo & Son . JenningsE B JoostenCH Jurgens W A Kennlcott Bros Kramer 1 N & Son — Krlok.W.C La Koohe & Stahl Lletze A Lockland Lumber Long Uanlel 1 Lonsdale Edv Low Hugh Jt C McCarthy NK&Co.. Michel PlantASeed Co Miller, Geo. W Mllley James Plerson F R & Co. . Plenty, Josepho - — f'loi Probst Bros Floral Co. 60 Roemer Fred. aituatlOBB. Wants.. Steffens N 58 Storrs & Harrison Co. E Strauss C &Co 4 Taylor John H 4 Thorburn J M4Co... f Trltschler M f US Wind Bnglneand Weathered, Thos.W.. 60 WelchBros. 47 Whilldin Pottery Co.. 69 Williams H W&Son.. 60 Wisconsin Flower Ex. 49 Witthold George 62 WolffLMfgCo 68 Wood Bros 50 Zlrngiebel 1 West Grove, Pa.— The Dingee & Co- naid Co. are adding a block of five houses which it is rumored they will heat by steam or hot water; they are also in- creasing their office and seed warehouse. Rubber I'acking. — Will those of our readers who have been tising rubber packing for hot water pipes and found it satisfactory, please send us the name and address of the party from whom they secured the packing. A CARMODY BOILER Will Cost less, Use less Fuel, and has more advantages than any other Boiler in the market. ty Send for Descriptive Catalogue. J. O. OAJtlVIOIi^ir, EVANSVILLE IND. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hot Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY, 74476 Myrtle Ave.. Brooklyn, N.Y tX~ Send for Catalogue. TH08. W. WEJTHERED'8 SONS, 46 and 48 Marion SireeL NEW YORK. nOUTlCULTURAL BUILDERS AND MANUFACTCEBBS OF CONSERVATORIES GREENHOUSKS, &c ERECTED IN ANT PART OF THE UNITED STATES; or CANADA IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPES and PIPE IITTINGS MANUFACTURED E.XPBE8SLY FOR HEATING GREEN- HOUSES, ETC. ewYo orkforS260and« enter or ordinary mechao Greenhouse Heating ff Ventilating HlfcHlNQS k CO. 233 Mercer Street, Hew York. Bi5e ^affei'rjS of JsoilePS, Eighteen Sizes, SaJJle jBaileps, feier)ical jsoilers, JBfflse ]i>uTT)ii)^ Wafer pcatspa Perfect Sash Raising Apparatu*. SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, in bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. IvlAILING BOXES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymens' and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS &, SONS, Ordor :N^oa?v" A Copy of our New TRADE DIRECTORY I'K.ICE, S2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 64 La Salle St.. Chicago. Florists' Letters, Emblems, Monograms, Etc. The,"e letters and dejlgns aremadeofthebestlnimor- telles. wired on wood or metal frames, having boles t.joth-plcks. by which they are fastened to the design. e them a trial. You will 1 these goods to be Su- NOTE —All Infringers or ters and designs will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. Send for Sample. 2-ln. purple periOO.M.OO Postage, ISctB. per 100. W. C. KRICK. 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. I. C V. 4 Co.. Phlla., Pa. ton. I). C: JA.ME9 ViCh Simmers, Toronto, Ont, Mantlon Chicago, 111.; H. fWmm BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS S-^FT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE C. .STRAUSS & CO., VVashlngton, mv : 'We use eight of .IAS. VICK. SeedsM KREl) KANST,*Su'pt. Chicago Parks. iiccess." ff^*8end for our new Illustrated Catalo ■The KHiri HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y iTiic l^mmmM LlfiLiitifr 'the Prow of the I/essbI; there may be more comfort /iwidshins, hut we are the Srst to touch Unknown Seaa," Vol. VI. CHICAGO AMD NEW YORK. SEPTEMBER 15, 1890. Ho. 123. fililli ^iiS!IEiE!ll@MI 1FIL@IS0@7 Published on the ist and 15th ol each month by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $1.50. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. S4 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SOCfETY' OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. M H. NOKTON, Boston, ;, Toronto. Ont., 67 Bromfleld S ^.. Hunt. Terre Haute. Ind., treasurer. Sober thoughts alter Boston Floral arrangements Bos' on notes The award on po s at Boston M. H. Norton (with portrait) Roses— Seasonable notes — Eirly hybrids —Hybrids at Providence, R. I — In solid beds —Number of blooms cut Winter blooming plants The S A. F. at Welleslev (with illustration) , Chrysanthemums— Catalogue classification. —Seasonable notes Agave virginica I.ong Island notes Acacia Riceana (illustration) . Chicago New York to Boston ...... Fall exhibition at Springfield, Obituary— Levi B. Wells . . . . Termes Flavipes, KoUer . . fia^, udatu 1 Constance Elliott 63 M. Victor Lemoine (with portrait) Philadelphia Cata'ogues received Cut flower orders Coming exhibitions Seed trade A regal realization Wintering tender aquatics .... Snails Bedding plants At the market Palms in New Orleans A weed killer Look out for frost. Mr. May also sends a note of the same tenor as that received earlier from Mr. Craig, and which we print elsew here. Considering the many difhoulties en- lountered in securing a clear, sharp pho- tograph of a large group of people, the one we reproduce on another page is cer- tainly most excellent. If THE PRESSMAN docs his full duty the portrait of President M. H. Norton, which appears on another page, will be the best portrait we have ever pnlilished. The engraver's proof shows a Ijeautiful piece of work. Sober Thoughts After Boston. The convention is past and gone. The gathering was such as might reasonably be expected, but it was plainly seen that so great were the attractions outside of the convention proper that the meetings with one exception were not as fully attended, neither were the papers dis- cussed as at previous conventions. Papers and essays to be of value in discussions should be pert, crisp and short. There are papers, like Mr. Ueaii's, that could not be discussed, from the fact that there was nothing left unsaid. The executive committee will do well to con- sider how to get only good essays and papers. The committee on nomenclature made an excellent report as far as their mate- rial would allow. It is pleasing to note that the so-called fraudulent substitutions are not nearly as numerous as reported. In fact the cry of wolf came from the rustling of the leaves by a very small mouse in nine cases out often. The exhibition of the Mass. Hort. Soci- ety with its magnificent array of glorious plants, its grand display of water Hlies and other aquatics, the elegant table and mantel decorations, was worth to everj' visitor all the j'ears waiting, all the money it cost and the time devoted, if there had not been even so much as a meeting in convention or a ]japer read. Some members thought that the attend- ance at the sessions ought to have been much larger. Where was the most infor- mation to be found? To a few in the convention, to many in the exhibition. As yet the society has no mortgage on its member's locomotion — and it never will have. Then somebody says the society ought to do this and do that; very often these somebodies sit on the fence and bark instead of coming into the ring to wrestle with the wrongs. No, the Society of American Florists isn't perfect, it doesn't want to be, and it never will be, as it hopes always to have some work to do. That old ghost of ours will not down, and it seems to me he will never be laid; at least I hope not. Just think what he did and how he appeared. First at Mr. Hews of Cambridge; second, Mrs. Hayes of Lexington; third, Mr. Hunnewell's, Wellesley; fourth, on Nantasket Beach. Isn't it dreadful. But what delightful remembrances many have of the week at Boston, and they will be fresh at Toronto next j'ear. John' Thorpe. Floral Arrangements. The dinner table decorations at Boston were a pretty pointed illustration of the fact that it was a dinner table decorated with flowers and not a decoration of flowers upon a table that the society wished to encourage. The floral decora- tions should never interfere with the use- fulness of the table as a dinner table for this is its primary object, and the decor- ations of plants and flowers upon the table should never be so heavy as to preclude from one another the full view of guests sitting opposite each other. Another point taught us at Boston was that vases, clocks or other stiff" figures made of flowers are not in favor. Even the poor negro minstrel with his banjo, all so lifelike and painstakingly built of blossoms was considered unfit company for aesthetic Boston, and after the second day like a drunken piper he was removed from public view and shut up in a back room. The mantel decorations were also an impressive lesson. No tyro could fail to appreciate the superiority of the fine material, studied plans, careful work- manship and elegant arrangement of the first prize mantel. Furthermore it was a lesson to some of us that there is room in the florists' business for several other kinds of flowers besides roses and carna- tions, not one of which was employed in this decoration. Our business has got to widen out. The lovely lapagerias never before appealed more eloquentlj'for public favor; they were presented to us in their spotless beauty and appropriate useful- ness. Orchids tell in all fine work. And Pandanus Veitchii and Cocos Weddeliana made one of the brightest marks of their existence. And in this decoration two plants in particular, namely, the white- flowered agapanthus and Aloeasia mac- rorhiza variegata were used with telling effect. The white blossoms brightened up the sombreness of the ferns and so too had the white variegated leaves of the aloeasia a cheerful bearing. And Mr. Allan tells me this agapanthus is as easily grown as the blue-flowered one, and too that it comes true and readily from seed. W. F. Boston Notes. The annual meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club was held at Horticul- tural Hall on Tuesday, September 2. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year. President, Lucius H.Foster; Vice-President, Jackson Dawson; Secretary, J. J. Cunningham; Financial Secretary, W.H. Elliott; Treas- urer, P. Welch. The general committee of fifty which has had in charge all arrangements for the S. A. F. convention made a final report which was accepted with thanks. On September 1 occurred the annual entertainment provided by Mr. Ed. Hatch for a few of his friends at his cottage on Scituate Beach. The invitations an- nounced that the object of the meeting was "the best method of disposing of clams." The subject received due at- tention. The American Florist. Sept. 15, At tlio weekly show at Horticultural Hall on August 30 Mr. T. Rowland showed a si)ccially fine eoUcetion of cut blooms ol tuberous liet;onias. One of the most interesting plants shown on Satnnlav vSeptembcr 10 was a see li.-urllic >.iil phur quite dry. .-md w <■ li.-i\c loiiiid tluil sifting it through a fine .screen, such as a mosquito netting or similar material, gieatly helps, as the object should be to produce a cloud like appearance, so that every leaf in the house gets a small por- tion of the dust on it. "Then if the above temperature can be maintained in the •house for twenty-five or thirtv minutes all the fungoid growth will lie destroNcd. This method need only be Icdlowed' till fire heat is applied; after that sulphur on the pipes will efti-ctually dcstrov mildew. Where the roses are already planted more care will be re(|uired now in the watering, as thi- il.iv> -k.w sliorter, that they are not o\ I I u.ini.,1 Xothing will give them a wui sc i Im k i li.m this at this season of the year, tlieir units have not yet fully spread all through the soil, therefore it is very easilj' soured if too much water is given. Keep all weeds and dead leaves cleaned oft'; the former robs the plant of its nourishment and the latter harbor and increase insect pests. Keej) the plants tied up as they need it; this allows free circulation of air all through the plants, which is very neces- sary to keep them healthy. Give' all the air possible on all favorable days, do all watering as nearly as possible early in the day so as to allow all surplus moist- ure to dry off' before night; otherwise if a damp close atmosphere exists during the night it will soon produce a prolific crop of black spot, mildew and other kindred diseases. Should the nights get chilly now it is far better to put enough fire heat in to expel the r.aw air; as often when the tem- perature outside indicates from 50° to 55°, that of the greenhouse may stand 50° to 58°, warm enough actually, yet in the early morning a very heavy dew can be seen all over the plants and the younger leaves will hang with drops like pearls. Many think this shows a healthy growth, so it does to some extent, but if these conditions continue for four or five nights in succession the chances are that somefine sunny morning the young leaves and shoots will begin to curl up, slightly at first, but before the day is over it may spread over a large part of the house, and ere another day is over the green leaves will fall off as if struck by an electric shock, and the grower stands with a wry face and wonders what has struck his previouslv fine looking house of plants. Where a" house gets hit this way it simply means half the year's pro- duce is gone, all of which can be avoided by giving just enough fire heat to expel the damp atmosphere. To many of your readers this undoubtedly will seem" like superfluous information" as it has been described several times in your columns before, yet as I write this several letters before me show that all your readers do not vet understand the importance of it, hence the repetition. Ioiin N. May. Suminit.N.J. Early Hybrids. Where these are wanted no time should be lost in preparing the jilants by care- fully drying them off to ripen them thor- oughly. Some varieties ditl'er in their recpiiicments in this line. Magna Charta will st.ind almost any amount in reason, while Mrs. John Laing would be posi- tively injured under the same conditions. The main object should be to get good solicl wood without causing the shoots \i> -.111 ixcl at any time during the process ' i iilHiiiiig. There are many small dc- 1 iii~ ilinut (his branch of rose forcing ili.it ran only be learned by experience, ;iiul as our seasons vary so much exactly the same treatment will hardly ever answer for two seasons, therefore it might be well for the beginner to note well .ill the conditions of his plants as he goes along, then where he makes a good siKvess of it he can imitate it as nearly as ))iissible the next season; and where it l.iils hee.iii avoid the same also. There Is ni. i ulc of tluimb to follow and yet the s.iiiu gener.il iirinciples are applicable at all times. Joiix N. .May. The American Florist. 63 ^^. H. HORiou the standard old varieties and some of more recent date. The winter of 1889-90 was not favorable to them and the pros- pect at the first of the season was any- thing but good, but by extra care and attention we managed to secure an ex- traordinary bloom fully two weeks late which continued till the first week in July; then came the hot weather and the blooms were soon gone. Then com- menced llio figlit with that arch enemy of the rosf in this iliinatc — red spider. Pow- erful sy ringings everyday and they began to make new wood and bloom agtiin and at this writing the plants are doubled in size, constantly showing bloom since the first of the season. Among those to make the best showing are Paul Neyron,Mme. I. Pereire, Gabriel Luizet, Prince Camille de Rohan, Celine Forestier, Coquette des Blanches, Mer- veille de Lyon, Eugene Appert, Countess Serenye, Baron Rothschild, .Alfred Colomb and others just as well known. They have been a constant source of admira- tion from the beginningof the season and they are likely to continue to be so till frost comes. We have given the borders two dressings of phosphate and two of liquid manure through the blooming season. I for one, consider tlie possibil- ities with the hybrid perpetual rose great even in this climate. G. H. Tasker. Roger Williams Park, Providence, R. I., August 18. Roses in Solid Beds. "The best Merniets that come into the Chicago market are grown by George Klehm at Arlington Heights and they are grown in solid beds," apjieared in Feb- ruary 1 issue-of thepLOKisT. In the same account it is also stated that these Mer- mets are four j'ears old; furthermore, which is of great importance, it is said: "He is cutting great quantities of mag- nificent bloom and beautiful color. The blooms have so much substance that they last in good condition a remarkably long time after being cut.'' There is much in the above system of growing roses to make it worth}' of con- sideration bj' every rose grower in the land, for when we hear that the best Memiets that come to the Chicago mar- ket are grown in a solid bed we wonder if they can not be grown elsewhere with like results, for it should be every grower's aim to send the best; and when you com- bine the best with great quantities of magnificent blooms of beautiful color it leaves nothing to be desired except a better foliage. E. S. Bartholomew also says in his article on overhead heating of August 15, "I know of roses that have been planted twelve years in a solid bed and are at this time perfectlv healthy and giving abundant blooms." I have also seen abundant Mermet blooms, magnifi- cent Pedes, good Niphetos, Gontiers, Bons and the best Brides and Bennetts, all grown in solid beds and I am fully convinced that cuttings taken from solid beds, under the same treatment as those taken from the bench, will make stronger growth ii planted on lumli the lollowing season. I would like to Ii.ivc tlic expe- rience and views of liriitlRrflorisls on the subject of roses grown in solid beds, for there is certainly much less labor attached to roses grown in this way. Grant J. Makple. Swarthmore, Pa. [It seems to have been satisfactorily settled that while each of these systems has its advantages, either will prove sat- isfactory in most cases, provided the treatment of the plants is adapted to the conditions under which thej' are grow- ing. But the raised bench has a great advantage in the fact that in the dark days of winter the quantity of moisture in "the soil can be more accurately regu- l.ited, and that a chance over-watering will not prove such a permanent damage as it would on a solid bed. — En.] Number of Blooms Cut Mr. J. A. Balmer, Vincennes, Ind., sends us the following record of blooms cut, showing the comparative productiveness of five varieties of roses asgrown by him, and which he has given us permission to print in full. The table covers seven months of the season of 1889-90. The plants were 3-inch stuff", benched June 20, all in same soil and all had same treatment, temper- ature and light and were in the same house. Perle. Mermet. Bride. Niphetos LaFrauce. Oct. 80r. 274 324. 381 3r.;) Nov. lOOl 271 202 519 205 Dec. 879 242 207 520 231 Jan. 871 287 201 300 203 Feb. 1053 280 241 399 197 Mar. 1092 367 324 577 373 April 1059 499 300 580 470 7361 2220 1919 3342 2168 No. plants 340 130 130 178 165 Average to plant for 7 months, Perle, 21.212, Mermet, 17.11, Bride, 14.99, Niphetos, 17.103, La France, 13.23. Total number of plants 943. Total number of blooms cut 17,010. General average per plant 18.30. Winter Blooming Plants. The florist who does a local trade often finds that a little extra variety in his cut flower stock is a great advantage, not only on account of the better eflect he is enabled to create in an otherwise hackneyed design, but also from the fact that a certain degree of economy in flowers may thus be secured just at the time that economy in flowers is a siDccial object. Of course it is well understood that there are manj- plants that are well suited for a local trade that would not prove profitable if grown in large tpiantitics and sent into a wholesale market, and it is with this understanding in view that the following brief notes have been written. Euphorbia Jacquinifeflora is one of these winter blooming plants that de- serves more recognition thiin has been accorded it of late years, being easy to manage and seldom failing to produce at least two crops of its graceful sprays of bright scarlet flowers during the winter'. The flowers of this euphorbia last well after cutting, and the contrast between its dark green leaves and brilliant pet.ils (or bracts rather) is very striking and attractive. If more convenient to do so. Euphorbia Jaequinireflora may be grown as a pot plant, and if a little liquid man- ure be given from time to time as the growth progi'csses some fair spikes of bloom may be obtained, but to securethc best result the plants should be planted out on a bench duringthe summer so that they become well established before win- ter sets in, selecting for this purpose a warm corner in a rose house, or house of similar temperature and full exposure to sunlight. A light lo.-im enriched with some dry 64 The American Florist. Sept. 75. ci)\v ihiiii; is all the compost necessary, in addition' to which some liquid manure may l)e given as the condition ot the plants may require. Cuttings of the plant in question are best made of half ripened wood, and will root readily in a warm house, providing they are not over watered before they become calloused. .\ few ol the free flowering slirubb\ begonias are also very useful for this pur- pose, for when planted out on a bench in a warm house they grow very rapidly, and are scarcely ever out of bloom. Of these H. Saundersiana is probably the best of the red varieties for general use, its drooping clusters of flowers and buds varying from deep pink to bright red. If space can be spared for it to develop H. rubra is also an excellent species when treated in the manner recommended above. But B. rubra is such a rampant grower when in congenial quarters that it soon takes up too much space, and for that reason is not always desirable, though its flowers are large, brightly colored and very effective. Among the large number of good pink flowered begonias there are a few that are specially prominent for winter use, and in the latter list should be included B. insigfnis and B. Ingramii, both of which are excellent, while among the white varieties B. nitida, B. odorata and the very well known B. seraperflorens may be classed with the most useful. Another useful plant to the local florist (and indeed to the wholesale grower also) is Cyclamen persicum, long and favorably known to manj' growers, yet but little used on this side of the ocean until the past two or three years. The many shades of color, from dark crimson to pure white that may be found among a lot of seedling cyclamens of a good strain, are found very convenient and effective in cut flower arrangements, and by a little good management the plants may be brought forward in suc- cessive lots so as to secure a constant supply of flowers during the winter and spring. Daphne indica alba is another first rate winter bloomer, and produces its Jasmine- like flowers in close trusses and in great profusion. The flowers are not only attractive in appearance, but also de- lightfully fragrant and last well when cut. This plant does well under similartreat- ment to that given to camelhas, and like the latter grows best when planted out in a solid bed, only being particular in regard to drainage, as the daphne will not endure stagnant moisture at the root. The propagation of daphne is readily eftiscted by means of cuttings made from half ripened growth and placed on mod- erate bottom heat, the chief precaution necessary to success being to avoid the wilting of the cuttings at any time. W. H. Taplin. The S. A. F. at Wellesley. Our full page illustration is engraved from the photograph taken on the grounds of Mr. H. H. Hunnewell at Wellesley, Mass., Thursday afternoon, August 21, and shows in a group the majority of those who were in attend- ance at the Boston convention of the Society of American Florists. The view is from the steps in front of Mr. Hunne- well's residence, overlooking the broad expanse of lawn which extends to the road in the distance, where are faintly outlined some of the vehicles which con- veyed the party from and to the station. Catalogue Classification. As we are approaching the chrvs.uithc- nntm season a few remarks on their habits and the desirability of certain varieties for certain purposes may not be amiss. It is an undisputed fact that we have a number of varieties that are worthless for general purposes, and these same varieties are the cream of all the chrysanthemums, when grown in a way that will reveal their merits. In catalogue descriptions we are in- formed of the color and size of the flower, but in very few cases, in fact none to my knowledge, where a poor grower is plainly so stated. I mean a poor grower for general purposes, or grown in the way that nine-tenths of all the chrysan- themums are grown, planted out in the open ground. I believe aside from the evil of not describing the habit of the plant, the seller is doing an injury to himself by selling to the purchaser a variety unsuitable for his purpose, al- though the variety may be the very cream of his collection when grown in a certain way and for a specific purpose. I believe that if chrysanthemum specialists in compiling their catalogues would class them in a way that the buyercould select those varieties that are suitable for out door culture, and vice versa, there would be less complaints of the following nature. I made a list at the exhibition from So and So's collection and sent him an order but did not get the varieties ordered. I have personal knowledge of instances of the above nature. When the parties re- ceived just what they sent for, but their want of a knowledge of the habits of the different varieties and their requirements, produced very different results from what they expected. I feel certain that the evil done in this way is the means of disgust- ing large numbers of amateurs, and pro- fessionals too. There are a number of the finest varieties of this Queen of the Autumn that ought not, and can not with any degree of success be planted out of doors, whereas if planted in a bed or on a IxiK li ill .1 yiciiiliouse and the plants and buds |irii]Rily tliinncd they will be a Where large (|ii;iiitilies of seedlings are grown and it is undesirable to house so many of them, a good way to test them is to take cuttings from the strongest points, number the plant and cuttings with the same number; when the cuttings are rooted pot in small pots and when established plant on a bench in the green- house six inches apart, keep all side shoots pinched out as soon as they appear, and whenever the buds are large enough to handle pinch off all but the center one. In this way all varieties worth keeping can be determined and the old stools saved for cuttings without the trouble and expense of housing the worthless varieties. The devotees of this jiopular class of plants will have to exercise considerable care in selecting from the large number of seedlings annually sent out, although generally they have each their iieculijir merits. A general knowledge of the merits or demerits of all the varieties is quite out of the question. It is therefore imperative that the disseminator describe the habit of the plant in addition to the color and size of the flower. Good vari- eties that have their peculiarities of growth would receive the attention their merits deserve, the frequent complaints of trickery in this branch of the trade would be less common and varieties of sterling merit would receive proper cul- tnr.'il attention. John Dallas. Seasonable Notes. I have just returned from a visit among chrysanthemum growers and am sorry to say that I found a great many plants more" or less crippled. In many plants no less than from six to eight shoots are blind and crippled. Now it is no use to leave a shoot that is blind or imperfect; cut it clear out to the first healthy growth. Crippled shoots always have very thick imperfect leaves; these leaves get thicker and thicker until they will soon be the 32nd part of an inch thick; the sap these leaves absorbis the sapthat ought to go to make fine flowers. Take oft' at once the crippled thick leathery leaves that are where fine buds should now be forming. Watch carefully for perfect buds and as soon as selected take off" those not re- quired. Be careful in thinning out the lateral growths; do not allow any growth to extend beyond the height of the flower buds selected to remain; flower buds must have the coign of vantage from this out. Cautiously water all plants that re- main outside in pots; don't forget that the equinoctial storms are about due and that it may rain for four or five days. Mix as much brains as you can in water- ing for the next three weeks. Many grow plants in the open ground for decoration and even for exhibition. All plants gi'owing in the open ground should be dug around one week previous to lifting; this cuttingthe roots will result in new feeders being formed within the sii.-icc between the digging and the stem of the ]ilant. If plants arc intended to be put in 12-inch pots they should be dug around so that there is a 12-inch ball to be potted. After digging around I water thoroughly and wlien readj- to lift I prefer to do it in dry weather ratherthan wet. John Thorpe. Agave VreciNiCA.— "J. E. B.," Ky.. sends a specimen of this for name, and remarks: "I was riding up a high clay and lime stone hill at sun up in June and was cxhilerated bv the odor from some flower. I searched ,-ind found a bed of this in bloom. The fr.igraiice was de- lightful." It is a hardy herbaceous native species of modest pretentions. Its leaves are annual— not ])ereiinial as is the case with the agaves so common in cultiva- tion, and unlike them too, this species blooms everyyear. Theflowersare small, yellowish and scattered along simple or braiK'hcd scapes three to five feet high sing trom tuft of fleshy, rough leaves. An interesting plant for amateurs, but not one that cominer- ci;il florists could handle to advantage except as one of a l.irgc assortment of ssoci.ition of American Cemetery Super- itciKknts will be held at Detroit, open- ig Scjitemlx'r 10, 1S91. iSgo. The American Florist. 65 66 The American Florist, Sept. IS, Long Island Notes. IIY WM. FALCtlNKlt. China Astkrs.— All spritij; sdwiiiks arc iiDVV past, but those sown out ol iloors May 28 arc coming nicely into l)l()oni. NlCOTIANA Al'KlNIS sowu (lining tlic 111 St week of June arc in fine bloom and llie plants in perfect eonditi sowings liavc been cleared aw( Older because .t it IS tins one. -If there is one ither you should flowers' are bright, fully are Its don't conielv. elegant, and the plant is a hardy iKi-cniiial of the easiest cultivation, 4 to (■> feet high, very copious, and never a weed. FoK UKioirr coi.oKiNC, all snninicr long on light land what can surp.-issllie ihvarl, striped single petunias? Uahlias.— Some folks who two ago grew dahlias beau now wondering why their jil blossom as well as they used to. Old DKLriiiNiUMS that were cut back as soon as they had done blooming are, more or less, in flower again. If vou forgot to plant some bulbs of Crocos speciosus, Colchicum speciosum, Amaryllis Belladonna or Sternbergia lutea last spring you have missed a treat in the way of fall flowers. POLVOONI'M ci'SPiDATi'M and its lesser form P. c. var. crispum do spread tre- nicndouslv, but when they are in full lilooni, ;is they now are, our hardest feelings against them are considerably softened. Pansies are coming up thick in the beds oecupied by pansies last spring. - .. _. J_ ---Ul., t-^ ^^,,^ ,.^«,,. of^r.!.. Now, is it advisable to save your stock for winter and spring blooming from these self-sown seedlings? That deiicnds. If you plucked and sold your finest flow- ers'last spring your seed must necessarily have been produced by the remaining poor flowers. And as you sow so shall you reap. The very best seed obtainable "is none too good for you, then get it and don't trust to luck. FoROET-ME-NOTS.— My plants for early blooming are fine large stock, but those for blooming outside iie.\t spring are the self-sown seedlings from around last year's plants. They are now being gath- ered and planted in a cold frame. Chrysanthemum maximum raised from seed imported from two diiTerent Euro- jiean seed houses last spring is now in scattering bloom. Both kinds are alike, coarse in growth and weedy in bloom, and totally unlike the splendid flowers we had last July from plants which we bought for the genuine maximum. French marigolds are finer in Septem- ber than during any earlier month. Gloiie .\marantiis increase in fullness and licauty as the summer advances, but Septemlicr is their heyday. Kosi; Maipame Georges Bkuant grows with the vigor of a weed, and as it grovys it Ijlooms also, but what a pitv, it is covered with mildew. And there isn't a siK-ckof this disease on Rosa rugosa itself. MiNA LOUATA is oue of the most un- grateful plants we grow. No wonder it had been dropped from cultivation for so many years before its re-introduction. And it will be dropped again. "Let me alone" seems to be the motto of Lilium speciosum and album as grown with us. Clumps of them in the azalea bed growing up against the bushes and where the ground is also mulched with leaves and litter are 5 to C feet high and many of the steins have had as many as twenty flowers. These clumps have been undisturbed for many years. Centaurea Americana is an annual siiecies from Texas, and although long in cultivation is seldom met with in gar- dens. It is of tall, erect habit, 4 to G ieet high, sparinglv branched and bears very large— 4 to 6 inches across— showy lilae- purple flowers. *A variety of it called Hallii has deep wine purple blossoms. Quite pretty to grow in the garden, but ofnouseascut flowers. I merely men- tion it because of the great attention it receives from visitors here, on acconiit ol its very large, showy, h.-nidsdnie llowers. Clematis recta.— 11 is in lull bloom hereabout the iiiidet..bcr. By mis- take, however, one of the workmen this season instead of cutting ofl the old flowers only, cut the jilaiits down close to the ground. After a little while they started to grow again, and have kept on growing and now are in bloom a second time. But I would disadvise such prac- tice as it weakens the plants. FuNKiA grandiflora and Funkia laiici- folia both are in good bloom. The first named is the lovely white flowered day lily so often seen in old gardens and which can be made excellent use of by florists; the lancifolia is a lesser, narrow-leaved species with blue flowers and quite desir- able as a garden plant. Both are hardy, long-lived perennials and delight in good ground and a shady place. Florists doing a local business should have lots of this white day lily; they generally have shady places under trees, etc., where carnations or roses won't thrive and which would be just the home for this beautifvd late bloomer. Thalictrum ADiANTiFOLiuM is a hardy herbaceous perennial with beautiful finely cut foliage like that of a common maiden hair fern, lieme its specific name. It is easilv r.-iised Ik.iii seed, easily grown if on weirdr.iiiRil soil, and a useful plant for florists. Mr. J. T. Temple, of Davenport, Iowa, is very eulogistic in its favor, he uses it as pot plants in place of maiden hair ferns, and findsthatit stands as well, looks as well and gives as much satisfac- tion as the ferns to his customers. Stachys lanata is another of Mr. Temple's favorites. It is a hardy herba- ceous plant of spreading habit and has thick, wooly leaves. The flowers are of little account. Mr. Temple uses the leaves as an outer border toeheap bouquets and is high in his praise of them for this puri^osc. yEoorODlUM POD.\OKARIA FOL. VARIE- OATUM.— This is the variegated form of the troublesome gout weed or bishop weed of Europe. It is a hardy herb.-ieeous perennial, luxuriating in moist soil and preferring a faintly shaded spot; the variegation is white, well defined and retained the summer through. Although the plant is a pest in Europe this varie- gated form seldom gets beyond boinuls in this country "^ ' It is another of Mr. Temple's pets. He uses it for hanging baskets. Grown in this way and well watered he assures me that it makes a splendid growth, retains its leaves well, looks well and furnishes the baskets or vases more densely than any other plant of the kind he knows. Very easily pro])- agated by division. Hot, sandy land and dry summer weather are killing to it. Manettia bicolor.— "So you have got the manettia fever too," remarked a gen- man to me here the other day as he saw a little fence covered with it. "No, not quite," I remarked, "I am the author of that fever. It was the dense growth of manettia on that little fence three years ago that suggested its importance to the florist who boomed it." But Mr. Tem- ple of Iowa tells me it doesn't bloom as well in the west as does M. cordata. Well, I have cordata too and in fine bloom on a string trellis. With me cor- data is the prettiest and most copious bloomer of the two after midsummer, but Idr.iii .itl-tlie-year round bloomer bicolor i« itainlv has the advantage, and bicolor is the thriftiest grower and the easiest to propagate. Variegated Hypocrite Plant (Evi- phorbia heterophylla fol. var.)— A kind friend in the south sends me a spray of this plant splendidlv variegated with yellow and also with white markings. It came n|), an accidental variety among a tot (if the typical form, and was boldly variegated from its birth. The plant is vigorous and bearing seed quite freely, aiul he sent me of the seed. Now, after all, the plain Hypocrite Plant isn't much of an ornament for northern gardens, but this variegated form, if we can hold it, is a decided acquisition, because the varie- gation is so liberal and so pronounced and permanent from the beginning. To paralize my friend, L. W. Goodell, of Dwight, Mass., who introduced this plant two years ago, 1 brought my spray to Boston^ but he gave me a set-back when he told me he had the same thing last year. His plant didn't ripen any seed, however, and he has only been able to save one plant from it from a cutting, and so far it isn't seeding. This euphor- bia has been called summer-blooming poinsettia, Mexican fire plant, painted leaf, fire-on-the-mountain and hypocrite plant. But if we are to give priority the inccedence I fear we will have to abide by the very homely name hypocrite plant, the name by which it is so commonly known by the ])Cople of the far south. Aristolociiia Goldieana.— Ajiropos of my reference to this wonderful flower, p.ige 41, Mr. John Dallas, Fairfield, Conn., writes me: "Aristoloehia Goldie- ana liist flowered in Europe in the Bo- taiiic.il Gardens, Glasgow, in 1867. 1 w.is tlieii employed in those gardens and this wonderful plant was under my charge. Mr. Peter Clarke was curator of the g:ir- deiis, and an intimate friend of Mr. caused (piite a furin- in botaiiie.il and horticultural (|uarteis,.-iii(l blos.soiiis of it were sent to Kew, ;ind soon .-illei waid it w.-is figured in the Botanical Magazine. I remember Mr. Clarke coming to me one day with a handful of letters which were orders lor vonng plants at five guineas a piece. lint this w.is onlv one of many r.iie 1 Topical pl.-ints Mr, Clarke received from time to time Inmi his friend Mr. Goldie. One of the most striking of these I remember was a densely yellow pow- dered gvmnogramme fern 'with the pow- der .is thick on the upper as on the under side of the fronds." Euo.NVMUS radicans is a common little hardv evergreen shrubby vine generally used for belt edgings to shrubbery beds and carpeting beds of mixed evergreens. It is also used as a vine to cover low rough-faced stone walls or stumps, and run up the trunks of thiii-he.ided trees ivy fashion. _ At WellcsUy l be oilier day we noticed it pl.-uited ,i-.nii-.l ilie wall supporting the bank .i- \\ e .i,i,,i.l ilie grounds, also against the teir.iee walls i8go. The American Florist. 67 ill the Italian garden, and Mr.Hunnewell told us thatwhile lie liked theAmpelopsis Veitchii for high walls he prefers this little euonymus for covering low walls. EuoNYMUS LATIFOLUS is the showiest shrub in fruit just now in our gardens, indeed, when in full fruit and ripe it is the showiest species of the genus. Euonymus Sieboldi.\nus came into bloom about the middle of August and still, September 1, is in good bloom. Its flowers are greenish white l5ut produced in immense profusion. A1)out the middle of November its fruit will begin to ripen and the fruit is far niorcornanicntal than are the blossoms. A pcciili.ir tiling a1)i)ut the flowering of this slinil. is that the flower buds appear in May but do not open till August. Tamarix Sinensis is now in its loveliest fleecy glory— 10 to 12 feet high and a mist of pink spray. It is a hardy shrub, the hardiest of the tamarixes, as easily raised from cuttings of the ripe wood as is a willov\', and blossoms in August and September while the other species blos- soms in May and June. Of little use among cut flowers, but indispensable among shrubs. HVDKANGEA PANlCULATA GRANUItXOKA. —Those of you who cut your plants hard back last winter, thinned the young growths pretty severely in early spring, and mulched tlieground aliout the ])lants in summer, now are, I presume, admiring the extra large bunches of flowers that have resulted from this little attention. Don't you think there is more credit to your standing as a florist in these big heads than there would be in a lot of little commonplace ones? The LATE Hydrangea paniculata is just coming into bloom, many heads are still green; and the grandiflora is begin- ning to tinge. You want this late bloom- er, not for cut flowers, but as a shrub in bloom. Han Acaci: On page 18 Am. Florist .\ugust 15, .\. M.,M;issachusetts, asks information from a brother florist as to the best method of cultivating the Australian acacias and the best species of same. The Australian species of this genus are both numerous and handsome, producing their flowers of various shades of yellow from January to July, and thus rendering the greenhouse orconservatory attractive during several dull months. They are easily grown into good flowering plants, and shou'd be potted in a mixture of peat and loam in equal parts with a good quantity of sand. When flowering is past they may be placed in the open air, w'hieli will greatly benefit them. It is much to be regretted that so few species are to be found in our commercial gar- dens, as their hardiness renders them most desirable plants either for the green- house, the decoration of the sitting room or as ornaments for the wiiulow of the cottager. A, argyrophylla is a handsome shrubby species growing to a height of several feet and furnished with oblong silvery silky phyllodes and axillary stalked globular heads of yellow flowers. A. armata grows from four to six feet in height, the so-called leaves ( iihyllodia) obliquely ovate, entire, ami "f .-i rich d.-irk these latter linear lanceolata, deep green and terminate in a sharp point. A. Drummondi is one of the most hand- some species of this very extensive genus, forming a dwarfish shrub with pinnate leaves consisting of two pairs of pinna-, having deep green oblong leaflets. The flowers are of pale lemon and borne very freely in c\lindrital spikes It blooms from \pi il to Juh A Kice-ina IS a p uticulaih h mds )mc and distinct species Uj;io\\si.( i ^u it height the bi inches h in„iii^ ^1 KihilK like I \\tc])ing willow it miles 1 li in 1 sonu pi mt in i sm ill ))ot llic pli\ Ih dis are line u daik .,iccn iiid lie se itliied or whorled. The flowers are produced in long spikes and are pale yellow in color. These I believe from experience to be a few of the best for cultivation by florists in this country and would well repay a trial. John Henkv. Grand Haven, Mich. ior. Theflowc green eo in the axils and are of a rich goli k-ii yellow. A. cochlearis is a rigid growing glab- rous species producing its globular heads of bright yellow fragrant flowers in pairs from the axils of the leaves in January, Chicago. The congress of horticultural societies which convened at the Sherman Ilcuise August 27 in reponse to a call issued by the IlHiiois State Hort. Society, to on sider matters in connection witli the World's Columbian Exposition of 1S<);',, proved to beagathering of fruit growers, rather than of horticulturists in the broad sense of the term. And as a natural con- sequence the main consideration of the meeting was for the fruit display. A meeting was held at the Sherman House September 1 to organize a Horti- cultural Society for Cook County. The meeting was well attended and much in- terest was manifested in the project. Several well known amateurs have taken hold with a will and there is every indica tion that the labors of the promoters will be crowned with the fullest success. A committee was appointed to have the society incorporated, and another com- mittee is considering the matter of by- laws. Another meeting will be held at an e.iii\- date to perfect the organization ,111(1 elect officers. A tine collection of gladioU was sent to the meeting of the horticultural societies by C. H.Allen of Floral Park, to decorate the room, but unfortunately they arrived at the end of the last day. At the first meeting of the Florist Club after the return of those who had attended the Boston convention, a beautiful and elegantly ornamented leather medal, a foot in diameter, was presented to the memliers who had participated in the Bowling Match at the Hub. The pres- ent high price of leather makes it an extremely valuable souvenir. It will un- doubtedly be highly prized, and made use of by thereeipients when their shoes need resoling. Among those interested in the new Hort. Society now in process of organiza- tion, is Professor Bastin, the well known botanist. The Professor is much inter- ested in the project of making a wild gar- den of native plants a feature of the horti- cultural dis])Iay at the World's Colum- bian Exposition. He is also endeavoring to have the park commissioners attach good sized labels to all trees and plants ill the public (larks, giving the comnioii anil lint.inic.al names and the habitat, ■fliis would certainly greatly enluiuee the educational value of the parks, and as soon as the organization of the Hort. Society is perfected it will undoubtedly add the weight of its influence to bring about this desirable arrangement. In an old directory of Chicago, pub- lished by W. W. Danenhower at 123 Lake street, for 1851, is the name of but one florist. Samuel Brooks, located at the corner of .Vdains and Clark streets. Six years afterwards two others were known to be here— Job Carpenter on West Lake street opposite Union Park, and A. T. Williams on the north side of Fullertoii avenue. In 1857 Edgar Sanders was added to the number. The Chicago Directory for 1881 gave 56 names of flo- rists. The directory for 1890, just issued, and which embraces the 175 square miles of ten-itory that the city of Chicago now covers, contains the resjiectable number of 156 names of firms doing business in Chicago proper. If to this we add from the .\meriean Florist Co. 's Directory sonic twenty outlying towns, and all tributary to this city, we get 64 additional names, making a total of 217 listed names of those in the trade as against "Father Brooks" solitary name in 1851, say 40 3'ears ago. At South Park the asters have been a total failure this J'car, and Superintendent Kanst mourns the loss of a very choice strain, which was the result of many years' selection. The single dahlias which "have been on trial here for the last two years will be discarded as unsatisfactory. Caterpillars have been unusually plentiful and have done much damage the past summer. The cannas especially have been much disfigured by these pests, and the geraniums have also sufiered severely. In the half-mile long bed of geraniums at this park none of the scarlets can aji- proaeh the old Gen. Grant in freedom ol' bloom and general eft'ectiveness, while Waddington is decidedly the best pink. The trusses of bloom oil both of these varieties could not be more numerous without completely hiding the foliage. A very eff'eetive' bed planted this season was one of large, dwarf, richly colored cockscombs with a border of alternanthera. The aquatics at this park have done remarkably well and have been a very taking feature. During times when the wind blows with sufiieient strength to lift the leaves of the victorias they are held in place by laying upon them hoops of lieav3- wire wound with cotton cloth. For extra heavy winds a coil of old rubber hose, likewise wound with cotton cloth, is used in the same way. The cloth is used to over- 68 The American Florist. Sept. /J, hUi cat i-t t(. (lent ol Mr. Win. M.Millan, s.i the Darks ot Buffalo. N. V., spent a day in the city recently while on his way to Minneapolis. He visited Lincoln and South Parks, and spent a pleasant honr with Superintendent Kanst of the South Park system. New York to Boston. The party which traveled from New York to Boston on the magnificent steamer Pxiritan numbered 193. This included the New York and Philadelphia delegations in addition to a large number from other adjacent cities. It was a most enjoyable trip which will be long and pleasantly remembered. Much of the pleasure of the occasion was due to the untiring eft'orts and able management of President A. S. Burns of the New York Florist Club. With the assistance of a number of New Y'ork florists the large dining room of the steamer had been beautifully decorated for the occasion, and many other details supplied to make the trip a pleasant one. N. Fall Exhibition of the Springfield A Horticultural Society. The fall exhibition of this societj- was held in Union Armory, Springfield Mass., on September 2 and 3, and was the big- gest show of "out of door" grown flow- ers and plants ever made in the Connect- icut valley. There were over 350 exhib- itors including those from out of town. Asters, of course, led in numbers, and most of them were fine. Dahlias were good; dianthus in abundance, good, bad and indificrent; gaillardias, godctias, helianthus in great variety; gloxinias, and some fine ones too. Some fine pansies and petunias. Oceans of phlox and ])oppies. Some very fine verbenas and zinnias from out of town. The professionals exhibiting were V. H. Hallock & Son, Queens, N. Y., gladioli and Lilium auratum; A. B. Howard, Belchertown, Mass., verbenas. Phlox Drummondii, marigolds, Lilliput zinnias and petunias. Mr. Howard makes a specialty of petunias and showed some which were nearly entirely marbled, there being only a faint trace of the stripe. Dexter Snow, Chieo])ee, Mass., hardy phlox, dahlias, geraniums and carna- tions; J. W. Adams & Co., hardy phlox, altheas, gladioli and Hydrangea grand- iflora; C. L. Burr, gladiolus Pres. Carnot with 7-inch flowers, Shirley poppies, zinnias, lilies, roses, pansies, asters and hardy phlox; H. B. Hart, dahlias; H. C. Smith, asters and pansies; Gale Floral Co., cut flowers; F. R. Belden, petunias, asters, gladioli and tuberous begonias; Miller Bros., cut flowers, pots, palms, jardinieres and a fine floral ship. There was a large attendance and everything passed oft" pleasantly. Alfred B. CorEL.\Ni). Springfield, Mass. Levi B. Wells, the well known florist of Helena, Montana, died at his home in that city July 23. He was the leading florist in that new state, and for twenty years was one of its most respected and useful citizens. A friend sends us the fol- lowing sketch of his life: "Levi Byron Wells was born May 10, 1842 at Mount Morris, Livingston coun- ty, New York. He received a fair educa- tion, and while yet (|uite young started out from home to do for himself He first went to Buffalo, N. Y. thence to Ohio, and in t.SSS to Michigan where he attended school for a term of years, after which he went to Grand Rapids, where he resided during t he war; and on Jime 14, 1863, he married Miss Laura Gordan the young- est daughter of the late Geo. W. Gordan, one of the pioneers of Grand Rapids. From Grand Rapids he came to Helena, Montana in the year 1869, his wife ac- companying him. " During the earl3' days of his residence in the state he was a great explorer, and many of his mineral finds have made others rich, but from which he never received any benefit. During his explora- tions many rare mountain flowers were plucked and native plants gathered by him which have been cultivated. Mr. Wells was a pioneer of Montana, and his name is familiar all over the state. But few if any were better posted or more familiar with the mountains and valleys of the state than he, and much valuable information has been furnished by him to the government and state. " His death was caused by a run-away team coming in coUision with his carriage containing himself and family while jour- neying to their nursery located a few miles distant. The collision upturned his carriage throwing him violently to the ground from which he received injuries resulting in his death a few hours later. " Mr. Wells commenced the construc- tion of a greenhouse in the year 1873 and the cultivation of flowers which by his peculiar fitness and perseverance he has carried to success, his greenhouses to-day being the finest west of Chicago. " He was a man of naturally refined tastes and had a peculiar love for flowers; he was a botanist and became as inti- mate with the flora of the state as with the exotics which he cultivated under glass. He was of an exceedingly generous nature and many times the floral tributes which brightened and made less drear the last sad rites, were sent without money and without price to those who were financiall}' unable to purchase. And as a fitting tribute to his generosity and worth he was remembered at his funeral by the rich and poor alike, who strewed the path from the house to the gate, and buried the casket which contained his mortal remains, with the flowers he loved so well. "An honest, upright, generous and kindly soul has gone to receive its just reward." Termes Flavipes, Koller. {.The Tet~mit(or H'hUe Aul ) There is probably no insect more inju- rious and less generally known at present among florists, than the termite, or white ant. They are fast becoming a nuisance in manv localities, and no pest with which I am familiar can be compared to them. As one of the afflicted I have been making them a study for two years and would advise parties buying from infested firms to keep their eyes open. There are three forms, viz : The winged, workers, and soldiers. The winged form contains the males and females which fly in swarms in spring and fall, and will be seen sticking to the moist glass or run- ning over the floors and benches, seeking convenient nooks in which to start new colonies. The wings are deciduous, net veined, all of equal length and are lost after one or two hours' flight. The body is one-eighth of an inch long, dark brown covered with brown pubescense, the abdomen is flat, expanse of wings three- fourths of an inch. The workers are apterous (wingless) and asexual (neuter). These are the ones which do the mischief. They are white with roimd heads, inconspicuous mandi- bles and stout soft bodies three-sixteenths of an inch lon^ somewhat resembling true ants (Formica). The soldiers are larger with pale yellow heads, one-third their own length and well developed mandibles which they use efiectually in guarding the workers against enemies. They tunnel through all sorts of wood- work, rafters, sills, floors and benches and it is impossible to root cuttings in a sandbench infested with them. On enter- ing the bottom of pots they destroy the roots and then hollow out the entire center of the stem or bulb leaving nothing but the shefl. Last year I lost nearly all my tulips, many of my amaryllis, roses, cannas, and stove plants, and had to renew many of my benches. In an inch board one by eight feet which to all out- ward appearance was sound I killed over 8,000. The quickest way of detecting their presence is by the covered runways they always construct when crossing over iron, stone or brickwork. I find no way of exterminating these pests, but manage to keep them in check somewhat bj- a weak solution of corrosive sublimate and water for watering, and by saturating the floors and open benches with carbon oil. Robert M. Grey. Pittsburgh, Pa. Cypripedium Caudatum, var. Luntii. This is a new and grand variety of the well known species, being distinct not only in the size, but the shape of the pouch and the coloring. The dorsal sepal measures GVa inches in length, while the lower one measures 7',4 inches. The petals are extraordinary in size, being 33 inches in length, yellowish and beauti- fully shaded with reddish brown. The pouch is very large and round, yellow with reddish shading, while there is a yellow margin near the white opening which gives it a great contrast of color and adds greatly to its beauty. Am happy to name it after William W. Lunt, Esq., of Hingham, Mass., a rising connoisseur of cypripediums and the happv possessor of thisgrand varietv. W. A. Manda." Passiflora Constance Elliott. In the beginning of the year 1889 I got a plant of Passiflora Constance Elliott and planted it in a box at one end of a greenhouse; the box was l' 2x3' 2 feet. It bloomed last year about August and not very many blooms, but this year it started" to grow in January. The first flower opened March IS and the last one June 24, and by actual count it had 392 flowers on it, some days as many as 12 at one time. Can anybody beat that? I might add that a strong plant which was planted outside this spring has made plentv of growth but no flowers. Gcnnantown, Phila. Jos. A. Blum. Shipping Plants C. O. D. We would have you inform us through your paper if there is any way you can compel parties to take goods ordered, when you ship them C. O. D. and they refuse to take on the ground that the goods were shipped C. O. D. and no other reason is given. It is very aggravating tSgo. The American Florist. 69 to have parties so sensitive about this C. O. D. business. W. W. Greene & Son. [The most satisfactory solution of this question we have ever found is this: If the party is not sufficiently well known to be credited mail him an estimate show- ing cost of his oi-der and ask for remit- tance or references or part cash and in- structions to collect balance on delivery. -Ed.] Steam Heating. I would like to hear the opinion of some of those florists who have used both kinds of boilers, as to which is the best for econrmy of fuel and labor. The high pressure tubular, such as locomotive etc., or the low pressure regular heating boiler? Both kinds to he run at low pressure. Also which kinds are least liable to get out of order. J. F. S. M. Victor Lemoine. Of the grou)) of prominent French hor ticulteurs of the present time, none is more widely known and respected than Victor Lemoine; born in 1823 the present year finds him 67 years old, hale an ' hearty and oxticmcly clear headed. His biitliplacc was l>clinc, previonsl Department olthc Mucrtlic.iiowannexc to the German Umpire with Alsacc-I.di raine, where his family have been i^viui .1 tions of gardeners for the past Ton yr.ir^. son following father in this iKMunaMi calling. He was emploj-ed in some of the most celebrated of the continental nurseries of the time; with Baumann of BoUmiller, Van Houtte of Ghent, Micllez in Lille, and in 1S50 founded fm- liinisclf an estab- lishment devoted to the cultivation, se- lection and distrilnition of novelties in plants and shrubs. The beginning was difficult, as he had not more than a few thousand francs for capital, but enthusiasm for his work and faith in its final success prevailed over all discouragements. His thorough and practical knowledge of the iirinciples of hybridizing has brought him excellent results in many diverse classes of plants. In 1852 he produced the first double portulaccas, highly ])raiscd in the horti- cultural journals of that day; 185-t the first double potentilla was olrtained by him and sent out under the name of Gloire d' Nancy; 1859 he raised the new hybrid streptocarpus; 1862 the new mon- ochatmus and introduced into Europe Spirea callosa alba; 1864- Clematis lanu- ginosa nivea; 1869 was a remarkable year, witnessing the introduction of the Japanese Hydrangea paniculata grand- iflora, now unsurpassed among shrubs for popularity, and the production of the double zonal geranium Gloire de Nancy, followed by the first doubles with rosy and pink flowers, Marie Lemoine, Mme. Lemoine and others; 1871 he raised the first double tuberous begonias, Lemoineii and Gloire de Nancy, and also the still very popular double white clematis, Lucie Lemoine; IsTTiuw ili.ulile ivy leaf geraniums; 1S7S t he ni.iuiiirKiiit double hlacs and Lenidiiu's li\ In iil -ladioli now sn widely known, 1S82 various mont- liixtias wliiili for some reason never at- t.iinid miH'li ])opularity in our country; isst I'.c-c.nia Semp. gigantea and the introduction of Beg. manicata aurea, one of the most beautiful of all variegated plants; 1885 Beg. semp. elegans; 1887 Fuchsia Mrs. E.G. Hill; 1880 Gladiolus Naneienne. The begonia is a great favorite with him and he has now read3-to disseminate the magnificent "Lemoine's Triumph." For next j^ear he has several fine sorts— a fall flowering tuberous rooted white and a pink gigantea. Besides the above admirable list his im- provements are noticeable in abuti- lons, bouvardias, heliotropes, lantanas, phloxes, weigelias, etc. He is a fellow of many European horti- cultural societies, and a corresponding member of our own Massachusetts Ilort. Society. He was decorated with the in- signia of the Legion of Honor in 1889. His present establishment at Nancy is devoted almost esclusiveh' to the pro- duction of new plants by cross-fertiliza- tion and hybridizing. It may not be amiss to remark that the production of novelties is tiot unaccom])anied by work; out of four or five thousand seedling fuchsias and twice that number of gera- niums he can hope for only a verj- limited number of improvements, not to exceed tin-ee or four to the thousand; hence if what seems a good price is charged it is only right, as these few distinct nevvf sorts must be made to paj- for the work on the discarded thousands. M. Emile Lemoine is tlie worthy son of a notable father, being a most cajiablc assistant in all the branches of their business. The writer looks back with great pleas- ure to the time spent withM. M. Lemoine at Nancy last summer; their generous hospitality and their eager willingness to explain anything of interest in their establishment will long be remembered among the many kindnesses received at the hands of the European florists. E. G. H. FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. J. C. VAUGHAN, Chicago. Trea John O. E9l«k, Saddle River, N. J., Secretary. .T. D. CAHMODV, Bvansvine, Ind.; J. C. VAUGHAN, Chicago, 111.; ,IAMES HuRAN. Bridgeport, Conn ; B F. DORRANCE Wllkesbarre. Pa.; Kdwin Lonsdale, Philadelphia. Pa.; J. M. Jordan. St. Louis, Mo., and JULins ROEHRS, Charlton Hill, N. J., Directors. SECRETARY'S REPORT. On the nth day of August, 1S90, the Florists' Hail Association consisted of 236 members who insured 963,302 feet of single thick glass, .iiid i,i6S,Si6 feet of double thick glass, making a total of 2,132,118 square feet of glass now insured. The total assessments collected upon the same has been $1,524.59, and the total membership fee $1,322.46. The amountof guarantee fund allowed the subscribers this year has been $11,25. The amount of reser\'ed fund now on hand after de- ducting the amounts allowed subscribers to the guarantee fund is $1,233.96, and the amount of the assessment fund on hand after paying all losses and expenses from June ist, 1887 to August nth, 1890, is $553.08. No assessment has yet been levied. The glass now insured is located in 24 States and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thelossespaid during the year have been to F. S. Krebs, Phila- ig the yea delphia, $67.05 for 1,341 square feet of single thick glass; to Newby & Co. of Logansport, In " for 108 square feet of double thick glass, upon Ind., $15.1 which they held double insurance; totheKemble Floral & Seed Company of Oskaloosa, Iowa, $7.95 for 159 square feet of single thick glass; to L. C. Chapin of Lincoln, Nebraska, $41 for 546 feet of single thick glass and upon which he held an extra one-half insurance; to D. M. Briggs of Avoca, Iowa, $15.91 for 31S square feet of single thick glass; to Joseph W. Loseyof LaCrosse, Wis., $29 for 580 square feet of single thick glass; to John A. Salzer Seed Co. of LaCrosse, Wis., $42.89 for 1,501 square feet of single thick glass. Not having all their glass insured they received a pro rata payment of loss. To Augustus Doll of Manchester, Pa., $99.25 for 19S5 square feet of single thick glass broken; and to John Juengel &SonofSt. Louis, Mo., $155-55 for 3,364 square feet of single thick glass. Messrs. Juengel also received pro rata payment. Hail storms have been prolific, and so far as your Secretary has been able to learn, hail has fallen in Philadelphia, Oswego, N. Y., Dennisou. Texas, Albany, N. Y„ Eastern Massachusetts, JefTersouville, Ind., Cairo, 111., Coulterville, 111., Tuckahoe, N. Y'., Nyack, N. Y., Red Bank, N. J., Keyport, N. J., La Harpe, 111., Columbus, Ga., Cleveland, Ohio, Middletown, N. Y'., Paterson, N. J-, New Haven, Conn., Harrisburg, Pa., Kims- wick, Mo.. Baltimore, Md., Memphis, Tenn., Bradford, 111., Grand Isle, Louisiana, Lincoln, Nebraska, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Congress, Ohio, Rowsburgh, Ohio, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Ouincy, 111., La Crosse, Wis., Highland, N. Y., I'.uffalo, N. Y., Kingston, N. V., Avoca, Iowa, Anderson, Indiana, Manchester, Pa,, St. Louis, Mo.. Beardstown, 111., Frederick, 111., Kokomo, Indiana, Juniatl:i Valley, Pa., Sea Isle City, N.J. , rrenton, N. J., Doylestown, Pa., Shelby, N. C-, Wheatland, North Dakota, Castleton, North Dakota. Windom, Minn., Fountain City, Minn., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Pottsville, Pa., and Norristown, Pa. Believers in a hail belt can take their choice as to its location. The amendments adopted last year authorizing extra one-half and whole assessments have been used cautiously by members. An extra one-half assessment has been paid upon 18,250 square feet of single thick glass, and upon 42,000 square feet of double thick glass. An extra whole as- sessment has been paid upon 22,330 square feet of single thick, and upon 10,075 square feet of double thick glass. This plan has worked as smoothly as the original method, and members desiring plant insurance cannot do better than avail themselves of the opportunity offered by these amendments. The losses for the year 1S88 were l square foot of single thick for every 410 feet insured and of double thick i square foot for every 978 insured. For 1SS9, i square foot of single thick for every 310 feet insured, and i square foot of double thick lor every 800 insured. For 1890, I square foot of single thick for every 98 feet insured, and i square foot of double thick for every 10,822 feet insured. The cause of this inequality of percentage for 1890 being that hail storms carefully avoided members having double thick glass. Your Secretary has every reason to believe an assessment will be met promptly by members, and judging from the number of in- quiries received the indications are that the membership will be largely increased during the ensuing year. J. G. ESLER. Secretary. TREASURER'S REPORT. Chicago, August 10, 1890. RECEIPTS. Aug. 16, 18S9, received from former Treas- urer $1,304-6 Received from Aug. 16, 18S9, to Aug. II. 1890, Membership Fees . . .$503-99 First Assessments 606.07 $T7io.o6 Less Guarantee Fund applied. . , 11.25 $i.'3i.8i Total receipts $2,436.47 DISBURSEiMENTS. Secretary's salary $100.00 Exp. charges and collection fees . 1.05 Printing 26 00 Postage 10.00 .advertising 44.00 Losses paid— Krebs 65.98 Newby 1500 Kerable 7-95 Chapin 40-3S Briggs 15-66 Losey 2S.54 Salzer 4>-69 Doll 9766 Juengel 155-55 _ , $ 64943 $243 J. C. VAUGHAN, Treasu 70 The American Florist. Sept. TS, Philadelphia. Dear old Boston. What a time we did linvc. Most of us were at the "Qiiiiizc.v" house. .\ufl sueh weather, halt' rain, half shine, it rained eaeh nijtlit, but the days were The Gardeners' and Florists' Clnb of Boston are as whole-souled a set of men as ever got together, there is not a piece of dead wood among them, even the smallest chip was as lively as a cricket. The carriage ride tendered to the ladies was verv much enjoyed, as was also the collation at Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co.'s establishment. \Yell. we didn't bring that cup back with us, but the gold and silver medals for the first and third best scores was not so bad. And Lexington I What a grand trip that w;is, the historical and the beautiful combined. And then Wellesley. One day at Mr. Hunnewell's beautiful country seat is alone worth a trip to Boston. And that glorious ride down the bay ! The elegant way they entertained us at the beach, the maimer in which they gave us new ideas on the National game, and everything else they could do to add to our comfort and pleasure was done. Long live the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston. The geraniums in the Public Garden are all in small pots and plunged; a short growth and an abundance of flowers is the result. The exhibition of the Mass. Hort. Soci- ety in Music Hall was a great success; the hall was filled with well grown speci- mens. The table and mantel decorations were all good, that of Mr. Doyle's, mostly of Liliimi roseuni, was very effective. What a surprise was in store for us on our arrival in New York! On the boat that transferred us to the Puritan we were handed cards of invitation to dine with the New York Florist Club. The dinner was held in the large dining saloon of the Puritan which was brilliantly lighted by electricity and was magnifi- cently decorated. In the center of each table was a lar^e plateau of choice flow- ers, while the many sideboards on either side of the saloon contained beautiful placques and plateaus of carnations, roses, etc ; the air was heavy with their perfume, and that together with the hearty good will of our hosts and their bounteous spread made an occasion that will I'mg be remembered. Philadelphia seems much the same, business is at a standstill, but this can't last much longer and everybody looks forward to a brisk fall trade. Mr. Daniel D. L. Farson has rented his greenhouses and is now out of the busi- ness. But as superintendent of horticul- turalHall he is stillone of the bovs. C. As It is Done. Popular Actress— "W'ho is it,Loisette?" Her Maid— "The florist, madam." Popular Actress— "I can't see him now; but tell him to be sure and put plenty of tea roses in the bouquet that is to be sent me from San Francisco for to-nights' pert'ormance." — Frank Leslie's III. News- paper. A FIRST-CLASS OPPORTUNITY Fora practical florist to purchase a hall interest in one of the best payine and one of the largest Breen- houses in the Northwest: situated in a city ol 200,000 Lrally located, large established tall trade, and nets 20 percent, on For particulars address Brown, r.ltj Guaranty Loan Bulldind. Minneapolis, Minnesota. SITUATIONS, WANTS. FOR SALE^ Adyerllseinents under this head will be Inserted at SITUATION WANTEl .1, Kiverdale. SITUATION WANTEl)~By flratclass (lardener, private or commercial place; 10 yrs. experience. References. O. Fehumn. gen'l delivery, Chicago. years' experie Best references. Address NE, drawer 4, Barrle. Ont., Can SITUATION WANTED-By florist competent to grow general collection of cut flowers decoration and bedding plants, nursery stock, etc. Address II. S. EliOAK, 6921 Bradley Ave., St. Louis, Mo. SITUATION WANTEI>-,1. Hun Hon. H. W. Sage, desires to meet with a situation where a tirst-class gardener is required. 26 years' experience; proflcient In all branches; age 38: Eng- sd, 4 In family. Ithaca, N. T. expei SITUATION WANTED-By gardener, as head or foreman on good place, private preferred; age 29; married. 12 years' experience in all garden and florist work. Best references; strictly sober and reliable. T. W.vldie, Asylu "' " SITUATION WANTBD-V. experience, flve of which English flrm. wishes situatio SITUATION WANTEI)~By gardener of executive ability, long practical experience on the grow- ing, care and requisite of commercial matter, propa- gation, roses, carnations, etc., etc., either private or ■ ■ Philadelphia w ANTED— A good florist and gardener. Address WANTED— Trade lists and catalogues of stove plants, especially choice begonias (not tuber, ous), marantas, hertolonias, alocasias. Box 783, Plainfleld. N. J. WANTEI>— A good, energetic man used to packing choiceplants. Apply with copies of references, age and wages expected, to TX^ANTBD— Two res rose departm pectable, experienced young for the plant and one for the Must be steady E I experience, and salary desired. J* .- Position permanent. .Little Silver, N.J. good steady man, ( WANTED- stands the growing < propagating, etc. A steady place for the right nia one who must be willing to work. References r quired. W. A. Book, North Cambridge, Mass. WANTED-To buy from 8 to 12 large plants palms, Latania borbonica, Areca iutescer Pbcenlx canariensis. Ph. reclinata, Corypha excels Seaforthia elegans, Cycas revoluta. Prices ai sizes. Little switzeklanii Fi.. Co., Atlanta. Qt bedding plants, etc. Best reference required. Ap- ply, stating wages expected, etc. Residence and greenhouses at Bissell. Address Isaac W. Wooij. chase, Allegheny Co., Pa. FOR SALE- Weathered boiler, .jes.OO, good as new, used two winters. Address ist, Chicago. FOR SAI.B-Eight greenhouses 86 feet long, and eighteen lots of ground, near Cypress Hill Cem- etery, Railroad Avenue and Plank Road. 26th Ward, Brooklyn, N. Y. Also for rent. Mabuaret Reich. Chicago. Addri long Dot . For sale Price f. o. l?OR SALE -A florist establishment, one gree J? house 75x18. and two 75x10 feet each, heated 1 hot water ( Weathered 's) ; 'ii acres of good land, son wood and pasture, plenty fruit; dweiling house, ba and other out.buiidings; good well and cistern. ^ buildings new and in good order. I depot. Price, FOR SALE OR LEASE. My florist business. Have double greenhouse, two rooms each, 16x30 with office and work room 10x30. Poor health compels me to ^ive up the business, though it may be at a sacrifice. Will also sell or lease residence if desired. Address X, care American Florist; Chicago. A BARGAIN. A WELL KSTABLLSHKD Klorisl Business for sale. Four houses, well stocked and equipped. Must sell, for good reasons, even if at a sacrifice. Growing Ohio city of 25,000 inhabitants. Large trade with surrounding towns. Address OPPORTUNITY, care Am. Florist. Ct^it tlTkls out. MILDEW. No one wants it ! But man)- folks get it, and they don't want to keep it. So listen ! A mildew destroyer must diffuse itself thoroughly to be effective; if you have insects in the greenhouse they are in spots and places — but the mildew comes like the dew, its spores catch everywhere. For four years we have offered free, a package of Grape Diisl or mildew powder for trial, if the tryers would pay carriage. Scores of packages have been sent out, a great many of those who tested Crape DnsI have relied on it thereafter, and their confidence has not been misplaced. To use Grape Dust economically we give the experience of a Rose Gro:err who has five acres under glass, whose houses measure over a mile in length. DIRKCTIONS. Take a good strong bellows, take off all the fixings, stop up the vent, and put a pound or so of Grape Jhisf through the nozzle — now go to the end of the house opposite the door and point your bellows at the end, begin to blow and back down the passage toward the door, as you go you raise a cloud of light dust that settles evenly and finely — the result is that wherever mildew settles this dust does, and it kills the mildew, leaving the plant in good condition. T/iere is no preparation its equivalent Sold by the SEEDSMEN Of AMERICA. Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Works, FISHKILL-ON-IIUDSON. N. Y. Good Stock Healthy VH)LETS MARIE LOUISE and SWANLKY WHITE, Dble. The above clumps Jt.OO perlOO Fine plants transplanted 2 25 Runners 1.00 " l.JM[ per cent. olT on .''itlO plant orders, ("ash must ITA-SIiVILLE, TEN-IT. 1,0(10 Hiiize's Carnation plants. :iOO tiraie Wilder Carnation plants. MOO Blizzard tarnation plants. .iOO Smilax. 300 Strong Papa Gontier, 3'«-inch pots. •300 Perle des Jardins, 3M. inch pots. 1237 Chestnut Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. SURPLUS STOCK. We Imve a fine lot of Koses lor iiiiinediate plant- ing; flue and healthy plants, such us I'erles, Mer- met». Brides, Niphetos and Oontiers, :i-in(h pots, *H 00 per 100. Also 6.000 Hydrangeas, Otatsa, Thos. HoKK. Kosea and White Fringed, extra strong, ;> and 1-inch pots, 16.00, S8.00 and JIO.OO per 100. Orders booked now for choice, hne, healthy, field arown Carnations. All the leading sorts, .^iso Violets. Marie Louise and Swanley White. Write for prices by the 1110 or 1000. P.VUI. BDTZ & SON, Ne« Castle, Pa. Per 100 CYCLAMEN from 2 '..-inch pots, Js iki " " 3. inch pots, .S 00 CHINESE Primulas, 2'j-inch pots, .^.00 Splendid plants, e\ tra choice strains. CARNATIONS, field grown, 2d size, 5,00 J. LAURENCE, Harrisburg, Pa. rSgo. The American Florist. 71 FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING I15.00 $1 10.00 I 8.00 800 800 6 00 Duchess of Albany. Mme. Hoste y.tx) LaPrance 5.00 Gontiers 400 Perles 400 Niphetos 400 Mermets 400 Brides 4 00 Bon Silenes 4.00 Balto. Belle, strong, 4-inch, $S.oo per 100 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. J40 per 1000; 3-in. {8.00 per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2-in. f 50 00 per 1000. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5 in. f4.oo, 4-in. $3 00 per dozen. Bfeg- Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, t748 N. Halslcd St., CHICAGO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES NEW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, booked now. and will ed-April 1st next. Full descriptions ready J Prices. $1 each: set of 5 for $5: two ot each $9; five of each, 25. for $20. ■"""^^^THEDINGEE&CONARD Rose Growers, West Grove, 80UV. de Wootton. :}.in. pota Ampelopsls Veitchll, strong plants Rex Begonias, tine varieties, 3-ln. pots CARNATIONS. Hlnze's White, Fred Johnson, Orient, Grace Wilder, Century, Alegatiere, Florence, strong field grown plants, let size VIOIBTSV S wanley White, ' strong ! Louis, Ist e 600 2nd size. Our Carnations and Violets are strong, field groi plants, and perfectly healthy. WOOD BROTHERS, .C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10,000 healthy Roses from 4inch pots, consisting of Mermets, Brides, Ferles, Cnsins, Souv. de Wootton, Papa Goutier, La Trance and Niphetos, at #10.00 per 100. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. AUo 10,000 SMILAX from ■4'i.-in. pots, at W4.00 per lOO. JAMES HORAN BUIDGi:iOKT, CONN. young Roses of the lead- ng varieties. Also large stock of same in s and 6-iach pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, y orbed low on the Manettia Stock, offer the best re- ults to the tlorist. blooming freely and giving plenty )f cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine planta or sale by the 100 or 1000, at low rates. Price LiatB to applicaDts. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Bostoii>, MASS. C. M. PKESBY. CHAS P. ANDKRSON JOHN HENDERSON CO., ROSKS A SPKCIALTY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDINS. TO OUR PATRONS, AND THE TRADE GENERALLY :— We are convinced that this Rose will prove of permanent value— indoors and out. Its continuity of flowering, vigorous growth, large flowers, beautiful in color and form— a true Tea— must commend it to all. Strong plants Ready April 1st, $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. All the Old, Hew and Forcing varieties on hand, at lowest prices. WRITE FOK CATALOGUES AND PRICES. California's New Rose "THE RAINBOW." READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. Diirine the recent Rose Show of the California State Floral Society "THE RAINBOW " received more admiration than any of the thousands of flowers ex- hibited, and the highest comments of the press. Stock in the best possible condition at the following prices: 1 F»lcirxt, ^1. 112 I*lants, mn^. lOO I*l£*»^ts, ^7^. TERMS CASH.— Remittances may be made by Draft, Postoffice Orders, or Wells, Fargo & Co. Money Orders. Description and Colored Plate of "THE RAINBOW" will be mailed on application JOHIH n. SIEVbRS, SAM FRA^CISCOr*CAL. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIFUORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to 2>< feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; $60.00 per thousand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 2 year, second size, 18 to 24-in., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; 1^50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. A^^---- THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. u60i JflCKIHSn 06 Son engraver for florists, WWW! vMwiiiiiuii wv WWII PHILADELPHIA, PA. Beg to offer a large and well grown .J.„_I'C^~». ■^'" Stock of the following : ROSES-In choice and exhibition varieties. RHODODENDRONS— Of the best named sorts, and Hybrid Seedlings well set with buds. AZALEAS— Good named sorts, also Mollis and Pon- ticum set with buds. CONIFERS— In large collection. SHRDBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOREST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands. CLIMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated Clematis STOCKS-Fr I Manetti, fin Catalogues free on application. TERMS— Cash with order, or satisfactory reference from unknown correspondeni WOKING NURSERY WOKING, ENGLAND. SUGAR MAPLES. The Finest of Shade Trees. Order now for BIAGNOLIA TR1PETAI.A, 4 toSfeet ffants for other sizes low rates, packed f. o. b. cars here. W. W. HENDBIX, Bowling Green, Ky. Mectr.i of litis Cut, »i 00 LARGEST STOCK OF ELECTROTYPES OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS' CATALOGUES, ETC. Complete CataloKues 50c. deducted from first order. 72 The American Florist, Sept. 15, Tlhiie /Ayifii!@/4iM lFi>=@LQ9@ir Subscription $1.00 a year. To Europe, $1.50. Advertisements, lo Ceuts a Line, Agate; luch, $1.40; Column, J14.00. Cash with Order. No Special Position Ouaranteed, Discounts, 3 mouths, 5 per cent; 6 months, 10 pet cent; 12 months, 20 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Department of the Amkrican Fl.oBisT is for Florists. Seedsmen, and dealers in wares pertalninK to those lines o.nly. I'lease to remember It. Srdert lor leit than one-halt inch space no' tccepted. THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. An advance sheet, giving list of" pre- miums to be competed for at the annual spring exhibition and bulb show of the Pennsylvania Hort. Society has been re- ceived. Theexhibitionwill beheld March 17 to 20 next. Copies of the schedule niav be had on application to the secre- tarv of the societv, Mr. D. D. L. Farson, Horticultural Hall, Broad street, Phila- delphia, Pa. Dahlia "Red Velvet."— Mr. 1). S. Heffron, Washington Heights, 111., has sent us a bunch of dahlias, among which arc blooms of a seedling raised by him, and which he has named "Red Velvet." The blooms are of medium size and full double. The color is a deep, rich red, as will be readily imagined from the name. He states that the flowers are remark- ably persistent with him. The Whilldin Pottery Co., of Philadel- phia, send us a sample of their Exccfsior rtower pot. The bottom is made so as to provide for abundant drainage and ventilation. The improvement is very accurately shown by the engraving in their advertisement which appears on another page. B. H. I. — Any florist is eligible to mem- bership in the S. A. F. Make a])plieation to Secretary Stewart remitting $3, which will pay j'our dues for the current year. This will entitle you to the pi-inted report of the Boston convention. Fhost.— In the latitude of Chicago a frost sufficient to injure coleus and similar tender plants may be looked for at any time from this date on. Make arrangements now to keep an accurate record of the blooms cut from your roses and carnations during the coming season. Catalogues Received. L. Green & Son, Perrv, O., nurscrj' stock; E. H. Krelage & Son,'Haarleni, Holland, Dutch bulbs; C.Hennecke & Co., Milwau- kee, Wis., wire work; Haage & Schmidt, Eri'urt, Germany, bulbs; The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O., plants, bulbs and nursery stock; F. A. Miller, San Francisco, Cal., tree, shrub and flower seeds; Hartman MfgCo., Beaver Falls, Pa., steel picket tree and flower guards; Michel Plant and Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., plant and bulbs; C. H. Allen, Floral Park, N. Y., gladiolus, lilies and other bulbs; Alex. Dickson & Sons, Bel- fast, Ireland, bulbs; Siebrecht & Wadley, New Rochelle, N. ¥., palms, ferns, orchids, etc.; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, trade list bulbs, plants and florists' supplies. Cut Flower Orders. 1 would like to c.ill vour attention to one of the evils of the cut flower trade. I send an order to A for cut flowers to be shipped at a certain time with instruc- tions to answer at once if lie can not fill ordij:. I go to the train the next morning and do not get any flowers. I had all the flowers sold to various parties, and I not only lose the profits on the orders, but I also lose the customers. Who should stand the loss? I occasionally send a telegram like the above to parties and receive a half sup- ply. Who should stand the loss? Why should not the retailers combine as the wholesale men do and when they make a mistake make them stand it? I would like to have the question thor- oughly canvassed so that I may know if I am justified in asking redress when such a thing happens. T. R. R. & Co. [It seems to us Mr. R. states here only one side of the question. We print his query and when we hear the other side we can answer better; meanwhile if Mr. R. had actually sold the flowers why not ask a positive acceptance from the com- mission man? — Ed.] Recoil) note*. St. Joseph, Mo. — A project is on foot to organize a horticultural society in this county. Wheeling, W. Va.— The floral display at the recent State fair was unusually elaborate. LuDlNGTON, Mich.— William Gregory is building two new houses, each 95 feet long, and expects soon to add a seed de- pai-traent. Utica, N. Y.— The Florists' Club has appointed a committee to arrange for a show of chrysanthemums and other flowers in November. Louisville, Kv.— Willie Nanz, son of C. G. Nanz, the florist, died August 12. Mr. Nanz has the sympathy of his brother florists here in his afllictiou. Oswego, N. Y.— At the Oswego Fair excellent displays of plants and flowers were made by Messrs. Cook, Northrup, Stewart, Beckstead and Mattoon. New Britain, Conn.— The recent flower show given by the Horticultural Club was very successful, the display being one of the best yet made by this organization. Kansas City, Mo.— Albert F. Barbe has purchased a tract of land on Fifteenth street near Elmwood Cemetery, on which he intends to build greenhouses early next spring. Oil City, Pa.— The Society of North- western Pennsylvania Florists has been organized with headquarters in this city. P. S. Ingham is president and H. B. Beatty is secretary. Sioux Falls, S. Dak.— J. J. Schumacher lost all his glass by hail August 3. Luckily he was insured in the Florists' Hail Association of America, which promptly paid the loss. Boston. — Miss Flora Wax, daughter of a florist in this city has just obtained the first prize and medal at the Vienna Con- servatory, and has already entered upon her career as an opera singer. New York.— .\lexander McConnell has discontinued the business at 729 Sixth avenue and will continue the same at 54-0 Fifth avenue, corner of 45th street, a branch established two years since. Detroit.— The dates for the chrysan- theimim show to be given by the florists of this city have been changed to Novem- ber 11 to 14 inclusive, one week later than the time previously announced. Lexington, Ky. — Florists W. S. Bell and Mrs. D. Honaker made excellent dis- plays of plants, flowers and floral ar- rangements at the recent fair. Mr. Bell received $199 in premiums, and Mrs. Honaker $50. Louisville, Ky.— florists of this city are arranging to hold a chrysanthemum show in November in connection with a musical festival. All the charities of the city will be asked to take part, and the net proceeds will be divided among them. The affair will be under the auspices of the Louisville Legion. Gkand Rapids, Mich.— F. A. Chapman has purchased land at the corner of Hall and S. Union streets upon which he will build greenhouses. The new place will be conducted as a branch. It will be under the charge of Mr. Chas. Bovvditch, a nephew ot Mr. Chapman, who has a partnership interest. The old green- houses and store on Madison avenue will be conducted as usual. Kansas City, Mo.— The Missouri and Kansas Inter-State Fair will be held in this city September 22 to 27. In the floral department premiums are offered as follows: Best and largest collection named varieties greenhouse, hot-house and bedding plants, by one professional exhibitor, $50, $25; Best floral design, $5, $2.50; Best and largest collection named varieties greenhouse, hot-house and bedding plants, in pots, bv amateur, $20, $10; Best floral design, bv amateur, $5, $2.50. Coming Exhibitions. October 28-Nov.l, Atlanta, Ga.— Chrys- anthemum show, Piedmont Exposition Co. November 4^6, Orange, N. J.— Chrysan- themum show, New Jersey Floricultural Society. November 4-6, London, Out.— Chrys- anthemum show. Forest City Florists' and Gardeners' Society. November 4-7, Chicago. — Chrysanthe- mum show, Chicago Florist Club. November 4-7, Erie, Pa.— Chrysanthe muni show, Erie Chrysanthemum Club. November 5-6, Providence, R. 1.— Chrysanthemum show, Rhode Island Hort. Society. No vcmber 10-14, Philadelphia.- Chrys- anthcnuim show, Pcuna. Hort. Society. N'AV UNTIL FKOST. Price W1.50 ppr lOO. VAUGHANS GREENHOUSES, WKSTKKN SPI!IN(JS, ILL. PRIMULA OBCONIGA SEED. NEW CROP NOW READY. Primula obconica pkt. (1000 seeds). % .W Hriniula Kloribuncia, crop 188!).. .pkt. (100 seeds), .25 Pansy Seed, Triniardeau, choice mixed, pkt. .25 H ounce 1 00 I. N. KRAMER & SON, FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. Plants grown specially for Winter Blooming, strong and healthy, medium size. BUTTERCUP, iit ,^io and $12.50 per loo, as to size. CHRISTMAS and DAWN, at $15 per 100. GOLDEN GATE, ^ limited nnmber of strong, field grown plants of tliis splendid pure yellow, at 75 cents each. J. R. FREEMAN, a new cardinal colored; and CHASTITY, a new ros}' pink colored; fine plants, at $25 per 100. WM. F. DREER, the largest and finest pink colored Carnation yet produced; a few splendid stock plants at 50 cents each. OLD STANDARD SORTS, in assortment, at $8 per 100. EASTER LILIES. .Some choice, home grown bulbs, 2 to 2;^ inches in diameter, at 25 cents each; |2.oo per dozen, delivered by mail. OXALIS LUTEA. The finest large yellow winter flowering Oxalis. Extra large bulbs 5 cts. each; ',o cts. per dozen; ordinary size bulbs $1 50 per 100, by mail prepaid. CHAS. T. STARK, AVONDALE, Chester Co., PA. 10,000 c^Riv^^o^roivj^. FINE FIELD GROWN PLANTS FOR WINTER BLOOMING. Per lUO BUTTERCUP, pride; OF KENNETT $10.00 to $12.00 WM. SW.WNE. I-. I,. LAMBORN. MRS. F MANGOLD. GARFIEI-D 8.00 to 10.00 GRACE WILDER. CHESTER PRIDE, EDWARDSII, HINSDALE, HINZE'S WHITE, PORTIA, SUNRISl', SNOWDON ('..oo to S.oo FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS FINE, HEALTHY STOCK OF Silver Spray, L. L. Lamborn, Grace Wilder, Florence, Portia, Mrs. Garfield, and many other varieties. READY IN SEPTEMBER, AND VERY CHEAP. Send for Price List, aiul ORDER EARLY. GEO. HANCOCK, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. CmRMATIOMS. 10,000 FIELD GROWN. READY IN SEPT. ALEa. MARIE LOUISE VIOLETS. PANSY PLANTS .>f the Jennlrgs Strain, the Hnest for Winter bloom and Spring sales. Prices low. Pansy Seed, lOO piickages. Send for price list. B. B. JENNING.S, box 76, Southport, Conn., Caknation, PANay and Violet grower. 10,000 10,000 FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. Grace Wilder, Snowdon, A. Webb, Dawn, Florence and Orient, |6 per loo. Silver Spray, |S ooper loo. The above plants are all first-class, strong and healthy. .H«i SMILAX, s-inch, at $2.50. t^KO. 15. i5itx;to:iv, NASHUA, N. H. CARNATIONS AND VIOLETS. IIINZE'.S WHITE, PORTIA, CENTl'RY. A LE(i ATIEKE. SILVER LAKE and others. First Size SS CO per ICO; $70.MI per 1(00. Sec.nd Size 0.00 per 100: M CO per 1000. VIOLETS M. LOUISE. Fine clumps, perfectly bealthy. First Size $S.0O per 100; JiO OO per 1000. Second Size (i.OO per 100; M.OO per lOCO. AMPELOPSIS \EITCHII. Strong 2W-lnch pots, $5 00 per 100; «0 00 per ICOO. JACK ROSES. .■:'.;-inch pots, $S 00 per 100; *70 00 per IIKX). AJ.lress J. Gt. :BlLIiei«OW, 3W. Y. TIDAL WA\'E. GRACE WILDER, LAMBORN, MAY QUEEN, PRIDE of KENNETT, and other fine Carnations. A i Hess H. E. CHITTY, PATERSON, N. J. Field Grown Carnations. Ready Sept. ist. Field Grown Stevias. Field Grown Chrysanthemums. Pdt Grown Chrysanthemums. Fine lot of M. Neil Roses. Ready now. « KITE FOB PHK'ES TO PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO. 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITY. MO. Mention American Florist. PerlOO O£\riiit>tiox»«gi. ini I la .V : kocky, f roni sCiiich' pots.'.'.'.' '.'.'. 2.00 l-mrti pipe, 7 cents per loot. Cash with order. J. F. STICKEL. Lexington Ave., N. Cainbridge. Mats. tSgo. The American Florist. n UNITED STATES NURSERIES, SHORT HILLS, N. J. Our wholesale Catalogue is ready, and will be forwarded to anyone in the trade who has not received same. We offer the following: PALMS ia all leading varieties and sizes. FOLIAGE PLANTS of any descriotion. FLOWERING PLANTS, the best for the florist's use. FERNS, for Dinner Table Dacoration. HARDY HERBACEOUS.-Now is the time to plant these useful plants. ORCHIDS AND CYPRIPEDIUMS.— Descriptive list with cultural directions for growing the best drcliids suitable for florists just issued, and will be for- warded to anyone interested in this beau- tiful class of plants by applying to PITCHER & MANDA, The Dmieil States Nnrsenes, short hills, n. j. We guarantee 100 cents in plants lor every d FERNS. PALMS. -iO,000 Fern Seedlings, in the followiDC varieties, at iiS.OO per 100, from 3Vi". Mo^^T, BAY VIEW. FLORIDA. PALMS. LATAMIA, KENTIA, ARECA. Apply to EDwifi LONSDALE. WYNUMOOK, CHESTNUT HILL. PHILADELPHIA, PA. NEW AND RAKE PLANTS, ETC. A very extensive stuck of Orchids: EAST INDIAN. MEXICAN, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERI- CAN, etc., PITCHER PLANTS, a large collection. NEW AND RARE HOTHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, carefully grown, at lowest rates. Kinest Winter Bloomict: Roses. Clematis, Dutch Bulbs, Fruit and Urnamental Trees. Catalogues on application. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. 78 The American Florist. Sept. 15, 1 nolo that several of Uiccorrespoiidcnts 1)1' the Florist have ciiqiiired as to the hest wav of ridding their greenhouses of snails". 1 have kept them out of my houses for the last six years by introducing land turtles into the houses and iK-rniitling them to run at lar-e. I place them on the earnation beds and find that tliey pick up the snails veryclean. The turtles are on the hunt for them all night long aiul I can not find that they do any harm to the plants. I place Ircmi six to twelve turtles in a 100-foot house. Of course a single turtle can net rid a large house, but used in the number named thev will do the work efteetively and the cost is very slight. Tell the school boys that you will pay 5 cents each for tliem and you will secure a supply (piiekly. It is getting late in the season to capture the turtles and any florist de- siring to try my plan should not lose any time in securing a supply. fVnngc. N.J. JOHN' McCowan. HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. Mostly Field Grown, Strong Plants. Pei lOo ANKMONE Japonica Alba J 8.00 AQUILEGIA Chrysantha 10 00 " Caryophyllus, double 8 00 CALYSTEGIA, Pubescens. 11. pi., Mexican Rose 10.00 CHRYSANTHEMUM Maximum H.OO " Uliginosum 8.00 COREOI'SIS Lanceolata 6 00 DELPHINIDM Formosum 10 00 DIELYTKA Spectabills 6 00 EULALIA Zebrina 8 00 Fl'NKIA Alba (White Day Lily) 12.00 G.4.II.LARDIA Templeaua B 00 HEI.IANTHUS MultiHorus Plenus 4.00 HEMKKOC.VLI-IS Flaya (Lemon Lily) 12 00 HOLLYHOCKS, very strong, separate col- ors, white, crimson, yellow, Hesh,anC, A FEW POINTS TO CONSIDER. /|\TT 7J T TT^V" the important feature in pansies is well taken care of in my ''^ "-J aXAjJ- X. i strain; in fact so well that many of my customers say there are no better ones. Those who bought a few hundred on trial last season are placing their orders now for a fully supply. rpTTTji "pT 71 TVnn^ ^^^ "''^^ stocky seedlings that can be mailed or ex- -1- AlA-^ A Ajr^i\ X kj pressed safely long distances and at a moderate cost. Samples will be mailed for lo cts. piTT jr TVyTpTT^Y^ I can furnish them in any number, looor 10,000, all from Vs^-J-^^-l-" AX X X jjjg same^ be«-in. pots. $7.00 per 100. Jasmine multifiorum 2W.i-in. pots, $:! 50 per 100. Bouvardia Bockii and Cleveland, 2i.s-inch pots, n 00. and 3-Inch pots U 50 per 100. Allamanda Hendersonii, from 2S..in. pots, at $7 00 per 100: from 6-tnch pots, strong plants, $f LO per dozen, or J20.00 per 100. Terms, cash with order or satisfactory reference. FRANCIS MORAT'S SONS & CO., APPLE GERANIUM SEED. Per 1,000 » 3.00 Per 10,000 35.00 Cash with order from correspondents n.i NURSERYMEN WANT and SEEDMEN Iff Hl^ I WINDMILLS The HALLADAY MILL THE HALLADAY i- !l!M-'uit!V"l" The" :»l'o«l U.S.SOLID WHEEL, And STANDARD ftj VANELESS WIND MILLS the liENT'or'tli.fr" PXJIVIPS WIND MILL, HAND and POWER PUMPS, Iron. Brass and Brass Lined X-A-NKS kc the larseMt n-*.i>rf ni .. \DAY STANDARD GLARED WIND MILL i8go. The American Florist. 79 LILIUM HARRISII.B'TTERKNowNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOf FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GIOWN BULBS FROM OUR OWN GROUNDS IN BERMUDA ^^ ■^ V .^\ ! for forcinp for the Easter nia Iter from early in Decemb Tlie libs fo keptl the receipt of Boi Bermuda t July— before bulbs In our own country h their perfectgrowth. are particularly strong i liicli this r,ily is being forced for winter flowers will 3cca«ionally that I.ilium Uarrisii flowers will no proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as t xcellent shape. I don't think ] — — nnincr Co.. I>»1I ~ thought they i have. thought it was 'd//t by 140 in length, COPYRIGHTED, 1890. BY F. B. PIEBSON, TARBYTOWN, N. Y. From a photograph taken the week bejore Easter, iSgo, showing a vie-ui in one 0/ our new iron greenhouses, here at Tarrytown, a CI op of Ltlium Harrihii in full bloom . This house produced over 15,000 /lowers for Eastei This Is not only the best by far of all lilies for winter blooming, but it is one of the most profitable flowers that can be grown by fl( in.1 «„H ♦!.., H ., .,„! "pecially eflectlve for decorative purposes, always command large prices. From its name some hav *" Illy. This is not exclusively so: it derives its name from the fact that, in Bermuda, grow _ u da Raster Lily" -but by growing It In this country in the greenhouse, with successive lots, i itter Easter; in fact, bv special culture, all the year round, or as long as cut flowers are in d prices, but to accomplish this the bulh must be potted early in August, something depending upon after treatment and the temperaturethe bulbs'are grown"in" " " ■ " ■ fn bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches its highest development, and ripens off perfectly, and is ready y-before bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their growth. Our bulbs being grown in the open grounc - perfectgrowth, are particularly strong and healthy at any lime. shown by a sale made by us to a large New York grower, who purchased 3 lom all the that it can md at high shipped last Easter. These J. L. Kussell, Denver, Colo., writes: ■• The Lilies The Fort Worth Nursery Seed mid Canning Co., Dallas. Te-xas, your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry 'Thel viedging ndation for your packing." 'e must compliment you on THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. > grow Ihe bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to offer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the tradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER Ll LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over Bes Lthe genuine I irretrievably, thereby 1 absolu I Bermuda, ■ Bulbs Irom original stock, which i ng it with Harris " ' ' ' " ir forcing and w ' stock rapidlj nstances where these mi. bulbs ofl'ered at prices ] The Larg'e gfrowers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating' quantity of bulbs desired, and 'we -will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., tarbytowh, hew ydrk, u. s. a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 8o The American Florist, Sept fj, Bedding Plants. At Soutli I'ark, Chicajjo, Superintendent Kanst has already in the sand bed cut- tin..;s from bedded phuits of cdlcus, aehv- ranthes, -eraiiiuius, cte.. and will have the lnilU'..f his t-iider plants in tinder j;lass within a week. He aiitieipates iVdst about the MiidiUe ol'this month. 1,1 eutt of all bedding plants. All tender plants whieh have been outside during the sum- mer, such as abutiUms, azaleas, bou- vardias, callas, poinsettias, etc., have been lilted, potted and placed in the At the Market, ineli do von ask Tor tl "Hov Flower?" "That isn't a Moon Flower, it's a geranium!" "Well, I declare, so it is! But it was so slim and tall I thought it must be a climbing plant of some kind !" "What is the price of your geraniums?" "Two dollars a dozen, ma'm, they are strong, stocky, well rooted plants." "Oh pshaw! I can get plants at an- other stand for half a dollar less and they are three feet tall with a great handsome flower on the top. I wotddn't pay you $2 for those short stubby bushes!" FIvORISTS and SEEDSMEN write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot for marketing, and effect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- ing, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard sizes adopted by Society of American Florists. .SOLE MANDFACTURERS: F. W. BIRD & SON, WALPOLE, MASS. EAST W 1-iolesa.le .Argents ■ & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass, AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. Sample Circulars 0 2M-in. pots ( .201 Weight ( )3J4-i including crate).. I was at Boston But lots of my friends by mail didn't meet me because the Society of American Florists hadn't provided the means of identification they agreed to at Buffalo. I may have to wear a red coat at Toronto; I don't want to miss so many people ag:ain l I'm not pretty, but I want to see who 1 am writing to, when 1 can; and 1 want to be seen and known. I am ready to talk 1891 Catalogues by mail. The Mount Pleasant Printery is "fixed" to do a lot of good printing for the trade this winter; and any florist can " get in " to the advantages by writing about what he wants. J. HORACE MrFARLAND, Haprisburg, Pa. Meanwhile Excelsior Standard Flower Pots, WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE BOTTOM. Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven- tilation is secured. The only pot with Patent Perfect Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing else- where. l*i»teiite€i cjsncl JVj£»*it.«*^ot*;»*'ecl ojinly toy THE WHILLDIN POHERY CO., wHIR?o.^'l]iIEl. erican Florist. Piiiladelpiiia, Pa, PAINT. DO NOT USE CANARY OR BRIGHT YELLOW ON THE CONSERV- ATORY OR GREENHOUSE, IT LOOKS VERY BAD, rsiJT if you wish to use any paint about the Dwelling, Conservatory, Greenhouse, Barn, Cow Stable, Dog Kernel, Fcncts, Wheel barrows, Bridges, Roofs, Boats, or Carriages, wiite for what you need. I shall be glad to ship yc u any quantity, at a piice that will be pleasant, and a qual'ty that will stick and cover, in any latitnde on the coast or interior. The paint factory was started in 1S75— and been running ever since. HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishfcill-onHudaon, N. Y. When writing mention The American Florist. rSgo. The American Florist. 8i S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con. vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme : "Manufacturers of FL( )WI;R POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was Awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. l^lrst. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the Ji.ooo to the fund of the Society of American Florists. Seoond. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i '4 -inch to 7-iuch inclusive, and 250 pots each from 8 inch to I2inch inclusive, making 7, .150 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Rlr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. Patent Improved Florists' CEFREY LETTER CO., Gentlemen ;— I find the new m.icliine-made Immortelle Letters manufactured by you very salable and in many respects sui»erior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Their uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up, and the excellent device for fastening them to the wort;, are among the most commendable points in your letters. Please double ray last order and deliver as soon as possible. Yours truly, W. J. STEWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. •1: FREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, I'liAR Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand letters !>. soon as possible. They are the best and most practical letters in the market. The pin fasteners irc a long way ahead of the old fa«hioned way ol viring. Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. :EFREY LETTER CO., Boston, Mass., Dear Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small let- ers and five hundred large (two inch.) G.ALVIN BROS., Boston. We wish to announce to all florists that we have removed to much larger quartets, No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a half cents, and the 1 'Mnch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will hav no others. Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in THE CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green Street, BOSTON, MASS. The American Florist. Sept. 75 Palms in New Orleans. Mr.J. Fonta writes: "Twcnty-fiveyears ago palms were not cultivated at all in New Orleans, but thej- are now tlie most oniainiiital plants of our gardens and l.-nviis. Some eighteen or twenty species anil varieties ol" this class of plants are growing to advantage in this climate with a very little protection during the winter, and this is needed only when the plants are youngand tender."" A Weed Killer. A newspaper clipping advertising "The celebrated Mexican bugs, which are war- ranted to clear a garden of weeds in a week's time, and not touch any vegetable except red pepper," is sent us by Mr. Ellis Stephenson, a florist of Burnsidc, Ky., who adds: "I enclose an article cut from the Frankfort Roundabout, Frankfort, Ky. I would like to see the 'critters,' but don't expect to invest in them, prefering to use industry and a sharp hoe instead." How any newspaper man with any common sense whatever can express be- lief in any such absurdity is one of tliose deep, dark mystei-ies which will pmliably never be revealed. We should like to gel hold of an insect which would kill off all the fool-editors. If we could we would turn some active specimens loose in the vicinltv of Frankfort. Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF liREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Conyention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. DID YOU SAY You have not tried Hl'GHFS' SOLUBLE FIR TREE OIL, And that you want an effective Insecticide, then do what other florists of experience and wisdom have done before you, and order at once a trial gallon. Read the previous numbers of the Flo- rist to find out what it will do. Dozens and dozens of American testimonials have confirmed E. GRIFFITH HUGHES, Opetalive Chemist: MANCHKSTISK, KNGLAND. pnrrii! • S P"' "P '" ' gallon tins, J3.-.5 ( ,„ ^„„ „„.,, HBIOK . j pm „p ,„ 1 q„a„ tins, Jl.UO s '" "*" ^'"^" TO SECURE THE GENUINE ARTICLE, see that each tin shows a white label with red trade mark, lull directions how to use and the name of AUGUST ROLKER &. SONS, Sole Agents for Amerira, ITew Tork Depot, 136 W. 24th STREET. STANDARD POTS q.^B.'Ss^ St Improved machinery, 1 those made by the old wi free of charge: 0, J3-25 --Inch, perl Hit FINGER BROS, Fort Edward, N. Y. @F§ertItg:Ti^e Pipe and ExJ|tri|i Large quantities of our Pipe are in use in Green- houses throughout the West, to any of which we refer as to its e.xcellent quality. Pipe can be easily put together by any one, very little instruction being needed. Hot Water Heating, in its Economy and Superi- ority, will repay in a few seasons its cost. \% ^0411 ^Lti. ©^, Q^ to III W. Lake St CHICAGO THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. i|ttlDi WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 2nd. lllve the length and depth of sashes, (depth .'Ird. 1 the height frou 1 ground to the comh width of rafters or &35 East 2l8t Street. - il£W TORA. H. BAYEKSDORFEE & CO., M. M. BAYERSDORFEfTa CO.. PlORISTS' gUPPLIES, 56 N. 4th St.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. HUES } MOLE TRAP .Jiiariinteei) to rnteb moles wlirre all other Imps fniU. Sold bj seedsmen, Agricaltnral Implement and Haxdwan dealera, or sent by express on receipt of 83.O0 bl H. W. HALiES. BIDGEWOOP N. J SEND FOR A COPY OF OUR NEW TRADE DiREGTORy AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. i8go. The American Florist. 83 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler ^m%. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wroiisfht Iron Hot Water Boilers. jpacily from 350 t t of lour inch pipe. FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 s. CANAL Street, OIIIO^VGO. CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erecie'I in any part of the U. S. .ir ('anadH Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, estimates, address JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW TOBK. ss^4$<^, SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER, NO WIDE-AWAKE FI.OKIST need be toW It will pay him to use Sash Bars.elc. made from ■^ CLEAR C\ PRESS. ^^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long, tW Sena for circulars and estimats . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND, Hamilton Co., OHIO. HaDtlon AmarKnn Florist. THE ONLY MANUFACTURERS OF Standard Flower Pots. Don't take printers' ink of who is tlie only manufacturers of Standard Flower Pots, but look at the ONLY FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE of MERIT awarded us at BOSTON, MASS., August 21st, 1890, by the Society of Amer- ican Florists. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., No. 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NSIIONflL HOT WSIER HEATER CO., BOSTON. .■.i.'i'.r&iaKrJt.V'.'.iig.... chk^abi >. SaveYourCoalMMii n nnini steam#>hot water FLORIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes for Steam, 14 sizes for Hot Wafer. 15 sizes for Soft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. II -fl i;.^a/.iii4> IV«-l. 1 .1 v<'^ :i iinifnr'Mi heat day and niirlit. Fully « III iii(<-)'='' GREEN ORCHID MOSS, In barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. MAILINQ BOX^ES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymen's and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS K-ICE, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St.. Chicago. Florists' Letters. Emblems, Monograms, Etc. Theae letters and designs are made of the best Immor- lelles, wired on wood or metal frames, having holes tooth-picks, by which they - -' fastened to the design, etbematrial. You will I these goods to be Su- •ior to any In the mar- , PAT'u AUG. 6,1889. OTE —All Infringers or I and designs will be Postage, IScts. per lOO. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. 111.; H. Bayehsdorfer Ri) S. ScHMii). Washing- Rochester, N. Y.; J. A. lERS, Toronto, Ont. Amarlfwn Flnrfaft. mmW BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE & CO., WashinRton, s!iv: "We. use eight of They don't burn over hah the coal we formerly C. STBAIIS>^ old boiler! KRED KANST, Supt. Chicago Parks, 8??- Send f.ir our new lilustral I, giving full Inform HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y fort n 'sbw but jvb a"e the Rrst ta touch Urknoii n '^Pds ' Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 1, 1890. Ho. 124 ITlHIli /ALiMiy!@/i|ffil IFiL@iei!iir Published ou the island 15th of each month by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Hiirope, $1.50. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPAirT. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. Dtleld St.. Boston. Ma CONTENTS Beautiful Wellesley 8s Orchids ?6 Cit-'logyn* cristata for cut flowers Sfi Phalaenopsis amabilis f 6 Ccclogyne cristata (illustration) 87 Roses -Seasonable notes ftS —Solid beds versus benches SS Scare ty of white flowers in fall 88 Phalaenopsis amabilis (illustration I Kg Chrysanthemums— Claiming names for. ... 90 — Seasonable notes 90 Carnations— Wire worms 90 —Seasonable notes 91 The award on pots at Boston 91 Boston 91 Philadelphia 91 Chicago 91 Long Island news 92 Hail insurance notes 94 Catalogues received 96 The seed trade 98 A remarkable flower 100 St. Louis 102 Foreign notes 104 Got a good supply 106 Please bear in mind that aiion.vnious commvinications go direct to the waste basket. An article may be signed by an initial or pseudon3'm, but it must be ac- companied by the author's real name and his address for our own information, in order to receive anj' attention from us. We shall pnblishin an early issue some very interesting records of blooms cut from various sorts of roses. Make ar- rangements now to keep a record of your clip during the comin" season to assist in solvingthe problem of cost of production. We have in type a number of very in- teresting articles which have been crowd- ed out of this issue through pressure on our columns. They will appear in our next number. .\s we go to press the weather is cold enough in Chicago to be a forcible warn- ing to florists to hurry under cover any tender stuft'not yet in.' The present cold weather in the vicinity of Chicago will probalil>- finish up the outdoor flowers. Beautiful Wellesley. Mr. H. H. Hunnewell's gardens at Wel- lesley, near Boston, are regarded as the most beautiful and complete in the coun- try, and in them all branches of horticul- ture and floriculture are well represented. The ornamental grounds are very ex- tensive and consist of broad unbroken lawns, groups, belts and extensive plan- tations of trees and shrubs, an "Italian gardeiL" regular flowergarden, rockeries, aquatic garden, vegetable and fruit gar- dens, and extensive ranges of fruit forcing greenhouses and spacious glass houses for the cultivation of all manner of decor- ative plants. ,\nd the gardens in their every detail ai^e cared for by Mr. F. L. Harris in the most masterly style, and supported by their proprietor in the most munificent manner. They are the Mecca of every gardener and" florist in the countr}'. The conservatories attached to the mansion house consist of a large glass structure for palms, ferns, cycads, screw- pines and other tall spreading plants; and two corners of it are partitioned ofl" for orchids in bloom. On the balcony outside and under a canvas covering were massed all the gayest treasures of the greenhouses, and this show is maintained all summer long. Lilies, begonias, fuch- sias, hydrangeas, achimenes and the like added to the display. Some distance from the mansion house and near the vegetable gardens we find a village of greenhouses— houses filled with all manner of plants. There were orchid houses, stove plant houses, cool houses, flowering plant hottses, and houses for Australian plants. And also ranges of houses deT^oted to grape vines, peaches, nectarines, plums, figs, grapes and other fruits. And one of the most striking features of the place was the outdoor tank of tropical aquatics. The "Italian Garden" occupies a steep high embankment grading abruptly from the main gardens down to the Waban lake. It is arranged in a series of grass- clad terraces on which are planted a multitude of formally clipped and trained dec duous and evergreen trees and shrubs. It is well illustrated in the right hand corner figure of the heading on the front page of the Florist, and it is the onh' systematic effort at Italian or Topiary gardening in the country. Among the evergreens clipped into many forms are hemlock and Norwav spruces, white pine and retinosporas and iuni]Ders of sorts. Deciduous trees were represented by European larch, American and European beeches, box elder, European lindens and Norway maples. On pedestals along the terrace at the top of the embankment, Irish yews, agaves and other vase plants were arranged. We enter one end of this garden from a sloping grade of the pine- tum, and at the other end pass by masses of kalmias and azaleas and rhododen- drons to the rock garden through which we ascend by rustic steps and pathways to the plateau above. The Pinetum, or more properly the garden of coniferous trees, extends from the entrance gate along to the right till we reach the lake. The lay of the land is rolling and the soil gravelly, but the trees are beautiful examples of health, happi- ness and attentive care. Most every obtainable species of pine, fir, spruce, juniper, arbor vita?, retinospora and the like, hardy in Massachusetts, ai-e here represented, and judging from the un- usually large specimens of many rare trees, they must have found a resting l)lace at Wellesley as soon as they were first introduced. Conspicuous among the handsomest were Picea pungens, P. Englemannii, P. polita, P. OrientaHs, P. Ajanensis, and some fine blue forms of P. alba; Abies Nordmanniana, A. Cilicica, A.-Cephalonica, A. brachj'phylla, several forms of A. concolor labelled Parsonii, Lowiana and lasiocarpa, A. Veitchii, etc. .\ splendid specimen of Pseudolarix Koempferi stands near Mr. Hunnewell's residence, in the vicinity of which are also many handsome deciduous trees as beeches, magnolias, weeping elms, etc. And Mr. H. showed us an oak tree on his lawn which was the only tree on his place in 1852 when he began planting there. The collection of Japanese maples in this garden is not only one of the most com- plete anj'where, but the individual plants are among the largest in the country. Here we find the largest collection of rhododendrons in America, and the same of Ghent azaleas. The rhododendrons are divided into three groups, namely, perfectly hardy or those that are planted out permanently; half-hardy»or those that are planted out of doors in sum- mer and lifted and brought inside to sheds and cellars over winter; and greenhouse or tender rhododendrons of which Javanicum, Princess Royal, Tay- lori, Edgeworthii and Princess Alice are good examples. The hardy rho- dodendrons are massed into large groups and belts and banks in several parts of the grounds and associated with other trees, usually forming a foreground for t.iller subjects. Some years ago Mr. Harris named for me the following list of rhododendrons as Ijcing perfectly hardy at Wellesley, namely, Album elegans. Alexander Dancer, Can- didum, Charles Dickens, Delicatissimum, Everestianum, H. H. Hunnewell, H. W. S.irgent, Lee's purple, Lord John Russell, .Mrs. John Clutton, Mrs. Milner and Purpureum elegans. And this is a very reliable list. But by further experiment Mr. Hunnewell has found that man\- other varieties before now looked upon as only half hardy have proven equally liardy in his grounds. Among these he ii.imesCaractacus, Charles Bagley,Gigan- Unin, Guido, lames Bateman, LadvAnn- 86 The American Florist. Oct. /, stronu;. I.ady Clermont, Kettlcdniin, Maximum. Wcllcsleyainim, Minnie, Scipio .■mil SlKTWiMicli.iinim. Iiiiriuu Uk- visit of the Florists' Con- viMliuu'to Wdk-slcv Mr. Ihiiincwcll liim- sdr most kiiMliv niU'tol us .in.uu.l his |)Oinlc(l out to us with pruk- th.- Iiipi'.v i-xriuiplcsoi" the eiiltivatioii of tills nnlilo tloweiiut; evergreen ui)on his estate. The not uueoninion impression that the rho- (loileudron is a tender shrub neediuf; a south-faeinj; exposure and sunny situa- tion iserroneous and itspr.-ictiee injurious. In sueh a situation the soil is ajit to I)C- eonie hot .-11111 drv in summer, iust the entiditloiisninsl uulavornhlc to llie wcl- la,, ..I llu ,li.Hl,Ml,-iidr..n. wlildi prefer a c.nl, nh.ivi -ill All. I in |.r.M,l nt this he sliowrd lis ni.isses ..I 1 h, h1, .ileiidrons j;ro\vinK in the eoldest and most wind- svve])t portions of his grounds .uid which were in the most luxuriant health. In order to maintain the soil moist .and eool ahout the roots all simimer he has the ground aliout the plants heavilj' mulehed with forest tree leaves held in place by a scatterin^j of pine needles over them. And every few years deep ditches are cut and filled in again between the rhododen- dron beds and neighboring grass-feeding trees, so as to cut away the encroaching roots of the trees. The half hardy rhododendrons are the more tender forms of a progeny ( hybrids, crosses and varieties) obtained from R. Catawbiense and Pontieuin hybridized with R. arboreum, a scarlet-flowerin^g Himalayan species. They were repre- sented ill the form of bushes, standards and half standards, and occupied mostly places in the vicinity of the hedges and tent ground. Before hard wintry weatlier sets in they are lifted with trood li.ills to their roots and transferred to immense cellar buildings constructed in the margin of the woods l)ehind the barn. Ileiethej' are stowed close together and allowed to remain till the following April when they are retransferred to their summer ipiar- ters to bloom and grow. < tf enmse tliis treatment is verv enervating, .at tlRs;iine timcthe plants bearup uuderit splendidly and contribute nobly totlR'gr.iiiil display of rhododendrons for wliicli Wellesley is world renowned. Among lliese half hardy varieties are C. S. S.iigeiil, 1 imliess of Edinburgh, Duchess of Sutlierlaml, F. D. Godman, Helen Wateier, |. Maisliall Brooks, J. Mcintosh, Josejih \Vliitwoith, Lady Grey Egerton, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Meteor, Mrs. Arthur Hunne- well, Mrs. John Cluttou, Mrs. .Shuttle- worth, Puritv, Ralph Saunders, Rosabel, Stella, The Queen and William Austin. The hardy azaleasinclude the multitude of Ghent varieties, also mollis in its many forms, and our native sjiecies as A. nudi- florum, calendulaecnm, arboreum and Vaseyi. They all occupy permanent jiosi- tions, mostly in the vicinity of where the dining tables had been placed. They too had been mulched and cared for much in the same way as the hardy evergreen rhododendrons. In addition to the hardy azaleas a large assortment of Indian (or greenhouse) azaleas are grown, some for conservatory decoration and' others to be retarded till rhododendron time when they help form their grand display. Decora, lixt|uisite. Daphne, Creterion, Bride of Abydos, Variegata, F'lower-of-the-Day, Marc)uis of Lome and Beante de L'Euro|)c are among those retarded till May. The multitude of yews, hollies, laurels and thelike evergreensthat are nothardy but which were so freely planted about in the grounds are wintered in cellars and .set outside in summer, just as dcseribed in the case of h.alf liard'v rhododendrons. W. F. Coelogyne Cristata for Cut Flowers As it is an open question with some concerning the eommereial value of orchids as cut flowers; some facts per- taining to Coelogyne cristata may be of interest as bearing upon this cpiestion. No orchid is of more easy cultivation than this one, and when given the proper treatment, its flowers are produced in great abundance, and as evidence of this, mention is made of a few coelogynes, grown for the purjjose of selling the flowers. Nearly four years ago four plants of Ccelogj^necristata were purchased. These plants were in S iiuh ii.ins, and as they have grown raiiidlx , tin y liavebeen twice divided; and now the four plants have multiplied into twenty-live— some in 10- inch pans and some in 12-inch. The last division was effected this spring after the plants were through flowering. At the time of this last flow- ering the plants numbered twelve, and from these twelve plants were cut 1,500 flowers. Coelogyne flowers at wholesale would not be valued at less than $5 per 100. And often they sell for much higher figures than this. Estimating the flowers then at this low value we have here a return of $75 produced from a liench space of about 24 square feet. It would be diffienit to furnish exatnples of a more remunerative crop. The flowers arc of a very desirable nature for a florist. They can be used for wedding bouquets, funeral ])ieces, loose flowers, or in any way that a llmisl reqnii'es. As they can lie cut with .1 moderate stem they e.ni lie re.iilily .11 ranged into corsage bduqiuts. In emu mon with most orchid flowers, clant out in a prepared frame as early in the season as the weather will permit, cover with sash as long as such protec- tion is necessary, stop the plants not later than May, (if stopped first of May and the sorts are right they may be ex- pected in flower first of July or there- iSgo. The American Florist. 89 -^ / M > PHAL^NOPSIS AMABILIS. about, il' stoiii)«l last ot May tliey will flower late in July or early in August) then allow them to grow" and flower. My frames are situated so as to command an abundant supply of water whenever necessary to the growth of tlie jjlants, ■?:nd when the nights become i'oM in the iaU we put on uti extra hoiirfl to raise the frame and imt on the sashes; as .-i general rule this treatment will carry them safely right along into December, by which time carnations housed in September or October will be flowering abundantly. At this writing 1 have a lafge bed oi Silver Spray that have been flowering ever since July, and judging from tlicir present appearance, with the protection above described, they will flower along into the winter. 1 have also a six foot wide frame 100 feet long filled with such sorts as Lattiborn, Grace Wilder, Portia, Tidal Wave, Buttercup, etc., which are tiow a nias.s of buds and whicli I expert 90 The American Florist. Oct. I. will conic in handy throuj;Ii October and November rij;ht where they now stand, as we shall add a board to the height of" the frame, put on sash on cold nights and even other protection if found The methods above described I have found of great assistance in helping out with a supply of flowers at a time when so verj' important and valuable; the circumstances of other florists may sug- gest improvements to the above as to means of production, and even sorts of flowers suitable for the purpose. But I ■M\\ quite strongly impressed that good Niphetos roses and good white carna- tions will be found hard to beat as flow-- ers for every day use. I am inclined to think that a very serious drawback with manv florists con- sists in their anxiety to carry over the winter large nimibers of such things as coleus, verbenas, geraniums, and many other things in the way of soft stnft", which might be purchased in spring for much less than they could themselves grow it. I remember some years ago I made a calculation on the cost to me of a lot of geraniums that I was selling at ten cents each; after taking everything into consideration, putting a fair valua- tion on space occupied and valucof every- thing used and with the closest kind of figuring I found that the3- had cost nie so nearly twenty cents each that there was no fini in it. I at once determined that valuable greenhouse space in large cities might ])ossibly be used to better advantage than growing geraniums, coleus, verbenas, etc., and have since then managed my business accordingly. Locations where land is cheap are the places to grow such, but if we would have the business profitable on high priced laud in cities, a continuous supply of the best flowers, especially white ones, is of the first importance, a good bed of white carnations will be foimd so much more profitable than the same space occupied by any of the plants named, that comparison is entirely out of the (|ucstion. H. E. CnrrTV. Paterson, N. J., Sept. 12, 1890. To prevent confusion and du|)lication of names of chrysanthemums 1 desire to appropriate the following names for my seedling chrysanthemums for 1890, viz.: Salvator, Eurus, Potomac, Esperanza, Anna J. Sprague, Geo. Washington Childs, J. C. Vaughan, John H. Taylor, Ernest Asmus, Thos. H. Spaulding, E. A. Wood and Tomm^' Adams. In doing this I expect to be criticised and may be condemned. Some will say the names are not catchy, others that they arenot «//'.%(7«/«y, and many of them arc loo long. The latter expression I ex- pect from the reformers of nomenclature, and that they will say that I had no right to think of naming my seedlings without first submitting their proposed names to them. Whv should I. or anv one else. ever consider or concede the right to name a seedling to any individual who never had the first thing to do with raising or caring for it in .-my shape or manner? The nanus I pii.|pi.sf .nv conimemor.-itivc and lor tli;it irris..ii I w ish it to be under- stood llirit ( ~.c.( .r-e- W.-ishington Childs is not too long a name f(n- me to write, and if Mr. Childs had three or four other given names I would surelj' add them, and if one lal)el was too small I would use twii. as it is Mr. Geo. Washington Child-. 1 iltsiii til name a seedling for and notaii.v..tlKrClHlds. These relumicrs of nomenclature it seems to me will extend their labors into the human family very soon, and we may expect in a short time on the arrival of a married couple's first born a committee of one or more to wait upon the doting parents to explain that the baby's name is to be plain Joseph or James if a boy, or if a girl Mary or Susan, without any in- termediate or other frivolous names. I know great stress is laid upon taking names, some go so far as to say that it is the name that either makes or kills the sale of plants and flowers. What an absurditv! If names make the success, sell the vaiiic<; and don't bother with the jjlant at all. Tht- nuclianics on one side and the theorists mi the other make such statements. I'uil when the truth is told it is the merit of the plant that brings it and keeps it in its position let the name be what it may. For generic and specific names let us have Latin and Greek, tor commemor- ative names leave that to the raisers of and distributors of seedlings, as it is their right and title. John Thokpe. Seasonable Notes. It is getting more and more exciting every day. Where plants and flowers are growing for exhibition the accidents hap- pen more fre[|uent and the disappoint- ments arc nearly mature. Grass hoppers must Ik liMilail .after as they do a great de.al ol ilaiii.im' ill a very short time, the sueciileiit sliciiits topped with a juicy bud seem to be their tid-bit. 1 find the only way is to catch them with the finger and thumb, always approaching them from behind when ]iossible. Thin: Thin!' Thill'!! Let this be (lone thorouglily and well according to iiistriictiuns ,u;iven previously. Any train- ing by tying over or twisting must be done at once or the plants will be rough and unsightly at flowering time. Plants should all lie housed lu'thistimc It ai place 'w'lM and also where they can be easily taken inside on cold nights, to be taken outside again each favorable morning. Plants that are backward should be placed in a very light house and subjected to a little fire heat after a lew day's hous- ing, remembering to water carefully. If iilants are infested with black or green fly it will be well to fumigate two nights in succession before the flowers begin to show color. Don't use any more stakes than is necessarj'. Don't tie with string as thick as a lead pencil. Don't leave the ends of the strings two or three inches long. Don't forget to wash the pots before taking plants to exhibition. John Thorpe. The daily press is again carrying its annual load of items regardingthe "night blooming cereus." Wire Worms. If G. B. S. will add three or four pounds of unslaked lime to every bushel of soil he uses it will make the wire worms so sick that they will give his seedling car- nations awide berthin the future; besides the health and color of his plants will be so much improved that he will think they belong to a new race of pinks. The best way to use the lime is to sjnead the soil in a flat heap say ten or twelve inches thick, then place the desired amount of lime inlumps on the top, when the latter has become slacked and pul- verized the whole should be turned over two or three times and thoroughly mixed, it is then ready for use. H. E. Chittv. Seasonable Notes. No time should now be lost in having all carnations intended for flowering the coming fall and winter placed in their winter quarters: for while the carnation may be regarded as a half hardy plant and capable of withstanding a few de- grees of frost, I almost invariably, find that buds so exposed are as a ride more or less liable to injury. The finest carnation flowers are usually those which are produced on stems the greater part of which are made after the plants are established on the greenhouse benches; for this reason it is good prac- tice to stop them according as they are required to flower; if wanted early stop first of August, and later if so required; most kinds if stopped at former date will be ready to make (juite a show in Octo- ber, wliile the later ones may remain longer outside without injury. One carnation houses abundance of air both day and night as long .as weather remains fine and water earlv enough in the day to allow the plant's to dry olf pretty well before night conies on; there Vi'as a time when it mattered little when we w-atered carnations, but that time seems to have gone; carnation growing seems a different experience now to what it was years ago; then we would plant them on the benches, give them a good watering and that settled the business initil they needed water again, .and many a time have I gone into the houses just before night and given them a sprinkle overhead and next morning tliev would look as bright as a new doll.ir; but it seems to me that if I was to eomniit such a foolhardy act now the probabilities are that I would find several dead plants in passing through the houses next morn- ing, in fact this has been my experience more than once. I have commenced a new departure this fall with regard to white carnations. I have said good bye to Hiuze's White and instead have planted Lamborn. .N'early four thousand of the latter grace my side benches and many of the first pl.mted are already flowering, while all the benches so occupied are lull of luids in \arious stages of development .hhI imsuil ,i \cvy promising appe.iraiRT, iilroiir^rit w.as like parting with a iK.n old iiund, Init considerations ol ccononn ioni|H Ikd inc to do it, I could not ,dloi,l io-ioh it any longer on aecoinit oi its lialui oi -lowing in crops which usii;illy in.sislcil upon iSgo. The American Fl OR /ST. 91 coming niontlis apart, and cliiring the intervals I was often ololiged to buy large numbers of white carnations for the re- quirements of my business; the outlook at present would seem to indicate that I shall have no cause to regret my action in this matter, but will rejjort as the season advances. H. E. Chitty. Paterson, N. J., Sept. 23. The Award on Pots at Boston. I have just read Mr. Craig's rebuke for the charge made by .\. H. Hews & Co. of impartiality- on thepai'tof the committee. I sincerely hope that the S. A. F. will make Mr. Craig's sentiments in this matter their standard as well as the style of pots referred to. But 1 do not think this is all that should be done. Messrs. Hews & Co. say that the pots to which were awarded the Certificate of Merit were very many of tlicni cither ground, filed, turned or s.iiul painrcd to size. This is a very serious cliargc, which should be accomi)aiiicil witii proof. Wc must not allow any such charge to go without notice. If this lie true, the com- mittee must surely have been deceived and the S. A. F. should demand such proof at once. The S. A. F. must shoulder the responsibilit\' taken by its committee and see this affair "sipielched," not for $3,000 as per Hews & Co.'s offer, but forjustiee. C. B. W. T was somewhat puzzled upon read- sng Mr. Craig's letter in vour last issue. lsitf|iritc laii- thai Mr. Hews should be rcbukcil ((ii III! |H.siti(]n he has taken while Ills clialli 111.;! remains unanswered? It is an inidciiiahlc f;ict that other ex- perts in this vicinity are expressing them- selves even more strungly than he has done, and if no explanation is given of what now seems gross injustice, future awards will have but little meaning. Boston, Sept. 23. Rout. Farquhar. 1 wish to .answer Mr. Craiuthroiish attention of the coinniiltcc wascalled, by myself, to a defect in the pots, which he must admit should have deljarred them entirely from competition. Had I not known that these pots weie ground to size after having been made (a direct violation of the principal condition of the award) no word of complaint should have come from me. .\. H. Hews. Boston. The cut (lower trade in lioston has l)een at a standstill tor the jiast month. Roses have been in ([uantity considerably in excess of the demand, consequently prices have been very low, especially for large lots. The "summer resort" trade has about disappeared as an influence on prices during August. A few 3'ears ago this branch of the trade was an important one to the growers and wholesalers of Boston, making a most welcome boom in midsummer when the growers located in less fortunate neighborhoods were obliged to go hungry. But from various causes the end has come and the August boom is no more. In cjuality roses are improving rapidly, some of the lots com- ing to market now being of very fair quality. Carnations are not plentv, but there is still a good supply of asters and the scarcity of carnations" will not be felt until the asters are finished. Tuberoses are plentv and cheap. Lilv of the vallev sells for $6 per 100 and U first rate in tpiality. Violets are seen occasionally. The call for orchids has commenced already and the growers of these luxuries look forward to an unusually brisk de- mand during the coming season. Lapa- gerias, white and red, are now at their best and are well fitted for use in the choicest work. Plant auctions have begun and scnii- weekly sales are held by both the regular auction agencies. Decorative plants, such as palms, pandanuses, etc., take the lead. The recent fruit and vegetable show of the Mass. Hort. Society was quite exten- sive and in every way creditable to the society and to the exhibitors. The at- tendance was good. An interesting feat- ure was the department of canned and preserved fruits. The disjjlay in this line was verv extensive and attracted much attention. The platlnrnis .111. 1 tables were decorated with plants 1>v W. 15. Doyle and Frank Becker, and Wni. Mar- tin made a nice table design for the main exhibition table. The next important event will be the cliry.santhemum show. A number of the Bostonians are talking of visiting the Philadelphia chrysanthemum show in November. It is much to be regretted that for some unexjilaincd reason, "con- trariness" most likely, those wimsc duty it is to arrange dates lor clir\ s.iiitlRnuiin exhibitions in both I'lilladclplii.a .-nul Boston ].crsist in sclcctiii- "cnnllicting dates," base h.all l.ishi.Mi, \ . ;ii .1 Iter vcar. There is iin -n,.,\ nasoii win these" two exhibitions with their very considerable diftcrence in latitude should not be held on successive weeks, thus giving those interested .-in opporlunitv to see both displays. " W. J. S. Philadelphia. nurcli better. >nt town are putting finish- >ii their places and getting H Ml fall trade. W; tlicl there" ability and tliis new addition bcm;; of African descent, will lend color and no doubt make the race very interesting. There is a great scarcity of blooming plants hereabouts. Asters are done and there is nothing in sight save a few ear- nations until chrysanthemum time. It seems a pity that there should be a de- mand that we can not fill. Mr. Blanc's collection of curios has in- creased to such an extent that he has to extend his establishment to make room for them. His collection is very interest- ing and the demand for them is increas- ing rapidly. The ball team iVoni Lonsdale's and Bur- ton's nurseries invited tlic llurisls up for another game on September IS; it re- sulted in victory lor the fltjrists by a scoi'e of 13 to 6. By common consent Mr. Daniel Farson was chosen to unq)ire the game. He managed to overcome the difficulties of the first three innings and then, well, hewasn't "in it." Heredeemed himself, however, in a speech after the game. Everybody had a grand good time. Tuesday, September 23, Messrs. Craig. Harris, Lonsdale and Burton sent a fine collection of plants to Young's auction rooms in New York, with the result that all tlie trade thereabouts turned out an nl Victoria regia h:iM licrii , . msianilv in bloom, in addition to many choice nyni- phjcas, nelumbiums and other aquatic plants. Several new houses are in course of construction at this nursery, including an immense packing house in which plants of any size can be handled and through which large vans can be driven. St. Louis.— The Jordan Floral Co.'s loss by fire during convention week was quite a serious one. The shed to which most of the houses were attached was entirely destroyed and very serious dam- age done to the contents of the houses by heat and smoke. A valuable collection of ferns was entirely destroyed and a large stock of palms and like decorative plants so injured as to be worth but little. Many of the palms were very old and valuable specimens, which it will be difli- cult to replace. Grand Rapids, Mich.— The Westmin- ster Presbyterian Sunday school held its annual flower show the evening of Sep- tember 4-. Last spring Superintendent C. L. Frost distributed seeds among the aupiii , and the floral exhibition was of .•ers grown fi-om those seeds, together with others donated for the occasion. He took this novel way of cultivatingthc horticultural taste of the young people under his care. The exhibit comprised all the well knowm varieties and was highly creditable to the yoxuig florists. Springfield, Mass.— Emil A. Neudahl died September 8 at his home in this city of Bright's disease and pneumonia. He was 36 vears of age. He was a son of the late"Albert Neudahl, of Elmira, N. Y. Mr. .Neudahl came to this city about four vears ago from Rochester, N. Y., as fore- man for C. F. Fail-field and became a partner in the business in 1888. He was considered to be one of the best rose growers in this part of the state. Messrs. Gale, Wilkinson & Son.Herrick and Fair- field remembered their brother florist by burying the casket with beautiful floral tributes. Des Moines, Iowa.— .\t the recent Fair premiums in the professional list were awarded as follows: Collection green- house plants, greatest variety, W. L. Morris: second, W. M. Elrod; third, R. A. Rollinson & Co. Foliage plants, W. L. Morris; second, Rollinson. Geraniums, of the bronze, silver, gold, or tri-colored varieties, Morris; second, Elrod. Gera- niums, plants in bloom, Morris. Car- nations, in bloom, greatest variety, Mor- ris. Collection ferns, Morris; second, Rollinson. Roses, R. A. Rollinson & Co. Fuchsias, Morns. Begonias, Morris. Begonias Rex, Morris. Tuberous rooted begonias, most tastefully planted vase, R. A. Rollinson & Co.; basket, Morris: second, Elrod. Palms, R. A. RolUonson. Hartford, Conn. — The fall exhibition of the Hartford County Hort. Society was held September 9 to 11. There was an excellent display. First premiums weie awarded as follows: Floral design, G. W. McClunie; greenhouse and stove plants, B. E. Beemer; palms, Robt. Patchet; ferns, Wm. May; variegated leaved plants, Christopher Besold, gar- dener to Mrs. Colt; dahlias, E. B. Smead; asters, E. M. Francis; erotons, B. E. Beemer; geraniums, C. H. Pember. Spe- cial prizes— Tuberous rooted begonias. James Smith; collection of sweet peas, E. M. Francis; nasturtiums. Miss E. F. Tal- cott. Special mention— J. H. Bairdain, seedling gloxinia (with diploma); P. A. Scars, pansies; James Smith's Adiantum Farlevense as best fern on exhibition. Lenox, Mass. — The "tub" parade which always denotes the height of the Lenox season occurred September 20. There were in line fully thirty "tubs" (as the backboards and phaetons are called) filled with societ}- people who had dis played great mgenuity in decorating their turiioute. The buckboard which won the prize was ablaze with salvia and scarlet gladioli. First came a dog cart decked with golden rod and an umbrella of same flowers. Next came a buckboard trimmed with white hydrangeas, the occupants holding a huge parasol of the same flow- ers. The third was a village cart covered with a canopy of sweet peas. .\ yellow buckboard was trimmed with blue corn flowers and j-ellow marigolds with an umbrella completely covered with corn flowers overhead and a lap robe of yellow flow-ers. A phaeton was completely massed withwhite hydrangeas, .\nother phaeton was covered with wild asters. A T cart was a mass of bright autumn leaves and sheaves of wheat. Scarlet nasturtiums decorated another buck- board, and other "tidis" likewise decor- ated filled the line. Long Island News Notes. The following extract from the Brooklyn Times will interest some of your readers : " Mr. John A. Reed, of the firm of Keed & Funnell, florists at Huntington, has been declining with that dread disease consumption for a long time, until now he is unable to exert himself in the least. On Monday a cousin, an elderly gentle- The American Florist. 93 man of Brooklyn , visited him at Hunt- ington and took the sick man to his home in the city, where he will spend the re- mainder of his da3S. During the past few months Mr. Reed has failed very per- ceptibly, and spent a week in camp life at Eaton's Neck hoping the change would revive him, but to no purpose. Many prominent New York people will remem- ber John A. Keed as the once flourishing diamond I)roker, and members of the Press Club can look back with pleasure upon the dinners given Lluni ;u which Mr. Reed presided as host. I U- was re- garded as an expert jud.i^i- nl precious stones. Some years ago he rctireil from active city life and moved to Huntington where of late he has been engaged in the cultivation of small fruits and flowers, for which he had a natural taste. He is the originator of 'Reed's Island Beauty' and the ' Volunteer' tomatoes." Messrs. H. T. Funnell & Son, formerly Reed & FunTiell, are moving their place of business and erecting three new houses for growing carnations and violets. William Schubert, formerly with John Lewis Childs, is putting up' two houses for cut flowers, at New Hyde Park. Herman Sherber of Queens formerly with Halloek & Son, is putting up three houses for cut flowers. C. E. Parnell, gardener to I). F. Manice, has built a house at Floral Park and will soon enter the eniplov of [ohn Lewis Childs. Rumor has it that August Pflug and C. Lescano, lately with \\x. Childs, will formaprnUuTship and cn-.-igc in a gen- eral seed and liiilli biisiiuss. Mr. Childs is .ilrcady moving into his new seed w.uvhouse whicli is nearing completion. He is building seven new greenhouses 10x100 feet, heating them with hot water underpressure; li. S.Titus is doing the work. They will be ventila- ted by Evans' apparatus. The old seed store will be moved across the railroad track and att;iched to these houses. Louis Siebrcclit has bnlll .1 l.ngc addi- tion to his house tin- |i.iM suniini 1, Since his return from I'.osi.ni Mi. SkImccIu has been wrestling with :i sc\(.n adacU of rheumatism, but is around .i-.iiii. A. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. SITUATION Af.KNTBD-Bv good Kiir.l. ) tleman's place. Married. Address J B, West Conshohocken, Montgonie SITUATION WANTED-Commereial nr private German; 40 years old; married; reasonable sa ary for steady place. Thko arxdt 1777 N. Western Ave., Chicago. 1 WANTED-Br practiciil ma cperjence in growing cut flow nmercial place. JITUATION WANTED-] * ro8egrower;coramercial place: e r with landscape gardeaer. For ress P. M. Way, Twin oak SITUATION WANTED-By a young f experience in growing cut flowers a Philadelphia or viclnitv. Good reconi age 20; American. Box S12, Wayn SITUATION WA,NTED-By a practical gardener and florist, competent in all branches, commer- cial or private, uoses, carnations, violets, a speci- alty; married; iit'e :«. U SITUATION WANTED-By an energetic young man, who resigned his last place in one of the leading English nurseries; wages not so much an object as the right kind of experience. Address Bool, Ithaca, N. Y. SITUATION WANTED-By practical gardener and florist; single. Good recommendations given from last employer, who I was with 9 years. Ad- 7 S. Poppleton 8t., Baltimore, Md. growing flowers, fruit and vegetables. Wi _ good plain cook. English; no family: ages .38 and 41. ,^_-^_-^ P p^ Gardener, Elm Grove. Waukesha Co.. Wis. Good references. QITU/' [Solely t ITUATION WANTED— As manager; have beei 1 establishment of 70.000feet of glas of the tinest roses, etc. ever growi Illinois. Very highest testimonials. Reason 0 care American Florist, Chicago. the gr •NewYork.orin Philadelpk ■ Boston. References flrst-class. Address 1 Florist, Chicago W^ .NTKD-A good florist and gardener. Address Wilson & Co., Shrevesport, La. F° R SALE— Weathered boiler, .*65.00. good f W^ w^ NTED-Nym pb»a Dentata and Alba CandU sima. Give price. Also other best white sor A. y. Mann, Centralia. Va Henry Moore. t. Memphis, Tenc W^thTs /ANTED-Qrowert. lupply retail store with rose . must be flrst-class stock. VER Store, St. Louis, Mo. plants, especially choice begonias (not tuber- Box 78,S.'piain8eld. N. J. WANTEl WANTKD-Propagator; one especially skillful 1 the propagation ol hardy herbaceous plant and shrubs. State experience, and salary desired Must be steady and temperate. Position permanen J T. LovETT Co., Little Silver. N. J. WANTBD-Two steady young men I single), 1 help in a commercial place: must have a fei "ears' experience: one for the plant and the othe W grower. May be put in charge if c .,...„_ .. . „ . 1 required. Nodrin W. H. CASSELL $35.00 and board. Ref( w NTED-A good steady and sober man who ur derstands growing roses and other cut Bowers edding plants, etc. Best reference required. At ily, stating wages expected, etc. Residence an ^iBsell. Address Isaac W. Woon, Chase, Allegheny Co., Pa. -yyANTI ireman. an active, energetic ■ German, married, strictly icquamted with all branches a competent propagator of a good manager of men. THE Wm. e. Moon Co. Morrisville, Bucks Co , Pa. ledge of the propagation and growing 01 plants, and cut flower work. X steady place for the right man. who must be willing to work. Wages $40 00 per month. Board iflCOO to J20.00 per month. Address with references from last place, D. B. Woodri'pf, Macon. Ga. "ifb^, s expansion bows. Cheap i greennouses; also Darn, and dwellintj: house HOLTZMACHEK, Rogers Park. ill. FOR SAL.E— One of the best retail florist stores in Chicago, well stocked and doing an excellent business; established. tt years, and located in a fine residence district. Owner wishes to go to Europe. Address J T O, care American Florist. balance mortgage. , Ashland, N.J. FOR SALE— A florist establishment, one green- house 75x18, and two 75x10 feet each, heated by hot water (Weathered's) ; 25 acres of cood land, some wood and pasture, plenty fruit; dwelling house, barn and other out-buildings: good well and cistern. All buildings new and in good order. One hour from New York City, and one mile from depot. Price. $4 800. or will sell the greenhouse property separate for 82,000. Address P. o. Box 1C9. Ramseys. N. .1. HOT WATER BOILER. One John Dick. J r. No. 3 Uot Water Boiler, eightee 40x11* inch flues, with grates and door ( Only used six months. Owner gone out of All in flrst-class order. $K.0O f . o. b. cars. B. S. COOK, Owatonna, jighteen A FIRST-CLASS OPPORTUNITY For a practical florist to purchase a half interest in >ne of the best paying and one of the largest green- louses in the Northwest; situated in a city of 200,000 nhabitants, centrally located, large established wholesale and retail trade and nets 20 percent, on A BARGAIN. A WELL ESTABLISHED Florist Business for sale. Four houses, well stocked and equipped. IMust sell, for good reasons, even if at a sacrifice. Growing Ohio city of 25 ooo inhabitants. Large trade with surrounding towns. Address OPPORTUNITY, care Am. Florist. Cvit tlrii* MILDEW, No one wants it ! But many folks get it, and they don't want to keep it. So listen ! A mildew destroyer must diffuse itself thoroughly to be effective; if you have insects in the greenhouse they are in spots and places — but the mildew comes like the dew, its spores catch everywhere. For four years we have offered free, a package of Grapr Dust or mildew powder for trial, if the tryers would pay carriage. Scores of packages have been sent out, a great many of those who tested Grape Dust have relied on it thereafter, and their confidence has not been misplaced. To use Grape Diisf economically we give the experience of a Rose Grower who has five acres under glass, whose houses measure over a mile in length. DIRECTIONS. Take a good strong bellows, take off all the fixings, stop up the vent, and put a pound or so of Grape Past through the nozzle — now go to the end of the house opposite the door and point your bellows at the end, begin to blow and back down the passage toward the door, as you go you raise a cloud of light dust that settles evenly and finely — the result is that wherever mildew settles this dust does, and it kills the mildew, leaving the plant in good condition. Tliere is no preparation its equivalent for Economy. Sold by the SEEDSMEN Of AMERICA. Hammond's Paint and Slug Shot Works, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. \. Good Stock Healthy VIOLETS MARIE LOUISE and SWANLKY WHITE, Dble. The above clumps jl.OOperlOO Une plants transplanted 2 35 U^ percent, otl on ,006 plant iirders. Cash must afcompany orders from unknown parlies. Long's Floral Photographs WERE AWARDED Special Honorable Mention ai Boston Convention Exhibit. Knterprising florists readily appreciate their use as a practical help in'their business. They help to better priced orders, and save much time during a rush when it's most valuable to you . The series now reaches eighty-five in number. Kach a distinct subject. ARTISTIC. BEAUTIFUL. PERFECT. Order of any reliable supply man, or send for descriptive and priced catalogue direct to the publisher. DAN'L B. LONG, Florist, 94 The a mer i ca x F lort s t. Oct. T, Hail Insurance Items. The Florists' Hail Association levied its first assessment 3 years, 3 months and 20 days after its organization. Those who predicted an assessment every three months were slightly mistaken. Jnlius Roehrs of Charlton Hill, X. J., succeeds the late Peter Henderson .-is a director of the Florists' H;iil .\ss,.eiatinii. Mr. Roelns will he a woithv success, .v. .\Icinl)crsorihcF.n..\.\viil licluniislicd blank forms for"additional";uul "extra" insurance upon application to the sec- retary. It is idle to wait until a hail storm comes along before you insure. Hailed. I wish to mention through your columns, for the benefit of those "who do not know," that on the 13th of August this city was visited by quite a severe hail stoi-m, from which I suffered to the amount of 1,300 lights. But beinginsur- ed in the F. H. k., sent in my claim for damages, and the check was forthcoming immediately. Now I look around and can simply pity those "poor misguided brothers" who are not. "It's way up." S. D. Bkadford. Colorado Springs, Colo. Heating Apparatus.— At Boston cer- tificates of merit were awarded by the S. A. F. committee on boilers to theFurman Water Heater, th»> D. E. Howatt corru- gated upright boiler, and the Foster boiler. Establisheil IS.!."). SEASON IK)I0-91. Nurserymen &Florists' Supplies GENTLE3IEN:— We have increased our list of sup- plies for the coming season, and are now able to offer a complete stock of all Packing Materials, as well as the necessary frleld Tools. We hope to have your valued orders soon. Wood Labels (printed and plain), all sizes. . . . Wood Labels (pointed), for florists, all sizes,. Wire (iron), cut or in coils, for Labels $.10 Wire (copper), cut or In cotis, for Labels 3tl Paper Sacks for Grape culture, all sizes Steel Needles, for baling each bO Sewing Twines, in balls per lb. 18 SewlngTwines, on reels per lb. 18 Wool Twine (lib. balls. IGO lb, bales).. .per lb. IV, Cotton Twine, for Budding or (Jrafting 35" Baskets, all sizes Burlaps, 4()-inch, seven to nine ounce Heavy Digging Spades, l.'i-inch each 8 00 Heavy Taper Spades each 1 50 Nails, r-8-inch to 20d Planting Dibbles 1 25 Hoop-Iron, for strapping cases Baling Rope (Qem),,'iO lb. reels per lb. SMi Tin Kyelet Shippinc Tags, printed or plain... Manilla Paper, for wrapping Grafts. .. per lb. 7 Metal Cellar Tags Our Gem Baling Rope has been entirely satis- factory everywhere the past season. It is the softest and cheapest baling rope ever offered tree shippers. Prices subject to roarket changes. Liberal discount to large buyers, and samples sent on application. W. S. PHELPS' SONS, as « 35 E. Serond St., DATTON, OHIO. NEW SEEDLING CHRYSANTHEMUM "ORANGE BEAUTY." This novelty has been in bloom with ua last year from September untilJune and is now in full bloom. We can supply tine plants in ^Vinch pots at $1 6U per 10 plants, or $10 per 110. Also a lar^e stock of Grand Duke Jasmine. 2Vinch pots. $5.00. and 3Mi-in. pots. *7. CO per 100- Jasmine multiflorum 2'^.-in. pots. U 50 per 100. Bouvardia Bockii and Cleveland 2i*-inch pots, J3 00, and :Mnch pots $4.50 per 100. Allamanda Uendersonii, from 2Mn. pots, at $7.00 per 100; from Wnch pots, strong plants, $3.00 per dozen, or $20.00 per 100. ' -pj-^u per Terms, cash with order or satisfactory reference. FRANCIS MORATS SONS & CO., LOUISVILLE, KY. Mention American Florist. Kooted cuttings, Tine varieties, by mail prepaid. 80c. per 100. By express, K.OO per lUOO. 5(X) at 1000 rates. S. W. PIKE 8e CO., St. Charles, 111. LARGE CLUMPS FIELD (ilJOWN MARIE LOUISE VIOLETS, 1»8.00 i>er Iiiiiidrecl. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 133 Mason Street. Milwauseb, Wis. TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES, BULBS " ' ' Full Line Fruit and Ornamental Deciduous and Ever- green Trees, Grape-vines Small-fruits, Shrubs, Roses, Winter-blooming and Hardy-border Plants, Bulbs Etc Standard and Dwarf Pears Quince, Killmarnock Weep- ing Willows, European and Oak-leaf lilountain Ash 36TH yEArTIoVaCRES.' 24 GREENH^ THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painsville, Lake Co., Ohio. Per 100 Per 1000 Perles. Mermet, Cook, Souv.dun Ami. Brides, .lacqs. and Bon Silene, strong plants. 3-in. pots t 7.00 $70 00 Souv.de Wootton, S-in. pots 12.00 Hybrid Perpetuals, open ground, *ii & 10.00 Teas, from open ground Hi. 6. DO Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants.... 8 00 70 00 Rex Begonias, fine varieties, 3-in. pots 8.00 7.') 00 „ , ^ CARNATIONS. Hinze's White. Fred .lohnson. Orient, Grace Wilder, Century, Alegatiere, Florence, strong deld grown plants, iBtslze 7. CO 1)0.00 2nd8ize 6.00 50.00 VIOLETS, Swanley White, strong clumps 6 00 Marie Louis, 1st size 7, CO DO 00 2ndsize 6 00 45 00 Our Carnations and Victlets are strong, fleld grown plants, and perfectly healthy. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.e. WOOD iBRO.,) FISHKILL. N. Y. PLANTS AND ROSES, &6, First-class winter-bloomers, ?; per too. j-in. pots. NEW WHITE PARIS DAISY, excellent for cut flowers as well as designs. HELIOTROPE CHIEFT.\IN, sweetest and most profuse. PRIMULA KERMESINA SPLENDENS, richest colors. FIRST-CLASS PERENNIALS. SALVIA AMABILIS.sky blue, constant bloomer, S4.00 per 100. POPPY FIREBRAND, fiery orange scarlet, one year old, se.oo per 100. SEEDLING PALMS, 2-inch, strong, such as Latanias, Pritchardias, Coryphas, &c. S5 per 100. An extra fine stock of young Roses and general assortment of Bedding and Decoration Plants, at popular prices. Write for Catalogues, or send list to be priced. ADDRESS NANZ &. NEUNER, LOXJISVILX,E, ICY. Now Ready, for Cash. Per 1(U Begonia Bruauti alba, best white, winter bloomers, 2 '<-iiich, - | 6 00 same, 3 inch, - - - 10 00 Begonia Metallica, 2,'i-inch, - 6 00 " " 3'2-inch, - I2.CH> " Semperflorens rosea, 2;^ in. 6 00 " " " 4 in. 12.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2 '2 -inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2,','-inch, - 7 00 " " 3-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3', and 4-inch, - 800 Large thrifty stock in fine shape, ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greenhouses, Per 100 Single White Bouvardia, very strong . . . $i_*.oo Carnation Hinze's White, garden grown. . . S.oo Begonias Bex and blooming var. 4. inch . . . 20 00 Dracaena indivisa, ready for 5.0 ft 7 in. 5501075 00 Bridal Myrtle, nice bushy plants 18.00 White Carnations and other cut flowers in goo3 quality all winter. Will take contracts to propagate Am. Beauty, Bennetts and other Roses, Carnations, BouvaV- 459 E. Division Street, CHICAtiO. Or Evanstoii Ave. and Slieridan Bonl. 10,000 General Jacq. Rose Plants, one and two year old. Extra large two year old, |2o 00 per 100. " fine one year old, 3 ft. and up, ^15. " fine one year old, 2 to 3 feet, fio. JORDAN FLORAL CO., 70e Olive Street, ST LOUIS. MO. Gardiner's Superb Strains of GHlNE&EPRIMULftS PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. choicest miied ex, ex., 100 seeds 25c.; 500 seeds $i;lcoo seeds $2. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA. choicest mixed (fern leaved), ex. ex., 100 seeds 25c.; 500 seeds $1.00: looo seeds $2.oo. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. double, scarlet, Pr'^IMULa' 'si'n1InS?S^°FIMBRIATA, double, white, PRIMROSE, Yellow,' English pkt. 25 cts. New English Hybrids. . . pkt. 25 cts. POLYANTHUS, Cloth of Gold pkt. 25 els- Yellow pkt.25Ct«. JOHN GARDINER&CO. Seed Growers, importers and Dealers. Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A, Keenan's Improved Florist's Letter. FOR USE. KOB 9HI PI-IXC. This Improved Letter is the neatest and most prac- ical letter on the market, as well as the most dur- ible. there being absolutely no breakase. They are nade of Chenille tightly wound on a metal frame, naking a handsome and durable letter. The most important feature is the fastener which s part of the metal frame, and which Is lient close infj. It Is easily bent out when wanted for use, and nsures a perfectly secure letterwhich is adjusted to tesiKU in amoment. MAnK IN Ai.i. Col.OHS One and one-half Inch, per 100 $3 00 Two Inch, per 100 2 V5 Three Inch, per 100 ,S 60 KEENAN'S SEED STORE, JDK! Wentworth Ave., tBIC.V(iO, II.l. Mention American Florist. Flori.>its tind great proht in — ■^- ,,ie JAPAN SITOWBALI.. ^^if^Ttr \^ e have mainly introduced it, ^^\'€lto, '•>"'' have the largest stock in l^^^^Sg the world. Flowering plants lur forcing, at low figures by things suited to money-making florists. Illustrated Catalogue 6 cents. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON, Germantown. Philadelphia. ROSES AND SMILAX. fresh cut, caretully packed anil ship- on order, at lowest market rates. Special prices rular buyers. Smilax, $1,'. per 100 strlntis. <;E0, H. BENEDICT, Vorkville, N. V. l8go. The American Florist. 95 FRCDE FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING Duchess of Albany.. ..J1200 I15.00 |iS c» Mme. Hoste 7.00 lo.oo 12 50 LaFrance 5.00 9.00 12 50 Gontlers 4,00 8 00 12 00 Perles 400 800 Niphetos 400 800 Mermets 400 8 00 Brides 400 8 00 12 00 600 800 Balto. Belle, strong, 4-inch, JS.oo per 100 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. I40 per 1000 3-in. I8.00 per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. f 50 00 per 1000. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-in. 1:4.00 4-in.«.^oo per dozen. )8®~ Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted S .. CHICAGO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the most NEW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, ed— April 1st next. Full descriptions ready Jan. Is Prices, $1 each; set of 5 for $5: two of each, 10, ft $9; five of each, 25, for $20. A„„«Ess jHE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10.000 healthy Roses from 4-itich pots, consisting ol Mermets, Brides, Ferles, Cusins, Souv. de Wootton, Papa Gontier, La Prance and Niphetos, at WIO.OO per 100. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. Also 10,000 SMILAX from 3H-iii. pots, at S14.00 per loO. JAMES HORAN, ^ii',',",'&GKPOKT. conn. \ of the lead- forcing varieties. .Wso large stock of same in s and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUIMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, IMPORTED H. P. R suits to the florist, bloomlnRtreeiy and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1000. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Itostoii), MASS. Primula Obconica, $7 00 t CARNATIONS. Century, Chester Pride, $12.00 per 100. GERANIUMS. Choice lot of varieties, .i-inch pots, prire j:i -SO per 100, Many other plants in flne variety, cheap. Send for Wholesale Price List. Address N s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence is well located for shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansas City.* C. M. PRESBY. CHAS P. ANDERSON CO., JOHN HENDERSON ROSBS A SPECIALTY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDIIMS. TO OUR PATRONS, AND THE TRADE GENERALLY :— We are convinced that this Rose will prove of permanent value— indoors and out. Its continuity of flowering, vigorous growth, large flowers, beautiful in color and form — a true Tea — must commend it to all. Strong plants Ready April 1st, $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. All the Old, Hew and Forcing varieties on hand, at lowest prices. WRITE FOR CATALOtiUKS AND PRICES. California's New Rose "THE RAINBOW." READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. During the recent Rose Show of the California State Floral Society " THE RAINBOW" received more admiration than any of the thousands of flowers ex- hibited, and the highest comments of the press. Stock in the best possible condition at the following prices: 1 I*ldlit, ^1« TERMS C.'VSH.— Remittances may be made by Draft, Postoflice Orders, or Wells, Fargo & Co. Money Orders. Description and Colored Plate of "THE RAINBOW " will be mailed on application JOHN n. SIEVbRS, SAN FL^NCISCOrCAL. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIFUORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to 2% feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; $60.00 per thousand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, second size, 18 to 24-in., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. "'-" THE DINGEE & CONARD CO,, WEST GROVE, PA. Geo. Jackman & Son "^^Ir^f^?!^*^' Beg to offer a large and well grown Stock of the following : ROSES-Iii choice and exhibition varieties RHODODENDRONS— Of the best named sorts and Hybrid Seedlings well set with buds. AZALEAS— Good named sorts, also Mollis and Pon ticum set with buds. C0NIFER5-In large collection. SHRUBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOatST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands CLIMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated Clematis. STOCKS-Kruit and Manetti, fine. Catalogrues free on application TERMS— Cash with order, or satisfactory trade reference from unknown correspor WOKING NURSERY. WOKING, ENGLAND. SUGAR MAPLES. The Finest of Shade Trees. Order now f r >ooo Per 100 Submit list of wants for ot low rates, packed t o W. W. HENDRIX, Bon ling Greeu,cKy. I lectio of tins Cut 1 LARGEST STOCK OF ELtCTROTYPES OF PUNTS AND FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS CATALOGUES, ETC C>,mplete Catalogues Oc deducted from first order Agency lor the sale ol Electros ol MESSRS. VIL- MORIN ANDRIEUX & CO., (Paris.) 96 The American Florist. Oct. /, Subscription $1.00 a year. To Europe, $1.50. Inch, $1.40; Column, ;?i4.oo. Cash with Order. Nu Special Position Gasrantee.s, and Keduisites. They are the liest at the lowest prices. TKADK LIST issued quar- terly, mailed free to the HENRY A. DREEK, Philadelphia GLADIOLUS BULBS. Prevailing Colors, Fink and White. Over 100 named varieties, and a number of choice seedlings, all mixed together. This collection has never been culled, and it has received a number of first premiums. In fact it has never failed to do so when exhibited. To avoid retailing these bulbs, 1 olTer them this fall at JIU.OO per 100 for drst size; bulblets at a bargain. M. CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS. From 3-inch pots, well rooted. |io and |i5 per 100. Cash with order. Fort St. West, DETROIT, MICH. THIS CUT FOR YOUR CATALOGUE. The Trowel, Intro- duced last season, sells at sight. For transplanting, lifting and setting plants: as an all around "Handy Digger" it has no equal. $2. CO per dozen, postpaid. THE FLORAL SUPPLY CO., BlNUHA.MPTO.X, N. Y. PANSY SEED. NEW CROP. ndsizeof floweri across. Price, .fl;i!.oz.75c.;p I, ' t, oz. »1 .=>0; Ml ors, pronounced by mac :ed yet. This variety pr -er lb. m ■4 . M.; Smi.lays 3 P. M. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission /T)erchant& CUT I^Z^OWB**S, i237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA., Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid Xa shipping. Mention AMK-itiCAX Flohist. CHAS. E. PENNOCK, WBOLESaLSpLORIST 38 So. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, ^^ WHOLESALE ^^^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St., ST. LOUIS. MO. CUT FLOWERS The choicest Cut Flo at lowest market i promptly filled Mention Florist. 1. L. DILLON. Bloomsburq. Pa. Every Plorist, Nurseryman and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. 98 The a mer i ca n Fl grist. Oct. /. Hfta ^eac^ ^rac^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Kh'l) onion seed is said to 1)c slicrt in Calit'ornia. Severf. frosts September 12 killed the growing vines in Nebraska. Oniox sets are reported a rather short crop — it's a hard stock to guess about. Latest advices indicate the disastrous failure of the bean crop in weslern Nejv York. Mk. S. B. Dicks, representing Cooper, Taber&Co., and Mr. \. Webster, with Howcroft & Watkins," of London, are now doing the U. S. Mr. Everett E. Koceks, uI Llic lirni of Rogers Bros., Chauniont, N. V., died September 9, in hisSSth year. Mr. .Austin L. Rogers, his surviving partner, will continue the business. LonsviLLE, Kv.— T. G. Truman, dealer in seeds and agricultural implements at 319 West Market street, made an assign- ment September 9 for the benefit of his creditors. The assignee is the Gcnnania Safety Vault and Trust Company. No schedules of assets and liabilities were filed, but it is estimated that the former will nrobably amount to $25,000 or $30,000. It is thought that the liabilities will not be much in excess of the assets. The firm was formerly McGill & Truman, and as such was organized and did busi- ness here about 20 vears ago, and on up to 1887, when Mr. McGill sold out to Mr. Truman. Situation Wanted in Seed Trade. _ . _ __ Certiflcates character and capability fiirnl Seedsma.n, care Americ 1 B'lorist, Chicago. Surplus stock of FREESIA. REFRACTA ALBA, flowering bulbs at J5 per 1000 free by mail. A rtal bargain. EUGENE CADMUS, 141!) K St. N. W., W.\SliIN<;TON, U. C. of the grand t VIOLETS AND PANSIES. MARIE LOUISE VIOLETS. ■1000. Send for price list. PANSY SEED, $1.00 per packet. Address E. B. JENNINGS, bo.vTil, Southport, Conn CmRNATIOMa Field grown plants, reaily in September and October. Also Large clumps for forcing of Marie Louise and Swanlev White. Send for circular. W. B. SHELMIRE, Avondale, Pa. CHOICE FORCING BULBS AND PLANTS FRESH PALM SEEDS, NEW CROP PANSY SEED, MEMORIAL WREATHS and CROSSES, the best imported from Cermany and France, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, Etc., offered at reasonable prices, as per my fall list, which will be sent free to all florists and dealers. OKfOHIlDJS: Just arrived a splendid lot of Odontoglossum crispum (Alexaudi;L-). I Cattleya trian.k. " lutka purpurea. I " Sanderiana. CUSPIDATUM. Prices quoted on application. J. A. DE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, CHRISTMAS ROSES. If you require fine clumps of home grown Christmas Roses, the large white flowering variety, full of flower buds, either for planting or forcing, order at once. PRICES FROM $7.25 TO $24 00 PER HUNDRED. -==gTHE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD TO SELECT FROM.^^ Bulb catalogue and special prices free on application. Cash with order or good references rei quired from unl'tno-wn. correspondents. HERMAN BUDDENBORG, WHOLESALE BULB GROWER, FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. Plants grown specially for Winter Blooming, strong and healthy, medium size. BlITTEKCUl', at»10and*12..'i0perlC0. astosize. OLD STANDARD SORTS, in assortment, at ami DAWN, GOLDEN GATK, a limited nl field grown plants of this splen at "^ cents each. J. R. FREE*IAN, a new cardi CH ASTITY, a new rosy pink CO EASTER I.ILIES. Some clioice honi $2 Otl per dozen, delivered by mail. OX ALIS tCTEA. The finest large yello flowering Oxalis. Extra large bulbs, 5cei mail prepaid. iiry CHAS. T. STARR, AVONDALE, Chester Co., PA. Probst Bros. Floral Co., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITY, MO., Per 100 Carnation Hinze's White J6 co 7.00 CARNATIONS FIELD GROWN. LARGE. HEALTHY PLANTS. Per 100 DeGraw. white S ■'i 00 Portia, John McCullough, Sec'y Windoni, Mr Garfield and Pres. Garfield Violets M. L ulseand gwanley White Abutllons in variety Hibiscus in variety Hex in variety Beftonla Lucy CI Countess Louise Erdody 2.00 Diadem, 3-inch 3 00 Primula Obconica Seed, pkt. 1005 seeds, 75c. I. N. KRAMER & SON, CARNATIONS AND VIOLETS. HINZE'S WHITE. PORTIA, CENT! KY. ALEGATIEKE. SILVER LAKE ami others. First Size J.S UO per ICO; $70.00 per ICOO. Second Size COO per ICO; 50 CO per 1000. VIOLETS IVI. LOUISE. Fine clumps, perfectly healthy. First Size $8.00 per lOO; $70 00 per 1000. Second Size ti OO per 100; 60.00 per lOCO. AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. Strong 2i<.-inch pots, $3 00 per 100; $10 00 per ICOO. JACK ROSES. S^-lnch pots, $8 IJO per lOj; $70 00 per 1000. Address J. G, :BUI«I«0-W, LIZZIE MCQOWAN We shall be prepared to dis- tribute this valuable New White Carnation, early next year. H. E. CHITTY, Palerson, N, J. JOHN McGOWAN, Orange, N. J. Portia " Garfield 6.oo Grace Wilder S.oo Chrysanthemums, po' |i2 to iS.oo Violets, large single 4 00 Grevillea robusta 800 Dahlia?, named, fire var. root-- S.co " mixed single and double 600 Field Grown Carnations Grown specially for Winter Blooming. Per 100 Carnations, strong, healthy plants, $b 00 Bouvardia A. Neuner, 10 to 20 heads, S.co " New Double Pink, very fine, per do/en, I3 00. Anipelopsis Veitchii, - - 3.00 lUdrangea Hortensis, 4 & 5 in, pots S 00 Dent/iagrao lis, will make 25 uprays 10.00 W. P. BBINTON. Christiana, Lancaster Co.. Pa. CARNATIONS. le lot of best kinds, strong plants Winter-blooming Carnations, for sale by ". !<;. ii<>Ki^i\ii5^'i5i», ALLEGHENY, PA. rSgo. The American Florist, 99 LiLIUM Candidum. For the first time in many years we have really FINE LARGE PERFECTLY SOLID bulbs of this grand old lily. Would you like some really No. i picked bulbs of it? We have 80000, and we are selling at $4.50 PER 100; $20.00 FOR 500, on cars here; (sample free for postage). Hard, solid bulbs of L. HARRISli, 5 to 7-in., $7.00; 300 for $ig 00. A few Extra LONGIFORUIW at $7 5° and ^iiT^. J. G. VAUGim CHICAGO. We claim to have imported more BULBS this season than any single firm in the U. S. Good stock, low rates, prompt delivery. AUGUST ROLKER& SONS NO. 136 A. 138 W. 24th ST., IinporterH and Dealers in FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, SEEDS, BULBS, PLAKTS, ETC. HULSEBOSCH BROS., GKOWKKS <»F- DUTCH BULBS, FLOWER ROOTS & PLANTS OVERVEEN, Ear Haarlem, HOLLAND, Offer to tlie Trade as usual all kinds of the best Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies Narcissus, Roses, Azaleas, Rhododendrons, &c., &c. Catalogues free on appliciuion to A. HULSEBOSCH, O. Box 31 IS. rices. Our new Bull) Catalogue Is iioiv reaiiy. Will he mailed free on applieation C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenlies Slip, NEW YORK, IMPORTKK OF FOBCING BULBS, IMPORTED HARDY ROSES, Strong Clematis, Etc., Etc. MUSHROOM SPAWN Bulbs! Bulbs! Bulbs! We beg to offer the following Bulbs for Early Forcing ; LTIJUM HARRISli 5 to 7 inches in circumference ULIUM HARRISli 7109 " CALLA yETHIOPICA First Size CALLA .IJTHIOPICA Second Size FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA, ETC., KIC. SPECIAL PRICES ON APPLICATION. SI5I513S FOR FREJSEJJX'r SOWII^O. Extra choice strains of Primula Chinensis, Calceolaria, Cineraria, Pansy, etc., 50c. and III per pkt. An extra selected strain of Highland Mary Pansy, very fine, per pkt. $2. DAISY Bellis Perennis fl. pi T '' '' '' Ll^feiiow::::;::::::::::::::::::::: 50 cts. per packet. " " " Snowball J V. H. H. & Son beg to ? WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Chinese Narcissus, JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY RULBS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM. SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. • ally. sI':nd for it." '' " "' H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LILIUM LONCxIFLORUM. ?i 5 to 7 inch, per hundred, I7.50 10 per cent, less on 500 or more. ■ to 9 inch, per hundred, $11 J. C. VAUGHAN, Bulb Dealer, CHICAGO. ^% lOO The American Florist. Oct. I, A Remarkable Flower. The followiiij; paragraph is iiuil00 DEUTZIA GRACILIS 2 year old plants, very find and Bushy especially adapted for forcing. No. I, I to I", ft., )f6per ion. No. 2, S to 12 in. J4per too. Send lo cents for sample, also trade list with a full line of Nursery Stock. C. RIBSAM & SONS, Trenton, ::V. J. Choice Stock Cheap. Heriuo Dracaena Indivisa, 4-inch f 10 00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 inch 3 00 Latania Borbonica, 3in , i year H 00 Aspidistra Variegata, 5 inch...J!9 per doz. Pandanus Veitchii, 4-incb J12 f er doz. ROSES from OPEN GROUND, Deliver in Dec. Per 1000 Jacqueminot $-o(x> Hermosa 6,..oo Agiippina 60.00 J. H. CAMPBELL & SONS, 3601 Germantown Ave , PHILADELPHIA PA. Mentionr.American Florist. A. Cuneatum, tine plants for shifting. ROSES, 3 inch, for immediate bedding, at usual prices. Send for List. a.1. ^x. iiiTivT, TERRE Haute, ind. APPLE GERANIUM SEED. Per 1,000... Casli with orde : trade. Addr ..» li.OO .. !;5.00 HOLMESBURG, PHILADELPHIA. PA., PALMS, FERNS flNPDEGORflTIVB PLANTS. My eslablishmenl is devoted exclusively to the culture of such plants. The slock is one of the largest, and CANNOT BE EXCELLED IN QUALITY. Prices always moderate. LIST ON" .^I=FLICA.TI01T. UNITED STATES NURSERIES, THE SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES. SHORT HILLS, N. J. Our \Vhole.sale Catalogue is ready, and will be forwarded to anyone in the trade who has not received same. We offer the following: PALMS ia all leading varieties and sizes FOLIAGE PLANTS of any descriotion. FLOWERING PLANTS, the best for the florist's use. FERNS, for Dinner Table Decoration. HARDY HERBAGEOUS.-Now is the time to plant these useful plants. ORCHIDS AND GYPRIPEDIUMS.— Descriptive list with cultural directions for growing the best Orchids suitable for florists just issued, and will be for- warded to anyone interested in this beau- tiful class of plants by applying to PITCHER &. MANDA, The Umttiil Slates Nurseries, short hills, n. j. 1 plants lor every dollar. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Many additions of Choice New- varieties this season. Send for New ratalogiie. CUT BLOOMS AT ALL SEASONS. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Lowest Prices Ever Offered. Send for special prices of SURPLUS STOCK which must be sold now. '-'^I^r' BRACKENRIDGE & CO., Govanstown, 1 Baltimore), Md. P 0 80x644 RIO DE JANEIRO. Palm Seeds. Orchids, new caladiums. Messrs. ADOLPH v. ESSEN & CO., Gr. Reichenstiasse. 73. Hamburg. Germany. JAPANESE PLANTS. Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Seeds, Etc. FELIX GOWzkLEZ^S: CO. Uireit linp.iiKTH and K.v|i<.rleis, 303 to 312 WTayue and Crescent Ave., SAN FRANCISCO", CAL WholesKle CHtHloBue iiiailed free on application. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, ETC. EAST INDIAN. MEXICAN, CENTRAL 8. SOUTH AMERI- CAN, etc.. PITCHER PLANTS, a large collection. NEW AND RARE HOTHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, carelully grown, at lowest rates. Finest Winter Bloomiof; Hoses, Clematis. Dutch Bulbs. Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Catalogues on application. JOHN .SAl'L, Wasliillgtou, 1> C. NEW CROP PALM AND PANDANUS SEEDS. Latania Borbonica. 65c. per lb.: $55 per 100 lbs. Thrinax elegans. $5 per Thousand Seeds. ■' argentea. $3 per '■ parvillora, $2.25 Livistona olivaeformis. tO seeds. 75c.; 100 $6. Pandanus utilis, 100 seeds. 85c.: 1000 $7.50. 20.UK) feet of sound Braciena canes; Fragrans, and price will be given on application. le. i:>. iio^'T, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA. PALMS. LATANIA. KENTIA, ADIANTUM ARECA. Apply to EDWIN lONSDALE. WYNI>,MOOK, CHESTXl'T HILL. PHILADELPHIA, PA. FERNS. PALMS. -iO,000 Fern Seedlings, in the following varieties, at !»:{>. 00 per 100. from S'u-ineh pots. PTERISTREMULA. ARGYREA. C. ROENBECKM. - SERRULATA var. GRACILLIMUM. Per .loz. Perioo LATANIA BORBONICA, t-inch pot.s, J3.00 $25.00 3 inch pots, 1.80 15.00 6 incli pots, 10,00 PJNDANUS UTILIS. 6 incli pots, o.oo .\lsoa large stocli of MUSA SUMATRANA, the best '""GEO. WITTBOLD, School & Halstetl Sts., LAKE VIEW. CHICAGO. Mention Am«rloAn Fionst. Palms and Dracaenas. strong, 15c. each. . .1 I 2 in ots small 6c '''' "™"*' P'an's. CORYPHA AUSTRALIS. 2 inch pots, Sc. WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA. 4 inch pots, 25c : 3-inch pots 15c. 10 to 15 other varieties in 5 to lo and ij in. pots, some good specimens at low down 100 CYCAS REVOLUTA. from $1.00 1 wan.lfi DRACAENA TERMINALIS. •c ; - '..-in. tic. strong plants 35c: feel sure 1 can DRACAENA INDIVISA. 5 .1 in, pots 20c.; .1-in. 1 Send me your or give satlsfaetion. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB FARLEYENSE inch pots. C.ood strong plants, »BO.0O FISHER BROS. & CO. MOIVITVALE, MASS. i8go. The American Florist. KEEP FOR REFERENCE. lOl ROSE HILL ESTABLISHED 1867. NURSERIES, FALL TRADE LIST. PALMS AND DECORATIVE PLANTS, FERNS AND ORCHIDS, >r Sell© t>:>r SIEBRECHT & WADLEY, I^ose Hill IVxirseries, :Xexxr leoolaelle, :rv. ^V^, brief list represents a selection for the trade from our stock, admitted to be one of the largest anyvehere. The plants offi.ed are all in perfect condition, and will be shipped, carefully packed, upon ihe usual terms ar,d conditions. PALMS. ARECA cateehu. A fine new Palm. 24 to 30 inches, $i8 to $20 per dozen. 36 to 40 inches }2 to $2.50 each. 4 to 5 feet, $4 to $.s each. A. lutescens Well known and highly esteemed. Seedlings, Jio per 100. 15 to 18 inches, $25 per 100 iS to 20 inches, I35 per 100. 20 to 24 inches, 4 and 5 leaves, $45 per 100. 24 inches s rong. $50 per 100. Decorative size. 25 to3oin strong, S15 perdoz. Decorative size, 30 lo 56 in., strong, 6 leaves, $iS to $24 per dozen. Large or specimen plants, 3 to 6 feet, at from $2. so to $10 each. A. VerschalTellii. iS to 20 inches, $9 to $12 per dozen. 20 to 24 inches, fts to $iS per dozen. 24 to 30 inches, strong, J2n to $24 per dozen. KENTIA Belmoriana, Forsteriana and Australis. Three fine palms. Seedlings, thumb pots, $20 per 100. 12 to l.s inches, 4 and 5 leaves, J35 per 100. 15 to iS inches, $50 per 100. 18 to 20 inches, strong. $9 per dozen. 20 to 24 inches, J12 to $15 per dozen. 34 to 30 inches, |iS to $24 per dozen. Fine decorative sizes, 30 to 36 in., finely fur- nished. 6 to 7 char, leaves, $2.5oto $4.50 each. LATAKIA borbonica. The "-Id reliable "—always in demand. Seedlings, $8 per 100. Seedlings, extra strong, $10 per 100. 18 to 20 inches, $4 per dozen: $30 per 100. 20 to 24 in., fine stock, $5 per dcz.; $45 Per 100. 2 feet, 5 good leaves, |9 per dozen. 2 feet, extra strong, 5 & 6 leaves $12 per doz. 2 to -zy- feet, $15 to $18 per dozen. iVi feet, strong, 6 & 7 leaves. $20 to $24 per doz. Large or specimen plants, $3 to $s each. Extra large specimens, $5 to $10 each. PTYCHOSPERMA Alexandrae. Verygracefulpalm. 18 to 24 inches, $6 per dozen. 30 to 36 inches, $15 to SiS per dozen. 36 to 40 inches, $20 to $24 per dozen. PHCENIX reclinata Very good.; hardy & valuable. Plants showing character, for growing on, is to 20 inches, $6 to $7.50 per dozen. 20 to 24 inches, 5 to 6 leaves, $9 to $12 per doz. 254 feet, $15 to $iS per dozen - oj.-io J iicola. genuine variety. Kour sizes, clean and healthy stock, 12, 15. 20 and 24 in. high, $1, $1.50, $2.50 and J3.50 each. SEAFORTHIA elegans. One of the best decorative Palms. 2 feet, $6 per dozen. 25^ feet, $12 to $15 per dozen. Fine decorative size, 3 to sJ: feet, Jl8 to $24 per dozen. Larger or specimen plants, J3.50 to |5 each. CYCAS revoluta. Largest stock of established plants with perlect leaves in the country; we cannot be excelled on these. Fine young plants, well established, having been grown in pots for one or more years, with bulbs 7 to 9 in. in circumference, and Irom 2 to 4 go d leaves; according to stock. $9 to $15 per dozen. Plants with fine strong stems from 5 to 7 leaves measuring 12 to 15 in., $iS to $30 per dozen. ferenc?, and with 7 to 9 perlect leaves, 2 ft. long, $3. so to $6 each. Specimens for cutting or decorative purposes — these plants will pay for themse ves in a very short time— with perfect heads of from 2\2 to 3 ft. spread and with irom 8 to 12 per- fect leaves measuring 2 ft. long, and with fine large trunks, measuring 16 to iS in. in Larger specimens,' j'jo to $100. Special prices on application. SELECT DECORATIVE PLANTS. DRACHMA terminalis. Our stock is noted (or its perfect condition. 2j^.in. pots. 9 and 10 inches high, $10 per 100. 4in. pots, I ft. high, $15 and J20 ptr 100. 6-in. pots 2 to 3 ft. high, $12 to $iS per dozen. D, terminalis stncta grardis. Th. finest color- Strongplantsl'; to 2 ft. $1' to|24 per doz. D. fragrans. The beautiful and popular green- 3-in. pots, 10 to 12 in. high, $20 per 100. Strong plants, 5-inch pots, 15 to iS in. high, $30 to $40 per ICO. E.vtra strong plants, 6 in. pots, 20 to 24 inches high, $7.50 to J9 ler dozen. DRACHMA, ^amed Fancy Sorts. We have every good variety in cultivation, in i, 2 and 3 feet plants, at from 75 cents to I3 each, $9 to J30 per FICUS elastica. The hatdy and popular "Rubber Plant." IS to 24 in. 7 to 10 leaves, $8 to $10 per doz. -> to 2V2 ft. $12 to $15 per dozen. Large plants, 2'; to 3 (t. $iS to $24 per doz - ■ - • pla sM t0 4!=ft $5to$7apau-. PANDANUS utilis. Our "Screw Pines" are in superb condition. Seedlings, thumb pots, }S per 100. 4-inch pots, $15 to $20 per 100. 5-inch pots, $5 10 $7.50 per dozen. 6-inch pots, $9 to $12 per dozen. 7-inch pots, fine large plants, $2 to $4 each. Kxtra fine specimens, in 9 to 12-inch pots, S5 to Sio. P. Veitchii. Big stock, in excellent condition. Fine color; th decorative pi; 5-inch pots, $12 per dozen. 6-inch pots, $18 per dozen. of the best variegated SELECT USEFUL FERNS. ADIANTUM cuneatum. The standard Maidenha for cutting. 3 inch pots, Js per ico. 4-inch pots, Jio to $15 per 100. 5 inch pots $20 to $25 per fine order. 4-inch pots, grand stock, $5 per dozen. 4-inch pots, ex ra strong, $6 per dozen. .S inch pots, extra strong, $9 per dozen. Sinch pots, extra strorg, 515 to ?iS per doz. A. fu vum. Excellent for filling. 3-inch pots, bushy and low, s8 per 100. A. regina This is one of the best lerns in the trade to-day. Well furnishtd, 4-inch pots, 525 per 100, Large plants, 5-111 pots, S9 to S12 per drz. A. rhodophyllum. The pink-leaved Maiden- hair fern; bright green and pink foliage. 3 to 5 inch pots, from S3 to S5 pe ' A. St. Catherine. Fine 2>4,3and5-i ANEM ferns. Especially adapted for filling jardinieres. 2"5 inch pots S5 per 100. ,^, inch pots S7.50 per 100. ; and -^^ti-iDch pots, Sio per 100. NEPHROL-HS Davallioides furcans. This is a beautiful decorative hardy lern, ?3, ?6 and S9 per doz., S15, ?25 and S50 per ico. PiERIS hastata. .\ splendid hardy fern. 2«, 3 and 4 inch pots, S6, SS and Sio per 100. P. tremula .\ good fern. 2\z, 3 and 4-inch pots, TREt FERNS, a^vaVieUes and in all sizes. ORCHIDS. of these we thi! the argest collection Assorted named Orchids, cheap for beginners, ^^7 so Sio and >i5 per dozen Very good sorts for cut flower purposes, in strong plants, SiS, S24 and S50 per doztu. They com- prise the following popular varieties: Angra;- cums, Cattleyas, Coelogynes, Cypripediums, Dendrobes, Epidendrums, Liclias, Lycastes, Miltonias, Odoutoglossuros. Oncidiums, and many other species and varieties. We send our valuable new illustrated Cata- logue, which contains many hints and cultural notes on Oichids, with every ss order, free. In addition to the above list of plants, we have a large stock of the following varieties, all in excellent condition and in almost all sizes: Anthuriums. Alocasias, Crotons, Begonias, Ma- rantas, Dieflfenbachias, Nepenthes, Amaryllis, Gardenias, .\zaleas. Orange Trees, Greenhouse Sie^l3i-ool^t & WT^dlo^r, [02 The American Florist. Oct. /, The first annual baiHintt U) llorists, nurservmen and gardeners, instituted liy Ileiirv' Shaw, wdl be given at the Mcr- eantiic Chil> (Vtobcr 13 at 8 p. ni. Invi- tations h;ivf licen issued on behah of the Missouri liotanieal (warden by Mr. Wm. Trelease, the Direetor. Sonic lechiii; has recciitlv been engen- dered among the florists of this eity by the aetion ol the exposition niauageinent in iilacing all the details of the lloral dis- play at the exposition this year m the hands of the Florists' Club, and tlie latter having issued a letter to those llorists who arc not members thai they will have to join the club in order to compete for the prizes olVered. This has been taken bv iK>u-iiienibers as an attempt to whip tlieiii into the club and thev vigorously obicct in consequence. It is'clainicd that all the members of the present club are not florists and there is talUoforgamzing another clul). It is to be hoped that all the parties will "get together" and settle the matter amicably. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. DID YOU SAY You have not tried HUGHFS' SOLUBLE FIR TREE OIL, Ami that you want an eflective Insecticide, ttieu do what other florists of experience and wisdom have done before you, and order at once a trial gallon. Read the previous numbers of the Flo- rist to find out what it will do. Dozens and dozens of American testimonials have confirmed what I claim for it. E. GRIFFITH HUGHES, Opoalive Chemist: MANCHKSTKR, KNGLAHU. PRICK : \ ^Si SI5 is 1 |'i'l?r tml: »l:00 ( '" New York TO SKCIIKE THK GKNUINK AKTICLK, mark, full directions how to use and the name of AUGUST ROLKER & SONS, Sole ABeiits for America, New York Depot, 136 W. 24th STREET. Florists' Letters. blems. Monograms, Etc rsandde-iMii- made of the best Imnior frames, having hole; fastened to th trial. lese goods t' the fullest nd for Sample. jer 100. $3.00 !. per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. ElISnORFEH Ri) S. SCB^MI). Washiiig- Kochester, N. V ; J. A. EBS, Toronto, Ont. Mention Amarloan Florlit. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS; Ist. Give the number of sashes to be lifted. 2nd. Give the length and depth of sashes, tdepth 3rd. Give the length of house. SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, in bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. MAILINO BO>CES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymen's and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS &. SONS, ) the< Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF UREENHOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1X8!). rite for Catalogue befor elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. FLORISTS- NURSERYMEN and SEEDMEN WINDMILLS The HALLADAY MILL WANT %^ THE HALLADAY ^ i';;;;^;,,"':;!" -ri., ii....« e^ l'»«ili:il>l<- \ .•iiid «<■»< n.-Kiii!ii«-<; i .St..lIll-l»ol>illB "■■'•' R U.S.SOUDWHEELlp-x f:;!ihs .,,,__ And STANDARD :A\'-\ |^*«VVINDMILLS-Vf\y ^ \Vf liiakr ;i .■.iliipl.t.- line iif J WIND MILL. HAND and ff , POWER PUMPS. Iron. / L. Sj, Brass and Brass-Lined / j \f We make the Inrieest assortment of Tniik* aod Square Slock Taoka, Milk Cooling Tank--. Stor [j, . i age and House Tanks. Special sizes nia-ie u. or.ler, ^]l!fc. HALLADAY STANDARD GEARED WIND MILL U.S. WIND ENGINE & PUMP CO. HAT*! I \. I1.I.I><»1%. I . .S. \. Order :Ko^w^ A Copy of onr New TRADE DIRECTORY FltlCE, S2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., Chicago. #i^ 2,000,000 EVERGREEN CUT FERNS Especially for Florists' use. $1.50 per 1,000; 5,000, $6.25: 10.000, $10.00. 1 iKHCount on large orders. Special attention paid to ■supplying the trade all winter. Nothing but Brst- class stock will be shipped. First Quality Eastern Bouquet Green 25,000 YARDS BOUQUET GREEN WREATHING, „r HOLIDAY SEASON, all wound on a cord with ine wire, and warranted strong enough to hold up n .Ml yard lengths without separating (any size made . . .irder). 1000 yards of the standard Bi7.es constantly in hand after Oct. Ist. Orders by mall or telegraph hipped at once. Terms Cash, or goods will be sent ■. O. I). ;Mn. diam. tiat or one-sided per yd. % .04 Christmas Trees OF ALL SIZKS Special attention paid to furnishing in car load lots Write lor Prices and Terms. L. B. BRAGUE, DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. HINSDALE, MASS. CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 47lh St and Lexington Ave., New York. ESTABLISHED. 1866^ Wire D^ Manufactured ^35 East TiUt street. • "yEW YORK. H. BAYEBSDORFEK & CO., M. M. BAYERSDORFEfTa CO.. RlORISTS' gUPPLIES, 56 N. 4th St., PHILADELPHIA. PA. iSgo. The a mer /can Florist. 103 LILIUM HARRISII,B"TERKmNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. m BEST IK THE WORLD FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN BGLBS FROM OOR OWN GROUNDS IN BERfflDDA ^ width by 140 tn length, o very easily hand tly.andis I the open ready for COPYRIGHTED, 1890. BY F. R. PIBRSON, TARRYTOWN, N. Y. From a photograph taken the zveek hejore Easter, iSgo. showing a view in one oj ojtr new iron greenhouses, here at Tarrytown, sojeei i a crop oj Lilium Harrihii tn full bloom. This house produced over /s,ooo floiversfor Easter. This is not only the best by far of all lilies for winter blooming, but it is one of the most profltable flowers that can be grown by floriats. led, and the flowers being especially effective for decorative purposes, always command large prices. From its name some have thought it was a bulb for florists' use for forcing for the Easter market only. This is not exclusively so; it derives its name from the fact that, in Bermuda, grown in the open ground, it blooms at Easter time— hence the name "Berniuda Easter Ijity"-but by growing it in this country in the greenhouse, with successive lots, it can be had in bloom all the winter from early in December until after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all the year round, or as long as cut flowers are in demand. The fact that it can be forced into bloom by the Christmas holidays adds particularly to its value, as it fllls in at a time when flowers are usually scarce and in great demand at high prices, but to accomplish this the bulh nuist be potted early in August, something depending upon after treatment and the temperature the bulbs i For this purpose our Bermuda-grown bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches its highest development, and ripens off" perfectly ahipmentusually by the middle of .July before bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their growth. Our bulbs being (. a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at any time. The extent to which this Lily is being forced for winter flowers will be shown by a sale made liy us tc a large New York grower, who purchased 20,000 bulbs for his own use. We hear it sai'd ucea^ionally that liilium Harrisii flowers will not keep-this is owine to improper handling. If cut as soon as open they can be kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following letters will show. These were written acknowledging the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. J. L,. Russell. Denver, Colo., writes: "The Lilies came in excellent shape. I don't think I lost one; it is a pretty good recommendation for your packing." The Fort Worth Nursery Seed »«ii!• HA.t,F* A. a.Jii^r^ior« :buIv:bs. +* Be sure you net the genuine Ijilium Hnrrisii. In order to secure "the true variety." purchase your Bulbs from oriKinal stock, which is known to be pure. The value 01 this IJIy has led unscrupulous or ignorant parties to plant L. Longifloruni in Bermuda, planting it with Harrisii to increase their stock rapidly when Har- risii was very scarce, thus lutxing the stttck irretrievably, thereby rendering it altsolutely valueless for forcing and we have known instances where these mixed bulbs have been sold to large growers as the genuine variety, where large loss has resulted, and dealers should look with euspicion on bulbs ofiered at prices less than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; "Mixea Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Iiarge growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., tarrytown, hewyork, u.s.a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually seql out. Intending purchasers phonic! write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted, I04 The a m eric an Florist. Oct. /, Foreign Notes. The morning of September 1 there was quite a sharp hoar-frost in sonic parts of" England. Miss M.\ri.\nne North, the accom- plished English botanist and artist, died recently, aged 60 years. James Backhoi^se, the well known English florist and nurseryman, died August 31, aged 65 years. Despite an indifferent season and sharp frosts there was a fine display of flowers at the exhibition of the National Dahlia Society at the Crystal Palace, London, September 5 and 6. The diseased condition of the begonias of an English gardener has been found to be caused bycoloniesof minute eel worms living and breeding between the two membranes of the leaf. The show of early chrysanthemums was larger than last season at the exhi- bition of the National Chrysanthemum Society at the Royal Aquarium, West- minster, September 10 and 11. New English Books.— The art and practice of landscape gardening, by Henry Milner; Sap, does it rise from the roots? by J. A. Reeves; Manual of injurious in- sects, second edition, by Mis.s Ormerod. FLORAL DESIGNS. A book which tells how to make them and shows how they look. Fifty tinted plates of approved designs, in fine shape for showing to customers in place of the bare v;ire designs ; it "gets there" much better, and looks pretty while doing it. It is a good investment for any working florist at $3.50, postpaid, and can be had of J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 55 HABBISBURG, FA. S. A. F. ATTENTION. Our defeated romnetitor in "Standurd" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meet- ing, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Com- mittee of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Com- mittee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind ; Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F,, and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." Tti e sheet with drawings of the pots ( which was gotten up by A . H Hews & Co. , under instructions of the Committee of S. A. F and sent to the different polters for their guid- ance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to th" statpni-nt publ'^hed bv \ H H^wg & Co., tViat "very many" of our pots were "either ground, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is FALSE. Tue pots we exnibitcd for the Certificate were made exactly as we make tbem for our customer.^, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact, it is impossible to alter the inside measurement after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (until the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, who, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 & 715 Wharton Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. STARDARD FLOWER POTS WE MANUFACTURE THE EXACT STANDARD FLOWER POT. Send for our new price list, dated August ist, 1S90, and you will notice that our prices are lower than ever before. OUR WARE GIVES PERFECT SATISFACTION. GIVE US A TRIAL AND CONVINCE YOURSELF. SIF»PM^E^, I>OI^F^F^K^Iv «S? 00., We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE. NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON, Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Hoffman Wagon Qo., Office, 41 Michigan Street. STANDARD POTS ,e by ihe latest, improved machinery, nre be hosemadebytheold way. Pi » here, free of charge: Mnch. per 100. I pots shipped at flfth-rlassfrt. rates. Termscaal Hit FINGER BROS, Fort Edward, N. Y. TREES ^FALL PLANTING 60th Year. I.ARGEST and MOST COMPLETES of FKUIT Hud ORNAMENTAL Trees, Shrubs. rKo.iirs, Koses, Hai-dy PJiints, Grape Vines, Si.inll Kriilln, &>:. Illustrated and descriptive priced Calcilium, r*n C C" Iso wliolesale price list for tlie ti-ads «i- P f\ L C. l\rr. HOPK NliHSliUIKS, UOCHKSTKR, N, V, ELLWANGER& BARRY i8go. The American Florist. 105 S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARO FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing wiih us that tte award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taVen from the official programme ; "Manufacturers of FI.OWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the S-andard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We d.> not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. l^irst. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the fi/oo to tbe fund of the Society of American Florists. S^ooia^d. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from 1-4 -inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pits each from S inch to 12 inch inclusive, making 7,-\so pieces, made from the same nnulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an £(|ual number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us ihe award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. Patent Improved Florists' CEFREY LETTER CO., Gentlemen : — I find the new machine-made Immortelle Letters manufactured by you very sa'able and in many respects superior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Their uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up, and the excellent device for fastening them to the work, are among the most commendable points in your letters. Please double ray last order and deliver as soon as possible. Yours truly, W. J. STKWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, Di 4K Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand letters as soou as possible. They are the best and most pracUtil letters in the market. The pin fasteners an a long way ahead of the old fashioned way ol wiring Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. CEFRI V LETTER CO., Boston. Mass.. UEAiv Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small let- ters and five hundred large (two inch.) GALVIN BROS., Boston. We wish to announce to all florists that we have removed to much larger quartets, No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters bv machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a half cents, and Ihe 1 "i-inch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will hav no o hers Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in the market. THE GEFREY LETTER GO., 13 Green Street, BOSTON, MASS. io6 The American Florist. Oct. t. Got a Good Supply. Tell Bro. McGovvan it" lie expects to go to heaven he had better stop that turtle joke. I i)Ostecl a notice on the school house that 1 would pav 5 cents a piece tor l.-ind turtles, then' had occasion to leave home and told my man to pay for them as they were broiight in. Thirty- nine hours later I received this telegi-am: "1 have bought 138 turtles; want any more? Answer." You can guess my .-inswer, as I only have two small houses .-Mid very lew snails. Jno. .\. Hicidi.ek. Bedding Plants. I would like to learn through your valuable paper the best way to manage bedding plants to get them forward so as to have all in bloom by the middle of .May. The reason wiiy Task is that dee- oration day eomes on Jmic first .-md whatever jjlants are left after that date .-md not sold are a dead loss e.\cept to plant out. Now how shall I manage the diftereut bedding plants so as to have all ready and in bloom by May 15? Gera- niums, fuchsias, heliotropes, etc. AI.so would vou advise pinching back gera- niums \vhen first potted. E. D. |. Pittsburg, Pa. FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION Insures Greenhuuaea against damage by hail. For JOHN G. ESLER. Sec'y. Saddle River N. J write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots / l^'ox* S*il-i.if>i3ii-kg; l»lr»j-»ts». / UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. / LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. ^ They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot fjr marketing, and effect an immense '-' saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be ^rown and mar- ' I / ,' ' / / kete lin the smallersizes, saving labor of transplant- "* '' /I /'°g and avoiding icjury to plant. Made in Standard ' I vsi/''s adapted by Society of American Florists. -«-A//.n / SOI.K :>IANUhACTl RKKS: """7 F. W. BIRD & SON, ' EAST WALPOLE, MASS. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. Wiite for Sample Circulars. ?htof lC00 2M-in^ pots (including crate) 20lba, Weight of 1000 ;!".«-in. pots I incliiUing cralel. .. .14 lbs. I was at Boston ! But lots of my friends by m.iil didn't meet me because the Society of American Florists hadn't provided the means of identification they agreed to at Buffalo. I may have to wear a red coat at Toronto; I don't want to miss so many people again I I'm not pretty, but 1 want to see who 1 am writing to, when I can; and I want to be seen and known. 1 am ready to talk 1891 Catalogues by mail. The Mount Pleasant Printery is "fixed" to do a lot of good printing for the trade this winter; and any florist can "get in" to the advantages by writing about what he wants. J. HOR.ACE MCFARLAND, Harrisburg, Pa. Meanwhile excelsior standard flower pots. WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE BOTTOM. Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven- ation is secured. The only pot with Patent Perfect Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONI.Y FIRST-GLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing else- where. itoi^tecl sai:icl IVl£»i-it.^f nott-xrecl only toy THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., whIr?on%\;^et. Piiiladalpliia, Pa. PAINT. DO NOT USE CANARY OR BRIGHT YELLOW ON THE CONSERV- ATORY OR GREENHOUSE, IT LOOKS VERY BAD. liU'X' if yon wish to use any paint about the Dwelling, Conservatory, Greenhouse, Bain, Cow Stable. Dog Kennel. Fences, Wheel- barrows, Bridges, Roofs, Boats, or Carriages, wjite for what you need. I shall be glad to ship yen any (|uantity, at a price that will be pleasant, and a quality that will stick and cover, in any latitude on the coast or interior. The paint factory was started in 1S75— aid been running ever since. HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishkill-onHudson, N. Y. i8go. The American- Florist. 107 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wroiioht Iron Hot Water Boilers. Ipi^iH^i FRANK DAN BUSH, Att'y, 387 S. CANAL STREET. C0N8ERYM0R1E8, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in Hny part of the U.S. or CanHila Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. I ctttal.. Large f;u:intities of our Pipe are in use in Green- houses throughout the West, to any of which we refer as to its excellent quality. Pipe can be easily put together by any one, very ttle instruction being needed. Hot-Water Heating, in its Economy and Superi- will repay in a few seasons its cost. Mention American Florist. MlI^. ©0)., Q.^ to III W. Lake St CHICAGO The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NATIONSL HOT WATER HEATER CO., w >sT( IN. , ,hV,r," ,£;'i c^^rM!;.;:-.... ('hicagi i. SaveYouiOllpLiiNTVFLoiiis n nnini steamij^hot water FLORIDA HEATERS rOR GREENHOUSES. WsizesforSteam. UsizesforHot Water. 15 sizes forSoft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. ,,.,„>• K< ri PIERCE, BUTLER & PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. -^ CLEAR C\ PRESS. ^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. ^r Send for circulars and estimate' . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLANO. Hamilton Co , OHIO. Mention Amerlomn Florltt. SEHD FOR A COPY OP OtJB MEW TRADE niREGTORY AMERICAN F1.0RIST CO., Chicago. GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. AUL, GLAZIERS' 80PPI.IK8. 1^- Writs tor i:.»t«»t Prtosi. hales: 7p°|| For destroyiiiw jH'pand moles in lawns park^ gardens and cemeteries. The only VtAH>t.yi mole trap in eiist«nce. <;iiaranteed to catch moles where all other traps failc^Sdd b» seedsmen. Agriciiltnral Implement and Hamwsm dealers, or sent by express on receipt of 83.00 bl U. W. HAIiBS. KIDGEWOOD N. J. io8 The American Florist. Oct. /, Index to Advertisers. iBateo.eto. % . Jordan Floral Co. Benedict Geo H . Bern Albert . Berckmans P.I.. ) W I Keenaii TF Kramer I N ^ 80 •rto».W C LaneW D » Kocne * Stan Laurence J Cadmus Eugene 98 Campbell J H & Sonf> 100 CarmodF J D 108 Cefrey Letter Co 106 Chitty HB 98 Crawford M 96 DeVeerJ A SW 98 Devine's Boiler Wks 107 Dlez. John L., & Co. ... 107 nillon, J L 97 Dingee * Conard Co.. . 9.i Frese & Gresenz Mathews. Wm. Meeban Thos * Son . Heater Co Pennock CbasE.. Ips WS Sons.. Probst Bros Floral Co. 93 Ouakeri. Ity Mch. WkslOS RlbsamC&Sons lliO Rolker. A.*8on8 99 Rupp John F 9S Scbulz Jacob... dcollay. John A ShelmireW R.. Sheridan W F. , .93 106 Siebrecbt & Wadley...lOl 1 John Co.. Hendrix W W 95 Herendeen Mfg. Co.. lOS Herr, Albert M. 9f. HesserWJ 103 Hews AH&CO 105 HUBneer Bros 104 HlppardE 102 Hlt<^hln«8* Co .108 Hoffman J WBKonCo.104 .107 Sipfle DopffeL & Co. . 95 Situations. Wants.. . 95 : Smith & Smith lOS ! Spooner Wm H Tritscbler M. Horan, Bdw C. Hudson John M. Weathered, Thos. W. . H 8 Welch Bros 97 Whilldin l'otteryCol04 I(J6 Williams H W& Son.. 102 Industrial Gardens., , . lOil Wood Bros Young John. Voung. Thos Jr Zirngiebel D.... Johnstown, I'a.— Adolpli Stalil & Co. have succeeded Akers & Stahl, Mr. An- drew Akers having sold his interest and removed to Florida for the benefit of his health. The new firm has added a new carnation house 11x60. The greater part of the city has been rebuilt since the disastrous flood which so nearly wiped it out of existence and the buildings are of a better character than before. A CARMODY BOILER Will Cost less, Use less Fuel, and ha' more advantages than any other Boiler in the market. ty Send for Descriptive Catalogrue. J. 13. CAJEtIV^Or>^^, EVANSVILLE IND. Florist. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hot Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY, 74 & 76 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N, Y. i^W Send for Catalogue. THOS. W, WEJTHERED'8 SONS, «' ■< and 48 Marion SireeL NEW YORK. HORTICULTUBAIi BUUJ)BBS AND MANUFACTURERS OF CONSERVATORIES GREENUOnSHS, &c ERECTED INAN^ PART OF THE UNITED STATES or CANADA. __ ^\(. IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPES t Louis 116 Springfield, Mass 116 American grown gladioli 118 Cost of production 120 Geraniums 120 Catalogues received 120 Housing violets 120 Seed trade 122 TariffoT seeds '. 122 Our trade directory 124 Foreign notes 126 Advertisino.— Our readers in the mail trade, both florists and seedsmen, will read with interest tlie article elsewhere in this issue on this subject, by Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, upon which no man in the American trade is better prepared to write. What will be the decision of the Secre- tary of the Treasury as to duty or no duty on dormantrosesisaquestion which is now agitating many importers. Hybridization. I am going to take this chance to saj- a word upon a subject of much importance to our young people in connection with the study of botany. It is really one of the simplest studiesin the world; that is, there is of necessity, very little that is difficult about it. This simple, fascinating study of vegetable life is rendered repulsive to many 3'oung people because of the absurd, irrational, preposterous words which bo- tanical authors have chosen to express simple methods, simple ideas, simple functions. I am not going outside of my subject to illustrate this absurditj'. We must, of course, recognize the necessity of a plant nomenclature that maj' be studied effect- ually in ever}' language, and it is there- fore indispensable that a single language —Greek or Latin preferably— be selected as the standard; the same as it is desir- able that we should have a standard of weights and measures, or of money de- nominations. But when we come to study the physiology, the organography, the inorphofogy of plants, the simplest and shortest words should be employed; and there is nothing that stands in the way of this Init the hifalutin, bombastic proclivities of botanical authors. Let me illustrate this in a familiar way. The way in which the sexes of plants meet and mate is as simple as the way in which animals meet and mate and the process does not need to be defined by long words difficult to remember. In a fatniliar way it may be said, the stamens are the fathers, the pistills the mothers, and the floral envelopes (calyx and corolla) the houses in which they live. But the two do not always live in the same house, which simple fact is described botanically by such hard words as diclinous, dioecious, monoecious, poh'- ganious, monoeciously or dioeciously polygamous, gynodicecious, andro-dioe- cious, etc. Now, inasmuch as thej^ do not always live in one house and have no means of locomotion, the males have to do their courting by proxy. These simple go- betweens, without which mating would be impossible, are given the tinromantic qualifying names of anemophilous, ento- mophilous, aquamophilous and omitho- philous, as the love agent happens to be the wind, ati insect, rain or a bird. Again it happens with many flowers that the male or female is not in love simultaneously with the other. To accur- ately define this uncongeniality botanists use the words dichogamy, as a class or generic word, and proterandrous, pro- terogynous and synanthesis as specific words, meaning simplv that the anthers mature before or after or with the stig- mas. By such abominations, I sav, j'oung peo]ile are prejudiced against the most simple, fascinating and Go^-inspired science known to man. I have often heard of kits or outfits for crossing purposes, as if a variety of tools and special devices were required. Thej' are of just about as much use as costl}' manicure sets are for the nails. In my practice a sharp pair of scissors, a pointed piece of wood, or even a wooden tooth- pick, a box for the flowers or pollen, sheets of tissue paper and a little strong yarn answer every purpose. Acamelhair brush is rarely of service. If pollen can be gathered in quantity, as from rye, roses, honeysuckles, etc., it may be col- lected in boxes and applied from the point of a knife or by placing the ripe anthers themselves in contact with the receptive stigma. Vou will not care to have me dwell upon processes. It is a thrice-told story. I would merelj- impress upon all the necessity of thorough work, and of ab- horring all guess work. Open the bud, remove the green anthers, tie up the bud in close, fine tissue. Open it onh' to apply foreign pollen to the stigmas and at once again protect them from the possibility of contact with any other pollen. If, then, fruits and seeds develop, we know that the seeds arecrossbreeds. We should be as confident as to the parentage of our seedling progeny as we are of that of our finest horses and cattle. Disregard of such teachings has led to endless con- fusion, as well as to well grounded doubts on the part of the public, that the parent- age of man}' of our fruits and flowers is such as the originators claim them to have been . Fifteen years ago I planted 62 difierent kinds of potatoes, each in a row 66 feet long, for the purpose of crossing them. Diligent search during the bloom- ing period failed to reveal to me a single grain of pollen. In 1874 we began crossing pelargo- niums. The best varieties of that daj' were secured and our house filled with them. Each one was labeled with a ]]archment tag and numbered progress- ively from 1 to .'iOO or more. It vvas a simple matter to keep the record of par- entage, since the number of the pollen plant was placed over that of the mother, making a proper or improper fraction in for-n, as the case might be. I worked at this ior two years during the plants' winter and early spring season of bloom. The result was 2,000 cross-bred seedlings, beautiful, symmetrical plants, as seedling pelargoniums alwaj-s are. I had assumed in my inexperience that such painstaking, thorough work would insure astounding results. Alreadj' with delight had we thought of respected friends whose names we would give to the best of these won- derful seedlings. Our friends were spared the formality of thanking us for such lionors, however. The wonderful pro- ductions—such as the world had never I lO TiiH American Florist. Oct. IS, it aniiiiii; > Th. caii-il to t.-lUc t)K-iii. Had \vi- Uiiiiwn as inm-li Hkii as wt- know now, iniitc a luinilH r \voiilnuh lew seeds resulted. We w;itched .iver the sevcial plants with a tender care full of hojie to see, instead of flowers even larger than those of the year before, merelv rosettes of green leaves without the rudiments of calyx, corolla, stamens or pistills. In this result there may be something homologous to the green rose, green apple blossoms, etc. .\ eross of the Kose of Sharon ( IIi1)iscus syri.aeus) upon Hibiscus .Moscheutos— seedlings wliieh bore no resemblance to the Rose of Sharon, the pollen parent. We worked for five or si.x seasons to improve the edible pea by crossing. The pea is self-fertilizing and it is necessary to it appears alHive tliee.ilyx and remove the; to fis Hur .-.n. (),„■ next d.llKulty ri weevils were S( . abund- ant that the crossed seeds failed to ger- minate or made a feeble growth. For 14 years I have endeavored to change the old Tenn. white dent corn (re-introduced as Blount's) to one that would give twice as nianv ears to the stalk. The endeavor is s'till going on with little or no pn,...;ress thus far.' We have ende.-iv.ne.l 1.. er..ss the weiyelia (diervilla) ;iii(l lionevsmkle (lonieera), the bush .and vine honevMukks, thenu>ek orange (philadelj)hus) anil the deutzia, the smooth and prickly-fruited horse chestnuts, the catalpa upon the old trumpet vine, the currant and the goose- berry, the ap])le and the pear, the cherry and the plum — all in vain. Our grape crosses are inferior. Time admonishes me that unless I would leave yon to think that all of our work in the way of crossing has resulted in absolute failure, I must hasten to tell you of some of our successes. About 15 years ago we began crossing wheats. While engaged in this way it occurred to me to make the attempt to hybridize wheat and rye, the desire fore- most in my mind being to effect some- thing which had not already been effected by others. The result of maui|nilating and pollenating nijiny heads w.is ten seeds, nine of which germinated and win- tered safely. Kight resembled wheat in every way and the plants scarcely differed from the niotlier, wliieli was Armstrong —a beardless variety. The niutli nlant was peculiar in h.aving hairy culms and long, narrow heads, of which there were about 20. And these 20 heads were so nearly sterile that they bore only a grain or so to the head. The other plants were all fertile, several of which were again poUenated with rye. It would take a long time to tell you the suggestive, in- structive history of these plants. I have now plants which bj' blood are 15-16 rye. These were nearly sterile and all attempts to again cross with rye have resulted in absolute sterility. Some of 15-16 rye plants grow more fertile each year. Many of the ^'i rj'C are now fully fertile and so well fixed that we are iiroi)- agating them for introduction, while three of the half-breeds have already been introduced. Many of the hybrids bear very large kernels, long heads with close spikelets. Some of them are as early as rye and perfectly hardy at my home. Thousands have been destroyed because of their conspicuous worthlessness. Some years ago Prof. Wm. Saunders of Canada, told me he thought he had effected a cross between the raspberry and blackberry. We effected crosses the next season and every sc.iscm since. The raspberry alone was nscil ;is the mother ])lant the first year. Some (jf the seed- lings were raspberries in every way, some blackberries in every way, a few were in- termediate. Whether an improved vari- ety will come out of these remains to be seen. Thus far all that have fruited pro- duce imperfect berries, i. e., with from one to a dozen drupelets, while others bloom but do not set at all. Prof. Saunders" hybrids were from some accident de- stroyed before fruiting. I may now speak of our hybrid roses. Let it be borne in mind that we have never raised a rose from any other seed than that borne by Rosa rugosa, the Ramanas rose of Japan. You all of you know it as very hardy, bearing leaves of ex(pnsitc beauty— thick, leathery, with a glossy wrinkled surface. The flowers are large, single, and in color white or pink. As a father we used the first summer Harrison's Yellow, and that alone. This is a very hardy Austrian rose, with small leaflets, bearing semi-double flowers, yel- low in color. Most of this batch of seed- lings died from mildew. Only about thirty survived. When it is considered that R. rugosa diflersfrom all other roses in such a marked way, one would natu- rally have supposed that its seedlings wouhl be st.aniped with its peculiar char- .actcristics rather than with those of the ni.ale parent, which ni.av be s.aid to re- semble in a general way ,a hundred other roses. Such was not the ease. Most of the seedlings resembled the male (Harri- son's Yellow) in having small leaflets which were not of unusual thickness. The flowers were a yet greater surprise. All the single flowers are small, the colors being rosy white, pink, dark pink. There were neither yellow nor pure white flow- ers. One bush bears small single flowers which are a feeble rose color around the edges, then white, and finally yellow about the base. Oi^tlie doubles, one bush bears pink flowers which are as "double" as a rose well can be. The leaflets show the rugosa blood plainh'. Three others bear rugosa foliage. The flowers of two are semi-double, of the color of Gen. Jacq. The flowers of the third, which during the past year has been propagated for introduction by a leading nursery firm, are so nearly the color of Jacq, that they can not be distinguished by color. The odor is also the same. It is as nearly a perpetual bloomer asis itsmotherrugosa. The leaflets, while preserving much of the thick, wrinkly texture, are larger than those of rugosa. Now, my friends, would you have guessed that the yellow Harri- son's and the pink and single Rosa rugosa would have produced children that bear flowers so closely resembling in essential respects the Gen. Jacq.? The next year we used pollen from hybrid perpetuals, and the next, as well as the present season, from yellow teas chiefly. Of these nonethat have bloomed are worthy of remark at this time. We have about 300 in all, while the present season has been specially favorable to an abundant harvest of hybrid seed. Pi-ob- ably we have no less than 3,000. When the tempestuously hardy and dis- tinct characteristics of Rosa rugosa are considered, you would suppose that the children of such a rugged mother would be healthy and strong. The fact is, how- ever, that 9-10 die of mildew. It is worthy of remark also that not one seed in ten is viable. They are shells without embryos. Finally, you have lately heard of "Child's Great Jajan Wineberry." Though this is the Rubus ph(cnicolacius which has been in cei tain nurserymen's catalogues and in priv itc collections for a dozen years, it is still a most remark- able raspberry worthy of a ])lace in every collection. The forming berry is enclosed within the calyx-sepals which are covered with purple viscid hairs, like the bud of a moss rose. This protects the fruit from worms for all small insects are caught and held by the sticky exudation. ,\s the berry ripens the sepals fall back. The berry, at first a bright, diaphanous scar- let, turns as it ripens to a rich ruby color. The berries are juicy and of a refreshing sprightly quality, with scarcely a trat-e of the peculiar raspberry aroma. Upon this we have succeeded ia crossing both the blackberrv and the rose. Some Useful Foliage Plants. Fnder the head of useful foliage plants iiultc a lengthy list might be given, as such a title allows a wide scope, but the object in the present instance is not merely to catalogue such plants, but rather to ofl'er a few notesin thcform of a reminder regarding some very serviceable plants for the general florist. And first in the order of merit is Pan- danus Veitchii, so well known ;\s not to need any special ilescriiition here, though its many good (pt.ilities seem to be better understood each vear, and its use is cor- rcspon> type, and in time it will be \i \ dirticult to tell just where he leaves rt iiid iiist where' they begin. M. T. \ luiiiei 1 dison, Blaurepain are the best \iiKtii.s ot this year. Lemoine's new lubiid \antiensis section are distinct in t\pe It IS well known that this is a tioss between Saundersoni and the Gan- da\ensis lubrids. They partake strongly ( fthehibit of the Saundersoni type. The plant is taller and the stalk has the weep- ing tendency of theLemoine and Saunder- soni. The "flowers are mostly set one above the other instead of two rows mis- iii.itcliiiig which gives a spike such a fine full a]ipcar;iiicc. The flowers .also open siniihirly to the Saundersoni, only tvi-o or three flowers remaining perfect at a time. Froebel, of Switzerland, also sent out a new hybrid with considerable gusto which he calls Turicensis. It it without any merit whatever. The color is a jioor piiik, and while you can see .Saundersoni blood in it the flower is ragged and has no shape whatever. Max Leichtlin sent out a few bulbs of a new species, "Echtoni." They are very dwarf, gi-owing not over eight inches high. The habit is very distinct and we hoped the flower would ]5rove a novelty. While it is new it is certainly void of all beauty. About half an inch in diameter and an inch and a half long; of a speckled lavender color with white in the small tube or throat. Only two flowers open- ing at a time. It may be v.-iluablc to cross with, but it would seem almost a waste of time to coniinence on something so far down. Ville de Verseilles is quite a free bloomer, coming in late. Flowers are without much substance, but are lasting a long time, a very pretty pure white, with bright blood red blotches in the throa*-. For boutpiets, vases or bas- kets they are certainly beautiful. They would scarcely be recognized by the average person as gladioli. The Argenteuil class has proved very fine and grows better every year. The reports from Kew where it was grown in small quantities places it ahead of all others. In the Gandavensis varieties nothing of extraordinary merit is to be seen. In fact for the last three years the new French varieties have run on an average poorer than they did some time previous to this. No sortsappearing during the last year or two equal to Apricot, Neride, Mine. Auber, etc. Albatross was put out as the latest and best white. The color was off. All the flowers on the spike Ii.-id a purplish jiliikisli liiii^e, shapi' p..,„- .-nid habit bad. It is not .-is l;..,,,! .-is I'kiu dc Lis of some tliree years ng... This latter is rather a prettv gladiolus, (piite white with distinct violet strains and strijjes. Occasional. II The American Florist. Oct. IS, Number of Blooms Cut. Mr. Kniest Asmiis, of West Hoboken, N. J., the well known grower of roses for tlif New York market, has favored us with the following very interesting data regarding the number of blooms eut per plant, from the varieties of roses noted during each month of the season of 1888-89, and has given us permission to use in our columns. The fractions are given in decimals. A general average, showing the number of blooms cut from each plant during the season is also given. The teas were all planted about fifteen inches apart on the benches. Bons Perles Niplietos ffiermets Julv 1888 Aug. •• Sept. " Oct. " Nov. ■■ Dec. " Jan. 1889 Feb. " Mch. " April " Mav " July - Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 1 Feb. Mch. April May .098 3.74 4.47 4.95 4.81 2.88 2.33 2.34 2.78 .89 2.61 5.26 5.40 2.81 2.84 3.(38 0.30 4.78 3.91 8.09 3.44 3.92 1.S9 2.43 3.29 5.04 9.13 8.47 .000 4.13 3.12 4.23 2.49 3.41 2.03 4.11 4.00 6.59 6.00 40.84 Brides .000 .000 .59 3.08 2.75 1.88 2.11 2.21 3.58 3.75 7.34 8.08 39.74 Cisins 1.13 3.29 5.49 5.41 4.11 3.68 3.59 4.65 8.22 8.38 7.46 6.96 58.08 40.44 SDAmlGoBtlers .37 1.27 9.08 5.07 4.52 3.41 3.03 2.50 .000 .000 .17 4.01 5.09 1.99 2.94 1.53 3.94 2.69 4.18 4.24 4.99 3.89 5.12 1.20 July 1888 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mch. April May June Julv 1888 Aug. •• Sept. ■• Oct. " Nov. " Dec. " Jan. 1889 Feb. ■■ Mch. " April " May June •• 35.46 62.61 47.52 27.78 WatteTille LaFraiice BBnaeti Beauiy 2.64 .96 2.85 1.97 1.81 30.85 Vlvens .000 .000 4.09 11.82 3.51 8.25 1.43 4.14 4.84 8.09 8.45 10.77 2.95 1.66 1.18 .86 5.32 4.25 1.61 2.62 .87 1.10 46 6.48 sunset wooiion .000 .000 .000 7.17 8.08 5.75 3.92 4.08 4.42 6.50 .000 .000 .000 .000 2.61 4.54 2.77 3.08 1.45 2.57 2.47 4.03 4.80 5.52 Gen. nv. 65.43 34.20 39.91 Thrown out. i Half thrown out Mavl. Below we i;ive the general average for the season of 1 SS9-90 from figures also sup])licd by Mr. Asnuis, regarding which he writes: "Vou will find quite a differ- ence in the production of some roses this season compared with that of last season. The reason is that I began cutting either liiter or earlier as the case may be. My whole season runs from July 1 to June 31, but some houses I don't begin to cut from until October and November, which was the case this season with Hoste and Mermet and some others, whereas Ni- phetos run through the whole season." AVERAGE PER PLANT FOR SEASON 1889-90. Cusin 46.51 Watteville 46.38 Mermet 27.12 Bride 30.98 Niphetos 64.02 Perle 38.09 Gontier M.deVivens Hoste Am. Beauty Wootton 40.48 57.07 38.40 9.61 29.31 A Boston grower who wishes his name withheld has kindly sent us the following data regarding his clip for the season 1888-89, regarding which he writes; "All the roses were planted from 4-inch pots in shallow benches except one border of Bon Silenes which have been in for years, and one border of Mermets and a few worked Perles. I have counted the Perles and Sunsets all together as we do not separate th'-m when we sell them. The record is for flowers sold in the city at wholesale. To the figures given 10 per cent might be safely added for flowers used at home, and of which no record has been kept. The figures show the number of blooms cut from each plant during each month of the season, the fraclions being in decimals. Bons Perles Nipbetos Mermets Julv 1888 .67 .76 .000 .66 Aug. 2.72 1.47 .07 .93 Sept. 2.54 2.22 2.07 1.31 Oct. 3.49 2.72 2.73 2.03 Nov. 1.71 1.05 2.05 1.04 Dec. 1.29 1.00 2.15 .85 Jan. 1889 .83 .60 .96 .67 Feb. .81 .74 .58 Mch .80 .84 1^53 1.09 April 1.90 1.56 2.37 1.55 May 2.62 1.76 3.18 2.04 June 1.92 1.96 4.36 1.12 Gen . av. 21.33 16.70 22.35 13.89 BriJes Bontiers July 1888 .30 .00 Aug. .63 .00 Sei)t. 1.21 .00 Oct. 1.33 .83 Nov. .94 1.38 Dec. .83 2.20 Jan. 1889 .66 1.73 Feb. .93 Mch ■' l!l6 1.88 r 1.20 4.10 1.85 6.15 June " 1.22 8.53 Gen. av. 12.03 27.75 Below we give the average number of blooms cut from each plant at Mr. W. J. Gordon's rose houses, Glenville, O., a suburb of Cleveland. All the plants were young stock benched in June ISS'.). In making comparisons of tiie general aver- ages it must be borne in mind that this record covers only eight months while the others cover twelve. But the com- parison of one variety with another in the same record is still equitable. Bons Perles Nlplieios Mermets Aug. vSept. Oct. Nov. .889 .53 .83 3.12 2.22 2.59 2.20 23 l.OU Aug. 1889 Sent. " Oct. " Nov. " Dec. " Jan. 1890 Feb. ■• Mch " Gen. av. .76 1.55 1.09 1.17 .48 1.03 1.04 .72 .36 1.24 1.57 .89 .57 1.34 1.50 1.18 5.22 14.23 9.85 10.43 BrWes Gontiers Bennett LaFrance .14 .00 .00 .26 2.89 2.25 2.02 .88 .49 .00 3.53 2.88 3.22 .30 .00 3.31 1.16 1.79 10.99 10.12 10.01 S.ll Watteville Beamy wootton Aug. 1889 .00 .49 .00 Sept. .00 1.77 .76 Oct. 2.74 .80 .73 Nov. 1.15 .61 .23 Dec. " .20 .44 .72 Inn. 1890 .05 .08 .05 Feb. .46 .26 .39 Mch .42 .37 .64 Gen. av. 5.02 4.82 3.47 As six varieties of roses are named in each of the three records we are enabled to give general averages of the three records on those varieties. Thev are as follows: Bon Silenes, 22.46; Perles 23..".,". Xiphctds, 30.09; Mermets, 21.35; Biiiks, 1',). m. (nintiers 21.88. Wiiilc- tlic iieords vary greatly as to the .ivcragf cut per plant from the same varieties it wil' be noted that in nearly every instance the comparative product- iveness of the varieties, is approximately the same. One notable fact shown by these records is that with three large growers Niphetos is considerably more productive than Bon Silene, though the latter is popularly supposed to be the freest bloomer of the forcing teas. Of the six varieties noted as being on all the lists Niphetbs stands at the head in two while Perle occupies that position in the other. We have in mind many deductions of considerable practical value which maj- be made from these figures but reserve them for the time when we can obtain a larger number ol records from which we may obtain a more general average. Will you do your share in supplying the necessary data? Modern Rose Forcing Houses. We present herewith views of rose houses constructed upon the plan now adopted by all large growers of roses for cut flowers when erecting new houses for this purpose. The illustrations will be of no interest to those who have visited the establishments of any of the large grow- ers, but they will undoubtedly be very accejjtable to the very large number of our readers who have not been so priv- ileged. The houses shown were built bv Thos. W. Weathered's Sons, the horticul- tural builders of New York citv and were each 300x181/2 feet. Climbing Perle and Niphetos. Will someone who has given the roses Climbing Perle and ClimbingNiphetos an extended trial say whether or no they are profitable for winter forcing. J. A. Balmer. II \ii I N^ri;.\Nci:.— Parties remittingas- sis-m.iK- I- tlK treasurer of the Hail .Vss'H i.itiou, ~.lionld always enclose with rciuiltaucc llic icgnlar notice received by them from the secretary, otherwise proper cntrv cannot be made. 7Sgo. The American Florist. "3 Exterior View, INTERIOR View MODERN ROSE FORCING HOUSES 114 The American Florist, Oct. 15, New Orchids. iVitcliii l)y tw( vvliiU- sli^litty recurved on the sides, leiiioneolor .it the base cxtendiiif; upwards. The veins are of vinous |3ur|ile sli.yhtly shad- ing over the ground color. The lower sepal is of the same color only the veins are not so pronounced. Petals two inches long, very broad, the inner portion lemon color while the outer portion is shaded witli vinous purple; three fourths of the inner surface is covered all over with d.-irk s))ots as in C. Veitchii. Lip is long with narrow opening, bright lemon yel- low at the base with deep vinous purple veins and dottings in the upper part. The column is light green and the stam- inode. which is horse shoe shape, lemon vellow with purple border. This beau- liful hybrid, which is well intermediate between the two parents, was raised at Short Hills in less than two years. This is the (|uiekest time on record for eypri- pediunis, and especially so if we consider that C concolor, one of the parents of this liybrid, is a very slow grower. An- olhcr noteworthy fact is that this is the fust distinct hybrid of American origin that was raised in an ordinary green- house o])en to the public in general, also that it was reared by a young man, Jos. Manda, Jr., whose age is less than the time it "takes an average caltU-va to Mower from seed. This iRaiilllul distinct hvbridisai)propri.-ildv.k-chcalc,ltollicks Arnold, l-:s.|..ot.\\w VnrkCity.an ardent Cvi'Kii'iiui M in.^ii,m: NrrKNS. — This beautiful v.iricty chlkis from the type by its very large bright leaves, long stems which reach sixteen inclies in length, and the (lower which measures five and one half inches across. Tlic whole flower has a uniform yellowish tinge, while thelarge margin is spotted with Ijidwn purple dots in irregular rows. This variety has .1 resendjlanee to the hybrid of the same Lvi'KiPKuiuM I-awki;nci;.\nim var. PiCTl'M.— .\ distinct variety with remark- able tr:;Ii .i le.iin lot be secured to compete at Bos- iid this m.itcii is brought about to tli.it a grave mistake was made in ection of the component parts of •am. ■it Craig is being congratuhited on .s since 'he bought -{0,000 bushels .■ IVciiii llic cit\ .It .'( cts. per bushel, St a mrvo.is Ksl iIkv uill not be able to get tlieir regiil.n sii|i|il\ It was a granil stroke ol lniMiK->-— ,i saving of fully 50 per cent on ikm w mu r's fuel. lolin Tlioipc .mil 1. n. Ravnolds were 111' Philadelphia last week. Clirysantlieniums! Well, if it"s ehrysan- llieniunis society wants there'll be lots of cm and good uns too. Neverwere prep- ;irations more completely made to supply the Quaker city with good cut blooms than there has been this year. It is gratifying to note in the Boston news of last issue that a full representa- tion of the boys from Boston will lie here at our chrysanthemum show. We'll try to make them and all the fraternity who will take the time and trouble to pay us a visit. Welcome. E. Montreal. The annual exhibition of the .Moiitie.il Horticultural Society was held in this city Septemljer 23-26 at the Victoria Rink. There was a grand display of plants and flowers, the entries being more numerous than ever before, and the qual- itv being above the average. A table fil orchids exhibited bv Pitcher & Mandii.ol Short Hills, N. J., was the finest display of these flowers ever seen in Canada. The exhibit was not entered for competi- tion but was awarded a diploma. .\ seedling begonia exhibited by .\. Pinioteau was also given a diploma. A special diploma was given to Colin Campbell for a dinner table de Wilshire for collection of decor- ative and flowering plants, tabic 50 feet, foliage begonias, twelve distinct species of ferns, bromeliads, six distinct varieties of palms, collectiqn palms; to W. Sprig- gins for collection of decorative and flow- ering plants, table 75 feet, collection adiantums, six gloxinias in bloom, hang- ing basket, vase of plants andselaginellas; to J. Stanford for specimen adiantum, caladiums,six fanc}'caladiums,six coleus, six crotons, six dissimilar draca;nas, six distinct species of ferns, raai-antas and collection stove plants; to F. Logan for tuberous begonias; to W. Bendon for dis- tinct varies of begonias; to S. Ward for three dissimilar crotons, gloxinias and greenhouse plants; to I.J. Kirkwood for specimen cycas; to J. Betrix for tree fern; to Geo. Trussell for zonal geraniums, double geraniums, bronze and tricolor geraniums; to J. Walsh for ficus, Lygo- dium scandens and plants for table decoration. In cut flowers etc. first premiums vveie i6 The American Florist. Oct. IS, awarded to W. B. Davidson for annuals, double jjctuiiias, tea and noisette roses, verbenas, two hand boiKiucts, lour eor- sage bouquets and eolleetion newest roses; to J. B.Goodetbrasters-1 2 blooms, zinni;is-"ll.> dissimil;ir blooms. Phlox Drummoiulii and collection asters; to W, Iklllorcollccti.m double dahlias. iK.mpon dahlias :nid /innias; U^ D. I'. Bell for twelve \:iriciKs (Idiiblc dahlias, single (l.ilil',i>. >iiii;K |.rtiiiii,is. six dissimilar bl.Mnii> d.ihluis and six spikes gladioli; to j. V.M\ lovcllcctioudianthus and Phlox "l)ruiumoMli, cii;ht spikes -ladioli ,iiid vase of cut tlowers; to U.J. Maxwell for twenty- four dissimilar pansies and twelve dis- similar bhionis pansies; to B. F. Graves for perenni.il phlox; to G. Trussell for zinnias and vase of cut flowers; to J. Kirkwood for hand bouquets; to T. W. Burdon for decorative and flowering plants, abutilon in bloom, begonias, two Ijegonias, six exotic ferns, foliage plants, three fuchsias, specimen fuchsia, double geraniums, single geraniums, heliotrope, double petunias and six dissimilar blooms double petunias; to P. A. Somerville for rex begonias, hanging basket, lycopodium and basket of cut flowers; to T. Gardiner for hydrangea and ivy; to Sergt-Maj. Phillips for collection asters, six spikes stocks and twelve blooms verbenas; to Jessie S. Maxwell for hand bouquet and "vase of cut flowers; to R. Jack for eollee- tion cut flowers; to J. F. Smith for six dissimilar blooms of pansies. Hamilton, Ontario. At the Great Central Fair held in this city the latter part of September there was an excellent display in the dejjart- ment of plants and flowers. For plants first premiums were awarded to F. G. Foster for twelve greenhouse plants, new and rare plants, coleus, fol- iage plants, exotic ferns, collection of terns, flowering begonias, foliage be- gonias, tender roses in pots, display of l)lants distinct Irom other entries, double .geraniums and tuberoses in pots; to Jas. Kowe for six greenhouse plants, fuchsias in bloom and hanging basket; to A. Reid for cockscombs in pots; to Geo. Anderson for foliage plants; to Wm. Hunt for tub- erous begonias and ealadiums in pots; to John Morley for single geraniums, tricolor geraniums and scented geraniums; to Alex Sinclair for variegated or bronze geraniums and carnations in pots. For cut flowers first premiums went to Jas. Ogilvie for collection of annuals; to Thos.O Veale for asters, collection asters, three of each color, 1 huh pal i if > \ ci Listing flowers, collection dlaTitlms. ^i\ \,iriitics of hollyhocks, twelve varirtK-- > .1 p iii^ics, largest and best collection nl pansies .ind collection sweet peas; to A. Terry berry for six varieties of asters, pompon dahlias, six varieties of gladiolus, six varieties French marigolds, six varieties pansies, collection Phlox Drummondii and largest and best display of cut flowers correctly named; to Jas. Rowe for table bouquet, hand bouquet, bridal bouquet, twelve varieties perennial phlox, basket cut flowers and flat design in wdiite flowers; to John Morley for button hole bouquets and balsams; to A. Reid for twelve stand- ard varieties of dahlias, six standard varieties of dahlias, pompon dahlias, col- lection of dahlias, single dahlias, largest collection gladiolus, double petunias, sin- gle petunias, any one variety of roses and collection of double zinnias; to J. L. Har- per for twelve varieties dianthus, six varieties African marigolds, stocks, twen- tv-four varieties verbenas and twelve varieties verbenas; to Geo. Anderson for collection hollyhocks; to F. G. Foster for twelve tea roses; to John Gardner for hybrid remontant roses. Boston. The cut flower market remainsdull, the supply of roses being in excess of the de- mand and consequently low prices still prevail. Ouality is improving, however, and much of the stock now coming in is very good. There are a few American Beauties seen, but these are not yet up to average qual- ity. Wattevilles seem to be much more generally grown this year than hereto- fore, and the prospects are that Gontiers will be largely in excess of last season. Carnations, especially white, are in brisk demand at fair prices, but the white asters still stand in the breach and keep figures from going very high. An occa- sional spray of chrysanthemums is to be seen in the florists' windows. Violets are beginning to come in, but quality is only medium. Lily of the valley has been in good demand and somewhat scarce. Orchids are beingcalled for from all direc- tions, but there are none to be obtained. Smilax is in good supply, adiantums are abundant and good. Asparagus plumosus is also of excellent quality, and tuberoses are very abundant. Outdoor flowers have suffered more from frequent rains and heavy dews than from frost, there having been but one frost yet in this vicinity that has done any injury, and that quite slight. Even coleuses "in fav- ored spots are still quite bright. A beautiful exhibition of cultivated native asters was made at Horticultural Hall on Oct. 4, by Geo. Hollis. There were in the collection fifty species and varieties, some of them quite rare. The annual meeting and election of of- ficers of the Mass. Hort. Society took place on Oct. 4. The greater number of last years' officers were renominated and these were all re-elected with the except- ion of ex-president Walcott who was de- feated for the executive committee, Mr. J. F. C. Hyde being elected in his stead. At the October meeting of the Garden- ers' and Florists' Club the newly elected president, Mr. L. H. Foster, made a pointed and instructive address. He counselled wise and judicious manage- ment of the club's finances with a view to the possible attaintnent some time in the future, of a permanent home. The condition ofthedub financially and numerically is excellent, and its prospects arc exceedingly bright. W. J. S. Chicago. k charter has been secured from the .Secretary of State for the "Horticultural Society of Chicago," and a call has been issued for a meeting to complete the organization. Subscriptions for the Chicago Flower Exchange are rapidly accumulating. The amount of stock apportioned to each one is small, it being desired to have every grower for the Chicago market take at least one or two shares so that every one will have a voice in the management of the exchange. The attendance at the weekly meetings of the Florist Club is large and the mem- bers are lending themselves with a will to the workofmakingthecomingexhibition an improvement over the last one. The plan adojited last year of selecting judges of floral arrangements from among the ladies who are the best patrons of the florists will be pursued again this year. Last year the awards were in the main well made and the interest developed among the people whom it is most desir- able to interest in the exhiliiliim, li\ tlic selection of judges from animi- tlicni w.is of very material value to the club ,Lnd to the trade in this city. The coming exhibition will be held at the Second Regiment Armory, on Mich- igan Ave., the same building in which the last exhibition was held. The complete premium list is being printed and will be mailed to all interested in a few days. Mr. Paul Berkowitz of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, was in Chicago last week in the interest of his house. The Committee on Classification of the exhibits at the World's Columbian Ex- position are at work, and we will soon know what provisions have been made for Horticulture at the great exhibition of 1893. Mr. J. D. Raynolds, president of the Florist Club, made a flying trip to Wash ington and Philadelphia last week. Mr. H. A. Bunvard, representing the United States Nurseries, Short Hills, N. J., visited the trade in Chicago recently. St. Louis. The Exposition managemeut oflered $1,500 in premiums for displays ofplants and flowers on September 29 and 30, the two evenings devoted to floral exhibits. On the first night the awards were for groups of decorative plants and for par- lor decorations. Prizes amounting to $-tOO were awarded for the groups and prizes amounting to $225 were ^ven for parlor decorations. The judges were theflorists themselves, each man voting on every dis- play except his own and the awards were made according to the number of points scored. The awards were as follows: For groups of plants— Sehray first awSrd. scoring 83 points; Waldbart, second award, 72 points; Elleard, third, 63 points, Juengel & Sons, fourth, 56 points; Jordan, fifth, 46 points. For parlor dee- orations the awards were: Ellison, first, receiving 89 points; Jordan, second, and Elleard, third, only three florists com- pel ing. The second night the eomi)ctition was in floral arrangements. For table decorations the awards were as follows: Ellison, first, receiving 92 points; Jordan, second, receiving 72 points; Elleard, third, 71 points. The sum of $175 was distributed among the three contestants according to the pro- portions of their points. For best floral design, Elleard Floral Co. stood first, receiving 84 points; Elhs- on, second, 80 points; Jordan, third, 72 points. Seventy-five dollars was distrib- uted among these three contestants. For basket displays, Ellison stood first , receiving 75 points; Jordan, second, 72 points; Juengel, third. 61 points. Sev- enty-five dollars was .list i iliiitc.l. For bouquets Jonl.iTi --i,,,m1 liist, re- ceiving 76 points. Kills,, II, second, 73 points. Fiftv dollars was distributed. Springfield, Mass. Hami The fall exhibition of Couutv Hortlcidtur.-d Soc at rnioii Annorv. Spriin;tlcld,".Mass., Sep- tcnilicr 23, 24 and 25 and, •■Llthough the attendance was not large, it was a very creditable show. This was the fourth exhibition here this season which be- tokens the widespread activity in such channels. This display has beenesiieciallv in tlie vegetables and "fruit commonly de- tSgo, The American Florist. 17 nominated "garden sass." Tlie flowers and ])Iants were much better than have ever been shown here in the past. The following were the professionals exhibiting: L. W. Goodell. Pansy Park, Dwight, Mass., who took five prizes and showed verbenas, marigolds, zinnias. Euphorbia hcterophylla, gaillardias.glad- iiili.ilalili.i;., I'liI.ixDnnnnioiKlii. petunias, ii.iNi in 1 iiiiii^, |:ip.iii ]iiiils , Inurprizes, an anchor of red and pink roses reclining on a cross of I'erles, on a base of lycopo- dium, a bride's basket, hand and vase bou((uets. N. J. Herrick, Springfield, Mass., one prize, bulbs, and a large col- lection of ferns, palms and ornamental plants. J. W. .\dams & Co., Springfield, shrubs, trees and fruit. Dexter Snow, Chico|)ee, Mass., one prize, a lloral Odd Fellows' link on a standard, a miniature carpet bed of alternantheras and ferns. J. Atkins, Springfield, Mass., one prize, ilahlias. B. L. Bragg & Co., Springfield, vegetables grown from their seed. .\lthougli there was about ;in even number of professionals and amateurs exhibiting the amateurs took the most prizes. Alfred B. Coi'i-:l.\nd. Recoil riote*. San DiEr.o, Cal.— A chrvsanthemum fair will be held in this city the first week in November. Atchison, Kan.— E. C. Schweim is re- ported to have sold out his florist busi- ness in this city. Springfield, Mass.— The Hampden Hort. Society will give a chrvsanthemum show in this city Nov. 13 to'l5 inclusive. Jacksonville, Fla.— The Florida Sub- Tropical Exposition will open in this city aliiitit the second week in Januarv. A special feature will be the displays of tropical and sub-lropical fruits " and Watekiuhv, Conn.— Alexander T. G. rjallas, son of .\lexander Dallas, the flo- rist, died recently aged 17 vears. He was a promising youth and his Vat hers friends in the trade will be grieved to hear of this bereavement. Cincinnati.— The committee from the city council and the trustees of the late Mrs. Mary Holroyd have agreed to locate the new flower market in the stpiare on Sixth street between Elm and Plum, the old hay market. Trov, X. v.- Florist Louis Menand made a magnificent displav at the N. Y. and N. E. Fair which closed October 1. His display occupied three tallies extend- ing nearly the whole length of horticul- tural hall and contained a host of rare and beautiful specimen plants. Louisville.— The florists of this city had a tremendous rush of business on ac- count of the Satellites' ball held the eve- ning of Oct. 2. Though large lots of flowers had been received by express from other cities in addition to the home sup- ply they were unable to meet the enor- mous demands made upon them. Buffalo.— .\ chrvsanthemum show will be held at Musie'Hall, November 13 to 15, by the Bufialo Florists' Club. A liberal list of premiums is ofiered and the enthusiasm of the members of the club augurs well for the success of the ex- hibition. Entries in all plant classes close November 7, and in classes for cut flowers and floral arrangements on the 10th. Milwaukee.— Messrs. Currie Bros, and G. W. Ringrose were the only competitors in the class for professional florists at the recent fair. Currie Bros, took first pre- miums for best floral design, best basket, best collection of cut flowers and best bouquet. Mr. Ringrose taking second in same classes. In the remaining ten awards seven first and three second prizes went to Ciurie Bros., and three first and seven secmd to G. W. RiuL'n.sc. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE. AdvertlHements un he rate of 10 cents a idmlttedunder this t JITIATION WANTB1)-By perience. Addr SITUATION \VANTKI)-By athi kl and propagator, either privai .Vddress K, care W (i? BromBeld St. SITUATION WANTED-As garde commercial, posted in all brand perience, English, married 20 years ei Merrick. Masss. JITUATION WANTED- By practical ) years' experience In growinK cut « lants on commercial place. Addn Florist, Chicago. SITUATION WANTKO-On either private or com- mercial place until Nov. 1 near Philadelphia, Baltimore or New York; good references. Address O F, 1201 Frankford Road. Philadelphia, Pa. JITUATION WANTBK-By Bool, Ithaca. N. V. Address Florist, 2nd floor, [ Elizabeth Ave., Elizabeth N. J. SITUATION WANTED -As manager; have been imentof70,(KXIfeetof glass O managing e Florist. Chicago. work, accustomed water, very active; Urst class te-tii agatlQg and knowledge of orchids. 1 experience. " A C, care American Florist. solely t QITUATION WANTBD-A of the largest places in the east: rapid at potti mailing, etc ; 20 years experience; very highest r erences; been employed in the largest places d and France. Desiring tocliar rcumstances. J C. Vaughan. box iSS. Chicagc SITUATION WANTED-By a practical gardener and florist as head or foreman; competent in all branches; private p'ace preferred. Good grower of roses generally, cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, also tropical plant*, laying outchoicegentlemen'splaces. G M. care American Florist. Chicago. WANTBD-A good florist and gardener. Addres WILSON & Co., Shrevesport, La. w steam boiler, also ANTBD-Gardener Kood greenhouse hand. Henry Moore. 54 Beale street. Memphis, Tenn. W^ WANTED— An active, experienced assistant in greenhouse.andflowergarden and good rose **■- "^ put in chargeif competent. Wages WANTBI)-Nu temperate; thoroughly of the nursery buslnes ornamental stock, an Apply with reference t ■ German, married, strictly a good manager of 1 The Wm. H. Moon uo. Morrisville. Bucks Co.. Pa. WANTED-PARTNER-In the nursery and florist business, a practical man with not less capital location grounds, flve acres well cultivated for this specialty, directly in the city of London Ont. and on the road to the principal cemetery. Address (iEo. BcHCHETT. St. .lauies Park Nurseries, "l ondon. Ont. F IRSALE-tMfeetof 4-i T.^X:. une expansion vs. Cheap for Jo ■ "■ 'i;ei MNGHAM. aware. Ohio. F 1K SALB-Two h sndsor ^;fiSft!i&:i'*i 8t*2s6a3dS100; to •-1IT Lake St., Chicago. rK.lXlO. Address '^ir WANTED, 300 CAMELLIAS. Double White, Double rink, and Double Varie- gated. Mailing size. .Address with price. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A BARGAIN. A WELL ESTABLISHKD Florist Business for sale. Four houses, well stocked and equipped, must sell, for good reasons, even if at a sacrifice. Growing Ohio city of 25.000 inhabitants. Large trade with surrounding towns. .Address OPPOKTIINITY, care Am. FloriKf. Good Stock Healthy VIOLETS MARIK LOUISE and SWANLKY WHITK, Dble. The above clumps $1.00 per 100 I-ine plants transplanted 2 25 liVi! percent, off on .'lOo'plaiit'o'r'ders. "cash must accompany orders from unknown parties. DREER'S Garden seeds free to the HENRY A. DKEEK, Philadelphia GLADIOLUS BULBS. Prevailing Colors, I'iiik and White. Over too named varieties, and a number of choice seedlings, all mixed together. This collection has iums. In fact it has never failed 1 ilbited. To avoid retailing these I a this fall at JIU 00 per 100 for flr CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. w ANTBD-Wholesah 200,000 PEAR SEEDLINGS, 2 years old, raised in South Germany, for sale, at $10 per 1000. Immediate order secures the bargain. The stock is the best ever seen. -V-I1TEI.AITI>, 3sr. J. ii8 The Amer ICAX Florist. Oct. IS, American Grown Gladioli. Mr. \V, \V. Watson, assistant curator of llu- Ko\ al Cardens at Kew, Enjjland, says in a iittcr to Garden and Forest, Scptcnilicr 10, 1890: "A bed of seedling gladioli, comprising some half dozen kinds now Houcring finclv at Kew, is attracting nuich at- tention Iiecansoorthc cxtraordinarv size of the plants, and the size .-hkI ricli colors of the Mowers. Thcv were ol.taiiied from Messrs llallocU .V Sons, Oiiccns .\. V SomeoflhcspiKes,i,cr.illv"si\ feet li j-crth: .liilst tl lilt well as variable. They are su|)erior in size of flower and robustness of plant to the best productions of European growers." Geo.Jackman&Son Beg to offer a large and well grown Stock of the following : ROSES-Iii choice and exhibition varieties. RHODODENDRONS— or the best named sorts, and Hybrid Seedlings well set with bnds. AZALEAS-Good named sorts, also Mollii iPon- ithl CONIFERS— In large collection. SHRUBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOREST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands. CLIMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated STOCKS— Kruit and Manetti, fine. Catalogues free on applicittiuii. TERMS— Cash with order, or satisfactory trade WOKING NURSERY, WOKING, ENGLAND. ZIRNGIEBEL'S NEW GIANT MARKET AND FANCY ve been exhibitetl ever; mitted to be the lines the present tii 1 gold."— Boston Tran Trade packages of 1,500 and 60O seeds reBpectively, It SI. 00 each. Full printed directions for the proper !ultivation of these pansies with each package of IN ANSWER TO MANY INQUIRIES: We have no seed of Olant Fancy Pansies to sell by weight, being too scarce and high. We renew our stock every season, from seed obtained direct from Messrs. Bugnot and Cassier, at tlie rate of thirty and twenty dollars per ounce, respectively (with a lim- ited supply), as we consider tlieir seed to be the cheapest, quality considered. We do not handle DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, KEEDHAM, MASS. NEW SEEDLING CHRYSANTHEMUM "ORANGE BEAUTY." This novelty has been in bloom with us last year from September until. June and is now in full bloom. We can supply fine pit T plants, or JIO p I Cuke J ■ pots, »7. CO per » 50 per 100. and SVi >rum -.'"li-ln. pots, and Cleveland, 50 per 100. Terms, cash with order or satisfactory reference, FRANCIS MORAT'S SONS & CO., LOUIf?VILLE, KY. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIFLORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to zyi feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; $60.00 per thousand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, .second size, t8 to 24-in., good. Price, f,6.oo per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence soliciled. "'"« THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. CHRISTMAS ROSES. If you require fine clumps of home grown Christmas Roses, the large white flowering variety, full of flower buds, either for planting or forcing, order at once. PRICES FROM $7.25 TO $24 00 PER HUNDRED. -^SITHE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD TO SELECT FROM,^^ Bulb catalogue and special prices free on application. Cash with order or good references reijulred from unlvnow^n correspondents. HERMAN BUDDENBORG, WHOLESALE BULB GROWER, SEASONABLE STOCK. — J. G. VAUGHAN, — GHICAGO. AZALEAS, fine stuff. Chinese Narcissiii^. BOUQUET GREl^N. (Order Holly and Green Now.) LILIES, Pull Supply. (AURATUiVI. NOVEMBER 1st.) Gladiolus, Faeonies, and other stuff of this class ready. Special Glass Vases for Chinese Narcissus, doz. $2.25. A FEW POINTS TO CONSIDER. /~|TT7IT TT^\^ the important feature in pansies is well taken care ot in my Vi *-J -i**- J-iX X i strain; in fact so well that many of my customers say there are no better ones. Those who bought a few hundred on trial last season are placing their orders now for a fully supply. rpTTTJ' T*T Zl TV'T^^ are nice stocky seedlings that can be mailed or ex- -*■ AAlJi JT X-J.rxill X O pressed safely long distances and at a moderate cost. Samples will be mailed for lo cts. i^TT 71 TVTrTT^Y^ ^ "^^^ f"'''^'^!' them in any number, looor 10,000, all from '^•-IxXiV XXX X jjjg same beds and same seed. A trial order is respect- fully solicited. ip'OT/^TJ' Free by mail kk), 75 cts.; 500, ^3; by express 500, |2 50; loco, J5; -*- XXXV^iX^ 2500 and upward 10 per cent discount. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. MAMMOTH PANSIES From finest strains of tlie most celebrated groov- ers of Europe ami America. GIANT TRIMARDEAU. LORD BEACONSFIELD, EMPEROR WILLIAM and others mixed. I'rice, fd.OO per lOtO. Very line nii.veii. .H..0O per mtlO. Address J, (3, ISt.XrrO^^'', HYDRANGEA HORTENSIS. iu 5-inch pots. Have been planted out during summer and potted in September. Per hundred, 913.00. Have also several hundred Carnations, field- grown, Sunrise, Hinze's White and Century, at J6.C0 per 100. of the best quality, iu the J4 best exhibi- tion varieties, offertd at \ery mod. rale prices. Meiary :^Xette, Sei-d Grower and Mercliaut, QUEDItlNBUBG, GEBMANY. PANSIES 01T1.Y onj;y ONLY loludlnu alt warranted ia« In every ALBERT BENZ, OOUG. ASTON. N. Y. fSgo. The American Florist. 119 FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-ineh, Duchess of Albany J12 00 Mme. Hoste 7.00 Iva France 5.00 Gontlers 4 00 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 4 00 Mermets 4 00 Brides 400 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. I40 per 1000; 3-in. jfS.cra per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2-in. J50 00 per icxDO. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2".-in. JI3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2'j-in. $4.00 per 100. Verbenas, 20 vars. new seedlings. Mam- moth strain, per icki ^;,; per 1000 I25. Rooted Cuttings of same, if)o |i; 1000 $9. Primroses, double, per ioo|i.'. J6 00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. L,atania borbonica, s-in. f.(., 4-in. $3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Jteg" Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES nterestini! Ni NEW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES. HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five New Teas of .Sterling Merit, origii ted, grown, and tested on their merits at reaL_. booked now. and will be „. - ^ all descriptions ready , Ian. Itl Prices, $1 each; set ot 5 lor $5: two ol each, 10, fc $9: five of each. 25, for $20. A„„KEss THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. JACOB SCHULZ, IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the M suits to the florist, blooming freely an of cuttings for propagatinK (luickly ingpler 100 ofiSJO, i"*' *'"'*^ Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PI,.\IN, (I'.ostoii), BIASS. 10,000 General Jacq. Rose Plants, one and two year old. Extra large two year old, fro 00 per ico. " fine one year old, j; ft. and up, %\^. " fine one year old, 2 to ,i feet, |io, JORDAN FLORAL CO., 706 Olive Street, ST I.OUIS. MO. Field grown plants, ready in September and October. Also \/iCDi_E:-r^. Large clumps for forcing of Marie LiOOISE AND SWANLEY WHITE. Send for circular. W. R. SHELMIRE, Avoiulale, Pa. California's New Rose "THE RAINBOW." READY FOR DISTRIBUTION. During the recent Rose Show of the California State Floral Society "THE RAINBOW" received more admiration than any of the thousands of floi sowers ex- hibited, and the highest comments of the Stock in the best possible condition at the following prices: 1 F»l£»i-it, ^1. TRRIMS CAvSH.— Remittances may be made by Draft, Postoffice Orders, or Wells, Fargo vS: Co. Money Orders. Description and Colored Plate of "THP: RAINBOW" will be mailed on application JOHN n. SlLVbRS, SAM FRANCISCOr*CAL. FIELD GROWN CARNATIONS. Plants grown specially for Winter Blooming, strong and healthy, medium size. SURPLUS STOCK. Will sell new and old vari- etleaat$8per 100; can make up a lUO mostly new and seedling sorts of luerit for .»I0. EASTER LILIES. Have some 200 nice large bulbs left which I will sell for JIO. are r> to 7-in6h CHRISTMAS Hii.l DAWN, at f 15 per Jlored; fine plant: nd finest pink ( OXALIS LUTEA. The lineal ingOxalis. Will sell balance 100; by mail postpaid. CHAS. T. STARR. AVONDALE, Chester Co., PA. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10.000 healthy Roses Irom 4-inch pots, consisting ol Mermets, Brides, Ferles, Ciisins, Souv. de Woottoii, Papa Goiitier, La Prance and Niphetos, Ht. *10.0O per lOO. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. Ala JAMES HORAN. , -j^-i BKIDGKPOKT. CONN. Perles. Meriuet. Cook, 8ouv. dun Ami, Brides.. 1 acqs, and Bon Silene, strong as, irom ope npelopsis Ve CARNATIONS. 2nd size Chancelor, new crnnsuii. VIOLETS, Swanley Wt 12. (XI SS & 10.00 J4& C.CO Marie Louise, WOOD BROTHERS, {Successors to I. C. WOOD & BRC.) FISHKILt. CARNATIONS AND PANSIES. sale with other new and old varieties. .W.OOO PANSIES of the Jennings strain, extra Hn plants, If5.00 per 1000. Send for price list. PANSY SEED, SI. 00 per packet. Address E. B. .JENNINGS, box 70, Southport, Conn. Cahnation. pansy and Violet growek. have mainly introduced it, have the largest stock in world. Flowering plants forcing:, at low figures by llustrated Catalogue 6 cents. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON, Germantown, Philadelphia. CARNATIONS FIELD GROWN. LARGE, HEALTHY PLANTS. Per 100 Ue Oraw. white $ .■> 00 Uinze'sWhlte BOO John McCullough, Garfield and Pres. GarHeld Violets M. I^.ulseand Swanley White. Abntilons in variety Florlbunda SCO Chinensis 4.00 Begonia Rex in variety -tSOOand 8. CO I. N. KRAMER & SON, CARNATIONS. Per ICO ' ' PeriOii Portia $ 6 GO % 900 Hinze's White 6,00 900 Chester Pride 6.00 9.00 Wm. Swayne 6.00 900 Century 7.00 1000 Christmas 10.00 15 00 Primula Obconica, strong, 2 '2 inch, 4 00 Geraniums, choice varieties, .^-inch, 3.50 Asparagus Tenuissimus, 212-inch, 400 Begonias, large stock, all sizes and vars. Address f^ s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. INDEPENDENCE, Mo. CARNATIONS AND VIOLETS. HINZE'S WHITE. POKTIA, CENTUKV. ALEGATIERE, SILVER LAKE and others. First Size Jf. 00 per 100. Second Size S.OO per 100 VIOLETS M. LOUISE. Fine clumps, perfectly healthy. First Size $6.00 per 100. Second Size 6.00 per 100. AMPELOPSIS \ EITCHII. Strong 2"«-inch pots, $5.00 per 100; SfO 00 per KOO. JACK ROSES. 3>4-lnch pots, $8.00 per 100; S70.00 per 1000. Address J. Gt. :BU^FeO'W-, Marie Louise Violets, strong clumps, S.s oo. Amaryllis Johnsonii ^2.75 per doz. Calla. strong outdoor grown, per 100 S7.00. J. J LAMPEBT, Xenia, Ohio. 4000 extra fine, healthy MARIE LOUISE VIOLETS. Also 1000 Hinze's White Carnations. 'Wirari. J. Ste-wcirt, 67 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass. I20 The a m eric an Florist. Oct. jfLHIiE /4LK!iiiy!@/i^llii lFlL@L50@ir Subscription $1.00 a year, To Europe, $1.50. a Line, Agatt-; Advertisements, lo Cents a Inch, $1.40; Column, Cash with Order. No Special Position tluarnntied. Discounts, J, months, ,s pt-r cent; t. inonlhs. 10 per No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Department of the Ambrican Vrdert lor lets than one-hall inch space no/ accepted. ^F" AdvertHementB for Nov. 1 laane nimt UBACH US by noon, October 25. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. COST OF PRODrCTION. Mr. Chitty's comments regarding llie cost of growing geraniums in his grceii- lionses again brings to mind the great importance, aye the absolute necessity, of every grower being able to determine what his plants and flowers cost him to jiroduee. The time for groping in the dark in this matter has passed, and those who continue to depend upon guesswork in deciding what stock is profitable and what is not. will soon be drifting upon financial rocks if they have not already imknowiiigly done so. .\s competition sharpens prices are reduced. Have you already touched cost, are j'ou merely close to the danger line or have you plunged below? Are you making a profit on all the stuff 3-011 market or are you carrying a loss on one line of stufl' by a liberal profit on another line? Where are you? If you do not know just where you stand, if you can not positively say what profit or loss you are making in each de- ])artment of your business then you are drifting and sooner or later jou will surely drift against the rocks. In our department of roses in this issue will be found several records of blooms cut from each plant of certain varieties, during each month of the season, by different growers, which are worthy of a careful study. While these figures can hardly be accepted .as conclusive they are full of suggestions, and could similar rec- ords be obtained from a large number of growers a digest of the whole would be of inestimable value. Will yon not for your own benefit keep a record of blooms cut from each variety of roses 3'ou grow this season, and send a eopj' to us for use in compiling a gen- eral average for the benefit of the whole trade? CERANUMS. Mr. Fred Kanst, Superintendent of the South Park System, Chicago, informs us that since the publication of his list of favorite beddinggeraniums in the Florist lie has been flooded with letters from all parts of the country asking for cuttings of the varieties, some enclosing money. He says that he can not sell anything from the parks and has no time to pack and ship cuttings to applicants no matter how much he would like to accommodate them. Further that the letters are too numerous to answer. We therefore pub- lish this explanation as an answer to all his correspondents on the geranium matter. We HAVE received from T. F. Keenan, Chicago, samples of a new style of letter for inscriptions on designs, which seems admirably adapted for the purpose. Thej' are made of stiff wire wound with cheneille, the ends of the wire being bent over and sharpened for the purpose of attaching to the design. We iiAVK received some very good blooms nf tnluTons begonias from Mr. A. C. Parlivv, k'l.lilM 11,1 Center, Wis. They are fri'in l,iin_: s s,r,l and the flowers are a fair ic|iusciii,iM.iii of the strain, but note(|u,il t(i others we have .seen. It is pleasing to note that the interest in this remarkable class of begonias is becoming more and more general. Messrs. F. Morat's Sons & Co., Louis- ville, Ky., send us sjjecimen blooms of a seedling dahlia raised bj- them two years ago and which they have named Presi- dent Harrison. The flowers are of large size, full double, nearly fourinehesin diam- eter, light lemon yellow, lightly blotched with carmine. They are verj' bright and showj". A BLOSSOM of the tuberose which meas- ures 2'' I inches across has been sent us bv Albert iMiclis.n Chicigo florist. It isper- fect in fonii, tnll ilciulilc, and presents no indications of licing two flowers grown together. The advertisement of the Whilldin Pot- tery Co., which appeared in our October 1st issue was intended for the issue of September 15, but reached us a little too late for that numlier, hence it was neces- sarilj' held over till Oct. 1. Catalogues Received. Thomas S. Ware, Tottenham, London, England, bulbs; s.niu-, ),l.ints; G. J. Al- berts & Co., Hi .ski >.>]., Ili.llniid, azaleas, clematis, conilcra, etc., |c>hn Gardiner & Co., Philadelphia, ljulbs;J. B. Lameseh, Dommeldingen, Luxemburg, roses; Hille- brand & Brederaeier, Pallanza, Itah', plants; Thomas W. Weathered's Sons, New York, greenhouse building and heat- ing; F Sander \: Co., St . .Mli.ins, England, orchids; A.M. cS; |. 1'.. Murdoch, Pitts- burg Pa., I)ull)s,iilaiils .iiul inirserv stock; H. Cannell & Sons, Swanky, Kent, Eng- land, bulbs, ]ilants and seeds; J. A. Sim- mers, Toronto. Canada, bulbs; C. M. Hildesheim, Baltimore, Md., bulbs, plants, seeds and supplies. Changes in the Tariff. Following are the changes in the tarifi' affecting plants, nursery stock and bulbs: "Plants, trees, shrubs and vines of all kinds commonh' known as nurserj- stock, not speciallj- provided for," must nowpay duty at the rate of 20 per cent ad valor- em. These were formerly admitted free. On the free list we find "Orchids, lily of the valley, azaleas, palms, and other plants used for forcing under glass for cut flowers or decorative purposes." In another paragiaph in tlie free list appears the line "Bulbs and bulbous roots, not edible, not specially provided for." The new tarifi" went into effect Oct. (1. Housing Violets. In reply to Subscriber's (|nerv as to whether all the runners should be taken off from violets when the\' are housed for winter bloom, the runners having flower buds, Mr. Geo. Klehm, of Arlington Heights, 111., states hispractiee asfollows: "All slim runners are picked off, and if plants grew very large then there is enough of the large runtiers jiieked off' so as not lo crowd the ]>lants any on the bench. If the plants are small we leave all strong runners on as they bring the best violets in the month of February.' Gardiner's Superb Strains of CHINESE PRlMULftS PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. choicest mixed ex. ex., 100 seeds 25c.; 500 seeds Ji; 1000 seeds $2. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA FILICIFOLIA. choicest mixed (fern leaved), ex. ex., 100 seeds 2SC.; SOD seeds $1.00; 1000 seeds $2.00. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. double, scarlet, ex. ex., 100 seeds 50c. PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. double, white, ex. ex., 100 seeds |i. 00. PRIMROSE. Yellow, Knglish pkt. 25 cts. New Knglish Hybrids. . . pkt. 25 cts. POLYANTHUS, Cloth of Gold pkt. 2.s els- Yellow pkt. 25 cts. JOHN GARDINER&CO. Seed Growers, Importers and Dealers. Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A, j$,ooo GEDRUS DEODORfl. In sizes of from is to .^s inches. 20,000 BIOTA AUREA and SEMPER AUREA. 20.000 RARE CONIFERAE in 100 varieties. PALMS and open ground ROSES. This stock is in most thrifty condition. N. B — The bulk of the stock of Coni- ferae is pot grown. Orders booked now for November de- livery. Catalogues on application. Address p. J. BERCKMANS, Fruitland Nurseries, AUGUSTA, GA Now Ready, for Gash. Per ICO Begonia Bruauti alba, best white, winter bloomers, J "j-inch, - f 6.00 same, 3 inch, - - - 10 00 Begonia Metallica, 2"<-inch, - 6 00 " 3 '..-inch, - 12.00 " Semperflorens rosea, 2'^in. 600 " 4in. 12.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2 '.-inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2'.-inch, - 700 " " 5-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3,' 2' and 4-inch, - 8 00 Large thrilly stock in fine shape, ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greenliouses, ENGLISH RHODODENDRONS. Every variety and color, 'J 4 to '.'h' per hundred. cz i_ e: is^ A -r 1 ^. The cnoicest and best kinds, i>5s to 75s per hundred. r!«, STJiKET, Hurserynun, Healherside Nurseries. CAMBERLEY, ENGLAND. CYCLAMEN. Unusually fine plants. Selections trom the private stock of a noted London grower. GIGANTEUMS an.l compact, large flowering PERSICUMS. ..»IU.l CARNATIONS, field grown, HINZE'S, SNOWDON, O. WIt,DER, CRIMSON KING, PORTIA, CR.\IG, HILL, MIRAND.\. Sl'NRISK, MRS. MANGOLD, $5.00 per 100. J. LAURENCE, Harrisburg. Pa. i8go. The American Florist. I2 THOS. YOUNG, Jr., WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, Acd the Choicest ROSES for thn fall and winter season. W. S. ^LLEH. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. B8TAB1.ISHED 1877. Price List sent upon appUc&tiOD. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. HAMMOND 4, HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 WestaOih St, MEW YORK. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 165 Tremont Street, BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shippint; choice Koaes aiwl otber Flowers, carelully pacited, to ail points Is Wes*«rn and Middle states. Return Telegram Is sent Immediately when U In Impossible to fl ii your order. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE ELORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE ELORIST 56 WEIST 30TH STREET, N. F. McCarthy & co. WHOLESALE FLORISTS AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place, BOSTON, MASS. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna- ions always on hand. Return telegrams SoOt mmediately when unable to All orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL Mttntion Amerioan Florist. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS. From 3-inch pots, well rooted. $io and $15 per loo. Cash with order. Fort St. West, DETROIT, MICH. ©VV'fiofe^aPe MariCet^. Cut Flowers. BOSTON. Oct. 1< •■ MermetB, Brides " ^i^nrrT.':^"^',::::: ::::;::;:;:::; ^S;i5:Sg Carnations .,.; •;;;;;;;;;;;: Sill ■■""",.,-^ Adiantums •::;:::::::;::: LOOM r«l PHILADILPHI*. Oct.S Roses, Beauties. $S.0O@15 0O 5 0U(a ooo Mermets, Brides :::::■::::::• tS :::::::::::;;:: \Z Roses. Bon Sllene Gontiera Wattevliu.s, CiisiMH :•• ?!a"^SI,ce'.'Ai',r:„,a; N.W rOBK. oct.^i..^ flS""-;::::--''''-- :;:;;:;;:::;:;: '-%1| Trade ialely has been very Uiill and all tiuwora have l>een cheap, especially for large lola. CHIOAOO. Oct 11. Oontiers 2 no (a 4 00 :: rrS'Jfs"1!aFra„ce ■::;;;::.;:;:;;.«,<. ?SS " Bennelts, Uukes (larnatlons, short ^SX!'!"^!^"''.-.-.;:;::;;:; ..::;:::.;;;::: ^^<.. \w Tuberoses 'v\Xr.".^*^".^::::;::;...:;: ii'id® 1 i'l Wm. J. ST EWART, Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies WHOLESALE i 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. ican Florist. EDWARD C HORAN, 34W. 29th St., NEW YORK. elected Roses ( telegrams sent WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Ofl' School St., near Parker liouse). BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express promptly filled. K. H. HUNT, 79 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO. Successor to VAUGHAN'S CUT FLOWER DEFT. pmg Fes the gr. business. We therefore clai: better prepared to attend to the wants of FLOWt BUYERS, outside of Chicago, than any house the West. Week days till 9 P. M. Stindays till 2 P. M. OPEN DAII;Y: KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. We always have choice, Kresh Cut Flowers in Cnnsigunients Soliciteil. Telephone 4CC. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FtORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIOHTS AND SUNDAYS. ■^ATIEtE 33ESIC3-ISJS IIT STOCK: FRESE & GRESENZ, (Successors to O. \\ . |.|!i:.SE,> Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nigrhts !) I>. M.; SuiKla.vs 3 P. M. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission /T\ercharih CUT fi"il,ow-e;h!j»», 1237 Chestnut Street, • ■ PHILADELl-pi CHAS. E. PENNOfK, Wholesale Plorist 38 So. 16tli Street, Phlladelptiia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, *K^ WHOLESALE b-e^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St., ST. LOUIS, MO. CUT FLOWERS The choicest Cut Flowers at lowest market rate* Bhlpped C. O. D.. Telephone connection. Use A. F. Code when ordering by telegraph. For prices, etc., i. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURa. Pa- 131 Ht E^ oar OK» Y^. Every Florist, Niirserymau and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. I22 The a Af F.RICA X Florist, Oct. 15, ITfte ^eec} Urac^e. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION Points on Advertising. lu>. Am. I-'i-okmst: — It is iKnilv seventeen years sinee the writer tiisl hej;an to ad- veitise, and in all that tinietlie one lesson that has been most strongly learned is the sense of how little we really know about it; tlierelore it was not with any degree of satislactioii we read yonr re- (|uest to give, through the Amkrican Flokist, sonic facts and fignres ahont advertising. As one writer has remarked, "Advertising is by no nu-.ins ,111 exael science," in tact both the v.ilnc ol -iven mcdiiniis and of methods of incscntini; the advertisements .■ireeouliiin.illy eh.ing- ini; salisfac- next year utterly I'.i tory retnnis. The well known iiidl'essional writer of advertisements. Mi. Powers, of New York, strongly mainl.-uns that the same advertisement shonkl not appear twice; that, as an editor wotdd not repeat an editorial, so an advertiser should not reprint an advcrl i'-cnu nt - .-.Mik ssing thereby that he di.l 11. il ,s|.r, 1 u 1,. be read upon its first ;i|.|.r,iiMiir,-, li imisl be admitted that Mi- 1'. .xvn- h.is been eminentlv snccessfiil in this line, while he is also doubtless to be credited with originating the very ]io]iular Wanamaker Hnt'it'.'n'.st.ad ol l,7i\in- t ,. pn-si'nt 'to tlic i.id.lir .hv .•..M,ls- linndure.ele,, in their offered in .1 --..I .11 il.i-n,- v,,!,,,, 1 1,. ,„. change in |.,uv , n- ^.■,,Ml^ .nnl l,;nl t,. reach a consiii iifiu\ si .it ten .1 1 In-^ ui-li out thee.. nnl r\, lu- il. .nbt Irs- \v..nlil li.ivr arrived at nnnillnh ,l,rir,v,,l r.Mulns,,.,, Theadvei-t.srr ..I .Im U.....1. .Ir I,;,. ;, great ad\.-M.I;i-. Ii-m tin i.mi i1,,,i .-mti tonier, and part Hill. ir!\ 1 li< l.icli.s i.i tlie the articles, e;iii CM 111 n;iii\ Ik led to turn dailv to the skillliil .m1\ n I i-c 1'- .innounce- )lsi: Shiiiilil the seedsman, however, pursue the s.iiiic plan, with its attendant ex- ]ieiises, he would soon he bankrupted, for ol inosl of the mediums in whieli he ad- vertises there are eomiiarativcly few of the subscribers who have occasion to use his goods. The first point, therefore, for the florist or seedsman to determine in considering the v.alue of a given pajier as .an advertisiiiL; medium is not merelv the ,-ha ud >l Sll Iv b. can not afford to siieiid nearly so Large a sum as the advertiser whose wares appeal to the wants of the general public. Relative to the character of an advcr- tislmj inrdiinn 1 luix is .inol lui point that 111, 111,,.. I ,,r v.r.lsiii.iii x\ ho .-idvertiscs r,,r iii.nl liiisin, -•■ iiiii.:! Iir r;in liil to COn- habit of sending orders for goods away from home? The manufacturer of special brands of patent medicines and the commission seedsman — all of whose goods can be had at the village store— can well afford to advertise in local county papers and "p.atent ontsides," but it is our opinion that money thus spent by those seeking returns through the mails is almost entirely thrown away. In every coni- gent people, in .11 lil'i t ion to lluir home conntv |i.-i]icr, will be IoiiihI to t.ikesome seculil'r or religions weekly, .-igrieiilt iiral journal or m.-igazinc, .-iiid the very fact that they have subscribed through the mails for such paiiers shows that they can be indiieed to write for anything in which tlu'ir inti'iest m;iy be aroused. Again in .-uiotlR 1 point must thecharacter of cireul.-ition be i-onsiilei ed. A diserim- ing ilistiiels. for tile s.ime reason he would not w.isic his money upon the l;iruelv eireiilalcd weeklv story papers, the price being altogether loo high for the small percentage of lural readersthat After making a judicious .selection oi the mediums in which he will invest his money the advertiser should fully realize that it is an investment and not a specu- lation. In '.)!) cases out of a 1(10 he will be woeliillv ilisappi.inlrd if he expects large lelni lis ciiiiekK. lii no business is the e.inlion ■M.ike li.isle slowly" more necessary, while in lew is it so seldom heeded, as in lli.it ol llie s,idsmanor florist who is sll i villi; to build up ;i mail trade. "KccpiiiL;everl.isliiiuK .it il brings siucess,'- The jiaying resulls ol' adver- tising; ,irc seldom immediate but rather As .111 illustration of what we mean by till rnniiiKilive effects of advertising we iii:i\ 111 .illoued to mention a ease in our ow n rs|inieiice. In 1875, when the price not les- lli.iii Uii Inks ,-m\\ month, whereby we would seeiire I'll per cent reduction on all the advertisements in- serted during the year. With a circula- tion of 100,000 this, as he explained, would bring the cost down to less than one cent a line per thousand and with the character of his journal, that onlv ad- mitted trnstworthv advertisers to its Altl advertisement — it brought us just one letter of inipiirvand apostal card, neither of which led ■ to a sale. Fifty dollars seemed to us a cost utterly dispropor- tioned to the returns and yet we had a contract for a year to carry out. Therein was Mr. He.'ich wise beyond many of his co-laborers. As to the ultimate results we need only say that we have renewed the contract every year since, and to-day rank.the readers of the Auu'iican Agri- ciilliirisl among our very best customers. We have on several occasions mentioned this case in conversation with friends in the trade who have become discouraged because advertising has not paid them and have failed to consider that it re- quires time to gain the confidence and secure the good will of the readers of any reputable journal. Therefore we repeat, look upon judi- cious advertising not as a speculation— to bring profits now or never — Init as an investment necessary to establish a per- manent business that shall be far reach- ing in its connections. And now, Mr. Editor, we have given you what, in the light of our experience, we regard as a few facts, but have not touched upon the figures, for which you also ask. These must be reserved for another occasion, as we have doubtless already consumed too much of your space. We would also, if o]iportunity iiii; onlcrs lidiii old customers and Irom new. W. Atlkk Burpee. riiiladelphia, Sept. 17, 1S90. A Reply American Florist Co., Centleiiieii:— We noticed in your issue of Sejit. 1st a letter written to vou bv J. A. Everitt of We and do not intend to accept his ofler of twenty-five cents on the dollar, which he h;is several times urgetl us to do. We think this matter should be published in the ku. Florist in contradiction of his letter. Respectfullv, G. \. Moi-i-att, New Haven, Conn., Sept. 29, 1890. Cape Vincent. N. Y., October 1.— On account of the McKiuley bill going into elVeet October 6 the two large seed houses at this place, the Cape Vincent Seed Com- pany and the Cleveland Seed Compaiix. are busilv engaged in In ii;litinL; from Can;ida Hi! the'^pcns ■.;n.«n iheiv lor tluiii The (.■.Mif \-|.uriil Sod Comnaiiv d IS ,ght and day Phil A was given t .Sept. Zi.~\ reception L. DeVilmorin and his Philippi, both well known botanists if Paris, at the Bellevue last night, by he .\meriean Botanical Seeds Union. Triimbull, Revnoi.ds & .\li.kn, of Cansas City are reported to have sold Some of the late varieties of squash ill produce a light croii of seeds. Tariff on Seeds The import duties on seeds as provided by the new tariff which went into elVect ( Vtober t> areas follows: "C.ardeu seeds, .igi icultural seeds, and other seeds not specially provided for in this act, 20 per cent ad valorem." This is the old rate. The following are on the free list: "Seeds: anise, canary, caraway, cardamon, cofi- lootefl cuttinBa. tine variette--* by mail prepaiil, ■.per 100. By e.\pres8, »ll t» per \m. .W at lOW ""s. W. PIKE & CO , St. Charles. HI. i8go. The American Flor IS T, 23 UNITED STATES NURSERIES, SHORT HILLS, IV. J. Our Wholesale Catalogue is ready, and will be forwarded to anyone in the trade who has not received same. We ofier the following: ORCHIDS AND CYPRIPEDIUMS.- Descriptive list with cultural directions for growing the best (Irchids suitable for florists just issued, and will be for- warded to anyone interested in this beau- tiful class of plants. PALMS in all leading varieties and sizes FOLIAGE PLANTS of any desciiption. FLOWERING PLANTS, the best for the florist's use. FERNS, for Dinner Table Decoration. HARDY HERBACEOUS.-Now is the time to plant these useful plants. PITCHER & MANDA, The UBiteii Slates Nniseiies, short hills, n. j. We guarantee 100 cents in plants for every ( THE SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES. NEW CROP PALM Am PANBANUS SEEDS. Latania Borbonica. 65c. per lb.: $55 per 100 lbs, Thrinax elegans, $5 per Thousand Seeds. '• argentea. $3 per •• parviflora, $2.25 Livistona olivxformis. 10 seeds, 75c. : 100 $6. Pandanus utilis, 100 seed*, 85c.; 1000 $7.50. BAY VIEW, FLORIDA. Choice Stock Cheap. Per 100 Dracicna Indivisa, 4-inch Jtio 00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 inch 300 Latania Borbonica, 3 in , i year S 00 Aspidistra Variegata, 5 iDcb...f9 per doz. Pandanus Veitchii, 4-incb $!2 per doz. ROSES from OPEN GROUND, Deliver in Dec. Her 1000 Jacqueminot ;jt7o 00 Hermosa 6000 Agiippina. 6o.( J. H. CAMPBELL & SONS, sc>,<>oo DEUTZIA GRACILIS 2 year old plants, very find and Bushy, especially adapted for forcing. No. I, I to i;i ft., f6per luo. No. 2, 8 to 12 in. J4per 100. Send 10 cents for sample, also trade list with a full line of Nursery Stock. C. RIBSAM & SONS, Treio^toia, :iV. J. ASSORTED PRIMROSE PLANTS, in 4inch pots, strong, $5 00 per 100, cash. Address W. I!. WOODRUFF. Florist, WestHeld, New Jersey. ROSE HILL NURSERIES, IMMENSE STOCK OF PALMS, ORCHIDS, FERNS. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, SIEBRECHT & WADLEY, HOLMESBUBG. PHILADELPHIA. PA.. rflLMS, FERNS ANDDEGORflTIVE FLftNTS. tstablishmerl is devoted exclusively to the culture ot the largest, and CANNOT BE EXCELLED IN QUALITY TIiA.I3E LIST 01 h plants. The Prices always 11 I=PLICA.TIO]Sr. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Lowest Prices Ever Offered. .Send for special prices of SURPLUS STOCK which must be sold now. Govanslown, 1 Baltimore), IWd. FERNS. PALMS. ADIANTUM P.0.B0X644. RIO DE JANEIRO. Palm Seeds. Qrchids, new caladiums. For price list apply to Messrs. ADOLPH v. ESSEN & CO., Gr. Reichenstrasse. 73. Hamburg. Germany ^0,000 .s,f,lliiigs, iu the l<>llireA GKiANTKA EKECTA, dark red, r)r all colors luixed. Bulbs from \\t. to 3 inches cir- ciim lerence per 100 J'l.OU; per 1000 »26 OO I'U to 4 inches circum — per 100 $5 00; per lOOO.^'S 00 :vi4 to5inche8Circum....perlC0S7 00: per 10(0 W5.0U IIVKRIDA GIGANTKA KOBIISTA. II. pi. tluuble.iill colors mixed, the tlowers like a double . .per 100 »8 00; per lOliO *75 00 cuiv .'.per 100 $8 00; per 1000 TA OD GLOXINIA HYBKfDA GIGANT., strong, per 100 J8.00; per 1000 *70 00. r> All LIAS, too tinest kinds for Oorisls' Bne. 10 cts.eacli. per 100*8 00. TUBEROSES, Double Excelxior Pearl 4-ineli circum. upwards per 1000*8 00; 3-ln. circum. perWOOSl.OO; single flowered, por 1000*10 00 Catalogue of Erfurt Seeds, Palms. Bulbs, Makart Bouquets, etc. free on application. Terms cash. C. M. HILDESHEIM, Baltimore, Md. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 13) Mason Street. Milwaukkb, Wis. Bulbs! Bulbs! Bulbs We beg to offer the following Bulbs for Early Forcing : LILIUM IIARRI.SII s to 7 inches in circtimference ULIUM HARRISII 7 to 9 " CALLA .1-;rHIOPICA First Size CALLA .i;THIOPICA Second Size FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA, ETC., ETC. SPECIAL PRICES ON APPLICATION. SS41i:i51»S FOR r'RBJSlSN'r {SOWIJVO. Extra choice strains of Ptimttla Chinensis, Calceolaria, Cineraria, Pansy, etc., 50c. and $1 per pkt. An extra selected strain of Highland Mary Pansy, very fine, per pkt. $2. DAISY Bellis Perennis fl. pi ^ •' '■ '' L!Sfeiwz::;:z:z';::::::::::: 5°<='^-p"pa^'^e'- " " " Snowball J V. H. H. & Son beg to state they always have a number of first-class gardeners' waiting for situatioDS, and would be glad to hear from anyone requii ames on their books WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Chinese Narcissus, AURATUM. LONGIFLORUM, ALBUM. RUBRUM, KRAMERI. ELEGANS, AND OTHER JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY BULBS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM. SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. Our new Wholesale List of above, and of Trees. ^ OriiHiuental Shrubs. I'lants, Conifers, etc., now i renily. SENU FOK IT. 1 H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. CHOICE FORCING BULBS AND PLANTS FRESH PALM SEI-IDS, NEW CROP PANSY SEED, MEMORIAL WREATHS and CROSSIvS, the best imported from Germany and France, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, Etc., offered at reasonable prices, as per my fall list, which will be sent free to all florists and dealers. OI^OMirXS: Just arrived a splendid lot of OdonToglossi'M cri.spum (AlexanduL-). I CaTTLEYA Trian-j;. " LUTl^A PURPUREA. " SaNDERIANA. " CUSPIDATUM. I Prices quoted on application. Address J. A. DE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. R. VAN PER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM, HOLLAND. Largest Growkrs of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for orices. C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, NEW YORK, IMfOKlKU OK FOHCIMG BULBS. IMPORTED HARDY ROSES, Strong Clematis, Etc., Etc. Will be I APPLE GERANIUM SEED. MUSHROOM SPAWN .•(I ».•;,!.. 00 »s.(. i8go. The American Florist. 25 LILIUM HARRISII,°'TTER KNOWN AsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORI ING FOR WINTER FL0WEP5 WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN POLES FROM OUR OWN GRODNDS IN BERMODA ^^-^^ V COPYRIGHTED ISX) B\ F itek b fote Easter i^oo showing c a > p J Llhum Himsii Tnfidlbloo, tar of all lUies for winter blooming, but It _. - . led. and the HowersbeiDK especially eflectlve for decoratlTe purposes, always command large prices hYom i „ ^ . , ~ use for torclnK for the Kaster market only. This Is not eiclusiyely so; it derives its name from the fact that, in Bermuda, grown in the open ground, me-hence the name ■Bermurta Easier I,lly" -but by growing it in this country I om early in December until after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all be forced into bloom by the Christmas holidays adds particularly to its value, as it t...„ ... „, _ ^ ^^ . ^ ,_...,_ prices, but to accomplish this the bulb must be potted early in August, something depending upon after treatment and the temperature the bulbs a For this purpose our Bermuda-grown bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches its highest development, and ripens off perfectly, ana is ready lor shipment usually by the middle of July-before bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their growth. Our bulbs being grown in the open ground, in a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at any time. ^ ,,..., , . . ^^„^ The extent to which this Lily is be'ng forced for winter flowers will be shown by a sale made by us to a large New i ork grower, who purchased 30.000 bulbs for his own use. We hear it saia occa-ionally that Lilium Harrisli flowers will not keep-this is owing to improper handling. It cut us soon as open they can bekeptformore than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following letters will show. These were written acknowledging the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. .. ^ ^ ^. ^ J. L. Russell, Denver; <:olo.. writes: " The Lilies came in excellent shape. I don't think I lost one; it 19 a pretty good recommendation for your packing." The Fort Worth Nursery Seeil «nall»s, Te.xas, writes: "The L'lies arrived in perfect condition, and we must compliment you on your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry." THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow 11 in large qiaiUilies and to ofTer it at reasonable prices, and we have always been recognized by the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state thai we expecl lo sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over ^ HAIvFi* A. JVIIIvT^IOJV BUr^BS. -K Be sure you get the genuine Lilium Harrisli. In order to secure "the true variety .JJ purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which Is known to be piire. The " ' ' ' Imis or ianorant oarties to Dlant L. Longi " endering I'ilTha was very scarce. Ignorant parties to plant L. Longiflorum in Bermuda, planting it with Harrisil to increase their stock rapidly wnen uar- : Irretrievably, thereby rendering it absolutely valueless for forcing and we have known instances where these mixed le genuine variety whire large loss has resulted, and dealers should look with euspicion on bulbs offered at prices less than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; "Jlixeil Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Large growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., tarrytown, new yobk, u. s. a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us lor samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. I26 The American Florist. Oct, IS, Foreign Notes. rrisTK Ai.riioNsic Kakk, the 1 I'liMK-li author and horticul- OUoIki 1 IIdi Ml s Stiict 11 \ ol tht N I \sinthtnnini SinRt\ ol I n^ onliitnit il L 1 xptcnilm 1)1 01 IRl tl Shll lloll I >ulih LRlx loi Ih II kKH \< lK Son of Hu ml i\hibitcfl si\ sprl es o( Siiuu \\ hiU \i tht ineiliii^ ot ko\ il lloitRiiUm il H0-91. Nurserymen & Florists' Supplies CKNTi.E.MEN:— We have increused our list <»f snp- pljes lor the coming season, and are now able to offer a complete stock of all Packing Materials, as well as the necessary t^eld Tools. We hope to have your valued orders soon. Wood Isabels (printed and plain), all sizes — Wood Labels (pointed), for llorista. all sizes.. Wire (iron), cut or in coils, for Labels ». 10 Wire (copper), cut or in coils, for Labels au Paper Sacks for Grape culture, all sizes Steel Needles, for baling each .SO Sewing Twines, in balls per lb. 18 Sewing Twines, on reels perlb. 18 Wool Twine (1 lb. balls. ItO lb. bales). ..per lb. -1... CottonTwtne, for Budding or Grafting 36 Baskets, all sizes Burlaps, lO-inch, seven to nine ounce Heavy Digging Spades, 15-inch each 8 00 Deavy Taper Spades each 1 50 Nails, 's-inch to aw Planting Dibbles 12.". Iloop-lron, for strapping cases Baling Rope (Gem), 50 lb. reels per lb. f'.. Tin Eyelet Shipping Tags, printed or plain .. Manilla Paper, for wrapping Grafts .. per lb. 7 Metal Cellar Tags Our tiem Baliae Rope has been entirely satis" factory everywhere the past season. It is the softest and cheapest baling rope ever offered tree shippers. Prices subject to market changes. Liberal discount to large buyers, and samples sent on application. W. S. PHELPS' SONS, ■i.', a ■i.'i K. Second St., DATTON, OHIO. Kills Mildew and Fungus growth. What does? GRAPE DUST. Sold by Seedsmen. MISSOURI^ NUgR^ Founded IS35. OhIosI in the West, Liir«£«-sl in tlie World. I6#'S( of everything. Nearly 600 salesmen ?-e)| oi;r Htock in almost every Stateand lerritory; anmiHl salf.- psceeisthal of any other Nursery. We tell -/*/"•( through dlemen. and'/W(t.vT stock freight and^all charges pjud NOTREESTjiil whole rooi trees; or like plum, prune and ■•),ri,.i trees on u.f. '.■''". thpbpst plum Btorkgrown. Idnlio :'nd nthrr New.V Olil |.'rilil»(hymnill;ornampntalB rnnt grafts. er,,„il,,„.i NoiargerBtockinU.S. Nobetter No cheaper. C£u^Esn^||^^>THIS CUT FOR YOUR CATALOCiDE. The Trowel, Intro- lifting and setting plants: as an all around "Handy Digger" it has no equal. 12. CO per dozen, postpaid. THK FLORAL SUPPLY CO., bINGHA.MPTO.N, N. Y. ENGRAVER FOR FLORISTS. PHILADELPHIA PA Kleuiro ol this Cut, *3.00. LARGEST STOCK OF ELECTROTYPES OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS' CATALOGUES, ETC. Complete Catalogues 50c. deducted from tir.st order. Agency lor the sale ol Electros of MESSRS. VIL- MO gene RIN ANDRIEUX & CO., (Paris.) FLORAL DESIGNS. A book which tells how to make them and shows how they look. Fifty tinted plates of approved designs, in fine shape for showing to customers in place of the bare wire designs ; it "gets there" much better, and looks pretty while doing it. It is a good investment for any working florist at $3.50, postpaid, and can be had of J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 55 HABBISBURG FA Long's Floral Photographs WEKK AUAKOKO Special Honorable Mention at Boston Convention Exhibit. Ktitcrpriaing florists readily appreciate their use as a practical help in their business. They help to better priced orders, and save much time during a rush when it's most valuable to you . The series now reaches eighty-five in number. Kach a distinct subject. ARTISTIC. Beautiful. Perfect. Order of any reliable supply man. or send for descriptive and priced catalogue direct to the DAN'L B. LONG, Florist, liUFTFl'A.I^O. 3V. "i'. '■A^'CY. DAGGER 2,000,000 EVERGREEN CUT FERNS Especially for Florists' use. $1 50 per 1,000: 5,000, $6.25: 10.000. $10 00. 25,000 YARDS BOUQUET green WREATHING,^ in .Ml yarcl lengths without separatinn (any size made tui.rder). 1000 yards of the standard sizes constantly on hand after Oct. Ist. Orders by mail or teleRraph shipped at once. Terms Cash, or poods will be sent O. O. I>. :t-in. diam. Bat or one-sided per yd. $ .04 ;i-in. diam round " .OH 4-in. diam. round " .08 Tl in. diam. round " .10 large orders. r-^^ SPHAGNUM MOSS. MOSsf "'^'r' ian tlbre. barrel or sack, $1 I ;ls, f.i.OO; Twenty barrels, »l.-> I [Ired barrels. IIS 00. Write lor Prices and Terms. L. B. BRAGUE, DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, HINSDALE, MASS. CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 47th St and Lexington Ave., New York. Mimufacture'd br . STEJFFBJ 335 EastUist street. - HEW YORK. SEND FOR A COPY OF OUR NEW TRflDEDlREGTORy AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. T8go. The American Florist. No. 126. Metal Wreath. No. 130. Standing Sheaf. H.BAYER$DORFER£CO. PHILADELPHIA. Dove Metal Wreath. We always have on hand a full line of l^loi'issts' Sltl3I3lies, such as BOUQUET PAPERS, TINEOIL, WIRE, TOOTHPICKS, CHENILLE and IMMORTELLE LETTER?, GUM SPRINKLERS, WAX and TISSUl' PAPER, DRIED MOSSES AND SEA IVIOSS, DOVES, IMMORTELLES, all kinds of NATURAL, BLEACHl'D AND COLORED DRIED GRASSES, DRIED ELOWERS, a complete assortment of METAL WREATHS, CROSSES, STARS, ANCHORS, Etc. A full stock of IMPORTED BASKETS. We also Manufacture FANCY STRAW, WICKER AND WILLOW BASKETS, and SHEAVES OF WHEAT. IMPORTED ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND LEAVES for Funeral Designs. A trial order solici'ed from those who have never dealt with us. Prices cheerfully supplied on application. tXCLUSIVELY FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. THE MOST GOMPLE.TE UNE, IN flMERIGfl. II. BAYERSDORFER & CO., .So N. 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BOXES. BOXES. MAILING and CUT FLOWER BOXES. :!-pikc;k box: : there is nothiDj: li tested nearly. Send for price list, free. Sample nest IJ SMITH & SMITH, Kenton, Ohio. ELECTRIC ALARM. lor giving au alarm in case the temperature rises above or goes below the degree at which it is set. Can be put up by anyone, by follow- ing the instructions sent with each set. Complete, with Thermometer, Battery, Bell and Wire for S6.S0. 303 Main Street, OK.VX^K, N.J. FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. ARMnRFD Sizes % inch to 42 inches diameter. ARMUHtu The making, vending, or use of any Serviceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our ender each individual dealeror user responsible (orsuch unlawful f. For prices ami discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO . ucter Grip Aj moird Hose Paienfs, 49 Warren btreet. New York. PAINT ^I3I3U,ESS That is White and will stick I on Greenhouses |1 HAMMOND'S That is Rust Proof for Iron Paint & Slug Shot Works, Pipes and retards no heat. FISHKILL-OS-HUDSON, li. Y. Q'seru iJforii^t! Q^seri^ RuriSer^man ! Q'serij ^eeili&man ! Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. The American Florist. Oct. IS, ^. A. F. Attention Our defeated competitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for tlie Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Committe of Award as not being im})artial in tlieir decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews & Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. F. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement published by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either ground, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is iT^A^r^JSE). The pots we exhibited for the Certificate were made exactly as we make them for our customers, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact it is impossible to alter the inside measure- ment after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (untd the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, wh^, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., ^15$ *S? ^IS wriiartoia J^t.,PHILADELPHIA. PA. FLORISTS, lAlAklT NURSERYMEN W A M I and SEEDMEN If Mil I iWIND MILLS ^^m. VANELESS *• |-j*ft -^ ^-'-WINDMILLSWy i. ^ ... 1^^ i>xjiyip>s WIND MILL. HAND POWER PUMPS. Ir Brass and Brass Lined , CYLINDERS Our3Wa Force Pumps have no equal. Stardard flower pots WE MANUFACTURE THE EXACT STANDARD FLOWER PDT. Send for our new price list, dated August ist, 1S90, and you will notice that our prices are lower than ever before. OUR WARE GIVES PERFECT SATISFACTION. GIVE US A TRIAL AND CONVINCE YOURSELF. I was at Boston ! HALLADAV STANDARD GEARED WIND MILL Inll »l7,f,, 1, . II Ml < ^nitruntcvd. Belluble Al-. .11- U .i..l. .1 I lirnmr,. UEl-OTS -.-Um But lots of my friends by mail didn't meet me because the Society o* American Florists hadn't provided the means of identification they agreed to at Buffalo. I may have to wear a red coat at Toronto; 1 don't want to miss so many people again I I'm not pretty, but 1 want to see who I am writing to, when I can; and 1 want to be seen and known. I am ready to talk 1S91 Catalogues by mail. The Mount Pleasant Printery is "fixed" to do a lot of good printing for the trade this winter; and any florist can "get in" to the advantages by writing about what he wants. J. HORACE McFARl.AND, HarrisburG, Pa. Meanwhile Order :Ko^^^ A Copy of our New TRADE DIRECTORY nj-iCE, S2 00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle SL. Chicago. I'LORISTS and SKEDSiMKN writi' to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, O.. lor samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. i8go. The American Florist. 29 S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme: "Manufacturers of FI,<;>W1:R POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the poU should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to siz", and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of .\ward. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. First. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the |i,(K)o to the fund of the Society of American Florists. SSeooncl. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i V-inch to 7 inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from 8 inch to 12-inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an ecjual number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. Patent Improved Florists' CEFREY LETTER CO., Gentlemen:— I find the new ni.ichine-niad Immortelle Letters manufactured by you ver salable and in many respects superior to am thing of the kind we have ever handled. Tnel uniformity of shape, size and color, the conveniei form in which they are put up, and the excellet device for fastening them to the work the most commendable poin' letters, last order and deliver as soon as ly, W. J. STEWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. .h FRE\ LETTER CO., 13 Green St„ Boston, Di \i Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand letters IS soon IS possible. They are the best and most arictinl letters in the market. The pin fasteners irt 1 long way ahead of the old faihioned way ot vinng^ Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. .ItFRt\ LETTER CO., Boston, Mass., 1)1 AR Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small let- ers and five hundred large (two inch.) GALVIN BROS., Boston. We wish to announce to all florists that we have removed to much larger quarters, No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machiuerj'; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a half cents, and the 1 '.'-inch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will hav no o hers. Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in .he™a..et. ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^^^ j^ GfeBn IWi^X, BOSTON, MASS. 30 The American Florist. Oct. 15, A Skull for a Flower Pot. W. (j. YaiiHuskiik, the mastcii of the Torre Hajite & Peoria shops at Paris, Iiid., lias a pocuh pot hanjjinK in his door yar ^riiesonic relic is inaile out of : skull, ami is suspend chains. The brain ea earth, anil a hean creeps h-oni the inipTy "soil;! ninsjavvs. .\cross lliclorelu-.- Uuilv LcliDuig the sentii has something of a history, being a thcologieal student who suicide. He was interred in a sina yard which afterward fell into di; decay and was finally sold for purposes. In making an excava skeleton was e.xhnmcd and the si into Mr. Van Buskirk's jioss Eas/on, Pa., Press. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. '^ i £fc;=it WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: l8t. Give the number of sashes to be lifted. 2nd. Give the length and depth of sashes, (d i length of house. m the ground to the ct Idth of rafteri Ventilator Maciiinery FOH ALL CLASSES OF UREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awariled the only Certificate ol Merit at linffalo Convention. Patented Dec lO, lH8!t. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, in bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. MAILINQ BOXES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymen's and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS &, SONS, EXCELSIOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS, WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE BOTTOM. Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven- tilation is secured. The only pot with Patent Perfect Drainage and \'enti]ated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. It will Ije to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing else- where. l»r»tei^tecl and :!M£mxilfs»ot«.«rfe?cl oiily- lay THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., wkI^t^s^IIet, Philadelphia, Pa. We make the Best Delivery Waoons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Roffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street. rSgo, The American Florist. 13 ESTABLISHED 1854. Devine's Boiler Wohks. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wioiiolit lion Hot A)atei lioilei'? \0^ p> 0,, 0^ m », m, m\ "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. ' LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot for marketing, and effect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use ' Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young I'lants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- / mg, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard ; ' ' / -.izes adopted by Society of American Florists. ^"^^ " F. W. BIRD & SON. EAST WALPOLE, MASS. li.c3leHAle) .^V^entn > & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NflTlONfiL HOT WATER HEATER CO.. ii( )ST( m. , .„',',',",' ' ,r,;;;'i'i;r5, '.t.,;' .,„.€H 1('a«( i. $aveYourCoalpLm4Lowi n nnini steam,^»hot water FLDRIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19s zesfnrStea t f'fs zesforHot Water, 15 sizes forSofi Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. c< III III liK I f S. SCHMlli, W«.ih1nK- ton, I>. C; JAMES VKK. Rochester, N. y ; .1. A. SIMMERS, Toronto, Ont. Mantton Amarlo&D Florist. EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FLORISl CO.. 54 La Salle SI.. CHICAGO 132 The American Florist. Oct. 15^ Index to Advertisers. A»soclAtton Flora — 12.S Ball ChasD 123 Bayerndorfer IIACo.]- .118 , Lockland 1 BergerH H & Co 124 BlrdKWftSon 131 Blanc A 126 BraokeniidKe &Co . . . .12^i McCarthy N F& Co 121 .118 Miller. Geo. W. Burrow JO US llli Campbell ,1 U & Son. Carmody J D Cefrey Letter Co. Crawford T' De Veer . W2 !&Co...ll8 MullenGeo 121 National Hot Water Heater Co 131 PennockCbasB 121 Phelps WS Devine'8 Boiler Wks.. Dlei,JohnI..,*Co.... Dillon, J. L Dlngee&ConardCo.US b Frese & Gresenz 121 GardlnerJ*Oo....l20 124 Gonzales F& Co 123 urlfbth.N.S IW Hall i Plenty, josephna 131 OuakerOlty Mch. Wksl30 Keed i Keller 126 Rlbsani C & Sons 123 Kolker. A. jk Sons 124 Salzer.lohn ASeedColn Saul John 123 Schulz.lacob 119 .132 Herr, Albert J HesserW J 123 , StarrChasT ShelmireW R.. Sheridan W V . Slebrecht V, We Sipae Dopffel i Co Situations Wants Smith il smith Spoone "' " Horan, Kdw C 121 Horan .lames 1111 HoytR I) 123 HudBOnJohn M 121 Industrial Gardens.. ..124 Jackman Geo & Son . .UB .lordan Floral Co.. Stewart Wm J Street F Taplin S Tritschler M U S Wind Engii Pump Co Waterbury Rubber Col27 Weathered Thos W 132 Welch Bros 121 WhilldinPotteryCol28 130 Williams H W & Son ITO Wisconsin Flower Ex 124 Wittbold Georte 123 Wood Bro« 119 Woodruff W B 121 .121 ; Zlrngiebel D Parkf-RSburc, W. Va.— .\(lolph Iliehle has just completed a new rose house 18x100 and has in course of construction another one of same size. Cypress him- ber and double thick glass was used ex- clusively in their construction. They are ihrce-ciuarter span and will be heated by hot water. Lawkknce, M.> uildinu: a new cai -Edward Flvnn A CARMODY BOILER Will Cost less, Use less Fuel, and has more advantages than any other Boiler in the market. |y SeiKl for Descriptive Catalogue. J. r>. OA.itiM:or>^^, EVANSVILLE IND. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hoi Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY. 74 & 76 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y, tW Send for Catalogue. Thos. W.Weathered's Sons. 46 & 48 MARION STREET. NEW YORK. MANUFACTUREKH iiV Improved ^oilers (snakn^K^Grates), PIPE and PIPE FITTINGS, for heating Greenhouses, &c. VKlsriI.ATIISO AI»P.4I*.\TrS, Hot raising Saslies in (greenhouses. I^ortieultural® I^uilders. Conservatories, Greenhouses, Ac, >f the United eardener or ordinary mechanic Greenhouse Heatings Ventilating HlfcHiNQS «» CO. 233 Mercer Street, Hew York. Bi'Jz Tfaf fepr)3 oj jdeilsrs, Eighteen Sizes, feoppnaaiea Hire Jiaex JSailei's Saddle J^0rlsrs, Saijical J^aileps, Jaas« jSuTTjii)^ w afep JieafeFa Perfect Sash Raising Apparatus. postage for Illustrated Catalogue. GREENHOUSE HEATING . — ^=lSTEAM OR HOT WATER. ^ — . THE "EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DURABILITY it has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. 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CONTENTS Cbrysauthemuius 133 -Philadelphia notes 133 —A new departure 134 ^Nomenclature 134 — ludging plants by points 134 —Coming exhibitions 134 —New early chrysanthemums 1,^5 Epiphyllum truncatum (illustration) 135 Chrysanthemum synonyms 136 Epiphyllums 136 Azaleas 136 Group of plants at Boston exhibition (illus) . . 137 The fuchsiabeetle 137 Roses— Seasonable notes 138 —Solid beds and raised benches 138 — Number of blooms cut 138 Carnations— Seasonable notes 139 —Wire supports 139 L,ong Island notes 139 Philadelphia 140 Boston notes 140 Chicago 141 New York 141 Table decoration (illus) 141 Philadelphia 141 Judging by points 142 A weekly paper 144 Departments at the World's Fair 144 Early chrysanthemums 144 To advertisers 144 The seed trade 146 Washington 14S A new hollyhock disease 150 rHfc ,\merican Florist willbe a weekly visitor henceforth and without any in- crease in the subscription price. Correspondents should Ijear in mind that copy should reach us by Monday at latest in order to insure insertion in the issue of the following Thursday. Philadelph Chrysanthcnnims. "Gloriosum" is the first to make its api)earance in quanity and quality; but there are not nearly enough to supply the demand, and that at $15 per dozen wholesale. Only last year at this time some of the ret.ail florists deplored the fact that some of the growers had devoted their time, space and intelligence to the production of only first-class, high priced flowers, instead of those at a dollar per grab (which was rarely less than 1()0). The same retailers this year, are the most eager after the better class of blooms. And we are pleased to be able to so record it. "A wise man changes his mind, a fool never." In a recent issue of the Florist Mr. Chitty says, in mentioning chrysanthe- mums, "their very presence seems to create a necessity for something else." We in this city cannot indorse that assertion. It is really the opening of the season for flowers. I would like Mr. John Westcott to express himself on that point. Just at this time roses are plentiful and in a short since it is to be feared, they will be too plentiful. Rose growers should , by judiciotxs disbtidding avoid the rose- glut which is inevitable at this season of the year if some intelligent action is not brought to bear on this very important matter. Give the mums a chance by withholding the large crop of roses at this chrysanthe- mum time of the year, and the Queen of Autumn will be voted a blessing b_v the very men who have heretofore vigorously denotniced her as an usurper. If the number of rose buds is vigorously reduced at this time when only a very low wholesale price is paid for them, the plants will be better able to withstand the high pressure to which they must be subjected later on, when Beautys and La Frances and all good roses are more highly appreciated, and every body in- terested is better satisfied and infinitely better prices rule all around. To return to chrysanthemums Mrs. Bullock will be the next one to claim the attention of the public in numbers, and as to quality for a white it is hard to beat, either as an exhibition plant or when grown for cut flowers. When "L. Can- ning" was first sent out it was compared U) the Bullock, as possessing superior keeping qualities, totheolder well-known kind, but there is no rivalry be- tween theih, most of the Mrs. Bullocks will make their exit before Miss Canning makes her bow. Mr. John Thorpe says that the Canning is the best white chry santhtmuin in existence. Before this meets the eyes of your readers, lots of flowers will have been cut and plans for the futura will be in the course of formulation. There are too few of us who take the time and trotible to make notes. We de- pend altogether too much on ourmemory which is often treacherous. Some vari- eties are better disbudded to a solitary flower, while others are better left as sprays; which the new varieties are better suited for can only be determined by ex- periment. Philadelphia as a market seems to incline more to sprays than to indi- vidual flowers at present. Another mat- ter which it is necessary to carefully note is the time of flowering and whether the flowers contain the necessary amount ol' substance to warrant them in shipping well — long distances — if necessary. We do not hear much in this city about Mrs. Alpheus Hardy as a cut flower so far, it was said last year that it was too weak in the stem. Certain it is— it is the most chaste and beautiful variety we have up to date. It is the only variety with which Adiantum cuneatum asso- ciates in perfect harmony. Boughs with the various colored autumn leaves are generally mingled effectively with the varieties in general. I have not seen any of the specimen plants for exhibition purposes yet. So that I can only speculate on who has the finest lot. I hear J. William Colflesh has some good ones, so also has W.K.Harris, and the winner of the highest premium last year, Mr. Vernor, gardener to A.J. Drexel, Esq., it is said has some prize winners. The valuable and varied pre- miums offered b3'the friends and members of the Pennsylvania Hort. Society, in addition to the money prizes ofliered by the society itself, ought to bring out the very best talent in chrysanthemum cul- ture that can be found within safe ship- ping distance from this city. Any person who has an interest in such matters, whether they intend to exhibit or not. would do well to apply to Secretary D. D. L. Farson who will cheerfully forward a copy of the premium list to all who apply for it. Much interest centers in the seedlings and new varieties generallj'. It is said that William K. Harris has not so many in number this year as formerly. The seed did not mature satisfactorily or did not germinate freely. Robert Craig, who . has not figured heretofore as a raiser of seedlings, has them in great numbers and 34 The American Florist. Nov. /, in all sizes, and ainatcnrs and their gar- deners have them in larger quantities than ever before, so that there will be no scarcity of interest among the admirers of something new. 1 received lhi<>iiL;h the mail last evening two luw \:Mitlii.s iVoni Mr. Elijah A. Wood, West XcwtDii. Mass., and the names arc laicliv put on record: "Mrs. E. W. Wood" aiid "James H. Freeland." The former is a rich dark purple after the style of "Hon. John Welsh," but the flower is larger and has more substance than the old variety had. The latter is a very large flower with broad petal florets, blush in color which will no doubt become pure white after being open a few days, it certainly appears to be an acquisition. If all raisers of seedlings and distrib- utors of new varieties would be good enough to forward the names of their novelties to me the3' would be registered, and thus avoid thisconfusionof duplicate names. Mostof the chrysanthemum men have agreed to do so, and I trust all will see the importance and necessity of doing so and forward names, accompanied with their respective flowers; a description could also be recorded with the name, and in due time given to the public. Edwin Lonsdale. A New Departure. Mr. Thorpe's article under the above caption in the last Florist reminds me that I too have something to say in that connection; not in naming new chrysan- themums— I will leave Mr. Thrope in un- disputed possession of that field, and long may his "Esperanza" and "Tommy Adams" live to adorn the now somewhat lengthy list of nnuns. But this season I have adopted an entirely new plan of growing my chrysanthemums and am so far so well pleased with the results that I hasten to impart the news. Heretofore I have always grown my mums through the summer with the pots either standing on or partly plunged in coal ashes, rotten tan bark, or some other material, wliicli ]ilan rccjuired nearly the whole time ol one man pouring water on them to keep them alive, to say not- thing of keeping the foliage in something like a presentable shape; and often after the most unremitting attention had been bestowed upon them all summer, manj' of them would look in September as though a cyclone had struck them, and the stems would appear so hard and dry that they did not seem to possess vitality enough to develop into flowers the few miserable buds that terminated them. This season, however, when my plants were large enough to require shifting from 4-inch pots into larger ones, they were so shifted into 6-inch pots; then a trench was dug across a piece of ground, two inches deeper and a little wider than the pots, the pots stood along the bottom of the trench about two inches apart and the earth filled in and firmly pressed down on each side of and between the the pots until the spaces were all filled up to their rims; the plants were then treated to a good watering and allowed to stand until the water had soaked away, the balance of the earth was then replaced, moderately well pressed down, and finished off"evenh-, after which noth- ing was done to the plants excepting keeping clean of weeds until the time to place them under glass; not a drop of water did they requireor get except what fell from above, and such plants they were as did one good to look at, with fine large green healthy foliage down to the very surface of the ground. On the first of September we began to lift them to plant inside where they were intended to flower and although many of them were quite large and sappy the whole operation was performed without the loss of a plant or even the wilting of a single leaf, in striking contrast with some so called field grown plants which were lifted a little later (plants turned from small pots and planted in the open ground and allowed to grow there) and which required over three weeks to re- cover from the shock. My beds are now a mass of buds with foliage as green and healthy as it is possible to be and it now looks as though I shall be able to cut chrysanthemums by the wagon load. But now for the new departure! The plants above described now occupy the centre beds of some of my carnation houses, which in fact was the only means at my disposal for the accommodation of so fine a lot of plants; the side benches were then filled with carnations, I then made arrangements to have potted in 6-inch pots enougli carnations to fill the centre beds as soon as the mums are out. The carnations are now in sunken frames, four or five thousand of them in number, and are filling the pots handsomely with roots. The mums are planted in rotation as they flower so that when the earliest are alf cut we shall immediately fill up with carnations and so on xmtil the very latest are all disposed of The carnations being in frames that are sunken the depth of the pots below the lower edge of the boards of which they are made, will with sashes over them be perfectly safe even though quite a severe frost should happen. My expectations are to secure two full and perfect crops of flowers from beds where only < L-arnations, had heretofore been realized, because the time between the removal of the old carnations and planting out the new ones was so short as to preclude all possibility of growing anintermediatecrop. Should this plan therefore be a success, for which I can see at present not the slighest reason to doubt, it will be a clear gain of the crop of chrysanthemums. The carnations occupying pots are advancing just the same as if planted on the benches; they in reality are even more rugged in consequence of an extended outside ex- posure, while at the same time they are throwing up their buds so as to be ready for business when ultimately required to replace the mums. H. E. Chitty. Patcrson. N.J. Oct. 9, 1890. Nomenclature. In your last issue I read the communi- cation from Mr. J. Thorpe and was amused and puzzled to know whether the article was intended for satire or whether Mr. T. was in sober earnest. If the latter I for one take exception to what he says about the name of a plant not helping its sale. We had this matter ventilated a few weeks ago with reference to the chrysanthemum Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. It was made clear at that time that a de- scriptive (or catchy) name helped to sell the plant. And I have frequently noticed that amateurs in making selections from catalogues select the varieties having the most pleasing names. Another reason why short names are preferable is that long ones are sure to be abbreviated and any one not well posted may easily be misled. I find in my own case that in writing labels for- stnek plants I often omit the initials I I .1 -iven name, and if there are several Smiths, Jones or Browns commemorated by horticultural admirers the varieties are bound to get mixed. I believe a short simple name is the best, and believe the plant so named, if its merits are equal, will sell better than the plant with the long name. I know a family who have a son named Zerubbabel and know some others in the of names who I imagine often committee on nomenclature had been consulted at their christening who would probably have relieved them from the load they have to can-j' through life. What prompted me to sit down and in- flict this upon you and your readers was this: Four years ago I bought a collec- tion of chrysanthemums from Peter Hen- derson & Co., and one of them was labeled G. W. Childs, I thought possibly someone else had pre-empted, so to speak, that name already. C. B. .Arlington, N. J. Judging Plants by Points. The plants entered for competition at the chrysanthemum show of the Pennsyl- vania Hort. Society to be held at Phila- delphia, November 10 to 14, will be judged by points as follows : Size of bloom and quality 30 points Size of plants ! 30 " Distinctiveness of form & color 10 Foliage 20 " General efltct 10 " Total 100 Commg Exhibitions. November 4-6, Orange, N. J.— Chrysan- themum show. New Jersey Floricultural Society. November 4-7, Chicago.— Chrvsanthe- mum show. Chicago Florist Club. November 4-7, Erie, Pa.— Chrysanthe- mum show, Erie Chrysanthemum Club. November 10-14, Philadelphia.— Chrj'S- anthemum show, Penna. Hort. Society. November 11-12, Toronto, Ont.— Chrys- anthemum show, Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Club. November 11-13, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show, Mass. Hort. Society. November 11-13, Montreal, Canada. — Fall show Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. November 11-13, London, Ont.— Chrys- anthemum show, Forest City Florists' and Gardeners' Society. Novemberll-14, Detroit, Mich.— Chrys- anthemum show, Detroit Florists. November 11—14, Baltimore. — Fall ex- hibition Gardeners' Club. November 11-15, Cincinnati.— Chrys- anthemum show, Cincinnati Florist Club. November 11-15, Indianapolis.— Chrys- anthemum show, Society of Indiana Flo- rists. November 11-1 5, Louisville, Ky. -Chrys- anthemum show, Louisville florists. November 12-13, Worcester, Mass.— Chrysanthemum show, Worcester County Hort. Society. November 12-14, Hartford, Conn.— Chrysanthemum show, Hartford County Hort. Society. November 12-14, Minneapolis, Minn. — Chrysanthemum show. Society of Minne- sota Florists. November 13—15, Springfield, Mass. — Chrysanthemum show, Hampden Horti- cultural Society. November 13-15, Buft"alo,N. Y.— Chrys- anthemum show, Buffalo Florist Club.' November 14-15, Providence, R. I.— Chrysanthemum show, Rhode Island Hort. Society. November"l9-21, Utica, N. Y.— Floral exhibition. Florists' Club of Utica. November 20— , New York. — Exhibi- tion New York Florist Club. i8go. The American Florist. 135 VARIETIES OF EPIPHYLLUM TRUNOATUM. [SEE PAGE 136.] New Early Chrysanthemums. We are quite fortunate this year in find- ing some really fine and valuable new varieties among the French introduc- tions; last year it was quite the reverse, only a small percentage being of any value. We must bear in mind, however, that our European friends have been trying hard for early bloom in their new sorts, and many of the best imported varieties are not known in our country because they can not be shown in good condition at our November shows, and it really seems that unless a new chrysanthemum can ni.-ikc a rccurd at one or another of onr proniintnt exhibitions, it is bound to be very slow in gaining recognition. Of this fact, however, we have no complaint to make; the exhibitions are splendid op- portunities for prospective buyers to see the true character of novelties offered. Among the new ones of this year is a very beautiful, rather dwarf, white, flower medium to large, soft and plumy in effect as it is extremely free; among November's white varieties it would be in no wise remarkable, but coming into bloom from October 1 to 5 it at once becomes valu- able. This is Mme. Ferdinand Bergman from Delaux. Another very pretty variety coming only two or three days later is Rose Laing (Delaux); the flower is of good size, center soit heliotrope pink, prominently whorled, and showing finelv against reflexed outer petals of pale silvery pink lined deep mauve. We think this one of the very best of the earlies; it is well thought of across the water, as the I Belgique Revue Horticole gives a. fine I colored plate of it. M. Harry Laing (Delaux), comes into 36 The American Florist. Nov. /, bloom at the same time and reminds one of Lillian Bird in its early stages and is a really pretty early sort. Mme. Sautel (Hoste). Another pretty pink, tipped yellow in the center. Ulrich Brunner (Hoste), large rosy violet, color of E. Audigier; of extra size, even for a late sort. Aurora (Lacroix). One of the earliest of all, and a fine enough yellow to go to the November shows; has been in bloom two weeks or more. SouY. de M. Menier (Del.iux), larger than the average Cullingfordii and quite similar in color. Margaret Decazis (Lacroix). Good sized wine pink with whorled center; in- formal. M. R. Bahnant (Hoste), good sized terra cotta, quite similar in shade to W. W: Coles. Circe (Lacroix), pure chamois color, recurving and reflexed petals; a good chrysanthemum even among later sorts. M. H. De Fortanier (Hoste); deep vel- vety lake; of extra size. We consider this extra fine. We send specimens of all the above, labeled. The rest are from a lot of our seedlings, and we think several of them more than ordinarily good for mid- October sorts. Finally we enclose a few M. Norman Davis and M. Neville that j-ou may com- pare these two, which have been highly prized heretofore, as good early sorts. All of the enclosed blooms are from field grown plants to which no special care was given and which were brought to beds in the house just before frost. S. A. Hn.i.. Chrysanthemum Synonyms. A correspondent of The Garden, Lon- don, gives some interesting notes on syn- onyms among chrysanthemums. For in- stance, in 1886 Messrs. Cannell exhibited several new varieties imported direct from Japan, and which they distributed the following year. Among those which received a first-class certificate, and which was indeed quoted at a higher price than any other, was Mrs. H. Cannell with beautiful pure white flowers. Now, this is by all growers (Messrs. Cannell includ- ed) regarded as synonymous with Christ- mas Eve, a variety distributed by the American nurserj'men, and sent to this country two years previous to the distri- butionof the other, viz., in 1885. Another flower is Lady Trevor Lawrence, which is the same as Mrs. Beale and Robert Bottomley, this last coming from the other side of the Atlantic. Several other instances are recorded in different cata- logues of the same variety being distrib- uted by an English and an American nur- seryman under difterent names. Included among the numberare Mr. Frank Thomp- son and Mr. W. G. Drover, Marvel and Mr. H. Wellam, Chariie Sharman and W. M. Singerley, Mrs. Vannamann and Mr. Addison, with Mrs. J. N. Jerard and Mrs. Dunnett. All this is, no doubt, to be accounted for by the fact that they have been imported direct from Japan, and, therefore, the identical varieties have been distributed on the two continents. Epiphyllur These are very popular house or green- house plants, true cactuses, and natives of Brazil, particularly of the Organ moun- tains, under 4,500 feet elevation, and where they are found mosth'as epiphytes upon trees. We generally call them lob- ster" Benches. As there are but lew (juestions absolute in their nature; nearly all being relative to time, place, and environment, so it may be that the question of benches or solid beds for roses is also subject to various modifications. '- When a rose-grower speaks of Mr. May's experience and reputation, neces- s;\ri"ly his authority has weight and we all \K\\ (hie heed to his advice. When, thcixfi lie-, be pronounces upon this ques- tion In- a decision absolutely adverse to the solid bed system of growing roses, it is, perhaps, superfluous to advance any further argument. Yet as the writer has had considerable experience with solid beds and has not yet forsaken some ad- herence to this plan of growing roses, he desires to make some expression in defence of the system under discussion. As Mr. May concedes that those who need summer roses may do well to grow them this way, no further reasons are needed to prove that as far as the pro- duction of roses is concerned, for spring and summer cutting those in the solid bed are much to be preferred to any giown in shallow benches, though by the majority of the large growers of the met- ropolis, the trade in summer roses is looked upon as something of no account, yet to many of us who are denied the New York market, good roses in summer are a feature of considerable value in ourbusi- ness. We have got to have them and if then they are a necessity, it certainly devolves upon every good business man needing them to have them in as good condition as possible. Growing them outside, as all very well know, is too un- certain in results. But it is upon the winter production thal^ Mr. M decides so adversely against solid beds, giving us to understand that the comparison is infinitely to the advan- tage of the bench system. No doubt if all growers follow the plan which the article implies that they do and grow their roses that are upon their benches with the maximum of care and allow those in solid beds to linger along as best they may with only spasmodic at- tention, then certainly roses in solid beds deserve no favor at any hands. The ques- tion though at once occurs, would not roses on benches also be failures if they only received the attention given by those who take life easy. The fact is that roses always repay care, no matter by what system they are grown, and the maximum of attention bestowed upon those in solid beds, will be the means of reaping much success. It is not claimed that this way of growing roses is the best, each may de- cide what his needs are and what plan is best adapted for his needs. Some var- ieties do better in solid beds than others. Bon Silene, Pedes and Niphetos thrive luxuriantly; Mermets, Brides and La France do"not. We have a bed of Perles here that has been utidisturbed for six years. It was supposed at the begin- ning of eachyear, that during the follow- ing summer the house would have to be re-planted, but when planting time ar- rived, the sacrifice seemed too great, and, therefore, these Perles are still growing, apparently more vigorous and producing more flowers than ever before. By all odds the finest Perles are cut from this house. And the opportunity for comparison isalwavs athand, asonother house is planted with the same rose grown upon benches. Neither is the amount of winter production any less. It is regretted that accurate figitres are not available with which to verify this assertion, but the determination is formed to keep the product of each house sepa- rate for a year, and thus be enabled at some future date to state results with complete accuracy. The writer remembers, two years back, seeing a house of Perles, grown by Mr. Messeberg, of Flatbush, L. I., and these, without exception, were by far the best Perles to be seen around New York at that time — both for quantity and (luality. These were in solid beds, and had been there for eight years. Mistakes are made with roses in solid beds by planting them in too much depth of soil.' Twelve inches are ample, and the roses should always be fed from the top. Much care should be given to pruning away dead and useless wood, which has no other use than to harbor vermin. No other pruning through the fall and wm- ter. If growth is robust (which should be if roses are grown well) some thinning of wood in the summer. The greatest drawback to roses grown this way is the rose bug. If this pro- cures a foot-hold, the only remedy is to throw therosesoutandreplant. Though persistent hand-picking can be made a successful way of clearing away the bugs, and thus enable the grower to retain his plants. Alfred E. Whittle. Albany, N. Y. Many I know claim they have not time to keep them pulled up when small— it would be far cheaper to employ an extra boy to do it than allow them to grow. Where the surface of the soil is getting a green scum over it, as many soils often do, it is best to choose a dry day with the soil slightly on the dry side and rub the surface over with the hand; many prefer to use a small rake for this purpose, but I prefer the hand as there is no danger of destroying any young roots by it, whereas the teeth of a rake often do considerable harm in this way. Let the soil remain as firm as possible after it is once pressed solid; should the light mulching put on earlier in the season become exhausted , another very light dressing would now help the plants to push stronger growth which means larger and finer flowers. Hybrids wanted to bloom before Lent comes in should now be pruned and started without delay, providing of course that they have had a good seas: n of rest and are" in condition to prune. Remember that at this season it takes twelve weeks at least to get them into flower, that is, if really fine blooms are required. For those started earlier and which are now breaking nicely, a slight raise in the temperature every two weeks will help them to form and set their buds better. Give all the air possible on fine days, syringe frequently, and allow them to dry off by night. Should cloudy weather prevail withhold the syringing and keep the house sUghtly drier to preven t mildew . John N. M.\y. Number of Blooms Cut. We present below another record of the average number of blooms cut from each plant of several varieties of roses during last season, kindly furnished us by an eastern grower who wishes his name withheld. It came a little too late to use with the others in last issue. Perles Slpletos Meiniets Brides Seasonable Notes. With the present season of cloudy, mild and wet weather extra care will be re- quired to guard against mildew and black spot. The best way to avoid them is to give as much air as possible on all favorable opportunities, even on wet days; though quite mild it may be advis- able at this season to keep the pipes just warm enough to admit of a free circula- tion of air. This will keep the plants in a healthy condition without forcing them into soft growth. Much of the success of the coming winter depends upon the way they are treated now. Of course many of the minute details of treatment must be left to the discretion of the grower as these must be varied to suit local conditions. Water and air are two main necessities of plant life; when and how to apply them to the best advantage is the point for us to study out for ourselves. Next in importance is cleanliness; no plant will remain in good health for long if not kept clean, and this means that it must not only be kept free of insects, but also that all dead and decaying leaves should be removed as soon as possible, and all weeds kept pulled up, otherwise they will rob the plants of their proper nourish- ment; it IS very poor policy to allow the weeds to grow among the plants till they have robbed the soil of half its virtue. *Aug. 1889 3.67 2.69 1.76 .92 Sept " 7.13 7.19 12.00 6.95 Oct. 7.41 7.99 5.61 3.09 Nov. " 2.70 3.49 12.38 6.59 Dec. " 3.45 4.80 2.43 1.79 Jan. 1890 1.56 2.84 8.26 5.47 Feb. •■ 2.04 3.18 .57 .78 Mch " 1.48 2.91 3.76 4.45 M^ay " tjune " 4.02 5.38 6.28 3.74 3.05 5.82 10.36 6.78 2.17 4.76 3.80 2.34 Gen. av. 38.68 51.05 07.21 42.90 Gontiers Sd'Aml LaFrance Beamy »Aug. 1889 Sept. " Oct. " 2.30 3.55 2.39 6.68 8.58 4.90 1.78 10.82 8.22 4.10 .82 Nov. " 8.43 3.57 2.11 .88 Dec. " 4.99 4.10 2.02 1.22 Ian. 1890 8.04 2.66 1.76 .97 "Feb. " 3.07 3.57 1.37 1.26 Mch " 6.50 2.63 1.65 1.28 April " May " 5.08 4.78 2.56 1.97 7.12 3.02 2.73 1.15 June " 1.66 2.06 1.41 1.26 Gen. av. 64.69 46.74 27.00 12.59 *Aug 20 to 31. tJune 1 to 20. The thirty-third annual meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural Society will be held at Clinton December 2 to 4. The sum of $2,000 will be awarded in premiums at the coming chrysanthemum show of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Of this $1,500 is offered by the society-, the remainder by individuals as special premiums. i8go. The American Florist. 139 Seasonable Notes. This is a good time to keep a sharp look out for insects of all kinds liable to attack the plants. Last }-earfor thefirst timcl\vasi;rcatly annoyed by acateqiillar wliicli \v;is highly decorated with a black slrii^c clr.iii down its back. This black stripe was llaiikcd on both sides by stripes of yellowish fircen, which served to make the critter some- what ornamental when full grown, and not being aware of their presence some of these gentry had attained considerable size before they were discovered. It is best, however, to hunt them ij'hile yet small, as their demands for rations increase in proportion to their growth; when young they may be found low down in the plant, but they gradually work their way up the flower stem, eating as they go, and finally thej' attack the'bud and entireh- demolish its interior, by which time they will have attained an inch or more in length, and 'the parts of the plant over which they have traveled and eaten their way will present the ap- pearance of havingbeen struck by light- ning. The only way to clear them off with certainty is to gather them in by hand. Green fly is also a great nuisance if allowed to get a foothold on carnations. The young tender advancing flower shoots will soon be loaded with this pest unless means are used to prevent it. The best way to keep it down is to distribute tobacco stems about the house, and re- plenish as they appear to lose their strength; but should the green fly attain considerable of a foothold the best way will be to fumigate with tobacco stem's (juite moderately two or thr-^e times, after which the pest may be kept in check by the stems distributed in the ordinary way. Red spider is not liable to attack car- nations unless fire heat is used, and only then through gross neglect, as an occa- sional washing early in the day will effectually prevent their lodgment, but should i;ed spider become thoroughly established on carnations there is noth- ing more effective in driving it off than one or two applications of air slacked lime liberally dusted on the plants and about the house where the pest holds the fort. When the lime dust is applied you can not exactly hear the red spiders sneeze, but if a close lookout is kept on them their antics in endeavoring to es- cape will be found quite amusing. The depredations of slugs or snails is ipiite annoying and if left unchecked amounts in the aggregate to quite a con- siderable damage; their objective in the carnation house seems to be the flowers, which they devour with great relish. I have generally been quite successful in keeping them in check by distributing the rinds of musk melons about the houses and outside; this is a bait thev will travel quite a distance to secure, 'and if the matter is thoroughly attended to when the melons are in season but little annoy- atice will be suffered during the following winter. The way to operate is to place the melon rinds about during the day, and then at night visit them with a box of lime or a sharp stick and gather in the ' crop; if this is rc|)cate(l two or three- limes butvervfew will l)e left for wiiUei use. I think .Mr. .MeCuwan's plan ol tiniiiut,' wild land turtles loose into his houses is a good one; I intend asking him to train a few oi them especially for my use. The magnificent weather which now prevails is just the thing for carnations, lake every advantage of it by throwing the houses wide open as long as it lasts, plenty of fresh air day and night is what the3' now want, and this coupled with thorough cleanliness will be found a very material assist;iiice in the attainment (if final success. If some very early plants are needed of some special varieties or for particular purposes, no better time than the present will be found for putting in the cuttings; they will now root very readily and make fine strong plants for very early flowering. H. E. Chitty. ' Paterson, N. J., Oct. 9, 1890. Note.— On page 90 of the Florist, October 1, third column, second line from bottom the types make me say that I could not afford to grow the' Hinze's White anj' longer on account of its habit of growing in crops. It was intended to read on account of its habit oi flowering in crops. C. Wire Supports. If anyone who has used wire for sup- porting carnations, or has seen it tried will give the result of their experience or observation to the readers of the Florist it will undoubtedly be of great practical benefit to many. J. G. H. Long Island Notes. «V WM. FALCONKR. The MoiNTAiN Fleece is now in cap- ital bloom and has been so since the end of September. Old stools that were not replanted last spring have not bloomed as well as have the young and freshly planted stock. Cannas in winter. — Try a few of the finest large flowering, dwarf sorts in the greenhouse this winter. Thomas H. Ware and Madame Crozj^ are splendid vari- eties but scarce; by growing them in the greenhouse in winter, however, we arc not only getting their handsome flowers, but the plants are increasing in growth, hence multiplying in stock. And the flowersof these dwarf cannas are brighter a:id more enduring when grown itnder glass than when outside, and they also escape the ravages of the spotted beetle. Felix Crousse as a red, Madame Just as an apricot, and Louis Thibaut as a yellow, are common enough, excellent in their way and very free blooming. Argvreia TiLi.iiFOLLS..— a sccd novelty of last spring. It is a handsome, robust vine running 20 to 30 feet and bearing an ample number of large basswood-like leaves. But our plants, raised from seed last spring and planted outdoors in sum- mer, have shown no inclination whatever to bear any blossoms. Passion flowers.— We plant out a good many varieties in summer in good ground and warm sunny positions and they always grow well and flower well. Passiflora edulis and the variety Arc-en- ciel have shown a greater inclination to produce fruit than have any of the other ornamental kinds. Passiflora viOLACEA.—Someyears ago I had this new species from John Thorpe; it is a very beautiful, purplish-blue flovv'- ering kind from Brazil. The leaves are three-lobed (not 3-cleft) and the large flowers hang down on long petioles and turn up at the end suggestive of a Dutch- man's pipe. Although a thrifty plant it is not a rank grower, but it is a free blooming and very beautiful passion flower, and it thrives admirably planted out in summer. It has not fruited with us. We increase it from cuttings, but these do not root as readily as do those of most other kitids of these vines. "Occasional," page 111, should speak to us oftener. We are hungry for just such facts; we want to know the plain truth about gladioluses and other pop- ular horticultural plants. Let me endorse his remarks about gladiolus Ville de Ver- sailles. Its habit is open and without any of the stiffness of a gladiolus of the gandavensis type, and its white blossoms are real pretty. We call it the bouquet gladiolus, because we can use it appro- priately mixed with other flowers. Mrs. DeGraw Rose.— About 5 per cent of our hardy roses are of this variety and I now (middle of October) am cutting more roses from it than h'om all of our other outdoor roses combined. It is in the way of Hermosa and has bright rose pink flowers that are produced the whole summer long, and are especially abund- ant in the fall. Of course as a market flower it would not compare with green- house grown stock, but for florists doing a local business and for amateurs it is a very desirable variety. It was raised some thirty years ago by W. Burgess, a florist ot this village, and although it is well known and widely grown around here it does not seem to have got outside of this neighborhood. I WENT to New York the other day to get some hardy trees and shrubs through the custom house and pay the 20 percent duty imposed by the McKinley bill. And there I metan importer of bulbs who was bewailing his fate because he had received his full stock of bulbs before the 6th of October, and consequently had to pay the 20 per cent duty which, with a few days' delay he could have escaped. He got in his stock too soon, and I ours too late, so we both had to pay. Abroma AUGUSTA, an East Indian large leaved perennial of fast growth and a seed novelty last spring. It is used for planting out in summer for fine foliage, sub-tropical effect, in like manner as wc use Ferdinanda eininens of which it is suggestive, or wigandia. Raised from seed last spring and planted out in good ground in summer it has grown about C. feet high and is well furnished with large broad (20-24 inches across) reddish stemmed leaves. But it has not blos- somed with us. SoLANUMjASMiNOiDES var.grandiflorun or floribundum as it is also called, hat been in bloom out of doors all summer and now is more profuse than ever. Its clusters of white flowers are ample and real pretty and last well when cut, and a slight frost doesn't hurt it; we imported this variety from Veitch a few years ago, and while it is as free-blooming and vig- orous as the ordinary S. jasminoides the flowers are whiter, larger and in bigger clusters. We winter the plants plunged or heeled in in a deep cold fratne, in this wa\- they live quite well and keeps perfectly clean from the solanummite that preys so heavily on this plant, peppers, egg- ])lants and a good many other things, and which has almost driven the "melon pear" out of cultivation in the east. Cosmos. We have not yet (Oct. 20th) had any frost andthecosmos is blooming bcautifullj' out of doors. Itisawelcomc I40 The American Florist. Nov. /. tins tiiiR' ol the \\: )u.l culture Iliki-tlulaU^ouiii-lKSt. Mr. A. W. Siiiitli ot'Aimnciis. I kui -i.i. writes me that he has iiiaiiv IIdulis ot Pearl that are 3V:! inches across, also, in some cases he finds th;it two flowers have Rrowii together in one; this, on account nl' exuberance otgrowthisnot uncommon in many composites, and the faseiated stems of lilies and the like are induced in much the same way. l.ovis SiKiiKECiiT of Oueens used to have a couple of houses planted with l.ick roses which he grew very well, but lie says they didn't i)ay. So he has cleared out all of his roses and gone into Krt)wing carnations, chrysapthemums and the like more extensively than he Hkc.uni.\ insignis.— Mr. Sicbrccht has taken up this begonia this year. It sold well in the New York market last Decem- ber he tells me. He used to have some large camellias ])lanted out in oneof his greenhouses, also a large Marechal Niel rose, but both have got thrown out, as they had ceased to be remunerative. OiK OLD PLANTS of tliejapancsc maples have suflered more than usual this sum- mer from the disease called "Japanese die-back." Haifa tree or a large branch will die off unaccountably, leaving the bal- ;ince of the tree apparently perfectly liealthy. While quite common among old and large plants it seldom shows itself among young vigorous stock. But it is the great drawback to the free use of these lovelv little bush-trees. Floral Park, N.Y.-John Lewis Childs, the florist, has received the republican nomination for Congress from the first Congressional district which includes all of Long Island (except Brooklyn I and Staten Island. Philadelphia. The first chrysanthemums of the season made their appearance on the 15th inst, the variety being Gloriosum; they were from disbudded plants, but were only fair and brought GOc a dozen wholesale. .\ trip among the chrysanthemum men shows the various stocks to be in fine condition. Jacob Becker has some very fine pot grown plants with foliage to tlie bottom, in fact this seems to be the case with most of the stock seen. Robert Craig has a fine batchof seedlings, quitea number of which look very promising, he has made a specialty of the Mrs. Hardy and has a very large stock of this fine variety on benches, the flowers from these plants will certainly be very fine as they are in splendid condition and only one flower to a stem. Mr. Harris has about the largest stock and they look exceedingly well; he has very fine batches of La Keige, L. Canning and Ivory, a fine white, the latter he thinks one of the best of its class and a grand pot plant for market. His fine yellow, Mrs. Wnu K. Harris, was con- sidered a poor grovi-er last season, but this year it has done as well as any, and will certainly have a place in every col- lection. His specimens for exhibition are the best he has ever had. We understand there are to be several private collections at the show which will take down any- thing ever exhibited here before. Well, the bowling match came oft" and resulted as predicted, in the defeat of the called licrc. ' Thcv had s.mie verv fair bowlers on their side. Robert Craig kept up his reputation by making the best in- dividual score, as he did at Boston, but some of the others did not show true championship form, and as a whole the team had to succumb. The amateurs, their opponents, were hastih' gotten together with but a little practice and aecjuitted themselves quite creditably. The professionals are not satisfied and will before long, that isaftei sufficient practice, meet their adversaries and prove their right to be called cham- pions. Three games were played, the total score deciding the match. THE SCORE. Amateurs. Professionals. Colflesh 31)2 Craig . 39".) Anderson 370 Lonsdale 377 Kift 3t;9 Burton 371 Heron 3-tS Young 337 Parson 330 Westcott 321 Campbell 328 Harris 299 2,14.7 2,104 Resulting in the defeat of the profes- sionals by 43 points. John Thorpe read a paper on chrysan- themums at the monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania Hort. Society, Oct. 21. It was very well received by the large audi- ence present, and the thanks of the society were unanimously tendered him. Fine flowers of Gloriosum and other choice varieties are bringing $50 a hun- dred in New Y'ork at wholesale and are in good demand. Thorley, of Broadway, arranged a basket with 33 blooms of Jessica, a fine white variety, for which he obtained $100. G. A. Milloy, formerly with Chas. E. Pennoek, and'j. F. Hunter, a retail flo- rist, have organized the Philadelphia Wholesale Floral Co., at 17 North 13th street. They have quite a number of large consignors and are fully equipped for a good business. John Burton has discarded the Amer- incan Beauty in one of his houses, and replaced it with the Wootton. We un- derstand that he heard something about this rose when in Boston, and resolved to give it another trial. Others heard of it also, it came to them as in a dream, or at least at a time when they should have been dreaming. By the way, Mr. Burton liopes soon to add the prefix "Hon." be- fore his name, as he has been nominated and is nowacandidate for the Legislature with good prospects of being elected. The firm of Craig & Bro. has been dis- solved. Robert Craig has purchased the interest of his brother George in the greenhouse department and will conduct the business ,is lieretofore at 49th and Market streets, while the retail branch at 211 South i;ieventh street has become the sole property of Mr. George Craig, and will be carried on in his name. Manj' of the floristsof this city are con- siderably agitated over a recent deal in coke, a fuel largely used by greenhouse men here. Some time since the Director of Public Works sold to a large coal tar firm 30,000 bushels of coke at 3 cents a bushel, whereas the florists had been pay- ing 6 and 7 cents a bushel. Several weeks ago Mr. Robert Craig, the well known florist, called on the Director and expostulated with him in regard to the discrimination against the florists in the price charged. The Director retorted that he would sell at the 3 cent rate to any one who would take so large a quan- tity as 30,000 bushels. Before the Director lould catch his breath Mr. Craig ordered ,'!0,000 bushels iind planked down the money for it. An agreement was signed that the coke was to be taken in 30 days ;ind that none was to be resold to other florists. Mr. Craig had his coke hauled away until he had 20,000 bushels and then the supjDly was exhausted. The other florists were clamoring for coke, l)ut the}- could not get any because the Director was under contract to supplv Mr. Craig with 10,000 bushels more. The situation is decidedly unpleasant for the other florists who use coke for ftiel and they claim that by the sale noted a loss of at least $900 has been caused to the city. The Director is in a peck of trouble and will jirobably think twice be- fore he makes another bluff at a florist. Mr. Craig in the meanwhile looks on serenely holding his full hand— of coke. Florist Geo. W. Uber has begun suit for $5,000 damages against a railroad con- tractor, for damage done to his green- houses and contents by the explosion of a blast of dynamite made by the con- tractor while constructing the roadway tor a railroad near his place. The plaintiff" states that over 2,700 lights of glass in his greenhouses were broken and many plants damaged or destroyed in conse- quence of the blast. F. The popular Eighth street florist, Eugene Weiss, who is also president of the Immortelle Design Co., took unto himself a bride October 22. It had been thought that Eueene was invulnerable to the dartsof Cupid, but it seems as though he had been hit so hard that there was no other remedy than the ancient one — matrimony. A few evenings before the happy event took place some of his old friends called upon him to wish him God- s])eed, and also to take part in aiding him to bid himself a beerful good bye to bachelordom! Z. Boston Notes. \iolets are improving. Roses of all kinds are unusually good for the season. Chrysanthemums are beginning to come in in moderate quantities. .\ new rose hailing from Boston is soon to make its appearance on the market. In the present scarcity of carnations and other white flowers the large quan- tities of white cosmos now coming in are most welcome. The first genuine freeze of the season occurred on the night of Tuesday Oct. 21. This settles the "outdoor stuff"." The flower store under the Tremont House formerly occupied by Loring&Co., has been re-opened bv Mr. A.C. Bowditch. Associated with Mr.' Bowditch is Mr. W. H. Long, who was for many years a prominent New York florist. With the knowledge these two gentlemen possess regarding the cut flower trade of Boston it would seem as though the success of the new enterprise was assured. The amiual public "giving away " of the geraniums.-md otlu-r bedding ])lants which the summer, took ]ilace on (iclobcrJ), and SuperinteridcTit Dooguc with his assistants had, ;is usu;il, a livelv iob while it lasted. The stidf is worth having this time, for, as the visitors to Boston last summer probably noticed, the plants instead of being planted in the usual manner were all kept in the pots and plunged. Mr. Win. ("., r.itcrsou, who li.-is l>cen rSpo. The American Florist. 41 for twelve years gardener to Hon. Frank Jones at Portsmouth, N. H., died on Thursday, October 9, aged 42 years. Mr. Paterson attended the convention at Boston and at that time complained of feeling unwell, but his fine ph3'sique and appearance of robust health "seemed to contradict his assertions. Soon after the convention, however, the unwelcome news of his serious illness was received. He was a member of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, and a great fav- orite with his fellow-members, a delega- tion of twelve of whom attended the funeral. That such a number of gentlemen should go a distance of 60 miles for such a pur- pose is ample proof of the high esteem in which Mr. Paterson was held by his brother gardeners and florists. Straight- forward, frank and manly in his manner, generous almost to a fault, he quickly fovmd a large place in the hearts of those who met him. One of the highest tributes to his worth vi'as the deep and sincere grief shown by his employer, Mr. Jones, and hisgoodlady. The hospitality shown to the friends from Boston by Mr. Jones will never be forgotten. He personally met the delegation at the station with his own caiTiages, and treated them throughout with the greatest kindness. It was a most impressive sight to see the recognition and honor shown to the memory of the employe by the employer whom he had served so long and fnitli- fuUy, and it was all the moretonching on account of its rareness. Mr. Taterson was an accomplished gardener and the beautiful estate of Mr. Jones, which was almost a wilderness when he took hold ofil, is a lasting memorial to his industry and skill. W. T- S. ' Chicago. Mrs. H. H. Berger >Hnd daughter, of San Francisco, spent a day in Chicago recently while on the way home from the east, where they had been visiting since the Boston convention. The members of the Wisconsin Gar- deners' and Florists' Club have signified their intention of visiting the Chicago Florist Club's exhibition in a body on November 5. J. C. Vaughan'sgreenhouses ;it Western Springs are in apple pie order, and are filled with excellent stock for the shipping trade. Several new buildings are being added and are being erected in a way to delight the hearts of those who believe in permanency. Among the plants noted at this place was a bench of the new white carnation Mrs. Fisher. It was not in bloom at the time, though covered with buds, but what attracted instant attention was the splendid haliit of the plant. Several acres of dahlias, though already touched by frost, presented a brillian'; appearance. Some of the single sorts should be very useful for cut flowers, especialW the self-colored ones. Among the recent additions to the stock at this place is a fine lot of 3-oung palms and like decorative stuff' of the usual trade sizes. The system of placing the ventilating apparatus on the outside of the roof in the narrow houses is worth\of note now that it has been demonstrated that the same works satisfactorily at all seasons of the year. Of course the only advan- tage lies in the fact that the head room is left free from the obstructions necessary when the apparatus is placed on the in- side of the roof of narrow houses. At the coming exhibition of the Florist Club the cut roses are to be judged by a scale of 100 points, as follows: Color, 35 points; size and texture of flowers, 30 points; length of stem and quality of foliage, 35 points; total, 100 points. J. C. Vaughanison aflyingtripthrough the east. At the last meeting of the Florist Club the annual election of officers was held with the following result: G. L. Grant, President; Joseph Curran, Vice-President; F. F. Benthey, Secretary; E. Weinhoeber, Treasurer; P. J. Hauswirth, Financial Secretary; T. J. Corbrey, Chas. Hartwig, F. Kennicott, Thomas Wallis and W. J. Smyth, Trustees. November 15 was set as the date for the annual banquet and a committee appointed to arrange forsame. The cash premiums offered at the exhi- bition of the Florist Club which occurs next week amount to $1,500. The awards on floral arrangements will be made by a committee of twenty of the best known lady buyers and lovers of Diagram of Table Decoration Arranged BY Dards [See New York Notes] flowers in Chicago, each one easting her ballot separately at the time most con- venient within prescribed limits. This plan of selecting judges interests in the exhibition the very ones it is most desir- able to interest, and as each one has a very considerable following in the fash- ionable world the material advantages are at once manifest. And who can be better judges of floral arrangements than those who annual!}' expend very consid- erable sums with the florist and are known to love the flowers for their own sake and not simply because they are fashionable. .A meeting called to perfect the organ- ization of the Horticultural Society of Chicago was held at the Sherman House October l-i. It was intended to elect officers at the same meeting, but so much time was consumed in the consideration of constitution and by-laws that the election had to be postponed to an ad- journed meeting held October 28. Tlie society has been incorporated inider the laws of the state and the directors for the first year are Messrs. Geo. Schneider, E. S. Drever, Gen. A. L.Cbetlain, William H. Chadwiek, J. C. Vaughan.W.H. Rand and E. B. McCagg. With the exception of Mr. Vaughan all are amateurs and all are blessed with an abundance of this world's goods as well as a love for the beautiful in nature. Florist Reineman, of Pittsburg, visited Chicago recently. New York. Business is daily on the increase. Chrys- anthemums have arrived in all their glory. Violets are coming in in large quanti- ties and are destined to be as popular as ever. Carnations are plentiful and in good variety. One of the novelties is a whitish pink color named J.J. Harrison and grown by Bidwell Bros., of Jersey City, N. J. Roses are plentiful and of better quality, but on account of the glut of chrysanthe- mums prices remain unsteady. One of the prettiest designs seen in a Broadway window this season was a Marie Antoinette basket of Ma Capueine roses made by Lawrence Hafner of W. H. Brower's. The most elaborate dinner order of the season was executed bv Chas. A. Dards on the 20th at the Hotel Plaza. It was a dinner given to the Count of Paris by tlic officers of the .\rmy of the Potomac. The table, in the form of a horseshoe, was literally covered with American Beauties with the words ".Aimy of the Potomac " made in white chrysanthemums. The whole making one of the prettiest and most appropriate designs seen in years. There has been some very extensive im- provements made in many of the princi- pal stores, and every one anticipates a good business this season. There is a great deal of interest being taken in the Florists' Bowling Club, no doubt owing to the successes ofthe club at Buflalo and Boston. It is to be regretted that the harmonj' and good feeling that exists at these meetings does not extend to the stores and the rosaries. .\mong our visitors during the week were J. M.Jordan, of St. Louis, Albert Small, of Washington, D. A. Spear, of Hartford, S. Goldring, of H. G. Eyres & Co., Albany. " John Young. Philadelphia. I have read with great interest the ar- ticles from Philadelphia written by A. B. C. D. and E., and I am one of our many florists who have wondered at the curi- ous coincidence that each writer owns the initial in the alphabet that properly follows that of the writer of the preced- ing fortnight. They one and all seem to be real good fellows and have kept us well posted in what was going on in and around the Quaker city. I would like, however, to correct a tri- fling error into which his exuberant spirits have led the genial E., the last of the quintet. He is evidently a thoroughly good chap and would not vkillinglj- hurt a fly, but his remarks on our bowling team are calculated to make our gallant captain sore. It has never been claimed that our team comprised the six best players in town but that they had better averages than any of the other men who came to the practice games. That two of our bowlers rolled so wildly in beloved Bos- ton was a bitter pill to our good captain, but surely E. will not for one moment criticise his selection? No, brother E., the lilliputians deserve great credit for their earnest practice and clever victory over the regular bowlers; but it wasn't a soft thing. No one says, "Hah, licked yereasy." No, not even their leader in that joyful moment when the victor}- was won and his sodas safe; and were a return match played, it is greatly to be feared that he would stamp his foot and shake his fist in anger at the final score. G. 142 The American Florist. Nov. /, Judging by Points.— As will be seen by items appearing elsewhere in this issue, the point system of judging plants and flowers at exhibitions is gaining ground. The system has so many advantages over the old method that we shall bt surprised it'itisnotsoonuniversally a(lii]itt(l. It not only simplifies the work ol UkjiuI^vs and insuresmore accuratework on tlioir ])art, but there is afforded to the competitors a decided satisfaction in knowing the exact degree of excellence of their entries as determined by thcjudgcs. We believe that it would be wise for those in charge of the nimierous chrysanthemmn shows which occur th's month to adopt the point svstcm of judging chrysanthemum plants which will be used bv the Penn- sylvania Hort. Society and which we print in our chrysanthemum department ni this issue. We have in hand and shall publish in next week's issue a very interesting paper read by Mr. John Thorpe before the Penn- sylvania Horticultural Society October 21, on "The chrysanthemum, its western history." Advertisers should not forget that copy for advertisements must reach us bj- Monday at latest in order to secure in- sertion in the issue of the following Thursday. Mr. George W. Childs was unani- mously renominated for the presidency of the Pennsylvania Hort. Society for 1891 at the October meeting. • give : )ufiftv-two num- vcntv-foiir, with- SITUATIONS. WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements underthlshead will be Inserted at the rate of 10 cents a line (seven words) each Inser- Caah must accompany order. Plant advs. not admitted under and florist , Chicago. JITUATION WANTED-By Charles Bickel, Highland, u [ 94. N. Indianapolis, Ind. SITUATION WANTED-By a garden( stands roses, carnations, palms, fern expected $oO. Address JITDATION WANTEI)-A SITUATION WANTED-As gardener, by single man, si.T years' experience in large rose estab- lishment. Private or commercial place. Address 81 Robinson Ave., Flushing, L. I., N. T. SITUATION WANTED-Asgardener and florist; 16 years' experience, by a middle aged Englishman: single. Private or commercial. Address «. Kenney, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. SITUATION WANTED-By a good florist dener;German;single:30yearsc' ' his business well. Address Gardener, care T. W. Dixon, Harrowgate and Nicetown I.ane, Phlla. SITUATION WANTBD-By an energetic young man, who resigned his last place in one of the leading English nurseries: wages not so miif^h Rn object as the right kind of experience. Bool. Ithaca, N. Y. SITUATION WANTED-As florist: well up i growing of orchids, roses and general g house stock. Commercial preferred. Good r ence: married, no family. Address SITUATION WANTED-By a German: : age; 9 years in this country; a positio man Fn any greenhouse establishment in Chicago. Good designer, propagator grower. Best of references. .'-" . Chicago. SITUATION WANTED-By a thoroughly compet- ent man of twenty years experience in ail kinds of growing; landscape gardening and every branch of horticultural work. Can give the best reference trom public Institutions. Address, stating salary, T, care H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia. ler and neatness Is desired: lingle; flrst-class references, N, care American Florist Chicago. W^ w ANTBD-Gardener to flre steam boiler, als good greenhouse hand. Henrv Moore. 64 Beale street. Memphis, Tenn, riOR SAI.E-No.T.brick-sel ' will heat 7 000 to 8,(100 sqi le season: in perfect order. R SALE- One of the best retail florist stores in Chicago, well stocked and doing an excellent established 9 years, and located in a flne district. Owner wishes to go to Europe. rOR SALE— Florist business, throughly equipped *3,00O. Address good Bargain, pOR SALE CHEAP-Residence of seven rooms, ! double greenhouse, each 16x30, ofBce and pack- ig room 10x32, well stocked; located in Holton, ansas, county seat of Jackson Co.; college town; a ""''"""'"" ' help but succeed. .---..^ FOR SALE-A florist establishment, o house 75x18. and two 75x10 feet each, I hot water (Weathered's) ; 2o acres of good li wood and pasture, plenty fruit; dwelling h( -_.. ..,- . ^ iidings; good well l' " "■" A WELL ESTABLISHED seed and nursery iness, solicits correspondence with a first seedman with capital, to whom they can assu WANTED, 300 CAMELLIAS. Double White. Double Pink, and Double Varie gated. Mailing size, .address with price. John A. Salzer Seed Co , La Crosse, Wis. w.A.r>»j-r] By an A No. I, practical business man and flo- rist, SITUATION, either as foreman, manager or will take working interest iu some good estah. lishment where ability and knowledge equals capital. Can give excellent references. None but good parties need reply. Address COMPETENT, care Chicago Floral Co.. Chicago, Rooted Cuttings for Gash Buyers COLEUS. I can supply ten best varieties in any quantity. Also GERANIUMS. ALTERNAWTHERAS AND FUCHSIAS. — SEND FOR PRICE LIST.— ROSELLE, N J. Mention Amerloan FlorlHt. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS, From 3-inch pots, well rooted. Jio and |i5 per loo. Cash with order. Fort St. West, DETROIT, MICH. Mention Amenoan Florist Marie Louise plants, strong. A few hundred Cyar single blue, at J2 25 per loo. ' ' Several hundred Magnolia grandlBora, from 10 to 14 Inches high. 2 years old, JIO 5} per 100. Cash with orders for the above goods will receive prompt attention, at 10 per cent off. Also I will sell or take other stocS a large lot of Erianthus Ravena), and other variegated grasses. Prices on apnllcatlon M. TRIT.SCHI,ER, Nashville, Tenn. TO THE TRADE The ASTORIA NURSERIES. ASTORIA. LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y., still offer reductions in all stock, with 5 per cent, discount on Cash in 30 days. Per 100 FICIJS, 4 feet high, $1.25 each, suitable for propagating from. I ATANIAS, 2to4-ln pots 14.00 and »10, 00 IJRAC^NA INDIVISA, 21n. pots lO.OO " " SO-ln.high 20.t0 ADIANTCM POBE8CENS, 6-ln. pots 10,00 CCNEATUM, 2, 4 and 5-lnch pots $4.C0, $10.00 and 12.00 ONYCHIUM JAPONICCM, 2-in. pots 4.00 PTEKIS HASTATA, 4-ln.pot8 £.00 HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, 4 to 6-in. pots, $6, 8,00 LYUODIUM SCANDENS,4-in.pot8 4.00 AMPELOP.SIS VEITCHII, 4-in. pots 4.00 ROSES, CAMELLIAS, IVY, HIBISCUS, PASSIFLORA, ORCHIDS, ETC., at Low Prices. Goods delivered F, O. B. in New York. Careful attention given to all Orders. ASTORIA NURSERIES, Astoria, L. I. City, N. Y. CARNATIONS Clean, healthy stock NO BLACK SPOT. Marie L.ulseand Swanley White ( 5 C Cyclamen, 2>i-inch 6.0 Hibiscus in variety 4,0 Primula Obconica :i 0 Floribunda .1,0 Begonia Rex in variety S5,00and 8,0 . Lucy Closson and C. L. Erdody., I. N. KRAMER & SON, lIOTff, lOW-a.. CARNATIONS. . Stror Per wv Portia $ 6 oo Hinze's White 6,00 Chester Pride 6.00 Wm. Swayne 6.00 Century 7.00 C hristmas 1 0.00 Primula Obconica, strong, a'z-inch. Geraniums, choice varieties, 3-inch, Asparagus Tenuissimus, 2'2-inch, 4 Begonias, large stock, all sizes and vars. Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. INDEPENDENCE, Mo (Independence is well located for shipping, beini rgs-in. Per 100 $ 900 9 00 9.00 900 1000 1500 400 3-50 4 00 C^RNATIOMS. Field grown plants, ready in September and October. Also Large clumps for forcing of Marie LoDiSE AND Swanley White. SeTid for circular. W. R. SHEI.MIRE, Avoiidale, Pa. Carnations and Violets. Per 100 PORTIA and HINZE'S WHITE, fo-oo MARIE LOUISE, perfectly healthy, 3 00 DELAWARE, O. VIOLETS. 3,000 Marie Louise, - - - $2 00 I, oco Swanley White, - - 2.00 Once transplanted, strong and healthy. Cash with order. G. W. CURRIE & CO., Nashville. Tenn. i8oo. The American Florist. 143 Every reader of "The American Florist" is cordially invited to attend a unique Exhibition of Giirysanthemums, Palms & Orchids, -AT THE- UNITED STATES NURSERIES, SHORT HILLS, IM. J. During the week beginning Nov. 3rd, and ending Nov. 8ih. Kespectfa,,,. pUQ^ER & MANDA. ■100 Time Table O. L. & W. R. R. Trains leave Christopher or Barclay Sis., York, for Short Hills, 7.30, S.40, 10.10, A. M. 2.30, 4.00, 4.30, P. M. Leave Short Hills, g.50, 10 20, 11.00, A. M.; 1.44, 3.00, s.oS, 6.58, 8.34, r. M. Choice Stock Cheap. Perl Dracaena Indivisa, 4-inch $1000 Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3-inch 300 Latauia Borbonica, 3-in., i year 800 Aspidistra Variegata, 5inch...f9 per doz. Pandanus Veitchii, 4-inch jti2 per doz. ROSES from OPEN GROUND, Deliver In Dec. Per lOCO Jacqueminot Jyo.oo Hermosa 60.00 Agrippina 60.00 J. H. CAMPBELL & SONS, 3601 Germantown Ave , PHILADELPHIA, PA. MentlonnAmerican Florist. so,ooo OEOTZIA GRACILIS 2 year old plants, very find and Bushy, especially adapted for forcing. No. I, I to xYz ft., $6 per 100. No. 2, 8 to 12 in. |4per 100. Send 10 cents for sample, also trade list with a full line of Nursery Stock. C. RIBSAM & SONS, Trenton, :iV. J. Hydrangea Hortensis, in 5-inch pots. Have been planted out during summer and potted in September. Per hundred, »13.00. McCONNELSVILLE, OHIO. MUST BE SOLO^"r„;j,''"K',K', iV-.Tii-^^^N GHRYSflNTHEMUMS J. C. GIBSON, Every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Stock plants now in flower and ready to deliver. We carry 600 varieties. A list of stock plants and prices will be sent you early in November. This is the time of year to buy Chrysanthemums for propagating — while in flower. Average price of stock plants, 10 cents. We offer for the first time, the EARLIEST Yellow Flowering Chrysanthemum, (I GOLDEN ALPHA," blooms as early as October Beauty. A good yellow four inches in diameter. Have been cutting flowers from these plants since October i. Price |2.ooper stock plant. For Spring delivery in March, $ ro per loo. We call attention to the variety called " STONEWALL JACKSON " (Cryatal Wave) as being absolutely one of the very best late flowering sorts for cut flower work. Stonewall Jackson (Crystal Wave, Mrs. Potter). — Very pure satiny white; petals quite long; beautifully undulating; about ^^'-inch wide, same width from base to tip; shows center a little for a time, but petals soon cover it. Lasts remarkably after being cut. Stout plants, 50c. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIFLORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to 2% feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; $60.00 per thousand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 2 year, second size, 18 to 24-in., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. "'"'' THE DINGEE & CONABD CO., WEST GROVE, PA, CHRISTMAS ROSES. If you require fine clumps of home grown Christmas Roses, the large variety, full of flower buds, either for planting or forcing, ordei PRICES FROM $7.25 TO $24.00 PER HUNDRED. -CZZnaTHE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD TO SELECT FROM.^^E- Bulb catalogue and special prices free on application. Cash with order or good references required from unl-ciiown corresporidents. HERMAN BUDDENBORG, WHOLESALE BULB GROWER, white flowering er at once. Geo.Jackman&Son Beg to offer a large and well grown Stock of the following : ROSES— In choice and exhibition varieties. RHODODENDRONS— Of the best named sorts, and Hybrid Seedlings well set with buds. AZALEAS-Good named sorts, also Mollis and Pon- ithl CONIFERS-In large collection. SHRUBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOREST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands. CLIMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated Clematis. STOCKS— Fruit and Manetti, fine. Catalog:ue8 free on application. TFRMS— Cash with order, or satisfactory trade reference from unknown correspondents. WOKING NURSERY, WOKING, ENGLAND. Mention American Florist. KALMIA LATIFOLIA. 2 years, vero fine $ 8.00 2 years, transplanted, very line 11.00 3 years, very fine U.OO 3 years, transplanted, very floe 16.00 4 years, Lransplanted, very tine 1900 5 years, transpla - -^ "" "" aplanted, extra.. Same size without I Large bushes with buds. . Also extra fine RHODODENDRONS, large lot with or without buds: all sizes, at the most ad- vantageous rates upon application. HERBACEOUS PEONIES, fine assortment of colors, without names, at $5 per 100; $tO per 1000. 5,000 CLEMATIS, STRONG. A full assortment or 1st class FRUIT STOCKS still nn hand, all sizes; and General Nursery Stock, seeds of Pear and Apple, any quantity. ANDRE L. CAUSSE, 33 & 35 Liberty St., NEW YORK CITY, or to LETELLIER & FILS, CAEN', Calvados, FBANCE. 44 The American Florist. Nov. 7, f LHiiE ^l!^ili!@Mi lFlL@Lei!@ir Subscription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advfrtiseiiients, lo Cents a Line. Agate; Inch. Si. 40; Column, 514.00. Cash with Order. No SpeclHl FoKltion (iunrnnteed. Uiscounts, 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; s6 times. 20 per cent; 5J times, 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The Advertlaint: Department of the A.mehu'AN t'l-uKlST Is for Florists. Seedsmen, and dealers In wares nertalnlng to those lines Only. Please to nsertlon In the Issue for the following Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. A WEEKLY PAPER. Beginning with this number the Ameri- c.\N Florist will be issued weekly, and there will be no increase in the subscrip- tion price. It is with much pleasure we announce that the hearty support given the Florist bv the whole trade has made this chau.ye possible. With a weekly issue wc shall be enabled to keep our news close up to date, and as the news feature is a prominent one with us, the change will be a very material advantage. We shall not stop at maintaining the contents of the paper to the present standard, but shall aim to not only in- crease the quantity but improve" the (juality as well. .\nother decided advantage will be the Irequency with which the rapidly change- ing stock of the grower can be placed before the trade and the better opportunity which will be afforded to buyers of mak- ing selections from the best stocks in the market at that particular time. There are seasons of the year when even the daily changes in stocks are of very con- siderable importance and in a week all of some varieties may be exhausted. In the weekly issue of the Florist the ad- vertiser can keep the changes in his stock up to date, for the information of his customers, and thus afford an advantage to the buyer as well as stimulating trade. It is unquestionably a decided advantage to the buyer to have offers made up to date and it is a like advantage to the ad- vertiser to be able to present to the trade quickly any seasonable offers he may have to make. DEPARTMENTS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The committee on classification has after a great deal of labor orepared the following fearfully and wonderfully con- structed arrangement of "Bureaus" which it will recommend for adoption bv the national commission: 1 Bureau of installation, which will include manufactures. 2 Bureau of agriculture, with depart- ments of live stock and horticulture. 3 Bureau of mines and mining. 4 Bureau of machinery and electricity. 5 Bureau of education, covering en- gineering, public works, architecture, ethnology, archaeology, progress of labor and invention. 7 Bureau of railway exhibits and other means of transit. 8 Bureau of admissions. 9 Bureau of protection and public comfort, police, fire departments, etc., information to visitors, guides and in- terpreters. 10 Bureau of publicity and promotion. 11 Bureau of transportation. We give the whole list so that our readers may see the relative importance given to horticulture by the committee. It is side tracked along with live stock as sub-divisions of the Bureau of Agricul- ture. Of course the classification given may be very considerably modified by the national commission before it is adopted, but the chances appear somewhat slim as to horticulture being given the position to which it is entitled unless the attention of the powers that be is forcibly called to its importance. The classification submitted by the com- mittee will be acted xipon at a meeting of the commission which will be held No- vember 18, and any influence which may be exerted should be brought to bear prior to that date. We suggest that every Horticultural Society, Florists' Club and other organization interested take action protesting against the classi- fication noted and urge that horticulture be made a department by itself, free from the supervision of the dlrcctdv of any other department, such ccinniiuinc;iliiiiis to be addressed to the World'sCobnnl.ian Commission, Pullman Building, Chicago. We trust that the horticultural press generally will give full publicity to the matter and urge immediate action by those interested. EARLY CHR YS ANTHEM I 'MS. On October 15 we received from Messrs Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich, very good blooms of Chrysanthemunis James Salter, M. M. Thi'baut, M. E. Nichols (October Beauty), Blanc Precocc, Charlotte de Mont Cabrier, Pres. Hvdc, Harvest Queen, Duke of Berwick, Mac- beth and Spiralis. On October 20, Mr. O. P. Bassett, Hinsdale 111. sent us a handsome plant of Puritan in splendid bloom, and the fol- lowing day we received from the same gentleman reallj' excellent blooms of Gloriosum, Puritan, Edwin Molyneux, Jessica, an unknown white and Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. On the same day we received a basket of blooms of new varieties from Messrs Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind., which are enumerated in another column. Among these blooms were many which may be of value to the seeker after odd colors but the only ones that impressed us favor- ably were Mme Ferdinand Bergman and M. H. de Fortanier. TO ADTERT/SERS. With the change from a semi-monthly to a weekly, the number of issues during the year will be something more than doubled, enabling advertisersto reach the trade 52 times a year instead of 24 as heretofore. The advertising rate will remain the same for a single insertion and an ad- ditional discount will be given on time contracts owing to the greater number of issues during the j^ear. In the future the discounts will be as follows: For advertisements ordered for 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. The discounts are for consecutive insertions only. Quite a number of changes have been made in the dates for the coming chrys- anthemum shows. See elsewhere in this issue a list of the coming exhibitions with changes made up to date. The American Florist was started as a trade paper; it has remained strictly a trade paper and will continue as a trade paper only. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the i Novelties of the line season, and thoae that wtll attract the widest attention of the Trade on both sides of the water, """new AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five New Teas of Sterling: Merit, origina- ted, grown, and tested in this country, and sent out on their merits at reasonable rates, orders can be booked now, and will be filled in rotation as receiv- ed—April 1st next. Full descriptions ready Jan. Ist. Prices, $1 each; set of 5 for $5; two of each, 10, for $9: five of each, 25, for $20. ADDRESS THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Bose Growers, West Grove, Pa. FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING Duchess of Albany J12 00 Mme. Hoste 7.00 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4 00 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 400 Mermets 400 Brides 4 GO Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. jt4o per 1000; 3-in. J8.00 per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2-in. $50 00 per 1000. B®" Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsled St., CHICAGO. HARDY* ROSES Strong dormant plants, grown one year in the open ground. Paul Neyron, diesbach. Magna' CHARTA. Jacqueminot, and others, 2 ft. high, price J12.00 per 100; also MME. LUIZET, strong, budded plants, 2': to 3 feet of wood, extra fine plants, ADDRESS XV. «. r^iTTr^Ej, COMMERCIAL NURSERIES, ROCHESTER, N. Y. I'er 100 Per 1000 Perles. Mermets, Cooks, Brides. & Souv. d'un Ami, stronc plants. ;i-in. pots $ 7 00 Hybrid Perpetuals, open Kround,$s& 10.00 Hardy Climbers, open ground $8 & 10.00 Teas, from open ground US, B.OO Ampelopsia Veitchii, strong plants 8 00 Rex Begonias, fine varieties 8.00 CARNATIONS. Hinze's White, Orient, Alegatiere, Flor- ence, strong, field grown plants: iBtslze $7. CO MO.OO 2ndsize 6 00 60.00 Chancelor, new crimson 8 00 VERHKNAS, flne stock. Correspondence solic- ited. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.e. WOOD &BRO..) FISHKILL. N. Y. A very large stock of young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ. IMPORTED H°P.l"oSEi " Worked low on the Manettiii Stock, offer the best re- sults to the florist bloomlriK freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propasrattnK quickly. Fine plants for sale by the ICK) or 1000. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (IJoston), MASS. i8go. The American Florist. 145 THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WBOLESSLE FLORIST ]SI] 20 Wesl 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A.nd the Choicest ROSES for tho fall and winter season. Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List Bent upon appllo&tlon. W. F. SHERIDAW, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS. 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Suoplies Always in Stock. (Off School St.. near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph. Telephone or Expreso promptly filled. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West 30th street, FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10,000 healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting of Mermets, Brides, Perles, Cusins, Souv. de Wootton, Papa Gontier, La Prance and Niphetos, at #10.00 per 100. Bon Silene and Safrano, $8 per 100. JAMES HORAN, ^^l BKIDGKPOKT, CONN. 10,000 General Jaoq. Rose Plants, one and two year old. Extra large two year old, f 20 00 per 100. " fine one year old, 3 ft. and up, $15. " fine one year old. 2 to 3 feet |io. JORDAN FLORAL CO., 706 Olive Street, ST. I.OUIS. MO. oPei)aPe MariCet^. Cut Flowers. Ro.e.,BonSi,ene r.^"."' «"'■ ?U0 " §5^!X^:::::::::::::::;:::::::::::::IS8l5:Sg " Perles. Sunsets 4.00® 5.00 :; rrr^e.^H'^e.-watteviMo;::::: tZ " Wootton.: 800 Am . Beauty 15.00 @ 20.00 StJ^Sae;':::;;;;;:;:;: .■:::■:::;•::• J'SS Anemone Japonica 'fo Chrysanthemums, fancy .... 12.0O®25 0^ «-««.pirs'."'Aiphetos:::'":^ n-ADELPHlA Oct. 2.5 Mermets. Brides ::::::::::::-«'- 188 •• w^Sn:::::::::;::;;: OuBlns Wattevilles :::::::::::::: 4.00® 5^ •■ Hostes.^ . . . :. Carnations, long ■•■^^^^^•^^^^^■'11 II 8miiax".":.":°.".;:.:.-.-.v.::: .:::;;::;:::;: ■' ®2o;oS Violets, single :;:;::;;:::;:: ^^ «.| Bouvardia and heliotrope... N«W TOBB. Oct. 25. Gontiers ::::::::::::::*2:ooi*3-oo WatteTllles. Cusins.. ■••■■•■■•■■•■■' fSiii :::;::;:;:;::: aoo® Im Hmi'ilx.:.:.::::;;:::;.::;:::-: 15.0O®20.00 Chrysanthemums, fancy. . . . Trade much better than at ^"■'•"•lo'Sfc''""'""'- 15 0015 25 00 last report. Mermets. La France. tSoIsM Carnations, short! !!'.!'.'....'. . ■;;;:';;;;£;;lll Wm. J. STEWART. Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^ 67 Bhomfield St.. BOSTON, MASS. EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29tliSt.,NEWY0RK. Having removed to more spacious quarters (next door) with increased resources and facilities I am now prepared to lurnish at short notice and in any quantitv. selected Roses of every variety, also all other flowers in market. Roses to be shipped are especially select- ed, and packed under personal supervision. American Beauty, La Prance, The Bride, Mermet, Ume. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WRITE FOB PRICE LIST. P.eturn telegrams sent when orders or part of them cannot be tilled. ^^^TKr^oH :Bros., WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 165 Tremont BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Koses and era, carefully packed, to all points In other Flower! E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, iSuccessor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Uep'l.) A.11 Fi^lo-wer-s In Se-ciisoxi. Fall line of FI-ORI.STS' SUPFLIKS. KENNICOTT BROS. WH0LE8J1LE FLORISTS. 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. ALL SUPPLIES. on. Orderspromptly fhiiiped. '. -M Sundays until 3 P .M ■WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS. "WIItE DESIGIsrS IIT STOC3C FHESE & GRESENZ, (Successors to <>. \\. FHKSE,) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 P. M.; Sundays 3 P. m. LaRoche & Stahl, pbrists & (Commission (T)erciiants OF CUT li'IvO'WERIS, 1237 Chestnut Street, ■ . PHILADELPHI;ii. ConslKnments Solicited. Special attention paldt« shipping. Mention ajlehican Florist. CHA8. E. PENNOCK, Wholesale Plorist 38 So. 16tli Street. Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, #^ WHOLESALE ^^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St., ST. LOUIS, MO. J. lyi. McCULLOUGH'S SONS Wl Dealers CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SPKCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanthemums and Orchids: CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc.. address J. L. DIHON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Ampelopsis Veitchii. Strong 2^'<.inch pots, $3 00 per 100: Jack Roses. 3'i-incli pots, $S per 100; I70 per 1000. Address J G. BURROW, J, Pff. •r. 146 The American Florist, Nov. URa ^sac) ilra^e. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. !RT M. McCi'LLOuGH, Cincinnati, presi- JOHN KoTTLHR, Jr., Hoston, secretary and ■"' ' "■ ■ ting at Cin- The ninth annual ; UofK & MfPi-KT sucoccti Jas. W. Hunk, I'lfcenwootl, Nob. Cole & Bko., K. M. Cole, proprietor, IVUa, Iowa, will change the name of their to Cole's Seed Store. OiiTK A gathering ol" scedsinen were present at tlie St. Louis Fair; besides the local ]icoplc were |)resent Mr. F. Barteldes, I'hil Slimnicl. K. I'.. Craig, Geo. S. Haskell, S. F. Leonard and J. C. Yaughan. Lli.H'.M .\rR.\TUM to arrive next month I'rom Japan will be entered tree of duty, inidcr tlie new law. Rumor has it that sonu- .".(), (KM) bidbs in the early shipments .irrived here worthless, having rotted from being packed in sawdust instead of the usual clay. Mk. Geo. I'kjjuhart, Vice-President of the Plant Seed Co., a good authority on onion sets, reports a two-thirds crop in the r. S. this season. Most of the stock is yet in the hands of growers who fear they may sell too low; he expects a cold wave later on v^'ill bring buyers and sellers nearer together. PHiLADELPHiA.-Mr.W..\tlee Burpee has moved into the city for the winter from his summer place at Doylestown. Mr. Maide says it is a poor year for "novel- ties" in the seed trade, but helps others in the trade to give Mr. Blanc more new en- graving than he can do. The Public Led- ger expects a blue chrysanthemum at the coining show. Report From Erfurt, Germany, on Seed Crops. Stocks will be a good crop. Asters promise to yield good seed, but crop will be short. Of novelties introduced re- cently Scabiosa snowball, Aster Ne plus ultra and Lobelia Royal Purple are good. Double cornflower of little use to florists. Victoria ten week stocks are good. Eck- ford's new sweet peas \-ielded but very little. Cauliflower extra good. On the whole it is somewhat early since manv seeds, such as asters, verbenas, etc. are subject to weather. C. C. Palms and Dracaenas. CORYPHA AUSTRALIS. 2-inch pots, Sc. WASHINGTONIA ROBUST*. 4-inch pots, 25c ; 3-inch pots 15c. 15 othe pots, some good specimens at low down prices. Over tOO CYCAS REVOLUTA. from $1.00 to JS.oo and |i2 co, according to size. DRACAENA TERMINALIS. 5 in. pots, strong plants, 40c.; 4-in. pots 2oc.;3 in. pots 12c,; 2yiAx\ 6c. DRACAENA INDIVISA,5-in. pots, strongplants 35c.; 4 in. pots 20c.; 3-in. 12c.; 2-in. $5.00 per 100. Send me your orders, I feel sure I can give satisfaction. XAT. J. HEJSSEJR, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. FARLEYENSE Good strong plants, in 4-inch pots, S50.00 per 100. FISHER BROS. & CO., MOWTVALE, MASS. ROSE HILL NURSERIES,^ o IMMENSE STOCK OF O PALMS, o ORCHIDS, i FERNS. ^ NEW AND RARE PLANTS. I SIEBRECHT & WADLEY.^ FERNS. PALMS. -iO,000 folio ADIANTUM at IS5.00 per 100, from 2H.-inoh pots. PTERISTREMULA, AR6YREA, C. R0ENBECKI1, " SERRULATA var. " GRACILLIMUM. Per doz. Per 100 LATANIA BORBONICA, 4-inch pots, $3.00 $25.00 " " 3-inch pots, 1.80 15.00 '* 6 inch pots, 10.00 PANDANUS UTILIS, 6 inch pots, 9.00 AI.SO a large stock of MUSA SUMATRANA, the best "Address' ^"^°''^' '-O" sac . . °-"° P^r 100. GEO. WITTBOLD, School & Halsted Sts., LAKE VIEW, CHICAGO. Flower Novelties. My this year's List of Novelties is no ready and to be had FREE on application. Martin Grashoff, QULELINBURG, GERMANY. DANISH CAULIFLOWER SEED Extra Early DWARF ERFURT, and Earliest DWARF SNOWBALL, the most profitable two sorts for forcing, true to name and first nuality, own home grown seed. For prices, samples and further information, apply to CARL FRISENETTE. Seed Grower, 4 Svaiiholmsvfi, COrKNH A<;KN. V. G. J. MOFFATT, Mmuifactiuer of ' SEED BAGS ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. I»ri in H *-» K «=» ^j>t»t>ljilt-v'. NEW HAVEN, CONN HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Kstablishcd 1T87 ) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Speci.Tl Want of room is why I sell Primroses for Is .00 per 100. Fine assortment for cash. In 4 inch pots. ORCHIDS! ORCHIDS! Lowest Prices Ever Offered. Send for special prices of SURPLUS STOCK which must be sold now, '^'?8^^^^^ BRACKENRIDGE & CO., Govanslown, (Baltimore), Md. P 0.80x644 RIO DE JANEIRO. Palm Seeds. Qrchids, new caladiums. For price Hal apply to Messrs. ADOLPH v. ESSEN & CO., Gr. Reichenstrasse, 73. Hamburg. Germany. JAPANESE PLANTS, Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Seeds, Etc. orteretl at low prires by P ELIX GONZALEZ & CO. Direct IiiiporttTS and Kxporters, 303 to 312 Wayne and Crescent Ave.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Wholesale Caialonue mailed free on application. NEW AND BABE PLANTS, ETC. A verv extensive stock of Orchids: EAST INDIAN. MEXICAN. CENTRAt & SOUTH AMERI- CAN, etc., PITCHER PLANTS, a large collection. NEW AND RARE HOTHOUSE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS, caretully grown, at loi*est rates. Finest Winter Kloomirc Roses Clematis. Dutch Bulbs. Fruit and Ornamental Trees t'atalosues on application. JOHN SAUL, WashinRtou, D C. DREER'S Garden seeds HENKV A. DREER, rhil»delphta Association Flora, Boskoop, Holland. NOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. ,^,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2.000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Vxo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address P. OUWEBKEBK, P.O. BoxlK4-,, NEW YORK CITY. Catalogue on appllcatiou. rSgo. The American Florist. 147 iv^^eopoDiujvi ORDER NOW YOUR SUPPLY FOR HOLIDAY TRADE. Of these we have secured a large and Choice Stock, on which we will make lowest prices. W^rite for quotations on quantity you may require. EVERGREEN WREATHING and HOLLY WREATHS, ready for immediate shipment in season. TUBEROSES, ready November 15. SPIRAEA JAPONICA, large clumps, selected pifs. SPHAGNUM MOSS, clean, for florists' use. LILY OF THE VALLEY, W. W. BARNARD & CO., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO., at Chicago, O «S? S IVortlx Olarl*: Street, OITIO^^OO, ir^rv. CHRISTMAS TREES DECORATIVE GOODS. ETC. Personally seleoted. extra tine f^alsaiii and Spruce, f. o. b. here: 4 to 5 ft. lOc. 6 to li ft. 14c.. 6 ft. ISc, 7 ft. 21c., 8 ft 2jc., 10 ft. 35c.. 12 ft. 50c., 14 ft.tjoc. 0 Der cent, off in 50. 10 per cent, off in 100, 15 per cent, off in 200 tree lots. Trailing Pines. $C CO. Bouquet Green. *5 00 per 100 lbs. Arbor Vitse Trimmings. $1.50 per bbl.; 5 bbls. $7.00. Mixed Trimmings. Si.OO per bbl; 6 bbls. »i.50. Fine Rotted Peat, ti 50 per bbl.: 3 bbls. J4.00. Moss, $1.75 oer bale; 3 bales $5 00. 5 per cent, off on all orders received before Nov. 25. Best of shipping facilities: four through rouds. Send for Telegraph Code. Write or write for esti- mates before viiu buy. Banli references required. JOSEPH BANCROFT, C^dtar- F!*cills, lo-w^. Now Ready, for Cash. Per 1(U Begonia Bruaiiti alba, best white, winter bloomers, 2_!^-inch, - | 6 oo same, 3 inch, - - - lo oo Begonia Metallica, 2>^-inch, - 6 oo " " 3>^-inch, - 12.00 " Semperflorens rosea, aj-z in. 6 oo " " " 4-in. I2.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2>^-inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2)2-inch, - 7 00 " " 3-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3/2 and 4-inch, - 8 00 Large thritly stock in fine shape, ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greenhouses, ONLY ONLY ONLY The grandest Collection ever offered, including all the Latent Novelties. Our seeds are warranted to be fresh, pure, and strictly fir.st-classin every respect. Send for new Circular and Price List to the Trade. ALBERT BENZ, DOUGLASTON, N Y. THE JENNINGS STRAIN. Extra large flowering and splendid colors. Only 20.000 left. Ifine plants $5 per 1000: 60c. per 100. Seed in paper of 2000, tl. 00 packet. PANSIES E. B. JENNINGS, box 76, Soulhporth, Conn. Carnation. Pansy and Vioi.kt Grower. CHRISTMAS EVERGREENS. [oily, listlet MRS. F. A. GRANTHAM. Vaiden, Miss. HEADQUARTERS for CHRISTMAS TREES! Wisconsin Blue Spruce. "" ^ ' ^ ' The finest of all in form and color. Well furnished, se- lected trees, carefully packed in light, strong crates, con- taining 25, 50 and 100 trees, delivered, Freight Charges Paid to any point within 300 miles of Chicago, at prices herg quoted: _ ^5._ _ 5?„ 100 (i feet » 3 50 S 6.00 SIO.OO 6to 8 feet 6.00 11. OO 30.00 8t€.10feet lO.OO 1600 .30.00 45.00 IS.OO 35.00 I 14 feet 30.00 35.00 60.00 of Balsam Fir; fine selected specin ! soUoitert on ear lots. The two largest s Special corresponde As the Western Classification of roads now exact, by a recent ruling, ACTUAL PREPAYMENT of all freight charges on Christmas Trees, I am obliged to assume these charges, and also all risks of transportiou; hence I am under the necessity of insisting upon the following: t least one-half cash with order; balance 30 days approved ot later than .January 1st 1891. No attention will l)e paid 1 above terms. W. D. BOYNTON, SHIOCTON, WISCONSIN. My circular and price list is now ready, and can be had on appi. cation; it is inter- esting reading to any florist who buys Carnations, Coleus, Al.ernanthtras, Geraniums, Cannas, etc. One day's mtil brouKht me orders for iS,20o, and one week's mail for 37,5^0 plants Is it any wonder I am sold out ' This year's sales prove conclusively that there is no better strain in the market. And next season I shall grow not less than half a million plants. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. ROSES AND PLANTS. \ZE:F?BElsrAS. WK OFFER FKOM OPEN GKOIMI STKONG PL.\NTS OK CLUMP;:^^^^^^ Enlalia gracillima Jio.co •' zebrina 800 Dianthus, Snow 8°° " plumarius, in colors 8.00 Burr Rose (pink macrophylla) 8.00 Climbing Roses, assorted 8.00 Ivisustrum, 2 sorts, excellent hedge plants •• 8nns arc jiuttnig iii an ajipcaraiKC and licl'orc anothei wetl we will witness the beginning of a thrjs anthcnmni dis|ilay such as perhaps h.is never been seen here, to judge from the pro fusion of buds, magnificence of plantsand endless variety. Foli.age plants, espeeialh' palms and ferns, seem to have received special atten tion by some of our more sue. essful grow ers during the past season and the wm tcr's supply, it would seem, will fulh equal the demand which in this city is exceptionally large. The question of allowing the florists to remain on the ground floor of the Center Market seems to have been definitelj- settled and several have enlarged their stands, provided tiled counters, tele- phones, etc., so that the floral feature of our largest market is now reall^' one of its greatest attractions. The cut flower trade is evidently reviv- ing and establishments like Smalls, Hale, (iude, Fisher, Saul, Deitrich, Studer and Freeman are doing a fairly good business for this season. Of late Wm. Smith, the florist, has also opened a store on Penn- sylvania avenue near 17th street. Ed. Schmid, the principal dealer in florists' supplies, has purchased a fine building and lot centrallj' located on 12th near G street, and proposes fitting up the same in the most approved style. On the whole the prospects for the winter's trade seem very encouraging. Z. AUGUST ROLKER&SONS NO. 136 & 138 W. 24th St., Importers and Dealers in FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, ETC. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOH, HOLLAND. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write i Onr new Bulb Catalogue Will be mailed free on applic i for orices. MUSHROOM SPAWN Strong, outdoor grown Callas that will bloom by middle of Dec, at $7.00, Double White Primulas, $9.00. Large blooming bulbs of Amaryllis John- sonii, at I2.75 per doz. J. J. I.AUFEBT, Zenia, Ohio. \8T^ J -^ WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Chinese Narcissus, JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY BULRS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM. SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. r Wholesale List o( above, and of Trees. H. H. BERGER &, CO., . 0. Box 1501, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. SEASONABLE STOCK. — J. G. VAUGHAN, —CHICAGO. DUTCH BULBS, Good assortment left. Chinese Narcissus. BOUQUET GREEN. (Order Holly and Green Now.) LILIUM AURATUM Tuberose Bulbs. PALMS, fine stock. Gladiolus, Faeonies, and other stuff of this class ready. Special Glass Vases for Chinese Narcissus, doz. $2.25. CHOICE FORCING BULBS ilND PLANTS FRESH PALM SEEDS, NEW CROP PANSY SEED, MEMORIAL WREATHS and CROSSES, the best imported from Germany and France, FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, Etc., offered at reasonable prices, as per my fall list, •which will be sent free to all florists and dealers. OKICHIOS: Just arrived a splendid lot of Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandra). I CAm,EYA Trian^. I for florists' lolidays adds particularly to i ally scarce and i . . Bermuda-grown bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches shipment usually by the middle of July before bulbs In our own country have hardly begun to a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at - Tfte extent to which this Lily is be-ng forced for winter flowers will be shown by ! bulbs for his own use. We hear it said occasionally tbat Lllium Harrisii flowers will not keep— this is ow be Kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following the receipt of flowers shipped last Kaster. J. I.. RuRsell, Denver, Colo., writes: " The Lilies came in excellent shape. I . rt Worth Nursery Seey the U S Department of .\irrieulture, Division of VL'-elablc I'allu.losy, ajipcars .in article l,vi:. .\. S..utli\viirlli,on a new liollyliock iliseasc wliicli is stated to be entirely dis- tinct Vmni tlie two diseases (>f tlie hoUy- c'uised'Mv'a i\ii'ii;iis to wliieli tlie attract- ive nanie'ot Corklotriehiinn .Mth.ea- has been "iven. The external ehar.icters are described as follows; "The fungus may attack anv part of the plant; \vhen on the leaf it occurs in the form of a brown spot, which may increase m i until the whole leafis either diseased or withered; when on the petiole the leaf and part of the petiole bevond the point oi attack shrivel up at once; when at the base of the petiole, on the voungunfolding leaves, or on the main stock of the plant itself, the fungus quickly runs down to the root and kills the plant. Wherever the stem or petioles are attacked they shrivel up; all flow of sap is checked and the part of the plant or leaf beyond this point must succumb. If the plant is very dry the diseased parts dry up, but if grown in a moist place the trouble is aggravated by swarms of bacteria that attack the diseased portions and, instead of drying up, the plant seems to perish by a kind of wet-rot. When the plant has attained some size and firmness of texture the sur- face of the petiole or stem sinks in at the point of attack, forming a distinct flatten- ing or even a hollow. The color of these spots varies from a light yellowish brown to black. Frequently the centers of the spots are rust color, becoming entirely black later." Spraving the diseased plants with the Hordeaux mixture gave the best results. Copper carbonate was tried but with very slight effect. Chrysanthemum maximum is a splen- did keeper as a cut flower. A half dozen blooms placed in a vase with other flowers over a week ago, and kept in a warm sitting room since, are still as fresh and effective as when first cut, while all the other flowers in the vase have faded and dropped. PLANT BED CLOTH. CHKAP SUUSTITl TE FOR GLASS on Hot- beds. Cold Frames etc. Three Krades, itleiiers. etc., mvalu ». Froti-i-ts truiu fr growth and keeps 1 (jspd h> Hoii^ts I'roniotes NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO., 27 South Street, - - NEW YORK. Kills Mildew and Fungus growth. What does? GRAPE DUST. Sold by Seedsmen. THIS CUT FOR YOUR CATALO(;UE. The Trowel, Intro- duced last season, se'ls at sight. For transplanting, lifting and setting plants: as an all around "Hancly .. .. ^ , •.i"" -er dozen postpaid. INGHAMriON, N.y. ENGRAVER FOB FLORISTS PHILADELPHIA, PA. Meet... ot lliis Cut, »J 00 LARGEST STOCK OF ELECTROTYPES OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS' CATALOGUES, ETC. Complete Catalogues 50c. deducted from first order. Aoency for the sale of Electros of MESSRS. VIL- MORIN ANORIEUX & CO.. (Paris.) FLORftL DESIGNS. A book which tells how to make them and shows how they look. Fifty tinted plates of approved designs, in fine shape for showing to customers in place of the bare wire designs ; it "gets there" much better, and looks pretty while doing it. It is a good investment for any working florist at $3.50, postpaid, and can be had of J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 55. HABBISBUBG, PA Long's Floral Photographs WERK AWARDKD Special Honorable Mention at Boston Convention Exhibit. te their use as a practical help in their uusi They help to better priced orders, and iwhe Thes raches eighty-five in number. Each a distinct subject. ARTISTIC. BEAUTIFUL. PERFECT. Order of any reliable supply man. or send lor descriptive and priced catalogue direct to the publisher. DAN'L B. LONG, Florist, ESTABLISHED. 1866, I Wire D Mtmufactured STBEI^EJiVS #i^ 2,000,000 EVERGREEN GUT FERNS Especially for Florists' use. $1.50 per 1,000; 5.000. $6.25; 10.000. $10,00. Discount on large orders. Special^ attention pwd to oMsmo 25,000 YARDS BOUQUET GREEN WREATHING, . cord with Dough to hold up .'il) yard lengtl '" "' ' ' ^' order). 1000 y 1 hand after Oct. 1st. Orders by i Ipped at once. Terms Cash, or goods will be s DAT SEASON without ■ yd. S , SPHAGNUM MOSS. Long, clean fibre, barrel or sack, $l.0O; >MOS "iS SUbarrels.l.l.CO; Twenty barrels, $15.00! ' " * One hundred barrels, fia 00. This Moss is warranted free from leaves, sticks and rubbish of all kinds. Christmas Trees a35.j:asti2X8t"Street. iNEW'l Prices and Terms. L. B. BRAGUE, DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. HINSDALE, MASS. CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 47th Sf and Lexington Ave., New York. STANDARD POTS i cheaper than .>. B. cars here, free ■inch, per MOO, J3 latest improved by the old way. Price, H shipped at flfth-class i2 00 20.08 50 00 7S OC HIL FINGER BROS, Fort Edward, N.Y. SEND FOR A COPY or OUR NEW TRADE DIREGTORY i8go. The American Florist. 151 No. 126. Metal Wreath. No. 130. Standing Sheaf. H.BAYERSDORFER£CO. PHILADELPHIA. Dove. Immortelles. No. 48. Metal Wreath. We always have on hand a full line of F^lorifSts' «St.»r»r>lies, such as BOUQUET PAPERS, TINFOIL, WIRE, TOOTH PICKS, CHENILLE and IMMORTELLE LETTERS, GUM SPRINKLERS, WAX and TISSUE PAPER, DRIED MOSSES AND SEA MOSS, DOVES, IMMORTELLES, all kinds of NATURAL, BLEACHED AND COLORED DRIED GRASSES, DRIED FLOWERS, a complete assortment of METAL WREATHS, CROSSES, STARS, ANCHORS, Etc. A full stock of IMPORTED BASKETS. We also Manufacture FANCY STRAW, WICKER AND WILLOW BASKETS, and SHEAVES OF WHEAT. IMPORTED ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND LEAVES for Funeral Designs. A trial order solicited from those who have never dealt with us. Prices cheerfully supplied on application. EXCLUSIVELY FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. TttE MOST COMPLETE LINE IN flMERICfl. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., 56 N. 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. BOXES. BOXES. MAILING and CUT FLOWER BOXES. ;j-PIKCK ISO Gentlemen:-! write to tell i have been with the mailing boxe ordered 35 or 40 thousand. tensire trial. I think then that t8 BO satisfactory, at experience, and I have tested pleased 1 1 the market for that purpose. SMITH & SMITH, Kenton, Ohio. ENGLISH RHODODENDRONS. Every variety and color, i;4 to £io per hundred. The cnoices: and best kinds, 65s to 75s per hundred. U*. ®TI*BE5T, Nurseryman, . eatherside Nurseries, CAMBERLEY, ENGLAND. -^' • ss. 5. FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, ^s, .0 OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, '^^l^M -'\nd for any and every purpose for which a hose ^?mcmi^^.,■ be applied. 'RMORED Sizes, 'A inch to 42 inches diameter. /,fiMUHtu The making, vending, or use of any ServiceabI Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufai ture is an infringement on one or more of ou Patents The rights secured to us render each individual dealeror user responsible torsuch unlawfu use with all the Consequences thereof. For prices and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO Sole MPg and Owners of all the Sphinclei Gti'p Aimored Hose Patents, 49 Warren Street. New York. ■^^^M^ PAINTI That is White and will stick on l, - ., ..^«,,„„ Greenhouses. HAMMOND'S ; Rust Proof for Iron Pipes Paint & Slug Shot Works, retards no heat. || FISHKILL-ON-HUDSOK, N. Y. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 152 The a MERrcAN Florist, Nov /, ^. A. F. Atteirtion Our defeatccKoinpctitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the nieml)ers of the Committe of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with tlie approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews ^t Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. V. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement published by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either grOUnd, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is F^.t\.r^S:^. The pots we exhibited for the Certificate were made exactly as we make them for our customers, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact it is impossible to alter the inside measure- ment after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (until the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, who, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. THE WHILLDIM POTTERY CO., ^1?? *V' ^i>^ w-iigii-toia ^t., PHILADELPHIA. PA. ?.MNT STARDARD FLOWER POTS WE MANUFACTURE THE EXACT STANDARD FLOWER POT. Send for our new price list, dated August ist, 1S90, and yow will notice that our prices arc lower than ever before. OUR WARE GIVES PERFECT SATISFACTION. GIVE US A TRIAL AND CONVINCE YOURSELF. »IF»I^J^E^, 130F»l^I^I3>Iv «X? 00., I was at Boston! But lots of my friends by mail didn't meet me because the Society erf American Florists hadn't provided the means of identification they agreed to at Buffalo. I may have to wear a red coat at Toronto; I don't want to miss so many people ag^inl I'm not pretty, but I want to see who I am writing to, when 1 can; and I want to be seen and known. I am ready to talk 1891 Catalogues by mail. The Mount Pleasant Printery is "fixed" to do a lot of good printing for the trade this winter; and any florist can " get in " to the advantages by writing about what he wants. J. HORACn MrFARLAND, Haprisburg. Pa. FLORISTS NURSERYME and SEEDME ^ ^ AWIND MILLS i:-^ The HALLADAY MILL rHE HALLADAY ir^ine WiiKl f U, S, SOLID WHEEL ^-!-, .AndSTANDARD VANELESS •• 'WINDMILLS Meanwhile FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION es aeaiDst damage by baH. Kur JOHN G. ESLER, See'y, Saddle River N. \ Order :Kox^r TRADrDiiCTORY I'H.ICE, S2.00. AMERICAN FLOJIIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. Chicago. I.ORISTV ami •UDSM1-; The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., lor samples and prices before orderinj^ tSgo. The American Florist. 153 S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Kxhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Floxist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme : "Manufacturers of FI.oWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of .\ ward. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. j^-irs»t. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the |i,ooo to the fund of the Society of American Florists. SeooiTLCi. We will put up $2,000 In Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i^V-inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from S-inch to i2inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and il an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to ihoose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. Patent Improved Florists CEFREV LETTER CO., Gentlemen:— I find the new machine made Immortelle Letters manufactured by you verj salable and in many respects superior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Tneir uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up, and the excellent device for fastening them to the work, are among letters. W. J. STEWART. immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. CECREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, Dear Sirs:— Please ship me five thousand lettei Lis soon as possible. They are the best and mo: practical letters in the market. The pin fastenei arc a long way ahead of the Old-fashioned way l wiring. Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. CKFREV LETTER CO., Boston, Mass., Dear Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small le ters and five hundred large (two inch.) GAlVIN BROS., Boston. We Wish to announce to all fiorisU that we have removed to much larger quartets. No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in "••"■"■" THE CEFREY LETTER CO., 13 Green Street, BOSTON, MASS. 154 The American Florist. Nov. /, A Butter Bush. The New York Trihune of October 12 has the following: "Lookout for tall tales from Africa. One now current is that there has been discovered on the west coast of .\fric,i a Imsli the seeds of which yield a vellowish fat of very agreeable iuitlv n.-ivor, which might be used as a sub- stitute for butter. It solidifies like butter, and contains no .-icids which cause it to become rancid. If the plant can be domesticated in this country, no home will be complete without its butter bush. Some ])eople, however, may prefer the The Commissioners of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, this fall commenced the practice of making a free distribution of tlie snr[)lus plants remaining in the park beds after the number required for propa- gation had been housed. Somethingover 70,000 plants were distributed to over 5,000 applicants. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. »'^ WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: l8t. Give tbe number of sashes to be Ufted. 2n(l. Qive the length and depth of sashes, (depth Is down the roof.) 3rd. Give tbe length of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the comb and width of rafters or Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF &REENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, In bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, In sacks. Tree atid Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. MAILING BONCES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymen's and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS & SONS, EXCELSIOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS, WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE BOTTOM. Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven- tilation is secured. The only pot with Patent Perfect Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing else- where. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., whI^^s^I^et, Philadelphia, Pa. We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Hoffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street, OleAreltiiO-cl, O. i8go. The American- Florist. 155 ESTABLISHED 1854. Devine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wioiioht lion Hot ^\atel Boileis m Capacity from 3^0 t FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 S. CANAL Street, CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in any part of the U. S. or ranada Glazed on the Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW TORE. Florists' Leiters Emblems, Monograms, Elc. made of the best Inimor* es. wired on wood or :nl frames, having holes fastened to the design e them a trial. You will these goods to be Su- rior to any in themar- . PAT'D AUG. t), 1889. OTE.-AU infringers or lators of the above let- < and designs will be secuted to the fullest ..end for Sample. '.'■in. purple per 100. $3.00 ['...■.tage, Licts.perlOO. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Brdway, Brooklyn. N.Y. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. i CLEAR C^ PRESS. ^=- Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. ^~ Send for circulars and estimate . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND., Hamilton Co.. OHIO. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots "'!/„ For Slaipisijng: I*l^rrts. UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make ^ \ a perfect pot for marketing, and eflFect an immense ^'*\i« saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, ) ' Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- , / keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- /l Zing, and avoiding injury to plant. MadeinStandar.l ' y sizes adopted by Society of American Florist."!. „,„ V SOLE MANUFACTITRKRS: SOLE F. W. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. -W^luolesale .Argents > & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. W rite for San . pots {including c 111 Circulars. ightof 1000 3)«-i 600 4 • The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can \>t operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NATIONAL HOI WATER HEATER CO., BOSTON.,-. hill. Collins & Co , St. Louis s^Mo. CHICAGO. and INSURE Your PLiTS^LBWERS SaveYourCoal n nnini steam,»°irt. Tlir us ,,ul ><> «Jas. «av«>s 25 per nnif. Ill li.at da.v and nifcht. VaMy 'Hi ikI I'oi- iK-^t «-atalOErue. Address PI E ROE. BUTLER& PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. f^wBiB^E . DOtJBLK THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL GLAZIERS' 8UPPLIK)8. ' Writ* ttr I,«t«ft Prio«». HALES For de«ttroyin gardens and mole trap ic 1 MOLE TRAP 1 molFS in lawns, parki The only PKurECT ■ uaranteed to catch her traps faiLf.Sojdbj H. W. HAJLES. RIDOKWOOD N. J. 1 56 The American Florist. Index to Advertisers. AldlD« PrlutlDK WkB va Allen, W. 8 146 Association Fluru Mil Auorl* Nurcerles 142 Bancroft Joseph 147 Kennloou Bro«. KranierlNiS.M Knot, W. C LaneW 1> i.a Hocneftatahl Lleue A Oarmody J 0.. Nanz & Neuner. i^rawfordM..... 148 UeVeer J A .'!!'.14S DeTlne'a Boiler Wka..l55 Dlei, JohnL,..4Co....lK. Exeter Machln National Waterproof Fibre Co 160 Pennock Chas E 145 Pierce Butler 4 Pleroel65 Plerson PK&Co 149 Pitcher & Mandi Frese AQresenz.. Gardiner J* Co... GlbsonJC Gonzales F & Co.. Grantham Mrs F i Qrashoff Martin.. OrllHth.N.B .146 Bcollay.John A 156 .142 ShelmlreWR 142 •idan W 1 Slebrecht ,t Wadle Slpae Dupffel k Co Hammond & Hunter.. 14^ Herendeen Mfg. Co... 166 Herr, Albert M. 147 HesserW J 146 Hews A H 4C0 l!a HllBnger Bros 150 Hlppard B 154 Hltchlnds* Co 1.56 Hotrman J WaKotii',, 154 Hooker, U. M 165 Waterbury Ru Yoang, Tnos. Jr Wilmington, Del.— A chrysanthemum show will be held under the auspices of the AlcottClub ofthe Delaware Hospital, .November 11, 12 and 13. A fairly liberal list of premiums has been offered. Flo- rists L. E. Baylis, G. W. Brinton & Son andj. L.Brown & Co., will each make large exhibits. The exhibition will be- held in the Institute Hall. Atlanta, Ga.— The Atlanta Hort. So- ciety will give a chrysanthemum show cither next week or the week following. A CARMODY BOILER Will Cost less, Use less Fuel, and has more advantages than any other Boiler in the market. ly.Send for Descriptive Catalogue. J. o. CAJitJvior>^^, EVANSVILLE IND. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hot Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY. 74 & 76 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y jy Send for Catalogua. 1 TH08. W. WEITHERED'8 SONS, N'ov. /, 46 and 48 Marion Street. NEW YORK. ■ HORTICDLTORAL BUILDBBS AND MANUFACTURERS OF i^!&_ f'ONSKRVATOKlF'' ORKKNUOUSKS 4 KKBCTED IN AN\ PART OF THF UNITED STATES or CANADA IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPES ii.id PIPE FITTINGS MANUFACTURED h\PRESSLT FOR HbATING GKBKN- HOUSES, ETC. A thoroughly Portable Span Roof Oreenhi uie 12\9 feet with Boiler House 4x4 feel Heating Apparatui and Ventilating Rods Included jrat up complete (freight prepaid) within 100 miles ot New York City for 1325 or delivered on cars in New York f orJ260and any carpenter or ordinary mechanic can erect It in one daj- Greenhouse Heating #> Ventilating HlfcHlNQS k CO. 233 Hlercor Street, Hew York. " "* Eighteen Sizes, ©eaale jSerlsPS, Serjical jSeiUrS, jSase ]e)uri)ii)a wafer paeteps Perfect Sash Raising Apparatut. S«nd 4 cents postage for Illustrated CataloKua. GREENHOUSE HEATING I STEAM OR HOT WATER. it THE "EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DURABILITY it has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, ,^2 Oliver Street, BOSTON. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N fm Mwmmm ^mmm nmerioa is the P'-ou/ D! t _ I_ „.e:, thsrE ir.a, be more ccwfort Mniidsh.p., hA he are the Srst to touch Unknown Seas." Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND MEW YORK. NOVEMBER 6, 1890. Ho. 127. f LiHiE Li^^mmmm Wmmws Florist Company. Mail R' Published every Thursday uy THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. lubscription, $i.oo a year. To Kurope, $2.oo. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 64 La Salle Street, CHICAUO. Societv of Anieric FlorislK M H Norton, Boston, Mass.. president: Chambers, Toronto. Ont.. Ticepresident: 'S STEWART, 67 Broralield St.. Boston. Muss., tary; M. A. Hunt. Terre Haute. Ind. trei The i-eventh annual meetlne at Toronto, August. 1691, Florists' Hail Association, iBures ereenbouses against damage by hail. John Q Ksi.ek, Secretary, Saddle Kiver. N. J. Florists' Protective Association. ivesint'ortuatlon to members regarding the flnan- I standing and business integrity of those in the de. H. B. Bkattv. Sec'y. oil (^ity. Pa. Ankerican Chrysantlieuiuiii S€»ciety. iiadelphia^ Pa., secretary. CONTENTS The chrj-santhemum- Seas'nable chrysanthemum notes . . . .^ . .158 Standard pots 159 View in orchid house (illustration) 159 Palms as gifts 139 Sp»cialfertilizers forgreenhousecrops . . . . 160 Notes about some hardv flowers 160 Insects and diseases-Blister beetles (illus) . . 161 News notes 162 Conservatories of the Allegheny Parks (illus) 163 Boston .163 «t Louis 163 Baltimore 163 Foreign notes 164 Leaves ol advice from a limb of the law xvil.164 Catalogues received 165 The "Go'den flower" , . . . . 166 Society of American Florists 166 Coming exhibitions 166 Seed trade 16S Some facts and figures about advertis ing . . i58 New York 170 Chicago . 170 A cooperative scheme 174 Mr. Thorpe's paper on the chrysan- themum, which appeans in this issue, will be ven- acceptable to all at this time. Ji'Llvs NiEPRASCHK, superintendent of the "Flora" at Cologne, Germany, for the last 28 years, died of heart disease < )ctober 14, in his 65th year. Chicago.— The quality of the plants and flowers shown at the third exhibi- tion of the Chicaa;o Florist Chili, which opened Tuesday, is far in advance of any previous exhibition. The attendance on the opening day was large. The Chrysanthemum— Its Western His- tory. [Rfa.t be/oir tlu- P,;tns\:%auia H.nlicultinal Soluni purple of a new shade, and this came from the Princess of Wales, a nearly pure white kind. The raising of seedlings is very inter- esting and always fraught with pleasure, and it is astonishing how many beautiful kinds one obtains each season. To save seed it requires a dry atmosphere and llie florets must be pollenized either arti- ficially or with the aid of insects or other causes. It is well to cut oft' the petals close up to the stigma, for two reasons, first, there is not so much surface to hold the moisture and cause moulding, and secondly, the pollen is easier applied to the stigma. \Vhen the seed is ripe it should lie carefully dried, then stored until sowing time, which should be from January to March. The seedlings grow rapidly and if cared for will flower very satisfactoril}' the same year. Seedlings require exactly the same treatment as plants from cuttings. .\S TO CILTIVATION. There is no plant that responds to good treatment as quickly, as surely and liber- ally as does our Autumn Queen, and even with slights, rebuffs and cruelty she never fails to cheer us though she be not in her best dress. I regret that I can not go largely into the details of cultivation this evening from the fact that there are nearly as many modes of cultivation as there are forms and types of flowers. I may say, however, that to get the best results the plants must never suffer from any cause from the time they commence to grow until they have flowered. The chrysan- themum delights in rich well drained soil. It is injured by too mvich and suffers equally from not having enough water. It thrives in sunshine and requires room for development. Those who are desirous of havinjr very large flowers must re- member that what they attain in size is at the expense of quantity, and I wish to impress upon those who are growing chrysanthemums in an ordinary way for garden decoration that it pays to thin the flower buds, taking from one to two thirds off" each plant. Some of the ways the chrysanthemum is grown: First — .\s large plants in pots for ex- hibition either as bush plants or standard. Second— So as to grow very large flow- ers for exhibition in a cut state. Third — For producing very fine flowers in large quantities for sale or for home decoration. Fourth — Growing medium plants in pots for market and conservatory dec- oration. Fifth — For decorating private gardens and parks. It may seem strange but there are very few varieties indeed that are suitable for all purposes above mentioned. Then again there are many varieties that do not thrive equally in all places. GROWING SPECIME.\ PLANTS. The growing of specimen plants is one of the most interesting forms of cultiva- tion, but it is one of labor and great attention and the man who attempts to do it successfully must be constantly with them, as one hour's neglect at any stage of the game will be charged up to him long before the first of November. When to take the cuttings for specimens depends upon three things: the variety, the convenience and the size of plant re- quired. It is best to put in cuttings at different times from November to March. One of the greatest troubles I have found with very early struck cuttings is their liability to harden in February and March. This occurs when the plants are exposed to bright sunshine and to too much heat; and depend upon it as soon as a plant begins to harden (that is the wood to ripen) that finishes it as a fine specimen. Of course plants must not become pot bound at any stage, and they must be pinched so as to break rightly or they will be unshapely. As to training I am sure that the fewer stakes there are used and the less mechan- ical the training is, the better for the plant, as it is more natural; for it must be remembered the chrysanthemum is somewhat of a rustic. When the plants are growing vigorously they are benefitted by watering with liquid manure, this should not be too strong, and if nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia is used it should be in very small quantities and not given too often. The disbudding and training must be as strictly attended to as is the watering. When the plants are housed they should be subjected to as little artificial heat as is consistent with their requirements. The growing of plants to produce ex- hibition cut flowers may be proceeded with in three ways. They may be grown in pots as for specimen plants, but with- out pinching, or they may be planted in boxes 10 inches deep and of any breadth or width according to the number of plants to be grown in each box. A box 3 feet long, a foot wide and 10 inches deep does nicel}' for six plants; or they may be planted out in a greenhouse and grown on without disturliing inany waj'. Such plants are allowed to carry not more than tjiree or four flowers each; this is done b}' disbudding, ])inching out the side shoots and snr])lus wood. Yet another plan which is followed quite generally in England is this: Plants are allowed to grow with one stem unmo- lested until June, when they arecutdown to within two feet or 16 inches of the pot, these are allowed to break and about three growths are allowed to de- velop, and on these growths only one flower. The plants are grown in from 8 to 14-inch pots, according to the strength of the plant and the variety. Another form of cultivation, and one which has grown out of the extended cultivation of the chrysanthemum, is the manner in which thousands of plants are grown 4t flowers for marke pur- poses. That is this: They are treated as roses are treated; they are planted on benches, from four to six inches deep and from nine to eighteen inches apart, accord- ing to the season of planting. If planted early in Jime they are planted eighteen inches apart, if in August nine inches, or even six inches suffices. They are not pinched more than once, and in manj' cases not at all. They are trained care- fulljr to straight stakes and carry only one to three flowers to each plant, and when they are marketed they are cut with stems two to three feet long. This plan of cultivating is being verv largely carried on in the neighborhood of New York. The decoration of the garden with chrysanthemums is not as elaborate as we may expect it to be at a very early date. The requirements for the garden are rather exacting, as the plant should be of sturdy growth, it should have thick heavy bright foliage, it should have medium sized distinctly colored flowers with short petals, and of hardj' constitu- tion, thus defying wind and storm. I have been turning my attention to rais- ing seedlings with the above schedule as my guide. Of course when planting for garden decoration the plants must have room for development. They should be planted two and a half to three feet apart at the least. They must have nutritious soil, sufficient water is to be given them in dry weather, they should be in a position where the}' will be sheltered from heavy winds and under no circumstances forget to thin out a third of the buds. Quite a number of my friends have their "Snug Harbors" for chrysanthemums, which is nothing but a frame work of light strips and posts, covered with canvas. The roof is also of canvas attached to a roller. This is rolled up and down as required, and it is astonishing how much frost is ke]3t out by this simple contrivance, and how many beautiful flowers are obtained. Commercially considered the chrysan- themum is now of as much importance as any other flower in its season. Millions of plants are now sold annually where but a few thousands were sold ten years since. Good flowers of chrysanthemums realize as much as the very finest roses do in the depth of the w^inter. I saw the other day a basket of thirty-five flowers arranged by Thorley sell for $100, and $1S adozen was frequently paid for fine flowers last season. These verj' plants these flowers were from can be purchased for 25 cents each. And noTC^ I think it is time for me to be going, I must pay tribute to the Queen. It was said six years ago the chrysanthe- mum was a passing craze and that that was the last year of it, and so it was said each year (by some) until last year. This came from those who never knew how to love a flower, orfromthosewhose mercenary interests warj^ed their judg- ment. Lovers of flovi'crs love the flower they have before them whether it be the aristocratic orchid or the plebian golden rod. The Queen of Autumn lengthens out the year and adds sunshine to our hearts; she does it without trespassing or encroaching on any other realm, she is as happy with the artisan as with the richest in the land, she appeals to the heart and not to the purse, she is as wel- come to all as are the crocus and dog- woods in the spring. Seasonable Notes. The exhibitions are here and now for the fruits of your labor. Be careful in packing both plants and flowers. Secure plants firmly in position either by blocks or other packing when removing them. Pass a soft piece of tying material en- tirelv around each plant drawing rather tightly all branches; see that the flowers are sufficiently secured so as not to oscil- late, as it is" this which causes so many bruised and ragged flowers one sees on ])lants at exhibitions. In packing cut flowers those who have not proper boxes for packing should first of all wrap the flowers in soft tissue ]japer, and that rather tightly so as to prevent the chafing of the petals; they should then be packed in layers of about two flowers deep; a very light covering of very thin boards or lath can be put on the top of the first two rows, then an- other lot of flowers, and so on until the top of the box is reached. Remember to ])ack sufficiently tight to prevent moving. Don't wet either the flowers or packing. Cut all flowers at least 24. hours before packing, plunge the stems into water in a dry cold cellar away from ice, so that they may get well filled before exhibiting. Cut all flowers just before arriving at iSgo. The American Florist. 59 VIEW IN A HOUSE DEVOTED TO ORCHIDS FOR CUT FLOWERS AT MR, WM. MATHEWS, UTICA. N. Y. their best; thej' will keep two weeks and some will improve 20 jier cent. All dark flowers are improved by being shaded from the direct sunlight. When cutting see that the varietj' tallies with the name, and if you are not well- posted have some reliable catalogue to refer to so as not to be disqualified for improperl}' naming orforduplication. All good chrysanthemum growers go round now with a pocket full of strong newly painted labels and relabel all plants re- quiring new ones and with a blue pencil O. K. all stock plants. Raisers of seedlings will please bear in mind that there is lots of room at the top yet; but we do not want any semi-double kinds unless they are entirely novel in color or shape. We do not want any duplications of existingvarieties. No old varieties with new names and no puny growers. John Thorpe. Standard Pots. Ed. Am. Florist:— It is a matter for sincere regret that a Boston firm should descend to question the decision of the judges in the award of the certificate of merit for the standard flower i)ots. The members composing the awarding committee are beyond reproach, and the decision of that committee should be and is considered final by all well meaning men. The executive committee at its next meeting should adopt vigorous measures to exclude from future competitions or exhibitions anj' person or persons who publicly or otherwise question the de- cisions of any of the committees of awards. If some such action is not taken good men will decline to serve on these com- mittees. In the unfortunate advertisement of the defeated competitor it is made apparent that the opinions of Mr. M. A. Hunt were perfectly satisfactory. Did Mr. Hunt present a minority report? or did he with- hold his signature from the report as presented to the societj^? It would seem that Messrs. Hews & Co. wanted to convey one or the other idea. And if so, would that firm have the report thrown out and no award made because the coni- mittee had not reported unanimously m favor of the standard pots exhibited by Messrs. Whilldin & Co.? If that was made the occasion for a "kick" at all competitive exhibitions very few awards could be made. One of the wisest things ever attcmpl- ed by the Society of American Florists was the establishment of a standard pot. II all the manufacturers would conil)inc, and adopt a mould which would under all reasonable circumstances make pots that would be interchangeable with each other, then the ideas of the society would be carried out. And, would it not be to the interest of the manufacturers to study the requirements of their customers, rather than antagonize them? Oct. 8, '90. Edwin Lonsdale. Palms as Gifts. Says the jV^zf York 7V?««in itsissue or September 20: "A graceful and accept- able gift whicha youngmistressof a home especially values is that of a growing palm. In a handsome jar it reaches the dignity of a wedding gift. Select one which the florist can assure you has grown slowly in a cool place. Palms forced quickly in a hothouse will not stand tile we;ir and tear of a dwelling house litie, with its gas, dust, furnace heat, and so on. Hardy specimens, well cared for, put out through the summer, and given an occasional airing in the conserv- atory, your own or a florist's, in the course of the winter will thrive for years as a house plant. It is experimenting with forced specinuiis th:it has discour- aged householders willi tiKiii, and many persons now, for their conscrvaturies and summer residences, rent palms In- the season, the florist keeping a supply of i6o The American Florist. Nov. 6, liarilv plants i-ontlmially with liis iiis- tonier. If aiiv show signs of drying or lose their lustre, which is their great chann, they arc at twee removed and re- placed with a perfect jilant. There is little risk, however, in owning one ont- right it care is used in its selection .ind the florist tells the truth about it." Special Fertilizers for Greenhouse Crops. nv S.WrEL T. JIAVNAUI). [From the (klober BuIUlhi of the Hatch Experi- ment Station of tlie Massachusetts Agricitllural College. '\ The question of the use of special fertil- izers under glass is becoming one of great importance, and is attracting much at- tention among practical gardeners and scientific men. Kven the best and most skilled garden- ers soinctimcs liiul thai their soil, made up after thebcst fonnnhis, fails to give the results expected. The plant food seems to be unavail.-ible or the plant lacks the vigor to make use of it, and something more active is needed to give it a start. To determine what special fertilize! s will give the best results applied to crops under glass, a series of experiments were started in the winter of 18SS-'Si), the results of which are deemed of sufficient value for publication, although a longer series of tests may somewhat modify the results thus far obtained. The following experiments were made in two houses bnilt side 1)y side as nearly ;is possible alike, one heated with steam and the other with hot water. Thesjjaee was diviikil inlcp plots of equal size in each house wllli the same number and kind (if iilauts in each, the aggregate number ol lilossoms from both plots be- ing given with the kind of fertilizer used. CARNATIONS— iSSS AND 1889. Six beds of thirty plants each were set in each house, the same kinds in each, and all as nearly the same size .and vigor of growth as possible. The soil was made moderately rich with staljle manure and fine ground bone, and the special fertilizer applied in liquid form by dissolving one tablespoonful in a two gallon can of water. The results arc shown in the fol- lowing : Gave Blooms. Plot No. 1. Muriate of Potash, 276 •' No. 2. Sulphate of .\mmonia, 314 " No. 3. Nitrate of Soda, 309 '• No. 4. Sulphate of Potash, 356 " No. 5. Bone Black (dissolved), 37S " No. C. Ordinary liquid manure, 105 StJMMARV OF RESULTS. These results are very much in favor of bone black and sulphate of potash. PANSIES. To compare the effects of muriate of potash with the sulphate, thirty-six plants of a choice strain of pansies were set in two beds and treated by mixing the fine fertilizer with soil so as not to bring it in contact with the leaves. The result is as follows : Plot No. 1. Treated with Muriate of Potash gave 806 blooms. Plot No. 2. Treated with Sulphate of " ive 1363 blooms. CARNATIONS.— WITH COMBINED KERTII.- IZERS. To learn the best combination for the carnation 13 plots were made, each of 10 of the same kind of plants. Using four pounds ground bone to each plot mixed with a well enriched soil as a basis, other fertilizers were applied as follows : Plot. No. of Bloom.s. No. 1. la-lt). Muriate of Potash, Vj-tb. Sul. Ammonia, 130 No. 2. y2-H). Muriate of Potash. V2-tt). N. Potash, 124. No. 3. i,.-lb. Muriate of Potash, 1..-II.. .N. Soda, 124 No. 4. '..111. MiHi.itc of Potash, ',.-11.. l!oneIUaek(dissolved)154 No. 5. V-..-lb. Muriate of Potash, Vi-ft. Dried Blood, 134 No. 6. i/o-lb. Muriate of Potash, Vo-lb. M. Potash (excess), IIS No. 7. y2-tb. Sulphate of Potash, 132 No. 8. y2-H). Sulphate of Potash, y2-lb. Sul. Ammon.a, 163 No. 9. y2-tt). Sulphate of Potash, y2-lb. Nitrate Potash, 110 No. 10. y2-ft". Sulphate of Potash, ya-lb. N. Soda, 133 No. 11. ya-lb. Sulphate of Potash, y2-lb. Bone Black (dissolved) 161 No. 12. i/a-lb. Sidphate of Potash, y2-ttj. Dried Blood,- 113 No. 13. yo-tb. Sulphate of Potash, y2-lt3. Sul. Potash (excess), 128 In this test, the sulphate of potash with the sulphate of ammonia gave the best results, closely followed by tlie same form of potash combined with bone black; with the latter, .nnd muriate of potash third; while the poorest results were from sulphate and nitrate of potash, sulphate of potash and dried blood and muriate of potash in excess. GENERAL SrMMARV. Summing U]) the results we find that of the nitrates the nitrate of potash has given the best results, but that the sul- phate of ammonia gives better results than either, especiallyin the production of a foliage crop. Of the potash salts the sulphates eive better i-esults than the muriate. Bone black shows a marked effect in increasing the niunber of blossoms. Notes and Questions About Some Hardy Flowers. "Manettia coruata or cordifolia. which is right and where can I get it?" — Coi-difolia is right. Siebrecht and Wad- ley catalogue it. "Where can I get Arnebia echioides?" I do not find it advertised in any of the last year's catalogues that I have got. It is rather an uncertain plant to handle. "I BOiK'.HT seeds of the annual .\rnebia cornuta, last spring, but could tiot get them to germinate. They did not appear ripe to me." We also bought seeds of it and were fortunate in raising some plants which g'cw very well, and bloomed beautifully. Opoponax and .\cacia Farnesiana.— "Henderson's Handbook of Plants gives opoponax as an umbelliferous plant, but in a contemporary I find this name ap- plied to Acacia Farnesiana, which is right?"— Opoponax is a genus of umbelli- ferous plants. But evidently the word opoponax is used as a popular or Eng- hsh name for .\cacia Farnesiana, a fav- ored shrub-tree indigenous to the West Indies and a good deal planted near the coast of the more southern states and other extra-tropical countries, particu- larly in those liordering the Mediter- anean, where a delic'ous perfume is manu- factured from its flowers. "Is Mil, LA iifFi.dKA hardy here?"— The Long Island l)ull) growers treat it as a tender plant; tliev plinl il out in sju-ing and lift and hous(- ii .i.^.iin lu fall, much in the same way :is Ihey Ircil gladioluses. I am not sure that its hardiness has been sufficiently tested. Four years ago, how- ever, I left some bulbs of it out over win- ter, and in spring they were dead. "Coi'LD ONE trust to calochortus sur- viving the winter in open ground, if covered somewhat?"— Yes, I have found several of them to be hardy enough here under such conditions; but like several ' other I'aeifie-slope bulbs they often are peculiar in their behavior, and I always have had best success with them when I lifted and took them indoors over winter or kept them in pots in a cold frame. "What effectual means can one take of destroying root lice? My garden is so infestedwith this aphis that I am unable of late years to grow asters and some other eompositas (especially Bellis pe- rennis) at all satisfactorily, and I am per- plexed how to mitigate the nuisance. The 'yellow ant' rears them as we do cattle, and establishes colonies of them on the roots of every aster, and they suck the life out of them. What can be done to rid our plants of this pest?" — Will some one kindly tell us. •'Late sown asters and calendulas and pansies and phloxes, with escholtzias, petunias and nasturtiums give quite a brilliant late display, and are useful for cuttings but I would like some perennials. I cannot use the yellow-flowered com- ])osite perennials. So far I regard the white form of .\nemone Japonica as by- far the most valuable perennial of its seastn. I have the semi-double pii.k or carmine-rose anemone. It is very gay and useful, but rather coarse to usf with white ill cutting flowers. I wish a single, rose colored one could be got of etpial (|nality." "I would much like to have the names of six hardy perennials coming into bloom with .\iicmonc Japonica."— Try Clematis Stalls, I'yrethnim uliginosum, Gaillardia graiidilfu.i, liujiatorium ageratoides, Conocliuiuin C(L-lestinum and hybrid del- nhiiiiums cut back as soon as they had bloomed in early summer. \\\ these arc good September bloomers, but we also have a host of cdds and ends, although few full crops at this season. Gladioluses, tritomas, dahlias, cannas and the like, together with annuals furnish a large bulk of our cut flowers in September. "Mountain Fleece gets so touched by frost before fairlv opening that it has little value with tne."— The lieydav ol this plant is between the 1st and 20th of October and in localities where a sharp frost occurs before this time the Mountain Fleece cannot be grown to advantage unless protected from frost in some way, for frost will destroy its flowers. "Cosmos was just as useless though started early."— .A,gain October is the heyd.iy of the cosmos, indeed, it is later than llif .Mountain Fleece, and it doesn't make a bit of dift'erence in their time of flowering whether the plants were started early or late, unless they have been pot grown. 'When should one get plants of Cory- dalisnobilis, in early springorinthefall?" In the fill by all means. It is perfectly hardy and starts into growth quite early in spring. Win IS this thus?— "In sending for the double white Hesperis matronalis. 1 got the eoiuiuon single-flovvered purple one; for Trollius Fortune!, double, I got tfce ordinary single T. Enropa-us; fbr.Achilliea the I'e.irl, I got the ordinary .\. ptarmica fl, pi,, and in Scabiosa Caucasica 1 had a quite single flower of a washed out tint, evidently a poor (|uality seedling."— Be- cause some trolliuses have large, full, inciu ved llowers, it is hardly safe to call them (loulile. Scabiosa caucasica has al- ways lieeu. in mv opinion (but 1 know manv people ditlVr with me on this point I. W. rSgo. The American Florist. i6] Dei'TZia scAiiRA c.ui li;ii(_lly be said to be on the iiiaiUit il is so scarce; and in the northern stales it is barely hardy. Deutzia crctiata is proliably the species meant. Vcs, it can In ioieed easily enough, but it must Ik lii.iuLjht alons slow. The single form .lr.i|is its llowers so quick, it is hardly worlli (iireiug, and the double form has an olijcctionable purple tinge. The variety called Pride of Rochester or candidissiiiia fl. pi. is the only one worth forcing, for it comes pure white, and being double the flowers hold on pretty well. But plants for forcing should be well rooted, well ripened, long rested and brought on slow, and not too early in the season. W. F. #n^eeL^ anil ©li^caiic^. Conducted by Chaiiles K. Baker, Agricul- tural College P. O., Ingham Co., Mich. .Send ."jp^cimeos of unidenliBed insects and di.seased p'ants to him at above address. Blister Beetles. Oftentimes in lale siimniei c.r autumn, when the florist has lie'..;iiii t.. Hatter him- self that for .another se.is..,, I,e is done with the bother of figlilinu iiis insect foes, he finds that there still rcin.-iins, in the form of blister beetles, a most trouble- The faiti'ily is charaeteri/e.l by certain conformations of the leys :inil llinra.x. The head is bent do\vn«.ii.ls and for- wards, and the antenna- .IK rk veil jointed and spring from the front iifLhe heail just before the eyes. The legs are long and slender and the hind tarsi are four jointed. The wing covers are very variable and lack in the limy substance, that which gives so much rigidity to the covering of many of our beetles. The bodies are slen- der, cylindrical and soft. The metamor- phoses of the blister beetles and also of the oil beetles are very complicated, and sonietimes called hypermetamorphoses. The oil beetles are somewhat similar to the blister beetles in habits, being para- sitic in their earlier stages. However, while the oil beetles affect wild and honey bees, the blister beetles pass their earlier stages exclusively in ccrtaiti locust eggs. Of the blister beetles the black (Epieanta pennsylvanical appears to be the most generally known, and the gray blister beetle is also somewhat widely dis- tributed. Epieanta pennsvl vaniea ( Fig. 1 ) is a pure black beetle from 5-16 to 7-16 of an inch in length, and common in the fall about golden rod and aster. It also occurs on many other plants of which it eats the leaves he pollen oftheflow- riKe,u,usll-ig2B)are sited in I he :; round, in lall cavity' hollowed °out for the purpose, near where locust eggs have also been deijosited. After the eggs are laid the female covers them up with dirt scratching it over them by means of its legs. The eggs are laid dur- ing July and up to the mid- dle of October in masses of about one hundred an thirty eggs each. Severr of these masses are depos- ited at different intervals. making a total of from 40(i to 500 eggs. If the temper- ature is favorable the eggs hatch in about ten days, producing what Dufour, in 1828, called a triungulinus. but what is now known as .-i tritmgulin. At first these ( Eg. 3 )are very small and jier- fectly white in color but soon become a light brown. Snon after hatehing tliey ning af.out in seaivli of food, wliich consists of locust eggs tPig-2 .\). In regard to their habits during this stage Dr. Riley says: "At night or during cold or wet weather all from one mass huddle together .-.nd \VI th. very active, running about over the ground with their long legs and ])rying with their large heads (Fig. a I and strong jaws into crease and crevice in the soil, into 1, in due time, thev burrow. Thev iitliout a inodcrate temiieratiire In the search for lociist eggs many never reach the goal but die on the way. I'pon the slightest disturb- ance they will curl up in a ball, with the head bent close to the breast. As soon as the trinngnlin finds locust eggs it goes to eating (Fig. 2 A). Should two or more enter the same egg pod a deadly conflict sooner or later ensues, until one alone remains the victorious possessor." The triungulin eats about two of the locust eggs, and then, at the end of about eight days, prepares to shed its skin. It emerges from thismoidt as what Dr. Riley calls the "carabidoid stage of the .second larva" (Fig. 4) from its resemblance to the larvse of the family carabida;. After this process is over it returns to its diet of eggs for about a ^X- week, when it nuniiinioiil This form i- Dr, KiK "scaraba-idoid stage ol t second larva." so nam from its resemblance to e tain larv;e of the fam Scar.-iba'ida^. During this| it moults, appearing as the "ultimate stage of the sec- ond larva"( Fig 5. It remains in this form about a week, after which the insect leaves ' r ig. 4 ) the egg mass and forms a small round ^>v cavitv in the ground, in x'\fMwliiel"i, after four days. shed, some fragtnci to the body. " At (piite soft but soo head is mask-lil and destitute of /-^fJl?^???'' movable ajipend- agcs, while the feet a're repl.aced by si.x tubercles. The in- (Fig. 0) sect reaches this stage of its development in the fall of the year, and consequently hibernates as a pseudo-pupa. In the spring, on the approach of warm weather. the pseudo pupa re vives bursts its skin and ai)pears as the third larva. It now finds a suitable place and, without taking any food in the meantime, burrows into the ground, where it forms the true pupa (Fig. 7). The factofits takingnofood between the ijsendo-pupa and true pupa stages renders the reas.ins for its assuming the pseudo-pupa stage quite obscure. Inabout five or si.x days the pupa stage is passed, and the imago emerges. Only two species of blister beetles are ever known to be at all beneficial in the stricter (Fig. 7) sense of the word, and these sometimes prey on the larva; of the com- mon Colorado potato beetle. The Span- ish fi3' in Russia feeds on .isli. lilae and a number of forest trees. In It.dy whole potato fields are devasl.iu. I li\ .i eert.ain species (Lvtta ervtliroee|.li,il.i l. In our own eountVv these beetles were oiiee con- sidered the worst eiieniies ol tile potato. In the south llie best known I,. nil is the striped Ijlister beetle, wliieli sometimes ;ittacks potato and tomato vines inlarge nnmbers. Somewhat further north we find the ash-gray blister beetle attacking potatoes, honey locusts, apple trees, lucerne, beets, various kinds of beans and other plants. In some sections the mar- gined blister beetle is (|uitc common, and has been known to attack tomatoes, po- tatoes, egg plant, Keiitnekv coft'ec tree. known is tlie lil.iek Mislei keetk\ which is common in llie fall ..ii -olrkii rod, eiipa- torium and other wild pLmts. Hut oiilv too often does the llorist have to sntfer from its inroads on common outdoor garden plants, such as asters, gladiolus, dahlias and carnations. In regard to remedies we find that this insect resembles somewhat the rose bug (Macrodactylus subspinosus). The rem- edies commonl}' in use are more or less unsatisfactory and no sure remedy has yet Ijeen discovered. A remedy which has sometimes been recommended, is lay- ing winrow^s of straw among the rows of ])lants, driving the insects into them and then burning. On agitating the plants jjlan, however, is very often impractica- ble, both on account of the situation and the proximity and delicacy of the plants. Another and much better method is jar- ring. A good sized pan, the bottom of which is covered bv water or coal oil, is held underneath the ])lant. The plant is inclined over it and sllglitiv janed, when the beetles w dl fall ,il ..niv. as they are verj' sensiti\-e to any distiuli.iiiee. .Vfter becoming used to the o|ieraLion a large number of plants can be treated in a com- paratively short time. It would be better to expend a small amount of work on the pl.ints th.an to lose them entirely, as is sonietiines the ease. After the beetles are L^.itheied they maybe destroyed byerush- iim or any other method. This treatment should be repeated every few days, as the beetles will continue to come as long as there are any in the immediate vicinity. [The figures are all re-engraved from originals by Riley.] Coleus Golden Verschaffelti I would like to enquire through the Florist what success florists have had with the coleus Golden Verschaftelti as a bedder. Jaso.n' B. Roach. Watertown, N. Y. The American Florist, Nov. 6. Recoil Rote*. Mason, Mich., a town of 3,000 inhabi- tants is without a florist. Li'DiNCTON, Mich.— \Vm. Gregory has just completed two new houses ll.\100. Fort Dodge, Iowa.— lohn l'. Kellen- berger has built two new houses 12x60 each. CLEVEi..\Nn.— A. Sehniitt, the (.ilenville florist, has opened a floral store at 141 Euclid avenue. Litchfield, Minn.— A. M. Caswell has succeeded \Y. J.Whittington asproprietor of the Litchfield dreenhouse. SCRANTON, Pa.— G. R. Clark & Co. are giving their annual chrysanthemum show at the Armory. It will close Saturday. Wilmington, Del.- James N. Lewis & Bro. have added two large greenhouses to their plant. They will be devoted to cut flowers. San Francisco.— The fall flower show of the California State Floral Society will be held in the New Academy of Science Building on the 5th, 6th and 7th insts. Los Angeles, Cal.— The second annual chrysanthemum fair opened October 29 and will continue to November 7. The sum of $24-5 was awarded in premiums. MiLWAiKEE. — H. Stapes has built greenhouses and started a general florist business at Elm Grove, Wis. Mr. Stapes was with Mr. F. Schmeling for some time. New Bedford, Mass.— The third an- nual chrysanthemum show of the New Bedford Gardeners' and the Florists' Club is being held this week the 6th to Sth insts. Newark, N. J. — The chrysanthemum show is being held this week at the Belle\-ille avenue rink. Bird, of the Ar- lington nurseries, has a magnificent exhibit. Orange, N. J.— Jacques Bros, have sold their entire business interests to Mr. Frederick Mau, the orchid importer. Mr. Mau took possession of the premises October 20. Providence, R. I.— The forthcoming chrj'santhemum show of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society will be held Novem- ber 14 and 15 instead of 5 and 6 as pre- viously announced. Sioux CiTV, Iowa.— During the Corn Palace carnival J. C. Rennison,the florist, made ;i beautiful display of plants and flowers in the palace which was unstint- edly praised by the local press. Plattsmouth, Nei!.— W. J. Hesser has put in a large boiler to heat by steam. He is also building an additional green- house 16x60 and will add 3,500 feet of glass to be used on hot beds. Spokane Falls, Wash.— Mr. Isaac F. Tillinghast and E. P. Brotyman of La Plume, Pa., were recenth' at Chelan, this state, looking for a location for the es- tabhshment of a nursery and seed farni. Helena, Montana.— The firm of Miller & Winter has been dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Miller retires and Mr. Winter will continue the business at the old place — corner of Sixth avenue and Warren street. Portsmouth, N. H. — Mr. Robert Pater- son succeeds his brother, the late William Paterson as gardener in charge of the estate of Hon. Frank Jones. He has filled the position of foreman under his'Jjrother for a number of years. Kalamazoo, Mich.— The local press described the floral displays made by Van Bochove Bros, and the Mountain Home Conservatory at the County fair which closed October 3, as the finest made in this section for many years. Newport R. I.— The Newport Horti- cultural Societj' will give a chrysanthe- mum show at" Masonic Hall November 11 to 13 inclusive. Those having the matter in charge are confident that it will be the finest display ever made in New England. Hartford, Conn. —It is announced that the Septemlx -exhil tionofthe Hartford County Hor icnltui .il Sdcicty netted a loss of abou t ,$2(10 Preparations are being rapidlj ncrfcL led for the chrvsan- themum show whic 1 will be held Nov. 12 to 14. Hamilton, Ont.— \t ,-1 meeting held the evcniiii; ofOctobcr 1 7 the C.anleners' and Florists' Clu ) (il IL-i iniltdn. Out., was or- ganized with ;ui init al mem liersliip of 23. F. G. Foster s inesi lent and H. Browne secretary. There is every prospect of a strong club ii 1 the near future. San Diego, Cal. — The decorations for the chrysanthemum fair were entirely Japanese, including bamboo screens, dra- peries and the costumes of the ladies in charge. These proved very effective in combination with the display of bloom- ing chrysanthemum plants with which the building was filled. Utica, N. Y.— The Florists' Club of Utica had a large attendance at the meeting held October 6 to forward the arrangements for the forthcoming flower show. The exhibition will be held in Oneida Hall, November 19, 20 and 21. Committees have been appointed to at- tend to the details of arrangement. Ottawa, Ont.— At the last meeting of the Florists' and Gardeners' Club the question of changing the place of meeting was decided by the vote of the presiding ofiicer, the vote of the members standing 13 to 13. Some little feeling was dis- played by those on the losing side and three withdrew from the club as a result. Clyde, O.— E. Hall & Son have added two new houses 10x85 and one 20x85, making them a total of 7,500 feet of glass. All the houses are fitted with ven- tilating apparatus. The3' have three 10- foot houses with the ventilating ma- chinerj' placed on the outside of the roof in order to leave head room clear. They report that it works like a charm. Milwaukee.— At a meeting of the Wis- consin Florists' and Gardeners' Club held Oct. 7 the following officers were elected; President, G. W. Ringrose; Vice President. Paul Hoppenrath; Secretary, W. H. Ellis; Treasurer, H. Haessler; .\ssistant Secre- tary, H. P. Ellis; Trustees: Ben Gregory, F. P. Dilger; J. M. Dunlop, Financial Committee, M. P. Dilger, C. B. Whitnall, Jas. Currie. London, Ont.— At the last meeting of the Forest City Florists' and Gardeners' Society it was decided, to postpone the chrysanthemum show one week, mak- ing the dates November 11 to 13 inclusive instead of 4 to 6 as previously announced. The postponement was made on the re- poit from a number of intending exhib- itors that their "mums" would not be in bloom at the dates first set. Milwaukee.— A new retail flower store was opened at 219 Grand Av. Nov. 1. The name of the concern is "The Floral Gem." A. Klokner is the manager, and the flowers and plants will be furnished by F. P. Dilger. At a meeting of the Wisconsin Florists'and Gardeners' Club, appropriate resolutions were passed on the death of Mrs. C. Hoppenrath, mother of the Vice- President of the club, and wife of one of the oldest florists in the city. .\tlanta, Ga. — The chrysanthemum show at the exposition was quite a suc- cess. Eight of the first premiums went to Mr. J. Burpitt, a local exhibitor who made a very fine display. The Evergreen Lodge Flower Garden of Clarksville, Tenn., made an excellent display, taking first premium in each of the two classes in which entry had been made. Mr. W. B. Woodruff of Macon, also made a good display. Brattledoro, Vt.— At the recent fair first premiums in the floral department were awarded to D. McGillivray for best display of plants, best collection of gera- niums, and begonias; to C. E. Allen for best display choice cut flowers, best col- lection pansies, best collection cut roses, best collection gladiolus, best collection verbenas, best collection asters, best col- lection dahlias, best basket cut flowers, best foliage bed and best immortelle design. Louisville, Kv.— .\t last the florists of this city have come together and will hold a chrysanthemum show November 11 to ISinclusive. There is jMomise of a fine display. It is hoped that there will be visitors from among the florists of other cities. Joseph Coenen has just finished three new houses 80x20. all to be heated by steam. Mr. Chas. Schleeter has bought a place and erected three new houses 100x14, to be heated by hot water. Roses for winter bloom are look- ing well. Business is very brisk at pres- ent, roses in great demand. Newark, N. J.— There are in the library proper and the reference room of the pub- lic library of this city about fifty books all of which bear directly upon the subject of botanj'. Many of these are elaborately illustrated, some with colored plates, and they include the standard authorities on cultivated plants. The books include in the neighborhood of 10,000 pages of reading matter and fully 400 colored plates besides innumerable wood cuts. -Anyone in this vicinity who desires to study in this attractive field can have the use of this valuable collection of books for the asking. Toronto, Ont. — At the regular monthly meeting of the Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Club held October 8, about forty members were present. It was decided that the club should hold its first annual chrysanthemimi show, Novem- ber 11 and 12. A special meeting was held October 15 to advance the arrange- ments for the exhibition, and from the enthusiastic manner in which the mem- bers are taking hold of the matter success is assured. The annual election of officers of the club will he held at the meeting November 12. Paterson, N. J., Oct. 20.— On the morn- ing of September 25 appearctl the oidy white frost so far this season, and then it was not severe enough to injure even the coleus. Up to this date cannas, ealadiums and other tender plants are i8go. The American Florist. 63 CONSBRVATORIBS OP THE ALLEGHENY PARKS, ALLEGHENY CITY, PA, ) BUHT BY THOS, WEATHEKEDS SONS ) looking fresh, and dahlias are flowering abundantly, Ijutthe coleusin consequence of the temperature having fallen to 40° and even a little lower on three or four nights, present a ding}- appearance and may be looked upon as done for the season. Last year our first frost did not come until October -i, but was severe enough to cut off everything at once; last year we started the first fire to warm pipes in rose houses on September 10, and fires were continued without intermission throughout the fall and winter, this season the first fire was started Septem- ber 11, but on account of much warmer weather discontinued with the exception of two or three nights until October 5. Yesterday we were treated to a regular old fashioned summerthunder storm with outside thermometer at almost 60° at 10 p. m. Carnations are flowering freely in the cold frames, without haWng had the sashes over them to this date. The cut flower trade is improving steadily. Chrysanthemums are cheap considering the qualit}' of the greater part of the stock coming in. Much of it is specimen blooms and in quality the supply is far ahead of any previous year. Contrary to precedent, the effect of the influx of chrysanthemums is not visible on the rose market. About all the good roses which come in are easily disposed of at fair prices. Carnations still con- tinue scarce. Violets are in short supply with indications of an early advance in price. There are large quantities of cosmos still in the market. The very timely subject assigned forthe November meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club is "Chrysanthemums." The schedule of premiums for the year 1891 issued by the Mass. Hort. Society appropriates $3,800 for plant and flower prizes, a Uberal advance over the amount offered last year. Dr. and Mrs. Daughtry, of Portsmouth, Va., who after attending the convention have been spending a few weeks "down east" passed through Boston October 31 on their return home, and are probably the last of the convention delegates to go. Come again. Thos. Flannagan, an old time rose grower, died recentlv at his home in Dorchester of consumption. Miss Cecelia A. Smith, for many years bookkeeper at Norton Bros.' flower store, was married October 30. She was a great favorite with both customers and gardeners, and Norton Bros, will miss her. Jackson Dawson has been quite seri- ouslj- ill, having caught cold during one of his "collecting" expeditions in the woods. W. J. S. St. Louis. Among the visitors to the Exposition at the time of the floral exhibition were Jno. E. Bohan of the Garfield Park Rose Co., Chicago and Jos. Heinl of Jackson- ville, 111. There is just now considerable music in the vicinitv of the greenhouses of Messrs. J. W. North and T. W. Guy, The em- ployes at these two places have formed a military' band and are practicing under the direction of W. C. Cook, foreman at the first named estabhshment. The first annual banquet to florists, nurserymen and gardeners under the pro- visions of the will of the late Henry Shaw was given at the Mercantile Clulj the evening of October 13. Prof. Wm. Trelease, Director of the Missouri botan- ical Gardens presided, a little over fifty being present. The company took seats at the banquet board promptly at 8:30 o'clock and it was 11 o'clock before the elaborate menu had been disposed of and Prof. Trelease rapped for order and in- troduced Mr. L.A.Goodman, Secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, who spoke briefly and pointedly upon the "Needs of Horticulture." Hon. J. M. Smith, for many years Presi- dent of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, read a brief thesis on "What Ought a Market Gardener to Know?" It abounded in practical and helpful sugges- tions. Short addresses were also deliv- ered by Mr. J. M. Jordan and Prof. Nipher upon ""The Commercial Florist" and "Science and Education," respect- ive]}-. The last address of the evening was made by Mr. M. G. Kern, who took for his subject "Landscape Gardening." The banqueters dispersed promptly at the stroke of twelve. Baltimore. Don't imagine tor a moment that be- cause she is not making niucli noise Balti- more is dead— far from it. Slieis hustling along, and will keep up with thu jiruccs- sion or break a trace, as a httlc jaunt around among our fellow craftsmen, or a walk around our stores would soon convince you. The scribe had h^ped to in-vite you to take the said jaunt with him next year. But alas, the S. A. F. is not coming, foragood reason, and he can only increase his reputation as a kicker at the established order of things and abuse the delegates from the Monumental city, for not inviting the great society to partake of Maryland hospitality and see the pret- tiest—well, we will not brag until you get here; but, when you do, you will find that though not so large as some towns, we have the proud satisfaction of being first in some more important particulars than To return to the delegates. There have been some tales told out of school, of sun- dry and several pleasantries which n-ould j make you smile, and it is only necessary ty ask Wagner how he liked the bathing, or Campbell about his state-room on the I Puritan to get a broad grin from any I delegate near by. All unite in extrava- I gant praise of Boston and its people, and ] the first expression on returningfrora one and all was "You missed it this time, old fellow." 164 The American Florist. Nov. 6. Well : jut 1 we more when 11 con- will ii.u ..V, in, I lli.M- uill lair liali, Ml. .u.u, t.. u.lw.i theS. A.l-.lMi.ilK oct^lK.c. fidence. The number of new houses that are goinj; up or ;ire just finished is bewilder- ing. Scarcclv a niriii in the business but has adikil to his ^'lass to some extent. Mr. Jas. IVntlanci is crectin.n a show house with ollicc attaolicd. a very desir- able improvement; Mr. Mas.sev, a new man, is puttiu},' up a dwcllinj^ and p-een- houses near (iovanstown; (".allowav & Cristic, a small house; Dr. Craig, W". M. Stirling, I. H. Moss, Wm. Fraser, The Lutherville Floral Co., Bi-ackenridge & Co. and many others have already added largely to their glass or are doing so; all of which does not look like falling behind, does it? Then we have the proud satisfaction of feeling that we evolved from our own inner consciousness, that most successful, and necessary thing, an exchange for the sale of cut flowers. From a talk with some of the gentlemen at the head of it, it was learned: that it has survived its first summer and is still in good working order; that it is more necessary and use- ful to the growers and dealers interested in it, thati ever; that the business carried on is so systematized as to make it far more economical, safe and satisfactory to all parties than any commission house could possibly be; and, that such is the quantity of business expected, and flowers to handle thej' have elected a committee consisting of Messrs. Feast, Seidewitz and McRoberts (two growers and one dealer) to meet weeklj', establish prices and send out quotations. Look out for us ! We are coming along. Several months ago there came to the cars of your scribe vague rumors of a great seed, plant and bulb importing house that had been established in Balti- more. No one knew exactly where, or bj' whom; the advertisement had been seen in papers from Germany, and, it was said, gave a glowing account of the greatest importing house in America and located it somewhere on Gay St. Full of generous impatience to see "this rival ot the New Yorkers, in all his glory, the scribe made careful inquiry among the fellow craftsmen in vain; no one knew, or seemed to care anything about him. At last an advertisement in your valued paper was shown him with the suggestion that it might be the man, and he in fancy beheld his labors crowned with success at last. Being, as is per- fectly natural with scribes, of a retirmg and modest disposition, he thought to touch hands as it were, with hidden greatness by humbly requesting in writ- ing the pleasure of the address of the great unknown, that he might call upon him and purchase if it could be so arranged some plants. After waiting weary days a coldly courteous reply was received with three small samples, stating that his place was too far away to be visited, but orders accompanied bv cash would be filled. It should be stated that the city direc- tory furnished no clue, as such a name had never appeared in it. The postoffice authorities could not or would not give the desired address, but another institu- tion proved less scrupulous, and through it at last he received the long desired ad- dress, 412 N. Gay street. Number 412 N. Gay street did not im- press him as greatly as he had expected. It was a two-story house with a store front to the lower story, the windows filled, not with b.aiitiliil ilimnios aiul picked bulbs, but in.iiMi ;iiiil sl.ilc man- tels. Inside on the II." M l,i x ,1 -^l.itc man- tel, into the grodvo ..I x\ In. li .1 young man was industriuuslv iiiiiiiiiig gold paint. .\11 the store was surrounilcd and walled in witli in;nitels ot .all the won- derful eolorsthat eui.inatofrom the fertile brain of tlie slate niautel man, but not a plant, not one bulb, not ,1 single chromo. "Where is Mr. C. .M. II ?" he asked another young ni.nn at the desk. He looked up and said slowl3', "I don't know." "Does he not live here?" "No." "Where is he then, where can he be found?" "You had better ask the land- lord, three doors below." The landlord, proprietor of a thrifty looking shoe store, was nothing loath to shatter the last remaining fragment of the poor scribe's great importer and cap- italist. "Yes, there was such a man in No. 412, he left about January 15, be- tween two days, he owes me rent yet," then with a look of mingled pity and fellow feeling "you are not the first one that asks after him, he owes everybody I believe." In one of Dicken's best works he gives a graphic description of a rainj' night and an equally graphic one of the des- pondent heart of the hero, by merely describing the continuance of the rain. Similarly it is enough to say of the scribe's spirits that it rained all the rest of the day and the followiiiL; niuht. New York is ahead still, .iiid inq)orting for Baltimore just as usual, and tliescribe would rather talk about sonicthing else, so good bve. M.vcK. Foreign Notes. The National Chrysanthemum Soeietj- of England has appointed a committee to erect a memorial to the late William Holmes. Among the plants certificated by the Royal Hort. Society of England October 14"were Riehardia iethiopica. Little Gem, a dwarf v.ariety of tlic well known "spotted calla;" Houvardi.i I'lirity, flow- erslargeand ])urewliitc; Cluvsanthemum Annie Clibran, Pink Mdlle. Lacroix. The chrysanthemum shows have al- ready opened in England. Gardeners' Mutual Improvement So- cieties are being organized all over England. An English gardener speaks of carpet bedding as "tattooing" the lawn. Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. (For young- f/oiisli.) CONSIDERATION— VALID OR OTHERWISE. Thanks, I'll not object to a boutonniere. Don't make it too large, I'm not on my way to a picnic. Want to ask me a question do you? Well, I'll sit down bv these pots of hehotrope for the odors of the law are not always of the most sav- ory sort. Well, permit me to say that you have done a very foolish thing. Of course, I un- derstand that you did it to oblige "your friend Wiggksted." But you were aware that Wigglested was a' member of a "committee on decoration," and as such he had no right to draw profit from the order for the flowers. It was your duty to make out the bill in accordance with fact, that is, set the market value of the goods on the face of the invoice. Then if "your friend Wiggle- sted" wanted to add twenty or twenty- five dollars to the bill that would be his funeral. Now, by billing these goods to the committee at almost double their market value you have lent yourself to a fraud . Yes, the law alivays has the right to inquire into a consideration, no matter how many receipts, releases, statements, etc. have been passed. It is quite true as you say that the expressed consideration is rarely the correct one, but that doesn't excuse yoti in such a transaction as this. It is not a fraud to sell a house and lot for $5,000 and put $10,000 in the deed at the request of the grantee, for no one looks to old deeds to get at the value of real property. And yet on general prin- ciples I saj': "Don't do such things." The grantee might make use of the deed to get a loan from some simple minded person for more than the property would Iiear. Some people make a living by dealing in mortgages, bills of sale, etc", in which fictitious considerations are set forth. Keep clear of all such transac- tions. Bear in mind th.at one such slip as this Wigglested matter may injure your good business name forever. You say you wouldn't have done it if the flowers liad been intended for some individual. Wrong again, my advice to you is be even more particular with com- mittees than with individuals. Yes, a committee has no soul, but it has some- ■thirf^ quite as important — a sacred trust to perform. The money is entrusted to it for a specific pur|)osc, and the donors don't expect that any of their money isto lind its way into memlxr's pockets. Hunt up "your tii-ud Wiggles'.cd" and force him to refund the nu)ney at once, and let it be a lesson to you. Call no man friend who asks you to commit the pettiest fraud for his personal benefit. Now in this matter of consideration the law will not vmdertake to saj' whether a consideration is adequate or not, unless some question of fraud is raised. Take for instance the case of the transfer of a house and lot for "natural love and afiec- tion and the sum of one dollar." The courts would uphold such a transfer if, at the time of making, the grantor was perfectly solvent. You must understand that the moment a nmn's assets are weighed down by his liabilities that moment he becomes a trustee for his creditors. True equity icqiiires him to treat all alike and make no preferences and turn over all his prop- erty for their benefit. If after knowing yourself to be insolvent you sell any piece ol inoperty the law will require that the consideration shall be a good and valid one. .\nd no matter how you may sec lit to "slaughter" your own goods, as j;u,irdian, agent, trustee or representative of anj- character, you will not be per- mitted to accept an inadequate con sidcration. But some considerations are good ir. the eye of the law although they are ap- parently very slight. For instance, a mere promise to do or not to do a certain thing is a good and valid consideration to uphold a contract. The law will not interfere to protect stu|5id people from the hands of sharp dealers in the absence of fraud. For ex- ample, you have a perfect right to allege that a stock of dahlia bulbs hns been frost-bitten and to ofiisr a mere song for the lot. Even if it turns out that they were all good the consideration paid must stand, for the law allows a man to resort to all sorts of means — this side of fraud, to decry the thing oftisred for sale and secure it at as low a price as possible. But on the other hand, the seller has no The American Florist. ■65 such right to deceive. He must stick to the truth, that is if he opens his mouth at all. Ifhesa^-s "the seed I'm selling you will produce a double variety" he will be held to his representation, for in this case the bu3-er is absolutely at his mcrc3'. Now, while the law allows a sane man to part with his property for an inad- equate consideration, it will not allow a minoror a lunatic or ahabitual drunkard to do so. Nor will it allow a man not living with his wife to secure her release of dower unless the consideration be adequate. The rule prettj^ generally is, that one promise is a good enough consideration to support another promise. This is so in all breach of promise cases; but in these there need not be an actual promise, the law will infer one if the circumstances point that way, just as in some states it will infer marriagewhen a man lives with a woman and permits the world to think that he is lawfully married to her. Vou ask me about seals. I may say in a word that in some states in contracts executed under seal there is a presump- tion of a good and valid consideration. But presumptions don't always stand. They may be overthrown, and seal or no seal, the law will look into the matter not collaterally perhaps, but in an action brought for the purpose of setting aside the contract. Considerations often fail. In suchcases the contract is void. For instance, you make a contract with me that if I will defend j'ou in a certain action you will set an arbor vita hedge around my place and guarantee it against one winter's frost. It would not be difficult to deter- mine whether the consideration on your part failed or not, but on mine it would Ijc very difficult. For if you lost you would at once be inclined to charge neglect and want of skill on my part as an attorne3- and that would open up a very ugly fight. What the law does in such cases? Well, the general rule is to look and see whether there has been a substantial compliance, a fair and reasonable performance. The law will not undertake to split hairs or debate questions which may be decided two different ways with apparent justice. But there is another aspect to this ques- tion of consideration to which I desire to call your attention briefly. A considera- tion must always be a lawful one and one not against good morals. For in- stance, you have no right to "compound a felony" in order to secure personal profit. If a young man in your employment steals a hundred dollars, yovix promise to his father not to prosecute provided he returns the money, is null and void and punishable bj' law, and the father maj-, whether the case be dropped or not, re- cover the monev back again if he sees fit to bring an action. You ask me whether if a consideration was found to be partly illegal the fraud would taint the whole transaction? I'll give you a case in point. Suppose you owe 'me $500 and suppose I detect you committing some crime and therefore I propose to you in consideration of my jjromise not to give any information or testify against you. Where you execute a mortgage for $1,000 on your house and lot I need scarcely tell you that such a mortgage could not be enforced. Part of this transaction is perfectlv good, but equity would not step in and soil its hands by helping me get my legal and lawful dues. On the other hand, the mere fact that a bill of goods contains one or more items of contraband would not enable the purchaser to repudiate the whole bill. There is still another rule — equity will not enforce a consideration which is hard or cruel. You recollect the case in the Merchant of Venice, in which the Jew- asked for a pound of flesh? The court said: "Take it, but if you shed a drop of blood woe betide you." Uncle Bl.vckstone. Catalogues Received. Reasoner Bros., Manatee, Fla., plants and nursery stock; Glen & Drake, Colum- bus, Ind., nursery stock; F.S. Peer, Mount Morris, X. Y., plants and small fruits; J. Elletson, Auburn, N. Y'., grapes; A. M. C. Jongkindt Coninck, Dedemsvaart, Neth- erlands, hardy plants and trees; Dam- niann & Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, Naples, Italy, seeds; Fred W. Kelsey,New Y'ork, trees, shrubs and hardy plants; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, bulbs and plants; Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., plants; Alex Dickson & Sons, Belfast, Ireland, roses; V. Lemoine et fils, Nancy, France, plants; S. B. Field, Roselle, N. 'j. rooted cuttings. W'm. Chappelow, Monrovia Cal., plants, bulbs and nursery stock; Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, XJ. special offer of orchids. Crude Oil for Fuel. Has any reader of the Florist met with success in the use of crude oil for fuel in heating greenhouses? If so, will he please describe the manner in which the oil is used? J. A. Balmer. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. this head will be Inserted at Adverttseme he rate of 10 c Cashi last place leadiDB English nurseries: wages no object as the right ki ' ' " - - — BOOL. Ithaca, N. Y. 3R SALE-No 7. brick-set. Furman steam boiler; will heat 7 000 to 8.001 square leet of glass; usee i season; in perfect order. ^ w ^ FOR SALB-Florist business, throughly equipped and stocked. Doing a fine business at home and abroad. In a growing Ohio city. Must sell for The real estate for sale or lea^e to purchaser. Price $3,000. Address Baugaix. care Am. Florist. ilOR SALE CHEAP-Resldence FOR SALE— A aorist establishment. 0 house 75x18. and two 75x10 feet each, 1 hot water ( Weathered's) ; 25 acres of good li wood and pasture, plenty fruit; dwelling house. 1 andotheri '" -..--.. .-buildings; good i er. One hour from N'ew"Yo'rk' City and one mile from depot. Price. S4 800 or will sell the greenhi fort2,(J00. Address P. O B : U9. Ramseys, N. J. 2',^-ineh pots. Must be good stock. State pric f. o. b. Address . ... O. P. BASSETT. Hinsdale, 111. By an A No. i, practical business man and flo- rist, SITUATION, either as foremati, manager or will take working interest in some good estab- lishment where ability and knowledge equals capital. Can give excellent references. None but good parties need reply. Address COMPETENT, care Chicago Floral Co.. Chicago. 10,000 General Jacq. Rose Plants, one and two year old. Extra large two year oia, $20 00 per 100. " fine one year old, 3 ft. and up, |i5- " fine one year old, 2 to 3 feet, |io. JORDAN FLORAL CO., 706 Olive Street, ST. lOVIS, MO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the most interesting Novelties of the NEW AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEftRL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE Five New Teas of Sterling Merit, origina- on their merits at" reasonable rates, orders can be booked now. and will be fllled in rotation as receiv- ed—April 1st next. Full descriptions ready Jan- Ist. Prices, $1 each; set of 5 lor $5; two of each, 10, for $9; five of each, 25, for $20. ABDKEss jHE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-inch. Duchess of Albany J12 00 Mme. Hoste 700 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4 00 Perles 400 Niphetos 4 00 Mennets 4 00 Brides 400 Boa Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. f4o per 1000; 3-in. jfS.oo per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. I50 00 per 1000. fl@~ Send for List GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted SI., CHICAGO. HARDY* ROSES strong dormant plants, grown one year in the open ground. PAUL NEYRON, DIESBACH, MAGNA CHARTA, Jacqueminot, and others, 2 ft. high, price $12.00 per too; also MME. LUIZET, strong, budded plants, 2J2 to 3 feet of wood, extra fine plants, ADDRESS VV. S, ll,ITTt,EJ, stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, Xjouis-villey ^y. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on tbe Manettia Stock, offer the best re- BuItB to the florist, blooming freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by tbe 100 or 1000. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, -JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston). MASS. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10.000 healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting o f MERMErS, BRIDES, PERLES, NIPHETOS and BON SILENES, at SIO.OO per 100. Also 5,000 field-grown JACKS, 2 to 3 ft. Iio.oo per 100. DAISIES of the finett strain from seed- bed $3.03 per 1000. JAMES HORAN, 'SSSdgepokt, conn. Mentlonr.American Florist. i66 The a m eric a x Fl oris t. Nov. 6, Subscription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. .\(lvcrlisenients, lo Cents a Line, Agate, Inch. Si. 40; Column, Si^.tx). Cash with Order. Xo Sperlal Position Guariinteed. Discount-!. 6 limes, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; IS times. 20 per cent; 5J times, 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Department of the Ameuican Kliiuisr l9 for Klorlnts. Seedjiuen and dealers in w*ro8 oertainlng to those lines Only. Please to Orders lor less than one-half inch space not accepted. Adverilsements must reach ustjy Monday to secure Insertion In the Issue for the followinn Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. •'THE GOLDEN FLOWER" There can be no more eertain indication of the increasing interest in the chrysan- themum anionjj the general public than the tact UklI, IIk- w clt known Boston firm of L. I'laii- ,\: Cii, has considered it a srood biisiin--^ MuninVu publish a most elaborate Iniok iU\i>tcd to descriptions of various varieties, illustrated with col- ored plates executed in the highest style of art and apparently regardless of expense. .\ copv of this beautiful book, just issued, has been sent to us by the pub- lishers. The varieties illustrated by colored plates are: Kioto, Medusa, Jardin des Plantes, Tokio, Laeiniatum, Lilian B. Bird, CiiUingfordii, Moonlight, M. E. Nichols (October Beauty), Peter the Great, John Thorpe, Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, Ceres, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, King of the Crimsons, Golden Dragon and Christ- mas Eve. Each plate is accompanied by an appro- priate verse written by some well known poet, many of them original and all en- closed by symbolic borders engraved for the work. Heavy plate paper is used throughout. The 'book is a splendid ex- ample of the perfection to which the art of printing has been brought, and is a beautiful tribute to the popularity of the "Oueen of .\utumn." is the true Virginia creeper, it abounds everywhere in the woods crawling along the ground or climbing up into the branches of trees. It climbs by means ot rootlets as well as by tendrils, but oftenest by tendrils; there is a particular variety of it, however, that attaches itseli to walls and tree trunks by rootlets inore than by tendrils, but this variety is un- in cultivation. A VERY PRETTY custom is that inaug- urated by one of the public schools of Houston', Texas. October 4 was set apart as'Tlower Day"onwhich occasion twelve pupils read short essays on various flowers and floral subjects. Though the pupils ranged from only 11 to IGyears of age the essays, as reported in the Houston Post oi Oct. a were excellent, each one presenting a great deal of information in a condensed form and in a very at- tractive way. The subjects of the twelve essays were'"My favorite flower," "Cape Jessamine," "The flowers at home," "Geraniums," "Magnolias," "Roses," "Lilies," "The oleander," "Wild flowers," "The most beautiful flower," "My visit to the flower garden," "Uses of flowers." This opens up a very inviting field to the children and cannot fail to stimulate their interest in and love for flowers. Would it not be wise for the readers of the Florist to suggest the adoption of a similiar "Flower Day" in their cities, where op- portunity offers. In reply to .\.S.P. AmpelopsisVeitchii clings to the wall in ivy fashion and never bv long tendrils grape vine fashion; and 3' or 5 parted leaves often occur upon vigorous plants of it. Ampelopsis Rovlei is another sort of the same kind, but of ranker growth. Whether your plant is this or not we can not tell without seeing a specimen of it. Ampelopsisquinquefoha Mr. Avery Galli'P, of Denver, Col., passed through Chicago November 3, re- turning from a four months trip to Europe. He savs the City Park of Dublin was the finest he saw. Metal wreaths with China flowers are much used in London. Small white stuffed birds are extravagantly used on fine floral pieces both in Paris and London. Finds much to admire in tuberous begonias> The Bamboo was a fine decprative plant as used in Italy. A NEAT pamphlet on "Orchids for be- ginners" is being distributed by Messrs Pitcher & Manda short Hills, N. J. It gives cultural notes on the best low- priced orchids suitable for the production of bloom. This firm is now holding an exhibition ofchrysanthemums and orchids at their establis'hment at Short Hills, and will give a similiar exhibition at the Mad- ison Square Garden New York City, November 24 to 30. Are THE young florists of America wdio are seeking a higher education making use of the books treating upon subjects bearing upon the profession which are to be found in the publiclibraries with which every American city of any consequence is now blessed? In the public library of every large city there is a mine of stored up knowledge which maybe had without money and without price by those who seek it. The hollyhock disease.— For the benefit of those who are specially inter- ested a reprint of the article on the holly- hock disease has been issued for special distribution, and may be obtained by applying to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, or to the Chief of the Division of Vegetable Pathology. We have received from the Herendeen Mfg. Co., Geneva, N. Y., a copy of a photograph of the S. A. F. taken at Mr. Hunnewell's, Wellesley, Mass., last Aug- ust, which they have loeen sending com- plimentary to all those who were in the group. It is a very effective adv. for the Furman boiler, made by this firm. Bilbergia "Splendens."— Mr. Harold Otter, Doylestown, Pa., calls attention to this as a neglected plant deserving of more attention. Theplaut referred to is a showy thing but like many plants of the Brom'eliacese is of doubtful value to the average florist. We have received from Mr. H. G. Higley, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a tuberous begonia bloom measuring 4% inches across. Quite a bloom for the original package state to produce. We should add that the bloom is scarlet in color. Mrs. J. S. R. Thomson, the florist of Spartanburg, S. C, has been appointed an alternate to represent the state of South Carolina as one of the lady man- agers of the World's Columbian Exposi- tion of 1893. A paragraph that is going the rounds of the daily press states that a florist of Sing Sing, N. Y., is a direct descendant of Pontius Pilate. Society of American Florists. The annual report for 1890 will be ready in a few days and will be mailed at once to all members whose dues for the current year are paid. The list of mem- bers shows a gratifying increase, and there is much valuable information con- tained in the report. The progressive florist can not afford to be without it. Members whose dues are still unpaid are requested to forward the amount to the secretary and the report will be mailed in return. Parties observing errors or omis- sions in the list of members are requested to send prompt notification of the same, and it is especially desired that the secre- tai-y should be informed at once in case of the death of any member so that it may be properly recorded. a" number of members who attended the Boston meeting have sent letters to this office enquiring for the address of the photographer who took the group picture at Mrs. Hayes'. The gentleman's address is J. W. Porter, 64 Warren street, Roxbury District, Boston, Mass. Mr. Porter desires me to announce to those members who paid him for pictures that they shall receive them very soon, the dela V having been caused by a press of busi- ness and a preponderance of dark weather. Mr. Chas. Storer is at work on an en- larged copy of the group picture made at Mr. Hunnewell's. Should it prove satis- factorv copies will be for sale in a few days. " Wm. J. Stewart, Secretary. Commg Exhibitions. NovemberlO-14, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show, Penna. Hort. Society. November 11-12, Toronto, Ont.— Chrys- anthemum show, Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Club. Novemberll-13, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show, Mass. Hort. Society. November 11-13, Montreal, Canada.— Fall show Montreal Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club. November 11-13, London, Ont.— Chrys- anthemum show. Forest City Florists' and Gardeners' Society. November 11-13, Newport, R. I. — Chrysanthemum show, Newport Hort. Society. November 11-14, Detroit, Mich.— Chrys- anthemum show, Detroit Florists. November 11-14, Baltimore.— Fall ex- hibition Gardeners' Club. November 11-15, Cincinnati.— Chrys- anthemum show, Cincinnati Floiist Club. November 11-15, Indianapolis— Chrys- anthemum show. Society of Indiana Flo- rists. Novemberll-15, Louisville, Ky .-Chrys- anthemum show, Louisville florists. November 12-13, Worcester, Mass.— Chrysanthemum show, Worcester County Hort. Society. November 12-14, Hartford, Conn.— Chrysanthemum show, Hartford County Hort. Society. November 12-14, Minneapolis, Minn.— Chi00 Carnations 1.00® 2.00 Valley „ 600 violets 60® .75 Tuberoses l.OO Cosmos .50 Chrysanthemums, comman 100® 2 00 Chrysanthemums, specimen blooms 4 00 ©12 00 ttmllai 1250 Adiantums 1.00 ® 1 60 Asparagus 50.00 Cyclamens 3.00 Lapagerias 25.0U PHtLASKLPHU Nov. 1 Roses, Beauties 15.00®2600 " Perles. Niphetos S.OOte 4.10 '• Albany 6.00 " La France 5 00 Mermets, Brides S 00 Pierre Guillots, Hostes 5 00 " Oonlier 2.00® 2 50 Valley „ 8 00 Carnations, nng 100® 150 Carnations, short I.UO Smilax 15 00® 20.00 Adiantums 1.00 violets, single „. ^ .|0 Violets, double 33® .60 Bottvardia „ J 00 Chrysanthemums 1.00 O 20.10 NKW VoRK. Nov. 1. Bosei, Bon Silene Jl.OO ® $2.00 •• Gontiers 2 00® 300 Perles, Niphetos 2 0O® 4 00 " Souvs 2.00® 300 " Wattevlllcs, Cusins 400® 0.00 Mermets, Brides 40O® 6 00 ■• La France, Albanys 5.00® 8.00 " Bennetts 3.00® 60O " Hostes 3.00® 4.00 " Beauties 1500®35.00 Valley 6.00® 10 00 Bmilax 15.00® 20.00 Carnations, long 1.00® 150 CarnaUons, long, white 1.60 Adiantums '•'"'®olSS Asparagus ^5 uu M'lgnonet te .' .' .' . .' .' . .' .' .' .' .' ■' ' ■' ■' ■' • ' -60 ® fOO Violets 100® 1.50 Chrysanthemums, fancy 15.00 ® 40.00 Asparagus plumosa ".00 Common chrysanthemums, per bunch — .10 CHICAGO. Nov. 3. Roses, Perles, Niphetos $3 00(9*4 00 •• Gontiers 200® 4 00 ■' Bon Sllenes 100 ® 2.00 •• Mermets, La France 400® 500 Brides.. 500® SO" " Am. Beauties 1250®1800 Bennetts, Dukes 400® 5.00 Carnations, short ,-S,'S Vs, Carnations, long ,JSSf ,^S Smllax 15.00® 20.00 SKums .■.■.■.■.■.■.•.•.•.•.■:.■:.• 1.00® l;™ Violets "5® 1.00 Chrysanthemums 100® 2.50 Bauvardia, heliotrope ^-^ Wm. J. STEWART. Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^s- 67 Bromfield St., BOSTON, MASS. J. M. McCULLQUGH'S SONS, Wholesale C.iumission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI. 0. Sl'KCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanthemums and Orchids: CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped CO. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILtON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Ampelopsis Veitchii. Strong 2 '> inch po's, $3 00 per 100: Jack Roses. 3>^inch pots, fS per 100; $10 per icxx). Address J, G. BURROW, Mention Amarloan FlonaL THOS. YUUNG. JR.. WHOLBSaLE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, /Led the Choicest BOSES for tlia fall and winter season. Mention American Florist. We S. ^LLIH. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive pro JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West 30th Street, E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLkKI.STS' SCFi-LIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WH0LE8SLE FLORISTS, 27 Washlng'on Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowerain season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. m Sundays until 3 P. M. ALL SUPi'LIEa. «g- WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & C^om mission fr\erchants OF CUT FML^O'WBieS, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. Conslitnments Solicited. Special attention paid t« shipping. Mention Americas florist. 1 Florist ouie JVKW DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. i68 The American Florist. Nov. 6, @K« ^eec^ Wrad^a. SEED TRADE ASSOC/AT/OA MCCULLOUGH. C dent; John Fottlep, Jr., Bosto treasurer. The ninth annual u cinnati, June, 1S91. Some Facts and Figures About Advertising. Below we give a tabulated statement of the amount of money spent by us in advertising seeds the past spring in a few of the leadingpapers and magazines, with the number of answers received from each and the apparentcostof each application. We say apparent cost for in the experi- ence of careful recordskept for someyears past we find that on an average in mak- ing application for catalogues one in five mention the name of the paper in which the advertisement was seen. only one in five mentioned any paper, and j'et we can hardlj' credit all the applica- cations for catalogues to newspaper ad- vertising, for the good will of an estab- lished mail business will of its own force bring in a number of applications for cat- alogues independent of any newspaper advertising. We would consider it fair to attribute to newspaper advertising 80 percent of the applications received each S])ring, thereby dividing the apparent cost of 89V2C per application by 4 we have a net cost of about 22c for each ap- plication received from newspaper adver- tising. We would here state that this average net cost from the above papers is also the average net cost per applica- tion from all papers in which we have advertised the past season. Now this cost per name may seem ex- tremely high, and it is indeed a high cost, but from conversation with other adver- tisers we believe it is no higher than the i 1. •sg ll 3 If III § g g g£S American Cultn itoi $ 32.60 20 2I 22 1.48 Argosv... 47.51 6 6 7.92 Baltimore AmenL.m 25.87 11 11 2.35 American Gran^-e Bulletin 1 13.80 12 1 12 1.15 American Rural Home 107.81 142 14 156 .69 American \gricultuiist 214.50 274 37 311 Atlantic Monthh 54.99 4 11 15 3.67 Omaha Wcekh Bcc 50.37 53 3 56 .90 WeeklvCon.t.tm,.,,, 27.60 47 47 .58 Weekly C.MUU, | ■ ,1 127.01 22 14 36 3.53 Congrcynti-ii il.M 70.38 30 62 82 .86 Christian \,U..i lu i\ \ 1 | 153.72 40 60 100 1.54 Christian I mon 119.03 43 1271 170 .70 Christian Ulvocatc (NashMllc ) 58.21 31 35] 66 CentralC hnstian \d\otatt 57.34 26 21 47 1.22 Christian Ad\oiatcUSl Louis) 46.74 29 37 66 .71 Christian Herald 1 120.36 50 50 100 1.20 Century M.ig.i/int ! 496.10 312 306 618 .80 Cosmopolitan 54.98 22: 22 2.50 Delineatoi 225.40 117 336 453 .50 Farm and FircKk 305.79 709 61 i 770 .40 Farmers' KcMtw 45.18 40 12 52 .87 Farm Journal , 282.00 447 204; 651 .43 Globe-Demociat ] 120.75 70 20 90 1.34 Gleanings in Bee Cultuie 1 14.17 12 12 1.18 Harper's Maga/int 169.77 34 246, 280 .61 Home and Farm 135.85 160 22 182 .75 Housekei per 150.42 70 971 167 .90 Weeklv Inter (Xe-iii 158.13 60 12 72 2.19 Weekly Intel 101 52.13 14 271 41 1.27 New York Lcdgei 1 250.00 16 43 59 4.24 Lippincott's Maga/ine 1 20.70 1! 1 20.70 Metropolitan 114.37 15 1 16 7.15 Mirror and Farmer 36.66 12 1 13 2.82 Orchard and Garden 28.98 24 24 1.21 New York ()bstr\ei 39.74 15 1 16 2.48 Ohio Faimer 102.00 60 11 71 1.44 Popular Gardening | 100.30 16 60 76 1.32 Poultry Worid 13.80 4 4 3.45 Scribner's Magazine 187.13 74 II2I 186 1.01 Sunday Sthool Times 297.65 72 llOj 182 1.63 St. Nichol is 42.34 10 22 32 1.32 Weeklv In biMK i\ \ | 114.12 40 5 45 2.54 Voice.:... 211.14 20 60 80 2.63 Witness. 73.60 63 84 147 .50 Western L hi istian Vchocate 57.35 22 20 42 Weekly Worid 72.45 60 60 1:21 Youth's Companion 750.17 ■ 247 956:1,203 .62 $6,051.0ll3,645 3,325 6,970 $101.44 By dividing the total cost of the adver- average cost ofdesi, •able applica tions. tising in the above papers (amounting to From the s. imean tiount spent in news- $6,051 ) by the total number of rephes paper advert ising 1 ^e could ea silv have mentioning these papers (6,970) it will received mani f more application s had we be seen that the apparent average cost worded our adver tisements d fferently. per reply was 89J/2 cents. As previously For instance , we :ould have described stated , of the total number of applications our Farm An nial a s "A superl book of for catalogues received the past spring ov -rlOOpag es, elejj antly bound in ilium- inated covers, with beautiful colored plates of rare new flowers and choice vegetables, painted from nature by a prominent New York artist," and we would have received a flood of jjostal cards, mostly from women and children applying merely for the pictures. But of course such applications are not desir- able and it is our aim to so word adver- tisements as t') interest and draw replies only from those who really have occasion to use seeds. Therefore in our display advertising in every case we ended with such words as "Order now and ask for," implying that to get the catalogue it was necessary to send an order or at least to show an intention of ordering eventually. The third column ot the above Hst is headed "number of direct sales," this means the number of orders received direct from advertising a cheap 25 cent collection of flower seeds. It will be noticed that the A r£^osy. 'Sew York Ledger and Metropolitan of New Y'ork, all papers of very large circulation, brought in verj' meager returns, empha- sizing what we said in our last article that it does not pay seedsmen to adver- tise in literary weeklies which circulate mostly in cities and large towns. Neither do we consider trade journals good me- diums for seed advertising; notice the high cost per application in the Poultry World, which is a valuable medium for advertising thoroughbred poultry, yet its readers look only for poultry news and do not seem to be attracted by adver- tisements of other goods. Summary. Our candid opinion as to the results of newspaper advertising dur- ing 1889 and 1890 is that it has not been productive of direct profits; by this we mean not only does display advertising fail to show sufiicient direct returns but also that catalogue advertising, counting cost of the applications, plus the cost of the catalogues and the correspondence which they entail, fail to bring an appreci- able profit. We consider, however, all newspaper advertising to be largely dependent upon the influence which cannot be traced but which it undoubtedh- exercises over the mind of the general public, particularly of that portion of the pubHc who have already received the seedsman 'scatalogue whose'name is thus kept before them. We would be very mtich pleased to have other advertisers give their experience with figures and relative cost as we have done above and we feel quite sure that the net cost of each application attribu- table to advertising will prove to be in the neighborhood of 20 cents each, pro- vided the advertiser has not begged the readers to send for his very hand- some catalogue, colored plates, etc., whether they expect to buy or not. W. .\t'lEE BlBPEE. Philadelphia Oct. 17th, 1890. C. Raoux, importing agent at New York, gives notice that he will retire from business April 15. 1891. Mr. Anthonv Howcroft, late of the London seed firm of Ho wornft & Watkins, died October 10, a,i;ol 7.". vcars. Passed thro ui;li Cluca-cMcee-ntly: Mr. Herbert, represcntiiiy James Vick, Roches- ter; Thos. Griswold, Wetlicrsfield, Conn.; Aaron Low, Essex, Mass. Tuberous Begonias. In a late number Mr. W. Falconer mentioned seeing the best tuberous begonias he had seen this season growing in frames. He would oblige nie and 1 iSpo. The American Florist. 169 don't doubt many other growers of this beautiful plant by inserting in vour valuable journal, the mode practiced in growing them. Wlietlier t he v arc started in pots, when pl:uited out and their sub- sequent m.-magemeiit in summer and autumn. Cko W. Cii.vpin. Rooted Cuttings for Gash Buyers COLEUS. I can supply ten best varieties in any quantity. Also GERANIUMS. ALTERNAKTHERAS AND FUCHSIAS. — SEND FOR PRICE LIST.— ROSELLE, N. J. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS. From 3-inch pots, well rooted. |io and |r5 per 100. Cash with order. Fort St. West, DETROIT, MICH. FlorHt. Marie Louise plants, stronj:. A few hundrei Bingle blue, at $2.25 per 100. Several hundred Magnolia grandiflora. froi " th'gti. 3 years old. $10 00 per 100. in exchange for of Erianthus Ravens©. Ealalia Zebrioa and other variegated grasses. Prices on application. M, TRITSCHLKK, Nashville, Tenn, Choice Stock Cheap. PerlCK) Dracaena Indivisa, 4-inch Jiooo Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3inch 3 00 Latania Borbonica, 3-in , i year S 00 Aspidistra V'ariegata, 5 inch...fg per doz. Pandanus Veitchii, 4-inch ^12 per doz. ROSES from OPEN GROUND, Deliver in Dec. Per 1000 Jacqueminot I70 00 Hermosa 60.00 Agiippina 60.00 J. H. CAMPBELL & SONS, 3601 Germantown Ave , PHILADELPHIA. PA. so,ooo DEUTZIA GRACILIS 2 year old plants, very find and Bushy, especially adapted for forcing. No. I, I to iji ft., 56 per 100. No. 2, 8 to 12 in. f4per 100. Send 10 cents for sample, also trade list with a full line of Nursery Stock. C. RIBSAM & SONS, IWUST BE SOLO ^If, ooi) pibi.ij-<;k"wn GHRYSflNTHEMUMS ), 2d $i, fob' Also llP.OJJ t)['BSi j[pre3s, ijjo. P9r 10). BrmiU.eji J. C. OIBJOX, Woodbu selection s Select CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Stock plants now in flower and ready to deliver. We carry 600 varieties. A list of stock plants and prices will be sent you early in November. This is the time of year to buy Chrysanthemums for propagating— while in flower. Average price of stock plants. 10 cents. We offer for the first time, the EARLIEST Yellow Flowering Chrysanthemum, "GOLDEN ALPHA," blooms as early as October Beauty. A good yellow four inches in diameter. Have been cutting flowers from these plants since October i. Price |;2.ooper stock plant. For Spring delivery in March, %io per 100. We call attention to the variety called "STONEWALL JACKSON" (Crystal Wave) as being absolutely one of the very best late flowering sorts for cut flower work. Stonewall Jackson (Crystal Wave, Mrs. Potter).— Very pure satiny white; petals quite long; beautifully undulating; about ' i ioch wide, same width from base to tip; shows center a little for a time, but petals soon cover it. Lasts remarkably after being cut. Stout plants, 50c. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDIFLORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to onr Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to 2% feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hnudred; $60.00 per tlionsand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 2 year, second size, 18 to 24-in., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. "'- THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, Pt. CHRISTMAS ROSES. If you require fine clumps of home grown Christmas Roses, the large white flowering variety, full of flower buds, either for planting or forcing, order at once. PRICES FROM $7.25 TO $24.00 PER HUNDRED. -^SITHE LARGEST STOCK IN THE WORLD TO SELECT FROM.t===- Bulb catalogue and special prices free on application. Cash with order or good references required from unknown correspondents. HERMAN BUDDENBORG, WHOLESALE BULB GROWER, Geo.Jackman&Son Beg to offer a large and well grown Stock of the following : ROSES— In choice and exhibition varieties. RHODODENDRONS-Of the best named sorts, and Hybrid Seedlings well set with buds. AZALEAS— Good named sorts, also Mollis and Pon- CONIFERS-In large collection. SHRUBS— Ornamental and Flowering. FOREST TREES— Of sorts, all grown by thousands. CUMBERS— In variety, including their celebrated KALMIA LATIFOLIA. Plants of every size can be lilted with a small ball. BEAUTIFUL SKKDl.lNGS. Per 1000 Cleii fine STOCKS-Fruit and Man< Catalogues free on application. TERMS— Cash with order, or satisfactory trade reference from unknown correspondents. WOKING NURSERY, WOKING, ENGLAND. Mention American Florist. 2 years, transplanted, very fine. :i years, transplanted, very tiiie 4 years, .ransplanted, very fine- Good bu8h( Same size ^ Large bush lot with or without buds; all sizes, at the mo vantageous rates upon application. UBRBACKOUS PEONIES, flno assortment of colors, without names, at $5 per lOti; $10 per 1000. 5,000 CLEMATIS, STRONG. A full assortment or l8t class FKUIT STOCKS still on band, all sizes: and Oeueral .nursery Stock, seeds of Pear and Apple, any quantity. t^" For any of the above, address ANDRE L. CAUSSE, 33 & 35 Liberty St., NEW YORK CITY, or to LETELLIER &, FILS, CAEN, Calvados, FRANCE. I70 The American Florist, Nov. b. New York. Business quiet as vet. Society always hesitates how to open the season. American Beauties are as they have always been since tlieir introduction, queen of the rose market; it is the best selling and most satisfactory rose and thepresentdemandtarexceeds the supply. It is to be very much regretted that the New York Horticultural Society have de- cided not to hold their annual chrysan- themum show this year. There is an unusually large amount of chrvsanthemums in the' market this year, as many of the large growers intended thera for exhibition. Violets are coming in verj^ fine. Scallen exercised his usual good taste and genius in his elaborate decorations for the wedding of Miss Lily Wilson to Count Lewenhaupt, nephew of the Swe- dish Minister of War. Thorlev intends holding a weekly exhi- bition of chrysanthemums at his beauti- ful store on Broadway. Fred Henning, formerly with Klunder, has opened a flower store at 39th street and Broadway. Among the visitors during the week were J.C. Vaughan of Chicago; Robt. Craig, Philadelphia; John N. Champion, New Haven. John Young. Chicago. The election of officers at the meeting of the Horticultural Society of Chicago held October 28 resulted as follows: George Schneider, President; W. H. Chadwick, 1st Vice-President; F. C. Vierling, 2nd Vice-President; Edward G. Uihlein, 3rd Vice-President; James D. Raynolds, Secre- tary; G. L. Grant, Assistant Secretary; Gen. .\. L. Chetlain, Treasurer. An exec- utive committee was also provided for. It will consist of the officers of the societv and the following; C. R. Williams, J. A. Pettigrew, J. T. Anthony, Jonathan Periara, J. C. Vaughan and Dr. Wm. E. Clarke. The society starts with a mem- bership of over forty, the majority being well-to-do amateurs, among whom there is great enthusiasm. The first regular meeting of the society will be held in Jan- uary. The admission fee has been fixed at $5, this amount to include dues for the first year, the annual dues after the first year to be $3. The Chicago Floral Co. has built anew palm house 25x125 and 18 feet high at their place on the Grand Boulevard. The meeting of the Florist Club held last Thursday was a hummer. There was a large turnout, this being the last meeting before the exhibition. The mem- bership of the club is still growing. The "adjourned sessions" seem to be quite a feature. Considerable talent has been developed at these sessions and some great scores have been made. GREEN and HOLLY, DUTCH BULBS, VALLEY PIPS, SPIR.EA JAPONICA, HARDY ROSES, TUBEROSES. Mushroom Spawn, fresh stock. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO . Chicago. 6 and 8 North Clark Street, FLORISTS CAN SAVE MONEY By care. fully examining our list of Seasonable stuff offered here. We wish to call attention to a few reasons why we can save you money. We handle a full line of every item you ordinarily need. We buy it in quantity for cash and will sell at a moderate profit. Submit to us a list of all your wants in our stock for the year or for six months, and if you live west of the Allegheny Mountains we promise you that we can lay the entire supply at your door, freight paid, cheaper than you can do elsewhere, even if you purchase each item from first hands. Combine your orders, get wire, foil, moss in season and by freight. Many florists double their expenses in express charges and tele- grams by neglect. Try the plan of keeping a standing order with us for moss, stakes or like standard stock and let small items go with such stock, always making loo-pound lots or over, and thus losing no weight and saving express charges. We can and will save you money on your entire supply of items here named or others. AURATUM LILIES, (just rec'd.) BOUQUET GREEN, fine. CHINESE NARCISSUS, in quantity. L. CANDIDUM, surplus, low. L. LONGIFLORUM. H. HARRISII, 5 to 7 in. LILIUM RUBRUM. EVERGREEN WREATHING, to order HYACINTHS, mixed and named fine bulbs, new lot, duty off, at close rates. TUBEROSE BULBS. SCARLET IMMORTELLES. FAIRY FLOWERS. PAMPAS PLUMES. CAPE FLOWERS. BASKETS, |i,6oo worth new and standard styles rec'd Oct. i. JARDINIERES, a fine ass'tat %^ to $12 per dcz. GLASS VASES for Chinese Nar- ci.ssus (new) doz , %2 25. TULIPS, good supply. CROCUS, fresh stock in. ROMAN HYACINTHS. FLOWER SEEDS. LILY OF THE VALLEY, Nov. 10. SPIREA CLUMPS, Nov. 10. HOLLY, it gets there. MISTLETOE, good or no sale. J. C. Vaughan, Chicago. TELEGRAPH IN OUR STORE. |46-48 W. WASHINGTON STREET. My circular and price list is now ready, and can be had on application; it is inter- esting reading to any florist who buys Carnations, Coleus, Alternantheras, Geraniums, Cannas, etc. One day's mail brought me orders for iS,20o, and one week's mail for 37,500 plants. Is it any wonder I am sold out ? This year's sales prove conclusively that there is no better strain in the market. And next season I shall grow not less than half a million plants. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER. Pa. 20 vars. new seedlings. Mammoth strain, per 100 J3; per 1000 $25 Rooted Cuttings of same, 100 f i; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2}^ in. I3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 va^s. 2;2-in. %\ 00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gra- cillimum, 5-inch, strong, I15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. " single, per 100 J8.C0. Obconica, per 100 |6 00. Geraniums —latest Novelties. Latania boibonica, 5 in. $4.00, 4-in. $3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. GEO. 1¥. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. Mention American Florist. Laurel Festooning. WREATHS, TREKS, FERNERIES, E c , Etc., for the HOLIDAYS. HART<^ORD & NICHOLS, Wliolesftle and Retail I>ealera in Mo8», BoiKiuet (ireeii. Cut Kerns, and F.s- toouing of all kin.U, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MASS. Flortsl. KOSTER & CO., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, Azalea mollis, transplanted in 1890, nice plants raised from seed of the best only. ICO plants, 15— 20 buds $12.00. 100 plants, 20— 30 buds 1500. Paeonia sinensis, 100 in the best sorts $10— $14 00. 100 without names 8 00. Rhododendron hybr. arb. transplangsd in 1S90 100 in lue best sorts, covered with buds $25— $40.00. 1 in best sons, 20 — 25.00. Staphylea Coichica, Lilacs, Deutzia, Etc., Etc. Every Florist, Nurseryman and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORISTfcCO., Chicago. i8go. The American Florist. 17 LILIUM HARRISII, BETTER KNOWN AsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOP FOPriNG FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN BDLBS FROM ODR OWN GROUNDS IN BERMHDA Frotn a photograph taken the iveek hejore Easier, iSgo. showing a view tn t a crop oj Lilium Harrisii in full bloom This l8 not only the best by far of all lilies for winter blooming, but it is 01 led, and the flowers being especially eflectlve for decorative purposes, always use for forcing for the Easter market only. This Is not exclusively so; It derives us Easter time— hence the name "Bermuda Easter Ijily"-but by growing it In thii winter from early in December until after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all be forced into bloom by the Christmap boltdaya adds particularly to its value, as it prices, but to accomplish this the bulb must be potted early in August, something d For this purpose our Bermuda-grown bulbs are Indispensable, as in Bermuda the shipment usually by the middle of July-before bulbs in our own country have hardly begi a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong \ ' ' "" Tlie extent to which this Lily is being forced for winter flowers will bulbs for his own use. We hear it said occasionally that Lilium Harrisii flowers wi ! kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly here at Tarryfo. ja flowers for Easter. [■ the most profitable flowers that can be grown mand large prices. FYom its nan ts name from the fact that. In Bermuda, grown !Pith8 and healthy i keep— this i of flowen your packing. Wei Piaster, two following I show. These were irchased 20.000 open they can cknowledging excellent shape. THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to ofTer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over ^ HA^r^F* A. JVIirvIvIOIV BUr^BSS. ¥!■ Be sure you get the genuine Lilium Harrisii. In order to secure "the true variety," purchase your Bulbs from oriKlnal stock, which is known to be pure. The value of this Lily has led unscrupulous or Ignorant parties to plaTit L. Longttlorum in Bermuda, planting it with Harrisii t vably thereby rendering a. planting i ueless for f a has resulted, and dealers si: ulbs" only being olTered at ri spicio Large growers dealers iu this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON &. CO., tarrytowh, new york, u. s. a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually Hne quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 172 The American Florist, Nov. 6, Indianapolis. At -the Stale Fair recently held in this citv the new Floral Hall was <)i)ened but found to lie too small, the tVuit depart- ment tidiiii- up two-thirds ol" the hall. The hall ami all tlu- .•irraiigcnients were very unsatisfactory to tlu- florists; the least possible .amount of money was sjient, eonse(iucntly everything had a cheap appearance except the outside view of the hall, which was ;ncei)table. First premiums were about equally divided among three firms, Anthony Wie- jiand, Bertermann Bros, and Mrs. Chas. Rieman. Frank Saack also carried off several premiums. A very creditable dis- plav wa.s made by several lady amateurs, the" best ever made, .\bout $S00 was offered in the lloral department through the efforts of our society. At the last UK-el iiig of our local club, i>ctober 1.', (which by the way is in a nourishing condition)" a resolution was adopted recommending Mr. J. D. Raj'- nolds for Commissioner of Horticulture at the World's Fair, and a committee was appointed to work with that view in hand. Mr. J. J. B. Hatfield read ayery interesting paper on .\ncient Horticul- ture; it was very instructive and care- fully written. Tlie chrvsanthemuni show committee also had a meeting. All arrangements for the coining event are well in hand, a great success is assured, a carefully worked out slip of information regarding seedling premiums is printed and can be had on application to the secretary. The warm weather has pushed chrysanthe- mums forward and some fear was ex- pressed that they would come too early, but a cool spell is on now and we hope it will continue. .\t a recent opening ofa dry goods store by an English syndicate about 10,000 rosebuds were given away. Bertermann Bros, have made needed additions to their store room on Massa- ehusets .\ve., and their greenhouses on East National Road. Our new florist, John Hartje. who built a new place not long ago, is bringing some fine violets into the market. On account of favorable weather out- door stuff is taking a new start and plenty of outdoor flowers is the result. The Society of Indiana Florists, also the Indianapolis Florists' Club, extend a cordial invitation to all to attend our coming exhibition. W. B. MUSHROOM SPAWN liE.MINE JULITRACK lUI.ADKLl'HIA, PA. Kills Mildew and Fungus growth. What does? GRAPE DUST. Sold by Seedsmen. Mention Amerlnfcn FIoiHpt. THIS CUT ENGRAVER FOR FLORISTS. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Klecti LARGEST STOCK OF ELECTROTYPES OF PLANTS AMD FLOWERS FOR FLORISTS' CATALOGUES, ETC. Complete CatalOKues 60c. deducted from first order. SNORJEUX & CO.. (Paris.) PLANT BED CLOTH. CHK.VI' Slll'.STITI TK lOK -?> .' " " ■ " PAINTl That is White aud will stick on reenhouses. 1 Rust Proof for Iron Pipes retards no heat. HAMMOND'S Paint & Slug Shot Works, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 74 The American Florist. Nov. 6. A Co-operative Scheme. A real estate firm in Philadelphia has formulated a novel co-operative scheme for florists and is now presenting the plan to the florists of that city. We give below an extract from the circular which has been sent out. "It is the purpose of the undersigned to form an association of florists for the purpose of reducing the cost of operating and producing. The idea is to take a tract of land contiguous to Philadelphia and build upon it a central steam and water plant at a cost of about $50,000, intersect the property with macadamized roads leading to railroad station, divide the tract into plots of from five to seven acres. These plots are to be sold to rep- utable florists at from $1,500 to $2,000 j)er acre, depending upon location, the price carrying with it a proportionate interest in the steam and water plant. "The most carefully collected informa- tion assures an immense saving to each in- dividual purchaser." THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 1st. Give the number of Bashes to be lifted. 2Dd. Give the length and depth of sashes, (depth 3rd. Give the lenBth of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the comb 6th. Give the thlckn and width of rafters Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing el-sewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. SPHAGNUM PACKING MOSS, In bales. GREEN ORCHID MOSS, in barrels. FIBROUS PEAT, FOR ORCHIDS, in sacks. Tree and Plant Labels of all kinds, print- ed, painted or plain. NIAILINQ BOXES. Wire, Toothpicks, and all kinds of Nur- serymen's and Florists' Supplies. H. W. WILLIAMS & SONS, EXCELSIOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS, WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE ROTTGM. Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven - tilation is secured. The only pot with Patent Perfect Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing else- where. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO-.wHays^l^ET.PIiiladelpliia, Pa. We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The JACOG Hoffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street, rSgo. The American Florist. 175 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wrouaiht Iron Hot Water Boilers. FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 s. Canal Street, OHICAOO. C0N8ERYM0RIE8, GREENHOUSES, ETC.. Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. Illustrated catalogue oi JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW YORE. Florists' Letters. Emblems, Monograms, Etc. These letters and designs ing holes toth-picks. by which they are fastened to the design. Give them a trial. Tou will Ondthese goods to be Su- fet""pAT'D AUG. ti. im"' NOTE- ifringers ( the 2-in. purple per 100. $3.00 Postage, 16 CIS. per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. tSIlORFER Washing- T ; J. A. ton, D. C; JAMES ViCK. Rochester, N, Simmers, Toronto, Oni. Mention Amerlwn Florist. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER, '^ CLEAR C^ PRESS. ^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. ^^ Sena for circulars and estimate,. LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND^ Hamilton Co., Ohio. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot for marketing, and effect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- / ing, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard y sizes adopted by Society of American Florists. '' SOLK MANUFACTURERS: F. W. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S, AUG. ROLKER & SON Write for Sat Welghtol 1000 2«-in. pots (Including crate) 2011 '• 2li, 23 11 pies Market Street, Boston, N E, New York City. i (Including crate). The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NBTIONSL HOT WSTER HESTER CO.. SaveYourCoalRiMliii n nnini steam,.$»hot water FLORIDA HEATERS rOR GREENHOUSES. WsizesforSfeam. Usizes for Hot Water. ISsizesforSoftCoal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. Feed. Thr 1 intpil '^tuics. KencI for new eatalog'ne. Address PIERCE, BUTLER&PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. lisiMhlM. IND DOtTBLE THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL QLAZIBBS' SUPPLIKS. IW ^rtta for I,»tett Frto»». HALES : fiTound mole ) MOLE TRAP Beedsmen, Agricaltaral Implement CYPRESS SASH BARS JOHN L. DIEZ&,CO. 530 North Halsted Street. CHICAGO, ILL. 176 The American Florist. Nov. 6, Index to Advertisers. AdTertlaInK Uittea. etc.in; CarmodyJ 1 Causae Andre L. Crawford M. Exeter Machine Wks.i;< Srtffith^.S... Hartford & Nichols.. Hammond, Benj.. IT; Berendeen Mfg. Co.. Herr, Albert M. Jordan Floral I ijt Roche &Stabl Lookland LumberCo..t76 Miller. Geo. W. JMICT Iffi 170 National Dot Water Heater Co 176 National Waterproof Fibre Co. Pierce Butler* Piercel' Plerson F R & Co. Plenty. JosephuB. Quaker CUT Mch Reed i Keller... Rlbsam C 4 Sons, . Wksl Hot Water Under Pressure. Would like lo hear from those who have had c.Kpcricncc as to the system of heatins by hot water under pressure with 22 feet elevation and 2-inch pipes for radiating. Dknms Mkiu.\m. .\ppIcton, Wis. A Disp.\TCH from Lockport.N. V. which apjieared in the New York Sun ol Novem- ber 2 states that an Knghsh syndicate is negotiating for the purchase of twenty of the principal nurseries of (Tcncvn. Koi h- ester, Nevi-ark. n.-H.svillc. I'.ntrivin and Lockport. The SMidicatc is s.iid I.. h.-ivc a capital of $,",.imiii,ih)ii. I'lic report states that a reprcsciu.itivc ol ilic syndi- cate has paid 5 jier cent ol the purchase price for tiie option to biiv, the option to hold good until January 20. l.S'Jl. Appr.ETON, Wis.— Dennis Meidani has built anew house 20x75 for carnations. Trade is better here than last vear. C. H. A\ ported ass if Madison, Wi A CARMODY BOILER Will Cost less, I'se less Fuel, and has more advantages than any other Boiler in the market. WSeud for Dpsrriptive Catalogue. J. r>. OA.i«jvioi>"v, EVANSVILLE IND. GREENHOUSE HEATING AND VENTILATING. Superior Hot Water Boilers. JOHN A. SCOLLAY. 74 & 76 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. iW Send fur Catalogue. Thos. W.Weathered's Sons, 46 & 48 MARION STREET, NEW YORK. MANUrACTUliElls UK Improued ^oilers (shakiJ'g"«raies), PIP£ and PIPE FITTINGS, for Tieaiing Greenhouses. &c. , VE?*X1I,.4X1I«JG AI-I».\RATrS, ' ±'or ral.siii}; jsaslies in (;reetiliouscs. horticultural© I^uilders, Conservatories, Greenhouses, &c.. Erected in any part of the United Slates or Canada. Boiler House 4x4 feet, Heatinff Apparatus and Greenhouse Heating #> Ventilating HlfcHlNQS 8, CO. 233 Mercer Street, New York. Bi^2 ];(afferr)s o[ J^oilBys, Eiirhteen Sizes, (.•.BPPuaaleJ Hire. jSax. JSeileps SaJdle Jieileps, feiei)ical jeiBilei's, JSase ]^ui'r)ii)a wafer Hiafepa Perfect Sash Raising Apparatui. for IllListrated Cataloeu». GREENHOUSE HEATING SarLci 4 cents po; I STEAM OR HOT WATER. THE "EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DORABILITY it has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ^ ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE r C. STKAIIS.S & CO., WashinKH.ii, say: "We use eight i.l ! your largest size. They don't burn ovei- half the coal we formerly IAS. VICK, Seedsman, Rochester, suyi onomical in coal, easy to manage, and highli .. I''REU KAN8T, Supt. Chicago Parks, says; manage, and t Chicago Park: Uustrated Catalogue, giving full In 'Boilers. Ai>iiiiEss HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y. Rmerioa is ' thB Prow Df the Uessel; therE ma'j be msre comfort /7.'rj';'s.'::'pj, fc;;/ ire are the Srst to touch Unknown Seas," Vol. VI. CHICAGO AMD MEW YORK, NOVEMBER 13, 1890. Mo. 128. ITLHIii /A01i@i!®Z41N IFlL@@l!@ir Pdblished every Thursday hy The AMERICAN Florist Company. ubscription, Sr.oo a year. To Kurope, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAUO. Society of Ai Florists M H. CHAMni tary; M Florists' Hall As.ioeiatio Florists' Protective AsKorlation. srenarding the flnan- Krity of those in the Clir.vsaiitlieiiiiiiii Society. E. PesrI Itiver. N. v.. president Al,E, Chestnut Hill, I'hiladelphia CONTEA'TS. Chrysanthemum show at Chicago 177 Table decoration, Chicago exhibition (illus.) . 179 Chrj'santhemums — Show at Orange, N. J . . .179 —Grown to single stem and flower (illus.). . . 180 —Show at Erie, Pa 180 — Show at Short Hills, N. J 180 —A Ramble among the "mums" 181 — Single stem and single flower 181 —Trained plants (with illustration) i8i — Seedlings of iSqo 181 —Japanese names for "mums" 1S2 —Correction price of Gloriosum flowers. . . .182 Argyreia and cosmos 182 Carnalions—Solid beds and raised benches . . 182 -Seasonable notes 182 German irises iwith illustration) 183 Orchids— Catlleya Gaskelliana (withifus.) . . 184 Notes on flowering plants 184 Marketing cut flowers 184 Boston 186 Philadelphia 186 Seed Trade 188 The government seed shop for 1891 i88 Leaves of advice from a limb of the law xviii. 18S Chicago i8q New York 18^ Grounds at Hotel del Monte, Monterev, Cal. . igo At the show ' . . . . 190 Answers to queries— Sweet peas 192 —Asters 192 —Tulips 192 Mixed up Iceland poppies 192 Horticulture at World's Fair 194 Hot water under pressure 194 New decorati\'e plants 194 We had arranged to have for this issue an illustration giving a general view of the Chicago exhibition, but through the earelessness of an engraver's assistantthe drawing was lost when too late to replace. rijAarjtfierrjum ^^oco^. Chicago. The third chrvsanthcmum show of the Chicago Florist Club, held last week was a very marked improvement over any of the club's previous efforts in this line. There was a large display and the great improvcnunt in the quality of the plants and cut Ijlixmis of chrvsanthemtinis over the exhibit of ISS',1 was the subject of much favor;ilile coinmcnt on the part of all who were ]iresent last year. The attendance was also considerably in ex- cess of last year, showing that the popu- lar interest in flowers is growing and that the exhibitions are having the desired effect upon the general public. The daily press gave unstinted praise, and very full reports appeared dailv in all the leading papers. The large floor space was laid out in garden style, no benches being used except at the sides and end for cut flowers and floral arrangements. Palms and laurels were interspersed among the groups of chrysanthemums, creating a very pleas- ing effect. Inchrysanthemum plants Mr. 0. P. Bas- sett of Hinsdale had by far the largest display. There were six large and five small groups of his plants and among them some verj' fine specimens. He ran heavy to L. Canning in white and the great value of this variety was again strikingly demonstrated. He had made several entries in nearh^all the classes and his ])lants were all so excellent that in many cases he captured second as well as first prize, and for "best fifty plants in not larger than 10-ineh pots" he received all four prizes, the four amounting to $120. Mr. Bassett also took first, $20, and second, $12, for best six white; first, $20, for best six yellow; first, $20, for best six pink; first, $20, for best six red and first prize of $6 each for specimen white, speci- men yellow, specimen pink, specimen bronze and specimen red . Messrs. John Goode& Co. had a fine lot containing the main display' of standards. They received first, $15, "for best two standards, white, first $15 and second $10, for best two standards, yellow, first, $15, for best two .standards, pink, and third for specimen yellow, pink and bronze. The plants stood in the form of a wide ribbon bed across nm- turner ol the hall and were verv dr<.<.ti\ i-. Mr. McAdams, ■who is the Co', of tliis lirin. is to be con- gratulated on the iiuproveinent in his plants over those of last year. Mrs. S. P. Gardner of Hinsdale, who swept the plant premiums up last year was unfortunate this year in having her plants backward in blooming, thotigh she sent in plants for one large group which were a pretty feature of the show. She received second, $12 for six pink, samefor six red, second, $4- for specimen yellow. same forspecimen pink, same for specimen bronze and specimen red. Mr. Frank Leslie of Lake Geneva, Wis., had a large group of excellent plants which made a fine display, but Mr. Bas- sett had swept the field in the class in which he had entered. The only entry for best 50 plants grown to single stem and single flower in not over 6-ineh pots was made by Mr. M. A. Hunt, TeiTC Haute, Ind., and he was awarded the first prizeof $50. The j^lants were in 4-inch pots, ranging from 2 to 3 feet in height and each one bearing an immense blossom. The blossoms of Ex- cellent and P. B. Mead were especially fine. The group was a very taking fea- ture of the show, crowds being continu- ally gathered around it. N. Singler received third, $S for six white, second, $12 for six yellow. A. H. Saxen took third, $S for six yel- low, same for si.K red, second, $10 for two standards white, and third, $6 for two standards yellow. The special prize of $10 oflered for best specimen white grown from seed bv exhibitor went to Henry Stuttle of Bata- via, and Mr. John Lane's special sweep- stakes prize, a carved chrysanthemum cane, for largest number of mums of American origin went to John Goode & Co. There was a very large display of chrys- anthemum cut blooms, in which appeared some excellent flowers. There were several entries by florists from a distance, anioiiff which were collections from N. Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich.. M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. and Frank B. Smith, Dan- ville, III. The awards were as follows. Best general display of cut chrysanthe- mum blooms, both quality and quantity to be considered in making the award, 1st $25, E. Weinhoeber & Co.; 2nd $15, Jno. Forster; 3rd $10, Jno. Goode & Co. Best collection cut spraj-s in vases, one of a kind, 1st $15, E. Weinhoeber & Co. Best twelve naturallv grown sprays, 1st, $5, E. Weinhoeber & Co.; 2nd, $3, Jno. Goode &Co., 3rd, $2, Frank Smith. Best 100 blooms, two of a kind, 1st, $20, N. Smith & Son; 2nd, $10, H. Stuttle; 3rd, $5, Frank Smith. Best twelve blooms, one of a kind, 1st, $5, M. A. Hunt; 2nd, $4, N. Smith & Son; 3rd, $3, H. Stuttle. The special premium of $25, offered b.v Mr. W. H. Rand for six orchids, six vari- eties in bloom went to Charles Reissig. In cut roses Mr. M. A. Hunt walked away with many of the first prizes, and his blooms were very fine. He took first honors for twelve Mnnuts, I'.iiiUs, Con- tiers, Perles and Niplictos. II r, l'.,is-.eit took first for Amci it.in HcMutvand La France and second for Wool Li>n, I'crlcand Niphetos. E. Weinhoeber & Co. were awarded first for Bon Silene and second for American Beauty, Mermet and Gon- tier, and Geo. Klehm "second for La France. \V. .\.Kennedy was given first foranynew 178 The American Florist. Nov. /J, variety for a dozen fine blooms of Meteor, and second on Brides. E. Weinhoeber & Co. were to the front in caniation cut blooms taking first hon- ors for twenty-fives of Grace Wilder, Sil- ver Spray, Garfield, Hinze's White and maroon color. J. C. Vanghan got first for Tidal Wave and N. Singler took the second prizes on Silver Spray and Tidal Wave. Among the chrysanthemum blooms shown by M. A. Hunt were three which occupied a vase by themselves and which attracted much attention. They were a 9-inch bloom of Mrs. Frank Thompson and very large flowers of the Bride and Edwin Molvneux. Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N. J., made a small display of specimen chrys- anthemum blooms cut with very long stems, and Messrs. H. E. Chitty, Pater- son, N. J., and John McGowan, Orange, N. J., each made displays of carnation cut flowers; both of the latter including blooms of Lizzie McGowan, the new white. Among the roses shown by E. Wein- hoeber & Co. were fine blooms of Mme. Cusin and Ma Capucine. J. C. Vaughan displayed a vase of finely colored blooms of Meteor, and Brown & Canfield, of Springfield, 111., showed some specimen Duchess of Albany and La France. 0. P. Bassett also displayed a vase of fine Duchess of Albany in his collection. J. C. Vaughan exhibited blooms of a carnation bearing the descriptive name "Amer- ican Flag." The red and white stripes were there and all the flower lacked was the stars in a field of blue. J. T. Anthony was an easy winner of the $50 prize for best collection of orchid cut flowers, having a very fine display, including a very considerable variety for the season. E. Weinhoeber took tlie $3 prize for best 100 violets. The plan of having some new feature in the floral arrangements each day was found to be an excellent one in maintain- ing interest in the exhibition, and there were a large number who visited the exhibition each day on this account. On the first day prizes of $20 and $10 were ofiered for best arranged basket any style, and prizes of $40. $25, and $15 for best arranged basket of orchids. There were five entries in the first named class, George Klehm receiving first for a large handle basket of magnificent La France roses and adiantum ferns. Every rose was a specimen and the arrangement w^as very gracefid. E. Weinhoeber & Co. were second with a very elegantly ar- ranged handle basket of Beauties, Mer- mets. Valley and Farleyense ferns, a sash of pink ribbon being attached to the handle. In the entries for orchid basket, J. T. Anthony was unfortunately de- barred from competition through coming in late, owing to a delay in receiving part of his flowers. It was a very rich ar- rangement and contained a very large assortment of fine flowers, including cat- tleyas, oncidiums, odontoglossums, van- das and cypripediums. First premium went to George Klehm for a round flat basket of mainly oncidiums gracefully arranged with adiari't.im ferns. Second went to E. Weinhoeber & Co. for an elegant handle basket filled with oncid- iums, cypripediums, odontoglossums and zygopetalums in adiantums, the handle w^ound with lavender ribbon and a sash of same draped from one side. Frank Benthey took third with an opera basket of cattleyas, cypripediums, Ifelias, Ij'castes and oncidiums very daintily and effisct- ively arranged with fronds of Adiantum Farleyense. There were five entries for best mantel decoration on the second day, the entries being bv Messrs. J. T. Anthony, E. Wein- hoeber & Co., Charies Reissig, F. F. Ben- they and Joseph Curran. The first prize of $75 was awarded to E. Weinhoeber & Co. Their mantel was very gracefully decorated with adiantum ferns, with a splendid specimen of A. Far- leyense on the small shelf at the top. At the right several handsome sprays of oncidiums and other orchids stood out from among the ferns while blooming vines of Lapagerias rosea and alba were efiectively draped on both sides. The base was filled with decorative plants, a mass of long-stemmed white dahlias be- ing placed at the left. The arrangement was by Mr. Wm. J. Sni3'th, in whom Messrs. Weinhoeber & Co. have a very able decorator. The second prize of $50 went to Charles Reissig, whose right hand man is Mr. P. J. Hauswirth. This arrangement was also mainly of adiantum ferns, a ver\' handsome specimen of A. Farleyense being very effectively placed at each side. In the center appeared a mass of orchids loosel3' arranged, while the base was filled with palms and similar decorative plants. J. T. Anthony received the third prize of $25, and that his mantel was worthy of a prize of five times that amount there was no question. Everj' plant used was a specimen and certainly no better collec- tion of decorative stuff" was ever used in a mantel decoration in this city. At the top were adiantum and nephrolepis ferns and rex begonias, and in the mass of adiantums on the main shelf were a few broad-leaved dracffinas effectively placed. At the base was a splendid lot of decorative plants, a small specimen of Caryota urens being used at each side with magnificent effect. The mantel entered by F. F. Benthey was of ferns, chrysanthemums and decorative plants, and that entered by Joseph Curran was of ferns, with a huge bunch of pink carnations at each side and palms at the base. On the third day the contest was for three prizes aggregating $100 for table decoration, table set for twelve persons. There were five entries. Charles Reissig took the first prize of $50. The table was a large round one with a six pointed star for a center piece. The center of the star was a low mound of Adiantum Farleyense, the points being alternately of pink and white flowers, arranged with adiantums; the flowers in three of the points were La France roses, two were of Bride roses, and one of lily of the valley. The plates for the ladies were at the points of the star and the favors at each were of flowers to match the point. The table was set bj' one of Chicago's leading clubs and the silver and glassware was very rich. The second prize of $30 went to Joseph Curran. His table was a three cornered one, with a center piece of Farleyense ferns in the form of a three-leaved clover, from which rose a number of cj'pripediums. A bunch of the fronds of Adiantum princeps was placed at each corner while large fronds of the same adiantum were pinned to the folds of the table cloth as it fell from the sides. It was a unique arrange- ment which was much admired. George Klehm received the third prize of $20 for a round table with a twelve pointed starfcra center piece. The points were alternately of La France roses and lily of the valleJ^ and the favors were of flowers to correspond with the point opposite the plate. Walter Kreitling's decoration was upon a large round table in the center of which stood a handsome silver bronze table lamp with a pink silk shade. The globe of the lamp stood well up from the table so that there was no obstruction of the view across the board. Around the base of the lamp was a low mound of Mermet roses and adiantum ferns about two and one-half feet in diameter, while loose flowers of the same rose were scattered on the cloth so as to make a border about a foot wide around the mound, giving the whole central arrangement a diameter of about four and one-half feet. The favors were Mermet roses with a frond of adiantum. Frank Benthey had a long table of con- ventional form with a center piece of Grace Wilder carnations and adiantum ferns, and near each end a smaller ar- rangement of Roman hyacinths and adiantums with a small plant of Cocos Weddeliana in the center. The favors were of Grace Wilder carnations combined with adiantums. The special prize of $20 for best basket of roses, the same daj-, brought out but two entries, the florists having had about all they could attend to with the elaborate dinner table decorations. However, the two baskets entered were both excellent. The one shown by George Klehm and which received the prize, was a large side basket, containing a great number of fine specimen blooms of Duchess of Albany, among adiantum ferns, with two clusters of Perles effectively placed at each side. The other entrv was a large handle basket from E. Weinhoeber & Co. and contained Mermet and Bride roses among adiantum ferns. The handle was wound with pink ribbon and a broad sash of same depended from the side. Another feature of this daj' was a pre- mium of $50 offered for the best general collection of cut flowers. This was de- signed to bring into the exhibition on the third day a fresh lot of bloom to brighten up the display as the flowers entered on thefirst day began to lose their freshness. E. Weinhoeber & Co. took the plum with a very excellent collection of roses, car- nations and chrjsanthemums occupying fully fifty lineal feet of table space. On the fourth and last day George Klehm won the prize of $35 for best cen- ter piece suitable for buffet table. His entry was a large one-sided basket of Perle roses relieved by adiantums, sur- mounted by a loose cluster of sprays of yellow chrj'santhemums combined with Asparagus tenuissimus. Long sprays of asparagus also lead from the center piece to the front corners of the table where they were fastened by sashes of bronze yellow ribbon. Two piizes were also offered on the last day for best design of chrysanthemums, suitable for dinner or luncheon table. The first prize of $20 went to George Klehm, for a large four-leaved clover of Gloriosum chrysanthemums loosely ar- ranged with adiantum ferns. The second prize of.$10 was taken by E. Weinhoe- ber & Co. with a round flat filled with Gloriosum chrysanthemums combined with Asparagus tenuissimus. In the piece entered by Joseph Curran two large loosely arranged bunches of chrysanthe- mums, one bronze and the other yellow, rose at opposite angles from a base of hardy ferns with a band of autumn leaves at the point where the stems of the two bunches met. During the exhibition J. C. Vaughan added to his exhibit a vase of the new Waban rose, which maybe described as a small Mermet of very deep color. He also displayed a vase of Pierre Guillot. iSgc. The American Florist. 179 SKETCH OF First Prize table decoration at the Chicago exhibition Among the side attractions of the exhi- bition was a display along the wall in frames of the beautiful colored plates of chrysanthemums which appear in "The Golden Flower," the handsome new book published by L. Prang & Co. of Boston. Messrs. Prang took this way of bringing to the attention of Chicago flower lovers the new publication. The weather was perfect during the first three days of the show, but Friday afternoon and evening it rained dismally and the attendance fell off accordingly. The largest attendance was on Thursday when there were 2,599 paid admissions. The daily press was remarkably liberal in giving complimentary notices and reports each day during the show and many of the reporters did very clever work, and the club expended $400 in advertising in the amusement columns of the various papers. The Chicago //cTiz/i/has won the hearts of all the florists by its extreme liber- ality. It not only offered a special prize of $100, but gave more space to the ex- hibition during the week than any other paper, and the Sunday before the show it gave four columns to a very cleverly written and well illustrated article pre- pared by Mr. Sam. Clover, a member of the Herald staff, who is a genuine flower- lover. Mr. T. W. Scott, the publisher of the Herald has a lively interest in mat- ters floricultural. He is a son of the late D. Wilmot Scott, of Galena, III., who was for so manj' years secretary of the Nurserymen's, Florists' and Seedsmen's Association (now the American Nursery- men's Association). Orange, N. J. This show opened on the 4thinst. under very favorable circumstances and consid- ering that it was election day, the attend- ance was very good. The exhibition on the whole is superior to any the society has held, the cut flowers are particularly good in all classes, also the standards and small plants in 6-inch pots. Among the winning lots of fifty, those exhibited by John Farrell, gardener to Mr. \Vm. Barr of Orange, are some superb flowers, no- tably Mrs. Chas.Lebocq, Mrs. Wm. Barr, Mrs. George Bullock, Mrs. Pratt, L. Can- ning, etc. In the second premium lot exhibited, by Mr. Thos. H. Spaulding, Orange, N. J., Ivorj', the new pearl white was particu- lar!}' fine; also Wm. H. Lincoln and some very fine new seedlings. Judge Benedict, of Staten Island, also showed a very fine lot in this class. In the classes for standards, John Farrell was first for 10 plants, also for 6 plants and 1, and second for 3, all of which were particularly fine and well grown. For three standards, Mr. Spaulding was first with extra fine plants. In single speci- men plants John Holterman, gardener to J. Crosby Brown, Esq.,of Orange, was first with a fine plant of Puritan, also for three plants. For three grafted standards John Farrell was again first; the same exhibitor also had some verj' fine ferns and took first premium in each class. In plants exhibited nottor competition, but which added very materially to the whole show, was a large and very attrac- tive group of palms and other foliage plants exhibited by Robert McArthur, florist of Orange, and lour Latania bor- bonica measuring 15 feetthrough and one Pandanus utilis fully 15 feet high, shovi'n by J. Hayes, gardener to O. D. Munn, Esq., to which the committee recom- mended special commendation. For the best 25 plants, chrysanthe- mums, arranged for effect, J. Holterman was first with a fine display. The gold medal offered by Mr. Jas. R. Pitcher for the best seedlingplant, John Thorpe won, with a masnificent dark crinson varietv named G. W. Childs; this will make' a sen- sation in the chrysanthemum world when introduced into commerce. For basket of chrysanthemums, T. H. Spaulding won first, and K. Klegg of Or- ange, second, with a novelty in the floral line; it consisted of a basket of good flowers and ferns frozen in a large block of ice, measuring 10 inches thick by 22 wide and three feet high; it attracted many admirers. A silver cup oftered bv the New Jersey Social Florist Club for the best display of chrysanthemums arranged for effect was won by John N. May, Mr. Tricker being awarded $15 special prize for his exhibit in the sameclass, which wasalso very fine. Carnations formed quite an important feature as the exhibit was large and very fine all through. John McGowan had Lizzie McGowan in excellent condition. H. E. Chitty had several varieties very fine. G. Bergman, of Flatbush, took first prize for his new striped variety .\meriean Flag, which was greatly ad- mired. Among amateurs there was some very nice exhibits from A. Ballach and R. F. Baldwin in chrj-santhemums. In roses the exhibits were very fine, E. Asmus taking first for Mme. de Watte- ville and Perle des Jardins; J. N. May first for American Beauty, Bride, Niphetos, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany, Merraet, Gontier, La France, and for the best new rose with the Red Mermet Wabau, which the committee also highly commended. Julius Roehrs also exhibited his new early hybrid in this class which was greatly admired by all who saw it. For best 100 violets Louis Conrad, gardener to E. P. Steven, Esq., was first with a very fine lot; several others ex- hibited fine flowers. A large bank of chrysanthemums not for competition put up by Richard Pur- due made a very attractive display. The society gavetheMemorialHospital a table for selling flowers, etc. which was well patronized. This was a double ad- vantage, giving the Hospital funds to help the sick and advertising the show, which helps the society. N. Thedisplayof seedlingchrysanthemums was a great feature and never has there been seen so many really good ones shown before. For the best seedling two blooms Mr. Keane, Englewood, was first with Fred Dorner, a rich creamy white, the petals being very long and twisted, having cen- ter petals of rich red. The flowers were eight inches in diameter, full and double, very fine. Mr. Keane also showed a sulphury white reflexed double flower of great meritnamed Jno. Betterman. These have passed into the hands of Hill & Co., Richmond , Ind . Messrs. Pitcher & Manda were second with Gracie Hill, a tawny shaded blush flower finel}' incurved. For the silver cup oftered bv Mrs. J. R. Pitcher, T. H. Spaulding was first with six fine varieties, viz.: Jno. Firth, incurved silver}' pink with tips of light yellow, extra; Lily Bates, a rich rose reflexed pleasing flower; Onward, reflexed white high center, pink tips; Ethel Paul, very large full globular white of the Domina- tion type; Ethiopian, crimson incurved with lighter reflex; Mrs. D. D. L. Farson, a lovely shade of pink, high center and whorled. All these flowers were finely grown and averaged six inches in diam- eter. For the gold medal offered by Jas. R. Pitcher for the best seedling plant, John Thorpe won with a superb rich Jacque- minot crimson flower, perfectly reflexed petals three-fourths inches wide, flowers six and one-half inches in diameter, named George Wilham Childs. Among other meritorious seedlings were J.C. Vaughan, rich plum amaranth; Ernest Asmus, am- ber; John H. Taylor, pink, white reflexed, large; Tommy Adams, bright gold; T. H. Spaulding, brilliant red; D. S. Brown, in- curved yellow; H. M. Boies, rose; W. S. Kimball, blush; Hicks Arnold, bronze in- curved; John Eyerman, rose pink; Frances A. Spaulding, lemon yellow; George Sav- age, white; John Goode, pink and lemon; Mrs. C. D. Adams, whorled white, lemon center. All of the above seedlings are of merit. Other seedlings of merit were shown imder numbers, which precludes notice. — Note. — All seedlings should be named when put in competition. A new opponent in the seedling arena appeared in Wm. Craig, a son of Robert Craig. 8o The American Florist. Nov. /J, Ainoiij; the very fine cut flowers the toUowim; new varieties ot''S9 were prom- inent aiul A No. 1: Molly Bawn, J. T. limlen, Mrs. II. |amieson,.\lberti Linden, Ada Spanlding, Flora MeDonald (fine), Aureole, Cyclone, Kohallion, Minnie Wan- amaker, Mrs. C. Dissell and H. E. Widener. In the Ostrich Plume section Messrs. I'eter Henderson & Co. show the pink l.ouis Boclimer niajrnifieently, twclya tlowcrs. each licin;; six bv four inches in size. It is an acquisition." In this section there arc now in si{;ht a \cllow,a bronze, a peach and a half dozen wliitcs. Look out for them. John Tiiorpk. Erie Pa. The Erie Chrysanthemum Club's annual shovi' for the year 1890, took jjlace in the rink on East Eleventh street, November 4, 5, 6 and 7, and it lias been a jn'O- nomiced success in ever \- sinsc nil he word . The club's experienccis yet limited audits membershipis not large, butt lie cxliibit ion has been creditable in a high degree and the public appreciation of the club's efforts has lieen testified in the liberal patron.ige ;u-cordcd. The show was not coulim-d to thechrvsanthcmum.aUlu.imh ll.,-,l ll.iwer was made the i.inuipal Icaliirc, riicre were five general exliil>ils by llnrists, .^'C^^^ TRAINED CHRYSANTHEMUMS: UPPER ONE, FAIR MAID OP PERTH; THE LOWER, ELAINE. Single Stem and Single Flower. Chrvsanthemums grown to single stem and single flower are becoming more and more popular as exhibition plants. They invariably attract much attention and are greatly admired by the general public who are at once interested in seeing a great handsome flower on a stem rising from a 4-inch or 6-inch pot, and though they ai-e but single flowers the quality is such as to arouse enthusiasm. The engraving is from a sketch of one ofthe plants shown by Mr. M. A. Hunt at the Chicago show last week. Trained Chrysanthemums. Our illustration shows two well flow- ered and grown plants oi popular vane- Emma Hitzeroth, very large clear yel- low, broad petals and promising to be a very fine variety. Mamie Craig, white with beautiful shading of pink in center of flower, the petals being delicately veined and striped which gives it a very cheerful finish, large bold perfectly round flower in the way of Mrs. President Harrison, but altogether a much finer flower. Looking Backward, deep purple, a bold flower, the petals forming a whorl which suggests the idea that they ai-e looking from you no matter which way the flower is turned. Bob Sawyer, HIac crimson and pink shading, alarge bold flower, true Japanese and very suggestive of Dickens' popular character, tieing free and easy, always The American Florist, Nov. ^ood ii;itured with a bright smile under all conditions. lohn N. May, deep crimson, very large bold flower in the way of Mrs. Carnegie, but nmch finer in every way, reverse of petals bright plum color, acknowledged by all who have seen it as the finest very dark chrysanthemum yet seen. All six' are e.\tra strong and fine vig- orous growers and are a remarkable pro- duction, grown by Mr. Robert Craig's son. W. P. Craig, at John N. May's nur- series, Summit, N. J., and sold by him to Thos. H. Spaulding, of Orange, N. J., for $200 on October 27. They are selected from 25 plants only. . W. P. Craig can well afford to feel proud of his first at- tempt at raising seedling chrysanthe- mums. N. Japanese Names for " Mums." In the Pacific Rural Press for Novem- ber S appears a report of the chrysanthe- numi fair at Los .4ngeles, Cal., which re- lates how two Japanese gardeners who were employed there tore the labels from plants received from theeast and relabeled with the Japanese names, giving the English translations of same. Accord- ing to their statement the correct name of the Mrs. Alpheus Hardy is "Mikako's Palace." Names attached to other plants by the Japanese gardeners were the Mi- kado, Sunrise, Moon in the Window, Light of the Moon, Heavenly Beauty, Yellow River, Abundance, Prosperity, The Bridegroom, A Thousand Sparks, Ej-e of a Snake, Talons of an Eagle, Hand of a Devil, Firewindow, Anasoma (a city in Japan), Flying Crane, Beauty of Castlewood, Crystal and One Voice. Chrysanthemum Desdemona, one of the recently introduced French sorts is quite warmly recommended by Mr. Peter Herke, Cleveland, O., as being a valuable variety for market plants, being dwarf in habit and a remarkably free bloomer. The flowers are but medium size, quilled, white tinged with pink. Mr. Herke has a seedling, the flowers of which are very double. UnfortunatelJ^ however, the color isa purplish pink tinge. If the color were brighter it would be an acquisition. Correction.— The price of Gloriosum as recorded in issue No. 126, should have been $15 per 100— not per dozen. Your correspondent "F" should also correct his statement from 60c. per dozen to the fig- ures as above. E. L. Argyreia and Cosmos. B. writes from Michigan: "I notice in Am. Florist your note regarding Argy- reia tiliaefoliaand will say that it accords exactly with our experience, except that we had one flower on one of the vines. The cosmos we cannot get to bloom out doors here without first almost starving it in pots to make it set buds. If then set in the open it blooms freely." The generic name argyreia was sug- gested on account of the silvery undersides of the leaves of the diflercnt species. But not one of our plants of A. tiliajfolia showed this silvery character. William Davison, of New Y'ork, however, tells me that in P. Henderson & Co's trial grounds one of the plants displayed this silvery lining very markedly. " F. Albuquerque, N. M.— Florist Byron H. Ives recently made a display of chrys- anthemums which was much praised by a local daily. The "Queen of Autumn" already has a firm hold of the affections of the people in this far south-western city. Solid Beds and Raised Benches. It is not roses alone that can claim at- tention on this point. Carnations have a hand in it also; in illustration I give a bit of my personal experience. In planting a solid bed the soil must first be taken into consideration; as the same results might not be obtained on a heavy soil that I's naturally cold and damp. My soil is of a micaceous order with a sandj' subsoil, it is naturally warm and dry and can be watered without dan- ger of becoming water clogged. The heat in houses planted solid, is along the posts supporting gutter plates and is all above the tops of plants. In those planted on benches ihe pipes are about fifteen incnes below the bottom of the bench and none overhead. As to planting solid beds the plants are brought inearlyinSeptemberand planted on borders that are not walled up; it is simply a garden under glass with three and a half foot beds and a pathway of eighteen inches. This gives the air a chance to circulate among the plants and keeps them healthy and clean the season through. These beds give better results in every way from Silver Spray, Wm. Swavne, Portia, Wilder, Tidal Wave, Anna Webb and Hinze's. I have a number of other varieties on trial, among them Fred Creighton, which seems to be more vig- orous on solid beds. Mrs. Fisher, I in- tended planting 500 solid and 500 benched, but it is such a strong grower that I did not wait for bench room; they are doing well where planted and look as though they would rival the old DcGraw for blooming. My bench plants are put in latter part of September with four inches of soil, made moderately rich with well rotted manure. From these I get extra fine blooms of Lamboru and Harrison, while on solid beds they produced 50 per cent of flowers that were not fit to use. E. G. Hill, Chester Pride, Buttercup and Geneva also do better here although the diffei-ence is not so marked. There is one point in favor of the bench above solid beds, you can force your plants to death much quicker. But as to earliness and continual blooming I find the solid beds ahead of benches always, one reason is that they are started about two weeks earlier, but I find that plants on benches do not start as well in warm weather. After November 1 there is very little difl'erence either way, but by March 1 to 15 the benches are pretty "well ex- hausted, while those on solid beds are going right ahead. Albert M. Herr. Seasonable Notes. As the glory of the chrysanthemum wanes and its season draws to a close, then is the value of the rose and the car- nation more and more appreciated, and while we ma3' expect that the demand will be slow during October and early November, towards the middle of the month the demand for all these flowers increases and prices are sure to increase al-so. And one of the principal advan- tages in carnation culture is the fact that as the season advances the flowers greatly improve in color, size and length of stem — features which add to their value as the demand is more assured, in fact early in the season as a rule carnation flowers are tar from perfect, except in cases of extra favorable circumstances and very early flowering sorts. When writing an article which appeared in the FLORIST of October 1, I remarked tliat I had discarded Hinze's White and had planted Lamborn in its place, and that 1 would report results as season ad- vanced. To say that I am satisfied with that move is an exceedingly moderate ex- pression of my satisfaction with results so far; there has not been a time since October 1 when I could not go into the house and gather a few hundred long stemmed flowers, and such flowers; (well I will leave that for another occasion). And the beds now are literally a mass of buds in all stages of development, indi- cating a continuous crop for a long time to come. I am more than pleased, and think it the best carnation move that I have made in some time, I am keeping a strict account with the house, and for the benefit of growers will here say that I get fifty cents per dozen for these Lam- born flowers right along. I am also growing Tidal Wave quite extensively this season. It is a very free bloomer, good grower, long stems, splen- did color, and in every way most desir- able. In crimsons or maroons I have Orient, Anna Webb, Emperor of Morroco and Pride of Kennett. Of course it is rather early yet to speak conclusively about the intrinsic value of these; the three former are all splendid varieties, but the flowers being quite large and the stems verj' slender causes them to droop over badly. Anna Webb is a little better than the other two in that respect, but Pride of Kennett has a stem stiff enough to carry the flower perpendicularly, which seems to me a matter of very great importance in a carnation. For a pink one I still cling to Grace Wilder although I have Fred Creighton and Christmas in small numbers. This season should in a measure determine the respective values of these new pink soi-ts. The larger part of m\- Grace Wilders are still out in cold frames in pots and they appear in the most complete rugged health, this afternoon we have begun to remove two or three kinds of the earliest chrysanthemums and will at once fill up the space with carnations irom pots. Judging from what I have seen I should think the prospects for a good carnation year are excellent— far superior to last year's. The general condition of the stock is much better, and the weather, although we had a good deal of damp raw weather in October, it has on the whole been quite mild, which has reduced the need of fire heat to a minimum, in fact with me fire heat so far has actually been unnecessary, and the bright clear weather since November came in is all that can be desired in carnation culture. Continue to give all the fresh air possi- lilc Ijoth night and day, and maintain cleanliness in the fullest and strictest sense. I was at an cKliiliition the other (lav where some carnatinus were staged th.-it had evidently Ikcu Ljriiwn in a much higher temperature tlian was good for them; if the flowers had ever opened they had prematurely closed again, and they certainly presented anything but a lively front; peoplewho treat carnations as hot house plants must expect some disap- pointments. H. E. Chitty. Patcrson.N.J., Nov. 7, '90. i8go. The American Florist. 183 GERMAN IRISES New Carnations — Notice. The undersigned has been appointed by the Florists' Club of Philadeljjhia to pre- pare and read a paper at the next meet- ing—which is to be held Tuesday evening, December 2— om "The Inipro vein, ut of the Winter Blooming Carnation,'' .and he would be pleased .if raisers of neyi varie- iies, or tj^fwe who may have such .sorts in their possession for distribution, it they would forward flowers of meritori- ous kinds, either improvements on exist- ing varieties or new types, seedlings or sports, for the purpose of illustration as to what has been accomplished up to date, and very greatly oblige. Yours truly Edwin Lonsdale. Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, November 8, 1890. Philadelphia. German Irises. These are the common large irises with surface-spreading rhizomes and which are so plentiful in gardens throughout the country. They are very easy to grow, perfectly hardy, free flowering and satis- factory plants, and bloom in early sum- mer, late May and June. As they have been common garden plants for hundreds 84 The American Florist. Nov. /J, nuj;lil Ix- expccU-d. a imiltiliiik- dingy .tics ol (.;< cccdingly handsome and otlioi and uniUlnictivc enough. Among good varieties are: Albicans, wliite: Celeste, lavender; Conite de St. Clair, while and violet; Darius, yellow, lilae and brown; I'airy (jneen. lavender; Mile. i:iniira, ii.ile blue; .Mnie. Chereau, and Vietoriiie, white and purplish blue. These irises like an open plaee to grow in, land somewhat light rather than lieavv.and so arranged that water drains oft' from it readily, but really they grow luxuriantly anywhere and often under the most "neglectful circumstances. The chief danger from ill-drained land is in causing the rhizomes to rot. .-Viid to avoid this trouble we should in planting always keep the rhizomes on top of the ground; also, if we are in the habit of scattering some manure or litter over them in winter to save them from sudden freezing and thawing, be sure to have it removed from off the crowns early in spring. While large bunches ot these irises are handsome for house decorations I do not think it would pay the florist to grow them for cut flowers and this is because the individual blooms last open for one day only. Of course the advanced un- opened buds expand day after day in water as they would were they still upon the growing plants. But we all know that when cut flowers fade, instead of picking off the withered blooms and wait- ing for the other buds to open, folks gen- erally dump the whole into the ash barrel at once. ^The chief value of these irises is as gar- den decorative plants, and for this pur- ])Ose florists can grow and dispose of them feeling assured that they are sui>ply- ing their customers with ])lanls that will grow well, flower abundantly and beau- tifully, and live forever witliout any special care from any one. In the same section with the Ccrman iris we include the fragrant Iris I'loren- ♦ina, white tinged with blue, and Iris pallida, pale blue, and one of the boldest and handsomest of the race. There is also a host of other irises. Some, like Iris reticidata and I. Kolpa- kowskiana, come into bloom at the same time as do crocuses and Siberian squills, and are soon followed by the different varieties of spring irises (I. pumila) and so on through a host of species tifl we wind up about the end of June or early July with the gorgeous Kjempfer's irises from Japan. I would here remark that I had Ondine last summer eleven inches across. Iris cristata from the .\lleghenics is one ot the prettiest surface spreading dwarf sorts we have got, and I. lacustris from the Great Lakes one of the choicest little gems. Iris Sibirica is the weed among garden irises, more so than the yellow flag I. Pseudo-acorns or our wild bine flag, I. versicolor, for its self-sown seedlings come up all around with the persistency of a heliopsis or other weedy composite. The Enghsh and Spanish irises (so- called) are bvdbous species well worth growing by any one who has a warm, sheltered nook with rather light soil. Plant them as you would tulips or daffo- dils and in fall. The Spanish irises bloom early in June, the English ones late in June. W. F. Cattleya Gaskelliana. This cattleya was introduced from Venezuela about seven years ago, and welcomed as a great acquisition to the summer blooming .section of this showy genus. It is probably only a geographi- cal form of Cattleya Warnerii and closely resembles the variety pallida, both in growth and inflorescence. The flowers are very variable in color, the rarest form being pure white, and others can hardly be distinguished from Warnerii. The most numerous have rosy sepals and petals with a blotch of rich purple on the ante- rior lobe of lip, which has a crisp margin and an orange yellow striated throat. C. Gaskelliana grows and flowers freely in small well drained pots and not over much compost of peat and moss, strong heat, abundance of water and air during growth, with as much sunlight as can be given them without burning the foliage. As soon as the flower) )uds are formed the plants should be subjected to a cool, airy and comparatively dry treatment until new growths appear the next season. Though this sjjecies is plentiful and rea- sonably ehe:ip, it is not such a great ac- quisition to the general florist on account of its flowering too early in the season, but this objection may probably be over- come by judiciously retarding the growth as long as possible in the spring. I have had some plants in bloom when the early TrianiES opened— and have a few flowers open now. F. Goldring. SHngerlands, N. Y. Notes on Flowering Plants. The Cape Jasmines, or gardenias, form a useful group of eool-housc flowering Ijlants, and though well known in the trade yet are but little used. This may not be due, however, to any fault in the flowers of these plants, as the demand may not have been sufficient to warrant their being grown in quantity, and the fact remains that gardenia flow- ers are both handsome and durable, and will pay for the space occupied, if used as an addition to the regular stock of cut flowers for a local trade. The cultivation of gardenias is quite a simple matter, and recjuires but little explanation, but to begin with the first operation, they are propagated by means of cuttings, the latter being made from firm young w-ood, and placed in a moder- ate bottom-heat, and with proper atten- tion to shading, watering, etc., they soon root, the best time for this operation being early in the spring, as the young plants then become nicely established in time for planting outdoors at about the middle of May. A moderately light soil is preferable for potting, for instance, one-thii'd peat to two-thirds good loam, and some sand, but the peat is not indispensable. As these plants are naturally of quite bushy habit but little pinching is required to keep them in shape, but if any individual plant should become straggling in form, it may be easily remedied with the knife, as gardenias will endure severe pruning and break away freely afterward. When planted out during the summer they should of course be lifted beforefrost, else both foliage and buds may suffer. Probably the finest variety of this class is G. Fortune!, a strong growing and free flowering plant that was introduced from China a number of years ago. It pro- ibucs large, pure white flowers which are ol similar lorm to those of the well-known (). Ildiiila, and like them also in being very fragrant. G. Fortunei is a hand- sonic ]ilant both in foliage and in flower, its glossy, dark green leaves being \ery attractive and forming the best possible background for the flowers. The next in value is G. florida, to which reference has already been made, and which is probably the most familiar var- iety in the group. Its pure white, waxy- looking flowers are often to be seen in the larger flower markets, though they have not yet become as fashionable for buttonhole flowers here as they used to be on the other side of "the pond." G. radicans is also a useful sort, and is more dwarf in all its parts than the pre- ceding. It makes a low spreading bush, with small briylil ^iccn leaves, and pro- duces its mcdiiun-sizcd white flowers in profusion. The variegated form of the above is also an ornamental jjlant of some value, the variegation consisting of a m;irginal line of white or yellowish white on the leaves. The latter grows and flowers about as freely as the type and is really an interesting plant, and likely to prove useful in a general florists stock. Another eool-housc plant of much beau- ty isRhynchospermumjasminoides (or as it is now known Traehelospcrmum jas- minoides), an easilj' grov^-n plant of scan- dent habit, and very free flowering. It seems almost unnecessary to ofiir a des- cription of this plant, but it may bcstatcd that it is a hard-wooded climber with small shining opposite leaves and pure white flowers, the latter being produced in clusters on the young growth. This rhyiiehospermimi ordinarily flow- ers during the spring and summer but may be forced into bloom during the winter, and would doubtless give an elegant effect if tiscd in sprays among Maidenhairs in a mantel decoration. Kliy nchospcrmuni is also propagated by cuUings, and may be grown on quite ra]ii(lly in a warm house if neepded, thuti.!.;)! a high temerature is not necessary for its welfare. Good drainage should lie given to the pots as this plant is some- what impatient of stagnant moisture. Chorozema eordata is an old-fashioned New Holland plant that would bear more extended use among spring flowering I)lants. its pea shaped flowers of a mix- ture of red and orange being very showy. This chorozema may be grown well in pme loam and sand or in a mixture of peat and loam, and soon becomes of use- ful size, for the plants will flower when quite small. Old plants that are kept over for cutting from, may be given a hard pruning after the flowering season is over, and will soon start into growth again. Regarding temperature the chor- ozema will flourish under similar condi- tions to those afforded geraniums, and about the only insect that troubles it is red spider, which of course may be avoid- ed l)v thorough svringing. W. II. T.VPLl.N. Marketing Cut Flowers. How to get the flowers from the various growers into the hands of the florists who want them in various quantities at irregular intervals and with the least amount of loss is a problem which de- mands our attention. .\ny mode of solving this problem which would make rSpo. The American Florist. 185 # T^^ FLOWER OP GATTLEYA GASKELLIANA-LIFB SIZE. it possible to discriminate between differ- ent parties I am sure is of no value. We must have a system by which all growers and all consumers are treated alike. The plans which I have recenth^ heard men- tioned, of forming a large joint stock company appears to me to be but a com- mission business with many proprietors, which is undoubtedly good, but the main object is not attained. There will be just as much kicking from all sides then as now. For the sake of getting others to give us their views on this subject I wish to suggest a plan which I think is at least worthy of some discussion. I think it does away with the flower market; it excludes all discriminations, it saves many losses, it will facilitate the distribution of flowers to where they are most needed at different times, it will save running ex- penses to a considerable degree, it will put lis all on our own merits and at the same time give us the advantages of a combination, and if entered into with a proper spirit it will at least keep all good stock out of the fakir's reach, and it can l)e tried without causing any revolution whatever. The plan is as follows: In all large cities the commission men and florists to form an association and appoint an in- spector, one who understands flowers. It shall be the different inspectors' busi- ness to get together and establish a scale of quality for all flowers, say roses to be 1, 2,3 and culls; carnations 1,2 and culls. And these grades should be maintained the year around. We are now in the habit of calling the best you can get No. 1, no matter how poor that is, but this should not be. A rose which is not perfect should not be called No. 1. The inspector should be put in charge of a floral ware- house which is to be arranged for storing flowers to the best advantage. When a grower sends a consignment of roses to Chicago to be handled by, say John Smith, he sends the case of flowers marked John Smith in care of inspector's ware- house with a ticket inside stating how many of each variety and their qualitj-. The inspector examines them and if they are properlj' graded and counted has them carefulh' stored and marks the ticket O. K., and sends it over to John Smith. Mr. Doe sends a box of roses for Roe Bros. They go to the warehouse in the same way and Thompson sends a box full to Jones. Then all the Chicago roses will be in the one warehouse properly cared for and graded by a disinterested party. Each commission house has their stock represented by tickets on their desk. As their orders come in thej' make drafts on the warehouse lor the stock which is placed to their credit; whether Jones gets Doe's roses orThompson's no oneknows, he simply gets so many of such a quality and variety. If Smith sells all his and wants more he can inquire of inspector who has any left to their credit and get an order from that party for more. The commission men will check out their flowers the same as the3- do their money from a bank. The advantages thus tar are: The flo- rist who orders 50 No. 1 Alermets knows that hewillnot get No. 2 and be asked to pay for No. 1. The commission man can not send out No. 2 roses to fill an order for No. 1, because the rules require the inspector's ticket to be put in with the flowers. The grower who grows only second quality stock can not kick at the commission man for not working his roses oft" at better prices, because the inspector has classified them according to rule. At the end of a day's business the com- mission man will have to credit his growers for the stock sold, and there is onl3- one proper way of doing this, credit each grower an amount in proportion to the size of his consignment to the amount sold. If A sent him 50 Mermets No. 1, B sent 100 Mermets No . 1 , and C sent 50 , and he sells 100 in all, then credit A with the sale of 25, B with 50 and C 25. It is ver3- simple and impartial. The inspector can report each morning the amount of stock left over from the daj- previous, and this will serve the commission men means of determining what the price should be. The inspectors of each citj- can report to each other by cipher dispatch each daj' the stock on hand, in this waj^ the entire crop of flowers would be under economical control. C. B. W. I i86 The American Florist, Nov. /J, f LHIlE il^llML9il@/ALl!) 1F|L@L@LI@1F Subscription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. lents, 10 Cents .i I. 1, Si. 40; Column, S: Cash with Order. No Special Posttiou (iuaranteed. Discounts. 6 times, 5 per cent: 13 times. 10 per cent; 26 times. 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertlslnK Department of the .\meiiican F'LOHIST Is for Florists, Seedsmen, and dealers In Orders lor less than one-hall inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. There c.\n be no question as to the wisdom of a daily change of, or addition to, the floral arrangements and cut flow- ers at exhibitions. A new competition each day maintains public interest and above all it gives the newspapers some- thing new to talk about and insures lib- eral daih- notices of the exhibition in their columns. And to secure the fullest benefit from such daily changes large playcards announcing the competition for the following day should be prominently displayed in the exhibition hall. A printed programme for the week is also of mate- rial value. The r.^pidly increasing use of orchids in all elaborate floral arrangements has brought about a demand which is becom- ing more and more in excess of the sup- ply. As the time for the fall exhibitions approached it was practically impossible to secure any quantity of good blooms, as far-seeing competitors had placed ad- vance orders for the entire cut of the growers. And does the orchid take the place of the rose or any other flower? Not at all. The same number of roses and other flowers are required. The orchid takes a place which it and it alone can fill, and which it has made for itself. The great value of Asparagus tenuis- simus as a "stayer" in decorations was last week again brought forcibh' to mind. Of two mantels one was flnished at the top with a plant of AdiantumFarleyense, the pot being necessarily on its side, and the other had in the same position a loosely arranged mass of the asparagus merely attached to damp moss back of it. After three days exposure at the ex- hibition the poor fern showed the efiects badly while the asparagus was as fresh as when first placed in position. We h.we received quite a number of letters congratulating both the manage- ment of this journal and the trade upon the recent change of the Florist from a semi-monthly to a weekly. We thank each and every one for their congratula- tions and kindly wishes. We would how- ever recommend the application of a cloth which has been wrung out of ice water to the forehead of the correspond- ent who asks: "When will vou make it a daily?" A MATTER for congratulation is the vast improvement in the public taste as regards floral arrangements in the last few j'ears. The awards made at the Chicago exhibition by a committee com- posed of twentv societj' ladies was a striking illustration of the demand now made by users of floral decorations for grace in arrangement. Simple, airy, graceful arrangements found most favor with a large majority of these judges. Since our November 1st issue appeared we have learned that there is not as much danger as at first seemed imminent of the classification submitted by thecommittee to the World's Columbian Commission, being adopted by that body as submitted. We have reason to believe that the power which will take final action recognizes the importance of horticulture in the exposi- tion and will see that it is given adequate space and proper management. This week no less than eighteen chrys- themum shows are being held in various cities throughout the country. This number covers only the competitive ex- hibitions. If we were to include the various shows which are displays merely, or chrysanthemum "fairs" the number could easily be doubled and probably trebled. And the chrysanthemum "craze" still grows. The American Florist reaches the entire trade in America. An advertise- ment in these pages goes to every possible wholesale buyer of florists' goods on the continent of North America. We have al- so quite a list of subscribers in England, France and Holland and scattering ones in ever3- civilized country on the face of the globe. One of our subscribers, Mr. J. C. Luit- weiler, York, Pa., writes a note warmly recommending the sphincter grip armored hose as remarkably durable. He states that some of this armored hose, which he has had in daily vise for four years is as good as the day it was purchased. who fail to receive their paper promptly, or who miss an issue, will confer a favor on the publishers \>y promptly notifying this office of such delay or omission. Please do not wait until several numbers have been missed before making complaint. For the exhibitions have j'our tickets numbered from one up to the number of admissions you hope to have. Instruct the ticket seller to give them out seriatim and then j'ou can tell at any time how many have been sold. In this issue appears an article on marketing cut flowers by C. B. W. which will probably be liberally criticised as visionary. However, we print it in the hope that a discussion may bring forth something practical. Mr. John Burton, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia has, we believe, the honor of being the first florist to be elected to the legislature in Pennsylvania. Grace and simplicitv in floral arrange- ment is certainly the order of the day. Cumbersome and heavy arrangements are not cared for. A western firm recently received an order from Australia throughtheiradver- tisement in the Florist. Chrysanthemums everywhere. The flo- rists' windows are gorgeous with great masses of Kiotas. Cullingfordiis, Hardys and Cannells, the street fakir's stands are fairly groaning under their load of bloom, the ladies' wear great corsage bunches of them and occasionally an aesthetic truckman even has his horse's ears decorated with the resplendent clus- ters. Roses feel the pressure this week and are no longer scarce in the market. Violets, lily of the valley and carnations continue in short supply. Most of the growers have just now got a good dose of violet disease on their hands. The subject for discussion at the No- vember meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, was "Chrysanthe- mums." The meeting was very well at- tended and the discussion brought out many valuable thoughts. It was voted that the annual supper of the club take place as usual in January and a commit- tee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements. A unanimous vote was passed disapproving of and protesting against the adoption bj-the World's Fair Commissioners of any plan whereby the Horticultural Department should be merged into the Agricultural, and direct- ing the secretary to transmit a copy of said vote to the commissioners. All indications point to a fine chrysan- themum show this week in Horticultural Hall. Manj' new seedlings will be shown, and the cut flower department of the ex- hibition promises to be exceeding!}' fine. The new rose, the "Waban," will be ex- hibited for the first time. This rose is a sport from Catharine Meraiet, and origi- nated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co. The color is a deep bril- liant glowing pink, entirely free from all traces of that tawniness which is seen in the old Mermet when placed alongside Gabriel Luizet, Mrs. John Laing and such roses with pure tints. The color keeps well and the rose being rather more double and solid than a Mermet will undoubtedly be a good "shipper." The growers say that the color is equally bright in cloudy or in sunny weather. Mr. Louis Davenport, of Milton, died on October 31st, at the good old age of S3 years. He was wideh- known and re- spected, and his genial disposition made him many friends. Few florists are aware that Mr. Davenport was the first florist in the United States to cultivate the smilax for commercial purposes, some twenty-five years ago, and that he is therefore (entitled to the credit for its in- troduction. W. J. S. Philadelphia. Do we want anything? Well, I should say not, the window is full, the ice box is packed and we don't know where to put the last lot of stuff' that's just in. This and something similar is the kind of con- versation one hears in almost every cut flower store. During the past week busi^ ncss has been quiet and flowers of all kinds very plentiful, and good ones at that. The growers seem to have been keeping their stock back as long as thej- could, but now it is coming in in spite of them, and as the chrysanthemums are now in full blast it is quite an interesting race, with the mums a few lengths ahead. There is a fine stock of pot plants about, the varieties L. Canning and Ivory tak- ing the lead; these plants in 6-inch pots with fine blooms, wholesale for from $3.60 to $6 per dozen, in S-inch from $7 to $12 per dozen. Fine blooms of Bul- lock, Pres. Hyde, Mrs. Hardv, etc., are bringing $20 to $50 per hundred. Pedes, Niphetos and Hostes are 2 to 3 cents, Mermets, La France and Albanys 4 to G cents. It is now Hon. John Burton, member of the Legislature fi-om Montgomery county. Quite a number of the boys took a trip up the river, but our friend John, not being partial to the saline at- mosphere at this season of the year, re- mained at home and received the congrat- ulations of his friends. The ten pin alleys at the club house arc .-iliout finished, they are the finest in town, laid in hard maple, by experienced men under the supervision of Air. J. Wcstcott, i8go. The American Florist, 87 chairman of committee for fitting up club house. Mr. Westcott has worked very hard to have the job finished in time tor the chrysanthemum show and is happy to say that it will be in working order bv that time. "The Florists' Club is taking a hand at driving the flower fakirs off the streets and has appointed a committee to see if the ordinance prohibiting them can not be enforced. It will be a great fight as the fakirs are not easily frightened and will contest every inch of the ground, or rather sidewalk. At the last meeting of the Florists' Club the following ofiicers were re-elected to serve for the ensuing 3'car: Robert Craig, president; Chas. D. Ball, vice-pres- ident; Henry F. Michell, secretary; Thomas Cartledge, treasurer. The an- nual chrvsanthemum banquet is set for the llthinst. G. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 Wesl 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A,nd tho Choicest ROSES for tha Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. Established 18T7. Prtce List sent npoa appllcaUon. W. F. SHERIDAW, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 WEST 30TH STREET, WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker Hous BOSTON, MASS. Cut Flowers. BO8TOK. Nov. 8. Boaes, BonSilene $l,50@f2.00 ■• Gontlers 3,00® 3.00 Niphetos 3.00 ® 5.00 Perles, Sunsets 400® 5.C0 Mermets. Brides GOO® 8.00 Hoste. Wootton 6.00® 8.00 •■ Am. Beauty 35.00 Carnations 1.00® 2.0U Valley 6.00 Violets .T5 Chrysanthemums, common 50® 2.00 Chrysanlhemums, specimen blooms 4.00 @ 15 00 Smllax 1250 Adiantnms 1.00® 1.60 Ivy leaves .80 Laurel testooninK. per 100 yards 8.00 Hardy ferns, per lOM 2.00 PHILADBLPHL*. NOV. 8 Roses, Beauties 15.00® 25 00 Perles, Niphetos 3.00® 4.C0 Albany 6.00 " La France 5.00 Mermets, Brides 5.00 Pierre Quillots, Hostes 5.00 " Qoniier 2.00® a.50 Valley 8.00 Carnations, long 1.00® 1.50 Carnations, short __ 1.00 Smilax 15 00 @ 20.00 Violets, single! !!'.! '. .20 Violets, double 35® .50 Bouvardia l.OO Chrysanthemums 1.00 @ 20.00 N«W roBK. Nov. 8. Boses, Bon Sllene Sl.X® J1.60 Gontiers 2.00® 3 00 Perles, Niphetos 2.00® 4 00 •• Souvs 2.0O® 300 Wattevllles.Cusins 3.00® :>M Mermets, Brides 300® 600 La France, Albanys 5.00® 8.00 Bennetts 3.00® 600 Hostes 3.00® 5.00 " Beauties 1600®35.00 Valley COO® 800 Smilai I6.0O @ 20.00 Carnations, long 1.00® 1.25 Carnations, long, white 1.50 Adiantums 1.00® 1.50 Asparagus 26 00 Mignonette.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 1..S0 @ 2.00 Violets 100® 1.2;. Chrysanthemums, fancy 15.00 m 25.00 Asparagus plumosa '6.00 Common chrysanthemums, per bunch — .10 CHICAOO. Nov. 10. Botes, Perles, Niphetos »3 00®»4.00 •■ Gontlers 200® 4.00 ■• BonSilenes 1.00® 2.00 •• Mermets, La France 400® 5.00 Brides 5 00® 6.00 " Am. Beauties 1250®18.00 Bennetts, Dulies 400® 5.00 Carnations, short 75® 1.00 Carnations, long Iffi® JSS 8m'I«„-^-, toolTS Violets '.' '.■.'.'.■.■.'.■.'.'.■.'.■.■.■.'.'.■.".".'.'.'.'.'.■.'.■.'.'.'.'. . 1.00 ® 1.50 Chrysanthemums 1.00® 3.00 Bouvardia, heliotrope.. LOO Wm. J. STEWART, Cut Flowers i Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^^ 67 Bromfield St.. BOSTON. MASS. Mention American Florist. EDWARD C. HORAN, 34 W. 29th St., NEW YORK. Having removed to more spacious quarters (next door) with increased resources and facilities I am now prepared to furnish at short notice and in any quantity, selected Roses of every variety, also all other flowers in market. Roses to be shipped are especiaUy select- ed, and packed under personal supervision. American Beauty, La France, The Bride, Mermet, Mnie. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WRITE FOR PRICE LIST. Return telegrams sent when orders or part of them cannot be Hlled. Mention American Florist. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, l6s Tretnont Street, BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Roses aM other Flowers, carefully packed, to all points IE Western and Middle States. , ^, . , _v„_ ., Return Telegram is sent Immediately when tt IB impossible to flU your order. E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Full line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WH0LE8SLE FLORISTS. 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. on. Orderspromptly shipped. '. M. Sundays until 3 P. M- •WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. All Cut Flowers! Store open un ALL SUPPLIES. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORI$T& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN ITIGHTS Ain> SUmJAYS. -WIE,E UESIO-IsrS TIT STOCIC NOTICE. Mr. E. J. Harms has purchased the interest of Mr. O. W. Frese in the business formerly con- ducted under the firm name of Frese & Gresenz, and the business will continued by L. G. ind E. J. Harms under the f lofGri & Harms at the old location, 89 Wabash Ave. L. G. GRESENZ. E. J. HARMS. GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ,) Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 P. M.; Sundays 8 P. M. LaRoche & Stahl, florists & (Commission /T)erchants OF— CUT i^r^owEies, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid tc shipping. Mention Amekxcan Flobist. Uilntlon Amerlo&n Florist. CHAS. E. PENNOCK, Wholesale piiORisT 38 So. 16fh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, ^^ WHOLESALE ^^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St.. ST. LOUIS. MO. Quick sajes and prompt returns guaraq^ J. M. McGULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanthemums and Orchids: CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C. O. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby telegraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOIMSBURG, PA. i88 The American Florist. hiov. yj", ifft» ^eac^ ©rac^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLOUGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Pottler. Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- Mr. J. Johnson, with Oscar H. Will, of Bismarck, N. D.. sailed for Liverpool on the City of New York of the Inmati Line on the 10th inst. Indications are that the contract prices on some varieties of seeds will be higher next year and some of the older seed growers will get back some trade. Under the new tarift" law, no refund will be madeif perishable goods arefound to be damaged or worthless on opening, but importers may examine goods on arrival and if worthless abandon the The entire crop of seed beans this year is so poor that several seedsmen pro- pose to print on their bean labels a state- ment referring to the very unfavorable weather and the impossibility of furnish- a good sample. The Rural Neiv Ko*"^^^' advertises that it will GIVE AWAY SEEDS or PLANTS of im- portant new varieties the coming season. While the Rural has done much good, is it quite certain that its 'exposures' are wholly disinterested? Isnotthe tendency of its criticisms to injure the mail trade of the most reliable houses? The Government Seed Shop for i8gi. The season of franked packages of seeds for rural constituents is just about to be- gin, and before it is over it is estimated that something like 6,000,000 packages of seeds of all sorts will have been sent out by the ag^ricultural department. Last season 445,821 packages of seeds were sent out by the requests of congressmen, an increase of 7,130 over the preceding year. Added to these were a third as many more packages sent out by the de- partment itself in response to requests made directly to it. The major portion of the work incident to sending out these seeds is done bj- girls. They are in a large part the same girls who were em- ployed at the work last year, and they are now beginning to get back to their old places again for this year's work. About fifty have already been taken and perhaps as many more will be added to the force later in the winter. Though many more seeds will be sent out this season than in anj' preceding year, less girls than heretofore will be needed to do the work, because it has been more per- fectly systematized. Thedepartment has a special agent, Mr. R. S. Whittleton, who, at this time of the year, is out on the road traveling about the country buying fine seeds for the department wherever he finds them. For instance; once when he was going about the coun- try he saw a patch of tomatoes that looked like peaches. He ate one raw and then had some of them cooked and found the new stvle of tomato excellent. He bought the whole field of them and they were sent out by the department last season. All seeds bought are scientific- ally treated before they are paid for and unless 75 per cent, of them germinate when tested they are sent back where they came from. A few weeks ago an eastern firm tried to palm off some bad seeds on the experts and several tons were sent back, having failed to pass the tests. Last year was the first season during which a special agent was kept in the field to look for exceptionally good seeds for the department, but the plan proved so admirable that it is being con- tinued t\\\^ycwi.— Brooklyn Eagle, Oct. 26. Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. {.For Young Florists.) XVIII. A FEW WORDS ABOUT TRADE M.\RKS. Well, I'm. inclined to agree with you. This is not a very honest world. Com- petition runs high and in the scramble which ensues men don't hesitate to profit by the labor of others without making just compensation therefor. You say that several years ago you adopted the motto "Resurgam" (I shall rise again) for your seeds and that every package bore your firm name with that Latinwordthus "Resurgam Seeds." Now some other house has adopted your idea and refuses to acknowledge that you have any exclusive right to the use of the word. You say that you neglected to register the word as your "trade mark." I don't think that will make any difference. The law is inclined to protect a man in the enjoyment of all his commercial rights. Without trade and commerce civilization would soon become a thing of the past. If you can prove that you have, by judi- cious advertising, by skill and care in raising and packing only the best pro- ducts, given your "Resurgam Seeds" a widespread reputation, you have in reality created just so much property and the law must protect you in the enjoyment of it. For instance, if a man comes into your town and starts a weekh- newspaper which he calls the Blower and Tooter, and by his application to business suc- ceeds in building up a bright local journal the law would not permit me to come into the same town and start another Blower and Tooter. An injunction would lie against me if I attempted to do so. The law would condemn my act as a fraud, and so it should the act of this opposition house which has appropriated your brains and business tact by stealing the word "Resurgam" after 'you had given it a genuine commercial value. Yes, we have a national law for the registrj- of trade marks, and possibly it would have been better under the circum- stances for 3'ou to register this word. It would have made the waj- of the trans- gressor harder. It would ha\e made your position easier. For now you are called upon to prove that you have "created property" in this word. Not always an easj- thing to do. If a man can go on for years using a certain trade mark or trade signature, why then it becomes his by universal consent of all mankind, and there is no use asking the law to proclaim to the world the fact that such a word or words are your exclusive property. Custom and use are the strongest kind of law, and a path worn by the sheep, deepened by the cows and appropriated by human beings becomes a "highway" which no court of justice can block up. Now, as regards this subject of trade marks and their registry in the patent office at Washington, I must say that people in general have an entireh' erron- eous idea of them. They are not soeasilv acquired or so magical in their effect as you may suppose. No doubt you think that if you should be fortunate enough by hybridizing to create a black tulip that you could instanter register those words "Black Tidip" as yourtrade mark. Nothing of the kind. The law will not permit you to make use of any purely descriptive words as a trade mark, that is, in the English latiguage. Now, had you called your tulip the "Kalon Melan" (Black Beauty, in Greek) you would have a trade mark which the law would respect. To give 3fOu an idea "what fools these mortals be," a few years ago an enter- prising lady wrote a play which she called '/Washington" and forthwith she registered her title in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington (that is, made it her literary trade mark) and gave notice to the \vorld that she would prosecute everybodj- who called a play "Washington" Funny, wasn't it? Why, poor George! if people went on copyrighting and trade marking his name for a century it would become unlawfid to refer to the father of his county save in the sign language. Ask yourself what is the design and pur- pose of a trade mark? A trade mark or trade signature is an arbitrary word or device or both combined to enable the buyer to distinguish your seeds from the seeds of some other house, in other words to protect the public quite as much as you 3-ourself. The world is willing to pay a higher price for superior articles and hence it has a right to know what it is buying. You see the des'gn istwofold, to save you from having j-our brands imitated by un- scrupulous dealers and to secure to the public the genuine article instead of the imitation. It is a very praiseworthy scheme of law, but the right should not be abused as in thecase ofthe woman and her plaj'. A man by the name of Smith once applied for a trade mark for his wringer and gave the words "Smith's Wringer" with'a cut showing a hand wringing a man's nose and the blood running there- from. It ■was a very poor trade mark, but of course any other Smith could use the words "Smith's Wringer" with another device. But a very foolish man lately tried to protect the words "milk shake" by means of a trade mark, the law gave him the shake and he deserved it; you must have something arbitrary in your trade mark and not merely de- scriptive. Another ertor people fall into is to sup- pose that after a patent expires or a copy- right runs out you can make either one of them a "perpetuitj-" by registering the name ofthe article as a trade mark. It won't work. The instant a patent runs out the article is public property. But the law would stop you firom saying that it was still "Boggs' Paper Bag," pro- vided Boggs continued to make the bag. You could make the bag but not trade on Boggs' name. You ask me whether the patent medi- cines of the day are patented. Yery few of them. They are merely secret remedies and anyone maj- imitate them if he can get at the secret. For instance, suppose you discover a new kind of compost for flower beds, the best way to protect j-our product would be to advertise it with some good trade mark. Then no matter how much other houses might imitate it people would ask for the original article, and every dollar you put into advertising would give additional value to yourcom- post, although it might Ije exactly the same as sold by the opposition house. Now get the various statutory rights fixed in your mind: 1. There is the patent right which runs for seventeen years and then expires ab- i8go. The American Florist. 189 solutely unless renewed bj' special act of Congress. 2. The copyright which pro tects books, photographs and original designs (for instance, a liunch of lliiwcrs on yonr bill 3. The iraile mails' which will last as decent government is set up by our suc- Uncle Blackstone. Chicago. The Florist Club's annual banquet occurs next Saturday evening at Kins- lev's. There promises to be a large turn- oiit and a royal good time is assured. Friend (Tallagher is now "right in the heart ot'thc cltv." .\ relative who was a candidate at tlie recent election ran 7,000 ahead of his ticket, and as M. F. had charge of his cani].aign he naturally ad- mires himself as a political campaigner. For a man who complained that the rules "barred him out" Mr. Bassett car- ried away a very large pocketful of premiums. .\mong those present at the exhibition from a distance were a delegation of thirty- two from Milwaukee, among whom were Mr, and Mrs. C, B. Whitnall, Mrs. Gor- don, F. 1'. Hilgcr and lames Curric, and Messrs. rinhp llreiLmever of Detroit, F. Smith 1. 1 Adi-iaii, Mielr, .\. C. Brown ol Springfield. Ilf, M. .\. Hunt of Terre Haute, Ind,, f. 1. King. Ottawa. 111., loscph lleiul, laeksnnviUc. III., H. O. "Hinkley, Rneklord, 111. and a florist from Evansvillc. Ind., whose name the writer Thos, C. Rogers has taken the store at l.'U, 21f Wabash .Vve. He started with a street stand at the corner of Wabash Ave. and Adams St. about si.x months ago. 'How about that gentleman from Hins- dale wdio didn't see how he could make any exhibit' Geo. \V. Miller is rebuilding his office and making other repairs at his green- houses. The pair of Latania borbonica which stood near the mantel decorations at the c-chibition were as ])erfect a pair of palms as were ever seen in this city. 1 hough si.x feet and from nine to eleven aljsolutelv leaves. Mr, [. T. Anthonv, the mav well be proud of them. It I'ould be difticult to match them, fiuring the exhibition a reporter on one per papers. enthusiasm over the floral arrangements shown, wildly stated that they were in advance of anvthing lieforc seen in .\meriea. Mr. Neal of State street read this note andim- niediatelv hied himself to the exhibition, where iii his usual (piict and retiring manner he eoniideiiliallv infornied an ad- miriu'^ coterie, in ;< voiec which could not have'rieeii heard ni. .re tli,-in a liloekaway, gentleman in Boston was the foremost floral artist in .America. knA while ap- parentlv loath to enlarge upon his own talent. Mr. Neal further picturesquelv in- formed his spell-bound audience that he, himself, to wit; Mr, Neal of State street, could while blindfolded, with his back turned toward a table, then and there, without further premeditation compose, as it were, a dinner table decoration which would cause a blood red blush to obscure from sight anything else in the building. Mr. Neal's former reputation for retiring modesty of disposition and total lack of the attribute technically known as "gall" is now firmly estabUshed. Manny Peiser, who is in charge of George Klehm's store, is duly exuberant over the number of prizes on floral ar- rangements taken by the entries made from 7-i State street. The Flower F.xchange project is moving. Ou'te a number of subscriptions to stock have ficen niadeand twogentlemen stand rcadv to subscribe the balance as soon as all have had a chance to subscribe. It is desired that the stock shall be scattered in small blocks, every grower and every dealer to have some, rather than to con- centrate it in the hands of a few, and all least oiie~or two shares. I'.iit those who desire to t.ike slock slionld make their desired to close llu suli-ei ii.tion books and perfect the ing.nii/aiiou of the com- pany as soon as possilile. f lie sharesare $50 each, total capital .-f^lu.doo. Greseu/: iK: Harms succeed Frese & Grcscii/' in the cut flower commission Inisiness at s;i Wabash Ave. The recent flower show has had the eflect of stimulating interest in the new organization. The Horticultural Society of'Chieago. It is expected that the future exhibitions will be given under the auspices of the Horticultural Society. New York. Trade very dull. The great amount of chrysanthemums coming in has made the demaiul for roses very poor, conseipiently the prices for roses have dropped way down. Prices for small lots of selected roses re- main about the same, but larget|uantities can be bought for $15 or $20 per 1000. All the stores now have a fine show ol ehrvsanthemums but they do not sell as well as in former seasons. The fine varie- ties are selling cheaper and may now be seen in most of the smaller stores. There was quite a jovialmeetingheldat the Fifth Avenue Hotel last Friday to de- cide a wager made by the two great chrysanthemum growers, John H.Taylor and Ernest Asmus, as to which of them produced the six largest elnysaiitlieiiumi flowers for this season. It w.is decided 111 favor ofMr. Taylor altliongli it was eon- ceded tluit those grown by Mr. .\sinus pkiccd on exhibition inBro. Scallcn's win- dow and were greatly admired by the passing throng. The remarkable summer-like weather we are having brings forth an abundance of flowers and there is not enough Inisi- ness to use them all up to adv;intagc. Some dealers in hardy perennials should send out bigger plants. A corres- pondent complains: "The plants I have received are aggravatingly small, some- times mere morsels, which I lose in a week or two after planting." HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Established 1787.) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. AdvertlaementB under this head will be Inserted at SITUATION WANTED-By a young t t, single- Mich. SITUATION WANTBD-Ashead-f public park, cemetery or private place. Thor- oughly competent to take full charge. Address D, care American Florist, Chicago. nTDATION WANTBD-By a lady with flo 3 Experienced in bookkeeping. Could buy ai 1). R. BCRT, CM Winter St., Bnglewood, I SITUATION WANTBD- of age. in a store; t] making up floral designs a ences." Address A M, Vill nd bouquets. Best refer- iNoyaP.O , Del, Co.. Pa. SITUATION WANTKD-By foreman, thoroughly versed . carnations and the forcing first class plantsman. None ,pply, FLOBl.ST, 29 North Clark St.. Chicago, W^ WANTED-By December 1. a denerforgrowiDga gener; and cut flowers for the retail trade, (an on write F. FouNTAiNE, Racine. Wif stocli of plants and abroad. In a gr good reasons. A good m'^ The real estate for sale or 1 ughly equipped linesB at home Price* ITOR SALE-A florist establishmen J? house 75x18, and two 75x10 feet ea hot water ( Weathered's) ; 25 acres of go wood and pasture, plenty fruit; dwellin and other out-buildinga; good well and buildings new and in good ord New York City, and one mile $4 800. or will sell the greenhous from depot. Prici w.A.r^~rE:ii). A RAKE CHANCE for some TEMPERATE. COM- PETENT and DETERMINED florist (married pre- ferred). Warm clima e. excellent water, healthy location. This establishment 10 years planted, and FREE from debt. With or without capital the right man can find a good position. Correspondence solic- ited. Address A Q M, care American Florist. w.A.Tvi-rE:rD. and flo- IJy an A No. i, practical busin rist, SITUATION, either as foreman, manager or will take working interest in some good estab- lishment where ability and knowledge equals capital. Can give excellent references. None but good parties need reply. Address COMPtTENT. care Chicago Floral Co.. Chicago. DANISH CAULIFLOWER SEED Extra Early D'WARF" ERFURT, and Earliest DWARF SNOWBALL, the most profitable two sorts for forcing, true to For prices, samples and further information, apply to CARL FRISENETTE, Seed Grower, 4 Svanholmsvf.j, COI'P:nHA<;KN, V. Mention .\merican Florist. G. J. MOFFATT. .-Manufacturer of SEED BAGS ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. I»riritii:»a: «a Specif ilty NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples autl Prices on Application. Mention American Fl Addre»« AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 190 The American Florist, Nov. /J, Grounds at Hotel Del Monte, Montery, Cal. No matter at what season of the year this (leligliirul plaee is visited one always finds a wealth of flowers that can not be excelled anywhere. Chrysanthcnuinis are planted out by the thousand and at the present time a grand display, especially a long border on west side of the hotel, where numerous varieties are planted indiscriminately, presenting a much finer appearance than when planted in long lines of a distinct color. The mixed borders are gay with num- erous varieties of annuals and perennials, and will probably remain so for some time. A large variety of annuals are grown at all seasons of the year and are one of the chief attractions ofthegrounds. Plants are always in readiness to succeed those past their usefulness. A curious plant blooming at the present time is Dahlia imperialis; it attains a height of 14 to 16 feet and bears a num- ber of lily-like blossoms of a pale lilac color; this variety is a native of Mexico, makes vigorous growth during spring and summer, generalh' flowering in the month of October. The cool weather and humid atmosphere during the summermonths is admirably suited for dahlia culture. In an "angle of the hotel formed by junction of main building and west annex, is a fine sub-tropical border consisting of wiegandias, ricinus, cannas, caladiums cannabis, ruellias, bocconias, and tower- ing above all are four giant Musa Ensete from 20 to 30 feet high, with a girth at one foot from gr')und of T^/i feet; one plant is producing seed, which will pro- bably ripen. Another border that should not be over- looked is the one devoted to the fuchsias; here they are growing in luxuriance, every branch laden with their coral blossoms, standards or tree fuchsias in center of border with pyramidal bushes on each side. The principal varieties grown are Storm King, Phenomenal, Miss Lucy Finnis, Globulus, Gracilis, Avalanche, Rose of Castile, Venus de Medici, Tower of London, Wave of Life and Sunray. The shrubberies are gay with cosmos, which are planted in open places and have a verj' pleasing eftect even at a long distance. It does not signify whether sown early or late they have the same for flowering. L. At the Show. "What possible beauty can you find in chrysanthemums? To me they are nothing but ill-smelling weeds.'' "So /thought when I first saw them. But they grow in your favor. The first symptom is a feeling of wonder at the endless variety of color and form. And after you have become familiar with those within reach you begin to hunger for still difterent colors and forms, having by this time an abiding faith in the plant to pro- duce any apparently impossible combi- nation." Diseased Callas. My callas have been attacked by a dis- ease'which induces rot at the neck of the bulb and in a short time the whole plant is rotted oft". This is the third year my callas have been affected in this way. Can any reader of the Florist tell me what the disease is and how to prevent it? P. A. Louisville, Ky.— F. Walker & Co., are building four houses. Three are 80x20 and one ISBxlSi/j, WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Chinese Narcissus, JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY BULBS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM, SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. Our new Wholesale List (if above, and of Trees, (iniHniental Shrubs. Plants, Conifers, etc., now i ready. SKND FOR IT. H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. STILL IN STOCK. A few thousand ROMAN HYACINTHS, at $23.00 per thousand. Moderate quantities of several varieties choice named TULIPS for forcing. Dutch Hyacinths and Narcissus. Callas, Etc. CHoice ADRATDM LILIES and LILY o[ He VALLEY to arriye sooa. THE JAMES KING SEED CO.. 170 Lake Street, CHICAGO READY THIS WEEK. LILY OF THE VALLEY. Selert Pip8. VALLEY CLUMPS, SPIRAEA JAPON- ICA, strong clumps, ready Nov. 25. H. P. ROSES, 2 year old, imported and home grown. TUBEROSES, fine, well cured bulbs. HOLLY AND GREEN. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago, 6 and 8 North Clark Street, C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, NEW YORK, -IMPOKTEK OF FORCING BULBS, IMPORTED HARDY ROSES, Strong Clematis, Etc., Etc. Probst Bros. Floral Co., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITr, IVIO. DAHLIAS, named varieties, single and double, per 100, #S.oo. TUBEROSES. Pearl, per 1000, |io.oo. GREVILLEA ROBUSTA, 3-inch, per 100, J8.00. AZALEAS, grand stuff, write for prices. FOR SALE BY 500 OR 1000. FRENCH AND ENGLISH MAMMOTH PANSIES. First-class plants, per 1000. W. Cash with order. G. GBOSS, Florist, Quinoy, 111. AUGUST ROLKER&SONS NO. 136 «L 138 W. 24th ST., Importers aixl Dealers in FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, SEEDS, BULBS, PLAMTS, ETC. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM, HOLLAKD. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for prices. Oar new Bulb Cataloe:ue Is noii , NEWyOKIiClTV. Catiilogue 00 application. i8go. The American Florist. 191 THOMAS YOUNG, Jr., ^WHOLESALE FLORIST.^^ NEW YORK. Sole^ iVgoj^t for* the^ I^ollo^^v^ii^g ERNEST ASMUS, - West Hoboken, N. J. W. H. DE FOREST, - - Summit, N. J. PETER HENDERSON, - Jersey City, N. J. JOHN N. MAY, - - Summit, N. J. S. C. NASH, - - - Clifton, N. J. JOHN REID, - - Jersey City, " A. C. TUCKER, - - - Nyack, N. Y. WEIGAND BROTHERS, West Hoboken, N. J. And many others. ALL THE CHOICEST VARIETIES OF ROSES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ORCHIDS, LILAC, LILY OF THE VALLEY, TULIPS, ETC., ETC. 192 The American Florist, Nov. /J, Answers to Queries. Sweet Feas.— "What kinds wouldyou Tcconimcnd to me to grow?" Pure white, Miss Blanehe Ferry (blush), and Invinci- ble, scarlet. AsTBRS.— "About what date should I sow aster seed in order to have plants to cut flowers from, I'rom Sejitcmljer 15 to Oi.-tobcr 15?" That dejiends upon local conditions. I sow in the last week of May and ayaiu ire€'t Importers aiul K.xporters, 303 to 312 Wayne and Crescent Ave., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Wholesale Catalogue niHiled free on application. FOR SALK. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. Write for prices on any which you have seen in previous issues and would like. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. OXIIOA.GK>. DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Frice, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. i8go. The American Florist. 193 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, per 100 fe; per 1000 $25. Rooted Cuttings of same, 100 |i; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2 '<-in. $3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2'i-in. $4,00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gra- cillimum, 5-inch, strong, I15 per i(x>. Primroses, double, per 100 $i2.cxi. " single, per 100 JS.co. Obconica, per 100 $6 00. Geraniums — latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-in. ^4.00, 4-in . $3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. BARGAINS. Must reduce our Stock preparatory to moving. per 100 . and Lygodium ^cun Dracsenas, Roses, Camellias, Ivy, HIbiscua, flora, etc. All good stock, at low prices. Less 5 per cent, for cash. Goods shipped f. o. United States 1 ASTORIA NURSERIES, ASTORIA, LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y. FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING Duchess of Albany fi2 00 Mme. Hoste 7.00 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4.00 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 4 00 Mermets 4 00 Brides 4 00 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2 in. ^40 per 1000; 3in. |8,oo per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. $50 00 per 1000. Bi@" Send for List. GEO. m. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted SL, CHICAGO. Perles, Mermets. Coolia. Bride Hybrid Perpetuafs. openground. JS & Hardy Climbers, open ground "^ " Teas, from open ground Ampelopsis Veitchii. stroniz d Rex Begonias, ti * 10:00 varieties S.OO VERBENAS, strong and healthy. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I. C. WOOD 8. BRO.,) FISHKILL, N. Y. The best CARNATIONS : Trade list 1 CHRYSANTHEMUMS. JACOB SCHULZ, Xjoxais-v-ille, ZCjr. Ampelopsis Veitchii. Strong 2 'jinch pots, $i 00 per 100: Ja.olj: looses. S.'-i-inch pots, |S per 100; $yo per 1000. Address J Q BURROW, Mention Amerloan Florlit. "CREAM OF THE SHOWS." A collection of the best "t) Chrysanthemums, selected by us from the New York market, the Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Chicago shows. 50 Plants March 1 for $10. Best 25 for $6. Orders should be booked now. VAUGHAN'S "FLORISTS SET" FOR 1891. 10 New Seedlings of 1890. 10 Plants March 1 for $5. AMERICAN CHRYSANTHEMUM SEED. A strain of Double Japanese which has produced 95 per cent, double flowers. Out of one lot of 25 plants from this strain, six were sold the past month for |20o 00. J. C. VAUGHAN,wE%^T=E^B^N«t?lflas CHICAGO. ROOTED CUTTINGS L. B. O.A.l'e]V^:^'A"IO.X:S. All the leading sorts and novelties. Eight 100-foot houses. OOIvEJXJJS. Twenty-four varieties, all first-class. An immense stock. OEJKTJVIVIlTIvrS. The best twenty- four out of 125 varieties. ^Vr^'A^I^ieiV^VIVX'HIHMeA.. Red and yellow in quantity. Send for list. The prices and qualify are sure to please. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster. Pa. SEED, PLANT AND BULB MERCHANTS. ROSE, FRUIT TREE AND VINE GROUTERS. FOREST HILL, LONDON, ENGLAND, S. E. SF»13CIArvTIBJSs Tuberous Begonias, Caladiums. Orchids, Chrysanthemums and Gloxinias, Roses, Fruit Trees and Vines, Genuine Seeds and Bulbs, Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Clivias 1 Imantophyllums I, Etc, Florists' Flowers, Etc. Descriptive Catalogues Free, and all information on Application. Mention Ameriran Florist. CUT FLOWERS OF CARNATIONS. I am ready to make contract for a regular supply of Carnation florets the com- ing winter. We have a splendid assortment of Fancy colors— Yellow, Scarlet, Car- mine, Crimson, White, Pink and Variegated; and can send them mostly on long stems. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester CO. Pa. Rooted Cuttings for Cash Buyers. COI.KUS. I can supply ten best varieties, in any quantity. Also Geraniums and Alternantheras. S. B. FIELD, Roselle, N. J. GLADIOLUS BULBS. Prevailing Colors, I'iuk and \\ liite. Over 100 named varieties, and a number of choice seedlings, all mixed together. This collection has EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM. C. RAVIER, Florist, MOBILE, ALA., Has on hand an extra line lot ol AZALEAS, CAMELLIAS, MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. and'sold cheap. Write' for prices. Now Ready, for Cash. Per ICO Begonia Bruauti alba, best white, winter bloomers, 2 '2 -inch, - J 6.00 same, 3-inch, - - - 10 00 Begonia Metallica, 2|,'-inch, - 6 00 " " 3|2-inch, - 12.00 " Semperflorens rosea, 2j^-in. 6 00 " " " 4-in. 12.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2>^-inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2}^-inch, - 7 00 " " 3-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3,"2 and 4-inch, - 800 Large thrifty stock in fine shape, ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greenliouses, FOR SALE -PRIMROSES. Best colors, 100 in 2M.-inch pots, strong plants, suit- able tor4-iDcb; 25 double white, balance mixed, S4 OU. Also 100 seedlings Primula Obconica. Jl. 00 cash. A. J. BINLEY, Glens Falls, N. Y. CANNA ROOTS. Per TOO, |S.ou, large and well ripened. Apply to Superinlendenl of Oak Grove Cemetery, DEI-AWARE, OHIO. 94 The American Florist. Nov /j>, Horticulture at the World's Fair. Ed. Am. Florist. — At a meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, of Boston, held in Horticultural Hall, on November 4, 1890, it was unanimously voted to enter onr strongest protest against the nierjjing of the Horticultural L)c])artment into the Bureau of Agricultine of the Columbian Exposition. J. J. Cunningham, Scc'y. L. H. Foster, Pres. The Florists' Club of Philadelphia adopted a similar resolution at its meet- ing held also on the 4th inst. Hot Water Under Pressure. In reply to Mr. Meidani's query in last week's Florist would saj-, we have heated our store for three years with hot water, using a copper jacket boiler and about 800 feet of 1-inch pipe. It works like a charm. Our expansion tank is up stairs, fully 22 feet higher than the boiler and we heat the shop up stairs as well as the store. We use 2-inch pipe from the boiler to the first radiator, or a short dis- tance, then only 1-inch for all the heating surface. We think that 1-inch radiating pipes will be found more satisfactory than 2-inch. If we were to repipe I think we would use 34-inch pipe, but 1-inch is near enough and far better than 2-inch. Syracuse, N. Y. A. D. Perry. New Decorative Plants. According to the New York Mail and Express of October 28, several new deco- rative i:ilants are being used by the flo- rists of the metropolis. In the descrip- tion of a church decoration we find the following paragraph : " The altar of the Church of the Stran- gers is elaborately decorated with choice palms. The center of the bank is a large rubber plant oi the fucucksalaslikas vari- ety. Trimmed up to the center on either side are beautiful palms of the variety /i'Hzco«i revoluta and latitonc. The base of the bank is festooned with ropes of laurels, smilax and chrysanthemum. On the ex- treme outside from the large rubber plant in the center are grouped choice and beautiful palms of the recourk and centle variety." It istobe deeplyregrettedthatthe Mail and Express reporter did not give a feverishly expectant public an accurate description of these novelties, and especi- ally of the "recourk." CHRISTMAS EVERGREENS. Holly perbbl.lil2 CO Mistletoe ■• 3.00 English Ivy per I0«0 2.53 MRS. F. A. GRANTHAM. Vaiden. Miss. KOSTER & CO., BOSKOOP, HOLLAWD, Azalea mollis, transplanted in 1890, nice plants raised from seed of the best only. ICO plants, 15— 20 buds |i2.oo. 100 plants, 20 — 30 buds 1500. 100 in the best sorts fio— f 14 00. 100 without names S 00. hybr. arb. transplanted in 1S90. 100 in the best sorts, covered with buds $25—140 00 Clematis, 100 in best sorts, 20 — 25 00 Slaphylea Coichica, Lilacs, Deutzia, Etc., Etc. #i^ 2,000,000 EVERGREEN CUT FERNS Especially for Florists' use. $1.50 per 1,000: 5.000, $6.25: 10.000. $10.00. FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OIF .A.IvCEE.ICJ^, Insures Greenhouses against damage by hail. Foi STARDARD FLOWER POTS On and after November Terms cash with order. these prices will take effect on the following Price ot lOCO. 2 70 3 00 3 20 4 20 6 -xo 1200 1000 720 575 407 M 50 4 00 3 60 3 20 3 00 3 60 3 00 We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. Shipping facilities unequaled. !fl. from 3 to 10 White Spruce, shape and full. Prices and Terms. L. B. BRAGUE, DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. HINSDALE, MASS. CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 47th St and Lexington Ave., New York. STANDARD POTS old way. Price, per 100, $ .■i.M •; perlOO, 1.3S 14 •; ••_ a jots shipped at fifth-class frt. rates. Terms C8 HILFINGER BROS, Fort Edward, N. Y SEND FOR A COPY or OUB NEW TRADE niREGTORY AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. rSpo. The American Florist. 195 ^. A. K. ^^ttexxtioix Our defeated competitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Committe of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews & Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. F. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement piiblished by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either grOUnd, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is I^^r^JSI]^. The pots we exhibited for the Certificate were made exactly as we make them for our customers, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact it is impossible to alter the inside measure- ment after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (until the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, who, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., ^IS «S? ^IS x\rixartoi:i ist., PHILADELPHIA, PA. S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme : "Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. First. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the |i,ooo to the fund of the Society of American Florists. SeooiTLCi. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i,V-inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from 8-inch to 12-inch inclusive, making 7,250 p'ieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. 196 The American Florist. Nov. /j>, Index to Advertisers. AssnciHtltm FI Hak Ch»9 H . Grantham Mrs I Hall Association nammonii & Hu HeiT, Albert M., Horan, Edw C. Hunt EH 187 Joostencn 190 JureensW A 187 Kennlcott Bros 187 King .lames 190 McCulloutiha Soi Mette Uenry... Miller, Geo. W.. Whllldln Pottery Co.. 195 Wittbold Geortie.. Wood Bros Young John Young, Thos. Jr... Gas for Fuel. I would like to hear from any one who has been using gas tor fuel in heating greenhouses. I have an upright steam boiler and am an.xious to use gas for fuel. Would like information regarding Ijurners, cost, where to be obtained and probable amount of gas used bj- each burner per hour. ' G. A. KiHL. Pekin, 111. Amo.no the mail received at th November .'J was a sealed cnvelo]i marked South Bethlehem, Pa, wlii found to be empty when openei: our correspondent ])lease forwa intended contents. >thcc Will the HEADQUARTERS for CHRISTMAS TREES! Wisconsin Blue Spruce The finest of all in form anc color. Well furnished, se- lected trees, carefully packed in light, strong crates, con- taining 25, 50 and 100 trees, delivered. Freight Charges Paid to any point within 300 miles of Chicago, at prices here quoted: _ 25 50 60 1.00 SI 0.00 lo.oo le.oo ;i0,i :io.ao 45.00 co.oo two largest sizes are of Balsam Fir; fine selected specimens. .Special correspondence solicited on car lots. As the Western Classification of roads now exact, by a recent ruling, ACTUAL PREPAYMENT of all freight charges on Christmas Trees, I am obliged to assume these charges, ^and also all risks of transportion ; hence I am under the necessity of insisting upon the following: TKRMS OP rATJMENT: At least one-hall cash with order: balance ;!0 days approTed credit. All bills to l>e paid not later than .lanuary 1st ISiU. No attention will be paiil to orders not complying with above terms. W. D. BOYNTON, SHIOCTON, WISCONSIN. CHRISTMAS TREES DECORATIVE GOODS. ETC. Personally selected, extra line Balsam and Spruce, f. o. b. here: 4 to 5 ft. lOc. 5 to 6 ft. 14c.. 6 ft. 18c., 7 ft. 21c., 8 ft. Tx., 10 ft. ;i5c., 13 ft. 50c., 14 ft. ffic. 5 per cent, off In 50. 10 per cent, off in 100. 15 per cent. olT in 200 tree lots. Traihng Pines, Jti CO. Bouquet Green, $5 00 per 100 lbs. Arbor Vita; Trimmings. $1.50 per bbl.; 5 bbls. $7.00. Mixed Trimmings. SI. CO per bbl; 5 bbls. $» 50, Fine Rotted Peat. $1.60 per bbl.: 3 bbls. $4.00. Moss, $1.75 per bale; 3 bales $5.00. Send for Telegraph Code. Write or ' mates beforeiyou buy. Bank references required. JOSEPH BANCROFT, General Wholesale Agent for CALDWELL, the Woodsman, P^vergreen, Ala. C^cltir* Infills, lo'w^. I"lV SEEDSMEN write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. Order :^o^xr TRADE DIRECTORY *MF,RICA» FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. Chicago. A. T, CBFREY^'^ Patent Improved Florists' . CEFREY LETTER CO., Gentlemen: — I find the new machine-made Immortelle Letters manufactured by you very sa'able and in many respects superior to any- thing of the kind we have ever handled. Thtir uniformity of shape, size and color, the convenient form in which they are put up, and the excellent device for fastening them to the work, art''among the most commendable points in your letters. Please double ray last order and deliver as soon as possible. Yours truly, W. J. STEWART. Immortelle Letter and Pin Fastener. CHHREY LETTER CO., 13 Green St., Boston, Di-:.\R Sirs: — Please ship me five thousand lette ;is soon as possible. They are the best and mo practical letters in the market. The pin fastenc art' a long way ahead of the old fa-shioned way wiring. Yours truly, N. F. MCCARTHY. CHFREY LETTER CO., Boston, Mass.. Dkar Sirs:— Send at once ten thousand small U ters and five hundred large (two inch.) GA- ■ ;AL,VIN BROS., Boston. \ We wish to announce to all florists that we have removtd to much larger quartets, No. 13 GREEN STREET, BOSTON. We make our letters by machinery; they are not only more perfect in size, shape and color, but are the best and cheapest in the market. Our 2-inch letters are only two and a tialf cents, and the 1 '.-Inch letters are only two cents apiece. Your customers will hav no o\hers. Be up with the times ! Send us your orders and we will ship you a supply for this winter. They are the best in .Hen.a..e.. ^^^ p^PP^Y LETTER CO., 13 Gfeen Street, BOSTON, MASS. iriifiiE l^mMmm tiriLiiiiiir Rmenca is the Prow of the I. h^eh tkerE may ie mnre comfort /Iniidsh.f:, bA u 0 are the Erst to touch Unknown Seas," Vol. VI. CHICAGO AHD HEW YOHK. HOVEMBEH 20, 1890. Ho. 129. f LHiii /Ay^ii!@M! lFlL@@l!@ir itered as Second-Class Mail Matter. PaELISHED EVERY THURSDAY KY THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communit AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 64 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. SocietT of American Florists. Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St.. Boston, tary; M. A. Hunt. Terre Haute. Ind., treasurer. The seventli annual ojeetlne at Toronto, Ont., August. 1891. Florists' Hail Association. Insurer greenhouses against damage by hail. John S Bsler, Secretary. Saddle River. N. J. Florists' Protective As.sociation. Gives int'oriuation to members regarding the finan- cial standing and business Integrity of those in the Pa. CONTENTS. Clirysanthemum siiows— Pliiladelphia .... 197 —At Boston (illustration) 199 —Boston 200 —At Boston (illustration) 201 — Indianapolis 202 —Baltimore 203 —Montreal 204 — Toronto 204 —Springfield, Mass 205 — Minneapolis 205 —Detroit 205 —Cold tea fight at New York 205 Boston 206 Chicago 206 New York 207 Seed trade 208 New Bedford, Mass 210 A white La France 212 Root lice and ants 214 Hartford, Conn 216 We have in hand reports of a number of other ehrysantheraum shows which were crowded out of this issue through lack of space. They will appearnext week. No report had been received from Cincin- nati or Buffalo at time of closing for this issue. It is really remarkable the amount of space the daily press all over the country is now giving to the chrysanthemum and the chrysanthemum shows. A large number of the articles printed are quite creditably illustrated with drawings of specimen blooms and plants. Certainly no other flower has such liberal and con- tinuous mention by the daily press. (s§7tjAaijtftcnrjum ^^ovaib. Philadelphia. It is a pleasure to be able to note the advancement that is being made in the cultivation of thechrysanthemum. Every year's display since the first exhibition was held in this city — some eight years ago — has been better than the last. Yet we virill hear occasionally, when some particularly fine specimen plants or flow- ers are shown, that the limit has been reached. But so long as onward and upward are the watchwords, progress must be the result. Not only were the exhibits individually better as a rule, but collectively the displays were more eft'ect- ive. Horticultural Hall never presented so beautiful an appeai'ance as it did last evening when its doors were thrown open to the public. The decorations weremore elaborate than had ever been attempted before, and they were in exceeding good taste. The committee which had that department in charge, of which Mr.H. C. Gieger of the Floral Exchange was the most active member, deserve great credit. On entering the hall the best plants, those competingfor the highest premiums, met the eye. They occupied the center of the hall.' On each side were tables of ferns, palms and other choice decorative plants, and large palms and dracjenas were on pedestals here and there which were an attractive feature, relieving the flatness which usually prevails in chrys- anthemum shows if some such efforts are not made. There were two plants of Phoenico- phorium sechellarum occupying promi- nent positions, one came from the veteran Wm. Joyce, gardener for Miss Baldwin, the other from Alexander Young, gar- dener to Postmaster General Wanamaker. An exceedingly large plant of Latania borbonica was also noticed, which came from "Wootton," the country home of Mr. Geo. W.Childs. It must have spread at least twelve feet in diameter. Mr. J. M. Hughes, the superintendent, also ex- hibited a collection of decorative plants. Beneath the balcony the smaller collec- tions and seedling chrysanthemums were arranged. The seedlings, as a matter of course, attracted a great deal of-attention. Henry H. Surman, gardener for E. W. Clark, Esq., Germantown, had a very distinct variety on exhibition which has been named "Mrs. Louis Childs Madeira." It is the most double variety I have ever seen, and in form almost as round as a ball. When fully developed it will no doubt be quite so, it is bright yellow in color, and although it is said to be a seedling from the Japanese it partakes more of the character of the Chinese. The same exhibitor had also one which was as bright as CuUingfordii, but it was quite distinct in form, the floret petals being tubular at the base and yellow in color, so that the contrast in coloring was very eflective. He had one that was labelled "Shenandoah" similar in color to Pedro Diaz, a variety seldom seen in this part of the country at the present time. Mr. Thomas H. Spaulding also exhib- ited some seedlings of decided merit. His John Firth is a very effective variety, silvery pink in color and quite large. Another variety, Mrs. D. D. L. Farson, is a darker shade of pink and whorled in form. Robert Craig had several seedlings which promise to rival many of the old favorites. One was christened Col. W. B. Smith at the florists' supper. It is bronzy yellow in color and the floret petals are long and drooping. J. Brydon, Yarmouthport, Mass., had a large yellow seedling nained J. Brydon, Jr., broad floret petals inclined to incurve. Fred R. Sykes, gardener to Mrs. Harry IngersoU, had a dark pink inclined to purple, named Mrs. Robert C.Ogden. E. A. Wood, West Newton, a pure white Chinese, very double, called Annie M. Weybrecht, and the one that attracted general attention was John Thorpe's the George W. Childs, a beautifid crimson, broad floret petals, very large andshow3'. Hugh Graham's son had the Frank Tompson, a large pure white, this we believe has been bought by Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind. Many others changed hands during the exhibition, but they have not been made public as yet. The new carnation American Flag was very much admired; it is the most showy striped carnation in cultivation, a sport from Portia. Lizzie McGowan among Mr. H. E. Chitty's collection of carna- tions promises to be a popularand profit- able variety, in color it is pure white. Edward Swayne, Kennett Square, had a delicate pink sort which is likely to prove valuable, being in that class of pink car- nations that is so much called for now- adays. The first premium for the Grand Prize for the best 12 chrysanthemums, 12 varieties, grown in pots, was awarded to James Vemer, gardener to A. J. Drexel, Esq., Runneymede, Del. Co. The sorts were as follows: Miss Mary Wheeler, 6 feet i inches across; GrandiBorum, 5 feet 10 inches across; Robt. Crawford, 6 feet o inches across; Mrs. A. Blanc, 7 feet across; Robert Bottomly, 6 feet 2 inches a<'ross; CuUingfordii 6 feet across; Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, 6 feet across; Puritan, 6 feet 4 inches across; L. B. Bird, 6 feet across; Mrs. Irving Clark, 6 feet across; Frank Wilcox, 6 feet 4 inches across. These plants were pronounced by ex- perts to be the finest ever seen in this country. Second premium was awarded to John Shaw, gardener to Col. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J. This is Mr. Shaw's [98 The American Florist. Nov. 20, first appearance for throe years. His plants were also extra fine examples of skillful eiiUivation. the foliage was of a fine rich dark green and turnished down to the pots. His twelve varieties were as follows: Mrs. Wm. Bowen, Puritan, Kobt. Crawford, Mrs. Langtry, Mary Wheeler, 6 feet 4 inches, Juno, Mrs. E. W. Clark, Grandiflorum, Cullingfordu, ji.hn Collins, Wm. H. Lincoln and Twilight. Third went to George L. Fowler, gar- Joel J. Bailey, Esq., Sunnyside, The varieties follow: Robert Kottoinlv, Mary Wheeler, Mrs. Frank Tompson, Bride, President Harrison, (lencr t( Hel. Co Gold, L. Canning, Mrs. Irving Clark Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. Isaac C. Price, Pur- itan and Grandiflorum. The cut flowers were more in number and better in quality than usual. The H. E. Widener which was sent out last year by Hill & Co. has wonderfully improved since it took the "Blanc Prize" as a plant in flower last year. Hugh Graham's Son had some magnifi- cent blooms, but those which came from E. Asmus, West Hoboken, N. J., were larger. The twelve blooms which were shown on long stems in a vase measured in diameter collectively ten feet eleven and a half inches (10 feet IIV2 inches). The flowers were measured from outside to outside, taking the diameter of each flower over the crowns from the ex- tremities when placed on a plane surface. Mr. John Thorpe says: "This is unques- tionably the most remarkable measure- ment of any twelve flowers." Many of the plants from which these flowers were cut carried from 4 to 7 flow- ers each; the largest flower measured 11% inches, the smallest lOVi inches. Certificates of merit were awarded to Wm. K. Harris tor John Lane, one of his seedlings of last year and distributed by Hill & Co. And for Miss Minnie Wana- maker, another of last year's seedlings, raised bv Henrv B. Surman and sent out by H. Waterer. The latter shares the honor with H. E. Widener as being the b:st two varieties sent out last year. Miss Wananiaker is a large, very double, pure white flower and will certainly make a fine exhibition variety. John Shaw was awarded a silvermedal for a seedling named Mrs. G. G. Green. This is a pure white and being a healthy grower it has proven itself a good exhibi- tion sort, as it was awarded the first premium for the best new variety— plant in bloom. John Thorpe also received a silver medal for a seedling, since named Henry M. Stanley, I believe. It is lake crimson in color, with silvery reflex. A collection of seedlings came from I. Forstermann, Newtown, L. I., N. Y., con- spicuous among which were Julius Roehrs and Annie May. The latter is a beautiful yellow with dark bronzy center, this it is said has passed into the hands of Peter Henderson & Co. Thomas Monahan had some good vari- eties with which he took premiums, as a glance at the list below will show. Robt. Carey also exhibited half a dozen seed- ling plants in bloom. A collection of seedlings was received from H. Tong, manager for W. L. Scott, Esq., Massassanga Garden and Green- houses, Erie, Pa., but unfortunately they did not arrive in good condition. The W. L. Scott, Massassanga, Thora Strong and Mathilde Townshend are promising and seem worth v of a further trial. A. H. Fewkes,"Tewkesbury, Mass., sent Waban, a good shade of pink similar to Robt. Crawford when at its best. Bea- con, an improved Mrs. Langtry, creamy white in color, it is said to remain longer in perfection than the Langtry. Tremont, chrome vellow, is more than promising. Mrs. W." Baker is a yellow with orange center, quite pretty. From Mr. Henry A. Gane, West New- ton, Mass., an enthusiastic amateur who although over 80 years of age attends to the wants of his pets daily and delights in the healthful exercise, came a few fine seedUngs. One is called Gane's Wheeler, a very much improved Mrs. Charles Wheeler, being larger and more decided in color. Needles we are told makes an excellent pot plant, it belongs to theclass of narrow twisted floret petals. Another may be described as a white President Hyde. No. 200 is a twisted variety, creamy white, held over for further trial. Nyack is a large purple incurved variety. I hope to refer to the Philadelphia- raised varieties in a future number of the Am. Florist, and to some others that have been unavoidably omitted from this report. In addition to palms, ferns and other decorative plants there were fine exam- ples ot vegetables from Gebhardt Huster and J. M. Hughes, and foreign grapes added to the interest of the exhibition. Below will be found a list of premiums as awarded by the standing committee on awards on Monday evening. The cut roses were superior to what are usually seen here, especially those from E. Asmus, among which were Mme. Hoste, Mme. Cusin, Perle and Watteville. The following premiums were awarded ; growers' list. First to H. E. Chitty, Paterson, N. J. for collection of cut carnations; second to J. Bergman, Flatbush.L. I., for Ameri- can Flag. Third— To J. McGowan, Orange, N. J., for New White, Lizzie McGowan. Collection of 12 Perle des Jardins— First to E. Asmus; second to Evans & Battles. 12 Niphetos— First to Joseph Heacock; second to Charles S. Price. 12 The Bride— First to John Burton; second to Charles S. Price. 12 W. Francis Bennett— To C. F.Evans. 12 Papa Gontier— First to C. F. Evans; second to Coles & Whitley. 12 Sunset— First to C. F. Evans; sec- ond to Ed Lonsdale. 12 Catherine Mermet— First lo John Burton; second to Charles S. Price. 12 any other variety— First to Charles S. Price for Madame Hoste; second to E. Asmus for Madame de Watteville. 6 American Beauty— First to John Bur- ton; second to Edwin Lonsdale. 12 Madame Cusin— First to John Bur- ton; second tc E. Asmus. 10 Meteor— To C. F. Evans. A special premium was awarded to Julius Roehrs for a new hybrid perpetual rose. florists' list. Collection of Cut Carnations— To Pen- nock Brothers. 12 Perle des Jardius— First to Heron & Nisbet; second to Evans & Battles. 12 Niphetos— First to Evans & Battles: second to Pennock Bros. 12 W. Francis Bennett— First to Pen- nock Bros.; second to Evans & Battles. 12 Sunset— First to Evans & -Battles; second to Pennock Bros. 12 Catherine Mermet- To Pennock Bros. 12 any other variety— First to Pennock Bros, for Souvenir de Wootton; second to Heron & Nisbet for Duchess of Alban 12 La France— First to Evans & Bat- tles; second to Heron & Nisbet. 12 Madame Cusin— First to Pennock Bros.; second to Evans & Battles. OPEN TO ALL. Collection of Orchids— To. C. F. Evans. FOREIGN GRAPES. Best six bunches, six varieties— To John H. Bull. Best three bunches, three varie- ties—First to John H. Bull; second to Thomas C. Hogue. Best two bunches. Black Hamburg— To Thomas C. Hogue. Best two bunches, Muscat— To John H. Bull. Best two bunches of any other varietv— First to John H. Bull; second to Thomas C. Hogue. Best one bunch of specimen variety— First to John H. Bull; second to Thomas C. Hogue. A special premium of $25 was given to J. Kift & Son for a flower picture, appar- ently called "The Rivals." One-half of the picture was constructed of roses and the other half of chrysanthemums. The judges of the chrysanthemums were: John Thorpe, John N. May and James Dean. They had a very difficult and thankless task to perform, but so far as I could learn the awards gave gen- eral satisfaction. They commenced at 9 o'clock a. m., and it was about 10 p. ni. before they had completed their onerous duty. The followingpremiums were awarded: Special mention was given to E. D. Sturtevant, Bordentown, N. J., for speci- men flowers of Aristolochia grandiflora. CUT FLOWERS— CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Open to all— Collection of cut spraj^s, in vases, one of a kind— First to H. G. Stan- den, second to Coles & Whitely. Tw;elve naturally grown sprays, 12 varieties- First to Coles & Whitely, second to E. Metcalf, third to John McCleary. Fifty blooms, one of a kind— First to William Tricker, second to F. R. Sykes, third to Joseph Heacock. Fifty blooms, 12 varieties— First to WiUiam Tricker. second to F. R. Sykes, third to H. G. Standen. 100 blooms, one of a kind- First to William Tricker, second to Joseph Heacock, third to John McCleary. 25 blooms, one of a kind— First to F. R. Svkes, second to Wm. Tricker, third to H. Graham's Son, fourth to Joseph Hea- cock. Best vase of yellow— First to Hugh Graham's Son, se'condto E. Asmus, third to F. R. Sykes. Best vase of white, one variety— First to E. Asmus, second to Hugh" Graham's Son. Best vase of pink —To Hugh Graham's Son. Best vase of any other color— To Hugh Graham's Son. Vase of cut blooms— First to Coles & Whitely, second to F. R. Sykes. NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS' LIST. Six pompons, six varieties^First to W. K. Harris, second to H.G. Standen, third to T. W. Colflesh. Specimen plant, white —First to W. K. Harris, second to J. W. Colflesh, third to Coles & Whitely. Speci- men plant, any other color— First to W. K Harris, second to Coles & Whitely, third to J. W. Colflesh. Three specimen plants, three different colors— First to W. K. Harris, second to D. Y. Dancnhower, third to Coles & Whitely. amateurs' list. Collection of fourdiff'erent colors— First to James Verner, gardener to A.J. Drexcl, second to John Shaw; third to Charles W. Trotter. Specimen plant, white — First to James Verner; second to George L. Fowler, gardener to Joel J. Baily. Sjieci- men plant, yellow— First to John Shaw; second to Patrick Conlon, gardener for third to John Me > Heron & Nisbet tor Duchess ot Aiuan v. Percival Roberts, J 6 American Beauty— To Pennock Bros. I Cleary, gardener for Wdham Weightman iSpo. The American Florist. 99 AT THE BOSTON SHOW Specimen plant, any other color— First to James Vemer, second to John Shaw, third to Patrick Conlon. Best seedling plant —First to John McCleary, second to Henrj' B. Surman. ~ OPEN TO ALL. Collection of 12 plants, 12 varieties- First to lames Verner, second to John Shaw, third to George L. Fowler. Best collection of six new varieties not before exhibited at any show of the Pennsyl- vania Horticultural Society — First to W. K. Harris, Robert Craig, equal; second, Henry B. Surman, third, R. G. Carey. Best specimen plant, same conditions — First to John Shaw, second to W. K. Har- ris, third to Charies \V. Trotter Best specimen plant, new— Firstto John Shaw, second to W. K. Harris, third to Charles W. Trotter. 6 Standards, stems nut less than three feet and not more than five feet high, six varieties— Firstto John McCleary, second to Patrick Conlon. Specimen standard —First to P. Conlon, second to Coles & Whitely. 25 plants, 25 varieties, any number of jlooms in not over six-inch jjots- First to \V. K. Harris, second to Gebhard Huster. 25 plants in not over six-inch pots, one bloom on each plant, 25 varie- ties— To W. K. Harris. 12 specimens, six varieties, in ten-inch pots— To J. W. Colflesh. 6 specimens, 6 varieties — First to W. K. Harris, second to Gebhard Huster. The Sailer Prize, for the best pink seed- ling-To W. K. Harris. Wootton Prize, offered by Mrs. George W. Childs, for 3 varieties, 3 different colors— First to John Shaw, second to James Vemer. Pembroke Prize, offered by Mrs. Chas.. Wheeler, for four varieties, Japanese— To James Verner. 20O The American Florist. Nov. 20^ Record Prize, offered by William M. Singerly, for six naturally grown plants —To Gebhard Hiister. Snnnyside Prize, offered by Mrs. Joel J. Baily, four white, any variety— To John Shaw. Runnyniede Prize, offered by Mrs. A. J. Drexel, for three plants, yellow, any va- riety— First to lames Verner, second to H. G. Standen. Clothier Prize, offered by Isaac H. Clothier, for Ijest three plants, three va- rieties, introduced to commerce during 1.S90— To W. K. Harris. Wentworth Prize, offered by Dr. Ed- ward Williams, for four plants, one of a kind— First to James Verner, second to John Shaw. Blanc Prize, offered by A. Blanc, for best seedling never before shown— To Chas. W. Trotter. Hart Prize, offered by Mrs. H. C. Hart, for best six plants to ])e grown out of doors— To E. A. Schneider. Wohlruh Prize, offered by Charies Dis- sell, for best plant of Mrs. Charles Dissell —To Wm. K. Harris. Sugar Loaf Prize, offered by Charles W. Trotter, for best plant of President Har- rison—To James Verner. Burpee Prize, for best plant of Mrs. A. C. Burpee and six blooms of same variety —To W. K. Harris. The Whilldin Pottery Prize, offered by the Whilldin Pottery Company for best seedling plant never before shown — First to Thomas Monohan. DESIGNS OF CUT FLOWERS. Plateau of Chrysanthemums— First to Pennock Bros., second to John Mertz, third to Hugh Graham's Son. Flower picture, "The Rivals"— To J.Kift & Son. Dinner Table Decorations— First to Pen- nock Bros., second to Hugh Graham's Son. Vase of 50 Cut Blooms— First to Coles & Whitely, second to Fred R.Sykes. Schaffer Prize, offered by Miss Elizabeth Schaffer for 25 varieties cut blooms, any variety— To Joseph Heacock. Luzon Prize, offered by Hon. Edwin H. Fitler for 60 blooms, 5 varieties, 12 of each kind, long stems— First to Hugh Graham's Son, second to H. G. Standen. OPEN TO ALL. 25 Ornamental foliage plants— First to Thomas Long, gardener to A. J. Drexel; second to William Joyce, gardener to Mrs. Baldwin. 15 Decorative plants— To William Joyce. Specimen plant, any variety— To Alex- ander Young, gardener to John Wana- maker. Specimen Croton— thirst to Thos. Long; second to Thomas Wain, gardener to Clarence Clark. 25 Palms— To Thomas Long. Speci- men Palm— First to William Joyce, second to Alexander Young. 25 Ferns — To Robert Wark. Collection of lycopodiums and selaginellas— To W'illiam Joyce. Ma- rantas— To William Joyce. "Specimen Maranta— First to Robert Wark, second to William Joyce. 6DraciEnas — To Thos. Long. Specimen Draca;na— First to Alex- ander Young, second to William Joyce. MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES. The silver medals were awarded for seedling chrysanthemums to John Shaw for the Mrs. G. G. Green. To J. Brydon for the J. Brvdon, Jr. To Fred R. Sykes for the Mrs. Robert C. Ogden. To Henry Surman for No. 178. To John Thorpe for the Geo. W. Childs and the Henry M. Stanley. To Thomas Spaulding for the John Firth. To E. A. Wood, West New- ton, Mass., for the Anna M. Weybrecht. Certificates of merit were given to J. Brydon for the Chandos. To Thos. Spauld- ing for the Frances A. Spaulding. To L Forsterman for the Annie May and the Julius Roehrs. To W. K. Harris for the John Lane. To Robert Craig for Nos. 306 and 307. Special premiums for foliage plants were awarded as follows: To John M. Hughes, gardener to Mr. George W. Childs, for foliage plants. For a table of foliage plants and ferns— To Charles P. Ball. For the same— To Henry A. Dreer. Special mentions weremadetoH.Tong, gardener to W. L. Scott, for a collection of seedling chrysanthemums. To F^dwin Lonsdale for a number of seedling carna- tions. To John Gardiner & Co. and Henry A. Dreer for displays of bulbs. To Whilldin & Co. for a display of standard flower pots. To W. K. Harrisfor a plant stand. A beautiful display of orchids in flower was made by the Evans' Rowlandville Nurseries. The arrangement was in good taste and called forth much praise. The new rose, Waban, from E. M. W^ood & Co., Boston, attracted much attention. It is a sport from Catherine Mermet, with which variety it is identi- cal except in color, which is darker. It is to be hoped that it will forever do away with pale-colored Mermets, when it be- comes generally in cultivation. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SUPPER. The annual chrysanthemum supper took place on Tuesday evening in the lower hall, which, by the by, was well filled with various classes of chrysanthe- mums as an overflow exhibition. There were a number of visitors present, in- cluding the President of the S. A. F., Mr. M. H. Norton; Secretary Wm. J. Stewart; L. H. Foster, Presi- dent of the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club; Ex-President A. P. Calder; Alex. Burns, President New York Florists' Club; E. A. Wood, David Allan, Frank Becker and T.Rowland, of Boston; C. W. Hoitt, Nashua, N. H.; James Brydon, Yarraouthport. Mass.: James A. Penman, Charles Weathered and P. O'Mara, New York; Edgar Sanders, Chicago, and many others whose names I cannot at this time recall. I may have a few "Exhibition Echos" for a future niunber. Edwin Lonsdale. Boston. The annual chrysanthemum show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society opened on Tuesday, November 10, con- tinuing for four daj'S. The weather for the first two days was anything but en- couraging. The opening day was marked by the first snow fall of the season, which quickly developed into a cold, un- comfortable rain. Notwithstanding these unfavorable conditions the attendance was very good, and during the last two days the halls were densely crowded with visitors, particularly in the vicinity of the tables where the specially large blooms were displayed. The lower hall was devoted mainly to cut flowers and the upper to plants. The stage in the upper ball was occupied by a very fine display of palms and decorative plants with a quantity of cut chrysan- themum blooms in the foreground, from W. E. Doyle, and that in the lower hall was filled by Galvin Bros, with a mag- nificent display of long-stemmed chrysan- themums in vases, also backed by a fine bank of foliage plants. The leading prize to be competed for in the cut-flower department was that known as the " Bradlee Plate," offered for the best 50 blooms. Another Bradlee premium was also offered for fifty blooms, but divided into 30 Japanese, 10 Chinese and 10 Anemones. All the blooms shown in competition for these prizes weregrand. The former was won by S. J. Coleman, and the latter by J. H. White. In Mr. Coleman's collection the most noticeable specimens were EtoiledeLyon, Robert Bottomly, Lillian B. Bird, L. Canning, Mrs. Irving Clark and Advance. In Mr. White's set the best were Jeanne de .\rc, Mons. Lemoine, and a beautiful un- named white seedling. In Mr. Wm. Ed- gar's collection were superb blooms of Mrs. Irving Clark, W. H. Lincoln, Bride, Kioto, White Venus, aud Princess Bea- trice. In A. H. Fewke's collection in the same class, one of the handsomest flowers was Waban, a variety which re- ceived the prize as second best seedling last year, and was awarded a certificate of merit at Philadelphia this year. First prize for 12Japanese was awarded to J. H. White, second to E. A. Wood. In Mr. White's set the best blooms were Gold and Mis. Frank Thompson. Mr. Wood's best specimen was Elegans, an 1889 seedling of Mr. H. A. Gane's which has never been shown before. Mr. Wood also received first for six Japanese, and for twelve Chinese. Specially noticeable in Mr. Wood's collection were Harry Widener, Shasta, Ada Spaulding, Presi- dent Arthur, Carrie Denny, and Anna M. Weybrecht. The latter "is the seedling Chinese which was awarded a silver medal at Philadelphia this season. Mr. A. T. Lombard took second for twelve Chinese, with a good even set. First on six Chinese was awarded to J. H. White. The varieties shown were M. Lemoine, J. Deleaux, Virginale, Jardin des Plantes, Petro Diaz and White Venus. Second in this class was awarded to the Bussey Institute. The two best speci- mens in this set were Lady Slade and Empress of India. For general display of cut blooms, all classes, filling fifty bottles, the first pre- mium was awarded to Mrs. F. B. Hayes. The arrangement of the colors in this dis- play was particularly good. Much of the interest, especially among the growers, centered in the seedlings. Of these there was an unusual number. Many were, of course, but more or less perfect reproductions of existing varieties, l3ut there was a fair sprinkling of decid- edly new and meritorious kinds. The Society's silver medal for the best seedling was awarded to A. H. Fewkes for "Beacon," which may be best described as an improved Langtrv, being much fuller than that variety, and in color a creamy white. The seedling receiving second prize was shown by S. J. Coleman. It is a very large flower of the Wheeler type, but differing from the Wheeler in the dispo- sition of the center petals, which extend out flat instead of incurving. It has been named "P. Welch." Third prize on seedlings was awarded to J. H. White for "Mrs. J. H. White," a very large full white flower finely striped and shaded with delicate violet pink. Quite a number of seedlings were shown by A. Brandt, among them being threeor four good ones. Other interesting seedlings were five from Walter Hunnewell, including one handsome dark bronze incurved, two from T. H. Spaulding, one of which, "I). D. L. Farson," was awarded a certificate of merit, and an immense full flower of the Wheeler type, having broad petals and the center well coycrod. nanicd "Nyack," from H. A. Gano. This latter was awarded the Aupleion medal. In Mr. Gane's set was also a very handsome pink variety, unnamed. The exhibit on the stage, by GaUin iSgo. The American Florist. 201 liros., was the must notable one in the hall. Here were twenty immense vases of unequalled blooms, each vase holding from fifteen to twenty of a variety, all on long stems with rich heavy foliage. This display was an exhibition in itself, and its equal has never been staged in this country. It is to be regretted that the exhibitors should have made the grave mistake of labelling incorrecth- two of the varieties shown, viz: L. Canning and Mrs. Fottler, which were placarded as Mrs. Thos. Mack and Mrs. Gilbert E. Thornton respectively. The flower com- mittee's action in removing the mislead- ing names will receive the hearty approval of all chrysanthemum lovers. Thegrower of this collection, Mr. S.J. Coleman, was awarded a silver medal for superior culti- vation, and the medal was well merited. The varieties represented in- cluded Mrs. H. Canncl. Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, Lil- ian B. Bird, W. H. Lin- coln, Ada Spaulding, L. Canning, Mrs. Frank Thompson, Mrs. Fottler, Llew- ellvn, Violet Rose, Neesima, Domination, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, and W. W. Coles. Geo. M. Anderson made quite a display of long stemmed flowers in vases, as did also Mrs. F. B. Hayes. Some very fine specimens of Louis Boehmer were staged by Peter Henderson & Co. The whole exhibition of cut flowers, individually and collectively, was far in advance of any seen heretofore in Boston. It exceeded the expectations of all, and is believed by the Boston growers to be the best ever given in America. The plant dejjartmcnt was not quite so satisfactory-. There has been but little advance iii the (juality of the plants grown here for exhibition for some years, and the mterest m them seems to Doubtless this is owing in a measure to the demands made on the growers' time and attention by the present craze for enormous blooms and novel varieties, and also to the comparative!}' small amounts offered as premiums for plants, for there is no denying that the patience, time and skill necessary to grow good specimen plants, together with the heavy expense of transportation, are away out of proportion to the possible results. As a rule the plants shown here were to be commended for their graceful ap- pearance, their abundant foliage, and the artistic grouping. There was one speci- men, however, which was peerless. It was a magnificent plant of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, five feet high, and about five feet through, very symmetrical and splendidly furnished with perfect blooms. This was grown by T. D. Hatfield, and he re- ceived a silver medal for superior culture. Walter Hunnewell received first prize for twenty jjlants. One of these, "Mar- 202 The American Florist, Nov. vi-l," was a most bcatitiftil specimen of this eharmiiif; variety. Second prize in this class was awarded to N. T. Kidder, llolli ol these exhibits deserve comnienda- tioTi tor tlie care with which tlie staking had been done, the strikes bciiit; kept well below the flowers, .iiul nicely hidden by the foliage. The plants in W. 11. b:iliott's collection were all tidylittledwart grown specimens, not over two feet high, and particularly desirable for retail trade. Dr. Walcott won first prize for specimen pompon with a well proportioned plant of an nnnamed seedling. The collection shown bv Mrs. F. B.Hayes included some very shapely plants, and the arrange- ment of the colors was excellent. In addition to the chrysanthemum ex- hibits there were five vases of roses shown by Norton Bros, and E. M. Wood & Co. The latter exhibitor showed a vase of the new red Mermet "Waban," and to this was awarded a silver medal. A seedling calanthe from Richard Gard- ner was highly commended, as was also an unnsnally well flowered plant ofStan- hopea Wardii from E. A. Butler. The calanthe received a silvermedal. A verv creditable collection of seedling carnations grown by L. Wight was shown l)y Galvin Bros. Among the best were Diana, white, Helen Galvin and l-'anchon, both closely resembling Grace Wilder, Hesper, yellow, and Bettina. dark red. Besides these there were 18 unnamed varieties, all promising. A certificate was awarded to carnation "Lizzie McGowan," shown by John McGowan, and honorable mention to "Louise Porsch," from the same grower. L. Wight's "Helen Ga'.vin" also received honorable mention. G.Bergmann showed a vase of striped carnations "American Flag." Wm. J. Stewart. Indianapolis. The fourth show of' the State Florists' of Indiana was auspiciously ojjened by Mayor Sullivan of Indianapolis, who talked entertainingly for a few minutes and bid us welcome to the city. M. A. Hunt, president of the society, responded very fittingly for the florists. The artistic embellishment of the hall was on a scale never before attempted and our worthy secretary, Wm. Berter- mann, scores quite a triumph overformer years; for to him belongs much of the credit for the work in this line. A brief description might not be amiss. A large canopy of vari-colored silketi bunting formed the central piece, from which strands of holly and Florida moss were pendent to the sides of the hall. The balconies and sides of the hall were taste- fully trimmed; the background of the covering, white muslin edged with old gold shading at the bottom and for the top line of heavy wreathing of lycopo- dium, Spanish moss and holly . at intervals bright Japanese fans and parti-colored banners were tastefully draped and hung. The starry emblem of the Republic and flags of other nations with thousands of yards of wreathing tasefully displayed together with the banking of large masses ot palms, ficus and other decora- tive plants made a fit setting for the Queen of Autumn. The decorations were unusually fine last year thought Mr. Thorpe and our eastern visitors, but they arc quite dis- tanced by the present effort in this line. Chrysanthemum plants were not so numerous as on former years, the grow- ers preferring to concentrate their efforts to the production of fine cut blooms, and in thisfeature agrand success was scored. The quantity as well as the quality of the flowers was a gratifying surprise. In the race for best 25 varieties, 0 blooms of a kind, Mr. Fred Dorner was first with splendid flowers of Emily Dorner, John T. Emlen,Mrs. Wm.Bowen, Mrs. W. Sargeant, L. B. Bird, L. Can- ning, Violet Rose, Mrs. Burpee, Mary Wheeler, W. H. Lincoln, G. F. Moseman, Mrs. Fottler, Henry Cannell, Puritan, Excellent, Mrs. Carnegie, fine, H. E. Widener, Mrs. Langtry, George Pratt, Mrs. Morton, Sunnyside, Marvel and Mrs. I. C. Price. M. A. Hunt was second with excellent flowers of Kioto, Mrs. Fottler, George Machire, Lucrece, Mar- vel, L. B. Bird, Magnet, W. H. Lincoln, W. W. Coles, Mrs. Burpee. Henry Rie- man was third with blooms only a point or so below the two above him. He staged fine examples of Mrs. Morton, Alpheus Hardy, I. C.Price, Mary Wheeler, Coronet, Minnie Wanamaker, J. T. Emlen, H. E. Widener and others. In the entry for 100 cut blooms, three of a kind, Henry Rieman was first with a fine lot of flowers. This collection was specially noteworthy on account of the size and finish of Violet Rose, which was S inches across and 4.1^ deep, Mrs. S. M. Thomas quite as broad and much the finest flowers of this sort ever seen at Indianapolis; Walter Coles and Mrs. Levi P. Morton were of the finest, not quite so large as the four mentioned, but of ex- quisite form and finish were H. E. Wide- ner, J. T. Emlen, Minnie Wanamaker, Ada Spaulding and E. G. Hill. Best 5 yellows, Rieman 1st, Berter- mann Bros. 2nd; best 5 white, 5 bronze, 5 pink, 5 standards and best specimen standard, Rieman 1st in all these classes, Bertemiann 2nd. Best 12 plants in 6-inch nots, 6 blooms to a plant, Bertermann 1st, Rieman 2nd. These were nicely done and represented the popular sorts to decided advantage. The rose display was generally con- ceded to be superior to that of last year, which was counted a grand exhibit. Hunt was first with Mermet, Gontier, A. Beauty, Bride, Pcrle, Hoste and Ni- phetos; Brown & Canlu-liI, S|iringfield, 111., were first on L.i l-i.nur, I'.ciinctts and Duchess of Albany, othci" line ex- hibits were by Oak wood Rose (iardens. Oil City, Pa., who staged, not for com- petition, excellent clusters of Am. Beauty, Bride, Albany, Wootton, Mermet, Perle, Niphetos and Bennett. Fifteen cut blooms of a new hybrid perpetual rose, nearly as large and of same color as American Beauty, were shown by Julius Roehrs, of New York. It is probably the earliest of all the forc- ing hybrids. Waban, the "Red Mermet," shown by Mr. John N. May, of New Jersey, while a little off in color owing to long confine- ment, satisfied those who examined it that under favorable conditions it would be as distinct from its parent in coloring as Albany is from La France. Hill & Co. were first with a large col- lection of cut carnations. Among the varieties of note were Buttercup, Mrs. Fisher, Fred Dorner, H. E. Chitty, Hoos- ier, Mrs. Harrison, Indiana and Tecum- seh. These latter six are the new seed- lings raised by Mr. Dorner, of Lafayette, Ind., and which will be heard from later. A splendid collection comprising Tidal Wave, L. L. Lamborn, Lizzie McGowan, Grace Wilder and Silver Spray were ex- hibited by Mr. H. E. Chitty, of Paterson. New Jersey. A fine white .seedling carna- tion named Ohio was exhibited by E. J. Paddock, of Cleveland, Ohio. Begonias were nicely shown by Mrs. Charles Rieman, who had a collection of 100 pots in great variety. Among the finer varieties may be mentioned mani- cata aurea, Louis Erdody.Olbia, gigantia rosea, argentea guttata. President Bon- nelle, Comte Ferd de Lesseps, Gl. de Sceaux, Ingramii, metallica and others. A fine collection of orchids was fur- nished the society by Siebrecht & Wadley, w ho sent afine lot of fancy caladium leaves beautifully colored for garnishing the orchids. It might be mentioned that the two harmonized nicely and were very effective. The great fcaluic of the show was the contest ill the sudling classes. The pre- miums offcriil tciuk-d to bring together the most extensive exhiliit of new chry- santhemums ever shown at one time in America. The contestants for the $100 ]M-emium were: John Thorpe with five entries, Fred Dorner with six entries, Thos. Spaulding with five entries. Hill & Co. with six entries; and Nathan Smith & Son with three entries. It was for four blooms of any one seed- ling not disseminated. Mr. Dorner came out victorious, with the variety Mistle- toe. Mistletoe is of the Count de Germiny tvpe, but differing greatly in color. It is of a deep silvery color, finely incurving, and a most novel and unique flower both in shape, form and color. The contest for the prize of $100 for best six varieties resulted in Hill & Co. receiving the award for the foUowingsorts: Sugar Loaf, a large, bold, handsome bronze yellow flower of fine build and finish. Robert George, a canary -colored yellow. Very bright and eftective. Flowers eight inches in diameter. Willis Rudd, a crimson Japanese sort with whorled petals. Very large and quite distinct with broad petals. R. Maitre, rich silvery pink. Long silken petals. Very fine in texture. Of good size. Gallia, deep, dark pink with a lighter shading. Large, compact balls of flowers six inches in diameter. Good stiff stems. Flowers full to the center. Superba, rich, lovely pink, with yellow center. A full, incurving variety forming round, medium-sized flowers. Certificates of merit were awarded to Hill & Co. for Flora Hill, a large, incurv- ing, pure white variety of perfect form and finish, center full;" does not show among whites; what Widener is among yellows. Not having requisite number this could not be entered for first prize. Frank Thomson, a strong, growing, large, bold flower of splendid form and texture. Silvery pink, shading to pure white. Certificate of merit. To Siebrecht & Wadley for Mrs. A. Rogers, amagnificent'golden yellow rank- ing with Lincoln and Widener. The pure, brilliant yellow, together with its fine form, puts this in the front rank. Certifi- cate of merit. To John Hartje, IndianapoHs, certificate for Alert, a very large, bold flower inter- mediate between Moseman and C. H. Wheeler. T. H. Spaidding, Orange, N.J., Mrs. Farson. This has been described before in the columns of the Florist, and is deserving of all that has been said ot it. Certificate of merit. John C. Firth, an incurving ball ot pink, in color a lighter pink than Ada Spalding. Lily Bates, an improvement over Waterer's "Reward " of last year, but in the same line of color. Certificate oi merit. i8go. The American Florist, 203 Charles Henderson, a large, full, bronze colored j'ellow of fine, bold form. Certifi- cate of merit. Tliorpe's new ones each received cer- tificates. They were: E. A. Wood, a magnificent tine full double flower, in the Mrs. Wheeler type. A fine advance in this line and a flower exquisite tint of white, will be magnificent for cutting. Anna T. Sprague. This showed up much the finest of Mr. Thorpe's new ones and was a formidable rival for first honors. It is a flower that keeps well, and is a pleasing shade of pink with a pearl like gloss. A good sort. From Fred Dorner. Lafayette Ind : Mermaid, a soft mellow pink with deeper shading on the outer edge; a fine incurv- ing globular flower. Very bold and eft'ective. Certificated. Innocence, a chaste and beautiful white; the white being of a purity not approach- ed in other white varieties. Incurved and of fair size and form. Certificated. Eveline Stein. In the way of, but a great improvement on Bride; delicate white, with petals like the variety called Elkshorn. Certificated. Eda Prass. A fine, bold, recurving flower of great substance and depth; white delicately shaded blush; a pleasing flower of great promise. Certificated. Emma Dorner. A fine deep violet pink, in the way of Violet Rose when finely done, but of a much deeper and purer color. Large ball shaped flowers of splendid substance. Certificated. Mattie Bruce. Silvery pink in color, of medium size. Certificate. Anna Dorner. A full, fine, bold flower with outer petals striped and shaded deep carmine. Center a rich cream white. Certificate of merit. It might be mentioned that Mr. Dorner's above si.\ made a close race for best six in the $100 prize. Mr. Thos. Spaulding won the silver cup with the variety named Miss Mattie Stewart, a large yellow flower, of fair size and good form. Three seedlings (not named ) from Hill & Co., were given honorable mention. No. 1, a straw yellow, shaded red; No. 2, in the way of Carnegie, but with broader petals; No. 3, a flufl"y or tufted flower with rich cream center. These will be given another year's trial before dissem- ination. There were perhaps fifty other fairly good seedlings exhibited. Many of them would have been counted sterling novel- ties a few years back, but they will have to drop out in the onward march. NOTES. Louis Boehmer was shown in fine form by Peter Henderson & Co., and attracted universal attention. "Oeta," exhibited by Nathan Smith & Co. of Adrian, Mich., Flora McDonald, sent out last year by this firm, and Yarutza, are all promising varieties of the Chinese type and worthy of trial. Mr. Thorpe's seedling Achievement, a seedling of Mrs. A. Hardy, arrived in bad condition, but it is thought to be a step forward in this particular type. Unusual interest was taken in the awards on seedlings by the florists pres- ent, and the note book and pencil were in almost constant use. The show every way was a most grati- fying success, and we doubt if there is a city in the Union that responds more liberally to the support of a clirysanthe- mum show than do the people of Indian- apolis. The Florist Club that succeeds in enlist- ing the people and causingthem to attend and support flower shows must have as their ally and friend the newspapers of the city where the show is held. The members of the Society of Indiana Florists are debtors in an unusual degree to the press of the city of Indianapolis for their hearty support and earnest good will as evinced by the man\' columns of news pertaining to the show, without which it could not have succeeded. Thanks are due the Nezvs, Journal, Sentinel and other papers for courtesies shown. The society here are few in numbers as compared to other localities, and the burden falls heavily on a few of the mem- bers. The work should have the earnest, hearty co-operation ot all, instead of op- position and hostile criticism from some in our ranks. Mr. John Lane acted as judge, and gave universal satisfaction. E. G. H. This is the last day of the chrysanthe- mum show of the Florists' Club, and the unanimous opinion of exhibitors and vis- itors is that, by far, it surpasses any pre- vious show ever held in the city in the brilliant display made by the hall as a whole, in the number of exhibitors, in the closeness nf the contest for premiums, and in the exceedingly high culture shown by every collection staged. It is the first exhibition held by the Florists' Club, that of one year ago and all previous ones having been held by the Maryland Horti- cultural Society, an association composed principally of wealthy amateurs, and as it is the first, the gentlemen who have had the aflair in charge deserve, and have received, the highest praise for so bril- liant a success that in the language of a visitor, "It is better than that which I saw in London." The attendance was all that the most sanguine member of the club had dared to prophesy, the number of visitors on Thursday being 2,200, among whom were Mrs. President Harrison and Mayor Davidson and family, with all the leading society people of the cit}'. Mrs. Harrison took the fraternity quite by surprise and had paid for herself and companj' and had entered the hall, in fact, started on a tour of observation, before being recog- nized; after that she was escorted by the president of the club and two of the prin- cipal exhibitors, who called her delighted attention to the best things on the floor, and were in turn delighted at her expres- sions of surprise and gratification, as some giant chrysanthemum or beautiful orchid blossom was presented to her for inspection. The whole of Monday was emplo3'ed by members of the club in transforming the immense hall of the Oratorio Building into a bower of evergreen branches and trees, with a network of festoons reach- ing from far overhead to the top of the galleries and all along the front and bot- tom of the gallery railing. Even the vestibule was lined with palms, ficus and evergreens. The scene from the end gal- lery with the electric lights burning at night was very fine, the massing of palms here and there in great groups between the masses of color which represented the chrysanthemums in a bird's eye view, beiiig particularly good and pleasing, as the crowded condition of this part of the building testified at any hour of the evening. On entering the hall the first exhibit on the left was the prize winning group of 10 Japanese, containing Mrs. JLangtry, Carroll Elliott, Excellent, Beauty of Yeddo, Mons. Boyer, Harry Wagner, Jno. Laing, Puritan, E. Molyneux and Violet Rose in most remarkably well grown specimens, averaging at least four feet in height and diameter. The only improvement possible in the plants com- posing this group, if a suggestion from a non-grower of the plant be permitted, would be to disbud a little more freely; 200 blooms being carried at a considera- ble sacrifice in size, and some of the plants had that many by actual count. Next to this lot was the first premium 10 Chinese, owned by the same grower, Mr. Jno. Donn, and right here it is hoped another suggestion will be permitted, to the members of the club this time, it is that plants be grouped by entry class, and not by ownership, for where compe- tition is as close as it was at this show the present method renders the work of the judges extremely difficult and gives greater opportunity for complaint if the award is nrt in accordance with every one's ideas. The 10 Chinese, Snowball, Joan d'Arc, Mrs. N. Davis, Ada Spauld- ing, Cullingfordii, Boule de Niege, Alaska, Tragedie, Brazen Shield and Virginalis, were as well grown as the Japanese, which is giving them high praise. On the opposite side of the entrance was the orchid exhibit of Messrs. Bracken- ridge & Co. In this class there was no competition, the firm having offered a special premium for the class declined to enter for competition, and there was no other entry. Next to them came the exhibit of Mr. Wm. Eraser who got first on 6 Japanese, Mrs. A. Hardv, Mrs. Langtrv, L. Can- ning, Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, Puritan, Mrs. Isaac C. Price. These did not carry such a number of blooms, but L. Canning averaged 6 inches in diameter, and Mrs. Langtry 8 inches. The plants were splen- didlj' grown and carried foliage to the very soil in the pots. This may be said of the next lot which took first for 24- distinct varieties bj- the same grower, with equal truth, for all were in the very best condition. Among these were par- ticularly fine plants of M. Boyer, E. W. Clark, Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, W.W. Howell, Sunnyside, G. B. Wilson, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, Majenta, W.W. Coles, Mrs. Robt. Bottomly, Little Tycoon, Moonlight, Mabel Douglas, E.W. Clark, Sunnyside, Vcddo, Diana, Cullingfordii, and a re- markably well preserved specimen of Gloriosum for this late date. Further on was the anemone ffowered class, in which the first premium was taken by Mr. Donn with a grand plant of Model of Perfection, and three seed- lings of his own Maud Lee, a pure white five inches in diameter with incurved petals, Marion Kerr, petals rich majenta with light yellow back, and Susie McFar- land, a large pink. Then the best speci- men of any kind, a class which was placed in one large group, and which in the humble opinion of "yours tridy" tripped up the judges badly, for they awarded first to a plant of Mrs. Alpheus Ha^'dy, while a superb plant of Mrs. Wm. Bowen which presented one mass -t feet across of huge flowers got second; to be sure it might have been staked out a great deal wider and it might have been disbudded to some extent with advantage, but it was a beauty and attracted the wonder- ing admiration of every amateur at the show as it was. The number of Maryland grown seed- lings exhibited was a great surprise, no less than 24 varieties, all of good form, were staged. The first prize was awarded to Mr. E. A. Seidewitz for a fine incurved 204 The American Florist. Nov. 20 lliiwcr, amaranth with sih-er reflex , called My Maryland. The same gentleman ex- hibited Adi'lc, white anemone; Immor- tality, white; Ancient City, delicate pink; Lord lialtimcnc, large incurved terra ccitta with silver reflex; also a set called the Press set; Sun, canary; Herald, flesh pink; American, lilac rose; World, delicate hurt'; News, shell pink; Correspondent, orange bufl'; Journal, j-ellow, striped red; .all showing Japanese blood. There were very creditable displays of carnations, begonias, coleus and cacti, one seedling carnation shown by Mr. Hy. Bauer being four inches in diameter. Vegetables were only represented by one collection, a small lot of big things in the way of beets, radish, etc.; and of trnits the show coidd boast but one en- try, a bunch of Japanese persimmons. But the cut flower and immortelle work was grand, not only as to size, though one design of immortelles, a cross of Cape flowers, with a purple immortelle anchor chained to it, was at least seven feet in length; but with regard to taste and originality the exhibits were immeasura- bly superior to any group of similar character ever shown in this city. A very beautiful design was a picture on an easel, the frame three feet square being formed of Source d'Or chrysanthemums, and on wire gauze stretched on it was worked up a vase of Tokio SUed with sprays of rare varieties. Other designs of merit were a table design by Halliday Bros, which took first, a fisherman's basket of Wootton roses by Campbell & Bankert, and an anchor of Perles and La France with violet flukes. Many of merit we are unable for want of space to men- tion specially. The judges were Messrs. Wm. R. Smith, C. F. Hale and Wm. Clark, who came over with a delegation of the Washington Club, and made the awards in a manner that gave great satisfaction, and if they had not had to practice foot racing up and down the hall and across to get at different entries in the same classes we might have hoped to see them in the same capacity next year. They got up a good appetite by dint of long continued and violent exercise however, and after the awards were made accompanied the floor committee to a neighboring hotel, where ample opportunity was given to display their powers of disposing of exhibits of oysters and cases of liquid nourishment, as well as indulging in the pleasant inter- change of complimentary remarks which such diet provokes. As a final to the whole let me give the (luestion passed around at that jolly banquet, "What wdl Seidewitz's next seedling be?" First prizes were awarded to John Donn for 10 Japanese, G ditto, 10 Chinese, 6 ditto, specimen ditto, 4- anemone flow- ered, 12 specimens in 12 distinct classes and cut sprays; to Henry Bauer for spec- imen Japanese, specimen Mrs. A. Hardy, 6 carnations, specimen carnation, 12 foli- age Ijegonias and 6 ditto; to Wm. Fraser for 24 specimens in 24 distinct varieties; to E. A. Seidewitz for specimen Marvland grown seedling, 12 specimen ferns and original floral design; to Hugo Walther for 12 geraniums; to M. A. Hantscke for 12 specimen carnations in 6 varieties; to John Cook for 12 palms, draca>nas, 6 ferns, display cut roses and new roses; to John Berl for 12 begonias and display of vegetables; to C. T. Bucher for specimen palm, corsage bouquet and 15 orna- mental plants; to Chas. Hamilton for 12 coleus; to C. Hess for 30 ornamental ])lants; to C. M. Wagner for 50 cut bloomschrysanthemums; to Samuel Feast & Sons 12 ditto; to John Wiedey for funeral design; to Halliday Bros, for din- ner table decoration, bridal bouquet and basket; special to Campbell & Bankert for basket. Mack. Montreal. The second annual chrysanthemum show of the Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club opened Tuesday of last week under very favorable circumstances; the weather has been as fine as could be expected. The plants were rather better grown than last year, more foliage and less stakes. The plant winning the special prize was a magnificent specimen of Golden Rod about four feet high, one single shoot with a head about three feet six through and a mass of perfect flowers all standing erect without the aid of a single wii'c or stake. There were some gigantic speci- mens of Gloriosum, Source d'Or and Duchess of Connaught, the tallest being eight feet in a ten-inch pot. Several plants were over four and one half feet thiough nd from five to six feet high. ^One plant of L. B. Bird about six feet high, had six blooms, all over eight inches across, one of which measured ten inches. Altogether there was about 500 chrysan- themum plants in the hall. There were also several tables of miscellaneous plants. The cut blooms of chrysanthemums cer- tainly surpassed anything ever exhibited in this city, and I think would compare favorably with the best grown anywhere on the continent. Mr. James island's dozen blooms, which carried oft the first prize as well as the special prize offered by Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, were of the kind that is hard to beat. The varieties and dimensions wereas follows: Spiralis, S inches; T. C. Price, 8 inches across, 3 deep; M. L. Fabre, 5x2 inches; Elaine, 5x2' L' inches; Gloriosum, 8x4 inches; Ada Spaulding. 6x5 inches; Count de Germiny, 8 inches; Mrs. J. W^right, 9 inches; Stan- stead Surprise, 9 inches; M. de York, 5 inches; Ethel, 5x3 inches; M.C. Audiguier, 8 inches across. The same grower's six Japanese were: Gloriosum, measuring 10 inches across; Gladiator, 9 inches; Sirs. Ben Harrison, 8x2 inches; M. C. Audiguier, 8 inches; Mrs. J. Wright, 8V2 inches; Count de Ger- miny, 8 inches. The same gentleman won the special prize for the best bloom in the show with a bloom of Gloriosum measuring eleven inches across. The six incurved from the same were Princess of Teck, 3 inches; Lord Wolsley, 5 inches; Ada Spaulding, 6 inches; T. C. Price, 8 inches; Count de Germiny, 7 inches; Mrs. A. Hardy, 6 inches. His six reflexed were Annie Salter, Elaine, Gaillardia, Spiralis, Mons. Boucharlat, M. L. Fabre. Mr. Bland exhibited a bloom of his new Ostrich Plume which was greatly admired. A very 'fine set of fifty varieties from Short Hills, N. J., were very much admired; among tfiem we found the fol- lowing really fine ones: Mrs. De Witt Smith, Mrs. Frank Thompson. L. Can- ning, Etoile de Lyon, Mrs. F. Clinton, Mr. H. Cannell, Grandiflora, H. E. Widener, I-:. G. Hill, Thunberg, Alaska, Miss May Wheeler, Kioto, Sachem, Jas. R. Pitcher, Cythere, Cortez, Mrs. Meredith. Mr. James Hockey, gardener to J. Molson, showed a few blooms of Sun- flower, which was generally conceded to be the best yellow in the room. Mrs. J. Wright was generally considered to be about the best white. Jessica is also thought a good deal of as a white. Wilshire Bros, showed somemagnificent blooms. They also had a large exhibit of plants. Florist Thos. Ware also had a large display of plants, all well grown. First prizes were awarded to J. Bland for twelve distinct varieties, bank of chrysanthemums, on space 10x4 feet, twelve blooms, six varieties incurved, six reflexed, six Japanese, three varieties of large flowering white, three ditto yellow, three ditto pink, and largest and best bloom; to J. Kirkwood for six plants, three new varieties, three Japanese and best plant in hall; to J. Eddy for bank of chrysanthemums on space six by four feet; to W. J. Horseman for three in- curved; to J. Hockey for three large flowering and six spraj-s of pompons; to B.T. Sana forthree reflexed, beststandard and specimen pompon; to Thomas Ware for specimen large flowering white and six double geraniums; to tico. Trussell for specimen large flowering yellow chrys- anthemum and three double Primula sinensis; to P. McKeuna & Son for hand bouquetof chrysanthemums, tablebouquet of same, six white carnations, six pink ditto, collection bouvardias, double ditto, single ditto, and for six of each of the following roses: Mermet, Bride, Perle, Xiphetos, American Beauty and any other variety; to A. Pinoteau for three flower- ing begonias, three rex ditto and collec- tion of carnations; to J. Walsh for six ferns, six table plants other than ferns and stove and greenhouse plants. James McKenna. Toronto. The Gardeners' and Florists' Club's first attempt at a chrysanthemum show in this city has proved an unqualified success, in consequence of which members of the said club feel jubilant and swear by all the gods of Japan and China to be better still next year. Our American friends John N. May, John Thorpe, Pitcher & Manda, P. Henderson & Co., and others gave us a "leg up" by sending over some of their best flowers so that we can sav with the poet (no need to (juote name) "In spite of the McKinley bill we love you still the same." In the 25 cut chrysanthemum blooms class Mr. Geo. Vair, gardener to Sir D. S. Macpherson, came in ahead with some magnificent blooms; E. G. Browne, flo- rist, Hamilton, a close second, and Hy. Dale, florist, Brampton, third. For 12 blooms the same men came in in the same order. In the 6, Hy. Dale was first with blooms nearly as good as the American flowers sent us, E. G. Browne second and Geo. Reeves, gardener at Reservoir Park, third. Single blooms, Geo. Reeves first with a magnificent W. W. Coles; Messrs. Spears & Musson second with a Mrs. A. Hardy, and Hy. Dale third with Mrs. J. Bullock. In the 25 plants Mr. Vair was first, W.J. Laing. florist, a close second, and John Cotterill, florist, third. In the Japanese W. J. Laing was first with six beauties, A. MePherson, gardener to Col. Sweeney, second, and Richard Marshall third. Mr. Wm. Houston was also a large exhibitor in the diflerent classes. The roses must be mentioned as being especially good, certainly the best ever exhibited in Toronto, and don't want to say where else as we are very modest. Tlie honors were divided between Mr. John H. Dunlop, Toronto, Hy. Dale, Brampton, and Spears & Musson, Deer Park. The exhibit of John N. May, Sum- mit, N. J., was well worthy of special mention. The Waban, the red Mermet and the new Hybrid Perjietual were each awarded a certificate of merit, and be- sides these there was a fine exhibit of roses and chrysanthemums. Peter Henderson & Co. were also i8go. The American Florist. 205 awarded a certificate of merit for their exhibit of Louis Boehmer, the pink "Os- trich Plume," which was greatly ad- mired. Messrs. Pitcher & Manda very- kindly sent a grand exhibit of new vari- eties of chrysanthemums. And last but not least that G. 0. M. John Thorpe sent some specimens of the very finest, which could not be otherwise coming from him. We wish he could have seen what we have accomplished in so short a time, as the second day of the show fell on the first anniversary of the club. In designs of chrysanthemums for din- ner table Mr. K. Mearns, florist, Parkdale, was first with a very elegant arrange- ment, Mr. Geo. Vair second, and Messrs. Tidy & Son third. The best design for funeral was a magnificent cross done by Tidy & Son, second by W. J. Laing. Mantel decoration (a new thing in Toronto) came out strong. W. J. Laing had a corner of the hall partitioned off, carpeted and furnished all to himself, and it was quite a feature of the show. Messrs. Manton Bros, also were very successful in their treatment of this class of decoration. It would take up too much of your space to go through the whole list, every thing was good, though of course we don't think there was not room for im- provement. Our American friends may expect some good orders for new varieties shortly, judging by the way in which names were eagerly scanned by the trade and public in general. Several members, notably Mr. John Chambers, our president, and vice-presi- dent of the S. A. F., loaned large collec- tions of stove and greenhouse plants for decorating the hall ( the same hall by the bye in which we intend the S. A. F. to hold their meetings next j-ear), the gen- eral effect of which was quite beyond anything hitherto seen here. Lastl3-, but not by any means leastly, the financial part of the show was a success also. The judge of cut flowers was Mr. C. Scrim, Ottawa, for plants Mr. S. Aylett, Hamilton, and Mr. A. Hogg, Toronto. D. Springfield, Mass. The chrysanthemum show of the Hamp- den County Horticultural Society last week was the fifth exhibition of plants and flowers here this year, and was bv far the largest and best, the City Hail being fairlj' alive with color. The plat- form was decorated with palms and native evergreen trees, and a band gave a concert each evening. The attendance was large. The exhibit itself w^as not as large in plants as last year, but there were more cut blooms, and all of better quality. There were about three hundred varieties exhibited. The following were the professionals exhibiting: Miller Bros., Springfield, Mass., roses, carnations, fine "Grace Wilders," grown by H. Grant, violets, adiantums, hyacinths, and the pink os- trich plume chrysanthemum "Louis Boehmer," for Peter Henderson & Co., Gale Floral Co., Springfield, JVLiss., cut roses grown by C. F. Fairfield, who won two first and one second prize, chrysan- themums, palms, carnations, jardiniere filled with palms and ferns, and a decor- ated dinner table, winning two third prizes. A. Miellez, Springfield, Mass., cut roses and chrysanthemums and a large variety of the latter in pots winning two specials, eight firsts, two second and two third prizes. A.. B. Howard, Bel- chertown, Mass., pansies, and won first prize. E. H. Howland, Holyoke, .Mass., chrysanthemums, roses and carnations, winning one first and two second prizes. Temple & Beard, Cambridge, Mass.. evergreen shrubs and trees. C. L. Burr, Springfield, Mass., pansies, winning one first and one second prize. Galvin Bro's., Boston, Mass., a fine show of cut blooms of chrysanthemums, grown by S.J. Cole- man, gardener for C. J. Power, South Framingham, Mass., winning four special prizes. J. G. Bebus, New York City, cut blooms of pansies, carnations and roses, winning one first, one second and one third prize. Fewkes & Sons, Newton Highlands, Mass., chrysanthe- mums. T. H. Spaulding, Orange, N. J., four seedlings, Mrs. Spaulding, Miss But- ton, and two without a name. Certificates of merit were awarded to A. Miellez for decoration of platform; Temple & Beard for collection of ever- greens and hardyshrubs; Gale Floral Co., collection of palms and decorated dinner table; Peter Henderson & Co., chrysan- themum"LouisBoehmer;"Edwin Fewkes, cut chrysanthemums; Gale Floral Co., cut violets and carnations; Miller Bros., cut roses and carnations; T. H. Spauld- ing, chrysanthemum seedlings. The majoritv of the prizes, and all the certificates of merit were taken by pro- fessionals. Alfred B. Copeland. Minneapolis. The chrysanthemum exhibition held by the Society of Minnesota Florists Nov. 12 to 14 inclusive was a big boom for the chrysanthemums and also for the florists. The display was far better than was ex- pected, considering the short time the florists had to prepare for it, and the future of the chrj'santhemum in the North- west is brighter than ever. The attend- ance exceeded all expectations, and much is due the public and newspapers for their willingness to help the florists in their effort to make it a success. The New York Life Insurance Companj' donated the use of two large rooms in their new- office building free of all expense, and a better location could not have been had for money. The plants, although not to be con- sidered exhibition plants, were fine, sturdy plants, with large, well developed flowers. Mr. R. J. Mendenhall took first prize on best display and best t went j' varieties, the Smith Floral Company being second; for best twelve varieties, plants, Wessling & Hartman received first prize and E. Nagel first for best six; display of stand- ards, Wm. Desmond first and G. Malm- quist second. For cut flowers August S. Swanson re- ceived first for best display and R. J. Mendenhall first on most artistic arrange- ment of cut chrysanthemums. For best twenty-five \arieties R.J. Mendenhall re- ceived first and Smith Floral Compan3- second. Best eight varieties, R. J. Men- denhall first for blooms of Source d'Or, E. W. Clarke, W. W. Coles, Wm. H. Lin- coln, L. Canning, J. R. Pitcher, Pietro Diaz and Mrs. Pratt; Smith Floral Com- pany second for blooms of Mrs. Fottler, George.Bullock, Mrs. H. Cannell, Mrs. A. Harciv," Mrs. F. Thompson, Gloriosum, Dr. M'cKey and Lillian B.Bird. For roses the Smith Floral Company received first and R. J. Mendenhall second. Peter Henderson & Co. exhibited six fine blooms of the pink Ostrich plume Louis Boehmer, and as a curiosity it proved to be a great attraction, although many were disappointed in the color, being rather an ofl' color. Fine displays of orchids, palms, crotons, and other foliage plants were made in addition to the chrj'santhemums, al- though no premiums were offered, and surely the Society of Minnesota Florists may feel proud of their first effort in ar- ranging chrysanthemum shows. The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- ciety's rules for judging plants were adopted, and also similar rules for cut flowers and designs, and although it made hard work for the judges there was much less dissatisfaction over the awards made than is usually the case. G. Mqst. The chrvsanthennim show was quite a success. There was a very excellent dis- play, the hall was beautifully decorated and the local press was liberal with its praises. Premiums were awarded as follows: In plants Holznagle & Noel received first prizes for 15, 6, 6 grown in 6 to S-inch pots, 6 yellow, 6 pink, 6 white, 6 bronze, (5 standards, pair, single specimen, 3 standards and pair standards; second prize was awarded them for (3, in 5 to 6-inch pots. John Breitmeyer & Sons were awarded first for 6 half standards, 12 in 6 to S-inch pots, 12 in 5 to 6-inch pots, and 6 in 5 to 6-inch pots; thev took seconds for 15, 6 in 6 to 8-inch pots, 6 vellow, 6 pink, 6 white and 6 bronze. The Detroit Floral Co. received second for 6 half standards, 6 standards and 3 standards, and third for 15, 6, 6 grown in 6 to 8-inch pots,, 6 yellow, 6 pink, 6 white and 6 bronze. T. C. Bogula was second for 12 in 6 to 8-inch pots, and iourth for 6 yellow, 6 pink, 6 white and 6 bronze. B. Schroeter received third for 6 standards and 3 standards. In cut flowers J. Breitmever & Sons were first for 50 blooms, 12 white, 12 pink, 12 j-ellow, 12 bronze and 12 assorted, and second for 100 blooms. Holznagle & Noel were first for 100 blooms, second for 12 bronze and third for 50 blooms, 12 pink, 12 yellow and 12 assorted. Nathan Smith & Son, of Adrian, took first for best seedhng, sec- ond for 50 blooms, 12 pink, 12 yellow and 12 assorted, and third for 100 blooms and 12 bronze. Nathan Smith & Son and Holznagle & Noel were tie for second on 12 white. The Detroit Floral Co. took third for 12 white and fourth for 50 blooms, 12 pink, 12 j-ellow and 12 assorted. T. C. Bogula "received fourth for 12 bronze and fifth for 50 blooms and 12 assorted. The prize for best collection of cut flowers shown bvan amateurwent to Mr. D. M. Baker, of Adrian. Chrysanthemums in a Cold Tea Fight at New York. A fight was engineered by W. S. Allen and Thos. F. Young between John H. Taylor and Ernest Asmus, for the largest si-x chrysanthemum flowers. Here are the varieties and their diameters: Tav- lor: Molly Bawn llio inches, Mrs. M. J. Thomas 10, Mrs. I. C. Price 91/2, Mrs. Frank Tompson 10, Robert Crawford, Jr. 914, Syringa 11 14, total 611/2. Asmus: Mrs. Frank Tompson lli/2, Mrs. M. J. Thomas 10, Domination 8, Mary Wheeler S, H. E. Widener 8, Mrs. Irving Clark 7-!j, total 5414. The result was that Mr. Taylor won on diametrical measurement, but the gen- eral opinion was thai Mr. .\smus' flowers were better in build and development. Any how the tea was drank, and some persons are wishing for a renewal of the fight. J. T. .o5 The American Florist. Nov. 20, f l!i!iE /AtMJfilLlii/AllS lFlL@lS0@f Subscription $1.00 a Ye To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, 10 Cents a Line, Agate Inch, Si. 40: Column, S14.00. Cash with Order. No Sperial Position Guaranteed. No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Department of the A:\ie; Florist Is for jnorists. Seedsmen, and deal Orders (or less tlian one-half inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. We have received from Secretary Stew- art a copy of the printed proceedings of the sixth annual convention of the Society of American Florists held at Boston last August. It is very neatly printed and contains the many valuable essays read at the Boston meeting together with the discussions on same. After this is said, it is unnecessary- to add that it is filled with good things. Certainly no live flo- rist can afford to miss the opportunity to become familiar with its contents. Any who are not members of the society shotjld make application for membership now to Secretary Stewart. This will entitle them to a copy of the report as well as to the other benefits conferred by membership in the society. Holly.— Early reports as to its con- dition this season indicate that while the trees are reasonably well berried in most sections, there is a possibility that some of the berries and leaves may drop before the stock is gathered owing to the very dry season. The best holly— that with notched leaves — has been so much reduced by extensive cutting the past few years that it is getting difficult to secure a large supply in any one section. CovLD THERE be any better evidence of the still increasing populaiity of the chrysanthemum than the annual increase in the number of exhibitions held through- out the country-. See our reports of ex- hibitions in this issue. A. FEATURE of the Indianapolis show was the profusion of exceptionally well grown cut flowers of chrysanthemums displayed by Fred Dorner. Another was the 50 collection grown to single flower shown by M. A. Hunt. The printed report of the Boston con- vention has been issued and each member of the S. A. F. will probably have re- ceived a copy by the time this issue of the Florist reaches them. "A delirium OF cOLOR"is the expression used by a reporter for an eastern daily in describingthe chrysanthemum. He adds: "Nature held a full palette when painting the chrysanthemum." It will hardly be necessary to say that it took quick work to give in this issue the illustrations of the Boston exhibition which appear elsewhere in this number. We submit this issue as evidence that the American Florist is a live news- paper and up with the times. We HAVE in preparation views at the Philadelphiachrysanthemum show. They will appear in next issue. This issue may be safely designated as the chrysanthemum show number. The chrysanthemum now reigns from the .Atlantic to the Pacific. San Francisco. — At the chrysanthe- mum show of the State Floral Society prizes were awarded as follows: Gold medal for cut flowers to Mrs. Copeland, amateur; silver medal for same to Wm. Babcock; silver medal for best general display of chrysanthemums, ferns and violets to Timothy Hopkins; silvermcdal for best collection of plants in bloom to same; gold medal to John H. Sievers for largest and best collection of plants; silver cup to H. Yoshute for cut flowers. Wilmington, Del. — Last week's chry- santhemum show very considerably sur- passed the exhibition held last year; but there was a serious dissappointment in the attendance which was light. All the plants and flowers were from three local florists; Messrs J. L. Brown & Co., L. E. Baylis and Geo. W. Brinton & Son. The premiums were divided among these ex- hibitors, Messrs Brown & Co. receiving a majority of the first prizes. Pittsburg. — Messrs. Alex. Murdoch and Nat. Patterson of this city and Super- intendent Wm. Hamilton of the Allegheny Parks and Theo. F. Bechert of Allegheny', took in the Philadelphia chrysanthemum show. They unanimously agree that Thorpe's " blue " and Harris' "tricolor" seedlings were stunners. Many visitors desired to view the "blue " but owing to an unfortunate accident the exhibition plant was non-presentable. Providence, R. I. — The chrysanthemum show of the Rhode Island Hort. Society was very successful. There was a fine display of plants and cut blooms. Ex- hibits were made by growers from all over the state and several displays of cut blooms of chrysanthemums and other flowers were made by florists in other states. The attendance was excellent. York, Pa. — We have had our first chrys- anthemum show. It was not acompeti- tive exhibition and was given by the ladies of one of the local churches, but some very good plants were shown and we feel that we have not been left out of the pro- cession. Springfield, III.— H. L. Phelps, the florist, gave an exhibiton of chrysanthe- mums last week in a tent connected with his greenhouses. Many exceeding^ well grown plants were shown. Danville, III.— Frank B. Smith gave a very successful exhibition of chrysan- themums last week, showing over 900 plants in 150 varieties, embracing the best new and old sorts. Mrs. F. B. Hayes, who so generously entertained the S. A. F. at Lexington last August is seriously ill. Some of the orchid growers are criticis- ing the representation of Cattleya Gas- killiana in the last number of the Florist which purported to be "life size," assert- ing that it is not much more than one- half life size. The delegation from Boston to the Philadelphia Chrysanthemum Exhibition numbered ten. "Never luid a better time in my life" is the verdict of all those who have retiirned up to date. The supply of chrysanthemums on the street and in the stores show no dimin- ution as yet. The quality is unprecedented and the quantity seems inexhaustible. The exhibition at Horticultural Hall this week has been a great success in the matter of attendance. The incandescent lights are kept burning all day long, and the brilliancy of coloring in the chrysan- themums is much enhanced thereby. One of the best rules governing such ex- hibitions here is that which requires that the exhibits be renewed when the flowers show signs of fading. All the cut flowers are carefully overhauled every morning and fresh specimens put in place of the wilted ones. Neglect of this requirement involves forfeiture of prizes. A most beautiful orchid now in bloom at Mr. F". L. Ames' greenhouses is Sacco- labium Heathii. It is exceedingly rare and valuable but its greater claim to ad- miration is its beauty. The long full pendant raceme of pure white flowers is marvelously beautiful. Cattleya Bow- ringiana is now in full bloom, its abun- dant purple clusters are very effective. Vanda Amesiana has a tremendous flower spike now developing. A plant of Dendrobium Bromfieldii bearing a dozen spikes of deep purple flowers is one of the rarities shown. Wm.J. Stewart. Chicago. In spite of the wretched weather last Saturday there was a fair turnout at the annual dinner of the Florist Club at Kinsley's, and those who were there en- joyed themselves most thoroughly. Ref- erence being made to the Chicago Flower Exchange by one of the speakers quite a spirited discussion was had regarding the practicability of the project and several erroneous ideas regarding the Exchange were corrected by Mr. Raynolds and others. The Horticultural Department of the exposition of 1893 also received at- tention, Mr. Vaughan emphasizing the necessity of the club taking active measures regarding same. Every one present contributed at least a few words and a very sociable good time was had. The floral decorations of the table were very generous, a largequantity of flowers having been donated for the purpose by various growers. Over three hours were pleasantly spent discussing the menu and enjoying the after dinner speeches. Then there was an adjourned session at a neigh- boring bowling" alley, during which some fearful and wonderful scores were made. Among those present were Mr. John Walker, who is now in the city in the in- terests of Craig & Bro. of Philadelphia, and Mr. Hammersley of Lake Geneva, Wis.- The latter has signified his inten- tion of applying for membership in the club. As Mr. Leslie ajjtly put it, the purpose of an Exchange is to bring buyer and seller closer together, and anything that does that is a benefit to both. Mr. J. T. .\nthony has been quite seriously ill for the past week, in fact dangerously so at times. Edgar Sanders returned from the east last Friday. He visited the Philadelphia chrysanthemum show and can't say enough in praise of the magnificently grown plants and flowers seen there. H. G. Higley of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed through the city last Friday, on his way home from Indianapolis, where he had been to attend the mum show there. Mr. Frederick Mau, the orchid importer of South Orange, N. J., had a sale of orchids at Ellison, Flersheim & Co.'s auction rooms last Thursday. About 500 plants were sold at very fair prices, nearly all going to local florists. Mr. Mau was present and expressed himself as satisfied with the results of the sale. j8go. The American Florist. 207 New York. Never before has such an abundance of roses been seen here at this time of the year. It is estimated that more than hah" a million roses were shipped to the city during the week. Everybody is complaining about poor business. Wall street alarms always have a demoralizing effect on our trade. There have been several store exhibi- tions of chrysanthemums during the week, Thorley, Scallen, Stumpp and Weed each having special displays. Weir, Wipperman and Phillips,_ of Brooklyn, also made a splendid showing. It seems to be a mania among our florists to have fine delivery wagons, some of them being very beautiful. Scallen may be said to have the most effective, the' wagon being of a very pale yellow color, drawn by a superb team of white horses, originally belonging to the "Still Alarm" company. Pitcher & Manda have announced their intention of holding an exhibition of chrysanthemums in the new Madison Square Garden during Thanksgiving week. Jos. Fleishman has opened a flower store on Broadway and Thirty-second street, opposite the new Imperial Hotel. William P. Sears, who purchased Alex. McConnell's Sixth avenue store, is doing a splendid business. Klunder says he will resume business shortly. Lizzie McGowan carnations will be very popular for boutonnieres the coming season. Roman hyacinths and narcissus are making their appearance and are selling well, owing to the limited supply. We do not look for much increase in business until colder weather sets in and chrysanthemums are over. T- Young. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. JITDATION WANTED-By first cla O public 1 oughly com SITUATION WANTED-By ; 5 of age. 10 do general green ome experience, In or near A. care McCormick Greenhous man, 25 years for general ' Florist, Chicago. FOR SALE— Handsome. 8C box, size Ufeet,high,8« 1 cherry, florist's ice et long, 3-3 feet wide; $165 cash. Great bar- FORE8T GLES FLORAL CO.. 20" Lake Street, Chicago. FOR SALB-Floi and stocked, and abroad. In a ness. throughly equipped a fine business at home Ohio city. Must sell for A good investment. Four houses, for sale or lease to purchaser. Price BARGAIN', care Am. Florist. York City, and and in good order. Price, Extraordinary BUSINESS CHANCE FOR SALE OR RENT ON LONG LEASE. A splendid commercial greenhouse plant, compris- ing 20 houses in all, 70.000 square feet of glass, well stocked, and 10 acres ground in Chicago, 7i^ miles from retail business district. Everything substan- tial and convenient; good water supply and heating employees' houses. Fine ! Chas. Hammill. Mgr., 207 Lake St., Chicago. ©yRoPedaPe MariCet*. ROBBB, Bon Silene. Gontlers.... Niphetos . Boston, Nov. 15. Perles, Sunsets.. , Beauty 25.00®30.0a Violets Chrysanthemu Chrysanthemu BoseB, Beauties.. PHILADILPHLA. Nov. Pierre Guillots, Violets, single.. NIW TOBK, Nov. 15. Bona, Bon Silene »1.00 @ tl.50 Wattevilles. Cusin 2.00 ® 3 00 :i.00 ® 5.00 .iOO® 500 5.00® 8.00 " Bennetts.'. ." 3.00® 5 00 " Hostes 3.00® 6.00 •• Beauties 15.00®35.00 Valley 6-(»® 800 Smilal 15.00® 20.00 Carnations, long 1.00® 126 Carnations, long, white J.50 Adiantums 1.00® 1.50 Asparagus ^.^ Bouvardia , -SO Mignonette 1.50® 2.00 Violets l.OO® 1.25 Chrysanthemums, fancy 15.00® 25.00 Asparagus plumosa 75.00 Common chrysanthemums, per bunch — .10 CHICAGO, Nov^ 17. Boiea. Perles. Niphetos *5S2f *1SS Gontlers 2.00® 4.00 •• BonSllenes 100® 2.00 Mermets, La France * !i2 S ^xx Am. Beauties.. letts, Dukes.. Carnations, short Carnations, long vioTetr .'..v. ... Wm. J. STEWART. Gut Flowers I Florists' Supplies WHOLESALE! 67 Bhovfield St.. BOSTON. MASS. Mention American Florist. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, AVliolesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SFKCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanthemums and Orchids: CARNATIONS. strong 4.n.Stron^gMn. Portia $ 6 00 jS 9 0° Hinze's 'White 6.00 9.00 Chester Pride 6.00 9.00 Wm. Swayne 5.oo 9 0° Century 700 1° °o Christmas 10.00 1500 Primula Obconica, strong, 2>^inch, 4 0° Geraniums, choice varieties, 3-itich, 3.50 Asparagus Tenuissimus, 2'<-inch, 4 00 Begonias, large stock, all sizes and vars. Address N S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence is well located for shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansas City.) THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, tLcii the Choicest BOSES for th« fall and winter season. Mention American Florist. W. S. ^LLIN. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price LtBt sent npon application. W. F. SHERIDam, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 WEST 30TH STREET. E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLOKI8T.S' SPPFLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cat Flowersin season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. M. Sund '" ALL SUPPLIES. ^^-WIRE W< NOTICE. iness formerly con- ducted under the firm name of Frese & Gresenz, and the business will continued by L. G. Gresenz and E. J. Harms under the firm name of Gresellz & Harms at the old location, Sg Wabash Ave. L. G. GRESENZ. E. J. HARMS. LaRoche & Stahl, florists & (Commission /T\erchants OF CUT fm.,owe;i«s, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. ConslKuments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping. Mention ambkican Florist. Mention American Florist. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, It lowest market rates, shipped C. O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by telegraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON. BLOOMSBURG. PA. FLOBJSTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION Insures Greenhouses against damage by hall. For Eull information, address JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y, Saddle River N. J ►o8 The American Florist. JSlOV. 20, @ft« ^ee4 ^ra<^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIA TION. Albert M. McCullocgh, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Pottler, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- The Philadelphia PriJM of Nov. 13 says: A syndicate of Englishmen has been for several weeks trying to secure control of all the leading seed warehouses in this countrj\ A number of interviews with the different firms have been had, but as yet nothing definite has been arrived at. There is upward of $20,000,000 repre- sented in the syndicate, and it is the in- tention to buy the plants outright, but each firm can take a certain number of shares and retain an interest in adminis- trating the affairs of the branch which was once their own. The largest number of seed houses are located in this citv and over $2,000,000 is invested. About five times as much business is done here as in New York. The entirecapital invested in the seed business in this country, that is in the principal Eastern cities, is estimated at $10,000,000. The English syndicate has offered more than this amount to secure control of the business. A promi- nent seed merchant said yesterday; "The syndicate has been trying for some time to secure control of the seed business, but they have been so long about it that I think the thing will fall through." William Henry Maule is aseedsman. William Henry Maule is also a Practical Farmer. William Henry Maule ought to step into John Wanamaker's and buy a mantle of charity. Get it extra long and double width, William Henry, and wear it whenever you speak of The Practical Fanner. For some men there is an ex- cuse for printing a poor-looking paper, but for Mr. Maule there is none, for he has both brains and money. — Art In Advertising. Indianapolis. — F. C. Huntington will leave this week for Thomasville, Ga., expecting to remain there several months for his health. Peter Kieffer, the well known pomol- ogist, nurseryman and florist, of Rox- borough, Philadephia, died November 7, aged 78 years. He was the originator of the Kieffer pear, for which he received a diploma at the centennial exposition and which has been widely distributed throughout America and Europe. Danbury, Conn. — There was a good display at the chrysanthemum show last week. In addition to the exhibits by lo- cal growers there were displays by the United -States' Nurseries, Peter Hender- son & Co., F. H. Pierson and John Thorpe. HYDRANGEAS. ine plants from 5-in. pots, $12.00 per 100. The- may be safely sent by freight. Send enough ' money to prepay charges. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMROSES, ■inch pots, S8.00 per 100. We will have agaii next spring small plants of Tuberous Be- gonias, separate colors. BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnelsvllle 0. F^CDF=e ).A.1_] Al80 I Will Bell or lake other stoc L large lot of Erlanthus Kavenfe, Eulalla Zebrln ind other variegated grasses. Prices on appHcatioi M. TRITSCHLKK, Nashville, Tenn. FORCING ROSES, For Delivery December 1 to 10. Heavy Plants, branched, 18 to 36 inches. Per 100. Per lOO. Mme. Gabriel Luizet J14.00 Glory de Margottin $1600 General Jacqueminot 12 00 Ulrich Brunner 14.00 Magna Chard 14.00 Mrs. John Laing 18.00 HEAVY PLANTS, BRANCHED, HARDY ROSES, Harrison and Persian Yellow |;i2 00 Blanch Moreau, fiaCSt PMB Wtllte MOSS.. 14 00 FOR Spring Trade. TO 36 IITCIiES. Per luo. Per 100. MOSS ROSES, assorted, mostly perpetual sorts, in large variety. 12.00 Fine Plants HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, for Spring Trade. 18 TO 3S IITCHES. Orders should be booked now to secure special sorts. Gen'l Jacqueminot, Paul Neyron. Merveille de Lyon, Dr. Andre, P. C. de Rohan, M. Bauman, M. Boisse, C. of Oxford, J. Hopper, Capt. Christy, Coquette des Blanches, Mme. La Churme, and other varieties. Pnrcliaser's selEctloB, per 100, $U, Onr selection, per 100, $12; per 1000, $110, H. P. ROSES, I year field grown, 12 to 20 inches, assorted, per 100, |S.oo. HERMOSA, for present potting, S to 15 inches. For 3 and 4-inch pots, per 100, I5.00; per 1000, $45 00. MME. PLANTIER, 15. 20 in., branched, best hardy. For 3 and 4-in. pots, white, per 100, |S 00. CLIMBING ROSES. strong Plants, 3 to 3 feet. Some varieties will be scarce next Spring:. Prairie Queen, B. Belle, Seven Sisters, Pride of Washington, per 100, $12.00. Orders booked now for Present Delivery, or Spring. TRFF Rfl^F^ 5 to 6 ft. stems, good heads, fine roots, clean and smooth stock. I riLL nUuLU) 2 to 3 ft. stems, very cheap. Write for prices. J. C. YAUGHAN. CHICAGO. FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the most interesting NoTelties of the coming season, and those that will attract the widest """new AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five New Teas of .Sterling Merit, origina- ted, grown, and tested in this country, and sent out on their merits at reasonable rates, orders can be booked now, and will be tilled in rotation as receiv- ed—April 1st next. Full descriptions ready Jan. ist. Prices, $t each: set of 5 for $5; two of each, 10, tor $9; five of each, 25. for $20. ADDRESS THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettia Stock, offer the best re- sults to the florist, blooming freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1^. at low rates. Price Lists to applicaots. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Hoston), MASS. stocli of same in 5 and 6-inch poti The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, 10,000 General Jacq. Rose Plants, one and two year old. Extra large two year old, |2o 00 per 100. " fine one year old, 3 ft. and up, $15. " fine one year old, 2 to 3 feet, Jio. JORDAN FLORAL CO., 706 Olive Street, ST LOUIS. MO. FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-inch. Duchess of Albany fi2 00 Mme. Hoste 7.00 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4.00 Perles 4.00 Niphetos 400 Mermets 4.00 Brides 4.00 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. J40 per 1000; 3-in. |8.oo per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2-in. $50 00 per 1000. 8^" Send for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. Mermets, Coolcs, Brides, & Souv. imi, strong plants. 3-in. pots. . . .$ 7.00 HybridPerpetuals, open Kround,M& 10.00 . $8 & 10.00 Hardy Climbers, open ground. , Teas, from open ground Ampelopsis Veitchli, strong plants. . . . 8.UU Ke.x Begonias, tine varieties 8.00 VERBENAS, strong and healthy. Per 100 Per 1000 General Colletlon, 2W.incl) pots $:i.0O f23.0O Mammotli Collection, 2Vlnch pots 4.00 30.00 WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO..) FISH KILL. N. Y. I=?C=)« FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10.000 healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting 0 MERMETS, BRIDES, PERLES, NIPHETOS and BON SILENES, at SllO.OO per 100. Also 5,000 field-grown JACKS, 2 to 3 ft. Iio.oo per 100. DAISIES of the finest strain from seed- bed ^3.00 per 1000. JAMES HORAN, BKiDGKroKT, conn. i8go. The American Florist. 209 I THOMAS YOUNG, Jr., -WHOLESALE FLORIST.^ so >?V^e»t ^^^\iL Street, NEW YORK. Solo A.g;oi:it for* tlo^e I^ollo^^v^iixg ERNEST ASMUS, - West Hoboken, N. J. W. H. DE FOREST, - - Summit, N. J. PETER HENDERSON, - Jersey City, N. J. JOHN N. MAY, - - Summit, N. J. S. C. NASH, - - - Clifton, N. J. JOHN REID, - - Jersey City, " A. C. TUCKER, - - - Nyack, N. Y. WEIGAND BROTHERS, West Hoboken, N. J. And many others. ALL THE CHOICEST VARIETIES OF ROSES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ORCHIDS, LILAC, LILY OF THE VALLEY, TULIPS, ETC., ETC. 2lO The American Florist. Nov New Bedford, Mass. There was a bcautitul display at the ehivsantlieimim sliow ot' the Ganieiiers' aiui I'lorists' Club, and the loeal press j;ave it much praise. Five groups of 12 I)lants eaeh occupied the center of the iiall, the others being arranged around tlie sides. In plants first premiums were awarded to (^.eorge Hrennan for (i Chinese, 3 anemones and standard ]iompou: to Den- nis Sliea, gardenerto Horatio Hathaway, for ;i single stem plants of any variety with single tlower.same with four flowers each, specimen (apanese and specimen pompon; to John Driscoll for 12 distinct varieties urown to single stem; to Kavid Mildiell lor :'. plants any kind; to Samuel |. lionagliv lor specimen any variety; to 'W'ni. Keitii, gardener to T. M. Stetson, for standard with two feet of stem; to .\. n. Hathaway for group of chrysanthe- mums occupying 40 square feet and ar- ranged for effect; to Jno. F. Tynan for 3 best seedlings of 1890. In the cut flower classes first premiums went to Josiah Eaton Jr. for 2-t Japanese, H Chinese; toDennisShea for 12 Japanese, ti Japanese, 3 Japanese, 1 Chinese and 1 Japanese; to David Mitchell for 3 pom- pons; to Geo. C. Bliss for 1 jiompon and basket of chrysanthemums; to John Dris- coll for vase of same. GIDDINGS' Special Offer°Plants .\bu rted. Size I'ots. Doz EcUpse Ampelopsis Veitchii Anthemis coronaria plena . . Anthericum vittata variegatun Allamanda Hendersonii . . . Aloysia citriodora (L,emon Ve L cuneatutn . AdianI Asparagus lenuissimus. . . Cactus Cereus grandiflora . Phyllocactus latifro Stapelia Clerodeudri Convolvulu n Balfoui , Mauran Kuphorbia splendens. . . . Jacquiniflora . . Geraniums, standard sorts . Rose-scented, ti Hoya Bella Hibiscus chinensis, strong . Ivy, English and varieg Jasminum gracillimum Plumbago capensis. . . Petunias, double . . . . Smilax, strong Stephanotis fioribunda . Roses The Bride. Perle, Mermet, La Franc-, Papa Gontier, M. Joseph Schwartz, Queen of Marie Guillot ; Roses Alfred Aubert, Souv. de St. Cier, Mme. Cecil Brunner, Giant des Battailles, Gen. Jac- A. GIDDINGS, Danville, III. GLADIOLUS BULBS. Prevailing Colors. Pink and White. Over 100 named varieties, and a number of choice seedlinKS, all mixed together. This collection has never been culled, and it has received a number of first premiums. In^fact it has never failed 1 xhibiled. em this fall at JiU.OO per 1000 size. $7 50. A quantity of sm these bulbs, I M. CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 200 Heavy Strings, at jfis oo per ico strings. 00i:.0RAX>0 SPKINGS, COJLO. ' GLADIOLI. GLADIOLI. Our stock of Bulbs are now hari-ested and will shortly be ready for shipment. The Bulbs this season are exceptionally fine and in good condition. Our special mixtures under color are made with the greatest care and will be found of a higher grade this year than heretofore. To our mixtures for Forcing we wish to draw the attention of our florist friends and assure them of their extra quality. .«- In order to avoid all mistakes, please add the letters in front of the varieties, when ordering, so we may not mistake the quality wanted. Per Doz. _ % ,76 R— Red and Scarlet ;« $1 00 1.00 Very desirable for those i in Variety nd Salmon. Very s -Striped and Varle!:ated. Superfine Mixtu Pearl Dwarf, Doul>le No. ^UBE>ROSE>{S, Tall Double 1. Special 1 Slz of Pearl which i Variegated Foliaee - JiO Single Flowered 1.75 VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING. Pansy Seed in tfreat variety from all the finest strains. See Catalogue for prices, etc. ■■ NKW Marguerite, 60 cents per pkt stocks In variety. See CatalOEue fcir Vinca .26cen A. OAl^Ty. V. II. Ilallock & Son also extend their thatiks to their matiy friend,'; of the differ- ent Horticultural Societies through the States that have so kindly offered to Exhibit Cut Blooms of Chrysanthemums at the different shows for them, and to inform them they do not grow any flowers or plants for exhibition purposes, but leave that to some few of their more enthusiastic friends who can better devote their time. RECEIVED THIS WEEK: Lily of the Valley, Spirea, Bouquet Green, Holly, Pearl Tube- roses, Pampas Plumes, L. Auratum, L. Rubrum, H. P. Roses for forcing. Gladiolus Colvilli alba, Cane Stakes. Write for list of Imported Roses, also of Palms and Decorative Plants. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. GBEENHOUSES, WESTEBN SPRINGS. HYDRflNGEfl GRflNDlFLORfl. We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to onr Large Stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice, well- grown plants at very low prices, viz: HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, 2 year, 2 to 2% feet, strong. Price, $7.00 per hundred; $60.00 per thousand. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. 2 year, second size, 18 to 24-in., good. Price, $6.00 per hundred; $50.00 per thousand. Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. ""•" THE DINGEE & GONARD CO,, WEST GROVE, PA, LYCOPODIUM. HOLLY, Wreathing and Holly Wreaths. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR ORDERS. LILY OF THE VALLEY, SPIR.EA JAPONICA, TUBEROSES, fine bulbs. Large stock H P. ROSES, 2 year old, imported. MUSHROOM. FRESH STOCK. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago, 6 and 8 North Clark Street, CHIC-A.OO. THIS CUT sells t lining and settlnii plants! as a DlKger" It has no equal. 12. CO peraozen, postpaia THM FLORAI. 8U?PLT CO., BINQHAMPTONrN. KOSTER & CO., BOSKOOP, HOLLAND, Azalea mollis, transplanted in 1S90, nice plants raised from seed of the best only. ICO plants, 15— 20 buds 512.00. 100 plants, 20— ;,o buds 15 00. Paeonia sinensis, ir» in the best sorts jfio— f 14 00. 1 1 HI without names S 00. hybr. arb. transplanted in 1S90. 100 in the best sorts, covered with buds I25— $40.00. Clematis, 100 in best sorts, 20 — 25.00. Staphylea Colchica, Lilacs, Deutzia, Etc., Etc. i8go. The American Florist. LILIUM HARRISII.BETTERKNowNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD' FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS. WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN BDLBS FROM OUR OWN GROUNDS IN BERMUDA ^^^ ::ji^ This led, and the use for forcing for tlie Easter mi Decembe by the Ch ipllBh thi Tarrilo t I full bloom III! ho liC pyolucedojcr 1:^,000 fio L rs for I-aster ) of the most protltable flowers that can be grown by florists. ! purposes, always command large prices. From its name some have thought it ) greenhouse, wi after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all the year round, or as long as olldays adds particularly to its value, as it fills in at a time when floweri I early in August, something dependin Tne ( bulbs for his own use. We hear be kept for more than two weeks the receipt of flowers shipped ! indispensable, I proper place. It \ 'The Lilies came ny time. 1 by a sale made by us t teep— this is owing to im I two following letters 'The°Lilies\ THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to offer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the tradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this biilb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over ^ HAIvF* A. Aa^IIvUvIOIV BUIvBS. "K Be sure you get the genuine Lllium Harrisii. In order to secure "the true variety." purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. The valueof this Lily has led unscrupulous i was very scarce, thus mixing the St bulbs Ignorant parties to • bly.thei Harrisii I look with 1 ncrease their stock rapid spicion on bulbs offered i . Longiflorum in Bermuda, planting dering it absolutely valueless for irge loss has resulted, and dealers l _ ... . __jxe2-in. %i per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2>^-in. $4.00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gra- cillimum, 5-inch, strong, J15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. " single, per 100 JS.co. Obconica, per 100 $6 00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. L,atania borbonica, 5in. J4.00, 4-in. $3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. GEO. 1¥. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. Vertoenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE. Mammoth, strong. . General Collection . Rooted Cuttings, Ma General Collection i.oo 8.00 Address J, Q. IBt-irS-O-W, SURPLUS STOCK. moo BEGOXI.\S, choicest old and new varieties, 2J00 ROSES, best new and old. extra strong and healthy. 6-inch pots, 10 to 20 cents so DRAC.ENA IN-DIVISA, 23 to 30- inch, 25 cts. 100 PRIMULAS, imported from Caunell&Son, England. 6-inch, 20 cents. 100 GERANIUMS, Queen of the Whites, im- proved, best single white in cultivation, 25c. 500 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, S-inch pots; most popular varieties, 25 cents. Address F*. S. r»I313I«, MT. MORRIS, N. Y. UREER'S Rooted Cuttings for Cash Buyers. COLKUS. I can supply ten best varieties, in any quantity. Also Geraniums and Alternantheras. S. B. FIELD, Roselle, N. J. Still a big lot of Fresh Imported Plants, mostly Cattleyas, on hand. Also an immense stock of Well Established Plants, best sorts for florists to grow for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. Send for price litt. Box .^22. FREDERICK MAU, Sovxtlx Orange, :N^. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OA.K::V.A.'X'IO:^fS. ah the leading sorts and novelties. Eight loo-foot houses. COIvEJUS. Twenty-four varieties, all first-class. An immense stock. 0EJI«A.::VIUJM:«S. The best twenty-four out of 125 varieties. ^^.LTl5ieiVxV:pjTMEJieA.. Red and yellow in quantity. Send lor lisl. The prices and quality are sure to please. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. CUT FLOWERS OF CARNATIONS. I am ready to make contract for a regular supply of Carnation florets the com- ing winter. We have a splendid assortment of Fancy colors— Yellow, Scarlet, Car- mine, Crimson, White, Pink and Variegated; and can send them mostly on long stems. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co. Pa. Sole Mfgand O' FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, Aud for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes. % inch to 42 inches diameter. The making, vending, or use of any Serviceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our ndiWdual dealer or user responsible iorsuch unlawful md discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO . ored Hose Patents, 49 Warren Street. New York. PAINT That is White aud will stick on ] Greenhouses. j That is Rust Proof for Iron Pipes and retards no heat. \ Paint & Slug Shot Works, FMKILL-ON-HUDSON, N, Y. 2l4 The American Florist. Nov 20, Root Lice and Ants. In reply to the querj' of "W. F." on page 160 of the American Florist for November 6, in regard to ground aphis or lice, I suggest that he try the following method, which has proved very satis- factory to me, and has saved me many aster plants. Put about a handful of tobacco stems mmediately around each plant,just under the bottom leaves. This has the eft'ect of keeping the ants and aphis away from it and is, at the same time, a good fertilizer for the plant. The treatment should be given when the plants are, say three inches high, and the tobacco stems allowed to remain until after the blooming season. So much lor a preventive, I know of no Mj- experience also teaches me that the aster is much less liable to the attacks of ground aphis when clay is freelj' added to the soil (the soil here beingnaturally light and porous). Joel W. Goldsby. Mobile, Ala. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 1st. Give the number of sashes to be lifted. 2nd. Give the length and depth of sashes, (depth is down the roof.) 3rd. Give the length of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the comb of roof. 6th. Give the thickness and width of rafters or Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the only Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. BOXES. BOXES. MAILING and GUT FLOWER BOXES. Kead what C. A. Keeser says for our ;j-PIKCK BOX: GENTLEMEN:-! write to tell how well pleased I have been with the mailing boxes you have furnish- ed me during the past two years. I think I have ordered .35 or 40 thousand, thus giTing them an ex- tensive trial. 1 think thert that la so satisfactory. tested near 1(1 for price list. free. Sample nest 1 SMITH & SMITH, Kenton, Ohio a market aeen my lot quite KSKR. EXCELSIOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS, WITH PATENT VENTILATED AND PERFECT DRAINAGE GOTTOM, Diagram showing how perfect drainage and ven- tilation is secured. c^i-a. r»«»teiat©y THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., whIr?ok%^;^et, Philadelphia, Pa. We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Roffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street, Ole^relarxd, O. i8go. The American Florist. 215 ESTABLISHED 1854. Devine's Boiler ^m%, THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wiought lion Hot Watei Boilers. FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 s. CANAL Street. CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in any part of the U. S. or Canada Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. For further JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW YORK. Florists' Letters. Emblems, Monograms, Etc. These letters and designs Hre madeof the bestluimor- 'iDgholes picks, by which they ned to the design. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots For Sliij>r>ing: r^lsaiits. UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot for marketing, and eflfect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use 'Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- ^^^OCMAH^ I / ing, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard y sizes adopted by Society of American Florists. // SOLE MANCFACTURKKS: .Amr^L & J. FARQUHAR AUG. ROLKER SOLE MANCFACTUl F. W. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. SON, Station E, New York City. jr Samples and Circulars. ....2niftH. w eiBlt of 1000 3! 6004 . pots (Including orate).. .331 nd designs will be the fullest *perilK)'.*3.00 Pustage, 15ct8. perlOO. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn. N.Y. lES ViCK. Rochester, N. Simmers, Toronto, Ont. Mention American Florist. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. ! CLEAR CYPRESS.^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. 17* Send for circulars and estimate-. . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND; Hamilton Co., OHIO, The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can be operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. MTIONSL HOT WSTER HESTER CO., Sm„. CHICAGO. , Cahill, Colli! i&Co ,St. Louis SMeYouiGoalpLSNiT^LOiBS n nnini steam>j»hot water FLORIDA HEATERS rOR GREENHOUSES. WstzesforSteam Usizes forHot Water. 15 sizes forSoft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. ir M ■„ i/iiK Fpp-<> «ia«. S.-i\<'» 25 per << Ml in fiu I s :i iinifurni heat fla.T ami nJKht. lull.T « in iiilol V r.'spect and guaranteed to give satisfa^-^ s< nd for new eataloiriie. Address PI ERCE, BUTLER & PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, IM. Y., U. S. A. ILL SIZES or BINOLI iND DOUBLK THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL GLAZ1BB8' SOPPLIKS. tr Writ* for I.>teit Prloai. } MOLE TRAP : ffTOUnd moles in lawns, park^^ eteries. The only PEKFECf Guaranteed to catob traps fall». Sold bj iplement »nd HfrdwM j bj expreu on receipt at S3.00 bl H. W. HAIiES. BIDOBWOOD N. f HALES SASH BARS JOHN L. DIEZiCO 530 North Halsted Street. CHICAGO, ILL. Mention Amerloan riomt. i6 The American Florist. Nov. 20, Index to Advertisers. AdTertlslnjt Rates, e Allen. W.9. Barnard WW* Co Bayersdorfer U i t Bird F W A Son . . 0.20 " Merieti, Bridev:::::::: Hoste. La France Cbrysanlhemums, fancy Roman hyacinths ::::;;::::: .«,^,5;oo ^'^^•■■?l?aiphiV<;s:;;:::::::::::::::::'^:S!®1.!S " S^iii^s-------- :;:::::::::: tZ ;; Pierre Gnillots, Hostes. .: 5.00 Violets, double ^® ,-^ NIW TOBK. Nov. 22. -<^^"jSgl^— ;-:.:::::::::::::::;:::|K^J| •• Souvs, Nlphetos Iggflgg I-a France. Albanys... •■ Wattevilles.Cusins •• Bennetts, Hostes ■• Beauties Bmilai 3.00(3; .500 ::::::;::::ltS|t§S Roses. Perles, Nlphetos COIOAOO. Nov. W. PRICES. :::::::;:::;'^'»n§S • Brides, Bennetts • Am. Beauties 7.110® 8.00 =;g8li§8 Carnations, long d:^iiZ Wm. J. STEWART. Gut Flowers i Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^^ 67 Bhomfieud St.. BOSTON. MASS. Mention American Florist. EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29tliSt., NEWYGRK. Having removed to more spacious quarters (next door) with increased resources and lacilities I am now prepared to turnish at short notice and in any quantity, selected Roses of every variety, American Beauty, Iia France, The Bride, Mermet, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WRITE FOR PRICE LIST. Return telegrams sent when orders or part of them cannot be filled. Mentlo WHOLESALE FLORISTS, l65 Tremont Street, BOSTON MASS. E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Full line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESfiLE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. m. Sunduys until 3 P. m. ALL SUPPLIES. -^-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN mGHTS AND SUNDAYS. "WIH,E I3ESIG1TS I3Sr STOCIC GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 P. M.; Sundays 3 P. M. WHOLESALE ELORIST 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & ([Commission /T\erchants Mention Amehicaj^' florist. CHAS. E. PENNOCK, Wholesale Plorist 38 So. 16th Street, Pliiladelpliia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, *^ WHOLESALE ^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St.. ST. LOUIS. MO. «>uick saies and prompt returns guaraa- eed, Consigrnmeuts soficited. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanthemums and Orchids: CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, .It lowest market rates, shipped C. O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by telegraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 22< The American Florist. ISlOV. 2J^ iffta ^eec^ @rac^«. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLOUGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Kottlkr, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, 1S91. Mr. Underhill formerly of the well- known pea and bean growers, Howard & Underhill, at Cape Vincent, is now at St Paul with L. L. May & Co.; doubtless those northern lights of Mr. May's seed department will stream up brighter than ever with Mr. U. behind the scenes assist- ing on the wires. Phil.\delphia. — Clarence W. Moore and Isaac N. Simon will open a seed store at 149 North Third street next month, under the firm name of Moore & Simon. MR.CnAS.F.BRASLANofN. B. G. &Co., Minneapolis has been visiting the eastern seedsmen and discussing seed combine and beans in Boston, which is proper. London, Nov. 5.— To-day's reports de- scribe the French clover seed crop as proving short, so that France will have to import from America. Boston, Nov. 21. — The well known suit of William Meggat against Joseph Breck & Sons for onion seed was decided to-day in favor of Mr. Meggat. The F. C. Austin Mfg. Co., of Chicago, makers of agricultural implements, are reported to have failed November 19. Reco greenhouse property sepai " ^ " -09, Ramseys, N. HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, iKstal.Iish.d 1787 ) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. Mention American Florist. Still a big lot of Fresh Imported Plants, mostly Cattleyas, on hand. Also an best Box 322. immense stock of Well Established Plants, sorts for florists to grow for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. Send for price list. FREDERICK MAU, FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING Duchess of Albany fi2 oo Mme. Hoste.. La France. Gontiers.... 7.00 5-00 4 cx) 4 oo Niphetos Mermets 4 00 Brides 400 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2-in. 1:40 per 1000; 3-in. J8.00 per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. J50 00 per 1000. B®" Send for List GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. Floriit. Perles, Mermets. Cooks Hybrid Perpetuals. ope Brides, & Souv Per 100 Per 1000 pen ground, $.'< & 1 -, _i ground »8 4 1 Teas, from open ground Hi. Hardy Cllm Teas, from opt Ampelopsis V Rex Begonias. VERBENAS, WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. young Roses of the lead- and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in s and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, XjouiB-ville, XS.y. Mention American Florist. G. J. MOFFATT. Maiiufarturer ^-inch, - | 5.oo same, 3 inch, - - - 10 00 Begonia Metallica, 2>^-inch, - 6.00 " " 3'4-inch, - 12.00 " Semperflorens rosea, 2>^in. 6 00 " " " 4-in. 12.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2>^-inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2|^-inch. - 7 00 " " 3-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3,?i and 4-inch, - 8 00 Large thrifty stock in fine sliape. ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greeniiouses, CREAM OF THE SHOWS." A collection of the best SO Chrysanthemums, selected by us from the New York market, the Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Chicago shows. 50 Plants March 1 lor $10. Best 25 for $6. Orders should be booked now. YAUGHAN'S "FLORISTS SET" FOR 1891. 10 New Seedlings of 1890. 10 Plants March 1 for $5. AMERICAN CHRYSANTHEMUM SEED. A strain of Double Japanese which has produced 95 per cent double flowers. Out of one lot of 25 plants from this strain, six were sold the past month for $200 00. lr»rloe per trade- pcioltet, 4$X.SO. J. C. VAUGHAN.wK^^T^BVgglflas CHICAGO. SEED, PLAST AND BULB MERCHAWTS, ROSE, FRUIT TREE AND VINE GROWERS, FOREST HILL, LONDON, ENGLAND, S. E. Tuberous Begonias, Caladiums, Orchids, Chrysanthemums and Gloxinias, Roses, Fruit Trees and 'Vines, Genuine Seeds and Bulbs, Greenhouse and Stove Plants, Clivias ( Imantophyllums), Etc, Florists' Flowers, Etc. Descriptive Catalogues Free, and all Information on Application. JAPANESE PLANTS. Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Seeds, Etc. FELIX GONZALEZ «& CO. Direct Importers :iii(l F:x|)orters, 303 to 312 Wayne and Crescent Ave., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Wholesale Catalogue mailed free on applicatloo. SESTD FOR A COPY or OUR NEW TRADE DIREGTORY f>z-ioc9. 92.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Cliicago. C. RAVIER, Florist, MOBILE, ALA., Has on haiiil an extra line lot of AZALEAS, CAMELLIAS. MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA. KOR SALK. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. iny which you have seen Write for prices < previous issues ; Hid like AMERICAN FLORIST CO. We can now furnish in any quantity desired Debit and Credit Tickets of whici we give below samples reduced cue-half in size. CREDIT. )fh^^ /OWB9 yScrv „„ i''''ki''®,?"^,''!'S.'""1S'®.'* '" y*"," "* *® credits in red, so they can be readily distinguished. They are put up in blocks of 100 ; SO of each, placed back to back ; thus but one block will have to be carried. By means or tnese tickets an entry of a sale or receipt of Koods can be made anywb"™— *" *^'^ i..^...... ..- ■.. .w.. «„i., and afterwards tiled, ticke"" ■• ■ . . ' . Price of Tickets, postpaid, 100, 30c.; 300, :{5c.; .300, SOc; 500, 75o.: lOOO, l8il.40. 84 Xja Solle Stx-csot, C7XIXC7.A.CX7k tSgo. The American Florist. 233 GHRYSflNTHEMUMS For Exhibition. So many expressed a wish for a dupli- cate set of the plants exhibited by me at Chicago and Indianapolis recently, I have prepared a list giving the numbers they were under as well as tne correspond- ing names, together with the price by the set or IOC, which list will be mailed on application to any who desire it. TERRE HAUTE, IND. STOCK PLANTS OF New Chrysanthemums for 1890 Flora McDonald. (Sent out by UB last spring.' Hill & Co.'s Set Pitcher & Manda's Sets. Spaulding's Set. Waterer's Set. Hallock's Set. HoUis' Set. Fewkes & Son's Set. Allen's Set. Also all the best older sorts. Send for Price List, ready about Dec. 1. NATHAN SMITH& SON, 167 W. Manmee St, AilriaD, MlcL 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, per 100 f3; per 1000 {25. Rooted Cuttings of same, 100 |i; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2;a-ioes» E. G. HILL & CO., Richmond, Ind. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for List. The prices and quality are sure to please. CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts and novelties. Eight 100 foot houses. COLEUS— Twenty four varieties. A sample one of each, labeled, mailed for 25 cts. Geraniums, Alternanthera, and other items of interest. ALTERNANTHERA— Red and yellow, from 2;,'-in. pots, at fo per 100; $25 per 1000. GERANIUMS— A mixed lot containing all of last season's novelties, 2;^ inch pots, at $4 00 per 100; I35 00 per 1000. A rare bargain. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. I bee to announce to the trade that I shall be prepared to distribute this magnifi- cent HEW WHITE CARHATIOH on the loth of February, 1891, and that the price will be |;i2 per 100, and lioo per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from the cutting bench. Favorable special rates will be allowed on large quantities. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular of this and other sorts. Parties wishing a few flowers of Lizzie McGowan can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. """"^ H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. CUT FLOWERS OF CARNATIONS. I am ready to make contract for a regular supply of Carnation florets the com- ng winter. We have a splendid assortment of Fancy colors— Yellow, Scarlet, Car- mine, Crimson, White, Pink and Variegated; and can send them mostly on long stems. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co. Pa. Rooted Cuttings for Cash Buyers. COLKXJS. S. B. FIELD, Roselle, H. J. GLADIOLUS BULBS. seedllDgB, a tlrst premiu In (act It has never failed to d . To avoid retailing these bull offer them this fall at SIU.OO per lOUO for flrst s M. CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 234 The American Florist. Nov. 2y, A Word from England. Mr. James 11. Lainjj of Jolin Laing & Son, writes, tendering tlianks for com-- tesies extended to him by the members of the S. A. F. during his recent visit to America, and adds ; " The Boston conference astonished me. The show was beautiful, and surpassed my most sanguine expectations. The conferences were exceedingly well carried out and equally well attended. Then passing to the pleasure part, I think all will agree that we were entertained right royally by our hosts of some of the finest private gardening establishments in the States. In fact the convention week will always be regarded by me as one of the brightest spots in my "life. Most notice- able was the prevailing fraternal feeling displayed, each trying to insure the suc- cess of the convention. We should all sa V everv success to the Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club for their generosity and hospitality during our sojourn in their city. I was surprised to find America so advanced in horticultural matters, and I feel certain with the aid of so many in- telligent and able horticulturists that she willrunaclose race withtheoldcountry." Diseased Callas. In regard to the query regarding callas rotting oft' at the neck of the bulb, we have been troubled the same way for three years, but have not succeeded in learning the cause. The most healthy looking plant will drop over in a few davs after being attacked. When you tip' the plant out of the pot you find all the roots have turned black as though they had been frozen. However, the small bulblets at the side keep growing just as if nothing had happened. I hope some one will solve the mystery and give us a remedy for the disease. C. B. W. I HAVE ON HAND 2000 SEEDLINGS of the following ready Dec. i for 3-iiich pots, now in 2-incli pots: 200 Lobelia Compacta Crystal Palace. 50 Cineraria hybrida grandiflora. JOG Bellis perennis (Snowball daisy). Soo Soiilax, strong plants. 50 Primula sinensis fimbriata. Ready Dec. 15 to 20. 200 Cineraria hybrida grandiflora. 200 Lantanas. Price S3.00 per 100, 25 at hundred rate. These plants were started in moderate heat, grown inatemperatureof 45 to 60 degrees day and night, and the seed was the best procurable. W. T. STEPHENSON, Petersburg, III. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SEEDSMEN write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. Order ]N^o^^v A Copy of our New TRADE DIRECTORY I=E,ICE, S2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St., Chicago. WE HAVE RECEIVED IN SPLENDID CONDITION, FRESH FROM THE FORESTS of the Sunny South, LONG ITEEDLE PINES, MAGNOLIA FOLIAGE, 'WILD SMILAX, DAGGER FERNS, PALM LEAVES, GREY MOSS, SHEET MOSS, LAUREL, And many other Novelties. These are all beautiful in Decorations, and sellers across the counter, and are our "GET THERE" and "GET OUT OF THERE" Brand, which means that they reach you quickly, and leave you quicker. THEY WILL SELL. Just what you want. ' Caldwell, the Woodsman's DBUID Brand of Mistletoe" to arrive Dec. 15th, ,S:nd for Illustrated Catalogue— the most interesting little work ever wiit- ten— entitled A Wail Irom the Woods. r>e COU dte CO., St. Paul, Minnesota. CHRISTMAS GREEN Forthe WEST and NORTHWEST I will receive about the 1st of December an im niense consignment of Long Needle Pipes, Palm Leaves and Palm Crowns, Sabals and charaje- rops. a 1 sizes. Laurel and Magnolia Foliage, Wild Smilax, Ferns, Grey Moss, "^hectMoss, Mistletoe, anddU Sonthern Evergreens. Packed by Cald- well, the Woodsman, FRESH from the FORESTS. Having the finest shipping facilities, 4 roads, 20 passenger trains a day, I can reach all points in the West and Northwest with dispatch. SPEED MY SPECIALTY. When you want them in a hurry wire lue. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. Also a fine lot of beautiful specimen Balsam Fir and White Spruce, Xmas Trees 12 to iS feet long, $1.25 to $2.50 each. Also see other adv. JOSEPH BANCROFT, CEDAR FALLS. IOWA. Mention American Florist. >IS^. LET ray ad. run out in Plorist; forgot it. Makes me lone- some, so here I am to stay. You know I do printing" and make g-ood Catalog-ues for logr Pansy Plants From first class seed, I4 co per icoo, 50 cents per 100. JOHN J CONNELLY, GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL QLAZLBRS' SUPPLIMS. tW Writ* fi» FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION Insures Greenhi^nses against duma^e by hail. For full Information, address JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y. Saddle River N. ;, FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655, HARRISBURG, PA. STAN DARD POTS and cheaper than those made by the old way. Price, PO.B. cars here, free of charge: . „ ,„ ■i -inch, per 1000, »3 25 7-Inch, per 100, $ .S..10 2U <• • " " 3.60 8 •• " 6.00 2)2 " " 4.00 9 " '• 7.00 3^ " " 5.00 10 " " 9.00 All pots shipped at tifth-class frt. rates. Termscasl HILFINGER BROS, Fort Edward, N. Y. STARDARD FLOWER POTS Oa and after November i these prices will take effect Terms cash with order. Size. Price of lOCO. No. in crate. iV-in $2 25 2000 2 " 2 70 1500 2'X " 3 00 "GO 2}i " 3 20 1000 3 " 4 20 720 3.'2' " 6 30 575 4 " 7 30 407 3 "o We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. Shipping facilities uueiiualed »ii*r^i^E^, i>ox*r^^i^E>Tv *s? 00., the following sizes. ITIce per crate. j(4 50 4 00 3 60 3 20 ITo i8go. The American Florist. 235 ^. A. P. ^\.tterLtiorL Our defeated competitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Committe of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. . No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews & Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. F. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement published by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either ground, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is Fi^^I^SIi^. The pots we exhibited for the Certificate were made exactly as we make them for our customers, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact it is impossible to alter the inside measure- ment after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (until the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, who, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., ^i?3 cV- ^ig xvi^artoia {St.^PHILADELPHIA, PA. S, A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should cou- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme: "Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT wis that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. l^lrst. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the |i,ooo to the fund of the Society of American Florists. S^oond. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i3/-inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from 8 inch to isinch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. I\I. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambritlire, Mass. i36 The American Florist. Nov. •?/, Index to Advertisers. AdTertlsinKKatsa. etc. Aldino PrlntliiK Wks W.8 Box John R Caldwell Geo W. Chaapel Harry... Chltty H K Connelly John J. Dillon, J. L.. Dreer. H. A.. Field 8 B. FiskChasH. Fre»e O W . . . Gonzales F&Co.. Hall Association , Hammond & Hun Uews A H & Co . HllHnKerBros... Hill EG &Co.... Hooker, H. M... Horan, Edw C... Hudson John M. HuntBH.... HuntM A.... Joosten O H . Lane W D 232 La Uocne&atiitil 227 McCulloughs Sons J M227 McFarlandJ Horace. 234 OelschlK AC 236 PennockChasK 227 Probst Bros Floral Co.230 Uenard Joseph 233 Rolker. A. & Sons 236 SchulzJacob 229 Sheridan W F 227 Slebrecht & Wadley...229 SlptleDopirel&Co....234 Situations. Wants 229 Smith N i, i Starr ChasT Steele Bros Co. .. Stephenson WT. Stewart, Wm. J.. Wisconsin Flower Ex.229 Wood Bros 229 YOUHK John 227 Young, ThoB. Jr 231 Hartford, Conn.— At a recent wedding the floral decorations were entirely of chrysanthemums. The bride carried a bunch of white chrysanthemums and the bridesmaids bunches of yellow ones. Unionville, Pa.— Geo. W. Love has added a new house 20.x85 for carnations. TO GflNflDmN FLORISTS. Alabama NEW CHRISTMAS EVERGREENS. ceive about Dec. S from away dow a choice selection of SOUTHERN EVERGREENS, Long Needle Pines, Wild Smilax, Palm Leaves, Grey Moss, Magnolia Foliage, etc., etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. STEELE BROS. CO., Toronto, Canada. CHRISTMAS TREES DECORATIVE GOODS. ETC. ift. 18c., 7 It. 21c., 8 ft. 25c., JOSEPH BANCROFT, General Wholesale Agent for CALDWBLL, the Woodsman, Evergreen, Ala. Cetatii* refills, lo-w^^. SOUTHERN GREEN For Pennsylvania Florists Being earnestly solicited by Caldwell, The Woodsman, of ICvergreen, Ala., to handle his goods in this State, who, as he expresses it, in his wicked woodsman way, WANTS TO GET TO EM ALL. I have, after a careful examination and test of tlie goods, consented, and will receive about DECEIMBER 5th a large Shipment of Long Needle Pines, Palm Leaves and Crowns. Magnolia Foliage, Wild Smilax, Gray Moss. Sheet Moss, and Mistletoe cut FRESH from the FORESTS. lean commend them to the trade as being of undoubted merit, carefully selected and packed. Prices low; while shipper's enterprize in placing them within quick and easy reach is well worthy of your support and commendation. Send for Illustrated Catalogue "A Wail from the Woods," which I can commend to your alogu ing. HARRY CHAAPEL, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. HOLIDAY ORDERS FOR FANCY BASKETS, POT HOLDERS, PALM STANDS, POT COVERS, IMMORTELLES, DOVES, MEMORIAL DESIGNS of Metal Foliage and Porcelain Flowers, Etc., Etc., SHOULD BE SENT NOW TO IITSUBE PROMPT DEI.IVEBT. Our Illustrated Catalogue giving full informa- tion mailed free to the trade on application. August Rolker & Sons, 136 West 24th Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. CHRISTMAS GREEN AND MY CATALOfUK A WAIL FROM THE WOODS, Can now be obtained of A. Rolker & Sons, New Vork. Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass. J. G. Carinody * Co., Gvansville, Ind. Joseph Bancroft, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Harry Chaapel, Willianisport, Fa. Huntsman Floral Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. DeCou & Co., St. Paul, Minn. Fort Worth Seed & Canning Co.. Dallas, Texas. Steele Bros. Co., Toronto, Canada, Or direct from THE WOODSMAN, HEADQUARTERS for CHRISTMAS TREES! Wisconsin Blue Spruce, S:°™;:[,i;:,S,"' lected trees, carefully packed in light, strong crates, con- taining 25, 50 and 100 trees, delivered, Freight Charges Paid to any point within 300 miles of Chicago, at prices here quoted: 25 4 to (5 feet 8 ,J 5 6.00 „. 1 li to 14 feet.' he two largest sizes are of Balsam Fir; fine selected specir Spe5 medium the question of circulation is not the only thing to be considered. Do tlic people who receive the paper read it? If not, then it is worthless as a medium. New York. Tlie exhibition at Madison Square Gar- den was opetved November 24 by and under the sole control of Messrs. Pitcher i\: Maiula, I'nilcd States .Xurseries, Short Hills, N. J., lo wliom ,L;rcat ])raise is due for llic energy .ind heavy expense attend- ing such a iiioustcr undertaking. It took nearly 200 four-horse loads of plants etc. to make this exhibition, and I'rom the immense size of the building this amount, though very large, looks to the casual observer almost lost. On entering the garden from the main entrance a very large bed of chrysanthe- mums in the form of a triangle first strikes the eye. These are composed of bush plants of various sorts and sizes, on either side of which are arranged very large beds (somewhat of a rectangular shape) of ornamental foliage plants com- posed of a very large assortment from 5 or 6-inch pots up to 15 or 18 inches. Conspicuous among them are some very fine dracEenas, crotons, marantas, etc. Directly in the rear ot the first bed is a large circle filled entirely with Pandanus Vcitchii arranged in the form of a pyr- amid, giving it a very bold efl'eet. Next follow two long beds rounded at one end and running to a point at the other, filled with red, yellow, pink and white chrys- anthemums. Conspicuous -among the pinks is the beautiful late variety John Lane. Inside of these again is a very large bed in the form of a crescent, filled with fine palms and other foliage plants, containing many choice and valuable plants. On the outside of this again are two long beds somewhat resembling the blade of a scythe, filled with fine tree ferns and light colored foliage plants. Inside of the crescent is a large rustic bower-like bed in which arc situated a dozen young ladies selling cut flowers, at which they are doing a good business. Directly in front of this and running across the entire auditorium is situated the greatest attraction of the whole show, namely, an immense collection of cypripediums, numbering 135 distinct varieties, the largest collection probably ever exhibited in the world at any one show. The actual number of blooms runs away up into many thousands, each variety being represented by large masses. Conspicuous among them are the lovely Spicerianums in large force, also Har- risianum and a host of others too num- erous to mention. At either end of these are fine banks of anthuriums, which with their bright colors and fantastic forms give a very pleasing effect. In the rear of these andthe cypripediums is atnassivc bank of trees ofvarious sorts, the branches of which are all hung with many choice orchids in full bloom, the most effective of which are oncidiums, Vanda cccnilca, Odontoglossum crispum, Dendrobium ehrysanthum with its bright golden flow- ers, and Islias in variety. Among the cypripediums are arranged some Hue specimens and numerous smaller plants of Adiantum Farleyense, giving the whole a graceful finish. At the rearof these and forming a background arranged in a massive bank, are choice ferns and otiicr foliage plants. Behind these again are arranged three massive groups of chrys- anthemums, yellow on either side with the beautiful crimson Cullingfordii in the center. Next to these are arranged two large rooms representing a reception or draw- ing room which is beautifully decorated with choice drapery covered with aspar- agus, smilax, etc., and in the center stands a case of rare jewelry reprcsenti>ig orchids, set with diamonds. Chrysan- themums are also represented in this line, but they look a little too heavy for ordi- nary mortals to carry around, on the contrary those representing the more fantastic orchids are very graceful and pretty. The room is 20x25 fulIyequipiKd with chairs and other suitable furnitinc to represent such a room. The other room is fitted uf) as a dining room, but it has altogether too much of a crowded appearance to commend itself to the public. Even the orchid flowers were so crowded through the center of the table that no one sitting on one side could sec who was sitting opposite. Many beau- tiful orchids were used for this purpose, and evidently the designer thought the more that could be crowded in the better, but he entirely destroyed the desired effect. On the other table (there are two in this room, a breakfast and dinner table), decorated for a breakfast, many of the cypripediums in the jjlateaus are placed directly upside down and all lay- ing on the table as favors, giving the whole a very ungraceful finish and to many a flower lover it gave a positively painful impression. One lady remarking that it looked as if the guest had sat down to a very early breakfast after ;i very late dinner, and without having retired at all during the night. The silver and glassware was all of a beautiful de- sign on both tables, and with the jewelrj' was furnished by Mr. Mason, of 240 Fifth avenue. New York City. Surroutid- ing these rooms and in a measure dividing them, are fine evergreens, containing many handsome specimens of Bays, both standards and pyramids. The lovely Araucaria Excelsa was also in strong force, in addition to bananas in fruit autl many other choice things. Interspersed around the margin are chrysanthemums and other flowering plants representing an herbaceous border. At the extreme end of the garden and behind the rooms is placed a grand old plant of Livistona (Latania) chinensis fully 30 feet high. This plant weighed over three tons. Around the entire hall are arranged tables of plants and flowers, or b;inks of same, on one of which are pUiced some very choice cut orchid blooms and sojnt '38 The American Florist. Dec. 4^ ix>.c]>tii>iiallv tine plants, alsi) anioiij; llic latti-v arc pailicularlv iiolkvahk- a fine spccinuMi of Lalia Aniokliaiia with 1G spikes of l)looni, ami a Vaiula e;vriilca Willi five. (In another table is plaeed a verv elioiee eoUeetion of evpripedinms (in fact the ereani of the whole), iiotiec- ahlv the beautiful leueorliotlnni, an ex- eeeilinylv ehoiee variety, Veitchii, Insigiie Chantin'ii, and Maxima, Hookera;, down to the fjraeeful little vexillai-itim , all in ' perteet health and flowering very freely'. On another table a fine collection of medieinal plants were placed, among which the beautiful little orange trees in lull tVnit attracted many of the visitors. I"ollowinji on arouiid the hall are tables of tine single flowered chrysanthe- mums in small pots (4 and 5 inches). Cut filooms of the same were still very line, others agaiueontained fine banks of liouvardta, lily of the valley, Roman hyacinths, pansies, heliotrope, cyclamen, Bermuda lilies, etc. A very fine batch of IJrica hyemalis, and another of fine seed- ling carnations in assorted colors at- tracted a large crowd of admirers. Those who missed this show lost a truly great feature in the horticultural world, and one of which Messrs. Pitcher and Manda may well feel proud. For, though so late in the season, the chrysanthe- mums are still very creditable, many of the blooms in fact are very fine. We trust the firm will be well repaid for all the labor and expense the undertaking cost. To Mr. Manda, the junior partner of the firm, is largely due the credit of carrving out the details. N. Philadelphia Show Notes. How large vyill the plants be next year? And how many flowers on each? The inclination is toward rather too many pink shades. .\ new grower won first for 25 cut blooms in a competition of six. The last three would have won easily three years ago. Nearlv thirtv .seedlings of merit; 136 all to\A. It was said that Davy Beam admitted the skeleton frames as an educator, a sort of primer as it were. The fifty blooms which took first prize were of the following varieties: J. M. Pigmey, Pactolas, Mrs. J. S. Fogg, Mme. Baco, Mrs. A. Carnegie, Mrs. B. Harri- son, Martha Harding, Mandus, Nineveh, Coronet, L. B. Bird, J. M.Hughes* Grand- iflorum, Mrs. T. A. Edison, St. Sophia, Charity, E. G. Hill, Reward, H. Cannell, .\da Spaulding, Pres. Harrison.Sunflower, Alcyon, Japonaise, Excellent, Mrs. M. Wheeler, Superbflora, Mrs. A. C. Burpee, T. C. Price, The Bride, W. H. Lincoln, Mrs F. Jameson, Sunnyside, Mrs. Bo wen, i;idorado, Mrs. Fottler, Miss Hartshorn, Veil d'Or, Violet Rose, Kioto, W. W. Coles, Mrs. I. Claike, Eynsford White, Mrs. Wanamaker, Jno. Collins, Soliel Levant, Domination, Dawn (V. H. Hal- lock), R. Bottomly, Ceres. J. T. This one all the way Irom Boston: "How long since k. H. Fewkes lived in Tewkesbury? That is where the alms- house is." It should have been Newton Highlands, Mass. Here is another from Woodbury, N. J.: "We notice in your report of the Phila- delphia chrysanthemum show that you described the new seedling 'Mrs. G. G. Green' as being white. It is a delicate yellow." And this from Chicago. Mr. Edgar Sanders writes: "1 have just come across ;v matter that may have escaped many of your great chrysanthennmi growers, and that is your society ( Penna. Horti- cultural) has been giving premiums for growing mums and even seedlings -t-t years at least. For example, I have a record reading thus: 'At the Penna. Horticultural Society meeting November 17, 1846, the attendance of visitors was good, and the display remarkably fine and consisted principally of chrysanthe- mums, of which there were seven exten- sive collections of choice specimens. Pre- miums were awarded for best 12 named varieties of chrysanthemums to Benj. GuUis, gardener to Jacob Snider, Jr., 2nd best 12 to Archibald Henderson. For best American seedling chrysanthemum to Benjamin GuUis.' So that Philadel- phians have been raising seedlings a good while." Thank you Mr. Sanders for this bit of interesting history about Philadelphia's early efforts in the cultivation of the chrysanthemum. Mr. Thorpe in his essay read before the Penna. Hort. Society October 21 this year, and printed in the Florist Novem- ber 6 last, also gave some instructive history relative to this Queen of Autumn and Philadelphia. I am told that chrysanthemums Ra- mona, La Fortune and H. E. Widener are very similar. I looked through many collections at Philadelphia during the show very eartfully to find if possible all the names so as to compare the flowers, but I failed to find any but the Widener. Will some of your readers kindly throw light upon the subject? For the purpose of giving intending growers of orchids an idea of what vari- eties may be had in bloom for exhibition at chrysanthemum shows, below will be found a partiaLlist of what made up the tastefully arranged orchid display made by Mr. Evans, of the Rowlandville Nur- series: Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, C. Harrisianum, C. Spiceranum, Cattlej'a Bowringiana, Laslia anceps, Odontoglos- sum grande, 0. varicosum, O. crispum, Dendrobium Deari, Vanda c£Erulea, Cat- tleya Harrisoniana, Ltelia Dayana, Ca- lanthe Veitchii, C. oculata gigantea, Odontoglossum Rossii Majus and Zygo- petaluni Mackayii. What a magnificent plant Dracjena imibracifera is for exhibition purposes. One came from the conservatory of Post- master General Wanamaker which was about seven feet high and as far through; and this perfect specimen Mr. Alex. Young, the gardener, says is only four years old. Not a leaf was damaged and the stem was clothed clear to the base. Meeting Mr. Wm. K. Harris on the street a few days ago I said: "Any seed- lings opened since the show?" "Yes sir," said Harris, "I've got a snorter." "What is it like?" said I. "Come out and see it," said he. So the first opportunity I had to see it I went, and sure enough, there it was, a very large flower, light vellow in color and similar to \'iolet Rose in form. It will in all [Moliability be later than the Widener, and it will be that much more valuable in consequence. It has been named "Miss Eva Hoyt," in honor of a New York lady, .'^t the time of my visit Mr. Harris had not sold it. He holds it at a higher figure than he has asked for a seedling j'et. The last exhibition has been so emi- nently satisfactory in every particular that the enthusiasts are shaping their course, even now, for a grand rose show to take place probably during the Lenten season, as the outdoor roses in Jime in this section arc not what might be termed first class. E. L. Philadelphia. Mums the word, and mums the flower, for this scVison of the year; at least some rose growers nnist think so, as they are still x\ .litiiiL; for the mums to go before lirinuiiii4 ill their roses. There are many opinions expressed regarding this flower, and licie are a tew of them. "Chrysantlieiiuims have sold just as well tills year as ever, only there are too many aljout." Thos. Cartledge. "They're afineflowerand there'saplace for them." R. Craig. "I think the stores will be better off when they are done." George C. Evans. "I'll sign apaper never togrowanother one." - Sandy Dennison. "If there were no chrysanthemums there would not be roses enough to go around." George Anderson. "Confound the weeds! Still I liketUem." J. W. Colflesh. "They're all right as long as we can get three dollars a dozen for them." R. Heron. "Have sold more this year than ever. We have to work late at night to get our orders out." W. K. Harris. "Oueen of Autumn! Queen of !" An all rose grower. "They're a good thing. I sell lots of them at good prices." Robt. Crawford. "You can say what you please about them, I like them,alwavs did and always will." R. Kift. "Chrysanthemums, well the List show put the society right on its feet. We must have cleared over $1,200." Dan Farson. "I like anything I can sell." Wm. J. Baker. Cut blooms ranged from 50 cents to $20 per 100. Every one seems to have had a good Thanksgiving trade, and for the first time this season roses seemed scarce. They are bringing. La France, Albanvs, Mer- inets, Brides, Guillots, $6 to $8; Perles, tjontiers, Niphetos, 3 to 4; Carnations, 1.25 to 1.50; hyacinths 5; valley 8; vio- lets 50c a 100. ' I. Boston. Thanksgiving Day trade was about the same in volume as in previous years. The day was the coldest of the season thus far, and the supply of roses has con- sequently been shortened up. Violets were in brisk demand and sold well. Good chrysanthemums are about finished but there is quite a supply of inferior quality blooms still in the market. Car- nations are more abundant and bou- vardia and Roman hyacinths are coming in in quantity. Quite a number of weddings and other society events are talked of for December and the outlook for the immediate future is very favorable. Needle pines and palm leaves from the south are in the mai-ket. City florists now use these serviceable greens in large quantities, for they fill the place to a great degi-ee of plants in big decorations, and by using them there is in very cold weather quite a saving in cost of packing and risk of transportation of large and valuable plants. A great manj' flowers were used at the funeral of the late Commissioner Tobin. Many large and expensive designs were sent and most of the local florists got a share of the work. Several of the Boston brethren visited the great exhibition of the United States jSoo, The American Florist. 239 VIEWS AT CHAAPEL S TRADE DISPLAY, [SEE PAGE 246.. Nurseries at Madison Square Garden, New York. The exhibition was a tre- mendous undertaking, well managed and worthy of all the success it attained. The committee on establishing prizes has been hard at work at Horticultural Ha 1 and the schedule of prizes for 1891 will soon be ready. The increased appro- priations for the use of the flower and plant committees will give opportunity for some welcome additions to the pre- mium list. \V. J. s. Chicago. Paul Krohn, the North .Side florist while driving on Clark street last Thurs- day lost control of his horse and collided with a buggy near Division street. The shock threw him upon his head against the curbing. He was taken to theAlexian Brothers' hospital, where his injury was found to be a compound fracture of the skull, five inches long, across the fore- head. The physicians say there is but little hope of his recover}'. Mr. J. T. Anthony is improving rapidlv and will soon be around again. The report that P. D. Armour is build- ing a range of greenhouses with a view of making a collection of orchids proves to be incorrect. Mr. Armour states that he does not know an orchid from a sun- flower and has no desire to acquire the knowledge. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Florist Club will be held next Thurs- day evening, the 11th inst. The last reg- ular meeting was omitted, as the date came on Thanksgiving day. Plans are already being laid for the ex- hibition of 1891. The appointment c,f the chief of the horticultural deparlmciit dI (lie World's Columbian Expositio,. is daily expected. 1 he appointment willbcniadcbv Director General George R. Davis. Thanksgiving trade was very satisfac- torv. Unquestionably many lessons have been learned during the last month re- garding the management of exhibitions, and with a view to securing to beginners and exhibition managers of the future, the benefit of the experience gained, we invite a discussion upon the subject, and ask those who have had experience to send in their views and suggestions for the improvement of present methods. 240 The American Florist. Dec. Ilowu slu)\ \1 i.lison S, u^utUil tl (lid not been loi I'lttlii-i \ \1 md 1 \i\\ \ork would lia\t had no llowti sliow this season Hic cxlidntion was \cr^ artistieallj, 111 in_id h\ Ml Manda assisted b\ Mr |(.liii I hoipc. 1 h<. Llassiijing wi the dif k 11 lit spuRs (il ]il mts \\as\er} efFectne I ht iMiiiRs were hned with fine speci iiRiis (il ihi. tietltin(Alsophila \iistrahs) Chivsaiilhcmums furnished the greater jiari ofhloom, but the principal feature ot the show was the very fine collection iifcypripcdiums (Manda'spets). Manda is truly king-grower of the cypripedium and his exhibit on this occasion was well- worth seeing. A srou)) of the comet like Anthurium A 11(1 ica mini giganteum hanging over a bed olMrs. Alpheus Hardy was a very strik- ing feature of the show. Another feature was a dining room decoration. A large mirror on which were placed six white porcelain swans filled with Madam Cusin roses occupied the center of the table, garlands of the same roses beingentwincd amongst the dishes and passed througli tlic mouths of the swans. Still another tiiking feature was a drawing room deco- ration. The tapestries being of a pale blue contrasted with a curfain of Madam llostercscs, thrown carelessly over the mirror and tied at the side with a bow lit yellow ribbon. On the mantel were lilaicd some fine specimens of Adiantum Farlcyense with sprays of Oncidium tig- 1 ilium jjccpiiig out between their beauti- ful fronds. Fine specimens ofkentias and crotons were grouped in the corners, the whole forming an effective contrast to its surroundings. An elaborate Thanksgiving dinner was given Thursday at the new Imperial Hotel. The tables, 39 in number, were hand- somely decorated by Fleishman. The grouiiing of the national colors in flowers presented a novel feature, on each table licing placed a center piece composed of I'apa (iontier roses and Lady Emma car- nations, Konian hyacinths and Neapolitan violets, arranged in bunches and making a beautiful alter dinner souvenir for the l.idies present. The hall leading to the tlining room was decor^ited with curtains olsmilax looped up with bunches of yel- low chrysanthemums. A very cfi'ective funeral design was made by" Kliinder for the casket of the late .\u.L;iist P.clinont. A wreathof cycas palm leaves eiieirclcd the casket, the lid of which was entirely covered with violets. The recent wedding decorations at St. Thomas' cluircli and for the reception at Sherrv's, by Ellis were very handsome. The jninciijal flowers used were Yellow chrysanthemums and La France roses. The bride carried a boutjuet oi lilies of the valley tied with a white moire ribbon. The bridesmaids carried bouquets of yel- low and white chrysanthemums. Business during the week has been very good; the cold wave has given it its usual impetus. Among our visitors during the week were W. J. Halliday and Mrs. M. J. Thomas of Baltimore, Geo. Savage of Rochester. D. B. Long and J. H. Rebstock of Buffalo, P. Norton and P. Welch of Boston. John Young. Danville, III. — Frank B. Smith has added two new houses, giving him a total of over 10,000 s square feet to each pl.aut, .-111(1 by ;i very close in- S]icctioii it sceiiicd iiiipossilile to detect a single fault. The cut flowers in many eases were simply immense, not only in form and size but also in structure and many were so unique in color as to set one pondering over future attainable possibilities in the chrysanthemum. Verih' the world doth move, and the florists are a progressive people. But when we re- flect that exhibitions of the same char- acter were in progress at pretty much the same time all over the country, in Canada and many parts of Europe, the thought presents itself that the power being exerted over public opinion and ])ublic taste must be something far be- yond our means of reasonable com- siderations which will suggest themselves to both societies and individuals. Are the schedules of the several societies and clubs so evenly balanced and so nicely adjusted as to be thoroughly satisfactory to the grower, and at the same time sufficientlyremunerative to the society to allow a balance on the right side? It seems to me that while societies can well afford to be generous to the extent ol' their ability, that financial strength should at all times be retained sufficient to inere;ise their influence whenever op- portunity offers, and that in such careful ijusiness management the true strength of the society is developed and thegreatest benefits secured to the grower and ex- hibitor, and the best results obtained. H. E. CJUTTV. Paterson, N. J. Nov. 24. New Chrysanthemum Etoile de Lyon. The writer while visiting on Staten Island, N. Y., during the third week in November called upon that illustrious grower of the "Oueen of Autumn," Mr. Wm. Tricker, the"well known gardener to Judge Benedict, and saw the above vari- ety in its grandeur. It certainly is one of the finestof all theFrench productions, a magnificent bold and fine globular shaped ffower ol perfect form and enor- mous size, in color light pink changing to white. It is of excellent habit and its merits must gain it a position in every popular collection. Mr. Tricker is also making extensive Ijreparatioins for the propagation of water lilies, to which he has for some time been devoting considerable attention and has a splendid collection. The last few years he has been paying particular attention to hybridizing his best varieties and some very choice seedlings may be expected both in lorm and color of the ffowers. Alpha. Long Island Notes. BY WM. I'ALCONEB. Mr.J. L.Childs has removed his old seed store building to alongside of his new greenhouses on the other side of the rail- road; his new seed store is a spacious and handsome four-story brick structure. Quite a village of pretty cottages are being built, mostly by his workmen, on a newly opened street beside the R. R. station. John objects to being "roasted like a herring", and if had not been for C. L. Allen the other day, I don't know but he would have roasted me. Mrs. John Lewis Childs is the name of a very beautiful blush chrysantlicmiiin raised at and now in bloom in (pi.intity at Floral Park. It belongs to the Japanese section. The flowers are large, lulldoublc, 5 to 6 inches through, and have broad, incurved, shaving-like-cmled petals, and the plants are vigorous and very profuse. But the flower stems are too slender and weak for the weight of the heavy blossoms. Golden Cacti's is the name of a very large-flowered Japanese chrysanthemum now in bloom and which was raised there from seed. The form and color of the flower are well expressed in the name. Ampelopsis Roylei and Veitchii from seed. In the seed grounds I noticed sev- eral rows of seedlings of these two vines. The seeds were sown in the rows last spring at the same time, under the same conditions and alongside of each other, but the difference now is very marked. Roylei has far outgrown Veitchii. Chrysanthemum indoruni plcnisiimum is being increased from cuttings ;is this is the only way in which to get up a thor- oughly reliable stock of the double flow- ered variety. But I also observed that where the fine double form was blooming the petals were shorn off" as are those of Japanese or Chinese chrysanthemums, with a view of getting seed of a superior strain. Nearly 30,000 cactuses, sanscvicras and stapelias in little pots are a sight to be seen only here. And 20,000 Manettia bicolor now ready besides the tens of thousands in process of manufacture! Bonk Dust iok Am.vkvli.ises— Mr. McKav, Hallock's foreman, uses a good sprinkling of bone dust on the surface of the soil ill the pots, and to this he attrib- utes laigciv the thrifty condition of a lot of .\. .lulica jilatypetaia he has now com- ing into bloom. /<5po. The American Florist. 241 EXHIBITION CHRYSANTHEMUMS GROWN BY JAPANESE GARDENERS. Fredehick Creighton is thename of a new pink carnation I found at Hallock's. It was raised by George Creighton of Tarrytown. Louis Siebreeht and Halloek both grow it. Mr. S. tells 'me the blooms of it Mr. Creighton sent to him last year were the largest and finest jjink carna- tions he has ever seen; his own plants are hardly in good blooming condition yet. Mr. McKay has a fine lot of young violets. He believes in September cut- tings. He grows them in little pots then plants two in a hill on ! he benches. They set to growing right awaj- and in winter produce the finest and largest violets, and they are not so subject to disease as are the large or year-old plants. Louise E. McKay is a canary yellow coleus of vigorous habit. The originator claims that it is the best yellow coleus we have for outdoor use, that it main- tains its yellow color pesistently the whole summer long and grows uniformly, and that its leaves never damp off or be- come tarnished as is often the case with Golden Redder. JiJLirs ScHARFF is making a Specialty of "Stonewall Jackson", white, and Kioto, yellow, chrysanthemums and both are splendid varieties. The first has very fine, large flowers that stand right up on stift" stems, and good foliage; the last, when well disbudded bears uncommonly large, fine, incurved flowers but the long flower-stems are not, naturally, very well clothed with leaves. Golden Alpha is an October-blooming yellow flowering chrysanthemum that Mr. Scharff" raised from seed some years ago. Both he and his friend and neigh- bor, Louis Siebreeht, grew it largely for cut flowers this year, and made more money out of it than out of any other variety they have handled, and all be- cause of its earliness. Gladioluses blooming the first year from seed is something that has never happened with me, but C. H. Allen assures me that this has happened in a good many cases with him this 5'ear. This year, however, has been an unusually favorable one for gladioluses, and both Mr. Allen and the Hallocks are well satis- fied with the .season's growth. In Mr. Allen's yard I noticed a very handsome variegated form of the hardy vucca, Y. filamentosa. Climbers. A few good climbing plants form a useful portion of the general florists' stock, and this list need not be confined to those that arconlytisefid as pot plants or for ixhibiticiii spiriiiuiis, for there arc manytliat may Ik- niaik- loservea double purpose from the fact that they may be grown as pot plants for retail sales or when planted out in the end of a green- house will furnish sprays for cutting, the latter being of use eitherfor foliage eflVcls or for flowers, according to what the plant in question may be best adapted for. And among plants of this habit that are notably useful is that well known but remarkably beautiful climber, Cissus dis- color,a plant thatis easilygiown, readily propagated and deserving of all praise for its elesant coloring. When planted out in a warm house Cissus discolor is a rapid grower, and the combination of metallic green, white, crimson and other tints in its foliage makes it most ,il Ir.-ictivc when cut in longgraciliil s|ir.iys lor decorative work. For exhibition purposes it is probably most efl'ective when trained on a balloon trellis or some similar arrangement, and when in good condition never fails to attract attention. In addition it may be used as a basket plant outdoors during the summer, nio- vided the basket is placed in ,1 shaded location, as this cissus is not partial to much strong sunshine. Of somewhat similar character to the above are some of the dioscoreas, that is, in regard to foliage, but being herbaceous in growth the dioscoreas have not so long a period of usefulness to the florist. The two varieties to which reference is here made are, however, verj' pretty ]i]ants and deserve a place. The first, D. discolor, is among the earliest to be cultivated for ornamental purposes of the Yam family, ;nid is a slender-growing dim lier with ralherwiry stems and cordate Icives, the l.itler- lielng more or less marbled with various sli.ides of green <]U the iipprr side, wliik' tile un- der surfaec is ndilisli |uirplr. The second \,iri.tv lu which altenliou Ihls U consider.-iblc impi ovt nuni .mi i 1 .lis, oh, r. as the foli,-i,m' IS v.ni..ii-lv sli;ul,.l Willi length'^of four to six inches. Kurnig Llie period of rest the tubers of the dioscoreas may be kept in much the same way as those ofcaladiums are treated, and prop- .i-.ition max be rfliitcd by cutting the IiiIk-is int.. '.h..ri I. ninths in the early s|.i Mi'j, .111.1 I.', ]il.i. iii.j them in a warm hoiisi loi a liiiu- III. II ..growth is usually 242 The American Florist, Dec. assured. Division should not be attempted while the plants are growing, as loss may- result thereby. If space can be spared for its accommo- dation agood plant of Passiflora princeps (P. racemosa) planted out and trained on wires attached to the roof makes a valu- :il)lo addition to the available stock of cut llowcrs. and is seldom out of bloom. Tlic long r;iccmcs of bright red flowers produced by this plant are very showy and especially useful for church decora- tion, and though the individual flowers do not remain open very long, still the sprays last well in water and the succes- sion of buds is almost as ornamental as the flowers themselves. Passiflora prin- ceps is naturally a strong grower and is usually more satisfactory when planted out in a house than when grown as a pot plant. A light loam well drained and enriched with some old cow manure is a suitable compost, and an occasional watering with liquid manure will be found beneficial. Amongthe old fashioned jjlants once much esteemed for spring flowering vvasTropseolum tricolorum, an easilv grown and very free flowering variety of this very extensive genus. This is a tuberous rooted plant and should be started into growth in the fall, the tubers being potted into the pots they are intended to bloom in, as they do not flourish if the roots are disturbed after active growth begins, and a fit compost for potting is composed of two-thirds good loam to one-third of peat and some dry cow manure, t'l which should be added sand enough to render the mixture open. The growth of Tropaolum tricolorum is slender, and the leaves are divided into several leaflets and dark green in color. The flowers are produced in great quan- tity and are colored with a combination of orange-red and yellow and tipped with black, and though individually small are very showy. A graceful way of training this plant is to insert two or three small twiggy branches in the pots in place of stakes", and to allow the plant to ramble at will over them, and when in full flower the result will be admirable. W. H. Taplin. At the Recent Exhibitions. It is exceedingly pleasant to note that carnations have formed quitea prominent feature at several of the exhibitions this fall, and that they have been shown in greater numbers than heretofore, which is a healthy sign and indicates a growing taste, as well as a more decided recogni- tion of the importance, value, and increas- ing popularity, of these fall and winter flowering plants, and the premiums offered in various forms by several societies show a disposition to encourage and develop their culture, all of which is very gratify- ing to the grower. And as the main ob- ject of the society is clearly to encourage and the objective of the grower is a suc- cessful competition the question presents itself which is the best way to subserve the interests of both? The New Jersey Horticultural Society in its last schedule offers a separate pre- mium for a bunch each of six distinct colors, viz, scarlet, white, pink, yellow. crimson, and red, also a separate pre- mium for a bunch of the best new variety, each bunch to contain twenty-five flow- ers. This seems to me an excellent plan, as it not only has the eft'ect of bringing to- gether in competition different varieties of the same, or nearly the same shades ol color, but it also requires twenty-five flowers to comprise the bunch, which is the usual number put into bunches when gathered for market by the grower. This feature will cause the grower to use skill and judgnient in the very simple opera- tion of tying up his bunches (which ad- mits of wonderful improvement), so as to make them most effective when ar- ranged for exhibitions. The Chicago Florist Club in its last schedule offers premiums for certain speci- fied varieties, a bunch of each comprised of twenty-five flowers. This plan while it would have the effect of bringing into competition those special sorts named, would not be so likely to assist in deter- mining the best in any given color, which in my estimation is a most important matter. For instance there are several varieties in the field as rivals to Grace Wilder, now it is simply impossible for a single grower to plant a sufficient num- ber of each o f these sorts in any one year to determine their respective values, but if premiums of suflicient amount were offered to induce the raisers of these va- rieties to place them on the exhibition stand side bv side with Grace Wilder her- self, then we" should have an opportunity to examine their respective merits, and determine which is the best for general purposes. This same rule would also apply to carnations of all shades and coloi-s, and it seems to me would be the legitimate way for raisers of new kinds to present them for public approval. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society offers a prize for a collection of cut carna- tions in masses, not over twelve flowers of a kind, which in proportion to value of premium offered is flowers enough, but I think the society would be the gainer if the amount of premium was three times as much, and the number of flowers limited to twenty-five of each sort. The Society of Indiana Florists, the Cincinnati Florist Society, the Erie Pa., Chrysanthemum Club and others mani- fest "considerable liberality towards the carnation, and perhaps some of them may be able to gather a useful hint from the suggestions which I have made. Now, while on the subject of societies and exliibitions, I have what I consider a very important suggestion to make. The officers of the many societies thai have held exhibitions this fall cannot have failed to notice the eagerness with which the represent.'itives of their local news- papers have been on hand to gather and distribute all the leading features of the exhibits, and in many cases minute de- tails have been gathered and published with an exactness not always expected from the average daily paper. These same newspapers are the real educators of the masses; thousands of people read them who will never read the horticultural papers. I would therefore suggest that ample arrangements be made at every future exhibition to adopt some system of bulletin, whereby the several awards be promptly, and correctly displayed with details of all other necessary in- formation, so important and so dear to the average daily newspaper reporter. I feel convinced that some such method would relieve the officers of the society of much embarrassment, which has hereto- fore been considerable of an interference with their duties. H. E. Cnrrrv. Tying up Carnations. Havejust read Mr. Chitty's article on tying iip carnations. My method of tving up carnations is something like tliis: A bed 8 feet wide will take 8 to 12 plants; put a stake on the outside of the first plant and one between each plant across the bed and one on the outside of the last plant; take .S or 4- ply cotton wrapping yarn, tie it to the first stake G inches above the soil, run it round on one side the first plant to the next stake, wrap round once or twice, and then to the next, and so on until the outside stake at the end of the row is reached, then round on the opposite side in the same way until you get back to where you commenced. Then run another string 6 inches above the first, and then a third. Leave the strings rather loose audflappy, so that when the plant grows larger it will not be cramped. As the plants grow some of the stems will get on the outside of the strings, but they are readily put inside. Geo. W. Sciiroyer. Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 28. Arrangmg Plant Decorations. The sketch presented herewith shows the manner in which Florist J. T. An- thony, of Chicago, makes good use of the pipe plant stand which Mr. Harris uses in his greenhouses. No one who has arranged plant decorations will need to have its usefulness in this work pointed out after a glance at the sketch. There is no longer any necessity to clutter up a house with inverted pots or bulky boxes to "build up" a bank of plants. A num- ber of these iron standards of different lengths fill the bill to a nicety. They are not only neat and clean and more readily placed in position than any other means of bringing up a short plant, but occupy less space and are preferable in every way. For the benefit of those who niay not have seen former references to this stand we would say: they are made of I'l or IVa-inch wrought iron pipe, cut to the desired length, a thread is cut on each end, and finished by screwing on flanges from 6 to 9 inches in diameter. The cost is slight and they will last a life time. The materials can be purchased of any plumber or gas fitter and can be put together by any one having the tools for cutting the pipe and threading the ends. No florist who supplies plant decorations should be without these useful and inex- pensive stands. August 20. lS9<--\ By succulents we mean such plants as agaves, echeverias, cacti, aires, house- leeks and the like that have thick, fleshy Florists who grow a general assort- ment of plants usually handle a few of the more popul.ii kinds, as echeverias (properly called eoi vlnlons l. honse-lceks, agaves and sucli .it In is as I here is a pop- ular demand for as lnmse or bcddnig plants, but there are very few florists in the country who make a specialty of cacti and other succulents. The reasons for this are that the plants are uncouth and unpleasant to handle, difficult to in- crease readily, and seemingly there is no demand for them. Now the truth is there is money and big money in this class of pl.ints if rightly handled. In order to to make them pay, only the best, most satisfactory and popular kinds shoidd be grown and, in fact, only Ihosckinds that i8go. The American Florist. 243 we can get up in great quantity at low cost. We can't reckon on getting more than fifty cents for a cactus or other suc- culent, and it will not pay us to handle anything we cannot produce with good profit at this price. When it comes to echeverias, house-leeks, mesembryanthe- mums and the like, we can not hope to get many cents for a plant — on the con- trary we expect to dispose of them at coleus prices, or less per hundred. In order to dispose of cacti at all they, must be presented to the public in a forci- ble and popular manner by advertising. We have now some 30,000 cacti and the like in active preparation for next sea- son's trade, and as you all know, if there was not money in them we would not handle them. Omitting such popular succulents as echeverias, house-leeks, agaves, sedums, and mesembryantheniums, allow me to call j'our attention to such other succu- lents, cacti, etc., as we find in greatest demand, and of which it is easiest to get up a stock, hence the most profitable to handle. These may be divided into four sets, namely: East Indian hemp ( sansevi- eras). Snake Cactuses (cerei), Leaf Cac- tuses (phyllocacti) and Cushion Cactuses (echinocacti and mamillarias. ) The sansevieras (Zealanica and cylin- drica ) have recently become very popular as house plants, and deservedly so. for they are very easily grown and endure dwelling-house inhospitality with as much impunity as a ficus or an aspidistra; and if properly handled it is very eas3' to get up a large stock of them. We do this from cuttings of the stem-like leaves; also from cuttings of the roots, and not from division of the old plants as is generally the case. Cuttings should be taken in the spring and early summer, but never in the fall or winter. Cut the leaves in two-inch pieces — la\'ing them all the same way in a flat to dry for a few days. Strike in sand well packed and wet, but afterward water sparingly'. They will be well rooted in about a month, when they may be potted in thumi] pots. In a month or two young plants will start from the base of the cutting, which may be removed and potted when an inch high, or when rooted. The cutting can be potted again and will continue to produce young plants. I have taken a crop of young plants from cuttings a year old— taking as many as nine from each. The roots can be cut in pieces one-half to one inch long, and planted in flats of soil, producing fine plants in two or three months. The cerei, or Snake Cactuses, include the night bloomers, as Cereus grandi- florus, Cereus MacdonakLx, Cereus nyc- ticalus and Cereus triangularis — also the rat-tailed cactus (Cereus flagellifomiis). Each and all of them are propagated by cuttings of the stems in the following manner; Taking old plants ibr stock, cut the stems in pieces three inches long, al- lowing them to dry until the ends are well calloused— the time required de- pends upon the time of year and age or state of the cuttings, longer in winter and with old wood, unless the young wood be muehdriedbeforecutting. Strike the same as sansevieras. They will root in from three to six weeks. Pot in thumb pots, withhold water a week or more, or until root action takes place. We now have stock plants from which can be taken successive crops of cuttings, which will make fine saleable plants. They will produce cuttings from tlie tub- ercles, or clusters of spines, until they are exhausted or destroyed by cutting, when they will begin to throw up suckers from the' root. Cuttings should be taken oft" with a sharp knife, never broken oft'. The leaf cactuses (phyllocacti) include that very popular species, Phyllocactus latifrons, which is often called Night Blooming Cereus, and has broad flat leaves. It also includes thecrimson-flow- ered Phyllocactus Ackermani, the lovely- creamy yellow Phyllocactus crenatus, and the pink Phyllocactus speciosus. All of these are readily propagated from short cuttings of the leaf-like stems. Make them about two or three inches long. The flat stems may be split length- wise through the centre of the mid-rib, or woody axis. Every piece will produce a good mailing plant in a year's time if care is taken to have an eye, or notch, on each piece. Having made the cuttings, treat them in the same manner as cereus cuttings. The cushion cactuses include echinopsis, mamillaria, echinocactus, etc. The echin- opsis are very desirable on account of their large, fragrant flowers. They are best increased by rootingtheoftsets which are freely produced. Mamillarias, echino- cacti, etc., can be increased in various wa3S, but all processes are too slow to be remunerative to the florist. We never attempt to propagate them, for it would not pay us. We simply get them col- lected for us in their native wilds, and shipped to us in cases packed dry with hay. They usually arrive in good order. The best time to get them is in the late fall, after growth has ceased, or in winter or early spring. If received in fall or v^'inter thej- may be left in any wann dry place, in baskets or flats, for three or four weeks without injur}-, but they should not be allowed to get too dry. To prevent this, place them closely in flats of soil which have a goodly proportion of sand in them, keeping them quite dry until growth starts, when they should be watered once a week. If received in spring, the}- should be put in flats of soil at once. In planting, cut away all de- cayed parts and broken or dead roots. We get them from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. The following varieties are very satis- factory to handle, and give satisfaction to customers. Mamillaria applanata, Mamillaria micromeris, Mamillaria Grahami, Ma- millaria Williamsi. Mamillaria lasiacan- tha, Mamillaria imsiila, Echinocercus pectinatus.Ecliinoccrcuscandicans, Echin- ocactuscapricornis, Echinocactus texcnsis. EchinocactusSimpsoni, Echinocactus hori- zonthalonius, and Echinocactus setispi- nus. Cushion cactuses should never be jilanted outside, unless in frames where they can be covered with sash at night and during wet weather, as the rain beating the soil on them causes them to rust, from which disfigurement they will never recover. They are best kept in flats in the greenhouse without shade, where they will grow and bloom profusely, and seem to thrive in the ordinary summer temperature. In winter they should be kept dryer, but not dust dry all winter, as is often recommended. The amount of moisture required will depend upon the temperature. They should be kept in the brightest possible light in the temper- ature of 55° to 65'. All cacti require to be kept rather dry in winter, to ripen the wood, though young plants of all sorts should not be allowed to dry out. They also recjuirc a higher temperature than old plants. Phyllocacti and cerei should be grown in good soil, and not starved on a compost of sand, broken pots, brick rubbish and lime, or old walls, as is frequently recom- mended. We use the same soil, with the addition of a little sand, that we use for other greenhouse plants with very good success. Watering should never be done on a cloudy day, no matter how dry the plants may be. Care should be exercised in giving water overhead, for some cacti, such as the anhalonium section of ma- millaria, are so formed that if water stands between the tubercles it will cause them to decay. It is essential to success that houses where cacti are grown should be tight, so they get no drip. For this reason alone they should not be grown under the benches. Cacti are not free from the attacks of insects. Thrips, mealy-bug and scale are the worst. Thrips may be held in cheek Ijy the use of tobacco by fumigation, syringing with a weak solution and In- dusting tobacco-dust on them after syringing them with water. Mealy-bug can be removed with a toothpick, stilf brush, or killed by application of pure alcohol with an atomizer. Scale may be removed with a stiff brush from all smooth varieties, but some echinocacti and opuntias, owing to the numerous spines are difficult to clean. If badly in- fested it is best to throw them away to l)revent spreading the pests. The best manner of shipping cacti is to pack them in dry hay or excelsior, first wrapping each specimen in paper to pre- vent the packing from getting in among the S|3ines. A very little moss should be used (and not quite dry) about the roots of cerei and other strong rooting sorts. Those having long spines should have plenty of packing to prevent the spines from injuring other plants. We have here endeavored to present a few hints regarding the propagation and treatment of this interesting class of plants gathered from a limited experience, our fair measure of success being our San Francisco.— Thirteen new mem- bers were elected to the California State Floral Society at the meeting November 14, and nine certificates of life member- ship were given out. A report on the recent chrysanthemum show was to the effect that the receipts would more than pay the expenses. At the next meeting a vote will be taken on a state flower. The escholtzia or California poppy is strongly advocated. The Romneya Coulterii is also suggested. 244 The American Florist. Dec. 4 RKiiAUDrunciiAKD.-ln tlio irit: lie must undertake the olilii^ation \\ iUi a lullsense of its importance, he has nut created the prooerty, he has in fact but a small in- terest in it. Were it not for your labor he might starve to death, tor possibly he may be lame or infirm of body. Now when a man acts for another in a "fiduciary" capacity he must adhere to specific instructions, but the trouble is as you have found, that it is very difficult ito lay down cast iron directions; much must be left to the man's discretion, and herein lies the danger of this business relation. But bear in mind that having once created this relation the law will not allow you to change it into a busi- ness relation of another kind. For instance, you deliver fifty dollars worth of cut flowers to some friend who assures you that he has a "pull" some where and that he can sell them when you couldn't, the law will not allow you to arrest him for larceny if he disposes of the flowers and puts the money into his pocket. It is simply a breach of trust and not a taking of your property with an intent to steal. You confide the property to his care and custody, and having created this fiduciary relation you must stand by it. Yes you may cause his arrest in some states on what we call a "civil process." The general rule is that when you place your property in the hands of another person the legal inference is that you em- power him to do with it as if it were his own, of course in the absence, mark well, of specific instructions, especially specific written instructions. If you part with your house under a lease your tenant is constrained to keep within the relation of landlord and tenant, or if you hire your hor.se to another he must use the animal mercifully as a reasonable man would do. But if you give me a note endorsed in blank by you I may make any use of that note which the law would allow you to do; and as to innocent third parties you would not be allowed to set up that I had given nothing for the note or that you Had merely entrusted it to me for CDlltxtiMn. Now you will perceive that tliis "fiiliK-inry" relation may arise even willinui any word written or spoken that it be implied. For example, you send a thousand dalili.i bulbs to a com- mission dealer, the mere fact of the re- ceipt of the nKnh.indisc is all that is necessary. But vou ask, sujipose he is not willing to attempt to dispose of the property iVir vou? Then he must .-it onee notify vou of such fact. lie is not obliged to return the goods to you, but merely to notify you that theyawait yourorder. Yes, you are right, it does frequently happen that this so-called "fiduciary" relation arises without your knowledge or consent and yet you must, in a certain sense, accept it. For instance, suppose a rich customer orders a bill of valuable plants of you, pays you well, say $500, and goes away to Europe, but you upon attempting to execute the order can only fill one half of it. Now you see here's "a fiduciary relation as to the other $250. The law exacts that yon take the same care of that money as if it were your own, nay, in fact better care of it, and such a trust passes to your assignee if you fail, and to your executor if you die. You ask me how it would be if stolen property comes into a man's possession and he in good faith pays value for it? The money would be lost. No one can get a title to stolen property except by sale and delivery or gift and delivery from the rightful owner. You as a business man must of course frequently find yourself obliged to create this fiduciary relation, but I would advise you to be on your guard how you accept such a trust yourself. All trusts, great and small, are full of vexation and bother and the world has no right to expect a business man to load himself down with obligations outside of his legitimate busi- ness. I don't say, accept no such trust at all, for selfishness is a bad thing and the good book says in a noble and glorious spirit: "Bear ye one another's burdens." Inclk Bi.ackstonk. SITUATIONS. \A/ANTS, FOR SALE. the rate of 10 cer admitted UDder t JITUATION WANTED-Bya Urat class tlorist fo 5 cut flower work. Good reference. Address W, care Pennock Bros. 1514 Chestnut St., Phila. SITUATION WANTED-Bv iin experienced gar- 5 dener and tlorist. wood grower ot palms, ferLS, uses, carnatlonB and early forctig of lilac, lilies, ulbs, etc. Privateer cf^mmercial. Best of refer- Dce. Address C 1). i lYANTED-To go as working ( dress""""^'*"™ '" " ™,*ca"e W^ 3NGEB, Barnesburg, O. WANTED-Asslatan bedding plants good business qualiUe required, fctate age v employment. .loi lu!.t l.e"» Experie tSALB-FloristI throughly equ FORE and stocked. Doin and abroad. In a growing Ohio city. Must sell for good reasons. A good investment. Four houses. The real estate for sale or lease to purchaser. Price - BAROAlx, care Am. Klorlst. wood and pasture, pien forK.WO. Addri \,T^!T Vegetable gameuer of cxpciiciice, ca- pable of managing giirden of 25 acres. Single man preferred, but would not ob- ject to married man if he has no children. Positiou ready Feb. ist. 1S91. Address with refeiences, H. J. BROOKS, iSgo. The American Florist. 245 FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-inch. Duchess of Albany $12 00 Mme. Hoste 700 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4 00 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 4 00 Mermets 4 00 Brides 4 00 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2in. $40 per 1000; 3-in. $8.00 per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. J50 00 per 1000. 8@° Sknd for List. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. M«ntlon Anmtioan Florlnt FIVE NEW AMERICAN ROSES Probably the most interestini; Novelties of the cominir season, and those that will attnict the widest attention of the Trade on both sides of the water, ""Tew AMERICAN SEEDLING ROSES, HENRY M. STANLEY, MRS JESSIE FREMONT, MAUD LITTLE, PEARL RIVERS, GOLDEN GATE. Five New Teas of .Sterling Merit, oriRina- ted, grown, and tested in this country, and sent out on tbelr merits at reasonable rates, orders can be booked now, and will be tilled in rotntion as receiv- ed—April 1st next. Full descriptions ready .Ian. Ut. Prices, $1 each; set ol 5 for $5; two of each, 10. lor $9; five of each, 25, for $20. ADDRESS jHE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers, West Grove, Pa. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10,000 healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting 0 MERMETS, BRIDES, PERLES, NIPHETOS and BON SILENES, at ISIO.OO per 100. Also 5,000 field-grown JACKS, 2 to 3 ft. f 10.00 per 100. DAISIES of the finett strain from seed- bed 13.00 per 1000. JAMES HORAN, bkVdgkport. conn. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettla Stock, offer the best re- 8uUb to the florist blooming freely "•nd giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1000. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston), MASS. A very large stock of young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, Rooted Cuttings of Carnations of all ilie Siandard varieties reaily Dec. isi. Having added another loo foot house to our Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- nish any quantity desired, on short notice. Orders for future delivery at lo per cent off from catalogue jirice. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. ROOTED CUTTINGS. SWEET ALYSSUM; HELIOTROPE; COLEUS G. BEDDER and VERSCHAFFELTII, and CUPHEA, 2 incli pots. GERANIUMS and HYDRANGEA in 2'/i-in. pots. CALENDULA. YUCCA, DRAC.liNA, 3 in. pots PERLE ROSES and MYRTLE, in 4-inch pots; Write for particulars. PETEfi E. SHEETZ, 3613 Kengington Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for List. The prices and quality are sure to please CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts and novelties. Eight 100 foot houses. COLEUS— Twenty-four varieties. A sample of each for 25 cents, free by mail. GERANIUMS— A choice assortment in mixture, at {10.00 per 1000. AIvTERNANTHERA, French and other C.VNNAS; also other items of interest. CARNATION NOVELTIES. About January ist I will issue a complete list of Carnation Novelties for '91; it will be mailed to all my former customers, and to others on application. No one interested can afford to place their order before seeing it. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. I bf e to announce to the trade that I shall be prepared to distribute this magnifi- cent NEW WHITE CARNATION on the loth of February, 1S91, and that the price will be |i2 per 100, and |ioo per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from the cutting bench. Favorable special rates will be allowed on large quantities. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular of this and other sorts. Parties wishing a few flowers of Lizzie McGowan can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. NOVELTIE.S IN GflRNflTIONS. Any grower having Novelties in this line to offer the Trade this season, will find it profitable to drop me a card at once for full particulars. iVllbe^jft :\J:. Moi-i-, L. B. 338. LANCASTER, PA. LIZZIE McGOWAN. I will be prepared to distribute my NEW WHITE CARNATION Feb. 10, 1891, and the price wi'l be $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000, for Rooted Cuttings propa- gated STRICTLY HEALTHY PLANTS. Special discount on large orders. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders frcm unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular. Parties wishing a few flowers of this GRAND Carna- tion can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. — JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ' CUT FLOWERS OF CARNATIONS. I am ready to make contract for a regular supply of Carnation florets the com- ing winter. We have a splendid assortment of Fancy colors — Yellow, Scarlet, Car- mine, Crimson, White, Pink and Variegated; andean send them mostly on long stems. CHAS. T. STARR, A vondale, Chester Co . Pa . 50 VARIETIES. Ji 50 per 100; S20 00 per 1000 VERBENAS 50,000 READT NOW. ront; pUnts, 2^-10011 pol3 Uuht. and Batisfactlon Kuaranteed. Sample on receipt J L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. SHOULD HA¥E OUR Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 246 The American Florist. Dec Subscription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, lo Cents a Line, Agate; Inch. Si. 40; Column, S14.00. Cash with Order. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 percent; j6 times. 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 percent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertisliiK Department of the American Flohist Is for Florists. Seedsmen and dealers In wares nertalninft lo those lines Only. Please to remember it. Orders for less than one-hall inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. TRADE DISPLAYS. How shall the retail florist advertise? How may he most effectively and econom- ically bring his goods to the attention of the pubUc, and especially that portion of the public who are most likely to be- come purchasers? There may be better ways than the trade displays which many of the more enterprising florists are now annually or semi-annually making at convenient seasons, but we doubt it. A really good displa}-, including illustra- trations of all the latest developments in the trade, and sufficiently well advertised in the local press to bring to you as in- terested spectators a large number of possible buj-ers, or those who maj' be- come buyers if their natural love for the beautiful in nature is developed, can not fail to be very beneficial to your business, and in time return dollars for the dimes expended. Like most advertising it is in the nature of an investment, and the full benefit will not be at once returned, but in the course of time it will come. And like other advertisingit maybe overdone, more time may be used and expense in- curred than is warranted by the possible return from the field from which you draw your trade. But suited to thedr- cumstances, we doubt if there is a more effective and economical advertisement for the retail florist than a good trade display at a time when there is an abund- ance of good material at command. In this connection we give a few de- scriptive notes of the trade display re- centlv made by florist Harry Chaapel, of Williamsport, Pa. Mr. Chaapel has adjoining and con- nected with his store four of his green- houses, each 70x22, the walks in which are 3 feet wide and cemented. In these were placed in masses of color all the best plants of chrysanthemums on the place, palms being effectively placed through the houses to give a foliage contrast. The greenhouses as well as the store were all brilliantly lighted by electric light in the evening. Mr. C. writes: "In the store the side walls, ceilings, stair case and chandeliers were artistically trimmed with the south- ern wild smilax and in connection with the heavier greens used the effect was very pleasing; its lasting qualities are as good or,better than ground pine or laurel. "A large canopy trimmed with white chrysanthemums with a ball of the same flowers suspended hiing in a recess of the room surrounded with long needle pines and other tropical foliage. A small stand stoodunderthe canopy bearing a bouquet of Bride roses and lily of the valley tied with wide satin ribbon, the whole "illum- inated by a massive piano lamp with colored shade. "Some handsome vases and baskets of orchids. Beauty roses and other choice flowers were shown, with some fine spec- imen plants, in Leedsware vases, of cocos, arecas, Pandatius Veitchii, etc. On a shelf or mantel above these hung a large oil painting appropriately draped with wild smilax, which added greatly to the general effect. "Choice varieties ot chrysanthemums in pots were grouped on a table opposite, with palms and tall needle pines as a background; in front were great bowls of cut blooms of chrysanthemums, and near the center under a glowing light were placed two handsome flat baskets filled with selected blooms of chrj'San- themums. "When these exhibitions are held at a place of business under favorable circum- stances the writer would suggest that an admission fee of say 25 cents be charged, the ticket or coupon being accepted at its face value for cut flowers, plants, etc.; this would serve the double purpose of distributing your flowers and keeping the general attendance within bounds. "The first night our best people came in large numbers and the attendance in- creased each evening." The illustration, engraved from a group of photographs taken during the displaj-, will give a better idea of the effects created than any further description. And we included in the group the photograph of the front of the store as the style of the building may be a useful suggestion to others. Room Decorations.— Of late these have been a very popularfeature at exhibitions and they are certainly of value to the trade in making known to the general public the possibilities of the florist's art in this direction. But it seems that ideas vary as to what constitutes a room dec- oration. One florist recently entered in competition and his room was not only unpapered but unfurnished, and the ques- tion has arisen as to whether such can be properly called a room decoration, when placed in competition with rooms which are furnished as well as decorated, and in such condition as is usual when the florist has finished his work at a residence, for in the usual room decora- tion the furniture is not removed. We should like a discussion upon this point for the benefit of future competitors. The director of the Missouri Botan- ical Garden has issued asecond announce- ment regarding garden pupils to be educated according to the provisions of the will of the late Henry Shaw. Two scholarships are to be awarded by the Director prior to the first of April next. Applications for scholarships, to receive consideration, must be in the hands of the Director not later than March 1. Any young florist desiring to receive the benefit of the thorough and practical education as a gardener provided for by the beneficence of the late Henry Shaw should send to the Director for the ex- planatory pamphlet. Address Prof. Wil- liam Trelease, Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo. We have before made mention of the fact that there are many books of great interest and value to the young florist and gardener in the public libraries of the larger cities, and as we believe that these can be made a decided factor in securing to those who are disposed to work for it, a higher education, we shall from time to time publish in these columns lists of the books on subjects bearing upon the pro- fession, which are to be found in the various libraries, and which every citizen may enjoy without money and without price. The wise youth will take advan tage of the opportunities that are within his reach. Two VERY handsome white chrysanthe- mum flowers were some weeks ago received from Mr. Mansfield Milton, Youngstown, O.. who states they were cut from a sport from the yellow Glor- iosum, occuring with Mr. A. N. Kay of that city two years ago. It is certainly a pretty bloom. Mr. Mansfield esteems it greatly as an early free blooming while sort. Providence. In the public library of Providence, K. I., are the following books on floriculture and botanj': FLORICIXTIRE. Rand, E. S. Jr. Popular flowers, and how to cultivate them. Buist R. The American flower garden directorv. Hibberd, S. The fern garden. Eley, J. N. The American florist. Robinson, John. Ferns in their homes and ours. Rand, E. S, Jr. Flowers for the parlor or garden. The window gardener. Sayres, E. The .\merican flower gar- den companion. Field, F. E. The greenhouse as a win- ter garden. Breck.J. The flower garden. Johnson, E. A. Winter greeneries at home. Henderson, P. Practical floriculture. Williams, H. T. Window gardening. Hole, S. R. A book about roses. Ellwanger, H. B. The rose. Parsons, S. B. Parsons on the rose. Long, E. A. Ornamental gardening for Americans. Warder, J. A. Hedges and evergreens. (Anon.) The famous parks and gar- dens of the world. Copeland, R. M. Country life; a hand- book of agriculture, horticultiu'e, and landscape gardening. Milncr, H. E. The art and practice of landscape gardening. BOTANY. Emerson, George B. Trees and shrubs of Massachusetts Zoological Garden. Gray, Asa. Structural and systematic botany. —How plants grow. — How plants behave. —School and field book of botany. —Manual of the botany of Northern United States. —Synoptical flora of North America. —Botany of the United States Pacific Exploring' Expedition. —Botanical text-book. v. 1. structural botany. Goodale, G. L. Botanical text-book, v. 2, physiological botany. Schleiden, M. J. The plant. Coultas, H. What may be learned from a tree. Lindley J. Vegetable physiology. Phelps", Mrs. A. H. L. Lectures on botany. Nuttall, T. Introduction to botany. Cooke M. C. Fungi. Carpenter, W. B. Vegetable physiology. Marion, F. Wonders of vegetation. Lubbock, Sir John. British wild flowers. Wakefield, Priscilla. Introduction to botany. Eaton, Amos. Manual of botany. Oliver, D. Elementary botany. i8go. The American Florist. 247 Bessey. C. E. Botaii_v,for high schools and colleges. Bailey, W. W. The botanical collector's handbook. (Anon.) The vegetable kingdom, illus- trated. Sachs, J. von. Text-book of botany. Lesquereux, L. and T. P. James. Man- ual of the mosses of North America. Smith, J. Domestic botany. Candolle, A. de. Origin "of cultivated plants. Palmer, J. A. Jr. Mushrooms of America. Wood, A. A class-book of botany. — Leaves and flowers. Flint, C. L. Grasses and forage plants. Johnson, S. W. How crops grow. —How crops feed. Herrick, Sophie B. Chapters on plant life. BaWour, J. H. A manual of Botany. Dawson, Sir J. W. The geological history of plants. Hooker, Sir J. D. Botany, (primary.) Henslow, G. The origin of floral struc- tures. Hartwig, G. Wonders of the tropical forests. Cooke, H. C. Rust, smut, mildew and mould. —Introduction to fresh-water algse, etc. Bower, F. O. A course of practical in- struction in botany. Sachs, J. von. History of botany. Darwin, Charles. The differentformsof flowers, etc. —The power of movement in plants. — Insectivorous plants. —The movements and habits of climb- ing plants. — The various contrivances bj' which orchids are fertilized by insects. —The effects of cross and self-fertiliza- tion in the vegetable kingdom. Taylor, J. E. Flowers; their origin, €tc. Allen, G. The colors of flowers. —Flowers, and their pcdierees. Lubbock, Sir John. Flowers, fruits, and leaves. Harris, Amanda B. Wild flowers and where they grow. Grindon, L. H. The phenomena of plant life. Bailey, L. H. Jr. Talks afield about plants. Flagg, Wilson. Woods and by-ways of New England. —Studies in the field and forest. Henderson, Peter. Handbook of plants. Lindley, J. and T. Moore, editors. The treasury of botanv. Jackson, B. D. Guide to the literature of botanv. Smith, John. A dictionary of popular names of plants. Bennett, J. L. Plants of Rhode Island. Mann, H". Calalogue of phfenogaraous plants. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission (T\erchant8 1237 Chestnut Street, ConslKnments Solicited. Specinl attention paid t€ Bhipping. Mention AilEuic an Floeist. Mention American Klorist. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG, PA. Mention American Florist. ©yVRofe^afe MariCetA. Cut Flowers. BOSTON, Ilec.1. :: K^etlTre,"°.»""-:::::::::l§§l|^ HoBte. La France .,-„,i^tnSS P nafons' l^ni"'^ ■■■■■. : iToilso Vtne*y.'.°. .■.■.■■.•.■;.■.■.■.■.■.■ .■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.■.v. • aoo Bouvardla. double ^rra"'!':^'.""'.". ■.■.■•.■.:•.•.•.■.■.■. '•;;:;::•::■• 3 PHILADBLPHL». Dec. 1 ^"."'•^ .v^s-SSIISg •• Pe°rlet!'N^pheU)9?tjbn "*■■ ■""® g'oo .50 ® .'A Niw roBK, Dec. 1. 2.00 ® 4 00 :: &lHlie?S.- MO® 8.00 1000@15.00 Bmiiax^.'!*."".'".'.::.';:.^:: ■ Carnations, lonK Sl.OO Asparagus plumoSH ::::.;:::.::;:: '^:§§ Bo»e.,Perle.,Nlphetos. ... :.;::--°^^« Mermets. La France :c«®i-§S " Am. Beauties narnatlons, short :E;i;;:;;i%li:§g . 150® 300 6.00® 7.00 Si'Srv;;;.;;;.;...-;.;.;.'.;.;. .V.'.V 18.00® 20.00 Wm. J. STEWART. Cut Flowers i Florists' Supplies WHOLESALE i 67 Bromfield St., BOSTON, MASS. Mention American Florist. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SPKCIALTIES: Prize Chrysanihemums and Orchids: ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^^ FLORISTS, 1122 nKTE STUEET, CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C. O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHGLBSaiiE FLORIST iz. 25 cents. Viuoa alba, >4 oz. 25 cents. Still a big lot of Fresh Imported Plants, mostly Cattleyas, on hand. Also an immense stock of Well Established Plants, best sorts for florists to grow for Cnt Flowers, at very low prices. Send for price list. FREDERICK MAU, Box 332 JSotitli Oraix^e, IV. J. PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. One of the Best Hardy Flowers, and of real merit. Hardy as a Phlox; about as desir.ible lor Cut Flowers as Sweet Peas, but BLOOMS ALL SUMMER till cut by frost. We are growing 3, 8co of it, showing our idea of its value for Florists' use. Two varieties, DEEP BLUE and PURE WHITE, strong, field grown plants, $1.50 per doz ; $.0.00 per 100. COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. A fine, hardy, bright golden jellow flower, on long wirv stems, well above the foliage, BLOOMING ALL SUMMER, desirable as cut flowers, very stylish, and sells well, try it. Extra large c'umps, field grown, $2.50 per doz.; 2-inch, pot grown, 50c. per doz.; S4.00 per 100. Correspondence solicited. Note.— The above, if planted this Fall, will bloom early and freely all next season. DAHLIAS. in Bouquet, large flowering and single; fine, field grown, e japonica alba and rubra, large, field grown clumps, , SS.ooper ioo;Si oo| srlOO Akebia Quii Ampelopsis Veitcbii, field gn °-*^o *' " 4 in. pot grown A selected list of the best varieties onl Tubers, §S.oo per 100; $1.00 per doz.; Aneiu «2.50 per doz. 150 A. alba, 3inch, pot groi Chrysanthemum uliginosum, white, . large clumps S2 00 Lemon Verbenas, nice plants, 3-inch. .75 Honeysuckles, best vars., field grown, i.oo n.oo Pearl Tuberoses, Gladiolus, light colors mi.\ed, Eulalia Univittata. Primulas, single and Obconica; Roses, 2-inch, Sunset, Hermosa, Schwartz; Heliotrope, (Jueen of Violets. HARRY CHAAPEL. WILLIAMSPORT, PA. ^"^ DREER'S GLADIOLUS bulbs. Garden_seeds Keimlsitea. The" are t liestatthelow rUADB LIST i prices. iledfree to the trade only. HENKV A. DKKEK, Philadelphia This collection has I culled, and it has received a number of unis. in fact It has never failed to do so iblted. To avoid retailing these bulbs, 1 this fall at $10.00 per 1000 lor tlrst slje: e. $7 50. A quantity of small bulbs and CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 1 8 go. The American Florist. 25 "H^^a oi«iGii«A.i:v A^i^y r^^A^i^oE^sx oieo-wEjies eye- LILIUM HARRISII.B'TTERKNowNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD'FOK FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GKflWli HDLBS FROM OGR OWN GRODNDS IN BERMGDA. %^ f^^m lly eflecti COPYRIGOTFD 18^ BY F ne Fa'iter^ I'^go. ho7vin^\i le i tn one op oj Ltlixim Haffisii in full bloom, 'i 11 lilies for winter blooming, but it is oi sea, always L PIER^ON T\Rtt\TOWN N \ 'out neiv irni i,retnh it I feat Tat-rytotu ^ 'lis house produced over 13,000 flo7versfor Easter. the most profitable flo Bermuda, grown amand large prices. l«Yom its r very( slly hand the open ground, it blooms at ,s, it can be had in bloom all the nd. The fact that it can md at high 1^' -but by growing it in this country in the greenhouse. _ fact, by special culture, all the year round, or as long as cut flowers as holidays adds particularly to its value, as it fills in at a time when flowers are usually scarce and in great dei lb must be potted early in August* something depending upon after treatment and the temperature the bulbs are 1 lur Hermuaa-grown bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches its highest development, and ripens ofl" perfectly, and is ready for ihe middle of .July— before bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their growth. Our bulbs being grown in the open ground, in adapted Jor their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at any time. -..-.-. - . - ^ j^.|j j^g shown by a sale matle by us to a large New York grower, who purchased 20.000 " improper handling. If cut as soon as open they can rs will show. These were written acknowledging being forced for 1 caPionally tbatLili L proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as t I excellent shape. I dt following be forced into bloom by t prices, but to accomplish For this purpose our 1 shipment usually- " Ttie extent to wliich this Lil be kept for i .Russell, Denver, Colo., writes:" "The Lilies Fort Worth Nursery Seerising florists readily appreciate their use as a practical help in their business. They help to better priced orders, and save much time during a rush when it's most valuable to you. The series now reaches eighty-five in number. Each a distinct subject. Artistic. Beautiful, perfect. Drderof any reliable supply man, or send for descriptive and priced catalogue direct to the DAN'L B. LONG, Florist, t;stablished. isee; I Wire D 335.EBStWl8fStreet. - ;^Kw\yORK) i8go. The American Florist. 253 OPEN LETTER TO FLORISTS. Something For Amateurs to Read. 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Oneida Hall was far too small for the display that was made, but taken all in all the arrangement of the plants and flowers was good. Among the principal exhib- itors who showed extra good taste in the arrangement of their exhibits might be mentioned: Baker with a tastefully set mantel and jjcneral a^soitnient, Crowe with a window awning ot sind,i\, designs and bridal Ijouquets; Mathews, orchids and foliage plants; Seit/ei . chrys- anthemums, palms, etc.; Chatheld, gen- eral assortment; Bigelow, nnrsetyman, a fine display of fruits; last, but not least, Pres. Jonathan A., the comniitti.c ol arrangements and balance ol the tlub showed new and second hand Ileilj.\ hats, which were worn continuously duiing the show. Room for improvement gentlemen. There is some talk of a spring exhdji- tion; this, however, will hardly mate- rialize, as the fall show is now a h\ed fact for the future, and two shows in ont year would be overdoing the busmess Next fall the club will ofter premiums which will put the members on then mettle and will be a step in the right direction. Llew Gad. The Phyllocactus. I have in my conservatory a jilant of the phyllocactus (night blooming) which is now bearing its third crop of bloom since April last. During the month of May it produced nineteen blooms, eleven of which opened in one night. The blooms were six inches in diameter and perfectly white. In August following it put forth eleven blooms, six of which were out at one time, and at present it has the third crop of buds, seven in all, which are maturing rapidly. The plant stood in the conservatory all season and was not moved. It is a large plant grown from a single stem and is about six feet high. 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A NOTE from Mr. Critchell, received November 25th states tluit while the Cin- cinnati show was a decided success artis- tically it was a failure financiall}'. Fort Scott, Kan.— Mrs. A. S. Patter- son has added two houses this full, each 12x45. Lake Geneva, Wis.— The Lake C,ciicv:i Floral Co. has begun business with C. H. Hammerslcy as manager. New Haven, Conn.— The New Ilavcii Chrysanthemum Club did not j;ive an exhibition this year. The one given last year was not a financial success. Lynn, Mass. — The Houghton Horticul- tural Society gave its first chrysanthe- mum show the afternoon and evening of November 22. A very excellent display was made and the exhibition was a dc cided success. livANSviLLE, Ini).— Thanksgiving trade was the best we ever had. There was not enough roses to supply the demand, and as a consequence the better chrysan- theniums sold at good j^rices, ranging from 50 cents to $1 a dozen. 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Mo. 132. f LHIIi /AUlii!0@Mi IFlL@iSI!@7 Copyright, iFqo, by Kntered as Se Second Class Mail Matter, Published evekv Thuksl.w v.\- THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, Ji.oo a year. To l%urope, $2.00, Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. M. H, Norton, Boston, Mass., president; John Chambers, To_ronto, Ont., vice-president; Wm. J. -" "" * "■ , secre- nualmeetinK at Toronto, Ont.,' Florists' Hail Associatio Florista' Protective .Associatioi Gives information to members regarding tt clal standing and business integrity of thosi trade. 11. B. Bkatty, Secy, Oil rit American Chrysantheniiini Society. ladelphla! CONTE/VTS. Kxperiments in chrysanthemum culture . . . 2.S7 Chrysanthemum Mrs I. D. Sailer (illus.) . . .258 The chrysanthemum bee-fly ... 258 Various floral designs (illustration) 259 The chrysanthal etymon 260 Chrysanthemum seed 260 Minneapolis 560 Society of American Florists 260 Chicago 260 New York 261 Boston 261 Chrysanthemum show at Leipzig (illus.) . . ! 261 Philadelphia 262 Marketing cut flowers ! ! 262 Selaginellas 262 Deutzias (with illustration) 263 Carnation notes 264 Successful wire supports 264 Diseased callas 264 Ferns for cutting 264 The cineraria | 264 Silver leaved geraniums (with fig.) 265 Relations of employer and employe 265 Society ol .American Florists 266 News notes 266 The seed trade 268 The stephanotis ! . . ! 268 Flowers by telegraph ....'.'.!.'"''.' 272 Foreign notes 274 Mr. John Thorpe was confined to his bed several days last week as a result of overwork during the exhibition at Mad- son Square Garden, New York, but is now able to be ont again. Send in your observations on the man- agement of exhibitions, with suggestions lor the improvement of existing methods. We trnst there will be a full discussion upon this interesting topic. Experiments in Chrysanthemum Culture. HV MR. M llBISrOE IHOXSlllE [Xfad at III,- Evglish National Ckrysanlhi-mtiiii Society's Confeii^nce November n andi^, iHi^o. and printed m the London Journal of Horliiulture ] The text of my paper aflbrds, as you will observe, considerable latitude, of which I propose to take full advantage. There exists among us a considerable divergence of opinion as to the cultiva- tion of our favorite flower, and it seems to nie that on this point we are never likely to agree fully. The varied condi- tions under which we work, such as those of aspect, soil, water, etc., must so con- siderably aflect the growth as to render results, attributed to the culture, incon- clusive; moreover, we adopt many and dissimilaj- methods, and nevertheless at- tain fairly equal achievements — one grower being successftd one season, and his opponent the next. Hence, with the view of improving our plants we resort to experiments, and some of my own ex- periments in this direction I shall now have the honor of briefly describing. I have pursued various systems of cul- tivating the chrysanthemum, such as striking in cold and heated frames, and have obtained more satisfactory results when the cuttings have been struck in frames placed in a moderately heated glass house, and removed when rooted to cold frames. I have found deep pots pre- ferable for blooming in, as better drain- age can be secured, the plants are safer against saturation during heavy rains and are more easily top dressed. Last year I experimented with fifty small plants flowered in 32-size pots. They were fed with various chemicals and manures, both singly and in combination. To express an opinion on the result is a most difficult task, as I found it impos- sible to adhere strictly to one chemical or one manure, except in the case of horse manure. I came to the conclusion, how- ever, that half a dozen plants which were successively given liquid horse manure, soot water, Peruvian guano and fish manure, and occasionally carbonate of ammonia, showed the most satisfactory results. I would here mentioai, more as a curious circumstance than of any prac- tical importance, that in the case of two plants which had occasional waterings of dissolved sugar, greatly diltited, a por- tion of the sugar reappeared upon the foliage. This 1 collected and dried and on tasting it I could detect no alteration. .\t the same time the leaves on which the sugar appeared changed to a deei) red, resembling in color the foliage of an .\mpelopsis Veitchii in aututnn. I particularly observed the eflects of the following forms of ammonia given to plants, viz.: sulphate, phosphate, nitrate, muriate and carbonate, and it .seemed to me that although the color of the foliage was considerably deepened, especially by carbonate of ammonia, the blooms did not last so long, and the i)etals were not so crisp nor firm, a condition of things greatly militating against successful ex- hibition. The last result was most no- ticeable when the plants were liberally supplied with ammonia during the flow'- ering period. I have found, however, when the buds are fixed and rainy weather sets in, thus preventing the usiial water- ings for some time, that carbonate of ammonia at the rate of an ounce to three gallons of water, giving half a pint of the mixture to each pot, has maintained a health}- tone in the foliage; nevertheless at such a time when the air is moist and the light limited, I venture to think that it is advisable to avoid as much as pos- sible forcing the growth. The application of carbonate of ammonia produces an almost instantaneous result, which may be readily observed in the following man- ner: A plant (say Golden Dragon), the foliage of which has a tendency to turn yellow, is selected, one or \.\\o leaves re- moved and placed in water to keep fresh; carbonate of ammonia is now given to the plant and the leaves thereon com- pared a few hours afterwards with those which were previously cut oflf, when there will be found a conspicuous difierence in their color. My experience has not led me to con- sider top-dressings of dry manures advan- tageous, as it has seemed to me that the surface roots are damaged thereby, and the manurial contents not evenly distrib- uted. As witness of this I daresay that some of you have noticed that after top- dressings of artificial manures have been applied, and suckers immediately under the soil have become soft and pulpy, which in conjunction with the constant pinching of the suckers up to the blooming period has resulted in the formation of a compact, unnatural mass at the most vulnerable part of the plant. I suspect this is a cause for a scarity of root cuttings later on. We are doulitless all alive to the fact that it is advisable to feed moder- ately plaiits having small and thin leaves and that it is a safe guide to generally con- sider all such plants as belonging to the category of weak varieties. I have ob- served that the life ofthe leaves of this sec- tion when fully exposed to the sun's rays has been of comparatively short duration , and that the blooms have been consider- ably improved when these plants have been placed in a partially shaded position. ;58 The American Florist. Dec. It. Continually watching the foliage has been the most usel'iil guide to me in the cultivation of the chrysanthemum. We know that when the cuttings arc rooted n yellow appearance invariably denotes insufficient pot room, and after the plants have been finally potted that a similar condition betokens insufficient nourish- ment; also that when the midril) of the leaves becomes contracted and the foliage curls a too generous treatment has pro- bably been the cause. This last feature 1 have" frequently observed in cut-back plants, which, as might be expected, will not stand the same amount of feeding as those naturally grown. One of the most difficult problemsinthe culture of the chrysanthemum, and that which requires a "vast amount of exper- ience, is, 1 suppose, "the timing of the blooms" for exhibition. The following system has enabled me to exhibit blooms in fairly fresh condition three, and in some cases four, weeks after they have fully developed. Take a plant, the flowers on which are three-fourths expanded, re- move it to a dark room or shed, and when a bloom has fully opened cut it ofi with, say, about 18 inches of stem; im- merse immediately in ajar or tumbler of water, and cut oft" underneath the water about two inches of the stem. I imagine that in this way the air is prevented from penetrating the stem, and hence the access of the water to the bloom is unim- peded. A small quantity of charcoal placed in the water obviates the necessity of continually changing the same. I should mention that I afterwards take oSa small piece of the stem occasionally, this operation being likewise performed under the water. With regard to mildew, I have found that sulphide of potassium, at the rate of two ounces to a gallon of water, syringed on the plants, has been the most eft'ectual remedy, but when housed I con- sider dry flowers of sulphurdusted on the foliage preferable. Mildew generally be- gins during the months of August and September, sometimes in the latter part of July, and I have reasons for concluding that it originates from the varying tem- peratures for which these months are con- spicuous, the days frequently being ex- tremely hot and" nights cold and misty. To confirm, in my own mind, my con- jecture on this point, I housed half the "plants of Val d'Andorre, Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets, Meg Merrilies, and Mr. Ralph Brocklebank, which are notori- ously subject to this disease, at the end of July, the other half being housed at the end of September. No trace of mildew appeared on those first housed, while the others suffiered in the usual manner. It will be fouiid on taking two leaves of equal length (they can of course be cut to weigh the same), the one being healthy and the other showing signs of mildew, and burning them separately, that the ash of the former is heavy. This, I imagine, proves that the mildewed leaf contained more liquid matter than the other. It is not inconsistent, therefore, to conclude that defective or checked transpiration is the cause of mildew. To asimilarcausel venture to attribute damping in blooms, as a like result is obtained from the last experiment if blooms be substituted for leaves. The fact of the petals giving oft" water in the same way as leaves, though, of course, in a smaller degree, must not be overlooked. Damping, I have observed, is generally confined to blooms grown for size, on plants which have lost a great deal of their foliage from a too early lijiciiing. T am inclined to think that overfeeding has CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS I. D. SAILER little or nothing to do with damping, inasmuch as I have experienced from overfeeding exactly the opposite result- viz.: the bud displaying a dry rot, and Infusing to develop at all. 1 suppose a too early ripening of the plants is due to an exposed position, where they have practically no shade and no shelter from the summer sun. I placed some plants so as to be shaded from the sun between the hours of 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. during the months of June and July, and I fed them twice as liberally as those fully exposed. The former when housed were ripened about half way up the stem, and the result appeared to aft"ord weighty testi- mony to the validity of my conjecture. This was especially noticeable among the weak varieties. Bearing on this point in conclusion, I would draw your attention to the fact that whereas warmercountries easily ripen seed, in which we practically fail, they cannot produce blooms such as those exhibited by the National Chrysan- themum Society. Various Floral Designs. We present herewith an engraving of a group of photographs of floral designs. The photographs have been sent us by subscribers in different sections of the country, frflm time to time, and while each might not be considered worthy of an individual illustration the group occupies but little space and some of our readers may receive a useful suggestion from some one or more of the designs shown. Chrysanthemum Mrs. I.D. Sailer. We present herewith an illustration of this chrysanthemum, which took the 'Veteran Prize" at the Philadelphia show. It is an incurved Japanese, delicate pink in color and was raised and exhib- ited by W. K. Harris. We are indebted to .\. Blanc, the Philadelphia engraver, for the use of the cut. The Chrysanthemum Bee-fly. In last issue of Am. Florist 1 read an article under the head of "Chrysanthe- mum Bee-fly," written by W. F. Brother W. F. must have taken a dishke to that interesting little insect judging from the names he applies to it ( "dirty creatures," "loathsome creatures"). I feel it my duty to speak in its defense. I have not yet"foundthera either dirty or destructive, in the autumn of 1888 I had a good many seedling chrysanthemum plants from seed I bought from a reliable seed house in New York, among them I had about every color known in the chrysan- themum, but every flower was as single as the common field daisy. In the same house I also had some of my named varieties. Wc had that year vast num- l)crs of the fly. Late in the season I found on Chrvsanthemum Mrs. F. Thompson 8 or 10 flowers bearing seed which! saved and sowed in due season. Last year (1889) 80 of them flowered, about one fourth of them were worth a place in any general collection, only one bearing a striking resemblance to the seed parent, 17 were judged as better flowers than i8go. The American Florist. 259 VARIOUS FLORAL DESIGNS. the well known seed parent. I flowered them again this year, and have now selected eight that stand equal with the best catalogued varieties. In the selec- tion made for next year's flowering there are yellows, red and various shades of pink and no two resemble each other in style of flower or color. Now, Mr. W. P., I would like to have you tell the readers of the Am. Florist of one single instance where the camel hair brush has been as effective in cross- ing the chrysanthemum asthe little insect vou speak so disrespectfully of was in the work it did for me. Mr. A. Veitch of this city wrote an article on the work of the fly on this lot of seedlings mentioned above, which was printed in the July 2. 1890, number of Forest and Garden. He also sent spec- imen of fly to a friend in New York for its name and origin. The reply was prob- ably it is Meredon bardus, Soy, its larva is aquatic and may live in the water tanks about greenhouses. Quoting from Forest and Garden: "Dr. John Hamilton of Allegheny, Pa., sent to Mr. J. B. Smith, specimen of the fly for detennination. He stated that certain growers of seed had bred this fly, and that the secret of their success was in the fact that by the aid of this insect they secured the most perfect cross fertilization. Dr. Hamilton says further that seedsmen who cultivate this fly are very averse to give any informa- tion concerning it." Wm. J. RowE. .6o The American Florist. Dec. The Chrysanthal Etymon. The appellation "chrysanthemum" was applied by the C.reeks to some families of plants whose flowers presented a cross- way arrangement of florets, centuries liefore the symbolism of the cross had arisen. It seems to have been arbitrarily bestowed upon this plant by its intro- ducers into Europe who may have been influenced by the prestige which its dom- itiant root element conveys in Christian lands. He this as it may, it is a burden- some word to those who must speak and write it incessantly, but as it has been long accepted, we must follow the sensi- ble rule of philologists in such verbal changes as the exigencies of circumstance are ever suggesting, by retaining the fun- damental root symbols to mark deriva- tion and sigiiificance. All that is practica- ble to achieve in this case now is to substitute the two root sj-llables "chrys- anth" as the economic equivalent of the tedious original, "chrysanthemum." We thus gain flexibility, avoid prolixity and all necessitj' for using the boorish sub- stitute "mum," which is a common Eng- lish word already appropriated to the buffoon and his low-bred ways, and for that reason inappropriate to this graceful newcomer into the esthetic arena. The plant then becomes a "chrysanth" ( accent on the first syllable ) ; the cultivator a"chrysanthist," and the structure devot- ed to growing it, a "chrysanthry," etc. The appeal is made to practical chrj's- anthists to accept this useful terminology for they are the arbiters in all philologic changes affecting their professional terms, and the motive which urges this inter- ference is that which underlies all intelli- gent progress, the desire to do what is to be done with the least expenditure of energy, that is consistent with ready in- telligibility' and gracious phraseology. ('ONNECTICL'T. Chrysanthemum Seed. It would benefit a great many others as well as myself if Mr. John Thorpe or some other expert chrysanthemum gro wer would tell us how to ripen chrysanthe- mums so we could grow our own seed. I have about 130 varieties and would like to know what temperature and what special care is necessarv to raise seed. Glens Falls, N. Y. ' A. J. Binlev. Chrysanthemum Show at Leipzig. The illustration, which we have repro- duced from Moller's Deutsche Gartner Zeitung, gives a general view of the recent chrysanthemum show at Leipzig, Germany. The general effect of the ar- rangement is certainly excellent. Minneapolis. In the public library of this city are the following books of interest to florists: BOTANY, PLANTS. Bailey, W. W. Botanical collector's handbook. Baldwin, H. Orchids of New England. Balflour J. H. First book of botany. — Second book of botany. — Botany and religion. Bentham, G. Handbook of British flora. Bressey, C. E. -Botany. Braithwaite, R. Sphagnace^e, or peat mosses. CandoUe, A. de. Origin of cultivated plants. Chapman, A.W. Floraof southern U.S. Cooke, M. C. Freaks and marvels of plant life. —And Berkeley. Fungi. Darwin, C. Climbing plants. — t)iflrerent forms of flowers and plants of same species. —Cross and self-fertilization in vegeta- ble kingdom. — Insectivorous plants. — And F: s. Power of movement in plants. —Fertilization of orchids by insects. De Vere, M. S. Leaves fi-om the book of natxire. DragendorfF, G. Plant analysis. Eaton, D. C. Ferns of North America. Figuier, L. Vegetable world. Gray, Asa. How plants behave. —Elements of Botany. — How plants grow. — Lessons in botany. — Structural and systematic botanv. Heath, F. G. Fern world. Henderson, P. Hand book of plants. Melmsley, W. B. Hardv trees, shrubs, etc. Henslow, Rev. G. Origin of floral struc- ture. Herrick, S. B. Wonders of plant life. Hooker, J. D. Botanv. — W. J. Century of ferns. Hulme, F. E. Familiar wild flowers. Hellerman, W. A. Plant anah'sis. Koerner, A. Flowers and their un- bidden guests. Loddige's botanical cabinet. Le Maout and Decaisne. Botany. Lesquereaux and James. Mosses of North America. Loudon, J. C. Arboretum etfruticctum Britannicum. — EncyclopediiE of plants. MacAlpine, D. Botanical atlas. MacNab, W. R. Botany. Maund, B. Botanical garden. Meehan, T. Native flowers and ferns of U. S. Michaux and Nuttall. North American sylva. MuUer, H. Fertilization of flowers. Paxton, Sir J. Botanical dictionary. Paxton's magazine of botany. Pickering, C. Chronological history of plants. Rand, E. S. Jr. Bulbs. Robinson, J. Ferns, in their homes and ours. Sachs, Jul. von. History of Botany. Smith, J. Dictionary of popular plants. ^Domestic botany. Sowerby, T- E. English botany. Wolle, F. Desmids of the U. S. ENTOMOLOGY. Darwin, C. Formation of Vegetable mould. Figuier, L. Insect world. Insect archictecture. Insect miscellanies. Jaeger, E. Life of North American Insects. Lubbock, Sir T- Ants, bees, wasps. — Origin and metamorphoses of insects. Manton, W. P. Insects. Michelet, J. The insect. Murray, A. Economic entomology, apt era. Packard, A. S. Guide to study of insects. — Half hours with insects. Say,T. Entomology of North America. HORTICULTURAL. Baltet, C. Grafting and budding. Downing, A. J. Landscape gardening. Eggleston, N. H. Handbook of tree planting. Elliott, F. R. Handbook of landscape gardening EUwanger, H. B. The rose. Beeton, S. O. Work in garden and greenhouse all the year round, (Beeton's conipl. manual for gardeners.) Henderson, P. Gardening for pleasure. Ililjberd, S. Amateur's rose book. Ilobdav. E. Cottage gardening. ivemp, E. How to lay out a garden. Kern, G. N. Landscape gardening. (Jakey, A. F. Home grounds. Parsons, S. B. The rose. Rand, E. S. Popular flowers. Robinson, W. Parks, etc.. of Paris. Scott, F. T- Suburban home grounds. Smith, C."H. J. Parks and ])leasurc grounds. Society of American Florists. The Executive Committee will meet at Toronto, Out., January 13. One of their most important duties will be the prepara- tion of a program for the Convention of 1S91, which will take place at Toronto. Members of the society can materially assist the committee in this work by for- warding to the Secretary at any. time previous to the meeting any matter or topics which they think worthy of discus- sion, or of being brought before the Con- vention in the form of essays. Any sug- gestions in this line will be thankfully received by the Committee. Wm. I. Stewart, Sec'v. Chicago. The new greenhouses at Lincoln Park are nearing completion. Some of the houses are already glazed and a force of men is engaged putting the roofs on the others. There are fourteen houses in all, each ;ibout 100 feet long, four having a width of 20 feet and ten a width of 11 feet. The large palm house will not be erected until next summer, though the foundation will be laid soon, stone for the same being already on the ground. The statue of the botanist LinnjEus will be unveiled next May. The great bronze figure is already in position and the finishing touches are being added. The great botanist is represented as re- turning from a collecting expedition. He carries a few flowers in his hand and a book of specimens under his arm. The statue is 14V2 feet in height and weighs 9,000 lbs. The total height including pedestal is 39 feet. Around the pedestal will be placed four allegorical figures. The total cost will be about $25,000. The monument is situated a little north- west of the new greenhouses. In the park greenhouses Head Gardener Stromback has a batch of chrysanthe- mums just coming into bloom. They are in -i-inch pots and were propagated last August from trimmings from the regular batch of plants. Among them is a plant of L. Canning bearing five very fair flow- ers. They are admirable little pot plants and would undoubtedly sell well for house plants, their small size being rather in their favor for this purpose. The greenhouses are now pretty well filled with bedding stufi" potted oft' "in the last month or six weeks. All the cuttings taken from outdoor plants in the fall are in pots except a late liatch of lobelia now being potted. The lobelias are for stock to propagate from later on. The young geraniums have already made some growth and as room is scarce workmen are pinching off' the large lower leaves to admit light and air and thus keep them from becoming "drawn" while crowded. The dovi-n town florists report trade as very dull. Several say that last week \\ as the poorest known for many years at this season of the year. The quality of the flowers coming in is also below the sSgo. The American Florist. 261 CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT LEIPZIG, GERMANY. average and there is none too much of it even with the poor deniautl. The falling oft'ir. trade is qviite i-emarkable in view of the fact that all during the fall and up to about two weelcs ago business was excellent, even better than usual at the season. The florists ai-e anxiously look- ing for a reawakening. Florists farther away from the business center seem to have had better trade lately than those who are down town. The demand for American Beautv roses grows apace, but unfortunately there is only a limited number of blooms of good quality coming in at present. Long stem carnations are in brisk de- mand, as is usuallv the case immediately after the close of the chrysanthemum season. It is now reported that the horticul- tural department of the World's Colum- bian Exposition will not be organized until next spring. The first regular meeting of the Horti- cultural Society of Chicago will be held early in Januarv. New York. Business continues good, but the re- tailers say the opening of the season lacks the brilliancy of former years. The condition of the financial world cripples our business. Am. Beauties are coming in very fine and are selling well. Carnations are very plentiful this year and of great variety with Lady Emma, Lizzie McGowan, Grace Wilder and Buttercup in the lead. Smilax is also plentiful and in good demand. Paper white Narcissus and Roman hyacinths are coming in in large quantities. George Irlam has opened a general florist's supply and commission agencv at 70 Cortlandt St. Geo.Stumppis making a special display at his fine store on Madison Ave., the design is a Christmas window the flowers used being all red. In the rear are fine specimens of camellia trees laden with bloom, underneath which are placed rows of poinsettia. Groups of Anthurium Andieanum are banked on both sides, amongst which are placed red globed electric lights; below these are some fine specimen dracjenas flanked by clumps of the "Scarboro Lily" (Vallotta purpurea); some fine plants of Adiantum Farleyense adorn the center, among which is placed a novel Christmas basket trimmed in red surah filled with anthuriums and poin- settia, the edge being trimmed with Eng- lish holly berries, with long streamers of cardinal ribbon falling gracefully from the tall handle amongst the flowers. Dainty baskets filled with Lady Emma carnations with their own foliage are dotted here and there among the ferns. Some novel arrangements in the shape of English holly wreaths and crosses tied with large loops of cardinal ribbon hang at the sides and complete one of the finest window exhibitions ever seen here. Thorle3' recently displa\'ed a beautiful basket design. It was a French rush basket trimmed with sea green surah and ribbons of the same color, and filled with Cypripedium insigne and Giant migno- nette with sprays of English ivy arranged around the ejge. John Thorpe intends organizing the florists here for the purpose of holding a grand and novel floral exhibition earlv in the spring. John Young. ' The chrysanthemums have about come to an end and the rose growers are happy. Their delight at this fact is only equalled by their satisfaction at the near ajiproach of Christmas. The cold weather which has been remarkably steadj-, considering its earliness, has assisted materially in a gradual advance in prices. Roses are quoted at a considerable ad- vance over last week's figures. The quality of the general stock has also im- proved. Violets have already got the shadow of the holidays upon them, and if you don't like the price asked the only answer is, "All right, I'll keep them on the plants till Christmas and they will be bigger blooms." Dealers in' palms and decorative plants report sales very much larger this season than ever before. Nephrolepis in two or three varieties and Ficus elastica are among the most salable plants for house decorations, and they probably give more general satisfaction for this pfirpose than any other plant. Some magnificent clusters of Luculia gratissima were shown by Mr. F. L. Harris at Horticultural Hall December 6. This superb plant with its noble foliage ana deliciously scented flowers, although an old favorite with the English gar- deners is practicall3' unknown here to the public and to the general florist. The new rose "Waban" was also ex- hibited at the same time by E. M. Wood 2^2 The American Florist, Dec. II, & Co., and tlic blooms being very large and perfect showed to better advantage than ever before. The annual supper of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club will take place in January. It will ]irobably occur at the Quincy House. The wife of Mr. J. F. Hansen, the old and well known florist of Winchester, died recently. Mr. Wm. "Robinson and A.C. Bowditch have been added to the plant committee oftheMass.Hort. Society. W. |. S. Philadelphia. As a matter of course the florists of Philadelphia could not let such an event as the election of one of their members to the Legislature pass by without making note thereof, and it occun-ed to them that a complimentary dinner woxild be about the right thing. On the subject being broached everybody joined in and last Friday evening there gathered about the festive board some 80 odd members of the craft. The feast was spread in the lower part of Horticultural Hall, the tables being handsomely decorated with plateaus of flowers and the platform was arranged with palms and plants in bloom. The menu presented had a political smack to it. It is given in full below: Oysters. Salt River Coves. Mont. Co. Clams. Soups. Consomme a la Kickers. Puree of Mugwumps. Fish. Revenue Suckers. State House Punch. Quay's Weak Fish. McKinlev's Flounders. Cold Dishes. High Tariff' Salad. Force Bill Cold Slaw. Extract Cold Day. Republican Claims Mill. Game. Political Faro. Free Trade Euchre. Poker for Revenue Only. Bungtown Speculation. Roasts. Roast Sore Heads. • Candidate Well Roasted (Other fellow). Ballot Boxes Well Stuffed. Monopolists' Hayseed Dressing. Entrees. No Terrajjin on Toast. "Reed" Birds, Good Count. Straight Ticket Croquettes. Harrisburg Entree. Pastries and Puddings. Boodle Pie (very rich). Legislative Pudding. Farmers' Alliance "Plum Duff." Capitol Pie, smothered in "Brunner" and "Luizet" rose leaves, Tery fine. Liquors. Prohibition Punch. Old Burton, 13 majority (one of the finest). Old Bourbon Straight. Our Favorite, no stickers. Fruits and Nuts. "Large Head," served to-morrow morn- ing. Candidates' Chestnuts. Broken Promises, etc. Mr. Robert Craig presided and made a capital address, in which he pointed out a course by which the society can be relieved of nearly $2,500 a year in taxea, this Mr. Burton will try to see carried out by fathering a bill to exempt the society's property fi-oni taxation. Mr. Burton followed in response and wanted to say that his election was an accident, but then as all really good men ^re yiodest, naturally John is also of a retiring disposition, but it was a case of the office seekingthemanand no accident, and the people of his district will always be proud of their choice. After Mr. Burton's address the evening was given uj) to fun. There were songs and speeches. Hugh Urquhart played the bag pipes and John Black danced the Highland fling and the sword dance. John Willard played xylophone solos. Master Harry Wright sang a song written for the occasion which was very well received. Daniel Parson's remarks were great, and everybody helped Mr. Lons- dale to sing the Grand Old Duke of York. Robert Kift gave a little ledgerdemain, and others sang and made speeches. Everybody had a good time and the occasion will long Ije remembered by those who were fortunate enough to be present. Business has been better the past week and prices are advancing. Roses La France, Mermets, Brides, Albanys, Guil- lots, 8c; Perles, Gontiers. 4c; Hostes, Cusins, 6c; carnations, $1.60 per 100; violets, 75c to $1. There is no good valley about, it does not seem to have kept well over the summer, still they ask 8c for it. There is a good market here for double violets, as any good ones are eagerly bought up on their arrival at the com- mission houses. One half the violets that come to this market aie picked before they are ready. If the growers would only wait until the flowers are fully de- veloped before picking they would sell easier and command better prices. And if growers would stand the stuff that is to be shipped early in the morning, in water over night, it would be fresh and crisp and ready for immediate use. So often it is not cut until morning and gen- erally in a hurry so as not to miss the train and when the store man gets it it has to be put into the ice box for the best part of the day to freshen up. One would think every grower ought to know these things, but they have to be told again and again, some day we hope to see a change for the better. Mr. Lonsdale's paper on the carnation read before the Florists' Club at their last meeting, was very interesting and in- structive. He exhibited cut blooms of about fifty varieties. He has great faith in the future of the carnation. A. Blanc & Co., the collectors and ex- porters of cacti arc now filling an order for cacti amounting to $3,000. This firm now has 15,000 feet of glass devoted to succulents. T. Marketing Cut Flowers. I have been much pleased with Mr. C. B. W's. able paper on marketingcut flowers. His plan seems a satisfactory solution to our difficulty in getting what we order and getting the proper returns for our consign- ments and it might be made to work nicely in the smaller cities. This plan, which for convenience we might call the "Inspector system," would be foxind muchtoo expen- sive for the larger cities. The inspector's warehouse would be a tremendous ex- pense and a great drawback on the rapid transaction of business. In short, too great a tax on the trade. But there is one feature of the inspector plan which I feel sure wovdd be of immense benefit to both growers and dealers. I mean the dividing of roses into first and second quality and culls; carnations into first and second quality, and so on with other flowers when gjowii txtciisively. This could be ruvniplisliLiI by the Florist Clubs in the ditTiivnl litios. A resolution could bf ridciiiUil liy wliich the members oftheclub would bind themselves to try the plan for three months. Then a copy of the resolution could be sent to each commission house in the city with the request that they give the plan a three months' trial Each commission house would, of course, have its own standard of excellence instead of a common stand- ard as in the "Inspector system," but the dealers would soon learn just about what A or B meant by first class Mermets or Brides and would buy accordingly. Were this plan adopted and carefully carried out, I feel confident it would re- move one great obiection to the com- mission system and would be of great benefit to the commission men and to the growers who consign to them. Sjjeakout, gentlemen. What do you think? John Welsh Young. Selaginellas. Among the three hundred or more vari- eties included in this interesting family there are many sorts of value to the flo- rist, as nicely grown young plants may be mingled with ferns in the arrangement of small ferneries with very happy effect, and providing the selaginellas have not been grown in too close and hot an atmospherethey will stand such exposure fully as well as some of the ferns now used for the above purpose. Of course it is well understood that there are some varieties of selaginellas that do not flourish unless grown in a hot, moist house, and it is equally well understood that such varieties are of little value to the average florist, as he can seldom make use of them except through an occasional order from amateur establish- ments where a collection of such plants may be forming. The few varieties to which reference will be made in these brief notes are not, however, of such character, but are sorts that are easilj' handled and likely to prove useful, their chief requirements being a light, open soil composed of fibrous peat and sand with a small pro- portion of loam, moderate shading and a temperature of 55° to 60°, in fact just about the same treatment that is accorded ferns that are grown for a similar pur- pose, with the exception that the soil for the selaginellas is lighter. And as a large ball of earth is frecjuently a disadvantage (or rather an impossibility) in filling small ferneries, it is advisable that they be grown in as small pots as possible, renewing the stock from time to time by means of division, so that the plantsmay be compact and kept in good shape. The selaginellas are also very effective as exhibition plants, and if a few speci- mens are required for this purpose the best plan is to put several small plants together in a 12 or 14-inch pan, when the desired result may soon be attained. The following varieties may with one exception be divided into two classes, caulescent or stemmy, these having stiff upright stems which bear foliage more or less like that of ferns, while the second or decumbent class creep over the surface of the ground and emit roots from almost every joint. ^ The exception to this classification noted above is S. Martensii, this belong- ing to what is known as the flabellate section, and having creeping stems which produce large strong looking branchlets that are more or less erect in habit. Among the upright growers S. Vogelii, better known as S. Africana, is among the test, the stems rising to a height of one foot or more, the general outline of f he fj-pnjj being triangular, and the color l8go. The American Florist. i63 ^f DEUTZIA CANDIDISSIMA FLORE PLENO. [reproduced from journal of HORTIOULTUHE.] dark, glossy green. This is of African origin and has been in cultivation for many years. S. lilicina (or S. hrematodesl is another remarkably handsome species, which in a large plant frequently produces fronds 18 inches in height, the latter having reddish stems which add much to its beauty. The name filicina seems specially appli- cable to this species, for it has a decidedly fern-like aspect. S. Lyallii is also an excellent sort and bears some resemblance to S. Vogelii, though having smaller leaflets than the latter and being of a verj- noticeable shade of dark green. S. Braunii has very often though incor- rectly, been sent out as S. \Vildenovii,and is doubtless better known under the latter name than under its correct designation. It is a very useful species of moderate growth, producing dark green fronds of arching habit and from six to fifteen inches long. This is a very graceful species and the fronds being of firm texture stand ex- posure well. S. umbrosais another good kind., bein^ off ompapi tabit and making a very pretty little plant in a 3 or 4-inch pot, and as an exhibition sort has few superiors. S. umbrosa produces tri- angular fronds of bright green color and from six to eighteen inches high. Among the creeping varieties there are two or three of special utility, and prom- inent among these are S. Kraussiana and its variety aurea, both of which are so well known and appreciated that further description seems unnecessary. S. delicatissima is somewhat similar to the above, but of finer growth and more compact habit. This grows rapidly and is an excellent sort for carpeting under other p'ants in decorative work, its good qualities for this purpose being frequently recognized. S. uncinata (also known as S. Caesia) is a very pretty species from China, and ot veryrapid growth. Thepeeuliar shading of the leaves from dark green to metallic blue gives it a most interesting ap- pearance. S. Martensii, to which reference has already been made, and its variegated foriin, are both valuable, but do not need exteifded description, W, H- TapLIN. Deutzias. These are among the most popular and desirable of hardy ornamental gardtn shrubs; they are indispensable in the open garden and" of much importance to the flo- rist for forcing for winter and spring cut flowers. The genus is pureh- .\siatic; some of the species are indigenous to the Himalaya Mountains, and others to China and lapan. Three species only figure conspic- uously in our gardens, and these are crenata, gracilis and parviflora, the first two are natives of Japan, and the la.st named of Northern China. Deutzia gracilis is the commonest and most use- ful of all, and it istheonegenerallygrown by florists for forcing for cut flowers in w'inter. Nothing can be simpler than its propagation and cultivation. Deutzia crenata comes next in im- portance. While D. gracilis is a low-grow- ing, dense, arching bush, crenata is an erect, moderately tall mock-orange-like shrub. The flowers of the typical plant arc white and slightly tinged with purple on the outside, and the blossoms of the double-flowered form arc also white but a good deal tinged with purple on the outside; Pride of Rochester, a variety raised by EUwanger & Barry, is double- flowered, large, early and almost pure white, and candidissima flore pleno is a pure white double-flowering form now also common in cultivation. Of all of these. Pride of Rochester is, I think the best for forcing. Deutzia Watereri and D Wellsii are hybrids between D. gracilis and D. crenata. They are said to bear large pure white flowers in great profusion, and to be valuable desiderata to our garden shrubs. We have fine plants of both but they have not yet bloomed. Deutzia parviflora, although cata- logued by some ofour nurserj'men for a dozen years, is little known and seldom met with, but it is a handsome species and well worth growing. It is an erect growingplant,likecrenata,but not nearly so tall; its flowers are white and borne in corymbs all along the upright stems after the fashion of some spirjeas, and it blossoms at the same time as D. gracilis. The following notes from my diary ex- plain the time of flowering: 1890, May 28, Deutzia gracilis, at best, or a little past best. — May 28, Deutzia parviflora, in good flower, best. —May 28, Deutzia crenata, none nearly out yet. —June 13, Deutzia Pride of Rochester, at best. — June 13, Deutzia crenata, in good flower. —June 13, Deutzia crenata fl. pi. opening. It will thus be seen that both gracilis and parviflora are worth growing for cut flowers for Decoration Day. There is a good deal of uncertainty about D. scabra, scabra vera; what is usually sold for scabra is simply crenata, on the other hand what we have had for the true scabra is not the same as crenata and it isn't quite hardy. The Deutzia Sieboldii referred to by Mr. Jackson Dawson at the florists' conven- tion at Boston (see Proceedings, page 98) as one of the twelve best hardy shrubs for florists' use, is like D. crenata but with longer racemes and pure white flowers and was raised from seed sent from Japan to the Arboretum, My experience has been that the double- flowering varieties of crenata are better than the single ones for forcing because they do not drop their blossoms so soon. Long Island, N. Y. W. F, The American Florist. Dec. II coiiiiti'v wo consider the carelul tying up of carnations as ab- solutely essential to the growth of first class flowers. I use cane stakes and tie up as soon as possible after benching. In four and one half or five inches of soil there is no trouble from the stakes falling over. I do not tie up the flower stems, only the foliage. Most of mj' varieties have stems that carry the flowers wrell above the foliage and there is no trouble in picking; a weak, drooping habit is a great objection, still we have some fine varieties with weak stems. The buds on the side benches sometimes reach the glass; musquito netting has been successfully used to prevent actual contact. It is stretched between the plants and the glass and tacked to the numtins. The shading docs not affect the flowering qualities in the least, in fact it seems to me that carnations do not re- quire so much light as some other plants. I find it very easy to get seedUng car- nations which possess one good quality in a marked degree, but when it comes to combining two or more qualities in the same plant, it is not so easy. I have had many purple flowers, some of them very rich in color, but the coloris not desirable and I have not kept them. As to a blue carnation, when it comes it will be hand in hand with the blue rose and we will welcome them together. Mr. Thorpe thinks that within ten years we will have carnations four inches in diameter and bringing a dollar a piece at wholesale. We have three-inch flowers now, so there is only one inch to gain; when I get a four-inch one I will willinglj' take a dollar a piece for all I can raise. I make a practice of taking down all my carnations at least once during the season, carefully thinning out the old stems and undergrowth and then tying them u]5 ag^in. It is a tiresome process but it pays where first class flowers are wanted; when quantity rather than qual- it3' is called for it would not pay. Will some one please give the points of a first class carnation from the stand- point of commercial growers. The stand- ard seems to vary somewhat. How large must a flower be to be first class or second class? L. Wight. Framingham, Mass. Successful Wire Supports. For vcars I have used wire to support carnations. In a house ;!00.\30, the straight, upright rows will satisfy the most exacting. The first wire is 6 inches from the ground, with cross supports about 12 feet apart. Separate the var- ieties according to their habits. I beg to disagree with Sir. Chitty, that wire sup- ports interfere with cutting long stemmed carnations. Stems 12 inches and over can easily to cut. J. L. Loose. Alexandria Va. 'Diseased Callas." When callas in a warm house are "starting up" or growing luxuriantly, watering with icy water will produce the effect C. B. W. describes, page 234 'Am. Flokist for November 27, viz, rotting ort" next the soil, accompanied with dis- eased roots. The best treatment for callas so affected is to keep them somewhat drj'cr, for some time, watering them sparingly as if start- ing up the doiniant rhizomes. Because this is the condition they are essentially reduced to. They must form new roots and start the season anew. During this period what water is retjuired should be of a temperture pleasantly warm to the hand. After the c;illas have started and recov- ered completely the water used may be cooler, but at no time should its temper- ture be more than 15° lower than that ol the house. If it is not too inconvenient to have it so the water for callas may be 10" warmer than the temperature of the house with great advantage. New Albany, Ind. Ernest Walker. Ferns for Cutting. Since such a variety of other foliage has been used for intermixing with cut flow- ers, fern fronds have not been so much in demand. The drawback to the use of fern fronds is that they do not, as a rule, last well. Vet, provided the plants are gi-own under favorable conditions, this objection may be overcome to a consid- erable ' extent. In the first place tlie plants should be grown in a light open position, and sufficiently far apart for air to pass freclv between them, and as little artificial heat given them as is necessary for the full development of the fronds. By this treatment the fronds are not only brighter and of a less sombre appearance, but when cut they last much longer. Another point is the selection of sorts. This, of course, depends upon what par- ticular purpose they are required for, and also, to some extent, personal taste. The beautiful though somewhat fragile maidenhair (Adiantum cuneatum) will always hold first place, and as now grown by those who supply the market it is of considerably more value than when it used to be grown under heavy shading, a mode of treatment not yet extinct among private growers. A. ele- gans is another maidenhair which now finds much favor among fern giowers. This variety has larger and more spread- ing fronds than the old favorite. It is also hardier and will grow freely during the winter months, where A. cuneatum would remain almost dormant. A. scu- tum may be recommended as one of the best large-fronded adiantums. For some purposes, especially button hole bouquets and sprays, the slender growing A. mun- dulum is verj' useful; and the most beau- tiful of all ferns (A. Farleyense) may be added to the useful adiantums for cut- ting from. Among davallias there are several very useful sorts, though perhaps they do not produce their fronds so abundantly as some, 3et they have the ad vantage of being of greater substance, and consequently last longer. When grown in either wire or wooden baskets, suspended from the roof of the fernery, they are pretty and pro- duce a considerable quantity of useful material for cutting from. The most useful sorts are D. elegans, of remarkably free growth; D. Mariesi, which succeeds well in a cool house; D. decora and I). Mooreana, the last named being especially useful where large fronds are wanted. When constantly divided and grown in light sandy compost it produces very pretty medium sized fronds. Several of the varieties of nephrolepis may be included among those useful for the above purpose, especially the long. sleiider-fronded N. jiectinata and N. Phil- ippinensis, both of which are very pretty for small vases, etc., while N. exaltata and N. tuberosa are very effective for Uirger work. The varieties of I', serrulata are the most valuable of this genus; the lighter crested varieties, which droop over just enough to be gi aceful, should be grown. The normal form is not nearly so much grown as it deserves to be for this pur- pose. Where large spreading fronds are required, the Chiswiek variety of P. s. major is most effective. The varieties of P. erotica are also very useful and last well, but are rather stifter than the above named. P. tremula when confined to small pots produces fronds which are very serviceable for large vases, &e. Onychium japonicum should be exten- sively grown, as the fronds, although finely cut, are of good texture and last well. This fern is also very free growing and is nearly hardy, but to keep up a supply of fronds during the winter it should be grown in an intermediate tem- peratu-C. To the above many others might be added, which for some pur- poses wbuld be useful, but for all ordinary uses those mentioned are the best. To ensure fern fronds lasting well they should be put into water as soon as possible after they are cut, or if they can not be put in at once the ends should be cut off again, for if they get a little dry at the base they can not take up the water freel\', and while they will last for a considerable time in a cool atmosphere they will shrivel up quickly if exposed to a draught or a dry, warm atmos|)hcrc.— F. H., in London Garden. The Cineraria. Il suits my purpose to grow nearly the whole of my cinerarias fi-om offsets, which are taken from the parent plants any time after midsummer. It is possible to obtain them earlier, but it is not desir- able to do so during the warmest part of the year, good flowering specimens being easily grown from offsets put in during .\ugust. The earliest offsets are at this late period already in the SVb-inch pots, in which they will flower. The later ones will be finally repotted early in the new year. It is neither essential nor desirable that the compost used should be very rich; and I think that we err in making it so, because rich soil disposes to large, flabb}', brittle leaves that snap at a touch ,and are spoiled. A good potting soil is made with turty loam five parts, one part coarse white sand, one part leaf mold, and one of rotten manure. This com- pound is sufficiently rich to produce good stocky growth. The leaves being at the best rather brittle, must be carefully handled when potting the plants, or tying them out. It is an essential part of good culture that the large leaves should be tied out so as to allow air and light to reach the rising flower stems, and this work is best accomplished by tying a piece of tarred or other string around the pots under the rim. The best position ior cinerarias until they begin t«j flower is iiu span-roofed pit, where they should be placed quite close to the glass, or .i I least as near as is safe or convenient. It is of much importance that the plants should be kept free from aphis, which, although they do not injurethem ninchin winter, will show amarvelous increase as soon as warmth increases. Avery trouble- some parasite on cinerarias at this season is white mildew, which, when unobserved, soon produces a quantity of fine white thready lines upon the under sides of the leaves." To get rid of it, the best thing is i8go. The American Floris M to dust the under sides of the leaves with flowers-of-sulphur. Fumigation with to- bacco will destroy aphis, but caution is necessary in its use, as the leaves are very tender, and easily and permanently injur- ed by it, for it should not be forgotten that the foliage is in its own way as beautiful as the flowers, and the latter are never seen to advantage unless the foliage is good. The nearer cinerai ias are to the glass the more likely they are to be injured from frosts, and it may be well to remark that, when sharp frosts set in, the bal- ance must be well and carefully kept be- tween heating the house too much and allowing frosts to injure the leaves near the glass. The temperature may fall 2° or 3° below 40', but should not rise much above that point. A high night temper- ature with an over dry atmosphere does not suit the plants, and air should be admitted on all favorable occasions; but not when drying cold winds are blowing, as these cause the leaves to droop, and subsequently to decay. I might say a word about some of the distinct and beautiful varieties exhibited during the past season, but those that received cer- tificates have been described in these pages. None of these varieties have as yet been sent out in the way usual in previous years, and being certificated and described, it may not be worth while to say more here, than that the steady improvements shown in form of flower, and the habits of the plants, have been continued up to the present time. It may be well to re- mark that good culture has much to do with dwarfness of habit, and general good quality of the plants and flowers. — /. Douglas,'in Gardeners' Chronicle. Silver Leaved Geranii At Lincoln Park, Chicago, the bulk of the great number of geraniums grown there, are propagated from cuttings taken in the fall from the plants which have been bedded during the summer, but in the case of silver leaved and bronze geraniums that method has been unsatis- factory. The wood docs not become sufficientlj' ripened in the open to strike well in the bench. Plants of these sectionsof the geranium family are lifted in the fall, potted, and kept in the house for four or five weeks, until the wood is ripened. Cuttings are then taken and strike root satisfactorily. If the plants do not sup])ly sufficient cut- tings to make the required number of plants, a batch of cuttings ma}- be taken fram the young plants. These cuttings will however be very small, so small that they can not be inserted in the sand bed and kept in an upright position, the first watering being almost certain to tip them over or wash them out, and of course the cutting must not be so deeply inserted as to have the sand above the crown or rot will ensue. This difficulty is overcome by head gardener Stromback by a device which we have before illustrated but which will bear reproduction, as it will frequently be of great assistance to every grower of these plants, when he may be short of larger cuttings. A toothpick is wired to a leaf stem of the cutting and the pick inserted in the sand deep enough to rest the base of the cutting on the surface of the sand, as shown in the sketch. They will root freely in this position. When rooted the cuttings are potted without removing the tootpick, whicli is taken out later when the plant has become well estab- lished in the pot. The wiring must not be tightly done as rot might thus be in- duced. This little wrinkle renders avail- able a large number of cuttings which otherwise could not be utilized, and there is rarely a surplus of cuttings of these Relations of Employer and Employe. I wish to ask a few questions through the columns of the American Florist, viz.: What are the benefits from board- ing with the employer? I shall present my side, "the employe's," of the question as best I can, and do so in the hope that it may have a tendency towards bettering j boththe employer and employes' position I and relations,' which I am sorry to say for the latter are in a great many places, especially in the west, if such I may call I this state on the Missouri river, anj-thing but mutual. All tradesmen, mechanics, factory hands and common laborers have a set time to perform their labor in, and as a rule are allowed extra for overtime of work per- formed. With a great manj- in our trade it is quite different. Ten hours as a rule is considered a day's work, but not with us. The most of our overtime is done gratis to the employer, and right here I wish to ask why at so many florist estab- lishments such "is the case? With those that board with their employer in spring time you are often compelled to work 13 hours with the privilege of leaving if you are not satisfied, which I think is not so easily done when j-ou are in a place or city that does not support more than two or three florists, and none within a hundred miles that does. Does it not seem unreasonable on the part of the employer? The' employe that boards elsewhere knows nothing of this; he is not handy and within easy call, but you that set at j-our employer's table are oftentimes asked without a blush on the part of the employer to perform work after supper and on Sundays that will sum up a week's wages in a month, but you don't get it. You are not allowed a rest near the place. Your only salvation is to roam off somewhere if you wish to feel a little independent and at ease. The man that boards elsewhere performs his day's work and does not return until the next day, starting time. Perhaps you have been at work a half an hour on some- thing that needed immediate attention, at least your employer seemed to think so, and yet the other employe has as much at the end of the month as you have after paying for his board and lodg- ing, and then he has the privilege of boarding where it pleases him, and being independent. He can leave whenever he does not get his money's worth, but with you it is different, you can not leave unless you leave your position, and to complain as regards meals and lodging would place you in a very embarrassing position with your employer. Does it not seem as if your employer induced you to board with him just because he is thereby enabled to get more work out of you? Yes, many look upon you as that much machinery to be worked to its fullest extent. You may perform your work conscientiously to the best interest of your employer, of this you never are reminded, but when the least thing goes wrong you are growled at for two and three hours at a time. It is a poor recom- mendation to leave a place on short notice so you remain until you have a chance to better yourself But the question that I wish to ask the most directly is what excuses have some or can some florists present for the shameful board they offer the employe, but for which they expect all that I have mentioned as regards overtime gratis and your entire interest as regards the wel- fare of their business? There are more than a few that will agree with me when I say that the board that some offer vou is not worth $2 per week, and I think that if some of them would venture into the cheap boarding house business they would prove more successful than they are at floristing. I wonder how long some would be contented to sleep in the places andonthe beds, if such youmay call them, that they offer you for j'our lodging. It is either a cot in the potting shed or a place in the garret in which they or he places an old bed, a straw bed and pillow, a few torn and dirty quilts, and one sheet which you are compelled to change yourself if you wish to have it clean. This and an old chair constitutes your furniture. As j'ou are supposed to make j-our toilet under the hydrant you will have to purchase your ovrnwash basin, bowl or pitcher. One towel a week for all the other hands to dry on besides yourself is hung up in the potting shed. You have to make your own bed and keep it clean if you are so inclined. And yet these same ones are talking of education and good results from era- ploj'es, say grace at the table and compel you to perform unnecessary work on Sundaj'. I wish to say injustice to many florists that the board they give and the lodgings they offer are second to no first class boarding house, and it is such men that deserve the co operation of the employe and the utmost conscientiousness in per- forming his duty to the best of his knowl- edge and towards the success of his em- ployer. No employe will object to perform work for such men, when it is needed and necessary. Men that merit your work and do not ask anything that is way beyond reason. But when a man com- mences to grind he can never expect good results. A Working Hand. At the Flower Show. The New York Evening World of Nov. 28 has the following regarding the flower show: An amusing story is told of a young lover who thought he would buy a lady slipper (cypripedium) that he fancied would be an acceptable gift to the pretty little lady by his side. "How much is it?" he asked. "Seven hundred and eighty dollars," was the reply. He didn't buv it. >66 The A.merican Florist. Dec II. %m immmm ^%^mm Subscription $1.00 a Year. Advertisements, lo Cents a Inch, S1.40; Column, Cash with Orde No Sperlill Position tin Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 1 To Europe, $2.( 1 Line, Agate; ,10 per c , 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertlslnK Tepartmeiit of the American ! Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Our Trade Directory.— We have of late received inquiries about the "directory for 1891," and in some instances orders for the same. To avoid useless corres- pondence we would say that it is not our intention to publish an edition of the directorv for 1891. We mav publish a new list in 1892 or 1893, but certainly not before 1892. While there have of course been some changes from the list as published last spring thej' are compara- tively few in number and are mainly changes in street addresses in the larger cities. We shall soon publish a list of changes and additions in these columns. We have received from John Breitmeyer & Sons, Detroit, Mich., a small litho- graphed calendar for 1891, which isorna- mented by a spray of flowers in colors and the firms card on its face, while on the reverse is printed a list of the roses of which they offer cut bloomsforsale. The color of each rose is given opposite its name, and the list is classified into "Tea Roses" and "Hybrids." On the margin opposite the list of teas appear the words "September to Jul}'" and opposite the hybrids "January- to June." It is a neat advertisement and may be a useful sug- gestion to other retail florists. Mr. Paul Daxa, son of Charles A.Dana of the New York 5«/;,has been appointed one of the Park Commissioners of the citv of New York. Mr. Paul Dana is a gentleman of vigorous, executive ability, wide travel and fine education. .\nd as he has been brought up in one of the loveliest and most important gardened homes of America and is thoroughly familiar with progressive landscape arch- itecture, sylviculture and floriculture, we question if a happier choice could have been made for the position. We congrat- ulate New York. The recent exhibition at Madison Square Garden, New Y'ork, given by Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, received re- markably liberal notices in the New York daily press. Many of the papers devoted columns of space daily to the show while open, and columns of compliment- ary notices after its close. And to-irown all' the show was a decided success finan- cial!}'. It is ]30ssible that this successful effort of a single firm in the exhibition line will awaken the apparently dormant New Y'ork Horticultural Society. It seems to be popular now to name new chrysanthemums after daily news- papers. The New Y'ork Tribune devotes considerable space to a description of a chrysanthemum named "The Tribune" in its honor. Another new chrysanthe- mum has been named "The Press" as a compliment to the New "York Press, and the paper at once responds with an elab- orate description of the flower orna- mented by a cut of same. There are several ways of touching the hearts of the newspaper men. Flora of North .\merica, including ferns. In response to the request made by W. W. we name; Gray's "Manual of Botany" of the eastern and northern states. Chapman's "Flora ofthe southern United States," "Coulter's Manual of Rocky Mountain Botany, Botany of Cal- ifornia (Geographical survey of California. Botany Vol. I and II) by Sereno Watson. Or get Gray's Synoptical Flora. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., publishers, New Y'ork and Chicago. Mildew— J. B. will find all the latest information regarding mildew in previous issues of the Florist. Also descriptions of all known remedies. Sulphur is the most effective preventive, and at this season ofthe year a wash composed of sulphur and lime wash or sulphur and linseed oil should be applied to the heat- ing pipes. The Chrysanth.— In another column will be found a communication urging the adoption of "Chrysanth" as the ab- breviation of chrysanthemum, rather than "Mum" which has been so frequently used of late that it bids fair to become general among the growers. A NEW combination in exhibitions is an "Art loan and chrysanthemum fair." Such an exhibition was held at Santa Rosa, Cal., November 18 to 22. A prize was awarded for the finest display of chrysanthemums. Florist H. 0. Hinckley, Rockford, 111., sends us some specimen blooms of the pink carnation Bertha Soper. The blooms are very good. We have before described this varietv. Society of American Florists. Mr. Robt. J. Halliday, of Baltimore, having sent in his resignation as a mem- ber of the Executive Committee, Mr. W. R. Smith, of Washington, has been ap- pointed by President Jordan to serve for Mr. Halliday's unexpired term. Presi- dent-elect Norton has appointed Mr. Jas. Dean, of Bay Ridge, N. Y., Mr. H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, 111., and Mr. P. Welch, Boston, as members of the Executive Committee for three years, commencing January 1, 1891, in the place of Messrs. Keller, Raynolds and Calder, whose terms of office have expired. flecoi) RoteA. Rockford, III.— The wife of J.J. Soper, the florist, died November 28. Stillwater, Minn.— Alfred C. Bentley has added a new house 12x60, heated by steam. Lake Geneva, Wis. — Button Bros, are adding 1,500 feet of glass to their green- house plant. During the first and second weeks of November over sixty chrysanthemum shows were held in England. Kalamazoo, Mich.— The twentieth an- nual meeting of the Michigan Horticul- tural Society was held here Dec. 2 to 4. Plattsmouth, Neb.— W. J. Hesser has made still further additions to his glass and will add still more the coming spring. Louisville, Ky.— F. Walker & Co., are putting the finishing touches on a new house I81/2 by 150 feet at their place in New Albany, Ind. Morrison, III.— Robert Davis & Sons, have been adding to and improving their old greenhouse and have also built a new house making two, each 20x145. Heated by hot water. Middleborough, Mass.— Florist C. D. Kingman made an excellent display of chrysanthemums at his greenhouses dur- ing November. It was warmly praised by a local paper. Wilmington, Del.— A. S. RoUo & Son is a new firm of florists not listed in our trade directory. They have greenhouses at the corner of 8th and Clayton streets and a store at 622 King street. Dallas, Tex.— M. Phillips has just completed a new greenhouse 80x18 feet, heated with hot water. Business is im- proving, with plenty of outdoor grown roses of good quality. No frost yet but plenty of rain. Los Angeles, Cal.— The new Floral Society now has a membership of nearly 150. Mrs. Davis has bought the Garey Flower Store. Business is good and has been so all the season. We shall hold our usual rose show in April. Reading, Pa.— George W. Bears is a florist who has started since the publica- tion ofthe trade directory and does not appear in the list. He has a store at 820 North 6th street and greenhouses comer of Spring and Church streets. Peekskill, N. Y'.— Florist E. C. Taylor gave an exhibition of chrysanthemums in a vacant store on Main street November IS to 20. Some very good plants and flowers were shown. Mr. Taylor gave half the door receipts to alocal charity. Rochester, N.Y'.— The Brown Brothers Companv was incorporated December 1 with a capital stock of $100,000, to con- duct a general nursery business. The incorporators are Charles J Brown, Robert C. Brown, John S. Brown and Charles Fisher, Jr., of this city, and Edward C. Morris, of Chicago. Cleveland. — James Eadie's green- houses on St. Clair street were destroyed by fire last Friday night, causing a loss of $25,000 with not a cent of insurance. The loss was absolute, for the plants the fire spared were drenched with water and frozen. There were thirteen houses in all. The fire started in the boiler room. Springfield, Mass. — At the recent great football match between Yale and Harvard the admirers ofthe Yale men wore violets and of the HaiTard men, crimson chrys- anthemums. The adherents of each col- lected together and as a local paper ex- pressed it: "On the west was a violet bed and on the east a chrvsantlicmum show." CUTFLOwiRS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. ROSES. CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 165 Tremont Street, BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shljiplnK clmlco Hoses and other Flowers, carefully paekeil. to all points tn Wes'orn and Middle States. Return Telegram Is sent Immeimiely wnen II l» Impossible to fill jour order. iSgo. The American Florist. 167 THOS. YOUNG. JB.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And the Choicest ROSES for tlio fall and winter season. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List Bent upon applloatlon. W. F. SHERIDART, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shippeil will receive prompt Htteatlon. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 WEST 30TH STREET, EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29tliSt., NEWYORK. Having removed to more spac (next door) with increased resource: I am now prepared ;quan' _. 1 at short notice ant selected Roses of every variety also all other flowers in market. Roses to be shipped are especially select eil, and packed under personal supervision American Beauty, La France, The Bride, Mermet, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WHITE FOR PRICE LIST. Return teleBranis sent when orders or part of them cannot be tilled. ■ Mention American Florist. Rayn BURNS d, RAYNOR, WH0LE8SLE FLORISTS, 11 -West a**tlx St., THE WISCONSIN FtOWEK EXCHANGE, 133 Maaon Street. Milwaukee. Wis. ©Yf'fioPciSaPe MarjCetii. Cut Flowers. BOSTON. Deo 8. .... 200® 400 :: MS^e«5!i??re :;;;;:;;•;;;:;;;;;; aiK Carnations, long 'Slfig po^rj'^""''' ::::::::::::::::::. ■' ® mo 10.00 Bouvardla, double Roman hyacinths ;;;;;;;;•;;■;;;;• k ..':^.'^.*"'".'^.""25S1|-I.00 8.C'0®10.00 " Pe°rt"s°'Niphefos Valley CarnttloSI''shSl — = iiili --:-::::::::::'«'« &S§ \°?|}:§8 400® GW .".■".^"".'^i.Sfll-.oo " Penes, Souva. N Mermets. Brides ■^ ■.:'::; 500® soo " Albanys ;; Watteviiles. cu» •■ Beauties:::::::! It. llO (9 75.00 Carnations, long I.ongitlorum lilie.'i ;;v:;;;;;::;:::::;;;ilil EE^^^-::. :::::::::::::::::::.'^\^ ^"■•^''-EonSerf """'"' CHICAOO^D^C^l^.^ ■• Mermets. La Krt nceVBrides.......800|1200 ■.v.::v.;.;.;:::;::. 1.25® j.m Carnations, long, fancy ■==iBs ^f^r:::::::::::::. :.::::::: :::::::VI:%3. pit!-;::::::::.::::::. Stevia ..: Narcissus ::::::;::;:;--'^*®tiS :::::::::::::■:::::: l:SSIi5J E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) .A.11 Fi^lo-^vers irx (Season. Full line of FLOKl.ST.S" SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. .H. Sundays until 3 P. M. ALL SUPPLIES. «S- WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. Wm. 3. gTEWHRT, Gut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ A large stock of ROSES, LILY of the VALLEY, VIOLETS, CARNATIONS. ASPARAGUS, HYACINTHS and other standard flowers for the HOLLY AND MISTLETOE, of best quality, bj the Case or in large quantities at low prices. CALDWELL'S LONG NEEDLE PINES, PALM LE.AVES, M.\GNOLIA BRANCHES, ETC., Constantly on hand. WM. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., BOSTON, MASS. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OFEIT iriGHTS AITS STJITDAYS. ^^IK,E PESi&Jsrs ijsr stock: GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Niglits !) V. M.; Sundays 2 P. M. WHOLESALE FLORIST 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission (Merchants CUT F«i^OWBI«S, 1237 Clieslnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping. Mention American Florist. C. E. & S, S, PENNOCK, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 38 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, ^^ WHOLESALE b^«- Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express promptly filled. 1225 Market •k sales ai Donsignu ST. LOUIS. MO. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 I-IlSrE STIiEET, CUT FLOWERS. . of( Ting, The choicest Cut 1 at lowest market rates, shipped C. O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. .68 The American Florist, Dec. rr, Sfta $ea4 ¥rac)a. SEED TRADE ASSOC/A T/ON. ALBERT M. McCdllough, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Fottler, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, 1891. Mr. M. S. Benedict, the enterprising young seedsman of Crete, Neb., died of pneumonia November 13. John A. Salzek, President and Benj. F. Salzer, Superintendent, of the Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. are in CaHfornia where they will spend the greater portion of the winter in search of health. The Stephanotis. The way in which stephanotis blooms depends on the treatment it receives dur- ing the growing season. Where exposed to as much light as it is possible to give the plants, with little shading accom- panied by a dryish condition of the at- mosphere, the bloom is often formed in the autumn. It may be seen in the shape of small spurs at the base of the leafstalks for a considerable length from the extre- mities of the shoots downwards. Plants in this condition can be had in flower early. But the soil, especially where they are grown in pots, should not through the season of rest be kept too drv, other- wise the already formed bloom is liable to go ofi'. In the case of plants that have been grown in a more humid atmosphere, there are seldom any flowers formed on the growth that has been made in the autumn, their presence being wholly con- fined to the young growth that is made after the plants are started in spring. In this case the roots may be kept drier, no more water being given than is necessary to maintain the leaves plump and free from any inclination to flag. The drier they are kept, provided it is not carried so far as to injure the foliage, the sooner flowers may be looked for after the plants are again started. — T. B.. in London Garden. SITUATIONS WANTS, FOR SALE. admitted under this head. ompany order. Plant c Wi. Sharon. Pa. SITUATION WANTBD-By florist Blrgle and with the I SITUATION WANTED-As head t-arden- married man in some publ c pt " private place in the northwestern states: thoroughly competent to take full charge. Address I), care American Florist. SITUATION WANTED-By a flrst class florist, Thoroughly posted in all branches, as foreman of a commercial establishment— a place where roses and cut flowers are made R specialty preferred. Mention salary. PlllxcEI'.s, care Am. Florist. W^ . Pomfret Conn. J.OB and abroad. In a growing good reasons. A good in The real estate for sale or J3,0(IO. Address BakgaiX, Must sell for se to purchaser. Price Vegetable Seeds for Market Gardeners. Flower Seeds and Bulbs for Florists. Our reputation among the critical Market Gardeners of this country, for having varieties and strains specially adapted to their wants, is second to none. Our new Florists' and Market Gardeners' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST is the best and most complete list of its kind ever sent out. Write for it on your printed letter-head or enclose business card to show you are entitled to it. Our Horticultural and Poultry Supply iplete and can be had for the asking. JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217 and 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Established 1787.) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. Mention American Florist. ^ G. J. MOFFATT. Manufacturer of SEED BAGS ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and rricf« on Application. Uentlon American Florist. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMULAS. Fine plants, from 3-inch pots, in bud and bloom, at fg per hundred Address A. R. REINEMAN & BRO., 39 Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURG, PA. Mention American Florist. buildings new and in good order. One hour from New York City, and one mile from depot. Price, ""■"^ ... --.J jjjg greenhouse property separate P. O. Box 1C9. Ramseys, N. J. ooie JVBx^v for 12,600. Address ir, CENT.S. _ ""•erlcan r,„ . I Address |H|| g^ '^ '"'isl I American Florist Co. H 8io,r,7h^'"'°'"'''e FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-lnch. Duchess of Albany fi2 00 Mme. Hoste 7,00 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4.00 Perles 4 00 Niphetos 400 Mermets 400 Brides 400 Bon Silenes 4.00 Gen'l Jack, 2 in. I40 per 1000; 3-in. fS.oo per 100 H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. ^50 00 per 1000. 8®" Send for List GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. I^OSE>», DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMEIBICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. We ofter in fine condition, from 2-inch pots. WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA. a first class decorative Palm, fastest grower and hardiest of all, will stand 10° cold without injury, SS a 100; $70 a looo. LATANIA BORBONICfl. i yr. tine, J6 " S60 " FOUR NEW SEEDLING ABUTILONS. Blue Bells, Bronze Bells, Indian Chief and White Neck- decided noveltie«, 3-inch pot plants, 50 cents each; the four for J1.50. NEW GRAPE LUETII. superior in size, vigor and flavor to Delaware, of which it is a sport. A grand novelty, 60c. each ; $6 per doz ; $50 per 100. Several thousand CLIMBING ROSES, Baltimore Belle, Triu'nphant. Prairie Queen, Tennessee Belle, with canes 5 to S feet long (if desired un- trimmedl |8 per 100. $60 per loco. LIGUSTRUM. 2 sorts 2 It. high, $5 per ico; I40 per 1000. Splendid hedge plants. SCOTCH PINKS, fine clumps. Snow or colored seedlings. $6 per 100. A Special Price List ot Roses, (over 100,000 in stock) and an endless number of young plants in un- equaled assortments; will be ready in January. ADDRESS NANZ & NEUNER, .to'ck of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ. Xjouis-v-ille, XCy. Mention American Florist. Now Ready, for Cash. Per ICO Begonia Bruanti alba, best white, winter bloomers, 2'i-inch, - $6.00 same, 3 inch, - - - 1000 Begonia Metallica, 2,">-inch, - 6.00 " " 3'2-inch, - 12.00 " Semperflorens rosea, 2)2- in. 6 00 " " " 4-in. 12.00 Abutilon Eclipse, 2;i-inch, - 5.00 Manettia bicolor, 2;i-inch, - 7.00 " " 3-inch, - - 11.00 Agapanthus, 3^'2 and 4-inch, - 8 00 Large thrifty slock in line shape, ready to shift. Lane's Mountain View Greenhouses, tSgo. The American Florist. 269 THOMAS YOUNG, Jr., ^WHOLESALE FLORIST.^ so W^est S^tli Street, NEW YORK. Sol^ A.^GT\i: for* tt\G^ I^olloxx^ing ERNST ASMUS, - West Hoboken, N. J. W. H. DE FOREST, - - Summit, N. J. PETER HENDERSON & CO., Jersey City, N. J. JOHN N. MAY, - - Summit, N. J. S. C. NASH, - - - Clifton, N. J. JOHN REID, - - Jersey City, " A. C. TUCKER, - - - Nyack, N. Y. WEIGAND BROTHERS, West Hoboken, N. J. And many others. ALL THE CHOICEST VARIETIES OF ROSES, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, ORCHIDS, LILAC, LILY OF THE VALLEY, TULIPS, ETC., ETC. 2 70 The American Florist, Dec II. Hail Insurance. The final test of the stahility of the " Florists Hail Assoeiatioii " was sueccss- fully met liy tlu- nieniliers iiimii whom an assessment was levied. Their prompt response removed the last doubt of its final snecess, if any misgivings still lin- gered in the mind of any "doubting Thomas". It has been eonelusively proved during the past three and a half vears of its existence that it has been of practical benefit to many, at small cost to its members. The P. H. A. has won its spurs by fair dealing. The directors and officers have labored in season and out of season to achieve the success it has attained, and it is their ambition to make it the strongest hail association in the world. It is the duty of every Ameri- can florist to assist and at the same time benefit himself by so doing. Will you do it? lOHN G. ESLEK. C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, NEW YORK, FOBCmG'BULBa IMPORTED HARDY ROSES, Strong Clematis, Etc., Etc. Association Flora, Bosl(oop, Holland. HOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Pseo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address p. OUWERKERK, P.O. Box 1S45, NEW YORK CITY. Catalogue on application. Mention American KloriHt. WE WANT YOUR ORDERS NOW FOR Chinese Narcissus, AURATUM. LONGIFLORUM. ALBUM. RUBRUM. KRAMERI. ELEGANS. AND OTHER JAPANESE BULBS. CALIFORNIA LILY BULBS. Australian Palm Seeds. California Palm and Flower Seeds. JAPAN PALM, SHRUB AND FLOWER SEEDS. ready. SWND FOR IT. j H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANC ISCO. CAL. JAPANESE PLANTS. Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Seeds, Etc. FELIX GONZALEZ & CO. Direct Importprs and Kxporters, 303 to 312 Wayne and Crescent Ave., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Wholesale Catalogue mailed free on application. TU:BI3MeOSBJS. We have yet on hand abouti'i OOOextra fine Double Italian Tuberoses. Also a few thousand Pearl. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. Anysizefrom 6 to 15 inches in circumference. AZALEAS. 4 to (3-inch pots, in bud. CLEMATIS CRI«PA. 100 delivered free on receipt of *l. 00. For prices write for our wholesale price list. JAMES M. LAMB, Fayetteville, N. C. FOR SALB. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. Write for prices ou any which you have see n previous issues and would like. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. OXXIOJVGK). SEKD FOR A COPY . OP OUB NEW TRADE DIRE6T0RY AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. BEGONIA TUBERS AND SEEDS. The best quality in Europe. Lowest prices ever onered. Wholesale list and pamphlet with cultural direc- tions mailed gratis on application. Send your orders promptly to JOHN R. BOX, (Bstabl'd 60 years.) CROYDON, KNCiLAND. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON. HILLEGOM, HOLLAKD. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole sale Importers should write us for orices Our new Bulb Catalogue is now ready Will be mailed free on application. DREER'S Garden seeds Bulbs, and tea. Thevarethe west prices. trade only. HENRY A. DKEEK, Fhiladelphi Antigonon Leptopus, str'g field (trown 2 00 15 00 SEEDS— Antigonon Leptopus, 15 lbs., per lb. $7.00. Cosmos, white 6 lbs., " 5 00. Allamanda Hendersonii, S'^-in. 50c per doz. PLANTS-Clerodendron Balfourii. Florida Moss, 4 lbs. by mail, 76c. Crinums, Pancratiums, Agave Americana. THE BROOKS SISTERS, Sorrento, FI9. J. A. DE VEER. 18 Bulling Slip, NEW YORK, -SI'ECIAI, OFFER 01 FORCING BULBS. colors, single or doi;., .'SUc. per 100 doz. 1 Oculis Soils and Praecox. lingle. Burbiogei, pure w nt's Eye.) early. Poetlcus (Phea 1.00 0.15 . 2.25 0.40 . 3.50 0.60 Double, Eggs"), yellow, sweet scented, forces yell perl.OCO, $9 00 1.25 Orange Phoenix ("Eggs and Bacon"), white and orange one of the best 2 25 Von 8ion, the double yellow Daltodil, large, golden yellow, the best of all for forcing per 1,000, *I6 (10; 2 00 Fine mixed, for forcing, per 1 000 .$17 50; 2.00 In 10 best sorts, for forcing, 1,000.. $26 CO; 3.00 Polyanthus Narcissus, Paper white tirandidorum ., per 1,000, $10.00; 1.2.') Paper White, Gi'ant. novelty 2 00 Chinese or "Bacred Uly" 11 00 Crand Primo, white per 1.000, $20 00; 2 60 lirand Soleil d'Or, yellow, per I,li00,l23 50; 2 50 L ilium Bateraanni lO.UO t'andidum. (hi solid bulbs, ('lialcedonicum, eacl Excelsum, each, 40c grown), very large i Harrlsii, 4x5 Longiflorum 5 Poinponln Ulfolium, bril uaryllis, Sarnie allota purpurea.. ^'r^S.* $45,00; 5.00 1.00 f,^S Cyrlanien Persicum, Hrst size bulbs " " grandiflorum Kreesia refracta alba, home grown large bulbs perl 000, $12.00; Freesia Leichtlini major, home grown ladloTusi selected fc 150 0 30 1 00 0.20 1.50 C.3U 15.00 2.50 10 00 1.60 18.00 3.00 1.50 0 26 2.00 0.30 Gladiolus (Gand»vensi8 Seedlings), large selected bulbs per lOCO 100 Brenchleyensls. dazzling scarlet $8 10 $1. TO Various shades of scarlet and crimson.. 9.00 1.26 " pink and variegated 15.00 2.TO yellow lestmixed 12.00 1.50 ■'The bride," white 12.C0 1.50 per ICO doz Anglica (English) mixed 11,26 O.iO Oxalis, in fine sorts. 176 0.3U ' 00 o.r )TO 3.t 'Pearl,' (Sesh color). 2.U0 0.30 cutting ICO 0.20 or pots 2 00 0.30 45.00 6 00 halls.. 25. W 4 00 1000, $10 00: 160 0.30 PLANTS FOR FORCING, ETC. C'lematis (Dutch grown), strong, dor- Per Per mant 2 year old roots, including the 100 doz hest large flowering varieties 45. Keutzia Gracilis, white, for forcing 8.t Wellesley (new), white, " 26 ( llortensia "Thomas Hogg' forcing, ftrong plants with i Hvdraneea Panirulata Grandlilota, ' 8trongT2 to ;h ft 12.00 2.60 Lllv-of-the-Valle.v. true Berlin Dips. :^^yrs. old. per original ease of '2600, $24.00; per 10,0011, $M OO per lOOO, $10.W 1.60 0 25 * andhandsomestcllmbers, covered with brilliant red fruit in winter, rapid grower in any soli, perfectly hardy, strong plants 25 00 4. CO Rhododendron CunniDghami, white, _ __ fur forcing, strong plants \ - .. 'Persian Madam George vhite, Rugosa-lUte Yellow," uf the , hardy.... 20 00 3 00 Spiraea aruncus. splendid for forcing.. 15. TO 2.60 iaponica, strong clumps, per lOOO, 140,00; 5. TO 0.80 Palmata, carmine 12 00 2.00 Syringa (Lilac), Charles .\., strong, 2 to 3 leet. 26 TO 4.00 Svrinca Pecklnensis. Pendula (weeping Lilac) on 4ft. standaid, novelty of great merit, each $4.00. .elc, see Catalogue, Fr«t.e to a i8go. The American Florist. 27 GHRYSflNTHEMUMS For Exhibition. So many expressed a wish for a dupli- cate set of the plants exhibited by me at Chicago and Indianapolis recently, I have prepared a list giving the numbers they were under as well as me correspond- ing names, together with the price by the set or loo, which list will be mailed on application to any who desire it. TERRE HAUTE, IND. STOCK PLANTS OF New Ghrysanthemums for 1890 Flora McDonald. ■am&'co.'s "' "' ''"'""set. Pitcher & Manda's Sets. Spaulding's Set. Waterer's Set. HaUock's Set. Hollis' Set. Pewkes & Son's Set. AUen's Set. Alt*o all the Dest older sorts. Send for Price List, ready about Dec. 1. NATHAN SMITH k SOS, 167 w. Manmee St, AiUiaii, Micli. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE Per 100 Per 1(100 Maiumolh, strong $4.00 $35.00 General Collection 3 00 25.00 Rooted Cuttings, Mammoth .... i 25 10.00 General Collection i.oo S.oo 3>2-inch pots, $8 per hundred; $70 per thousand. J. O. :Bt.irro-w, Chrysanthemums I^OIe 1801. them premium winners at tne next exhibitions set which cost us over |i,ooo, but we got the best ! There are so many "pretty good" seedlings in the field this year that it is the easiest matter in the world to make up a "set" and give them descriptions that prove most dtlightful reading: but what the florist wants for 'qi is a set, not ' pretty good K„t oKe^iVttol,. PIRST RATE, and with a record behind them that will warrant this is what we claim for our new ! Read the records of the shows. WIDENER. EMLEN, MRS. SARGENT. JNO. LANE, MOLLY BAWN AND OTHERS, ALL PRIZE WINNERS WERE DISTRIBUTED BY US LAST YEAR; THIS YEAR'S ARE PAR EXCELLENCE. 1. FLORA HILL, finest white in existence. Special certificate at Indianapolis. 2. SUGAR LOAF, First Premium at Cincinnati. 3. MRS. ISAAC D. SAILOR, Sailor Pri^.e at Philadelphia. 4. BLACK BEAUTY, Blanc Prize at Philadelphia. 5 JNO. GOODE, the finest cut flower variety we have yet seen. 6 FRANK THOMSON, Certificate of Merit at Indianapolis. 7 MRS. J G WHILLDIN, Whilldin Prize at Philadelphia. 8.' EMtLY DORNER, Firit Class Certificate at Indianapolis. 9 R. MAITRE, In the set of six seedlings which won the Jioo at Indianapolis. 10 PHILIP BREITMEYER, Splendid yellow of Lincoln type. 11. C. W. DePAUW, Fluffy pearl pink. 12. ELMER D. SMITH, Immense incurved scarlet maroon. ALSO A MOST COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF THE VERY FINEST CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN ALL THE NEWER SORTS AND THE BEST OF THE STANDARD VARIETIES. Send for ot»«* Trsade I^xst contdining: fvill ci©«oriptioins &.x\(X r»rloes. E. G. HILL & CO., Richmond. Ind. AT LOW PRICES, New, old and choice varieties, healthy and true to name. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, YOUNG PUNTS. SEjiviD Foie r^iSBi'r A.ivr> {sa-vej j\io:?«i3:^' ORANGE, N. J. 20 vars. new seedlings. Mammoth strain, per 100 $3; per 1000 J25, Rooted Cuttings of same, 100 $1; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2j4 in. Jj per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2]i-va. J4 00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gra- cillimum, S-inch, strong, $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. " single, per 100 $S.co. Obconica, per 100 |6 00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5 in. I4.00, 4-in . J3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO.' VERBENAS AND DOUBLE PETUNIAS 1)02. Per 100 Double Petunias, fine named sorts, 3-in.t 60 $5 00 Rooted Cuttings J7.0( Vme 2-inch , pel A. GIUDINOS, Dan IMPKOVKD GIANT VERBENAS. The Hnesl strain of the Mammoth type yet i duced. By five years of high cultuj-e and^ care justly claim it to be the finest i ion. Single measure ovpf an inch in diameter, borne pro- fusely in large umbels. Finest colors. Be sure to sow of it. Per trade pkt. 25o.; 3 pkts. 60c. ; ti pkts.. »1. JOHN F, BUPP, Sl>irpii»ao9towu, P». VERBENAS 50,000 BEADY NOW. strong plants. SHj-inch pots 50 VARIETIES. Ji 50 per 100; $20 00 per I Our Verbenas this year are the nnest we nave ever grown. Pffo ^x»st or JVIilde'w. Packed light, and satisfaction guaranteed. Sample on receipt ,f 25 cts. J L DM LON, BlOOMSBURG. PA. VERBENAS, strong and healthy. Ready for Collection, ■.i'^-incb pota ■• 2'^-inch pots Rooted CuUtDKS.. XX Mammoth General Collectloi Perles. Mermeis. Brides & 8ouv. d*un Ami, strong plants. 3-in. pots Hybrid Perpeluals. open eround, ^^ & Hardy CIlmberB, open ground ¥8 & 1 Teas, from open ground $4 & Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants.... Begonias. Rex Types, 3 & 4-in. pots $8& ] Vio'ets M. Lou'se. rooted cuttings WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRC.) FISHKILL. N. Write to S. B. FIELD, ROSELLE, N, J. for a price list of ROOTED CUTTINGS COLEUS, Geraniums and Alternantheras. C. K. HofiFmeyer, Florist, ALLEGHENY, PA., Has a few of the following CREAM of Prize Ghrysantliemum Cuttings Moonlight Mrs. Thompson, I.. Canning. Puritan. Alpheus Hardy. Jessie Barr, Mrs Humphrey. P. Alfred, Pres. Hayden. Kiohard Elliott, Thunberg, K.Crawford. Admiration, Pres. Arthur, Mrs. Mora gen. Mary Wheeler, Mandarin. A Spaulding. Fan- tasie, A. Blanc, I.ucretia. Moseman. Duchess, H. Waterer, I,eopard. La Chinoise. G. Welch, Source d' Or, Mollie, Palma. and many ot-ers. Prices on application. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. stock plants that have flowered in the following varieties from 6 to S-in. pot.s, strong, $2 per dozen. Can be shipped without soil at low express rates. Mrs. A. Hardy, Lucrece, W. H. Lincoln. Mrs. Geo. Bullock. Jes.sica, Lilian Bird, Alfred Warne, Robt. Crawford, Robt. Craig, Edna Craig, Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Puritan, Mary Wheeler, Moon- light, Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. Carey. Gloriosum, E. Sougelette, Mrs. A. Carnegie, Ben d' Or, Mrs. Humphreys, Snowdrift, Mt. of .Snow. Blanche Niege, White Christine. Mrs. Frank Thomson. Dr. Metzger, Diana. Mme. Audiguier, M. Planch- enan, Mrs. J. B. Wilson, M. M. Kettler, and others. n. h- FHEtP.S, SpringUeld, III. 272 The American Florist, Dec. J I. Flowers by Telegraph. A circular with a displaj- head reading '•Flowers delivered by telegraph" has lieeii rc-eeived I'rotn Mr. C. B. Whitnall of Milwaukoo. We append the body of the circular. •Wc will deliver flowers fresh and prompUv without the aid of express com- panies ill llic floUowing cities just as sat- isfactorily as we do at home. " No charge for trans|)ortation to New York Citv, Philadelphia, Boston.. •Vlbany, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buf- falo, Denver, New Orleans, Omaha, San Prancisco, Los Angeles, Cincinnati and Detroit. We are prepared to do a local trade in all these cities (Vyr the accommo- dation of our customers who have friends residing or traveling there. " If vou hear of a friend who is taken sick in Philadelphia, give us nameof hotel he is ;it and we will send a bunch of roses as promptly as if he were in the Plankin- ton House.or if your best friend sails for Europe to-morrcw from New York, give us your friend's name, name of boat, etc., and we will have a bunch of violets put in her state room with your card attach- ed, just as easilv as if the boat sailed from Milwaukee Bay." On the margin of the circular sent was written; "Can vou detect anything visionary about this?" .\o. Can't say that we can. We pre- sume that arrangements have been made with florists in the cities named to fill orders sent by telegraph. It is an adapta- tion of the system of telegraphic money orders and will certainly prove very con- venient to customers at times. A LONG ISLAND INCIDENT. ROSE HILL NURSERIES, ^\ ^1, NEW AND RARE PLANTS, * '• HARDY I'LANTS, ^"^^^ r,, „,,::-= ' Fem.s. ^rity-=. CUTIORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Unestablished Odontoglossums. Spleiiilld plants, per 100, »35, w ith full directions for moiintine and cultivatinB. ASSOKTKD ORCHIDIS, containinB 10 dif- fereiit varieti.s, per lOU, »•,>,'-,. BRACKENRIDGE & CO., Established 1854. Govanslown, Md. Mention American Florist. CARNATIONS. strong 4-in. StrorgS-ln. Per 100 Per 100 Hinze's White % 6 oo fg oo Chester Pride 6.oo 9.00 Wm. Swayne 600 900 Century 700 1000 Geraniums, choice varieties, 3-inch, 3.50 Asparagus Tenulssimus, 2;<-inch, 400 Begonias, large stock, all sizes and vars. Address N, s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence is well located for stilpplng. being S miles east of Kansas GltT.) Mention Amarlokn Florist. Still a big lot of Fresh Imported Plants, mostly Cattleyas, on hand. Also an immense stock of Well Established Plants, best sorts for florists to grow for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. Send for price lii^t. FREDERICK MAU, Box 322. Soittli OrtM^se, :iV. J. ROOTED CUTTmGS. Send lor List. The prices and quality are sure to please CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts and novelties. Eight 100 foot houses. COLEUS— Twenty-four varieties. A sample of each for 25 cents, free by mail. GERANIUMS— A choice assortment in mixture, at Jio 00 per looa. ALTERNANTHERA, French and other C ANNAS; also other items of interest. CARNATION NOVELTIES. About January ist I will issue a complete list of Carnation Novelties for '91; it will be mailed to all my former customers, and to others on application. No one interested can afford to place their order before seeing it. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN. I will be prepared to distribute my NEW WHITE CARNATION Feb. 10, 1891, and the price wi'l be $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000, for Rooted Cuttings propa- gated. STRICTLY HEALTHY PLANTS. Special discount on large orders. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular. Parties wishing a few flowers of this GRAND Carna- tion can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. — JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. I bf e to Announce to the trade that I shall be prepared to distribute this magnifi- cent NEW WHITE CARNATION on the loth of February, iSgi, and that the price will be $12 per 100, and f 100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from the cutting bench. Favorable special rates will be allowed on large quantifies. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular of this and other sorts. Parties wishing a few flowers of Lizzie McGowan can have them by enclosing twenty- five cents in stamps. "°""' H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. "GOLDEN GATE" CARNATION. This is by far the finest pure yellow yet prod ,h FIHLD OF GOLD; having much the charactt s a deep golden yellow, without stripe; healthy ; Will book orders for plants to be delivered in il sample blooms on receipt of 15 cents. seedling of HINZK'S WHITE, fertilized nze's, but more dwarf and early flowering. ry, at $2.50 per dozen; $20.00 per 100. Will CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co. Pa. CARNATIONS. New Seedling Carnation " Uect let; has nci equal of its color; ready for delivery January 1, ISiU. Catalogue ready Oecember20. 1890. Also plants from 2iulnch pots, and Rooted Cuttings of "Mrs. Klsher." tie leading white. Also many other varieties. WAYLAND. MA.SS. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations or all itie standard vaneiies ready Dec. 1st. Having added another loo foot house to our Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- nish any quantity desired, on short notice. Orders for future delivery at lo per cent off from catalogue price. JOS. RENARD, Unionville. Chester Co., Pa. iSgo. The American Florist. 273 OPEN LETTER TO FLORISTS. Somethino- For Amateurs to Read. For you to Profit By. My I Dear Sir : The more interest your local customers take in the culture of plants, indoors and outdoors, the more will 3-our trade increase. Sell them the "best" in garden literature, just as 3-011 do in plants, and your trade is secure. We have sent j^ou a copj' of the Christmas Garden (if not received ask for another). Look it over carefull}^ and we know you will say it is easil}' the "best" gardening magazine in the world. The price is $2.00 a year. If you Mill act as our agent we will send you posters and circulars for, and allow you 75 cts. commission on each subscription you send us. To get this price ($1.25 net), send us two subscriptions on your first order. Copies of that "Window Gardening" supplement with your card on margin in red ink, for $3.00 per hundred copies, (less than half cost). Yours sincerely, THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO.-E. H. L. THE AMERICAN GARDEN is a magazine for all who love nature, flowers, fruits and gardens, it is bright, energetic, useful. Man}' new features will be introduced in 1 89 1, we can name only a few here: AUTOMATIC GREENHOUSES: that is, automatic heating and ventilation— our inventions, which hav further experimenting in capable hands. COLORED PLATES, beginning with a superb 15-color plate of seedling Begonias in January, will be : J.\PANESE EDIBLE PLANTS. Running through the year, by Prof. C. C. Georgeson, for three yei most important contribution ever made to our knowledge of Japanese horticulture. FRUITS AND PLANTS FOR THE COLD NORTH. NEW AND INTERESTING FLOWERS AND PLANTS in Kew and other parts of Europe. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. NEW VARIETIES IN FLOWERS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. We now publish more portraits ol HORTICULTURE UPON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. LANDSCAPE GARDENING, in many features, will be prominent lor 1891. HORTICULTURE IN THE SOUTH. Comprising the latest features in fruits, vegetables, ornai known specialists. RARE ORCHIDS AND TROPICAL PLANTS. GREENHOUSE PLANTS AND MANAGEMENT. NOTES FROM A SARDEX HKRBARIUM. Making plain the confused botany of cultivated plants ing feature of planls than any i the year. College at Tokii rjournal in the gardening, bi Terms to Subscribers: One Year, $2.00; Six Months, $1.00; Tbree Months, 50 Cents. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO.. Times Building. NEW YORK. IN CLUB '1th the ArvIERICA-N RLORIST, both ONE YEAR, $2.oO. Ji®° Address orders to either office. 2 74 The American Florist. Dec. II, Foreign Notes. An exhiuition of tlio numerous and ciivcrsified articles rcfiuired in the various branches of horticulture will be held at the Crystal Palace, London, March 3 to 21 next. The E.ngush gardening papers for November 20 and 22 contain lengtliv obituary notices of the late Shirley Hib- berd, whose death was recorded in the Florist of November 27. Mr. Hiblicrd was present at and took a prominent part in the Centenary Festival of the Knglish National Chrvsanthemum Society November 13, onlv three days before his tleath, reading a very interesting paper on the "Origin of the Florists' Chrys- anthemum." The total number of cut flowers staged in competition at the Centenary exhibition of the English National Chrys- anthemum Society was 3,837, and there were in all 145 trained specimen plants. A FIRST CLASS CERTIFICATE was award- ed to Berberis Thunbergii at a recent meeting of the Royal Hort. Society of England. An English newspaper readsthechrys- antliemum growers a lecture on "The im- nioralilv of flower shows" in "faking" flowers up to a certain standard of per- fection, and says that many of the prize flowers are "perfect" to a suspicious degree. An international exhibition on a large scale in which horticulture is to play a considerable part is to be heldat Palermo, Italy, in March and April next. Dr.Janka, the botanist, died recently in his fifty-fifth year. He was keeper of the botanical department of the National Hungarian Museum at Buda-Pesth. A great chrysanthemum show was held in Paris, France, November, 20 to 23. The Pomological Society of France held its annual meeting at Limoges Sep- tember 22. HOLIDAY ORDERS K»B FANCY BASKETS, POT HOLDERS, PALM STANDS, POT COVERS, IMMORTELLES, DOVES, MEMORIAL DESIGNS of Metal Foliage and Porcelain Flowers, Etc., Etc., August Rolker & Sons, 136 West 34th Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655, HARRISBURG. PA. 2000 Heavy Strings, at I15.00 per 100 strings. COLOKAUO SPKINGS. COLO. 5,000 SplreaJaponLca, fine clumps, per 100, »3 60. 3.000 Gen'lJacq. Rose plants. 4-ln pots, per 100. »; 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted. Verschaflelm. per 10CO.»r.UO. —Golden Bedder & Golden VerschalleUli, '■ $10.00. JOHN BECK, Bridgreport, Conn. o^viei> «■ Parties whj have u»cd this pot Diagram Showing low perfeit drain- The Only pot with Patent Perfect it-e and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom, .i seeiire+'-in |2 25 2000 |4 50 2 " 2 70 1500 4 00 2)i" 3 00 1200 3 60 ■i% " 3 20 1000 3 20 3 " 4 20 720 3 00 3'A " 6 30 575 3 60 4 " 7 30 407 3 00 We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. Shipping facilities unequaled 00., rvi. "^. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. SEEDSMKX write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o. for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. ,/^M^ I AM ON TIME I'^^X^^^ THIS YEAR. , OjfKl^aftl^T'l Write quick for Janu.iry \W^'^i^^^f^^W Nurserymen, Seedsmen V'f/SBVi^V^ ^"^ Florists. Write ■^ ^ ^ -^' about it. TO CASH BUYER ■CONTENTS OF Tliree Greenliouses, Etc., with Business as it stands, on account of sickness. 221 Union Ave., IWT. VERNON, N. Y. Order" :^'ow^ A Copy of onr New TRADE DIRECTORY micE, es.oo. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., Chicago. 4LL BIZE8 or 8IN0LI i ) DOUBLK THICK GLASS FOB GREENHOUSES. AIX GLAZIERS' 8DPPL1H8. IP- Writ* for ]:,ate«t Primi. Mention American Florist. c H Y 0 P T R CLEAR B E E S S g pJ 1^-- D I CYPRESS y A N D N H \sash/ V E 0 \ / U tv ) ( y L S v^* v^ A M BARS J ! A T jOHr tco N G E p IL. DIEZ^ S I 530 North Halsted Street. A S H A L CHICAGO, ILL. FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OF .A.3VIEK,ICA., insures Ureenbouses aKftinst damage by taall. For Jull Information, address JOHN G. ESLER. Secy. Saddle River N. J. rSpo. The American Florist. 275 ^. A. F. ^^tt^ntion Our defeated competitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Committe of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the firm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews & Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. F. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement published by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either ground, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is IT'^I^SE^. The pots we exhibited for the Certificate were made exactly as we make them for our customers, and were not altered in any way whatever; in fact it is impossible to alter the inside measure- ment after a pot is once made; a mold that will make one pot correct will make any number (until the mold wears out) exactly the same. In reference to the absurd "propositions" of Messrs. A. H. Hews & Co., we decline to be a party to the proposed exhibitions as it would be a gross insult to the honorable gentlemen of the committee, who, after giving their time and labor to the society, are at least entitled to common courtesy. As the report of the proceedings of the Convention at Boston, Mass., is now published ; read carefully the reports of the Committee on Standard Flower Pots on pages 100 and KIV. The Whilldin Pottery Co., g-l« «.v gis xvuni-ton st.,PHILADELPHIA, PA. S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing witli us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the official programme : "Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. I?*ir(S-t. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the f i.tmo to tbe fund of the Society of American Florists. S^ooi.:i.ci. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from ij/-inch to y-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from Sinch to I2inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North GambrJdse, Mass. 76 The American Florist. Dec. II, Index to Advertisers. BraclniiirulKC. Burns'* Kuyu UeVeerJ A olei, Jobn 1 Dlhm Wm. KlIKon&Kuehn . .271 Hbelps 11 1 Hall Association . Horan, Edw C... Hudson John M. Hum K U HuntM A 274 Kelneninn A U& Bro.2ti8 Kenard .loseph 272 Kolker. A. * BOM i7t RuppJohn P 871 " Slebrecht & Wadley.. . j. « Slpfle UoplTel & Co. . . .274 Situations. Wants 2«8 Smith C A Floral C0..276 .•>7-.; I Smith N 4 Son 271 .■27.il SpauldingTH 271 .•.'71 I StarrChasT 272 .■J71 Steele Bros Co 276 .27« I Stewart. Wm. J.......267 2i;7 Van der 8chootR&Son270 '\-i\-.\ VaughanJC 276 .•Jt;7: WelchBros. » .271 I WhilldlnPotteryCo274275 268 Wisconsin Flower Bx.26r ,.270 Wood Bros 271 g, Taos. Jr... 2117 269 At the Cincinnati clirvsanLIiemum show the Evergreen Lodge Flower Gar- den and Niirserv, ClarksviUe, Tenn., re- ceived third prize for 100 blooms in a class of five sti'ong competitors. As the flowers were shipped 300 miles and had to compete against fresh ones shown by Cincinnati florists, think this, as a bit of southern enterprise is worthv of note. M. Florists' Letters, Emblems, Monograms, Etc. These letters and designs are made of the best Immor- penw, $3.00 ,8. per lOO. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway. Brooklyn. N.Y. ERSDORFER 1). Washing- _, D. C; JAMES VicK, Rochester, N. Y : J. A. SIMMERS, Toronto, Ont. Florists in the West. Buy your greenhouse stock and CUT FLOWERS near home. FINEST STOCK OF YOUNG ROSES IN THE WEST. All varieties of Cut Flowers in their season. Write for quotations on what you need to SMITH FLORAL CO. 77 7th Street S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. i^ HOLIDAY STUFF. HOLLY, MISTLETOE, BOUQUET GREEN WREATHING. Good stock. Prompt shipment. Scarlet Immortelles, fine open flowers, dozen. fc-So. P^^P" Plumes, colored and natural, cheap. Fairy Flowers, Cape Flowers, Dried Grasses of NEW CROP. L. Auratum, Tuberoses, Chinese Narcis- sus. H. P. Roses, Imported i year. Full stock just in. Clematis. S^ THERE IS MONEY IN THb CHRISTMAS TRADE IF YOU WORK IT. mMmmm. GREEN and HOLLY. Wreathing and Holly Wreaths. SKI.KCTED STRAtX. TUBEROSES, fine bulbs. i^ow prices for choice stock. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago. 6 and 8 North Clark Street, TO GflNflDlflN FLORISTS. NEW CHRISTMAS EVERGREENS. We will re- ceive about Dec. 8 from away down in Alabama a choice selection of SOUTHERN EVERGREENS, Long Needle Pines. Wild Smilax, Palm Leaves, C.rey Moss, Magnolia Foliage, etc., etc. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. STEELE BROS. CO., Toronto, Canada. EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. CHICAGB CHRISTMAS GREEN HOLLY AND MISTLETOE, Now is ttie Time to Order for Prompt ShIpmenL Brighi, Fresh Lycopodiu.n or Bouquet Green, Wound on He ly Cord. ROUND, Medium, the Stardard grade, per ICO yards $i 5° «9- Special rates made on lOOO yard lots. BOUQUET GREEN, in bulk, bbl., 25 lbs. 2 00 HOLLY, bright and well berried, bbl.. 2 00 MISTLETOE, per pound 50 HOLLY WREATHS, large .- .e, per doz. 1.50 CHRISTMAS BELLS, mad of bright scarlet Cape Flowers. ' i.oo Per dozen to 00 DESIGNS of BOUQUET GREEN, such as Crosses, Wreaths, A"chors, Stars and Letters, per doz 1.50 Send in your order at once and you will have goods " KEENAN'S SEED STORE. 6016 Wentworth Ave , CHICAGO. Laurel Festooning. WRE.1..THS, TREES, FERNERIES, Etc , Etc., for the HOLIDAYS. HARTFORD &. NICHOLS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Moss, Bouquet Green, Cut Kerns, and F.s- tooniiis of a" kmds, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MASS. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS, FOR DECORATIONS, Write to SAVANNAH. GA. FOR QUICK SALES. BOUQUET UKEEN, per bDl., 26 lbs., Sl.lJOi per lUU BOLR°UBT^>i''KB;KN, 20O to 500 lbs. M SSOO per lUU. iGNy.M.MOS8,oe-'~'- "■ "' |. A. ] )e Veer, 18 -Burling Slip, NEW YORK. HOLIDAY OFFER Without Engagement. CHRISTMAS; GKEENS. Bouquet Green (Lycopodium) fresh, tine quality, Eastern, per barrel. J3.U0. Hollv,ilarkereen,with plenty berrle8,primetniallty, per barrell2: per crate of It; cubic feet S5. 50; 5 case Mistletoe, well berried, per bbl. $6; per lb. 50c. DECORATIVE PLANTS, tEAVE.S, *o. .VWes Nordmanniana, hardy evergreen, fine bushy plants with strong roots (m canvaBS), 18 to 20 inches high, perfect shape, one of the best for decorating, each SI: per doz $10. Buscus(Bo.x).on Standard. 3 feet high, with hand- some, perfect crowns. 1 to IW ft. diam., $2.50 each. Laurocerasus rotuiidlfolia and Colcbica, line bushes iroui lU-iiich pots, about 3 feet high, very ornamental, SI each: 110 per doz. Lone Needle Pines, (finus Australia), without roots, very effective and lasting, extra size 4 to 5 feet long, per dozen $6; medium size 2 to 3 feet Cabbase Palm Leaves, 5.to 7 ft. long, fan shape, very handsome, selected, per 100 $20; per doz- $3. Palmettos or Fan Palm Leaves, m to 2 feet long, pelected oerlOOJS; perdoz. $1. Wild wmilax, In strings. 8 to 15 feet long, per bbl H. Keeps tresh a long time. k„ ,=1 Florida or Spsnisli Moss, natural, per barrel or bag $3: per lb. 2.10. , ., „ Sphagnum Moss, dry, per barrel $1.5C Mossf dyed dark green, per bundle luc bundles $1. Sea Moss, natural (red or green), per d $1.50; per gross $12. Dyed, per doz $1.76; per gross $15. r.iine Flowers, short stemmed, pure 1 qfalify .perlb.'75c.;perl0lbs.$7. Sho SSre white, good quality, per lb. £0c.. In case lots 45" per lb. Long stemmed (In bunches) pure white, ex.ra quality, per 1000 80c.; per ,10,0* K. Long stemmed, dyed, mixed colors, per lb $1-5; ; per dozen Erianthus, natural. lb. Wc; per 10 it Fairy Flowers -'■— per 100 tl perlO(l$l.7.V, perm0$15 inmortelles ■«•-»""'■ natural, per d French) prin imbles Pampas Grass, per . In assorted colors, per ced Ballsl, extra quality. 1000*10. .Assorted colors, quality, yellow. „...„, .-- per 100 bunches $3 "5; each 3.''>c. Lettering (Chenille), In purple, red or per 12 yards ;iOc. ; per 144 yards $3 °faro'u*tlSwTb*e^ib"lpri'60«5!''J.. 10lb8.tH.:0. Dyed in vaiious colors, per $7.50, Pampas "«""«'. """^"'' '"'p\%' iSS-'lJ? d*oz* k^l'xIsizB.30to36iDeheslong... «|.00 $Lre 5 00 LOO ) 36 Inches long. First size. 26 to 32 Inches long. .. Second size, 20 to 26 Inches long iiye J, assorted colors, 1st size o JOHN A. sALZEB, La I per lb. (ats. dyed in various colors .......$0.40 ■p «4rass. natural, veiy tine for r ^'"'"••bouquets and designs. . . . O.M d. In various colors — ••■■■ 100 I penata (feather grass), white, ' natiiral 0™ d. In various colors 1 w I OKPKH .M.SO ^„, ^„„ „j Wreaths, plain emorlal Wreaths and Crosses, TpOTcllalf- -"' "'"""-»-«'' 1 ported Mc^^^_^ "'""I'metalVornamented with pop- , made by the best French and rrerman'artlsts tn the greatest ^ar'f'y.pf •*«?«"?,• lurnlshed at reasonable Pfl«e'-,^s It s almost impossible .to ,»taloi^^ue^ ah, ' jo^-;*.""/!,?^^^! ustomers 1 ;S-rErCASH., lit ordered by trelgl; American Florist. a»a", RmETica is "the Frou/ of the IIessbI; there may be more comfort Rmidships, but we are he £rst to touch Unknown Seas," Vol. ¥1. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, DECEMBER 18, 1890. Mo. 133. flHIli /Ai!liil!@MI |FlL@d3l!@7 i Second Class Mail Matter. PtJBLISHED EVERY ThDRSHAY BY THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists Florists' Hail Association. 9 greenhouses against damaue Dy hail, t G. ESLER, Secretary, Saddle River. N, Florists' Protective Association )ers regarding the Boat ntegrity of those in th CY,Sec'y, Oil City, Pa. American Chrysanthemum Society. John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Edwin Lonsdalb, Chestnut Hill CONTENTS. Washington 277 Boston 277 New York 278 Chicago 278 Philadelphia 279 Chrysanthemums for cut flowers 279 House of chrysanthemums (illus.) 279 Madison Square Garden Exhibition 280 Managementof exhibitions 280 Long Island notes 280 Begonias, Rex and shrubby 281 Begonia of the new Erdody type (illus). . . .281 Roses— fertilizers 282 Begonia Perle Humleld (illus) 283 Boarding plants 283 Carnations — shaded glass 283 —Bone meal for 283 — New carnations 283 News notes 286 Syracuse, N. Y 286 Early days of trade in California 286 A lithe knowledge, etc 287 Hot water under pressure 287 The seed trade 288 Cut back chrysanthemums 290 Ball decorations 292 Foreign notes 294 Payment for glazing 296 It is reported that no less than 239 new varieties of chrysanthemums have been registered this season with the Sec- retary of the American Chrysanthemum Society. As OUR NEXT issue will not reach many of our readers until after Christmas day, we take this opportunity to wish all a merry, busy and profitable Christmas. Washington. Palms, ferns and other ornamental foliage plants are very freely used in this city. Numbers are found in nearly every house whose occupants make any claim to social prominence and they are not wanting in many an humble home. The markets and stores are full of the sorts best adapted for house decoration. One of the florists here recently stated that he had some 12,000 plants of this descrip- tion in his greenhouses, and I should judge he is not themost extensive grower in this locality. The other day I noted among a lot of decorative plants in Studer's new sales- room on F street a specimen of Nephro- lepis davalloides furcans with not less than 150 beautiful fronds measuring from three to four feet in length. There was also a fine specimen of Nephrolepis rufescens tripinnatifidawith fronds meas- uring five feet in length. A plant of Nephrolepis exaltata had over 200 fronds from three to five feet in length and a superb specimen of N. davallioides was not less than twenty -five feet in circumference and with fronds from five to seven feet in length. So extensively are decorative plants in demand in this city for use at receptions and similar happenings that wagon loads may be seen passing in the streets almost daily. At a recent dinner it took ten wagon loads of foliage plants for the decorations. A very pretty eftect was achieved the other night by Small at a dinner given by Secretary Tracj' to the Brazilian Admiral de Silveira. The table was oval and arranged for only 30 covers. Visitors to the Naval Department always admire in the main corridor two exquisite full rigged models five feet in length of cruisers recently constructed. These beautiful specimens of workmanship were this time charmingly utilized by placing them on stands in the open inner center of the oval table, imbedded as it were in a gently undulating, unbroken mass of light colored maiden hair ferns, the one flying the American, the other the Bra- zilian colors, and representing two pass- ing vessels saluting each other. These models so highly finished and perfect in every detail, the arrangement of the fern surface in ripple-like wavelets, and the light effects produced presented in min- iature a highly artistic picture of two friendly cruisers meeting and welcoming each other in midocean. This dinner was followed the next even- ing by one of a hundred covers given by the Brazilian Admiral to the Government of the United States, and owing to the short notice given must have taxed the florist to his utmost at this special season when roses are exceptionally scarce, but he proved equal to the task. The table consisted of ati oblong open square 65x36 feet, the inner court or space being densely filled with select ferns whose crowns were even with the level of the table. The center piece consisted of a circular mound of moss, the base of which was framed with Niphetos buds, from this mound ex- tended lengthwise each waj' some five feet, a spear shaped densel3' packed mass of La France buds, while vases filled with choicest specimens of American Beauty were dispersed amidst the great bed of underlying ferns, so that it had the ap- pearance of a series of rose mounds of exquisite form, yet not so high as to obstruct the view. Bj- actual count up- wards of 800 Beauties alone were used in this feature of the decoration. From the center of the mound of moss arose a stately Cycus revoluta; towering far above the heads of the guests its graceful far-reaching branches imparted to the whole a light and highly artistic aspect. On the table proper along the inner edge were placed at regular intervals flat ob- long baskets of Jacqs, Brides, Wattevilles and Albanys, with a golden chain as it were of Perles, single and in sprays, ex- tending around the entire table. The bouttonniers were made of select orchids of which Brazil has given to the grower so many valuable sorts. On the whole this was one of the most elaborate and successful floral decorations ever at- tempted in this citj' upon so short a notice and speaks well for the prompt- ness with which growers in divers parts of the country can respond to the de- mands the decorator makes upon them. Z. Boston. The display of orchids at the Arlington St. Church on the occasion of the recent Ames wedding was superb. Mr. Robin- son had been saving up his finest speci- mens for some time in anticipation of the event. Mr. Chas. Storer the orchid painter has returned to Boston after an absence of over two months at Short Hills, N. J. where he has been painting for Messrs. Pitcher & Manda. Mr. A. H. Fevi'kes' three best seedling chrysanthemums, Waban, Tremont and Beacon have been sold to Mr. J. C. Vaughan. The Beacon took first prize, a silver medal, as the best seedHngshown at Boston this year. Silver Spray and Mrs. Fisher seem to be the two leading white carnations in Boston at present. Tidal Wave meets the most sanguine expectations. There are more Grace Wilders grown here this season than ever before. Galvin Bros, have greatly increased the size and attractiveness of their establish- ment on Tremont St. by leasing the store adjoining the one already occupied by them. Mr. Fred Mathieson, who was captain i78 The American Florist. Dec. i8. of the bowling team which represented Boston in the contest last August has been confined to his house for three weeks by a severe attack of rheumatism. W. T. S. New York. Business poor in comparison to the corresponding date of last year, but every body anticipates a good Christmas and New Years trade. The stores are putting on their Christ- mas drapings, and many beautiful and novel designs may be seen in the leading florists' windows. The prospects are that there will be an abundance of flowers this Christmas, as the number of growers has been greatly augmented during the present year. Large cargoes of holly and mistletoe are expected to arrive by trans-Atlantic steamers during the coming week. Im- porters say the samples received by them were unusually fine. Reports from all holly countries say that berries are plent- iful this year. Marsh pine, the importers say, will be scarce this year, owing to the Indian troubles in the northwest; why not em- ploy the troops to gather our greens? The docks along the North River for the distance of a half mile present a very countrj- like appearance. Many thou- sands of fine spruce and hemlock trees are being piled up in readiness for the market. The principal part of these trees come from the evergreen woods of Maine. The I'eter Henderson Co. have on exhi- bition at their warehouse in Cortlandt street, a full line of Frenchy artificial flower designs, including corsages and garlands to wear at balls, and baskets intended for Christmas presents. Florists in general are questioning the consistency of this action. Regarding artificial flowers in general (we regret to see the Florists Exchange lend its leading articles in praise of them) we can make an allowance for the poetry of the advertisers' imagination, but "flowery words" can not put flowery life, and the beauty of nature into metal and rags. Flower trusts are the latest acquisition to the ranks of American monopoly, com- binations of "greed and disappointment." Will these conspirators 'gainst all that's honest succeed? Well, we'll see. Now that chrysanthemums are over; let us hope that the growers will select for next year the best varieties and dis- card the hangers on. Speaking of "mums," I heard Mr. Thorpe complain of the brand on exhibition at the recent show, it was rather "dry" John. Mr. Chas. Farley, for many years with Thorley, is now associated with Scallen, the Broadway florist. Lapagcria alba is the latest acquisition to the flowers used for bridal bouquets and dress garlands. A bridal bouquet composed of Lj'caste alba, fringed with delicate fronds of Adiantum Farleyense and trimmed with French tulle veiling, was recently dis- played in a Broadway artist's window. Alex McConnell, of Fifth avenue, was very busy during the week, one of his decorations being the very artistic ar- ranging of two thousand Mermets on a dinner table. A bank of these roses, with their own buds and foliage, with pink candles and shades to match, adorned the center of the table, garlands of the same rose extending and arranged in semi-circles among the dishes. Opposite each lady guest were arranged pretty favors in the shape ot miniature poke bonnets filled with Mermets and tied with long streamers of pink ribbons on which was painted the names of the guests. Large boutonnieres of McGowan carnations were arranged for the gen- tlemen. Neapolitan violets are coming into favor. Orchids will be scarce this Christmas. It may be said that there arc more roses grown under glass at Madison, N. J., than in any other like space.ln the world. Here everything in connection with the cultivation of the rose is reduced to a science. Cleanliness is the mother of loveliness in the Madison rose grower's eyes. At Mr. T. J. Slaughter's glass house city reigns the peerless American Beauty; a little distance away we come to Mr. P. Connolly's range of glass, be- neath which can be seen the finest Mer- mets and Brides shipped to this city. A visit to these and surrounding roseries would well repay a day's travel. American Beauty is the queen, and it would seem, that there are very few men able to grow this rose to advantage round New York. Puritan has dis- appeared despite many growers efforts to popularize it; first class trade is greatly in need of such a rose. Marechal Neil and Cornelia Cook have eloped leaving many regrets. There is plenty of room for a rose the color of Helen Paul orSouvenirde laMal- raaison. Importers of roses inform us we shall soon be introduced to Capt. Naylor, in the shape of a new white rose. Madame Hoste has not acquitted her- self in the manner her brilliant introduc- tion led us to believe she would. Though a beautiful rose, its color will only admit of its being used in a limited class of trade. Souvenir d'un Ami, !ike many of our old friends, has gone leaving none to take its place. We were made to believe that the fickle Duchess of Albany would eventually drive her great French rival (La France) out of the market, but our old love has never shone so brightly before, Vive, La France! Madame de Watteville, and her sister Madame Cusin, are becoming more popu- lar every year. There is a great future for these two roses, they are New York favorites. Souvenir de Wootton was a great dis- appointment; it was introduced asa rival to the American Beauty; if it was classed with the Bennett or Papa Gontier, it might have met a difl'erent reception. Papa Gontiers are scarce, perhaps its being the only red rose of any quantity in the market is the cause of its popularity, it has nothing but color to recommend it. We want more red roses— what's the matter with Meteor? Bennetts are very scarce. Bon Silene is also on the wane, taking with it many pleasant memories. Niphetos, are abundant and a glut on the market, as its use is almost confined to funeral work. Brides and Mermets continue to be very popular. We are anxiously awaiting the Scarlet Mermet's arrival. John Young. Chicago. At the meeting of the Florist Club held last Thursday evening there was quite a discussion upon the details of exhibition management, as the residt of a written communication sent in by a member of the club. Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., was present as a visitor and he made many useful suggestions. He called special attention to the necessity of cutting chrysanthemum flowers when they were "ripe" in order to have them last well through an exhibition, and told how of two lots of flowers cut from the same plant, those cut one week soon wilted when placed on exhibition, while those cut a week later kept in splendid condi- tion through a similar experience. He thought that a musical programme was a necessity at an exhibition, and that money and time expended in elaborately decorating the hall was a good invest- ment. He believed in the arrangement followed by the management of the In- dianapolis show in placing the price of admission at 25 cents during the day and at 50 cents in the evening, having the music during the evenings. Mr. F. Huntsman, of Cineinati, was also present and related some incidents in connection with the exhibition held there. Mr. Huntsman stated that the shortage on the exhibition given last month would amount to $1,000. The possibility of a shortage had been pro- vided for, however, by a guarantee fund, the cash having been paid in prior to the holding of the exhibition, and all ob- ligations had been promptly met. The subject was discussed by other members and there was considerable amusement at a suggestion in the com- munication from Mr. Bassett that the club appoint a committee, the members to arm themselves with scrapers and endeavor to remove the moss from the backs of some of the local florists who have heretofore remained in their shells and failed to give any assistance at the exhibitions. Action will be taken, prob- ably at next meeting, regarding the preparation of a premium list for the ex- hibition of 1891. Mr. Hill had on exhibition at the meet- ing a splendid lot of cut flowers from his seedling carnations which were very much admired. J. C. Vaughan also had on exhibition a vase of cut blooms of the Waban rose, a spike of flowers of the canna Mme. Crozy, and specimens of lily and tuberose bulbs. A committee of three was appointed to confer with Director-General Davis in regard to matters in connection with the Horticultural Department of the World's Columbian Exposition. The first regular meeting of the Horti- cultural Society of Chicago will be held Saturday, January 3, next. .\mong the enthusiastic members of the new horticultural society is Mr. W. H. Rand, of the well knowi house of Rand, McNally & Co. Hortensia M. Black has opened a floral store at 69 Washington street. The blooms of the Waban rose shown by J. C. "Vaughan at the last meeting ot the Florist Club were equal to the best Mermets in size, being much larger than those shown by him at the exhibition in November. The report that the Horticultural De- partment of the World's Columbian Ex- position would not be organized until spring proves to have no foundation in fact. We are assured by Director-General Davis that he fully recognizes the neces- sity of an early organization of the de- partment and that the appointment of its chief will be made within a few weeks. Mr. J. T. Anthony is able to be round again much to the pleasure of his many friends. When WRlTiNCour advertisers, readers will oblige us by stating that they saw the adv. in the American Florist. }8go. The American Florist. 279 HOUSE OP CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT JOHN H. TAYLORS, BAYSIDE, N. Y. Philadelphia. Winter seems to have set in at last. The thermometer has registered 10 above zero; this with some four inches ot snow, has made one careful how he sendsout his stock. Chrysanthemums are aliout done al- though Messrs Harris and Craig have quite a lot of fine flowers and think they will be able to carry them until Christ- mas. The rose has began to assert itself however and when the two arecompared now, the mum is not in it. Dennison Brothers at Bala are growing the Bennett to perfectioTi. We overheard a grower say the other day that he would never plant another Bennett, but we think if he would pay a visit to Denni- son's he would change his mind. There are over 5,000 plants of this variety well planted in solid beds in the center of 20- foot houses, the side benches being re- served for other varieties. The plants are in perfect health, covered with buds on stiff stems and of good color. They say it pays them better than any other rose they grow. They have fine La France, Mermets, Perles, etc., but they say the Bennett is the rose for them. There is considerable talk about the classification of roses. It is to be hoped that something will come of it. The man that sends in one hundred roses, ninety good, and ten poor ones, would never accept ninety cents for a dollar, but if one complains of the ten poor roses, he's a kicker of the worst kind. The time may come when everything will be just right, we hope we may live to see it, in the mean time, let the flowers be classified, and let the man that wants the best and will pay the best prize, get the best. Hugh Graham's Son has changed the front of his store and put in two flaring windows in place of one large square. The change is quite an improvement and the front now presents quite an attractive appearance. Mr. C. H. Grigg has opened a fruit and confectionery store on Columbia avenue below 18th. Cut flowers may be kept in stock after a while, but are not leaders at present. The club house may be said to be fin- ished, and great credit should be given to Mr. John Westcott who has labored very hard and given great attention to the details of the work. There is an attend- ant present to set up the pins, and in a short time a pool and billiard table will be added. Several matches have been played but no gi-eat scores made, still everybody seems to enjoy the game and i the alleys promise to become very popular. I William Craig, Robert Craig's oldest son, has been c|uite ill, but is reported better and hopes to be about soon. Wunder Brothers, of Pittville, are send- ing in some very fine Mermets. They are the best seen in town this season. Prices are a peg higher, La France, Mermets, Brides, Cusins, Hostes $8 to $10; Perles, Gontiers 4 to 5; Beauties 35 to 50; carnations IVi to 2. Vases made of indurated fibre ware are the best for cut flowers; they are very light and it is impossible to break them, they cost very little more than earthen ware and will last a life time. K. The chrysanthemum was introduced into England just 100 years ago, but it has been cultivated in China and Japan for probably 5,000 years. Chrysanthemums for Cut Flowers. We present herewith a view of a house of chr^'Santhemums grown forcut flowers at Mr. John H. Taylor's, Bay Side, L. L, N. Y. The photograph from which the engraving is made was taken by Mr. W. S. Allen, the wholesale florist of New York City, and it was certainly excellent for the work of an amateur photographer. We append some notes regarding the propagation and care of the plants in the house shown, sent us by Mr. John Smith, foreman for Mr. Taylor. "As requested, I send you a few notes on the method of growing the chrysan- themums of which 30U have received pho- tographs fiom Mr. W. S. Allen, and will commence with the propagation. The cuttings were put in from the beginning of April until the first week in May, and when potted the earliest cuttings were stopped once before planting out. "On the 3d of June they were planted out in the benches, which were filled to the depth of four inches, with a compost of two thirds rotten sods, one third rotten manure and a small portion of lione flour. They were planted at a dis- tance of twelve inches each way. When they commenced to grow they were all stopped and during the growing season all weak shoots were taken oft' and only those calculated to produce fine flow- ers left. "As soon as the buds could be seen the plants were supplied liberally with ma- nure water. In disbudding we seldom leave more than one bud to a shoot, the object being to get fine flowers. To sup- port the plants we use strong twine in- stead of sticks, fastened to wires across the benches and others over head. (So The American Florist. Dec. iS, "The bench of Oraiuiiflorum of which you have photo contained 630 plants, and in that number had only two plants that showed any tendency to produce blind wood which Grandiflorum is \cry apt to do; this we attribute to careful selection. The other bench contained 810 plants of the following sorts: Syringa, a pink variety; Mrs. Mary Isaac Thomas, one of the finest whites grown, and a few Pelican, a fine white. "On the side benches were planted Mrs. George Bullock and other fine sorts, mak- ing a total of 1,750 plants in the house. "The total number grown this season was a little over 8,000 plants." Madison Square Garden Exhibition. POINTS OF When the crowds congregated at the table where the chrysanthemums were shown on the regulation stands, that is, where each flower was shown individually on a flat surface, during the whole of the exhibition, lines 150 feet long and 2 to 3 persons in width, crowded each other. POINTER NO. 1. In front of the magnificent bankof cyp- ripediums, such a bank as has never been seen before, the crowds surged to such an extent as to necessitate the very strongest of iron posts and the thickest of strong rope, to prevent tramping them under foot. POINTER NO. 2. Around the economic plants, especially where a few of the plants were placed separately on three feet round tables, with large plainly inscribed placards 16x12 inches with for instance. Thea Bohea, The Tea Pi,ant. the crowd congregated; there were no less than a dozen of these tables. POINTER NO. 3. The group containing afruiting banana and half a dozen pineapples in fruit, cor- rectly labelled as in the economic plants, was always surrounded b3' a crowd. POINTER NO. 4. The 40 feet high Latania ( Livistona I Chinensis with a large placard attached was also a feature. pointer no. 5. A table of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy chrys- anthemums, 200 plants in number, was an attraction. A table of miscellaneous chrysanthemums in 6-inch pots, contain- ing many good flowers, was passed with- out notice by the crowd because it came before the flowers shown on the stand. Of course connoisseurs did not neglect it. I venture to say that there never has been an exhibition held where more pleas- iire and more instruction was given. Were there no weak points? somebody will ask. Of course there were. But the thing is for somebody to improve on what has alreadj- been done. John Thorpe. Spring Exhibitions. Will some of your readers who have had experience in ananging spring shows kindly give a short account of their plan, i. e., if on tables, height ot same, and if say all the hyacinths are grouped by themselves or arranged for effect among primulas, azaleas, etc. H. Management of Exhibitions. Ed. Am. Florist:— You ask for sugges- tions that may be of benefit to managers of future flower shows, and as I have had some experience showing where certain changes would be beneficial, I advise the loUowing: First. Let all entry numbers be con- secutive, no matter through how many classes they run. In some places each ex- hibitor is given an entry number which he retains through all the classes in which he shows, and an unworthy judge who wishes to favor an exhibitor soon learns to know the entry numbers of prominent competitors. Second. Do not limit the size of pots. The judge, if worthy of his place, will make due allowance for this. Third. Make no distinction between professional florists and amateurs or pri- vate gardeners, as there is no reason for any. Fourth. Let the judging be done by one person, or if he can not judge all in time let him be sole judge of a part of it and some other person be sole judge of the remainder. In this way the manage- ment will be likely to select a proper per- son for judge, the judge will do his work carefully and thoroughly, and one man is directly responsible for the decisions. A competent man may be associated with two or three unfit ones who may outvote him and award a prize to mere size or number that should have gone to quality or condition. The minority judge can not remain by the prize card to explain that he was not responsible for the award and thus seems to stultify himself in the eyes of those visitors whose opinion is worth having. Fifth. Let your judgemakehis awards by any method he may think best. Do not insist that he shall score each exhibit or judge by a scale of points. If compe- tition is close in anyclasshewill(mentally at least) resort to such a scale. At the same time he should be familiar with the system and competent to make and sign written score cards when such are really necessary. Judging is best done by direct comparison of competing entries. The point system of judging has been in use at poultry exhibitions in this country for twenty years or more. I have been an interested observer of its results either as an officer, an exhibitor or a judge, and I am satisfied that it has no advantages over the older method; and the most intelligent breeders show a growing ten- dency to abandon the sj'Stem in favor of judging bj' direct comparison. In the hands of a thoroughly competent and impartial judge the system is well enough except that it requires too much valuable time, but in the hands of such a judge any system is well enough, in fact satisfactory results depend altogether on the man who does the judging. I think we have made no improvement on the old plan of judging flower shows in use in England fifty years ago. Then competing exhibits were staged side by side under the direction of an active managing committee. When all were in place (as they were promptly) the hall was cleared of everybody except the managers and necessarj' attendants and the judge. The judge with the prize cards or ribbons in his hands was shown the different entries in each class, made his awards, tied on the ribbons or attached the prize cards, while the secretary im- mediately entered the result in his entry book. The work was quickly done; the judge had no bookkeeeping to do, nor did he have to wander all over a large hall looking for missing exhibits, crowding among a throng of visitors and perhaps without any assistance from the officers of the society; the doors were opened promptly at the time advertised, visitors came and found everything in place and prize cards all on. Sixth. Set plants (at least those of sufficient size) directly on the floor, pro- tecting them by a light railing if neces- sary. By doing so you not only save the cost of staging but they show to much better advantage when below the level of the eyes than when above it. Seventh. Make few rules and regula- tions, be sure those you do make are necessary and right and enforce them strictly. W. T. Bell. Long Island Notes. BY WM. FALCONER. The Winter.— This time a year ago we had a few open flowers upon Jas- minum nudiflorum, Lonicera fragrantis- sima, and Hamamelis Japonica, but to- day not only is there not a bloom any- where but there isn't even a bud ready to burst open. Christmas Roses ( Helleborus niger var. maximus) may not hold up their heads as boldly or last as long as one would like, at the same time they are very handy flowers to have at this time of year. AspiDiUM FALCATi'M isacommon green- house fern with broad, glossy pinnie. Young or middle-aged plants of it are ver\- much liked for setting around palms in vases. And these little ferns are excel- lent house plants. The variegated-leaved Eteagnuses are among the most beautiful of hardy shrubs, neat, striking and evergreen. But I am not yet satisfied that they are reliably hardy, for our last two winters were exceptionally mild. As pot plants however they are prettier and neater than a eurya. Hollies.— In importing European holly bushes don't you find that the plants in- variabl3' lose most of their leaves on the passage? lam informed, however, that pot plants brought over on deck in sum- mer do not do this. In the case of the Japanese holly, namely. Ilex comuta, isn't this shedding of its leaves exceptional? Among exotic hollies none of the ever- ereen species are hardy here. We have had 17' of frost three times within the last two weeks, and I find that Grevillea robusta survived the first shock but succumbed the next time; although the tips of the shoots of Schinus molle are prett3' well curled up, the bodies of the plants are fresh and green as one could wish, young plants of Eucalyptus globulus are dead, but plants S or 9 feet high in sheltered places are living yet, only the ends of their shoots are killed. It it not the intensity of cold so much as the long continuance of cold that kills plants, and this is well shown bv the fact that many plants are hardy at Washing- ton where the cold is often greater than it is here, that are not hardy here, because our winters here are longer than they are there. Keep calceolarias and cinerarias in cool airy houses, but near the light, and remember if they get infested with green- flj' now, you maj' as well dump them out as be bothered trying to rid them of the pest and recuperate them. And bear in mind that lots of tobacco stems, and cold tobacco smoke are better preventives than cure. Sericographis Ghiesbreghtiana with terminal panicles of scarlet flowers, now tSgo. The American Florist. BEGONIA OF THE NEW BRDODY TYPE in full bloom; Libonia rcnrhosiensis with scarlet and yellow blossoms nearly at their best, and Libonia floribunda with scarlet and yellow flowers now beginning to open, are three of the December bloom- ing plants one should grow in quantity, who wishes to keep up a gaj- ajipearance in his conservatory at this time of year. Rosa rugosa is a native of Japan, and one of the hardiest and most ornamental species of roses grown in this country, where, however, it is more esteemed as a shrub than for its blossoms alone. The Japanese valueit highly and call it "Beach Pear," because it grows wild abundantly on the sandy beaches, and its fruit is used as food. EioNVMUS HARK SCALE is one of the evils I cannot circumvent. It appears on isolated as well as on grouped plants, on our choicest species as well as common, sorts and there seems to be no practical help against it. Reputed remedies, so far as I have tried them, have failed to be succesful. But the bum-pile is always a purifier. CypripedHjM insigne is the orchid for the million. It grows like a weed, blooms generously and from November till Jan- uary, at a time when blossoms of any kind are desirable, and after the flowers open you can cut them today or leave them for a fortnight or more just as 3'ou wish and they keep first rate, and last well after they are cut. RoMNEYA CouLTERi (page 243).— Splen- did in California. Lots of it have been grown in the eastern and northern states this year, but don't be disappointed if it didn't bloom with you, for it seldom blooms the first year from seed. And it isn't hardy here. I lifted ours and potted them into empty butter tubs and put them into a deep cold pit there to staj' over winter. Empty Butter Tubs.— By the way, what nice things these are for plants in wiifter, and they are cheap and can be had in quantity at the town and village grocery stores. I use them for hardy shrubs as lilac, snowballs, etc. that we lift for winter forcing and for rhubarb and the like. Asparagus in Winter.— Mr. F. Bouloii a Sea Clift' florist, near here, is now cut- ting some fine asparagus. He has a con- tract with a New York hotel for all he can raise between now and the first of February, at $2 a bunch, the bunches to be of the same size as summer bunches. He tells me it pays him very well. Christmas Boxes. — I always make preparation for a lot of these, each one to contain from half a dozen to a dozen plants. But much depends upon the weather. The plants principally used are Chinese primroses in full bloom — always great favorites; double-flowered scarlet geraniums in full bloom— liked by chil- dren; young grevilleas 12 to 24 inches high and feathered to the pot; English ivy, strips 12 to 24 inches long struck last August — ladies like them to put into water bottles on mantel shelves; umbrella plants (cyperus) for those of esthetic taste; myrtles (myrtus), bushy young plants that had been planted out in sum- mer, and lifted and potted in September; and maidenhair ferns, which all desire for table plants. And flats— seed pans- filled with selaginella and young ferns are much esteemed. But Pandanus Veitchii, Cocos Weddeliana and Aspara- gus plumosus are the reigning favorites. Although DracEena terminalis does duty in most of the boxes, it isn't appreciated as much as some other things. Last year I had a lot of nice plants of Retinospora plumosa nana about 2 feet high and which were highly prized; although hardy shrubs, they last in good condition for a long time in the house. And I can assure you a little plant in bloom in a pot, or a little fern, or a small palm— a latania for instance, is a very acceptable Christmas present to little children. Begonias, Rex and Shrubby. The evident desire among florists to give the begonia a better place and more attention shows that this interesting class of plants is at last to receive its dues, though tardy. Their great beauty for ornamenting the greenhouse and em- bellishing the windows of the home has never been questioned, and their freedom of growth, easy culture and perfect clean- liness add greatly to their value. The magnificent display of theseelegant plants at the Lite Cincinnati show by Mr. Chas. L. Mitchell created a decided sensation. They were grown by that splendid plantsman, the late Richard Pritchard, whose knowledge of plants and skill with them was almost wizard like. It seemed a sad coincidence that he should die on the very day that these grand specimens of high culture were awarded first premiums. In this collection were plants three feet in diameter of Gloire de Sceaux and Ferd- inand deLessepsgrowninpans; Metallica and Margaritae three feet high and the same in diameter; Ricinifolia four feet high by three and a half across; Ric. Maculata and Rubella only a trifle smaller. Among the Rex were Ctess L. Erdody, Queen Victoria, Lesondsii, Clementina; and Edward Pynaert; these ranged from two and a half to four feet in diameter. Other beautiful varieties in the collection were Diadema, Olbia, Senip. Elegans, Semp. Amelie, Compta and Prince Bis- marck. They were done so nicely and in such a vigorous way that thej- astonished even good begonia growers, and all wondered the more when it was known that all the plants shown were in 2V2-inch pots last May, a splendid result of six months' culture. Mrs. C. Rieraan, of Indianapolis, made a most creditable display at the Indian- apolis show, and while her plants were small in comparison with those of the Cincinnati exhibit, they attracted consid- erable attention and interest. Many amateurs now number their Rex and shrubby varieties by the dozens, and they are still rising in popularity; a recent visit east revealed many varied and unique collections. That they are of commercial value no one disputes. One of the most beautiful mantel decorations imaginable was made entirely of begonia plants and cut foliage, with the long flower sprays of the orna- mental shrubby kinds filling the vases and eperffnes. B. gigantea rosea grown on a bench as forcing roses are grown, is a very different plant indeed from the half starved spec- imen usually seen in a pot: in fact, aH,the 2^2 The American Florist, Dec. i8, varieties like generous bench treatment, and tlie quantity of sprays with their exquisitely beautiful panicles of flowers that can be cut under this treatment is simply marvelous. Kc^;oni;is like a fibrous sod thoroughly chopped, through which a liberal supply of old rolled manure has been perfectly mixcil; when placed in such soil andgivcu the allcnlion similar to lliat which the rose receives at llie hands of a good cul- tivator, Ihc result is all lliat could be wished. l,el the sUeplieal try a few begonias under Ihis stvlc of culture and they will be deliglilcii with the result; immense quantities of flowers and an exuberance of magnificent foliage will be the outcome. The eftbrts of begonia specialists in the line of novelties both in Europe and America is bearing fruit as is witnessed by the beautiful sorts introduced during the past few years. Among the shrubby flowering sorts Paul Bruant stands easily at the head. In leaf and habit it resembles Gilsonii, except that it grows very rapidly, it is a continuous bloomer, carrying such im- mense quantities of pink flowers on good stems as to form a pyramid of bloom. Unfortunately, owing to the limited amotmt of stock when disseminated, it is still scarce. In a few years this grand variety will be considered indispensable to every collection of plants. Begonia Rex Ctess Erdody was quite a euriosity three years ago, although known to a few florists as long ago as 1875. In these three years no less than ten or twelve varieties of this type have been produced, several of them most beautifully zoned and marked. They are likely to become very popular, for like the parent, Erdody, they are strong rapid growers and improvements in point of beautiTul foliage. The hybrids of the Rex and shrubby sorts are now very numerous, and in this section we find our most useful class, splendid growers combining the grandeur of foliage found among the Rex, with strong, free growing qualities and easy culture of the shrubby sorts. Cleraentinae maybe taken as a good type of this class; we refer to this variety as it is now quite well known and widely disseminated. Bed this variety, or feed it well in a pot, and few of the Rex can surpass the splendid beauty of its foliage, while it sends up leaf after leaf with the greatest rapidity, forming a solid dense mass in a short time, the glistening metallic colors are very high and" bright; starve it in a pot and it loses all its color, showing only a dull silver on a russet ground and turning very thin in texture. We send engraving of Pearl Humfeld, one of the finest of this class and raised by ourselves from carefulh' fertilized seed. Out of several thousand seedlings, most of which reverted back to one or another of the types, some six or eight hybrids of this class were secured, which were of more than ordinary merit. We are be- ginning to find out why our French confreres ask such seemingly extravagant prices for their new varieties; count the time used in fertilizing, the watchful care needed in curing the seed, the sowing, potting and space required for housing several thousands of these plants; after potting they must be carefully watched for several months as the small seedlings rarely show their mature characteristics; many that look distinct and promising finally develop into very ordinary sorts, not worthy of either parent, while occa- sionally it is the "ugly duckling" which deijglops into beauty, the great majority, however, being finallj' cmi)tied from the pots as not worthy of cultivation. This process makcsthe five or six wdiich remain as the "survival of the fittest" pretty expensive specimens for their grower. However, as Mr. Carman told us at our amuial meeting, there is a great deal of interest in this kind of work, though the interest does not always foot up in dollars and cents Beside Clenientm.-e, and outside o( thi newest undissemin.ited soils, i>iobabl\ the finest examples ot llie In In id Rt\ family are Lesoudsn Mnit Mlamagiu Isabella Bcllon, M Llianil Mnu Rnal and Mme. Schmitt, most ot whith ha\e been illustrated in \our pages The Rex X subpeltata is also a most interesting class and um\ ei sally admii cd In 1888 four of these were imported into this country, Mme. Lionnet, Pres. Boure- ville, M. Hardy and Gloire de Juoy. By pretty general consent the first three have since been classed under one label as Mme. Lionnet, as there seemed no difli^r- ence between them except in size of leaf, and no great difiercnce in that respect. Mme. Lionnet, then, is a brighter, larger, finer edition of the older favorite, sub- peltata nigricans, and is a jewel among plants. Gloire de Juoy must be seen in bloom to be appreciated, the contrast between its olive green foliage and large pink flowers is very fine. In a class by itself is Gloire de Sceaux, another exquisite variety; it ought to be well known by this time, but though taken up and widely sold by the cata- logue men, it is not known to the trade as it should be. The leaf is nearly round, very heavy and of a bright metallic plum color; the flower is large and of bright rose color in clusters; its beauty can not be praised too highly, notwithstanding in its second year we came very near pitching it out "for the simple reason that we could not make it grow, it looked starved and scraggly and homesick. Dropping into Wm. Hamilton's conserv- atories (Allegheny) one day we vi'ere sur- prised to find Sceaux in the best of health and spirits; magnificent specimen plants in full flush of rosy bloom. Mr. Hamilton had found they were fond of plenty of good food and accordingly was feeding them well, and that was the secret of the diffierence in our plants. Two new varieties of greatest interest at the present moment are Pres. Carnot and Souv. de F. Gaulin; they are crosses between Rubra and Olbia, they are spe- cially noticeable for the immense quan- tities of coral and carmine flowers pro- duced; the writer saw them bedded out under the hot sun of Lyons last summer a complete mass of rosy scarlet bloom; we hope to find them good bedders in our own country; these are two novelties about whose excellence there can be only one opinion. We conclude with two other fine sorts, about which many of your readers have probably heard. Tri. de Lemoine and Tri. de Nancy, they are crosses between Socotrana and Roezlii and are specially notable for their large flowers and their long continuance in bloom, six months at a time. T. de Lemoine is a bright rosy flower of great size and in large panicles, the higher flowers rise erect, while others droop slightly, covering the plant com- pletely; shown at the Paris Exposition in 1889 they provoked universal ad- miration. Tri. de Nancy is more dwarf than the former, and the flower is much deeper in color, reminding one of the Impatiens Sultani. The raiser says that to insure their best condition in winter they must be bedded out during the summer to obtain the strong growth necessary to perfect such great quantities of flowers. All the above will doubtless be distributed in our coun- try early in '91. E. G. Hill. Fertilizers. The question is often asked, what are the best fertilizers for roses? Of all that we have evertried, pure animal manure is by far the best and much the safest to use. Of these, sheep manure stands first, more particularly for liquid application. For mulching and mixing with the soil to plant roses in I prefer clean cow manure from well fed stock. For liquid manuring, where sheep manure can not be obtained readily, I would advise the use of clear droppings from horse stables, that from well fed animals is best. As a change of food for the plants take clean chicken manure and give them an occasional watering. Where any of these can be obtained I would never advocate any of the manufactured fertilizers, but where such can not be had, or only in limited quantilies, then the next best is pure ground bone, and for later in the season a very light dressing of nitrate of soda may be used to advantage. For the general run of manufactured fertilizers, such as are offered by almost all chemical fertilizer makers, I have no use whatever as they invariably con- tain some ingredients that are injurious and often very destructive to plants under glass. This may appear to be rather severe on the manufacturers of this class of goods, but after years of careful trial and with a great many kinds of fertilizers we are compelled to abandon the whole. They all affect the plants in some shape or other; one may appear to make the plants grow well but will injure the color, another maj' do well for fine weather, but get a few cloudy dark days and the effect will be just the reverse of beneficial, another will burn the young growths on warm sunny days, and so it can be traced out all through the cata- logue of mixtures. Roses are very much like animals; if kept clean and fed with good pure plain food they will continue healthy and do more work than those treated to stimu- lants and unduly excited into activity. Of course there are always exceptions to this rule, but the exceptions occur where extra care and pains are taken in the application of stimulants. No matter in what form they are ap- plied, in the application of fertilizers of any class, the conditions and class of soil must always be taken into consideration. To put a heavy mulching of manure on a very stiff" soil which is naturally retentive of "moisture is simply suicidal, wdiile a light sandy soil would be greatly ben- fitted by the same. And no two cases are ever just alike, so that it is simply impossible to lay down any set rule to go by. But the details of all these things must be studied and worked out by each individual to suit his own particular purpose. i8go. The American Florist, 183 not removed, a new label is used and date changed to the time to which board- ing has been paid. Franklin, Pa. W. T. Bell. BEGONIA PERLE HUMFELD. The same general law of nature is and always will be applicable to all roses grown under glass and forced for winter blooming, but oftentimes very much more depends upon the watering of the plants at a critical point than upon the actual food applied. I doubt not many will think me over critical when I express the belief that there is not one grower in fifty who rightly and thoroughly understands how and when to water a plant, yet every day's experience convinces me that we all have very much to learn in this direction. But to return to the question, I would never advise anyone to put a dressing of ground bone on the surface of tliesoiland let it lay there uncovered, because a large percentage of its value would evaporate and be lost out of the ventilators. Neither do I advocate digging up the soil of the bed or benches to mix it in, but rather cover it with a thin coat of manure, if this is not available then a very thin coat of soil, just enough to cover the bone. Neither would I advise any one to put a coat of chicken manure alone over the surface of the soil, as it would undoubt- edly destroy every root it came in direct contact with, but the same reduced to one third and mixed with some light manure or soil would be very beneficial. Cow manure on the contrary can be ap- plied in thin coats without any mixture whate\er and be greatly beneficial. Sheep manure in very thin coats can also be applied without any additional mixture, but in that case much of the ammonia evaporates and is lost, to avoid this a very thin sprinkling of fine dry soil on top of the manure is better. Just one word of caution to those who wish to try bone, be sure you get it pure. Acids in any form are injurious, therefore get your bone free of them; even if the cost is con- siderable more it will be the cheapest in the end. JoH.N N. M.w. Summit, N. J. Boarding Plants. Ed. Am. Florist:— One of your corres- pondents recently explained his double entry method of bookkeeping in regard to plants left for treatment or storage. We do it without any bookkeeping and we think in a more simple manner. When plants are brought in each one is labeled with the name of the owner and date. When returned if storage is not paid a charge is made for it as in case of a sale; the label shows length of time to charge for, and the plant itself shows amount of space. If storage is paid and plants are Answers to Questions. SHADED GLASS. In rcgaid to frosted or ground glass for carnations, 1 have no doubt it would do (piite nicely during the months of June, July, August and September, but for the h.d'ance of the season it will be found that as a rule we have none too much light for the perfect development of the flowers, and to bring out the colors to the best advantage requires all the sun we gener- allyget through the dark winter months. BONE MEAL FOR CARNATIONS. If bone meal is used to mix into the soil at this season of the year it should be done with considerable care, especially if it is the genuine article; but it can be used in February or March with much more safety. I can not say, however, that I am much in favor of the use of bone meal for carnations. I think the disease that is now so prevalent owes its origin and existence in a great measure to that verv cause, and if u.sed at all it should be lightly sprinkled on the ground between the plants, then stirred in, care being taken that it does not lodge among the foliage of the plant; but a good deal of the material that is sold for bone meal is so harmless as to render these precau- tions unnecessary. C. New Carnations. Wishing -to know more of the highly praised Lizzie McGowan carnation than I could learn from the blooms exhibited and the press descriptions, before invest- ing in it to any extent, I concluded to visit it in its two homes, Orange and Paterson. The cut blooms seen at the various ex- hibitions gave me a rather poor opinion of it, but that opinion vanished at the first sight of Mr. McGowan's bed. The blooms were a uniform size, fully as large as the largest Lamborn, without a poor flower among them. The growth seems to be all that can be desired, being com- pact and yet very vigorous and clean. Taken all in all it takes first rank among the whites we now have, and originators will have to place their standard very high in order to e.xcel it. Mr. McGowan also has a new yellow, Louise Porsch, very similar to Buttercup in markings, but a trifle lighter in color. It is a very vigorous and robust grower and gives promise of taking the place of Buttercup, which seems determined to die out in spite of all the careful nursing it has had at the hands of various carna- tion growers. There are also a number of seedlings on trial here that were nol in bloom, we will no doubt hear from them next season. Mr. Chitty 's bed of McGowan is almost a duplicate of that at Orange. Measur ing a number of blooms here the average size was found to be 2% inches, the smallest being 21/2 inches in diameter. Mr. Chitty also grows a large numbei of Lamborn and Tidal Wave, two carna ►84 The American Florist. Dec. 1 8, tions that arc not grown as largely as their merits warrant. Grace Wilder from cold frames were lieing filled into the beds occupied hy chrysanthemums earlier, thus secui iuj; double crop from the same house. In fact everything at this place from the handsome residence to the well planned and carefully worked greenhouses show that there is a thorough business man at the head. A thorough business education is quite as important as the scientific and manual training, and a feature that is too often neglected. A. M. Herk. .\ Boston daily paper speaks of the chrysanthemum as the "Floral dude" of the season. SITUATIONS, WANTS. FOR SALE^ Advertisements under this head will be Inserted aX the rate of 10 cents a line (seven words) each Inser- Uon. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. not SITUATION WANTED-By a tirst class eardener; age 27: have had 12 years' expe In the business, and can take charge of eltl Tate or commercial place; first class refer Mention salary. ally preferred. SITUATION WANTED-By a first class garde and florist who at present has charge of on< the largest private places in this state. Grower jchrysanthemu W^ w ANTED-To either buy or rent several ( ) grow decorativ r Floral Co.. > take charge of ferns W^ /■ANTED-A competen _. commercial place, ing roses, forcing of bulba B with references and salary r W ANTEI)-By a thoroughly practical florist, (a Jerseyman) with 20 years experience, position uanager or foreman in a commercial establish- er worker. Best of references. VA.KU E. SAI.YER. care Harvey W. Herdman, 16 Pulaski St.. Bast Orange. N J. i^OK SALE-Brand i ! 10x50, ready for I e greenl "o7re7- Beards ilQK SALE— Florist busln< I and stocked. Doing a ad abroad. In a growing I >od reasons. A good he real estate lor sale ( oughly e( y. Must l& wood and pasture, plenty fruit and other out-buildings; good well and cistern, buildings ' ' ' ' ew York City, and or $4 800. or will sell the gn for 12,600. Address P. O. Box I hour from depot. Price, perty separate amseys, N.J. F^C=)F=? ^.A.L_ A good established florist business I city of 40,000 Inhabitants. Six a ■ with ten greenhouses heated with ing room, 100 hotbed sashes, own 1 good order. Oood trade; good steam, large pack- selling under li' address H II Good reasc For parUc for I American Florist, Chicago. IwOOJKI [id chance, don't uiis.s it. 10 minutes' orive Irom Chestnut Hill, one of the best located 2 acres of land suitable lor your purpose, i3-room cottage, stabling for 3 horses, five wagons, cow stable, hennery, tool house, 80 fruit trees, grape vines, berries; sun exposure the entire day; high lying ground. All lately done up, painted, repaired; new heater for the entire building. Will exchange for property in the city of Philadelphia , or sell. Address E. & G. A. FRUH, 1645 N. Broad St , Philadelphia. NEW GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. VAUGHAN'S '^^IMor-is^t:^ Se^f FOR 1891. We have secured a set of TEN from representative American hybridizers. We have put the price within the reach of every florist who owns a hundred feet of glass. Let us have a Fall show in every city in '91. There is no advertising equal to it. Read the names of those who have each contributed specimens worthy of their reputation and which we are willing to stand behind. NAME. BEACON. CHAS HENDERSON, CLARA JAMES, MERMAID, J. C VAUGHAN, MRS. A. ROGERS, LOUIS BOEHMER, FREMONT, GROWER. Fewkes & Son, T. H. Spaulding, W. K. Harris, Fred Dorner, John Thorpe, SiEBRECHT & Wadi i8go. The American Florist. ;85 FOR IMMEDIATE PLANTING 2-lnch. Duchess of Albany fi2 cx) Mme. Hoste 7.00 La France 5.00 Gontiers 4 00 Perles 400 Niphetos 400 Mermets 400 Brides 4 00 B01 Silenes 4.00 Gsn'l Jack, 2 in. J40 per 1000; 3-in. JS.cx) per 100. H. Perpetual, 40 var. 2 in. J50 00 per 1000. IDeg' Send for List GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. Mention Ameiioan Florlit. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. tO.OOO healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting 0 MERMETS, BRIDES, PERLES, NIPHETOS and BON SILENES, at SllO.OO per 100. Also 5,000 field-grown JACKS, 2 to 3 ft. |[o.oo per 100. DAISIES of the finett striin from seed- bed J3.0:) per 1000. JAMES HORAN, ''RKiDGKroKT, conn. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettia Stock, offer the best re- sults to the florist bloorulriKfreely and giving plenty of cuttinjjs for propaeatinn quickl?. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1000. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Hoston), MASS. A very large stock ot young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large ^ The°best™and uewest'of (JhRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, Rooted Cuttings of Carnations of all He standara Varieties ready Dec. 1st, Having added another loo Toot hou-e to our Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- ni-h anyquantity desired, on short notice. Orders lor future delivery at lo per cent off from catalogue price. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. New SeedliDK Carnation "Hector," brilliant scar- let: has no equal of its color; ready for delivery January 1, 1S91. Catalogue ready December 20. 1890. Also plants from 2W inch pots, and liooled Cuttings of "Mrs. Fisher." the leading white Also many-other varieties. WAYLANU. MASS. ENGLISH RHODODENDRONS E /ery variety and color, 'J4 to C 10 per hundred. CIvEMVI A.TI Sal . The choicest and best kinds, 6js to 75s per hundred. H*. STRKBT, Nurseryman, Heatherside l^urseries, CAIVIBERLEY. ENGLAND. -V UREER'S Garden seeds Re(|U FKADB LIST Bulbs, and . They are the t prices. free to the only. HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ROOTED CUTTIIVGS. Send for List. The prices and quality are sure to please. CARNATIONS — All the leading sorts and novelties. Eight 100 foot houses. COLEUS— Twenty-four varieties. A sample of each for 25 cents, free by mail. GERANIUMS — A choice assortment in mixture, at $10 00 per 1000. ALTERNANTHERA, French and other CANNAS; also other items of interest. CARNATION NOVELTIES. About January 1st I will issue a complete list of Carnation Novelties for '91; it will be mailed to all my former customers, and to others on application. No one interested can afford to place their order before seeing it. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. I bf e to iinnf^unce to the trade that I shall be prepared to distribute this magnifi- cent NEW WHITE CARNATION on the loth of February, 1S91, and that the price will be $12 per 100, and f too per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from the cutting bench. Favorable special rates will be allowed on large quantities. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown corrtspondents. Send for descriptive circular of this and other sorts. Parties wishing a few flowers of Lizzie McGjwan can have them bv enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. 46 'W^ixx. P^« I>i^ooi*, 99 This magnificent NEW CARNATION, is a seedling of Buttercup, fertilized with Century. Is of exceedingly strong, healthy growth, upright and robust; retaining the style of flower of Buttercup; has a msj irity of long stems— often four full blown at one time on a single spike. Its color is a beautiful rose pink, deeply fiinged petals, very large, often 3 inches in diameter, and does not burst. All vpho have seen it pro- nounce it the most perfect Carnation jet produced. Strong rooted plants afcer Jan. 15th, at $2 per doz. ; I15 per ico. Sample blooms of this and "GOLDEN G.ATE" will be mailed to any address on receipt of 25 cents. CHAS. T. STARR, A vondale, Chester (o. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN. I will be prepared to distribute my NEW WHITE CARNATION Feb. 10, 1891, and the price wiH be $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000, for Rooted Cuttings propa- gated from STRICTLY HEALTHY PLANTS. Special discount on large orders. Cash or its equivilent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular. Parties wishing a few flowers of this GRAND Carna- tion can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. — JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. Lizzie McGowan, Tred Creighton, Golden Gate, Fair Rosamond, J. R. Freeman Hector, Mrs. Fischer, VJra. F. Dreer, Chastity, Silver Spray, Tidal Wave, Grace Wilder, L. L. Lamborn. 50.000 now in cutting bench including these and 60 other leading vars. Send lor price list, ready in 10 days. OBJO. HA.:4VC0CK:, Ortincl H^^-en, JVIxoIt^. Golden Gate, Fred Creighton, Mrs. Fischer, Tidal Wave, Daybreak (Simmons' new pink), Lizzie McGowan, Lamborn, Silver Spray, Orient, Free- man, Buttercup. Rooted cut ings or plants, at market rates. J_ Q_ VaUglian, ChJCagO. CARNATIONS. >86 The American Florist. Dec iS. f Li^lE /AL»9lilSLl@/4lN lF(L@LeLi@f Subscription $t.00 a Year. Advertisements, lo Ceul Inch. S1.40; Colm Cash with Order, To Europe, $2.( Agate; $M.< No SprrlHl PuHttion GuHrnnteed. Discouiits,6times, 5per cent; 13 times, 10 percent; 26 times, 20 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The AdvertlslnK Department of the American wares pertalulnK to those lines Only. Please to Orders lor less tlian one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Monday to secure Insertion In the Issue for the following Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. Reference has several times been tnatJe to the prohfic source of synonyms in the practiceofdifferent firms in import- ingthe samechrysanthemumsfrom Japan and each giving the varieties new names of their own. Certainly every precaution should be taken against such a duplica- tion of names. And why should not the original Japanese names, or translations of them, be retained? We concede to European growers the right to name their new plants, and that we are bound to respect and retain those names, no matter how fanciful or absurd. Are not the Japanese gardeners entitled to the same consideration? And are not the Japanese names noted in a recent issue fully as euphonious as the wicked mouth- fuls inflicted upon us by some European, raisers? We certainly prefer such names as "Moon in the Window" and "A thou- sand sparks" to such as "Le Cte Foucher de Cariel" and "Triomphe de la rue des Chalets." On the 8th inst. we received from flo- rist Wm. Clowe, Corsicana, Texas, a box of roses cut from plants growing out of doors. The blooms presented every in- dication of having been of verygoodqual- ity when shipped, though they were about ready to drop to pieces when received. Mr. Clowe writes that the roses were cut on the 3d inst. and that the first frost— only sufficient to injure coleus and the tops of cannas — occurred the night of same date. He adds that at the date noted (Decem- ber 4), lantanas, abutilons and hibiscus were still uninjured, and that he had 50 varieties of roses in bloom in the open ground. Green in bulk and holly are reported very scarce at time of going to press. Snow storms which checked the gather- ing of green in November is the main cause of shortage in that article, while increased demand evidently explains shortage of holly. As showing the con- dition of the market on green, one thou- sand pounds at 5 cents per pound was expressed from the west to New York City on the 12th. J. G.— The adiantum of which ycu send specimen frond is probably merely a seed- ling variation of A . gracillimum. Such variations are not uncommon, and the specimen sent does not show any marked characteristics to distinguish it from the type, though the habit of the plant may be somewhat different. In order to give this paper your fullest support confine your orders for supplies to those who advertise in its columns, and in writing to advertisers please say that you saw their advertisement in the American Florist. Through the columns of the New York Press we learn that Dr. John Thorpe is an authority on the chrysanthemum. We expect a contribution from the "Doctor" at an early date. nights or will it pay to give these workers a Christmas present of our 52 numbers for 1891 for their own. T. T. R. — Bone black is as its name in- dicates, bone coal or carbon. It is made by manufacturers of fertilizers and may be had from dealers. Most seedsmen keep it we believe. The circulation of the American Florist covers every section of the North American continent, and finds every nook and corner where a florist has established a business. rieco^ Rote*. Cincinnati.— The Huntsman Floral Co. has removed to a new store at 37 and 39 West Fourth street. Denver, Col.— Mr. and Mrs. .\very Gallup lost their youngest son, Avery, by diptheria December 2, after a sickness of only five .and a half days. PiTT^URG.— A movement is on foot to organize a Florists' Club for Pittsburg and Allegheny. The first meeting will be held at Ludwig & Richter's store in Alle- gheny January S. St. Louis. — A local daily gives a de- scription of the plants to be seen in the conservatories of Mr. J. W. Kauffman, a wealthy amateur who resides on Lindell Boulevard, and states that his collection of orchids is worth $6,000. Pittsburg.— Trade is fairly active with prospects of good holiday business. Flowers are not likelj' to be over plent- iful. Lycopodium wreathing can be bought at about last year's prices, although costing in bulk 50 per cent more than in 1889. Utica, N. Y.— a special meeting of the Florists' Club was held on the 10th inst. Final report on financial returns from the recent exhibition showed a surplus of $40, and the success of the exhibition was voted to be complete. The club voted to have a supper early next month. Mr. Peter Crowe was invited to read a paper on roses at the next meeting. Germantown, Pa. — At the regular monthly meeting of the Germantown Horticultural Society on the 11th inst., the committee on chrysanthemum show reported that the total receipts of the last exhibition were $397.57 and ex- penses $395.65. An election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows; President, Benjamin H. Shoemaker; Vice Presidents, Jonathan Jones, Charles J. Wister and John Sibson; Secretary, Thos. E. Meehan; Treasurer, Joseph Meehan. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 8.— The month of October, or by far the larger part of it was made up of dark cold rainy weather with an occasional chilly fog, the chief business of the month was to generate and nurture mildew which has been ex- ceedingly troublesome this fall. The coldest weather of the month was on the morning of the 31st, when the thermom- eter indicated 24° at 6:30 a. m., on the whole the month was dismal and the ad- vent of November was a continuation of the same until the morning of the 6th, when it was quite cold, thermometer falling as low as 24°, which was followed by nnich<;learer weather and greatly im- proved conditions generally, and which prevailed with brief exceptions through- out the month; on the 21st, 22d and 23d we had some very biting cold weather, although thermometer did not fall below 30° on any one of those days, but it gave us a fair warning to prepare for winter all the same; on the night of the 27th it became quite cold and next morning at 6:30 thermometer indicated 15°, which was the lowest point for the month. December came in cold and winter like, with thermometer at 10° on the mornings of the 2d and 3rd and has remained pretty much like winter ever since. Syracuse, N. Y. At the annual meeting of the Central New Y'ork Horticultural Society held in this city December 3 the following officers were elected: President, A. D. Perry; Vice-Presidents, Hon. J. J. Belden, Hon. D. P. Wood, H. S. White, E P. Judson, W. Brown Smith, A. H. Davis, T. Bishop; Secretary, Henry Youell; Treasurer, Peter Kass; Executive Committee for three years, G. Ham, G. Bartholme. It was decided to hold a spring show to occur about Easter, several special prizes were offered and a committee was appointed to solicit further special prizes for the fall as well as the spring show. This society has been in existence only three years, but the result of its good work is alreadj- showing itself The old established florists find their plant in- sufficient to the demand and three new florists have started. The secretaries of kindred societies will confer a favor by sending copies of their prize lists, especially for spring shows, to H. Y'ouell,228 BeecherSt.,Syracuse,N. Y. Early Days of the Trade m California. We clip the following interesting note from the Pacific Rural Press: Editor Press: In the fall of 1853 I bought land in Alameda and moved from San Francisco in January, 1854. I com- menced to grow flowering and ornamen- tal plants and soon had quite a stock for those days, but I found there was no sale for them in Alameda. I arranged with Wainright & Randall on Merchant street to have an auction sale. The little steamer that was running from San Fran cisco to Alameda was blown tip soon after my moving over. I got the plants ready and hauled them to a sloop, put them in the hold and went with them to San Francisco. I had them hauled to the salesroom and advertised them three days. They attracted a great deal of attention. One lady would say to her escort, "Buy this for me," and another "Buy that for me," and frequently selecting the same plant. On the morning of the sale there was a large crowd. Governor Wain- wright was in his happiest mood, calling Cinerarias " Senoritas." The bidding was spirited. Everything went like hot cakes. Carnations brought from $2.50 to $5; one monthly tree carnation, six feet high, brought $10; Salvia splendens, from $2.50 to $5; roses from $2 to $7; acactus, grafted on the opuntia or prickly i>ear, $30; a Camellia Japonica, $30; ciner- arias, from $1.50 to $2 50; chrysanthe- mums, $2.50; a well-trained rose gera- nium .$34. The sale netted me a hand- some sum. I had an auction sale every week lor several weeks, with quite good results. James Hutchison. Oakland. i8go. The American Florist. 587 "A Little Knowledge, Etc." An amateur friend who has a small jfreenhouse dropped in on a Smithfield street florist j-esterday to inquire what cape flowers were, and was shown a sam- ple of the dried article so much used in making up immortelle work for the holi- day season. "Yes," he said, "they are the same thing; I was ordering some bulbs from a New York house and wrote that if the cape flowers they offered were sound they could send me a case, expect- ing of course, to get a choice lot of ama- ryllis and other African bulbs. " Well, a day or two ago my gardetier •came to me with a puzzled look and said, ' Mr. , I opened the big box but this is nothing we want,' exhibiting a handful of capes. Oh, said I, that is the stuff used for packing the bulbs in; go on and unpack the case, which the gardener con- tinued to do until the case was empty, and about six barrels of cape flowers were piled up alongside. ' Only this and nothing more.' " Hot Water Under Pressure. In reply to "H," I would say that it is not clainiied that pressure affects the cir- culation, although some writers have suggested that it might. As he suggests the pressure is the same in all directions and of coursecaunot affect thecirculalion. Y'ou can heat water to a higher tem- perature without its boiling with pressure than you can without, and consequently you can get more radiated heat from your pipes, that is all there is to it. Open pressure is generally considered the best, the water sujiply being placed at sufficient height to give any desired pressure, no safety valve or guage being needed. I believe that none of the modern, sectional •cast iron boilers are adapted to theclosed pressure system, thej- might leak at the joints, nor would it be advisable to put a very heavy open pressure on them with- out first ascertaining from the makers how much they will stand. With boilers made entirely of tubes it is different, they will stand anj- pressure I hat is likely to be used. L. Wight. ' lini I V We are sold SO short now Hill I Y on this stock tha we must HULL I I get it in by Express— our price will on Express Stock be advanced to f/.so per case after this date . Bouquet Oreen sold out— Dec. 16. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. LaRoche & Stahl, florists & (Commission /T\erchants OF CUT r»r.,owBies, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILADELPHIS. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paldtc BWpping. Mention AJUElilCA.v FLORIST. J. M. McGULLOUGH'S SONS, Wliolesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. SPECIALTIKS: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. ©Y^fiofeAafe MariCatA. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C, O. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby te egraph. Telephone ■connections. For prices, etc.. address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Cut Flowers. BOSTON Dec 1.5. ;: ^^Ti^.s^:::::::::::. ■■■■■■^^ Bouvardia, double .'.'.'.'.' i'.ai 1.0(1 a 1.50 PHILADILPHIA, Dec. 15 25.00 0 35.00 :: ^^'J.'Jt'in'^BennitU ■•■■■•'•• c'oo^ 188 vauey ''"""• '"'"'"°'' """""■ ■■ BOO® 8!00 Carnations, lord Carnations, short 125® 1.50 ;:::::i5:i§l2J:gg .75 2.00 S0 0O®10OUO N«w '""^I'JS^oJtoo ;• SouTs ■EiSII 15 00®20.00 1.00® 200 CHICAGO. Dec 17. ;::.:.; 5.6u® 600 "' Me?mew° I'a' France,' Brides .;:;:;:i88ia Camatlons. long... '".'.".'.' 300® 4.10 Gut Flowersi Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ A large stock of R03ES, LILY of the VALLEY, VIOLETS. CARNATIONS. ASPARAGUS, HYACINTHS and other standard flowers for the HOLLY AND MISTLETOE, of best quality, by the Case or in large quantities at low prices. CALDWELL'S LONG NEEDLE PINES, PALJI LEAVES, MAGNOLIA BRANCHES, ETC, Constantly on hand. WM. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St.. BOSTON. MASS. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^ WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 IPIKTE STK-EET, ST. IvOUIS, »JO. THOS. YOUNG. JB., WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And tlic Choicest ROSBS for fhe fall and winter season. W. S. ^LLIH. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. Established 187T. Price List sent npon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 WEST 30TH Street, A. S. Hums. .1.1. Kaynor. BURNS A, RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 -West S**tli St., E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) A.11 Fi»lo-w©rs Ir^ Setasoix. Fail line of FL«iHI.STS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. .M. Sundays until 3 P. M. ALL SUPPLIES. 4S-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. WHOLESALE FLORIST 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. HAMMOND &, HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. Send in yoiir* Orders no-vv, THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 133 Mason Street. Milwaukkb. Wis. .88 The American Florist. Dec iS, @Ka ^eac) ^racja. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Albert M. McCullough, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Fottlbr, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, 1S91. Mr. Cii.\s. N. Page, of the Iowa Seed Co., has established The Western Garden and Poultry' Journal. Price & Reed, of Albany, suffered a loss of several thousand dollars from fire and water December 7. We have not learned if anv new catalogue matter was destroj-ed. insured for $15,000. A. D. Perry, the genial head of the firm of A. D. Perry & Co.. Syracuse, N. Y., was unanimously elected president of the Central New York Hort. Society, Decem- ber 3. He has richly earned the honor conferred, having spared neither time nor money to make the society a success. A CURIOUS .\CTION .4 BOUT SEED rOT.\TOES has just been heard at Macclesfield County Court. A farmer bought a quantity of seed, which he understood to be Scotch Regents; but he alleged that when he cameto dig thecrop hefound it to consist of mixed sorts, of very inferior quality to Regents, and much less salable. He there- fore sued the person from whom he bought the seed for the estimated amount of his loss. Experts were produced on both sides; and while one set swore the pota- toes were Scotch Regents, the other set swore they were not. As one of the solic- itors remarked, there was as much differ- ence of opinion as if it were a horse or a cow case. In the end. Judge Hughestook the experts outside the court, where a load of the potatoes was on view, and asked them to pick out any of the pota- toes which were not Regents; and after diligent search they could only find about half a dozen. This decided the matter, and judgment was given for the seed mer- chant.—6^i7r(/c'«/«»' World, Nov. 2g. G. J. MOFFATT, SEED BAGS ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and Fii.cs on Application. 20 vars new seedlings. Mammoth strain, per 100 $y, per 1000 ^25 Roated Cuttings of same, 100 fi; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2>^ in. I3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2J2-in. $4 00 per 100. Adiantams Cuneatum, Dacorum and Gra- cillimum, S-inch, strong, $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. " single, p;r 100 J8.C0. Obconica, per 100 |6 00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbanica, 5 in. $4.00, 4-in. I3 00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. GEO. IV. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. ■^— l^^lBXJ^IXvOIV E>ieE>O^.A..I IMPROVED This grand strain of the Man lately the tlneat yet produced. fusion in immense urabela. The finest colors ry florist should sow It. Per trade pkt. 25 cts. ;t8 60 cts; 6 pktf. Jl.OO. JOHN F. KUFP, Shiremanstown, Pa. Something IVEJ W and different from dl other Abutilons. FLOWERS STAND UP ERECT;: color orange pink; s'rong grower, profuse bloomer. Those desiring to catalogue this attractive Novelty should secure stock at once 2-mch pot plants $ 1 50 per doz. 4-inch ' 3.00 per doz. H,FCTROS FOR SALE. ir^ DRE&R'S DOUBLE rETUNIflS Now Ready for Delivery, our Select Strain of Double Petunias, in good, strong, healthy s'ock plants, in 3-inch pots. The strain of Petunias we offer is loo well known to require much description-suffice it to say, that the varieties offered this season are tully equal to our former introductions. The advantage of securing stock early in the season will be readily appreciated, as a limited num- ber of plants will produce a large number of cuttings. We otter 15 named varieties, at SI. 50 per dozen; set of 15, for »1.75; »10 00 per hundred. Seeds of Double Petunia, from the finest fringed and blotched varie- ties, saved on our own grounds, crop iSqo, Per trade pkt. of ;oo seeds, $i. «S-Our New Trade IJ Liberty St., NKW YOKK. GLADIOLI. GLADIOLI Our stock of Bulbs are Lson a-e exceptionally fi; Lh the greates Forcing we wish d will be found of a higher grade this year than heretofore. ' raw the attention of our florist friends and assure them of the avoid all mistakes, please add the letters in front of the varieties, ke the quality ' Per Dot.. Per R-Red and Scarlet l.r— Light Colors. No scarlet or sollc W-White and Light. This is th( mixed by us. Very desirable i dark colors standard selection of named varieties )r those wanting light and white flowers. 1— ^Vhite and Light. Extra flne for florists' use.. Pink. A flne florists' strain Yellow in Variety. Qd Salmon. Very 8— Striped and Variegated Superfine Mixtures of high quali i 00 per lOCO by Express. O^IJ^JBE^I^O SE> S , 1 of Pearl which we guarantee to I 20 ( Variegated Foliage - Single Flowered -." .« ™ VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING. Pansy Seed In great variety frnni iilj the finest strains. See Catalogue for prices, etc. larnation Np;W Marguerite, 50 cents per pkt Stocks In variety. See Catalogue for prices. ROOTED ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ CUTTINGS FROM CLEAN AND VIGOROUS STOCK. COLKCS-Eighteen variet'es. Including Gr Iden Redder, Verschaff^eltii. Golden Verschaffeltii, Fire- brand, Glory of Autumn. Runray. Peter Hender- son, etc. Labeled Samples of the set inail- VEK BENAS-Twenty.four varieties, mostly Mam" moths. A splendid mixture. CARNATI<>N<-Six good cut flower sorts: Portia, I White. Tidal W up. L. I.. Lamborn. Trade List sent jrace Wilder, Butter- Applieation. Prices and Ouality of Stock will please you. Foreign Grape Vines for Graperies. name, grown by an expert. l,ist of varieties and prices mailed on application. HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St, Philadelphia. We have yet on hand about2.5 OtOextra flne Double lian Tuberoses. Also a fe " .... ALADIUM ESCULE^ I 15 inches In circumferenc AZALEAS. 4 toe-Inch pots. In bud. CLEMATIS CKI'TA. 100 delivered f ree 0 •ecelptof $1,00. For prices write for our wholesale price list. JAMES M. LAMB, Fayettevllle, N. C. COLKUS. Golden Bedder, Golden Verschaffeltii, Verschaffeltii, Hero, Firebrand, Yeddo, J. Goode, Kirkpatrick, Glory of Autumn and Chicago Bedder. Also Geraniums and Alternantheras. Write for prices ROOTED CUTTINGS. S. B. FIELD, Roselle, N. J. J. A. DE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. SPECIAL OFFER OF FORCING BULBS. Without Engagement. All colors, mixed. Roman Hyacinths, double, light pink nearly white, one of the best for cut- ting perUOO, »I7 00; 2 00 0.35 Darkpink " 20.00; 2.25 0.40 Single blue " 14.00; 1.75 0.36 Single yellow (scarce) 5.110 0.80 Tulips, in best varieties for lorclng. per 1,000, $25.00; 3.00 0 46 0.16 , 2 26 0 40 Eggs"), yellow the double yellow Dafl^odll, for forcing, per 1 000 .$17 60; 2.00 0.30 In 10 best sorts, for forcing, 1,000. .$25 CO; 3.00 0 50 Polyanthus Narcissus. Paper white arandlflorum per 1,000, $10.00; 1.25 0 25 Paper White, Giant, novelty 2 00 0 36 solid I Chalcedonicum. Excelsum. each, Harrlsil, 5x7 In. Harrlsll. 4x5 " Longiflorum 5x7 Pomponlut ' splendid tor cutting,, per _. _ 7oT Tenulfolium, mended for forcing 12. Amaryllis, Sarniensis. Nerlne..each 15c., flowering, splendid for pots, per I Calla Rlchardla alba ma extra large, selected bums Crinum Capense albo. large bulbs Cyclamen Persicum, flrst size bulbs grandiflorum : Freesia refracta alba, home grown, large bulbs per 1 000, $12.00; Freesia LeichtlinI major, nome grown; $3U.0O: 3 50 0.60 1 50 030 100 o.:o 1.60 C.30 1.60 0 25 200 0.30 Brenchleyensis, dazzling i - ■ > of scarlet white and I ors, finest mixed, i alba "The bride,' . . ,...$1.26 0 20 flne sorts 1 75 0.30 inflnemixture per 1000, $ ha t t t all Itl.eB for winter bloom.ng, b„t .t Is oae ^t ihe n.08t profitable flowers that can be grown by H„r.st5. It is very eas.Iy La effective for decorative purposes, always command large prices. From its name some have thought it was a bulb for floris tonly. This is not exclusively so; it derives its name from the fact that, in Bermuda, grown in the open ground, it blooms rnnula Easter Lily" -but by growing it In this country in the greenhouse, with successive lots, it can be had in bloom alH 1 after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all the year round, or as long as cut flowers are in demand. The fact that it c a? holidays adds particularly to its value, as it fills in at a time when fl lb must be potted early in August, something depending upon after treat own bulbs are indispenBable. as In Bermuda the bulb reaches its highest d< uly— Itefore bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their g leir perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at any time. ily is being forced for winter flowers will be shown by a sale maiie h? aia occasionally that I.ilium Harrisli flowers will not keep-thls is owing t in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following lett ; Easter. writes: " The Lilies came in excellent shape. I don't think I lost one; it '" ning: Co., Dallas, Texas, writes: "TheLlIiess • purchased 20,000 as open they can 1 acknowledging ought they ■> I., Dallas, Tex J carried so f ■ packed dry.' s a pretty good recomn 1 perfect condition, and THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to olTer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the tradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY ! supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over ^ HA.I^Ti* A. IWIir^trlOIV :BUt,BS. H<" t the genuine Mlium Uarrlsil. In order to secure "the true Tariety," purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. The - Longiflorum in Bermuda, planticB It with Oarrisli to Increase their stock rapidly when Har- ^-_f^_ ,. _.._.,..._, .lueless for fi>rcing and we have known instances where these mixed " vith suspicion on bulbs offered at prices less ure you gel F this Lily has led unscrupu * very scarce, thus nilx'-^ " ive been sold to larue n Ixing the stock Irretrievably, thereby rendering It absolutely • '^ ' zenuine variety, where large loss has resulted, anu ueaiwia puuum w^ et met the demand; "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered at reduced r Large growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON &. CO., tarrytown, newyork, u.s.a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 292 The American Florist, Dec. i8. Ball Decorations. On the occasion of a ball recently given in the clnb house at Tuxedo Park the decoration of the hall- room wasentrusted to an expert, who, nevertheless, is not a florist— Miss Stearns, of the Associated Artists of 1 15 p:ast Twenty-third Street. The result proved that something might l)e done in the way of floral decoration which would lack the conventionality that so often marks such arrangements without falling into the heterogencous- ness of .•iniatcur attempts. The room is verv l.-irm- and circular in sliapc, with fourteen' windows .-dteniating with fourteen columns which sustain the cor- nice. t)n one side is a stage where the musicians were to sit. This was decorated in harmony with the pretty woodland scene which formed the background, high palms flanking the sides, while a row of lower palms, mingled with chrysanthe- mums, bordered the stage, and trailing ivy fell over the front. Chrysanthemums were ,ilso iiiteniiixcd with the taller palms, in I In ri- shades of pink, making a charming cH'ctt .is tlie electric light shone up over them from the footlights. This scheme was continued around the room by banking the window-recesses with Hemlock boughs and great sprays of white chrysanthemums, the dark green foliage being carried up into the coves of the domed ceiling. The columns were covered with autumn foliage, oak-leaves of a dark reddish bronze color forming the base, and being shaded gradually up into terra-cotta tones and finally into the yellow of maple foliage. On this back- ground chrysanthemums were arranged, likewise in graded colors, beginning be- low with dark red blossoms and shading up to the capitals, which were encircled by masses of golden Grandiflorums. To obviate, however, an undue contrast be- tween these red and yellow pillars and the pink and green of the stage, the two columns adjoining these were differently treated, being wound with hemlock foliage interspersed with white chrysanthemums —the same scheme of color chosen for the window recesses. The total effect of the beautiful room thus adorned was at once dignified and festal, and — an essen- tial consideration in such cases — it made an excellent background for the gay dresses whicli filled \t.— Garden and Fores/. PLANT BED CLOTH. CHEAP SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS on Hot- beds. Cold Frames, etc. Three grades. Promotes hardy warm, will not Sm-iiiK, ui- iuuubw. rui aaie uy tu» leading Dry Goods houses, Seedsmen. Florists, etc. Well known and extensively used. For circulars NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO., 27 South street, - - NEW YOBK. TO CASH BUYER CONTICNTS CK Three Greenhouses, Etc., wilh Business as it stands, on account of sickness. 221 Union Ave., MT. VERNON, N. Y. GREEN and HOLLY. Wreathing and Holly Wreaths. SEI.KCTKD .STRAIN. TUBEROSES, fine bulbs. Low prices for choice stock. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO , Chicago. 6 and 8 North Clark Street, HOLIDAY ORDERS FOR FANCY BASKETS, POT HOLDERS, PALM STANDS, POT COVERS, IMMORTELLES, DOVES, MEMORIAL DESIGNS of Metal Foliage and Porcelain Flowers, Etc., Etc., SHOUI.D BE SENT NOW TO INSURE FBOMFT DELIVEBY. Our Illustrated Catalogue giving full informa- tion mailed free to the trade on application. August Rolker & Sons, 13G West 34tU Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. GHRISTMAS GREEN HOLLY AND MISTLETOE, Now is Ihe Time to Order for Prompt Shipment. Bright, Fresh Lycopodium or Bouquet Green, Wound on Heavy Cord. ROUND, Medium, the Standard grade, per lOo yards j3-5o «- Special rates made on 1000 yard lots. BOUQUET GREEN, in bulk, bbl., 25 lbs. 2.00 HOLLY, bright and well berried, bbl.. 2 00 MISTLETOE, per pound 50 HOLLY WREATHS, large size, per doz. 1.50 CHRISTMAS BELLS, made of bright scarlet Cape Flowers. Each 1,00 Per dozen 10 00 DESIGNS of BOUQUET GREEN, such as Crosses, Wreaths, Anchors, Stars and Letters, per doz 1.50 Send in your order at once and you will have goods when you need them. KEENAN'S SEED STORE. 6016 Weutworth Ave., CHICAGO. J. A. De Veer, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. HOLIDAY OFFER Without Engagement. CHRISTMAS GREENS. Holly, darkKreen.wlth plenty berries.prime quality, ner barrel 12; percrate of If. cubic feet J5..')0; 6 case Mistletoe, well berried, per bbl. $.".; per lb. 50c. DECORATIVE PLANTS, LEAVES, &e. Abies NorcImanDlana, hardy evergreen, ane Itushy plants with strong roots (in canvass), 18 to 20 inches lilgh, perfect shape, one of the best for decorating, each $1: per doz. $10. Huscus (Box), on Standard, 3 feet high, with hand- some, perfect crowns, 1 to IVo ft. diam., $2.50 each. Lauroeerasns rotuiidifolla and Colehica, tine bushes trom 10-iuch pots, about 3 feet high, very ornamental, $1 each: HO per doz. Long Needle Pines, (Plnus Australis), without roots, very effective and lasting, extra size 4 to 5 feet long, per dozen $6; medium size 2 to 3 feet long, per dozen $3 .'iO. Cabbag^e Palm Leaves, 5 to 7 ft. long, fan shape, very handsome, selected, j.er 100 $20; per doz. $3. Palmettos or Fan Palm Leaves, 1'.. to 2 feet Iodk, selected, per 100 $5; per doz. $1. Wild Smilax, In strings, 8 to 15 feet long, per bbl. U. Keeps fresh a long time. Florida or Spanish Moss, natural, per barrel or bag $3; per lb. 2.5c. Sphagnum Moss, dry, per barrel $1..50. Moss, dyed dark green, per bundle lOc; per dozen Cape Flowers, short stemmed, pure white, finest quality, per lb. 75c.; per 10 lbs. $7. Short stemmed, pure white, good quality, per lb. EOc, in case lots l.'tc. per lb. Long stemmed (in bunches) pure white, exira quality, per 1000 80c.; per 10,000 t7. Long stemmed, dyed, mixed colors, per !b $1 25; per fO lbs $10. Erianthus, natural, resembles Pampas Grass, per lb. fiOc. ; per 10 lbs. $5.50. In assorted colors, per Ib.'.iOc; per 10 lbs. $8. Fairy Flowers (Milkweed Balls), extra quality, white, per 100 $1.25; per 1000*10. Assorted colors, per 100 $1.75; perl0l0$15. Immortelles (French) prime quality, yellow. natural, per dozen bunches $2.75; each 26c. Purple, white, cardinal, cherry red, crimson, dark blue, pink, black, etc., per 100 bunches $30; per dozen bunches $4.00; each 35c. Lettering (Chenille), in purple, red or white, etc., per 12 yards 30c. ; per 144 yards $3. Oseola Plumes, natural, useful for bouquets, (about 100 to the lb.,) per 100 lbs. $25; perlb. lOo.; lOlbs. t.f.:0. Dyed in vaiious colors, per lb. 80c; 10 lbs. $7.60. Pampas Plumes, natural, finest quality and ■■■—■- -DO lOU doz. $12.00 $1.76 Dyed, perlb. 10 lbs Imported Moss Wreaths, plain < celain flowers. ijpobsible to catalogue all ustomers to leave selectio late amount they wish to . variety of designs, vise my zes and ndciut- NEW FLOWER SEEDS. Lobelia; Golden Feverfew; Tuberous Begonia, single white, pink, scarlet, yellow and mixed; \erbena; Smilax; Candyiufc; Aljssum; Petunia; Asters; Margaret Carnations; Cob;ea, etc. Other seeds constantly coming in, j ^ VAUGHAN. BOX 688, CHICAGO. Diagrjm Showing C^ .^\. I^ J3 • o\\ perfeit drain- Xhe only pot with Patent Perfect i,e and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. he< ared These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Glass Certificate of Merit, and also HIGHLY .COMMENDED by the "ew Jersey Horlicu'tural Society at their lirysanthemum Kxliibition, at Orange, N. , November 4th, 1S90. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere. iho have used this pot sa> mat hereafter they will use no other. JE»«toiitecl niiol SXanufnc^tui-ed only t>y THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., tales, M. J. M. CARTHY, il Philadelphia, Pa. iSqo. The American Florist. 293 ANOTHER OPEN LETTER. THE AMERICAN TIMES BUILDING, NEW YORK, December 6, /^S<^o. TO FLORISTS.— Through an error in writing our ad. of Dec. 4 we quoted the Window Gardening pamphlets at I2.00 per 100. The lowest price we can furnish them at is fo.oo per 100, and we guess you will say that that is a mighty low price. This includes the printing of your card on the back in red ink. If any florist who wants it has not received the December (Christmas number) of T/ie American Garden, by the time you read this, please drop us a card and a duplicate will be sent at once, gratis. Regular price 20 cts. Don't forget our ofifer of last week on subscriptions. It will hold good through this subscription season. Yours truly, THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO. GARDEN in club with AMERICAN FLORIST for $2.50.==iSa THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. 1 depth of sasbes, (depth 2nd. Give ihe length t 3rd. Give the length of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the c( 6th. Give the thickness and width of raften Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ng elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655, HARRISBURG. PA. MUSHROOM SPAWN 10 lbs '25 lbs oU lbs 100 Ibi tl.20 «'J.;o »a.UO gS.OO •lIllAnELrillA, PA. WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS M TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Ciass Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1S90? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR REDUCED PRICE LIST, ADDRKSS TtiE, WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. A(iENT FOl; NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Olis street, Somerville, Mass. CALDWELL, THE WOODSMAN. SOUTHERN EVERGREENS Consisting cf Wild Smilax, Palm Leaves and Crowns. Long Needle Pines, Magnolia Foliage, etc. Were used in the decoration of the Chrysanthemum Shows at Indianapolis, Ind., KvansviUe, Ind., and by Harry Chaapel at Williamsport, Pa, How pretty and useful they were— see American Flo HIST of 4th Dec. I otfer to introduce I barrel Wild Smilax; 50 Chamierops Palm I prepaid, $12.00; or J6.0 barrel Magnoli !aves, 4 Palm C: 11 Fl e following 16 cubic foot Sample Case, containing ) lbs. of Grey Moss, 12 Long Needle Pines 2 to 3 feet, s. Mistletoe; 1000 Dagger Ferns. F;xpress charges ess charges. Cash must accompany order. CALDWELL, The Woodsman, Evergreen, Alabama. j:STABLISHED. 1866S;i I Wire D^ Manjifacttire'd by e35:East?l8t'Street. • iMEWTTORKS Laurel Festooning. WREATHS, TREES, FERNERIES, Etc , Etc., for the HOLIDAYS. HARTFORD & NICHOLS, For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. rOB DECORATIONS Write to A.. C OEJXvSCHIG, SAVANNAH, GA. 294 The American Florist. Dec. i8, Foreign Notes. Some remnrkalily well grown specimen chrj'santhemuni plants wore shown at the recent exliiliilion at Antwerp. CllRYSANTili-MiM .Mis. .\lplieus Hardy seems to have been a very nnsatisfaetory grower, both in England and on the Continent. M. GosHiDA, secretary of the Horticul- tural Society of Tokio.'japan, visited the exhibition of chrysanthemums at Ghent, Belgium, last month. At a MEETiNO of the English National Chrysanthemum Society held November 24, suitable resolutions were passed on the death of the late Shirley Hibberd. At a recent meeting of the National Chrysanthemum Society of England first class certificates were given to each of the following chrysanthemums: Sunset, Beauty of Castlehill, Countess of Lytton, Princess Waldemar, Beautv of Castle- wood, Violet Rose, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, A. C. Kingston, Danie. An English amateur has a double- white flowered camellia which is 18 feet high from the soil and 54 feet in circum- ference. The base of the stem close to the ground measures 27 inches in circum- ference. Recently 7,000 bloom buds were picked oft" to allow the remaining 5,000 buds to develop better. At the recent meeting of the Inter- national Agricultural and Forest Con- gress at Vienna a resolution was adopted recommending the establishment of gov- ernment stations where observations and trials in combating plant diseases shall be made on a common plan, the directors of these pathological stations in difierent countries to meet annually to discuss and pass such resolutions as shall be deemed necessary, looking to the prevention and stay mg of epidemics of plant diseases in the future. SPECIAL OFFER TO THE TRADE. Per 100 Per 1000 AN E MONK Wholesale trade listof Conifer:e, Rhododendront* ^rutt Trees, Hardy Perennials, Uocbplants, Ericas* I'erns. Aquatics, etc., free on application. A. M. C. JONGKINDT CONINCK, Royal Tottenham Nurseries, DEDKMSVAAKT, NETHERLANDS. JUST RECEIVED Per Steaiusliip.s Ohio, Lero, Deroma, Switzerland, Auger and Freisland, a fine assortment of IMMORTELLES, METAL WREATHS, GRASSES, CROSSES, MAKART BOUQUETS, ANCHORS, ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, STARS, DRIED FLOWERS, WHEAT SHEAVES MOSS. a Specialty. We also have on hand a fine lot of Doves, Pampas Plumes, Bouquet Papers, Tin Foil, and the finest selection of Baskets ever offered to the florist trade, a trial will convince you of this fact. Soliciting your kind orders, H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., so IVortlo^ -itlx Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. p. s. -General Dealers, Importers and Manufacturers of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 8®» oier>Bjie e> A.iei*^:'. Mention Florist. Patents. The rights se use with all the conseq Sole MPgand O FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes, % inch to 42 inches diameter. The making, vending, or use of any Serviceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our red to us render each individual dealeror user responsible forsuch unlawful Aces thereof. For prices and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO., of all the Sphincley G>it Armored Hose Patents. 49 Warren Street. New York. ARMORED PAINT That is White and will stick on Greenhouses. That is Rust Proof for Iron Pipes and retards no heat. .A. r) IDE, ESS HAMMOND'S Paint & Slug Shot Works. FISHKILL-ON-HODSON, N. Y. We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE. NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WflGON. Specially designed for Florists' delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Hoffman Wagon Qo., Office, 41 Michigan Street, l8po. The American Florist. 295 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wrought Iron Hot Water Boilers. |'(^(e> (•«*)« air FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 S. CANAL Street. C0N8ERYM0RIE8, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Helliweil Pat. Imperishable System, JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW YOBE. Florists' Letters. Emblems, Monograms, Etc. These letters and designs are made of the beetlmmor- telles. wired on wood or NOTE.-AIl Infringers or """designs will be prosecuted to the fullest Send for Sample 3-in. purple per 100 »3 00 Postage. 15ct8. per 100 W. C. KRICK, Br'dway. Brooklyn, N.Y. KSDORFER Washing & Co., Phlla.. Pa.; Edwakd i ton, B. C; JAMES ViCK, Kochester, N. y Simmers, Toronto, Ont. Mention American Florist. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER, ^ CLEAR C^ PRESS. ^ 3ars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. W Send for circulars and esllmate-, . LOOKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND^ Hamilton Co., OHIO. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots ' / LUlI^^^^/^I / / UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. -^^^^SS--^ — /'/ LIGHT. GLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make \ a perfect pot for marketing, and effect an immense ^"^ saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- / ing, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard , y sizes adopted by Society of American Florists. .cu/i^ '/ SOLE MANUFACTIRKRS: '"""""/I F. W. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MASS. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. Write for .Samples anil Ciriulars. Weight of 1000 2H-in. pots (Including crate) 20 IDs, w eignt of 1000 3>i-ln. pots (including crate). . . . 44 lbs. R. & J. Qvjerij iJPoriiit ! QNSierij Ruriier^man ! Q^seri) ^ee6l<«)mari ! SHOULD HA¥E OUR Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. SavoYourCoalpiTNTMiM n nnini steam,^^hot water FLDRIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes for Steam UsizesforHot Water 15 sizes for Soft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. II II iiri/iiK' tor)!. llir«s m ^« «„•»« s.ii <-n 25 per (< III in III. I ' \ 1 iiiiifi Till li It ■■<■ niKhl. Fully PIE ROE. BUTLER &pTeRCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. ILL SIZES OF SINGLE AND DOITBLE THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALL QLAZIKRS' SUPPLIKS. I^- Writ* fcr I,»t««t Friosf. hales: ?r°a'^ For destroyinfr fp'ound moles in lawns, paxkj. gardens and cemeteries. The only PEKFKf^ mole trap in existence, Ciuarunteed to cntch moles where all other traps faiLr Sold by Beedsmen, AKricnltor&l Implement and Hardwar* dealen. or sent by exprees on receipt of S3*00 by H. W. HAIiBS. KIDO£WOOD N. J. § CYPRESS / K SASH BARS R JOHN L. DIEZ&CO I 530 North Halsted Street. A CHICAGO, ILL. L Mention Amerlotn Klorlit. ,96 The American Florist. Dec:iS, Index to Advertisers. tisinsi Allen. W.9. 287 Bttmard WW* Co...ai2 Bayersdorfer U i, Co.'itu Bird F W ASon. ais Burns & Raynor.. Caldwell Geo W. Cansse Andre L . ChlttyHE KditarWmW 2 4 BIlTaon&Kuetan 2S7 Bxeter Macblne Wks.3 Canada. Boiler Honse isi feet. Heating Apparatus and ■ y for iS'M.OO, or Greenhouse Heatings Ventilating fe mrcHiNQs 8» CO. **' 233 Mercer Street, Hew York. Bi'Je Jjaf fepr)S of Jsoilers, Kiehteen Sizes, ^eppnagilea Kipe jSex Jseileps SeJ^le ]Beileps, Seriical jseileps, Jsase puprjirjg DC afep peafepd Perfect Sash Raising Apparatus. 8*cid -4 osnts postage for Illustrated Cataloeue. GREENHOUSE HEATING 1 STEAM OR HOT WATER. It THE EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DURABILITY It has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE STRAUSS & CO., Washington, say: " r largest size. They don't burn over half the We use eight of I coal we formerly used in our old boilers." .IAS. VICK, Seedsman, Bochester. says: "The Furman Is coal, easy to manage, and bigbly satisfactory." FKED KANST, Supt. Chicago Parks, says; fS^Send for our new Illustrated Catalogue, giving full Informa- lon on modern greenhouse heating. Get our prices before buying •ny Boilers. Address HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y fiis l^mmmm LlnLiiiif Rmerica is "the Proa: of the I/bsseIj thsrB may be more comfort Rmiiships, but u/b are ttiB Erst ta touch Unknown Ssas,'' CHICAGO AMD MEW YORK. DECEMBER 25, 1890. Ho. 134. f LHiiE ik^mm^m IFil®@i!@7 Copyright, i?90, by American Florist Company. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Thursday by The American florist Company. Subscription, Ji.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American FloristH. M H. Norton, BoBton, Mass., president; John Chambers, Toronto, Ont., vice-president: Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass., secre- The seventh annual meetluK at Toronto, Ont., August, ISUI, Florists' Hail Association. Florists* Protective Association !y, on City, Pa. Anaerican ChrysantUeuiuiu Society. CONTENTS. Color 297 A giant fuchsia (with illustration) 2g« I.eavesof advice from a limb of the law . . . .298 Weil arransed wreath (illustration) 30O Various floral designs (illustration) 301 The late Shirley Hibberd (with portrait). . .302 Chrysanthemum Waban (with illustration) . .303 The cineraria 303 Chrysanthemum seed 303 Magnolias 304 Echoes from Philadelphia 304 News notes 304 Awards at exhibitions 304 Catalogue premium oflfers and the lottery law.305 Magnolia stellata (illustration) 305 Color 300 Society of American Florists 336 The seed trade 308 More about advertising 308 Boston 310 New York 312 Chicago 314 A HAPPY New Year to every reader. Many subscriptions e.xpirethis month. Please oblige by renewing promptly, thus lessening the clerical work at this office. It is DOUBTFUL if a more acceptable holiday present could be decided upon for your employes or friends in the trade "than a year's subscription to the Amer- ican Florist. The fifty-two issues for 1891 can be had for one dollar. Following the article on color, of which we print the first installment in this issue, we shall publish some general directions regarding proper and improper combinations of color in the arrangement of flowers and foliage, from the pen of a well know Boston artist. Sometime since the editor of the Am. Florist impressed upon my mind the importance of a correct nomenclature of color with a view to its practical applica- tion in correctly naming and properly classifying the enormous variety of flow- ers now grown, and too, to assist the dealer in cut flowers to appropriately group complementary colors in his designs. The importance of the subject is becom- ing daily more evident. The hybridizing of species has now become almost an exact science; brains and experience are interested in the means, and science and wealth in the results. The use of cut flowers in decoration is now practicalh' universal, and with the expenditure of hundreds and thousands of dollars purchasers have a right to de- mand that refined and aesthetic taste be as well satisfied with beautiful harmonies as they have that the epicurean sense should be gratified with dainty dishes. With this end in view, and further to attempt to bring some order out of the chaos now existing, this article has been prepared. Whatever merit there maj' be in it is due to my masters, M. E. Chev- reul, Director of the Dye Works of Gob- elins; A. F. Church, Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Academy of Arts, London; Robert Ridgway, of the United States National Museum, and John Ruskin, to whom more than to any other do I owe the pleasure I derive from the careful ob- servation of colors, and who has taught me too, that forms and ideas of beauty may be discovered in the most common- place objects. Frequent quotations of sense at least, if not of words are made from their works, and if they be not always credited no one will mistake the thought of the teacher nor the words of the pupil. Endeavoring to improve the nomen- clature of color as applied to our business I deem it necessary to look carefiiUy into the present system; fully realizing this, I have taken the catalogues of three repu- table firms and analyzed the terms used. In each case I have made use of about one thousand of such terms which gives us a full and impartial idea of the present method of describing the color of flowers. In my researches I have tried to keej) my mind wholly on thesubject of color, but at times my eyes would lead my mind to the description of plants, and I have been truly lost in a sea of words, so much so that I was tempted to learn what wiser men had said of words, and found that Addison has said: "Words when well chosen have so great a force in them that a description often gives us a more lively idea than the sight of things them- selves." Dr. S. Johnson has said that, "Lan- guage is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas." I wish, however, that the instrument might be less likely to decay and that signs might be permanent, like the things which they denote. Another says: "Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer nor a proper means of convey- ing clear notions to the reader." Another says: "He that uses many words for the explaining of any subject doth like the cuttle fish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink." And lastly: "Hewho has a superlative for everything wants a measure for the great and small." If the compilers of catalogues would be advised by some of these old sayings they would express more clearly their description of plants and flowers. Many assert that it is necessary to use the great number of terms to express the thousands of shades and tints of flowers. This is absolutely incorrect — discard three fourths of them and our descriptions will be much clearer. With a full realization of the difficulties that will arise in attempting these de- scriptions, we are convinced that the present method can be greatly improved, always bearing in mind that the simplest way is by far the best. Use as few words as possible and see that every word has a meaning. It is necessary to have a clear idea of the most important colors, such as crimson, scarlet, orange, yellow, blue, pur- ple, etc. Also the effect produced by com- bining any two, or the addition ofblack and white to any of them. Then instead of multiplying words by describing a flower as being a most in- tensely brilliant glowing fiery flaming red, a niuch clearer impression will be made on the intelligent readers by calling it an orange scarlet, or possibly a scarlet. By a glance at the list of terms used to express the different tones of white, we find that out of one hundred and thirty- eight attempts thirty-six terms are used. It would take a mind more acute than the average to distinguish the difference between the following terms, all of which are found in the list: white, pure white, clear white, pure snow white, beautiful white, snow white, chaste pure white, lovely white, snowy white. It would be much better to call a flower white when we can distinguish no trace of color in its composition. When wecan detect a color let us use that color as the adjective, for instance, a list like the following would answer all practicable purposes, white, bluish white, pinkish white, yellowish white (or cream white), grayish white, greenish white, lavender white, brilliant white. It may be admitted that the authors wished to express different shades of red when they used the terms crimson, car- mine, scarlet, vermillion, red and rose. i^^ The American Florist. Dec. 2S, These six terms which are capable of ex- pressing so mtich in themselves are men- tioned 1,307 times and by the use of hundreds of ajdjectives are distorted mto four hundred and thirty-six terms; even then this list docs not include brown, maroon, flesh, pink, maRcnta, cherry, amaranth, claret, chocolate, ruby, blush, coral, terra ]cotta and mahogany, of which there are several hundred more. Crimson is mentioned three hundred and seventv-two times while carmme but one hundred and thirty-nine. Both ot these colors are made from cochineal, the latter being the purest and most refined, but when we examine the pigments that are prepared bv the best manufacturers it is not easy to distinguish the difference in tone. Crimson is a little darker while carmine is a little more brilliant. Artists who are working with colors constantly have no trouble in discriminating be- tween the two, not only in tone, but in their peculiar qualities when combined with other pigments. Vermillion we find is seldom mentioned outside of the circle of artists, with them it is a most valuable color. In our list we find it mentioned but fourteen times, with such terms as bright, brilliant, dazzUng, etc. Any of these terras would indicate that the authors intended to describe some tone of scarlet. Would it not simplifv matters very much for us to discard vermillion for the present and let the different shades of scarlet express our idea of that color? (To our mind ver- million is a dull scarlet. ) Blush has been mentioned thirt); tnnes, among these the authors can distinguish thirteen varieties, they tell us ot the pale and faint, the light and deep, the delicate and silvery; we should like to think of them all as being pleasing, but they de- scribe only one as being such. They also tell us of the salmon blush. Would it not be better to describe the kind of pink that is meant, whether it is a yellowish pink, purplish pink, etc., or a light pink, when no other color can be distinguished in its composition? Purple has been used one hundred and forty-six times with thirty -eight varieties; violet, sixty-two with fourteen varieties; lavender sixteen times with three varir eties, and mauve six times with four varieties, all of which are different shades of purple. Now, if we can determine upon a true purple, violet, lavender and lilac, and to each of these shades add the terms light, dark and brilliant we shall have sixteen well defined names to express our ideas If in describing a flower we determine that there is a little more red or blue in purple than is necessary to make a pure purple, lilac or lavender, let us describe it as being so, as reddish purple, bluish purple, etc., this will give us several more expressive terms. Yellow is a color frequently found in flowers. In our list the term is used four hundred and forty-one times with ninety- six varieties. We should recommend the following terms to express the different tones of vellow: dark yellow, yellow, light yellow, very light yellow and yel- lowish white, dark sulphur yellow, sul- phur and light sulphur, dark buff, buff and light buft". The list of terms used to describe the different tones of black should have our careful attention. There are few who will endorse them as being wise terms to use in describing flowers. It may not be necessary or advisable to devote much space to green, but in attempting to de- scribe green do as it is advisable with all colors, mention the color that is prom- inent in its composition, for instance, bluish green, light yellowish green, dark yellowish green, etc. We can not under- stand why the term grass green is given to several different shades of emerald green as known in the artists' pigments. This, however, is frequently done. The lustrous side of the grass that we have before us matches perfectly the sample of olive green that we offer. Possibly it would be well to establish a list of standard greens chosen from well known plants; this would be a compar- atively easy and a very satisfactory manner, as the foliage does not undergo the many changes that we see in flowers. It will prove interesting to examinethe list of "Assorted colors.'' Notice the ex- travagant use of superlatives which might be easily corrected if there be any desire to do so. It would hardly seem wise to describe a floweras containing "Tints seen inasum- mer sunset," and anothei "As if wrapped in a cloud of mist," another as the "Most intense dark rich velvety crimson imag- inable;" these are but three of the many absurd ones that can be found. The word "transparent" is frequently used; flowers are never transparent, but generallv translucent. The face that three of the best known firms in the country generally differ in the terms used to describe well known flowers is ample proof that some method should supplant the haphazard course now followed. How utterly they fail in these attempts may be seen by comparing their description of some of the most popular roses. By one firm the Anna De Diesbach is described as being a "Clear bright car- mine" by another "BrilHant crimson sometimes shaded with bright maroon" and by a third as "Dark rich pink also clear bright rose." Baroness Rothschild, "Silvery white tinted pale blush," by another a "Rich and lovely shade of pale pink," and by a third "Satiny pink." General Jacqueminot, "Brilliant scarlet crimson," by another "Rich velvety scarlet changing to brilHant crimson," and by a third, "Rich crimson color." La France, "Splendid satin rose and silvery rose," by another "Lovely shade of peach blossom changing to amber rose tinged crimson," and by a third "Peach blossom pink." Mabel Morrison, "Pure snow white sometimes tinged with pink," and by an- other "Pure white." Madame Gabriel Luizet, "Fine satiny rose," by another "Clear coral rose, beautifully suffused with lavender and pink," and by a third "Delicate silvery pink." Mrs. John Laing, "Soft pink," by another "Clear bright pink exquisitely shaded," and by a third "Exquisite shade of steel pink." Hermosa, "Light pink," by another "Beautiful clear rose," and by a third "Bright silvery rose." American Beauty , ' ' Deep crimson color, " by another "Dark rich crimson," and by a third "Deep brilliant pink shaded centre rich carmine." Catherine Mermet "Rich salmon pink, also rosv pink," by another "Clear shin- ing pink with delicate shaded amber and fawn centre," and by a third "Clear rosy pink," also "Rich salmonpink." Pierre Guillott, "Bright dazzling crimson passing to carmine," by another "Bright dazzling crimson passing to brilhant carmine," and by a third "Brilliant crimson." Souvenir d' un Ami, "Delicate rose shaded salmon," by another "Deep rosy flesh beautifullv shaded with rich silver rose carmine," and by a third "Dark sal- mon pink, shaded silver." Wm. Francis Bennett, "Most briUiant crimson," by another "Intense dazzUng crimson," and by a third "Most briUiant crimson." Bon Silene, "Deep rose," by another "Deep rose color, sometimes bright rosy crimson, occasiona'ly pale light rose," and bv a third, "Glowing carmine rose." Ma Capucine, "Dark orange color," by another "Golden amber, delicately tinged with peach and fawn," and by a third "Dark orange color tinged apricot." Peries des Jardins, "Rich cream, rich golden shades," by another"Cleargolden yellow, rich and beautiful," and by a third "Grandest yellow." Safrano, "Bright apricot yellow chang- ing to orange and fawn," by another "Bright apricot yellow changing to orange and fawn sometimes tinted with rose," and bya third "Buff tinted apricot vellow." Paul Neyron, "Dark rose," by another "Bright shining pink," and by a third "Clear dark pink shade 1 carmine." Captain Christy, "Deep flesh color," by another "A lovely shade pale peach deep- ening in centre to rosy crimson," and by a third "Delicate flesh color." Magna Charta, "Bright pink suffused with carmine, also deep rose shaded light yellow," and bv another "Clear rosy red beautifully flushed with violet crimson," and by a third "Bright dark pink." Papa Gontier, "Vivid rose color shaded yellow, by another "Bright Cherry red passing to rich glowing crimson." Sweet peas are described as being a "Grand blue," and Pansies as being "Beautiful blue." We have seen both of these flowers with all the shades from a light lavender to the darkest shade of purple, but we cannot call to mind ever seeing them blue. [to be CONTJNl-ED.] A Giant Fuchsia. Our illustration is from a photograph of an immense specimen of the Black Prince fuchsia, grown by florist W. L. Morris of Des Moines, Iowa. The plant is four years old, nine feet high, twent.v- two feet in circumference, trunk eleven inches in circumference, and bore fully 3 000 blossoms at the time the photo- o^aph was taken. We can well believe the statement that the plant was a mag- nificent sight when thus covered with bloom. As shown in the illustration, the "tree" was plantedout in the center bed and the roof will have to be raised to per- mit further upward growth. Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. DUTIES OF WITNESSES, ETC. Ha ha ha! you seem out of place among your flowers this morning. They are enioving the warmth and sunshine while vou look as if a thunder cloud would suit ■your complexion better. Out of hiimor are vou' Well, unbosom yourself. What has happened? Has your boy drowned those delicate imported chrysanthemums? Or has he burned up your coleus? Noth- ing of the kind, hey? Subpoened are you? And right in your busiest part of the season. Well, turn that spray on your own head for a few moments and listen to reason. So you are to be called in to testify as to the value of certain floral decorations furnished by a rival house. iSgo. The American Florist. 299 A GIANT FUCHSIA. Good, that calls for an expert opinion and you have the right to charge for your time. It has taken you years to acquire your knowledge of flowers, decorative plants, etc., and whoever uses your knowledge must pay for it. What you ought to charge? Why, the full value of your time of course. Yes, if you don't mind I'll talk to you about the duties of a witness. Every business man is liable to be called upon to give evidence in a court of justice and he should know something about the law on the subject. Bear in mind that an expert witness is called to "instruct" the court, and that an ordinary witness is merely to inform the court and jury of he facts w ithout the expression of any opinion whatever. The difference is great. As a general proposition I would say to you: Be neither an eager nor an unwill- ing witness, either extreme is bad, and above all don't put any feeling into the matter. What judge and jury want is the facts laid bare of all opinions and speculations. These only serve to befog the jury. 300 The American Florist. Dec. 2=,, WELL ARRANGED WREATH. For instance, if you are asked whether a customer sent for a certain basket of flowers. You answer in the affirmative, the next questionis: Howdo you know? You reply that he left the order with one of your assistants. Now, you perceive you are here testifying to a matter of which you have no personal knowledge. Personal knowledge is a necessary factor in all legal evidence. Everything outside of this is hearsay. Never attend court as a witness unless you are duly subpcenaed and your fee as a witness handed to you. It is your duty then to be present at the opening of court and to remain in attendance until dis- missed by the attorney who calls yon. Both sides have the right to subpcena you, but the same side can not both ex- amine and cross-examine you. A party is bound by the utterances of his witness, still he may prove that his witness was mistaken on any certain point. Before goingtothe stand you are either compelled to make oath or affirm. You ask me what the eifect would be if it turned out the book was not a bible. I answer that it would not invalidate j'our testimony. Some people have an idea that they may legally suppress the truth. That is a great mistake. The maxim is that a suppression of truth is an expression of falsehood. You are entitled to a fee for each day's attendance at court. A physician's certificate will excuse your non-attendance. A sick person, or a per- son about to leave the country may have his testimony taken by what is called a commission, that is the two lawyers attend with an officer appointed to take down the evidence, or else questions are written out and sent to a notary to be put to the witness. You ask whether upon the re-trial of an action the same evidence may be used again. I answer not unless the witness is again present. Then it maj' be read to him and accepted if he makes no addition or explanation. Now the law doesn't expect anything inireasonable of a witness, Jor instance, to remember a date or the words of a conversation ten years after. You may always refresh your mind by looking at any memorandum made at that time. You want me to explain whether a man is bound by his own receipt. A receipt is not absolute evidence, it is liable to be explained away. I need not tell iSgc. The American Florist. 301 VARIOUS FLORAL DESIGNS. you how easy it is for a business man to part with a receipted bill and not get his money. Your messenger is stupid and leaves thereceipted bill. Here is a chance for a dishonest man to try to avoid pay- ment, for you might find it impossible to explain away that receipt. When you are called to prove the cor- rectness etc. of a bill of floral decorations sold and delivered, if you have a keen lawyer he will not permit you to testify to anything more than just enough to make out a case. Don't be in a hurry to answer the plea of the defendant. Wait until he makes known his objections to the bill as ren- dered. That will be time enough to meet them. It will often roil you to hear an honest bill called into question, but keep calm and collected, show no temper. If, how 302 The American Florist, Dec. 25, ever, von know tbroiigli your attorney that the dei'erdant intended to claim that vonr bill lor floral decorations was exor- bitant, then you must have expert wit- nesses on haiid to swear to the value of such merchandise. Your own declara- tion as totheirvaluewillnot be sufficient. In the direct examination your lawyer will not be allowed to "lead" you, that is to put words into your mouth. For instance, not to ask, Didn't tliedetendant say to you that he would pay j'ou five dollars extra if you would arrange the floral decorations on the wall? but to ask What did the defendant say? What did he promise to do? But on cross-examination it is like love and war, everything is fair. The object of a cross-examination is to grind, pul- verize, sift and winnow the direct story as told bj'a witness, and thus to discover whether it is genuine or not, how much is chaff and how much grain, how much sand and how much gold, how much fact and how much imagination. For example, in your story of the floral decorations you will be asked: Did not the delendan't merely say he would try to get you five dollars exfra? A sharp lawver always tries to ruffle a witness' temper, so as to make him talk fast and say more than he ought. Be on the look- out for such treatment. For instance, he will ask: Did you not tell Jones that you intended to "stick" that committee for those floral decorations? Didn't you say to Smith, I have put the price up so as to cover all "divvies?" Don't let these assertions anger you, and yet don't contradict them in too spirited a fashion. That looks bad. Don't reply: It's not my custom to make out a dishonest bill, for that is not "responsive," and you must always be "responsive" when acting as a witness. Nor should you testify to your own business standing, let others do that. Many a case has been lost by a witness striving to be witty or amusing. Don't attempt it. Once upon the witness stand you are part and parcel of the machinery of justice. You may not refuse to answer a question under any pretext except that it would tend to degrade you or render you liable to criminal prosecution. Under our free government no man is called upon to convict himself. To prove an account forgoods sold you must produce your bookof original entry, no other is admissible, and if you didn't make the original entry you must have your clerk present who did. You want to know how old a child must be to give evidence. The old rule was seven years, but now the court will admit the testimony of a child of anj'age, it's all a question of intelligence, and no cast iron rule exists. Where there are two witnesses who swear exactly opposite to each other it is for the jury to make choice. Witnesses are weighed not numbered , and a jury may reject the evidence of three men and accept that of a single woman. If a witness is caught in a single false- hood it damasres his whole testimony, unless of course it is a mere error of memory. A good witness is never too exact. That looks suspicious. Well, 1 have probably given you some ideas which will be useful to you in your business life. Remember the old com- mandment: "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Uncle Blackstone. m , >^ Ihl. jskc^" J ^ - Shirley hibberd, graphs have been sent us bj- subscribers from time to time. We do not endorse all of these designs as models to copy f.om. In fact in many of them we consider that the flowers have been worse than wasted by beingcrowded together and robbed of all their grace and loveliness. But we recognize the fact that when such pieces are demanded the florist must supply them or lose a profitable order, and that it will prob- ably be a very long time before the public in general is sufficiently educated to abjure such monstrosities as for instance the windmill. The florist should endeavor on every possible occasion to elevate the taste of his patrons, and lead them up to an appreciation of the really beautifid, but he can not afford to attempt to force them in the right direction against their wills, as he depends for his livelihood upon his ability and readiness to satisfy his customers. Various Floral Arrangements. We present herewith another group of floral arrangements, of which photo- The Late Shirley Hibberd. In the late lamented editor of the Lon- don Gardeners' Magazine I have lost a very near and dear friend. Our acquain- tance began about thirty-five j'ears ago and we soon became intimate friends of kindred spirit and continued as such till the last. In 1861 when he became editor of the Gardeners' Magazine it had only a few hundred subscribers, but he imbued it with such vigorous new blood, and im- pressed upon it such a pronounced stamp of brilliance, wit, humor, and sarcasm together with an intimate and superior knowledge of practical floriculture and horticulture, that the magazine rose, almost immediately, from its low ebb to a swell tide, and took rank as one of the leading English horticultural weeklies. Mr. Hibberd himself was reflected in every issue — his keen observations, his forensic thought, his jovial wit, and when occas- sion required, his withering sarcasm, Jill were there. Not only was he the editor of a great magazine and the author of many works on garden topics, but he also was an excellent practical cultivator of plants, and an earnest hybridist and experimenter with them. Zonal pelargoniums were one of his hobbies, but most other florist's flowers also received due attention. His collection of ivies was the most complete in the world, and his monograph on ivies is a very valuable book. He was likewise much interested in growing and testing vegetables— potatoes especially. The varieties of potatoes known as Alpha, Model, Sextus, and Champion were named by Mr. Hibberd from among a collection of twenty varie- ties that I raised from seed and sent to him for trial. [ohn Thorpe. Well Arranged Wreath. The wreath illustrated was arranged by C. B. Whitnall & Co., of Milwaukee, and we are indebted to them for the use of the engraving. The arrangement is cer- tainly very graceful and cftective, and we feel assured that those of our subscribers who have been asking for illustrations of well arranged examples of designs most commonl}' called for, will find a useful suggestion in the wreath shown. J 8 go. The American Florist, 303 CHRYSANTHEMUM WABAN Chrysanthemum Waban. This is a new double pink after style of Kobt. Crawford but more double, more incurved and broader petals. Awarded certificate at Philadelphia in November last. The Cineraria. In your December 11 issue of the Ameri- can Florist you quote a note of Mr. J. Douglas' from the Gardeners' Chronicle. Mr. Douglas gives a very interesting ac- count so far as the cultivation of it in England is concerned, but there is a sen- tence or two in it that I think requires qualifying. It is an old saying that dgc- tors often differ, but in this casethe differ- ence in climate might be the cause of our opposite views on the culture of the The first sentence to which I refer is growing cinerarias from offsets of the old plants after the}' are through flowering. Now it would lie almost impossible for them to survive our summer heat. Here the most successful way to grow them is from seed sown anytime from the latter part of July until the middle of August. If sown during this time you can have a very good showing by the middle of Feb- ruary, providing you give them anything like good treatment. The seeds should be sown on the same plan as most annuals are. A cold frame in a somewhat shady place would be the most desirable position forthemtogermi- natein. After they have madeoneortwo leaves, they might be potted into small pots and set back into the cold frame again keeping them a bit close for a day or two until they revive from the check, which they may receive. After this they can be uncovered on all favorable days, ex- cepting in very severe storms, until about the time we are going to have a frost, then it is advisable to bring them into the cool greenhouse where a temperature of 40° to 45° is maintained. Here they are very liable to get infested with green- fly, but a mild fumigation with tobacco stems two evenings a week will be a pre- ventive of any increase of it. You must give close attention to the foremost growing plants, never allowing them to get pot bound until you have put them into their flowering pots; then after they are well rooted a watering about three times a week of liquid manure will help them greatly to make the flower scapes more perfect. When they are through flowering it will be found cheaper to throw the old plants away than to trouble otherwise. Summit, N.J. Peter MacDonald. Chrysanthemum Seed. To ripen chrysanthemum seed, give the plants all the sun possible, keep the tem- perature about the same as for roses and in watering avoid wetting the blooms. The seed must be set either by insects or hand, this is done by dustingthe stigmas with pollen, these are thickly studded all over the center of the flowers, besides one at the base of each petal, tubelike petals can be gently torn open to reach it. Many kinds ripen their pollen before the stigmas are ready to receive it, this gives us and the bee-fly a chance to do some crossing. Perfectly double flowers make very little pollen, and the stigmas are so hidden amongthe petals that they do not set seed without artificial aid 304 The American Florist. Dec. 2s unless till- petals are cut oft" sliort, and not always then. Early varieties begin to ripen seed about tlie middle of December. The seed can be sown as soon as ripe. It docs not take long to germinate. Ricn.\Ki> B.\GG. Bridgcton, N. J. Magnolias. Among hardy deciduous shrubs for flo- rists' use there is a bright future for some of the magnolias. Not only are they in- dispensable as outdoor hard}' shrubs, but for forcing as we do Hlacs or deutzias, and the only thing that stands between them and general use is their, as yet, com- parative scarceness. The most eligible kinds for forcing are M. stellata (Halleana of some growers) and M. conspicua (Yulau) and M. obo- vata and their varieties and hybrids. These are deciduous species, hardy, free flowering, show}' and among the earliest plants to bloom in spring; they set their flower buds the year before and after a decided rest are on the qui vive for the first best of balmy spring weather to rush into bloom. Such susceptible plants are always easily forced. But they are too valuable to force and then as soon as they have done blooming pitch them out as one would a deutzia. If kept in good condition they can be forced every second year. Among white flowers what could be more showy than Magnolia conspicua in winter? Magnolia stellata is ^ very bushy , dwarf species from Japan, and one of the easiest totransplant. Itsflowersare white, very abundant, fragrant, somewhat small compared with magnolias generally, and the petals after a few days become re- flexed. It is the earliest to bloom of all the magnolias, opening its flowers here in the second week of April and long before the leaves appear on the bushes. Plants only a foot high bloom freely. Magnolia conspicua or Chinese Yulan is a much larger plant and has stiff", up- right, pure white, large fragrant blos- soms that appear about the middle of April. The waxy petals are easily dam- aged outdoors by wind or rain storms, but under glass their purity and perfection are assured. Magnolia obovatais a Japanese species and the one so common in old gardens, although beautiful in its way, it is, in my opinion, so far behind Soulangeana, Lennei, speciosa and other of its off"- spring, that I would give these the preference. Magnolia parviflora is a delightful species, but later blooming and too ex- pensive to handle in quantity. Its vari- ety(?) "minor" has the same advantages and disadvantages. Magnolia Kobus is of no use; it is exceedingly shy and its blooms are small. Our native M. glauca and its variety Thompsoniana bloom a little later and are neither profuse nor showy enough for greenhouse work. The large leaved magnolias M. umbrella and M. macrophylla are splendid out of doors, but too big for the greenhouse; and the same is the case with the rare and grateful M. hypoleuca from Japan. By the way, this species hypoleuca, blooms abundantly with us every year. Out of all question are M. Fraseri and M. acuminata for they are timber trees; and although M. cordata also assumes the proportions of a middle sized tree, it blooms while quite a small bush, and it blossoms twice a year, but its flowers are not showy. Magnolia grandiflora, the grandest species of the genus, is only at home out doors and in the south. Next to M. prrandiflora ranksM.Campbellii,a species indigenous to the high mountains of Sikkim and Bhotan, but it is not hardy here and seems to be ill at ease under any circumstances. We have it but bring it indoors into a pit over winter. The delicious little Magnolia fuscata is a favorite garden shrub in the southern states and greenhouse plant in the north. W. F. RecuS Rote*. Soi'TH Framingham, Mass. — W. S. Phelps & Son the florists are settling under an assignment. Vernon, Texas.— C. A. Weddigen has started a florist business here with two greenhouses 10x60 each. Toronto, Ont.— There was a large at- tendance at the monthly meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club held on the 10th inst, and a long list of applications for membership was considered and ac- cepted. A special meeting will be held later in the month. San Francisco— Attheregularmonthly meeting of the California State Floral Society, held on the 12th inst., the Cali- fornia golden poppy was selected as the state flower. The managing committee of the recent chrysanthemum show re- ported that a surplus of $227 would re- main after the payment of the premiums. The chrysanthemum will be discussed at the next meeting. Baltimore.— At the meeting of the Flo- rists' and Gardeners' Club held the Sth inst., Mr. John Donn read an excellent essay entitled "Chrysanthemums; their propagation and subsequent treatment." The report on the recent chrysanthemum show announced total receipts of $1,376.- 15, and a balance after paying all ex- penses, of $535.47. It was suggested that the club give a two-days show next spring and action upon same will be taken at next meeting. Cairo, Illinois.— The Ohio and Mis- sippi Horticultural Society met at the Halliday House Decembers and adopted a resolution to disband. The society was composed of fruit-growers from Tennes- see, Kentucky, Missouri and Southern Illinois, with Thomas Buckle of Villa Ridge, 111., president, and Dr. Dubois of Cobden, 111., secretary. The purpose is to organize in its stead a Southern Illinois Society, to be under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Society. Buffalo.— At the last meeting of the Florists' Club, held on the 9th inst. the principal event of the evening was the presentation of an elegant gold watch to Secretary Daniel B. Long by the other members of the club. The presentation address was made by President Scott, in which he said that the club felt itself deeply indebted to Mr. Long for the in- terest he had shown in the club and its undertakings and in the time he had given to the getting-up of the late flower show to the neglect of his own business. The members in making this presentation, he said, were only recognizing in a small way the obligation they were under to him. Mr. Long replied that he had done the work gladly and without any thought of the cost. He was deeply interested in the profession and was willing to do what he could to push it forward. A spirit of liberality was, he felt, as necessary to success as it was a pleasure to those engaged in the business. Echoes From Philadelphia. Robert Alphabet Kift has topped the score so far on the new bowling alley. He now swings to the tune of 211— two hundred and eleven! The crops of Hybrid roses have not been satisfactory -up to date this year. One crop of Mr. Lemuel Ball's is quite over. Some of them were good flowers, but the majority of them were comparatively short in the stem, and were not perfect in form. Most of the florists who had to sell them over the counter were very much disheartened with them. The variety was Mrs. John Laing. It seems to be useless to attempt to force this rose very early for this market, for, unless it is managed very nicely it will not give grower, retailer, or customer much satis- faction. There is only a limited demand for high-priced roses, apparently, here before Christmas. Mr. John Burton's first and second batches were not nearly so good as they were last year. Mr. tVeorge Anderson expects to have a house in for the holidays. There is more demand for Mme. Cusin and Mme. deWatteville than formerh'. It took "Cusin" some time to make the desired impression on conservative Phila- delphia, but it seems now to be a fixed favorite for some time lo come. Some fine Mme. Hostes are being cut by several growers, but there seems to be a disposition to frown upon it by some of the city florists. It is ideal in form, but the trouble seems to be with the color. Its being;a new rose may have something to do with the prejudice that there seems to be against it. The greatest novelty for Christmas presents from a horticultural point of view this year are some miniature trees from Japan, a species of arbor-vita? and pine. H. A. Dreer and Evans & Battles had them, and verv unique and beautiful they are. Growers can not saj- "no sun" this season, for it has been the brightest December that can be remembered by those who take note of these matters. Consequently the indications are in favor of a fair supply of flowers for Christmas. Amongst carnations "Grace Wilder" is still the favorite. J. W. Colflesh still grows "Mrs. Cleveland "and "Century," but he has had to part with La Purite. August MuUer speaks very highly of " Wm. Swayne " asa good flower and an abundant bloomer. He likes it better than "Peter Henderson." John Savage has "Hinze's White" looking fine, so also are his Grace Wilders. Bilger & Company have as fine a lot of carnations as one could wish to see. Thos. Butler speaks highly of Portia. The demand for carnations seems to be continually on the increase, and this does not surprise us for it is second only to the rose for gen»'ral usefulness. L. Awards at Exhibitions. Is it not rather painful to the readers of the Florist to see this squabble over the prize on standard flower pots awarded at the late Boston exhibition continued, even if in the advertising columns? Only one could win the prize. I have never bought any pots of Hews & Co., but I do not see the least reason why they should not be able to make as good standard ware as The Whilldin Pottery Co. Would it not be best to let bygones be bj'gones, and for the S. A. F. or any other organization holding an exhibition to take steps to prevent any recurrence i8go. The American Florist. 305 MAGNOLIA STELLATA: FLOWERS WHITE. WITH YELLOW ANTHERS. [reproduced prom GARDENERS' CHRONICLE ] of a like trouble. Let me suggest here a tew rules which it might be well to adopt. 1. Thefirst day of theexhibition should be set aside for the judges to make their awards. Nobody but the judges to be admitted. 2. No names of exhibitors should be attached to their exhibits until the prizes have been awarded. 3. No appeal should be permissible after an award has been made. Any growler who takes his growls before the public should be forever debarred from competing for a prize again. I do not think it necessary to comment on any of these rules for their merits must be obvious. I would further sug- gest that the S. A. F. authorize cards to be printed, on which are given the stand- ard measurements of standard flower pots, said cards to be sent for a consider- ation to all who apply to the secretary of the society for them. Not onh- should the inside measvirements be agreed upon, but also the width of the rims should forever be uniform. I find these rims a great aid in counting pots. All I have to do is to pile them up in columns of equal height and multipy the number of columns by the number of pots in one. If any brother florist can improve on my :ions let us hear from him. Chas. Everdixg. Catalogue Permiums Offers and the '•Lottery Laws." Ed. Am. Florist: — If newspapers con- taining advertisements offering prizes, gifts, etc. or even publishing the names of those receiving such prizes, are not allowed through the mails, what will be done with florists" catalogues containing such offers? Will they not also be shut out? Is it not time (if not already done I for catalogue men to look the matter up, as many thousands of dollars may be wasted by the sweeping ruling of the postal authorities in their attempt to enforce the "Lottery Laws." I have seen no reference to the matter in the Florist and thought it might be well to get those posted to throw some light on the matter at once for the general benefit. Again the thought occurs, is not the premium business overdone? Why not mark the goods at a fair price and dis- jjcnse with premiums? One firm tries to outdo the other in premium offers, till the goods are almost given awaj-. Many re- tail catalogues offer rates, premiums de- ducted, that are much lower than ordin- ary wholesale rates for same stock by same firm. W. .\. Harkett. ' Dubuque, la. 3o6 The American Florist. Dec 2j, Sub-.cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, lo Cents n Line, Agate; Inch. S1.40; Column, SM.oo. Cash with Order. No Special Position Guaranteed. Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; a6 times. 30 per cent; 52 times, 30 per cent. No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Department of the amkuican wares pertaining to those lines o'm.y. Please to remember It. Orders lor less than one-hall inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach us by Monday to secure Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. COLOK. In this issue we give the first instalment of a ven- interesting and vahiable article upon color, by Mr. H. H. Battles. The article is the result of several years' care- ful stud v of the subject, undertaken at our request and as will be noted it has been prepared with special reference to the colors of flowers. That it contains information of very great value to every member of the craft we are fully assured and we trust that every reader will avail himself of this opportunity— never before presented in a horticultural publication to acquire some familiarity with the sub- iect of the article. It must be admitted that as a class we are lamentably at sea in our color-nomenclature; possibly not more so than many other classes, but in our work exactness is more a necessity than in that of most others. We consider the article on color as one of the most important we have ever been privileged to lay before our readers and believe that it will be appreciated as a Christmas pre- sent of decided value. In accordance with our suggestion Mr. Battles has also prepared a chart of colors, in which 234 colors and shades of color are given in dyed fabrics, water or oil colors, each carefully named, the nomenclature conforming as nearly as possible to the popidar idea of colors as ascertained by careful investigation and comparison. This chart Mr. Battles has also sent us. We aim to use it in some way to benefit our readers, but just how- has not yet been decided. At one time we intended to select a number of the principal colors and shades of color used in the descriptions of flowers for a chart, have the same lithographed in colors and publish it as a supplement to the Ameri- can Florist. Unfortunately the accuracy which is demanded to make the chart of real value can not be secured except by running the sheet through the press as many times as there are colors or shades of color to be shown, which would make the expense enormous. But the great value to the whole trade of such a chart may induce us to incur even so heavy an expense if we can find no more economical wav of securing the accuracy which we positively must have. As to the con- venience and itnportance of a standard which would always be at hand for refer- ence, certainly no question will be raised. Did vor ever, while travelling by rail in the summer time, and especially in the spring, note the immense number of difler- ent shades of green in the foliage of the trees by which you passed ? If not, next time you travel through a wooded counti-j', do not fail to watch carefully and endeavor to count the difiercnt shades of green that meet your eye. And if you have not before given thought to the matter, you will be amazed at the apparently endless number of differing shades. Then you will realize that in the arrangement of foliage there are con- trasts of color as well as contrasts of form. Do YOU mention this paper when you answer an advertisement? The Florist is read and paid for by every live man in the trade and really pays the advertiser; but does he know that this paper does the work when you as a buyer fail to tell him so? Will you, kind reader, do us a good turn, which perhaps we deserve for doubling the issues of your paper, by say- ing every time you write, that you saw the adv.' in the American Florist. Every florist in America whose trade is worth having is on the subscription list of the American Florist and receives this paper regularly. Society of American Florists. The following letter has been received by President Norton: M. H. Norton, Esq., Vice-President Society of American Florists, My Dear 5r>.-— The members of the family of the late Mrs. Francis B. Hayes desire me to smcere appreciation ot your sympathy in her loss, so fitting!}- expressed in the chaste and most choice floral tribute sent to her funeral. Sincereh', Wm. Power Wilson. Boston, Dec. 13, '90. ITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. pany order. Plant adve. not the rate of 10 cents tlon. Cash must aei admitted under this head. situation wanted- , Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. SITUATION WANTBD-By a first class gardener and florist who at present has charge of one ot the largest private places in this sta" - prize chrysanthemums. State wages. careC. F. Kummell, i:SO Re Grower of Iress h K, Hartfo'd.Conn. SITUATION WANTBD-By a first class florist: single; temperate; thoroughly posted in all branches-foreman In present position. Desires a change Expert designer and decorator. Good cut w ANTBD-Twoorthr. w ANTED— Foreman and propagator, middle age. single habits good, good recommends required, wages. A i;, care Am. Florist. W^ w ANTBD-Salesman. one wi edge of greenhouse and o I particulars to Hoi P O. Box Kil, New Y( L thorough know W ANTED-Gardener. married, qualitled man with satisfactory references, to lake charge of a flrat cla^s country place, cold and hot graperies. Kuse houses, etc. an important feature. Address THOKiiURN, 15 John street. New York. W^ TfOR SALE- address reenhouae, each j.OCO. best of reasons given. LocR Box yS, Beardstown, 111. F^CDF=? >.A.I_] plied by uses built within three years; Iter works;three miles from tow tion 250.000; on line of two railroads; good shipping facilities. Small capital required. Houses well stocked with plants for cut flowers. One of the best places In the country for growing cut tt-wers, such as violets, etc. Good reason for selling. J. D Jarrett, Woodville, Allegceny Co., Pa. good established ).a.l_e:. im, 100 hotbed sashes, 3-room house with cellar, 8 wagons, horses; addri under liberal cc H H. care ; street on city lines. Good reason for iitions. For particulars. ■ican Florist, Chicago. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers In CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SrKCI.\LTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. A very large stock ol young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large stoclc of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES ■J-inoli, best varieties. 100 or 1000. MARGCERITES; PETUNIAS; ABUTILON GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA; CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVV; GERMAN IVY; CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. Write for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITir, MO. II THE RAINBOW. Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. i8gc. The American Florist. 307 THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 241h Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, AEd tho Choicest ROSES for the fall and winter season. Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. BBTABLISHED 1877. Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30th St., new YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive pron HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St.. NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West 30th Streiet, EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29th St., NEW YORK. (next door) with increased resources and facilities I am now prepared to lurnish at short notice and in any quantity, selected Roses of every variety, also all other flowers in market. American Beauty, Iia France, The Bride, Uermet, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WRITE FOR PRICE LI.ST. Return telegrams sent when orders or part of BURNS & RAYNOR, WH0LE8ILE FLORISTS, XI -West SisJtli (St., WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 133 Mason Street. Milwaukeb. Wis. oPei)aPc MariCetA. BOSTON. Dec Rosei, BonSilene ;; NiphetoB .:::::::::.::::.Sg§l!S.88 :: ^a^P^a^ce^.''.'!^.'.;:: :::::::::::::::2o.o§l:'o:w ^falley Roman hyacinths ::::::::::::::• i:S Asoarairus niuniosus Roses, Beauties ' ''''".nnn Hybrids " Mermets. Brides::;: " Hostes, Wattevilles :-;::::::;;;;;IIIE •• Perles.Niphetos... Valley i;t8g ?!»rg|,1e::::: :■ :::::::::::::::''.iJ§l'*':* Bo»e«, Bon Sllene N,W YOBK, Dec. 22 :::::::::::::::i2oo@woo Penes, Sunsets " Niphetos Mermets. Brides.... " ^e-'nrii"'''*^"''"'' :::::::::::::::Voo|!2w Roman hyacinths, narclssu Mignonette Roses, Perles, Niphetos.... CHICAGO. Dec 24 :: rn^'e'fs'Jl'aFranee .■.■.■.■.■.•.■.•.■.■.•.•.W's.oolio'.oo " Am. Beauties Carnations, short .•.•..■.■.■.:::::::::HiS .■.::;:.-.::::::::ISSIi-§g Carnations, long, fancy.... ValTe'y'!.^."'!''.""" ::::::::::::::: Loot 5:00 Gut Flowers I Florists' Supplies -^WHOLESALE. A large stock of ROSES. LILY of the VAT.LEY, VIOLETS, CARNATIONS. ASPARAGUS, HYACINTHS and other standard flowers for the HOLLY AND JIISTLETOE, of best quality, by the Case or in large quantities at low prices. CALDWELL'S LONG NEEDLE PINES, P.ALM LE-AVES, MAGNOLIA BRANCHES, ETC , Constantly on hand. WM. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., BOSTON. MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express ■WHOLESALE FLORISTS, a specialty of shipping c other Flowers, carefully packed, to all points 1 Wes'ern and Middle State Izcmediately when tt E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) A.11 I<*lo-«v-^rs In Se'^soxx. Full line of FLOKI.ST.S' .SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BBOS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington All Cut Flowers in season ALL SUPPLIES. Orders promptly shipped. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OFEIT NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS. ■W1E,E IDESIGITS IIT STOCK GRESEMZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Niglits !> P. M.i Sundays 2 P. M. WHOLESALE FLORIST 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission /T\erchant? CUT F 237 Chestnut Stree Consignments Sollclte shipping. Meut G, E, & S, S, PENNOCK, WHOLESSLE FLORISTS, 38 S. 16lh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, ■»^ WHOLESALE ^^ Commission Dealer in Gut Flowers, 1225 Market St.. ST. LOUIS. MO. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^ WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS 1122 I'IITE; ste.eet, ST. r^ouis, jvxo. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C, O. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby telegraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. 3o8 The American Florist. Dec. 25^ SRa ^«ec} lIrQ4e. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCvLLOUGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; JOHN FOTTLER, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, 1S91. More About Advertising. Editor American Klorist:— The receipt to-day of Printer's Ink for December 17, wherein is reprinted in lull our article en- titled "Some Facts and Figures," to- gether with the complete tabulated state- ment of the returns from forty-eight papers, taken from the American Florist of November 5, reminded us that there are several explanations which we should make relative to this self-same table. Right here permit us to say that the writer has been considerably criticised for preparing for publication any such list or table of returns. One advertising agent tells us that wherever he goes soliciting seed advertising he is confronted with this table, and that in one case where he ex- pected an advertisement for Popular Gardening the seedsman, on looking up the list, said: "Why, that cost Mr. Burpee apparently $1.32 for every appli- cant; altogether too high." Now it is iust such misunderstanding of the table that we wish to prevent, for we would not intentionally do any first-class paper an injustice. None of the papers have complained to us about the publication of the statement, but two others have in- quired why we omitted their names from the list. To these we replied, for the very good reason that the publication of the figures showing the apparent cost of these two mediums would necessitate a very lengthy explanation and might work to their disadvantage. Now for fear of like reaction to the injury of such excellent papers as Popular Gardening, Orchard and Garden, Ohio Farmer and American Cultivator, in none of which is the ap- parent cost less than $1.21 per applicant, we think we should enter upon this ex- planation. All advertisers know that the readers of some papers are more thoroughly trained and more continually urged by the publishers to name that paper in writing to advertisers, but further than this, in such a case as the paper first named. Popular Gardening, (oiiENTIIM. Anysizefnim AZ,Al,KAS. 4 to (ilnch pots, in bud. CLKMATIS CKI9PA. 100 delivered free on receipt otjl 00. Kor prices write for our wholesale price list. JAMES M. LAMB, Fayetteville, N. C. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON. HILLEGOM, HOLLAKD. HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for crices. Onr new Bull) Catalogue Is now ready. Will be mailed free on application Vegetable Seeds for Market Gardeners. Flower Seeds and Bulbs for Florists. Our reputation among the critical Market Gardeners of this country, for having varieties and strains specially adapted to their wants, is second to none. Our new Florists' and Market Garde LIST is the best and most complete 1 Write for it on your printed letter-heac show you ■s' WHOLESALE PRICE of its kind ever sent out. r enclose business card to Our Horticultural and Poultry Supply ; complete and can be had for the asking. JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217 and 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mention American Florist. TUBEROSE BULBS. Best stock in several years. Send for sample and prices, staling quantity wanted. Reliable I'.albs, free from disease, at lowest prices. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. J. A. DE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. SPECIAL OFFER OI' FORCING BULBS. Without Engagement. double, per 1,000, $32.10; lU nearly white, ting. Dark I Oranne Phoenix ("Egus e white and orange one of the best Von 8ion. the double yellow DalTodil, mixed, for forcing. In best sorts, for forcing 1.000S20.CO; Polyantlu " • us, Chinese 1 per 1,0(»,$I6 00; Sacred (irand Prime, white... Grand Soleil d'Or, yell. Lilium Batcniannl Candidum. (home grown), very large Harrisii. 5x7 1 Harrlsii. 4x5 Longifloruui I Poiuponlui Amaryllis, Sarnien "-"---.purpurea. .Sft.bearingnum- ..per 1.000. £loXo;'5.0O Nerine..each 15c., Vittata hybrids, large bulbs. Zephryrantbes flowering, spl( Calla Richardia alba maculata, extra large, selected bulbs.... Crinum Capense albo, large bulbe Cyclamen Persicum, first size bulbs granditJorum »lba, home grown Freesia refracta Freesia Leichtltni major, home grown; Gladiolus (Gandavensis Seedlings), large selected bulbs per lOCO Brenchleyensis. dazzling scarlet $^ to a Various shades of scarlet and crimson.. ') CO All colors, finest mixed . O.ialis, i bride," Vhi (English) mixed.. 00 030 carnea (flesh color). 2.00 0 m Sparaxis, finest mi.Yed. fur cutting 1 TO 0.20 Tritonla Crocata, mixed for pots 2 00 0-30 Tuberoses, "Pearl," extra size. per 1000, $10 00; 1 50 0.30 PI.ANTS FOR FORCING, ETC. Deutzia Gracilis, white, for forcing. Wellesley mew), white, Hj'clrangea Fanieulata Graiidil strong. 2 to 3 ft Llly-of-the-ValUy. true Berlin Syrs. old. per original case of 250O, S per 10,000, »'J5 OU per 1000. $10.00 Lyciu 25 00 "12.00 I;' ,. 1.50 brilliant red fruit in wirter, rapid grower in any soil, perfectly hardy. strong plants 25 00 4.10 Rhododendron Cunninghami, white, fur forcing, strong plants with buds 40 CO COO Roses, "Persian Yellow," extra hardy, semi-double, one of the best.... 20.00 3 00 Madam George Bruaut (new), white, Kugosa-like, fine bud, hardy.... 20 CO 3 00 Spiraea aruncus. splendid for forcing.. 15. 00 2.50 Japonlca, strong clumps, per 1000, $40.00; 5 00 0 !« Pall ■" "" " "" Syrlnga (Lilac), Charle feet 25 00 4 00 FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION OIF j!V]SffEIiIC-A-, 3IO The American Florist. Dec. 2S, Boston. Trade in Christmas greens of all de- scriptions has been very brisk this year. Mistletoe, both domestic and imported, has in consequence of more careful atten- tion to packing arrived in much better condition than he.etofore, Holly has been generally of good qual- ity, well berried, notwithstanding the unfavorable reports from some of the holly sections. Long needle pines are gaining rapidly in favor. They have had an uphill job since their first introduction into this market a few years ago, but are now accepted and demanded as a leading article in decorative stock, not for Christ- mas alone, but for large decorations of all descriptions duringthewintermonths. There has been a largely increased de- mand for small berry bearing plants, especially the scarlet fruited varieties such as' ardisias, solanums, etc., well iurnished plants selling at sight regard- less of price. Diminutive orange trees, bearing fruit, have also been in great demand but difficult to find. The most unsatisfactory feature of the holiday business this year has been the very general and serious delays on all the freight lines. Complaints come from all sides, and many have been the disap- pointments and annoyances to both wholesalers and retailers. During the week preceding Christmas week while the greater part of the eastern half of the United States was deep buried in snow, Boston was entirely exempt. It was a singular and somewhat humorous condition ot things to receive here in Boston, while the streets were dry and the skies clear, telegrams from North Carolina and Virginia, hundreds of miles to the southward, stating that it was impossible to fulfil mistletoe contracts on account of the heavv snow drifts. W. T. S. ROSE HILL NURSERIES, New Rochelle. N. Y. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, HAKDV PLANTS, CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Unestablished Odontoglossums. Splendid plants, per. 100, »35, with full directions for mountme and cultivating. ^«««'^fjr^?t t\SPeVi!.?,'peT?liril?=l.'"' ""'- BRACKENRIDGE & CO., Established 1854. Govanstown, Md. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. W x*it© foi* o»xr- I^i-ioe Xjist. FREDERICK MAU, P.O. 1322. SOUTH OKANGK, N..J. FOR SALB. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. Write for prices ou any which you have see in previous issues and would like. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. CXIXOA.GK>. NtW GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. VAUGHAN'S*^l^lor»i«^t«» Sot" FOR 1891. We have secured a set of TEN from representative American hybridizers. We have put the price within the reach of every florist who owns a hundred feet of glass. Let us have a Fall show in every city in '91. There is no advertising equal to it. Read the names of those who have each contributed specimens worthy of their reputation and which we are willing to stand behind. Beacon (Fewkes & Son) White; Chas. Henderson (T. H. Spaulding) Gold bronze; Clara James (W. K. Harris) White, pink tint; Mermaid (Fred Dorner) Pink; J. C. Vaughan (John Thorpe) Crimson; Mrs. A. Rogers (Siebrecht & Wadley) Yellow; Louis Boelimer (P. Henderson & Co ) Pink; Fremont (Fewkes & Son) Yellow; Shen- andoah (Robert Craig) Crimson, yellow center; Waban (Fevfkes & Son) Pink. A complete range of color. Full descriptions on application. Ttie 10 for *«»S.<>t> A.pril 1st: B®"A postal card TO-DAY will booK your order.— "A cure for hard times " J. C. VAUGHAN, w^^^Flos CHICAGO. DREER'S MAMMOTH VERBENA SEED. iTer is selected with especial reference to bright and COBEA SCANDENS peroz. $.75 SMILAX SEED per pound, $12.00; per oz. i.oo CENTAUREA CAN Dl DISSIMA . per 10:0 seeds, .50 GYMNOCARPA.peroz Si; " .50 Preliminary Flower Seed List to the trade of seasonable seeds now ready; mailed Iree to the trade. HENRY ft. DREER, PHILflDELPHIfl. VERBENAS 50,000 READY TSOVT. 50 VARIETIES. strong plants, 21^.inch pots $! 50 per 100; $23 00 per 1000 Hooted Cuttings 100 " 8.00 Our Verbenas this year are the tlnest we have ever grown. :Pfc» ieua.st: or AHld^-w. Packed light, and satisfaction guaranteed. Sample on receipt of25ct8. J L DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. VERBENAS. STKDNi; AN'I) HEALTHY. Ready for immediate shipping. Per 100 1 leneral Collection, Slii-inch pots J3.00 i.\ Mammoth Bet, 2^'incb pots 4 00 " Rooted Cuttings 1.25 J25 00 30.00 10.00 Violets M. Louise, rooted cuttings Heliotrope In variety, rooted cuttings. Coleusin variety, rooted cuttings WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO.,) FISHKILL, N. Y. Verbenas Now Beady ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE. Per 100 Per 1000 Mammoth.strong, 2;-in. pots . . $4.00 $35.00 General Collection, 2!<-in pots . . . 3.00 25,00 Address J. Q, iBtxrro-w, IMPROVED GIANT VERBENAS. By five years of high culture and careful selection I have obtained ' florist should sow It. Per trade pkt. 25 cts.; 3 pkti 60 cts ; 6pkt8.,»1.00. JOHN F. HUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY and CLEAN stock per 1000 S25.00 S2.7S CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed 2-iuch 3.00 GERANIUMS, 20 good salable vars., 2-iu. . . 3.00 Mad. Salleroi, 2 in 3,00 CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds 2.50 MOON VINES (Iporacea Noctyplyton) 21u . . 3.00 ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2\i-in 4.00 COLEUS. best varieties, 2-iu 2.50 HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2Hin 3.00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS, 2-in 3.00 Address N. s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence Is well located for shipping, being TO CLOSE THEM OUT F^or Oaislx. Perl Abutilon Eclipse, 3-inch, - f6.50 Manettia bicolor, 2>^-inch, - 5 00 " " 3-inch, - - 9.00 Portia and Alegatiere Carnations, strong, in 4-inch pots, fine for benching, - - - - 6 00 New Geraniums and Chrysanthemums. Association Flora, Bosl(oop, Holland. Lane's Mountain View Greenhouses, NOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Pao- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address P. OUWEBKERK, P.O. Box 1845, NEW YORK CITY. n.tr"rij.a.ivx>, ■VT. SEKD FOR A COPY or OUB KEW- TRADE DIREGTORY AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. The American Florist. 311 Ghrysanthemums. "TttE WORLD'S FAIR SET." 3 ing neither qualed set. ■ of the leading city of this country, we have named them in honor of our represent- ative citizens:-FERD W. PECK, or G»LL1A. and I. V. FARWELL. or W. N. RUDD. were two of the set of six seedlings that took the $ioo prize at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of Philadelphia, who has originated some of our 6nest varieties. CYRUS H. Mccormick was raised by Jamieson, and is one of the finest of the present year's nov- elties. The remaining eight are the XXX selec- tions of 1800 seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing them with the diflerent sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GifiE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red. Wheeler type. 1. V. FARWELL. Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper, CYRUS H. Mccormick, Dark deep yellow, shaded bronze red. ANDREW McNALLY. exhibition. POTTER PALMER. White, seedling from L. Can- ning, very ' FERD W. "CHAS.' H. bloomer. ROBT. A. WALLER. Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES. Bright scarlet and gold, fil PECK. Rosy pin WACKER. Crimsc fine fine exhibition scarlet, profuse ase white, fine for MARTIN A. RYERSON. An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. SET OF 13 FOR S6.00. Orders booked for the above and also loo o( the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. 'Get the best, grow 'the best, and keep up with the times," is our motto. PERFECTLY FREE FROM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings. Mammoth strain, per 100 $3; per 1000 525. Rooted cuttings of same, loo $i; looo $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2;Mnch, $3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. zH-inch $4 00 per 100. Adianturas Cuneatum, Decorum and Gracilli- mum, 5-inch, strong. $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. single, per 100 $S.no. Obconica, per 100 $6.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica. sinch Ji-oo, 4-inch $3.03 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes, Bri^ Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, $ per 100 or $35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, ?6.oo per ico $50.00 per 1000. II. P.'s. our choice, $5 per 100 or S40 per loot GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. EXHIBITION Ghrysanthemums OXJR IVI5>^^ SE>a^. YONITZA, ARISTINE ANDERSON, ALCAZAR, OETA, ROBERT FLOWERDAY. I«es*ci>^ for I5istril3Cxtioi:i JMsaroli 1st. 167 West Maumee Street, NflTHftN SMITH & SON. The PRIZE Winners of 1890, in three sets. Send for list:. TERRE HAUTE, IND. Mention American Florist, Foreign Grape Vines for Graperies. Splendid one and two year old Vines, true to prices mailed on application. HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St.. Philadelpliia. PLANTS AND ROOTED CUTTINGS. iver 10 varieties, flL- . - 2-lnch pots, per 100, $3 00; per 1000, J25 00. ^L's' o< varieties on application. Includes Mme. ballerol. SOGrevUlea robnsta. ■ ■ ' *" '" ■" ~ "°° _' White, MC.KlnK.SOGarfleld, ,. larpe plants, per: Rooted cuttings ot;^these Carnations nary Per 100, SI 00; per 1000. $7.00. h„=i.iw Rooted cuttings of Alternantheras, red and yellow, per 100, 50 cts.; per 1000. f 4 M. =n„„„rt Adlantums. 60 cuneatum, 50 gracilhmum. 50 mixed, 5.in?h pots. Die plants, per^lOO, $15.00. No charge for packir i.OCO ger Chinese Prin I bloom, per 1 Duchess of Conna WANTBD-100 V ' ught. Hero of Stoke Newington. *d cuttings of Fuchsia Mrs. B. I^, IMeA-JVOIS, MY NEW SPECIAL OFFEK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 18 now published and may be tad on application. QuecUinburg, Germany. OXJIi JVEJA^V DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. 3I2 The American Florist, Dec. 25, New Vork. Business rather quiet. There is an abundanee of all kinds of flowers and the prospeets are that we will have a good supply for the Christmas trade. As yet there has been very few large orders rc- eeived by the florists for Christmas flowers. Poinsettias will be a favorite flower for large decorations. Pink bou- vardia is being used extensively fordiiincr table decorations. Julius Roehrs of Carl- ton Hill is cutting some very fine Magiias and Alexis. Chas. R. Christy of Stamford, Conn., the noted La France grower, says his crops were never so satisfactory as they have been this season. Charley Anderson of Flushing claims the new rose Waban will become a favorite in New Vork. At Mrs. Astor's reception last Thurs- day some novel cflects were shown in the decoration of the house. One of which was an arbor of apple blossoms flanked on each side by small orange trees. English mistletoe has arrived and is selling at $25 per crate. There are also some fine specimens of Golden and Silver Queen holhes from the south of England whicli sell readily at $10 each. The North German Lloyd steamers also brought their share of specimen holly trees from Holland and a fine collection of conifers. Maine Spruce trees are selling well. South American Mistletoe is scarce. There were many out-of-town florists here during the week ordering their usual Christmas flowers, and report business quiet throughout tlie country. loHN YorN<'.. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations of all itie staBdaril Vanelies ready Dec. isi. Order 3r future delivery at 10 per iff Iroiu catalogue price. JOS. RENARO, Unlonvllle, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ' New SeedlinK Carnation " Tlector," brilliant scar- let; has no equal of its color: ready for dnlivery January 1. 1891. Catalogue ready December 20. IfeHO. Also plants from 2W-inch pots, and Hooted Cuttings of ■• Mrs. n'lsher." tlie leading wbite. Also many other varieties. WAYLAND. MASS. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer KISEr^'WBIS®, a pure white sport of Chester Pride for the first tifne this season, (« $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular ol leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. ANNOUNCEMENT. Havinn rebuiltand enlarged my esiiibliahraentand increased ray tacilities for pmoapat ntr and t.'rowinK plants in quantity. I am prepared to book orders for my leading specialties, from all who rc-d t"em. at the usual reasonable rates, among them will be: _ Trailing Vii Anthemls'-CoroDaria Lantan named, Heliotrope. " ' ' " it.uue lew and standard Cbrysanthemums. etc. tor ruture delivery. Now ready at 1 days notice io,ooo i*-a.^^®ie:s B'ine V gorous plants for spring blooming. Mikado, Dreer's While, and light colors 50c per hundred Gibson's special eelection of Hybrid Pansies. al colors beautifully marked and sweet °"'*"»"'* «' '^'i porhundred.if bv man add 10c. per hi Trailing Variegated Vii ndred. 5CU Bouvardias, in 4inch bushy plants budded, all best varieties ixed.fS.OU per hundred, securely packed. F. o. B. C. GIBSON, Woodbury, n. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts. Eight loo foot houses. COLEUS— An immense stock. Twenty-four varieties. GERANIUMS— A choice assortment in mixture, at $1000 per 1000. CANN AS— French and others, and numerous items of interest to florists. A new feature in Smilax culture. CARNATION NOVELTIES. L'zzie McGiwan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate. J. R. Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelvvein variet'es. iDcludlnE Golden Bedder. Verschaffeltil. Golden Verschaffeltll. Fire- brand, Glory of Aoturon. Punray. Peter Hender- son, etc. Labeled Samples of the set mail- ed for 20 cents. VBKBENAS-Twenty-four varieties, mostly Mam- moths. A splendid mixture. CAKNATIONS-BiXEOOdcutllowersons: Portia. HInze's White, Tidal Wave. Grace Wilder, Butter- cup, L. L. Lamborn. Trade List sent on Applliatiun. Prices and ouality of Stock will please yon. Mention American Florist. Palm 1 Dracaena Seed. OF FRENCH. NEW CROP. PH(EN1.X Canariens COCOS Romanzoftiai QUALITY GUARANTEED. 1 000 lO.OOO J 2 00 $18 00 CHAM.BROPS Excelsi Elegans argent' DRAC^NA indiv Veltchi rubra Also General Nursery Stock. Send orders to LETELLIER & FILS, OKNERAI, NtJHSKKVMEN, C.A.KN. FKANCE. or to ANDRE L. CAUSSE, 33 * 35 I.lbertv .St., NKW YORK. eoicil Offer*. 1J02. PerlCO Aloyslaeltridora (Lemon Varbenal'-'-in. $ .5(1 J4.00 a varlegata. 2-in. pots .50 ,rae. 2-ln. pots .50 2-in.pot8 M . GIDDINSr CO.. 54 La Salle St.. CHICAG0 The American Florist. 31 S S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing witli us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give us an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the ofScial programme : "Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. lr!*lrst. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the |i,ooo to the fund of the Society of American Florists. S^oonci« We will put up $2,000 In Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i;V-inch to 7-inch inclusive, and 250 pots each from S inch to I2inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, made from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an etiual number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the pots to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Camhridge, Mass. ^. A. ^. Attention Our defeated competitor in "Standard" Flower Pot contest at the Boston meeting, for the Certificate of Highest Merit, reflects on the members of the Committe of Award as not being impartial in their decision. The members of that Committee were M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., Chas. Henderson, of the lirm of Peter Henderson & Co., New York, and Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa. No fairer or more competent committee could be selected from the members of the S. A. F., and as far as diligent inquiry reveals, their decision meets with the approval of everyone excepting A. H. Hews & Co. The official programme gave notice that the Certificate would be awarded to the display "which most nearly approaches the 'Standard,' such display shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." The sheet with drawings of the pots (which was gotten up by A. H. Hews & Co., under the instructions of the Com- mittee of S. A. F. and sent to the different potters for their guidance) shows 17 sizes, and the number we exhibited; one dozen of each, as required. In regard to the statement published by A. H. Hews & Co., that "very many" of our pots were "either ground, filed, turned or sand-papered to size," we wish to distinctly say that this is I^.A.rvENT FOR >KVV KNtil.ANU STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otis street, Somerville, Mass. Florists' Letters. Emblems. Monograms, Etc. the fullest Send for Sample. 2-in. purple perlOO.Si.OO Postage, loots, per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway. Brooklyn, N.Y. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. CHICAGO. America is "the Pram of the UessbI; there maij be mare comfort Rmidskips, but we are the Erst ta touch Unknown Seas." Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND HEW YORK. JANUARY 1, 1891. No. 135 tm. Lkm^mmm (F(L@i!3i!@ir Published every Thursday by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, |i.oo a year. To Europe, |2.oo. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 I.a Salle Street, CHICAGO. Chambers. Toronto. Ont.. vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart. 6" Bromfleld 9t.. Boston. Mass.. secre- tary; M. A. HnNT. Terre Haute, Ind., treasurer. The seventh annual meeting at Toronto. Ont., Florists' HaU Association Florists' Protective Associatio 3KATTY, Sec': American Chrysantheuiiini Society. John Thokpe. Pearl River. N. T.. president; EDWIN LONSDALE. Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia. CONTENTS. Color 317 Wedding decoration etc (with illustration) , , 319 Chrysanthemums— notes from Staten Island . 320 —House of Christmas Eve (with illustration) 320 — The chrysanthemum bee flv 320 Ferns for exhibition . . . . .' 321 Punlcias 322 FunkiaSieboldi (illustration) 322 New York floral notes 322 House of McGowan carnations (illustration) . 323 Chicago 323 Boston 324 New York 324 Leaves of advice from a limb of the law xsii , 324 Berberis Ptenophylla X (with illustration). . . 325 The World's Columbian Exposition 326 Extracts from poor man's primer 328 News notes 330 The Climbing Perle 332 Foreign notes 334 The SI'PPLY of flowers for Christmas was unusually large this season. Un- doubtecHy the mild weather was a decided factor in bringing out the heavy supply, but the large iticrease in glass devoted to the production of cut flowers unquestion- ably played an important part. Itwould appear that production, even for the hol- idays, now equals the demand, at living prices, and in some cases exceeds the de- mand at paying figures. Certainly not for a long time have first class flowers sold so cheaply at the holidays. Some complain of a decrease in sales, though it is probable that the same, or a larger number ot flowers were sold, but at lower prices. Color. BY H. H BATTLES. On examining the list of scarlet we find that the term has been used tvi-o hundred and fifty-three times with sixty-seven variations. How can these many terms be simplified? Scarlet is the color between crimson and orange, the most brilliant red seen in flowers, more brilliant than vermillion, no purple or blue in its composition. "Brilliant Scarlet," we know of but two circumstances when it is more bril- liant than scarlet; when the flower has lustre, and when the direct rays of the sun shine on that lustre. "Orange scarlet" is a term well chosen and would represent the color which is so difficult to determine between scarlet and orange, hardly a light scarlet or a dark orange, when this uncertainty arises the term can generally be used with safety. "Crimson scarlet" bears the same rela- tion to crimson as orange scarlet does to orange. "Bright Scarlet," see Brilliant. "Rich scarlet approaching Crimson." We should suppose that the words dark or verj' dark scarlet would express the shade intended. "Deep scarlet," see rich scarlet. "Dazzling scarlet," see brilliant. "Brilliant crimson scarlet," see brilliant and crimson scarlet. "Fier3' scarlet," see brilliant scarlet. "Intense," see brilliant scarlet. "Rich velvety scarlet." We suppose that the word velvety refers to the text- ure of the flower, as the Jacqueminot rose is velvety compared to the Gontier. "Light scarlet" is a term well chosen, and approaches orange by the addition of white or yellow. "Rosy scarlet." The term rose as ap- plied to color generally indicates that blue has been added to some tone or shade of red. The color of the La France is, I think, the popular notion of "Rose color." Now, as blue can be distinctly seen in the La France, and as blue mixed with red or pink makes a shade of purple or possibly lavender, let us discard the term rose or rosy and say light lavender pink, or very light purplish pink. In the dry goods business, and consequently among the ladies, there is a well defined hue called cherry, which has a "dash" of purple in its composition. This we be- lieve to be synonymous with the "Rosy scarlet" in our list, both of which it would be well to discard for the terms "Purplish scarlet," "Light purplish scarlet," etc. "Vivid scarlet," see brilliant. "Dark crimson scarlet," see crimson scarlet. "Very bright scarlet," see brilliant. "Dark scarlet," well chosen. "Bright crimson scarlet," see crimson scarlet plus brilliant. "Bright shining scarlet," see brilliant. "Maroon scarlet." We should suppose that the author wished to express a broken shade of scarlet, possibly the word "dull" would express the idea. "Vermillion scarlet" could be expressed by the term dark or very dark scarlet. "Dazzling vermillion scarlet" could be called brilliant dark scarlet. All words, such as dazzling, fiery, vivid, glowing, bright fierj', shining, intense glowing, etc., could be expressed by the words brilliant or lustrous. PURPLE. "Purple," well chosen. "Violet purple," well chosen. "Rosy purple," reddish purple or light reddish purple. "Dark purple," correct. "Roj'al purple," dark bluish purple. "Rich purple," dark blue (or velvety like pansies). "Light purple." correct. "Deep purple," dark or verj' dark. "Rich violet purple," bluish purple. "Reddish purple," correct. "Brownish purple," correct (or dull purple). "Bronzy purple," light purple or bril- liant purple. "Bluish purple," correct. "Lilac purple," light reddish purple. "Beautiful purple," harmless. We think all clear tones of purple are beautiful, especially among flowers. "Brilliant purple," correct. "Crimson purple," not bad (possibly reddish purple). "Deep rich purple." dark, or very dark purple. "Dark velvety purple," velvety we sup- pose refers to the texture of the flower, possibly dark purple pansies were re- ferred to. "Dark vermillion purple," dark reddish purple. "Blackish purple," possibly the color we see in pansies. In trying to give a clear idea of color we should advise the comparing of cer- tain flowers with some of the most pop- ular flowers at that time, for instance, without having samples before us, we should say that a light Grace Wilder car- nation was the ideal pink; the La France rose, a very light purplish pink, the pink seen in Grace Wilder with considerable purple in its composition for the outside of the petals, while the inside is a pinkish white. This rose is very much admired by artists for the graceful curves that the petals assume as it develops. The odor is very much like the Jacqueminot, but more delicate and refined. The Catherine Mermet, a light pink with no purple but a "dash" of yellow, a beautiful shaped rose rather longer bud and morcsymmetricalthanthe La France, a decided tea odor. In describing the color of flowers it is 3i8 The American Florist. Jan. /, well to consider which is the best light, no artificial light compares favorably with "daylight." It is impossible to get an accurate notion of color by gas light. Direct sun light is also deceiving. How often have we seen translucent flowers in the garden with the sun's rays streaming on them, how very biUUant they appear, the same flowers in deep shadows or in the house seem dull by comparison. Therefore it is well when we are anxious to be as accurate as possible, to select clear daylight, but not in the direct sun light. AH substances with lustrous or polished surfaces reflect more light, con- sequently lustrous flowers, polished petals, silks and plushes with their beau- tiful sheen are capable of more changes of tint s, especially in sunshine and shadow than "opaque" bodies which are without lustre, polish or sheen. This lustremight be denoted by the term "brilliant" as the sunflower is yellow, while the buttercup is brilliant yellow. In speaking of broken hues, A. H. Church says: "We now pass on to con- sider the constitution of those hues which contain gi'ey. They may be considered as primary and secondary colors ot low luminosity mingled with white. When speaking of pigments we regard them as containing both black and white. They constitute "broken" (or dulled) tones of primaries and secondaries. It is not easy to name them in a way that will prove generally acceptable, but the following list, in which the order of the chromatic circle is followed, mav prove of some service: Broken red (crimson) Maroon Broken orange Russet Broken orange yellow Brown Broken yellow Citrine Broken yellow green Olive Broken green Sage Broken blue green Bluish Sage Broken purple Plum Broken blue Slate." The colors here named have been iden- tified so long with the popular terms that it would be well to retain theirnames at the expense of the logic. Church referring to color blindness says: "It is certain that the vast ma- jority of persons when viewing colored lights or colored objects, experience identical color sensations. They will arrange and classify tints and shades of all distinct hues in the same order and in the same groups. Such mistakes as they will make will be attributable either to imperfect training and inexperience, or to a slight lack of sensitiveness to colors of very small brightness, or to favdty nomen- clature. There is, then, a normal or standard color sensation. But there are numerous cases of abnormal or imperfect color vision, ranging considerably in degree and varying occasionally in kind; they occur much more frequently in men than in women. This subject was inves- tigated by Dr. John Dalton, and subse- quently by Dr. G. Wilson, of Edinburgh. Maxwell made a series of instructive ex- periments upon one of his pupils who was partially color-blind. In France during 1873-5 Dr. Favre found that over 9 per cent of the railwaj' officials of all ranks (1,050 in number) whom he exam- ined were color-blind. Prof Holmgren in 1876 ascertained the percentage to be nearly 5 among the officials ( 266 ) of the Upsala Grefle line in Sweden. Mr. F. Galton found among the visitors to the International Health Exhibition in Lon- don, of 1884, that out of many hundred persons examined a verj' large number of males and a very small number of females had a more or less imperfect vision as to distinctions of color, the numbers corre- sponding pretty nearly to the percentage which previous observers had found. According to the report of the Penna. R. R. it was ascertained that about 4 per cent of the men examined were color-blind . "Color blind persons, of thclarge group we have been describing, descern no dif- ference of hue, but only a difference of tone, between the flowers of a scarlet geianium and its leaves; between red and green cloth; between a gravel path, a grassy lawn and autumn leaves. They will sort skeins of variously colored wools in the strangest way, interposins red and yellow amongst the green hues, and mingling blues and violets together. There is, however, a very simple way in which it is possible for such persons to correct in a measure such erroneous im- pressions. When they are in doubt as to whether they are choosing a piece of scar- let cloth as a match for a piece of green, they have but to view both through a piece of green glass, or through a piece of rich red glass. The scarlet cloth will seem to them nearly black, and the green cloth green through the green glass, while through the red glass the green will appear nearly black and the red cloth green." At the present time there is no accepted nomenclature of color either among the men who treat the subject of light and color as a science, or among naturalists who have long felt the want of such a system in order to intelligently describe their specimens. Among trades people the same difficulty exists. Sample cards and books are issued, naming and num- bering the different hues, shades and tints. Each card has a peculiarity of its own, but more often than not words are used that do not in the least indicate the color intended to be described. Windsor and Newton are well known manufacturers of artists' pigments. It would be most natural to look to them for advanced ideas on this subject. Artists who have become familiar with their nomenclature find no difficulty in identi- fying the several colors, but to people who have not used them. "Hoopes' Green Num- ber Two," "Burnt Lake," "French Blue" and similar names express but little. A. H. Church says "Many attempts have been made to classify colors, including under that designation not only all hues, with their shades, tints and broken tints, but also white— a balanced or neutralized compound of two or more hues, and black — the correlative of light and color. "The real difficulty begins when we at- tempt the classification of hues, that is of colors proper. Where can we find stand- ai'ds of comparison for all colors in respect of three constants of color — hue, purity, luminosity? "The difficulties in the way of classify- ing colors are augmented by the very number of hues with their shades and tints possessed of varying degrees of lum- inosity, which the human eye is com- petent to distinguish. From experiments, in which small quantities of one-colored light were added to another or to white, Aubert calculated that fractional quan- tities of light, varying from 1—100 to 1 — 300 produced recognized differences, and that a thousand hues coxild be dis- tinguished in the solar spectrum. Add to these the hues produced by gradual in- crements or deci-ements in luminosity and the whole series of purples, and we reach a grand total of colors which must be measured by hundreds of thousands." "Quite recently another attempt at naming and classifying colors has been made by R. Ridgway. The small volume which he has prepared is intended prim- arily for the use of naturalists, but it I)ossesses one feature at least which is likely to be appreciated by many persons interested in decorative and pictorial art. This is a comparativevocabulary of color names, giving in parallel columns on nine double pages, the equivalent words in English, Latin, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Norwegian. The most strik- ing characteristic of the book is, however, a series of colored plates. Each of these plates has been planned with skill and care, and executed in watrr color pig- ments of considerable or complete sta- bility. There will certainly be diversity of opinion as to thejustness of the appli- cation of many of the names to the actual colors given. But to name tints, hues and shades, instead of merely numbering them, constitutes a step in the right direction. Until an International Stand- ard-Color Conference of artists and scientists has finally agreed upon the names given to a couple of hundred dif- ferent hues, reproduced in enamel and preserved for reference, likeour standards of weight and measure, we must be grate- ful for any attempt, even though it be but partially successful, in the way of a consistent and complete nomenclature. As an example of Mr. Ridgway 's sets of color-names we may cite those which he assigns to twenty hues, lying between red and blue, and belonging to the group of purples: 1. Prune 10. Phlox 2. DahUa 11. Pomegranate 3. Auricula 12. Mauve 4. Pansy 13. Magenta 5. Indian Purple 14. Wine-Purple 6. Royal Purple 15. Lavender 7. Aster 16. Solferino S. Maroon 17. Heliotrope 9. Violet 18. Lilac 19. Rose. "The mere inspection of this list suffices to show that although there may be a judicious selection of color-names here, there is nothing approaching to a scientific classification of them." One of the most famous art critics in the country was asked where the best nomenclature of color could be found. He answered from the manufacturers' list of artists' pigments. A very eminent professor in one of our leading colleges refers all persons in search of knowledge on the subject to a famous firm of silk manufacturers, who issued a very beautiful sample card. Among the terms used we find: London smoke, Jap- anese, raisin, old rose, terra cotta, crushed strawberry, ashes ofroses, sultan, new brown, new green, tea rose, new tan, Bismark, etc. Manv of these terms are created for that fickle dame, fashion, and like many other of her whims will have but a short life. Many oft lie terms used are well chosen, and tin ir sample card shows a marked improvement over many of their competitors. In the early stages of our researches we were glad to learn that Harper & Broth- ers had published a charts on color for "School and Family" use by Marcius Willson and N. A. Calkins. After procur- ing one of these charts we found that the names differed so materially from the im- pressions that had been formed on our minds, that we took every means of as- certaining the popular idea of the most common colors. In passing it is but justice to the gentlemen who issued the color chart, to say that in all probability the samples had" faded very much anil hardly expressed their views. Still it was i8gi. The American Florist. 319 WEDDING DECORATION AND WINDOW ARRANGEMENT. thisdifference of opinion that caused usto procure samples of silks, cotton, papers, pigments, etc., etc., and in every case where it was possible we got the best men in the best establishments to give us their personal judgment as to the naming of the colors. Ana how they differed ! Until the proper authorities determine upon the names of several hundred hues, and as Mr. Church suggests, reproduce them in enamel the question will not be settled. But in one's own business there is room for marked improvement and within the reach of all who have the de- sire. The simplest way is by far the best. Would it not be well in selecting adjec- tives with which to describe shade and tints to use a list like the following: Very Dark, Dark, Light, Very Light, Pale and Faint, Brilliant, Dull and the names of colors that are detected in their composi- tion. We will endeavor to describe a few uncertain colors as thevcome to our mind. ('The faintest tint of 1 purple. )The faintest tint of \ reddish purple. Violet. Lavender, Lilac, Light purple. Light reddish purple. Heliotrope. Dark bluish purple, Royal purple. Reddish purple, Magenta. Maroon, Garnet. Crimson, Cardinal red. Purplish scarlet Clierry. [Light cherry. Lavender pink. Dark lavender pink, Orange, Sulphur yellow, Rose I link, rose pink. , ..^ iuni pink. (Peach blos'mpink. Cadmium. Light lem on yellow Light sulphur yellow. Primrose yellow, T^ , , , „ ( Lemon vellow Dark sulphur yellow ^^j^^^^ y^„^^ Yellowish green, Absinthe. Reddish brown, ,, ,, . , , .. (Cream white. \ellow,sh white, {i^o^y white. ( Mahogany. \ Terra cotta. We cannot imagine what colors are meant by such terms as: Deep orange blue (possibly some shade of green), sal- mon rose, fine salmon rose, transparent salmon rose, brilliant salmon rose, bright salmon rose, clear citron rose, exquisite salmon rose, light salmon rose, orange rose. The term rose generally indicates that blue has been added to some tone or shade of red, which gives it a purplish or light purplish cast. What colors the authors intended to describe by the ad- dition of salmon, yellow and orange to a purplish pink (rose) we cannot under- stand. We have just received a little book, "Color in the School Rooms" published bv Milton Bradley Co., which will be welcomed by all who are interested in the subject of color. The following we quote, which will give the best idea of their nomenclature : "The samples are designated by sym- bols in which R. is red, O. orange, Y. yel- low, G. green, B. blue, V. violet, T. tint, S. shade. P. is introduced for conven- ience, although it should be composed of R. and B." As these are in the full line two tints and two shades of each stand- ard the numbers 1 and 2 are used. Thus "K. T. 1" is red tint No. 1, "R. S. 2" is red shade No. 2, "Y. G. S.", yellow green shade, etc. While we endoi'se this bojk most heart- ily and know that it will awaken a great interest in color and the harmonious ar- rangements of color, we do not feel that this system of naming will help us in at- tempting to intelligently name the colors of flowers. In theirlist wefindnomaroon, no crimson, no scarlet, no pink, etc., all to be discarded for the unsatisfactory terms of red with various tints and shades to be known by numbers. The more we read and the more we think upon the subject, moi-e firmly are we convinced that there is at present a fairly well defined popular nomenclature of color; and until there is a far better namingof colorsthan has yet been offered, we deem it advisable to conform to the popular notion. At the first glance it does seem ridiculous to admit that goblin blue, Nile green, Nile blue, salmon, buff, etc., are wise terms to use, but whatterms can we use that will be so well under- stood? We have as far as possible in our list, endeavored to find synonyms for man3' of such terms, but we do not hope that they will entirely take the place of well known terms. Such terms will not go until something much better and per- manent is given in exchange. And there will be no revolution in the popular nomenclature of color until the colors and names are agreed upon by an "Inter- national Standard Color Conference" and the colors and names that they agree upon made permanent by being repro- duced in enamel. Wedding Decoration and Window Ar- rangement. At the left in the accompanying illus- tration is shown one of the details of a handsome wedding decoration recently arranged by Thorley of New York. The doors were all wainscoted with flowers, which is quite the fashion nowadays, and in the back parlor there was a large dis- play of orchids. Only a portion of the front parlor is shown in the picture, where there is a white satin curtain trimmed with lilies of the vallej-, before which the bridal pair stood when they were married. There were a number of palms on each side of this curtain, and 320 The American Florist. Jan the path that led up to it was made of white satin ribbon held up here and there by standards of pottery with bouquets on top and roses running down the sides. On the right hand of the floral decora- tion is Thorley's store window which occupied 20 feet on Broadway. This is filled with a large bank of large and small palms and ferns. On either side of this center is a large group of orchids. Cat- tleyas, cypripediums, odontoglossums and a fewoncidiunis. There were bunches of cattleyas and Iselias placed between and at the sides. Several growing plants of the same were in the foreground, and on the side facings of the window. Sev- eral specimens of Japanese oak were also shown among this fine display of palms and orchids. F. A ~ Notes From Staten Island. BY WM. FALCONER. Some of the finest chrysanthemum flowers I have ever seen have been grown and exhibited by Mr. Wm. Tricker, of Dorgan Hills, Staten Island. Some idea of Mr. Tricker's success as a chrysanthe- mum grower may be inferred from the fact that at the exhibition of the New Jersey Horticultural Society at Orange some" weeks ago he was awarded first premium for 50 Japanese flowers, first for 12 and first for 6; also first for 12 Chinese and first for 6; first for 6 ane- mone flowered and first for 6 pompons. At the Philadelphia show he was awarded first premium for 100 blooms, one of a kind, and first for 50 blooms, one of a kind, also first for 36 blooms, three of a kind. At the Philadelphia sliows too, within the past two years he had been the recipient of two gold medals for chrysanthemum flowers, and a year ago of the Pitcher medal at Orange, N. J. Being in New York the other day and having a little while to spare I went down to Dorgan Hills— takes about 40 minutes from New York— to see how Mr. Tricker grew such splendid blossoms. Mr. Tricker is an Englishman, genial and unpretentious and agreat enthusiast in the matter of chrysanthemums, and makes these and aquatics a specialty. His pot plants were all single stemmed summer struck cuttings. These cuttings were put iu in the propagating bench last June and as soon as rooted potted off' into 2y2-inch pots, then directly into 6-inch pots. As soon as they had taken good hold in these they were plunged out of doors in a sheltered but open border, and to the brim of the pots, and all over the ground and the surface of the pots a mulching of rotted manure had been spread. This mulching keeps the ground cool and moist, and also acts as a stimulant. The main point in growing good chrys- anthemums is to begin with strong healthy cuttings, and from the moment they are rooted keep them growing un- checked till the flowers are cut. His main crop of plants had been raised from Maich struck cuttings and grown on in pots till May when he planted them out in beds within a span skeleton frame greenhouse in a sheltered place. This framework is 11 feet wide, fully 6 feet high on the sides and 9 feet high to the ridge. The sides are open all around, and to cover the top the sashes from the spring hotbeds and cold frames are used. And the sashes are put on in May and kept on all summer. Abundant ventila- tion is afibrded by the sides being open all around, and the roof saves the plants from drenching rains in summer and cold rains in fall, which is of great benefit to the plants, especially in preserving good foliage. Six rows of plants are set out in the bed, three on each side, two feet by two feet apart, and there is a space about three feet wide in the middle. Each plant is restricted to three stems, and these are allowed to grow as high as they will. Three tall cane stakes are given to each plant and fastened to three wires— one above the other and two feet apart, wire fence fashion — that run along each row of plants. This renders summer tjing very simple. When unfavorable fall weather comes in the sides of this frame house can be filled in with other sashes or a canvas curtain can be dropped down over them. Here Mr. Tricker cuts his finest flowers. Mulching.— The ground all about these plants is also mulched with rotted manure in summer, and chiefly to keep the earth cool and preserve the roots — for chrysan- themums are near-the-surface rooting plants— from the drying influences of wind and sunshine. Stimulants. In addition to the extra nutriment afi"orded by the mulchings Mr. T. feeds freely with diluted liquid manure from the barnyard tanks. And he waters freely from the hose in summer whenever needed. Border plants. In a wide border against a high board fence an immense number of chrysanthemums are grown. These are summer struck and also there are spring struck plants kept dwarf by early pinch- ing. All are planted out, mulched and treated much in the same way as those under the framework, but they are left open all summer. On the approach of fall weather some light pine strips, 9 or 10 feet apart and fastened at one end to the fence at the back and at the other to •t feet high posts inserted along the front, and so as to support cloth sheeting on rollers. In fine weather the sheeting is rolled up at night and in unfavorable weather it is let down. The sheeting use lis a medium grade of the plant protecting cloth, that is the oiled cloth so much used nowadays for makeshift sashes in spring. In frames. Mr. Tricker also had a large number of midsummer struck plants planted out in frames which as fall came on were raised to 3-boards high at back and 2-boards high at front and covered with sashes, and here he got many fine and late blossoms. Leaf disease. Starvation, exposure of the surface roots, over crowding, injurv to the roots by too much rain or water, and a good many other unfavorable con- ditions cause leaf spot. Last year Mr. T. used sulphur and soapy water, spraj'ing the plants with the" solution, but he couldn't say that it did much good, any way he didn't like the unsightly sediment it left upon the foliage. This year he used "Grape Dust" instead, applying it with a bellows, and he assured me it is the best and most effectual remedy or preventive ot chrysanthemum leaf disease he has ever tried. When he propagates his stock. He is now hard at work raising young plants, but these are for sale on demand; he never strikes his own prize-flower stock before March, or his one-stemmed jjot plants before June. In summing up Mr. Tricker's practice we find that all of his plants except those in 6-inch pots from June cuttings, have been planted out in beds, staked early in life, disbudded both as regards flowers and side shoots, mulched with rotted manure and liberally fed and watered, and effectual provision is made early in the fall to protect them from cold or heavy rains, high winds, or injurious weather of any kind. Among a lengthy list of favorite kinds given me by Mr. Tricker are: White — Avalanche; Eynsford White; Etoile de Lyon, immense, full double; Ivory, early; Mile. A. Delaux, not very large but good; Mrs. J. Wright, tall growing; Stanstead White, The Bride, Mrs. Bullock, Miss Anna Hartshorn, L. Canning, fine but doesn't stand well when cut; Miss Hum- phreys, small but late; Robert Bottomly and Miss Minnie Wanamaker. Among yellow— H. E. Widener, Mrs. W. K. Harris. Sunflower, but weak on stalk; Gloriosum, Grandiflorum, W. H. Lincoln, Coronet, Mr. H. Cannell, Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, Kioto, E. G. Hill and Peerless. Among others— Lilian B. Bird. V. H. Hallock, Svringa, Excellent, Miss Marv Wheeler, A"'cyon, T. C. Price, Mrs. Fo'ttler, Miss Esmeralda, Elkshom, Mrs. Irving Clark, Source d'Or, S. B. Dana, Mrs. Falconer- Jameson, Ramona, Mrs. Andrew Car- negie, Comte de Germinv, Mrs. Pres. Harrison, Mrs. E. W. Clark, Ada Spauld- ing. etc. House of Christmas Eve Chrysanthe- mums. The illustration is from a photograph taken December 18 of a house of Christ- mas Eve chrysanthemums at Mr. H. E. Chitty's, Paterson, N. J., and shows the Christmas crop of bloom. At the left is seen a side bed of Lambom carnations. The Chrysanthmum Bee-fly (page 258). No, Mr. Rovve, I won't do it. Not one word of what I wrote, page 222, about this dirty creature will I retract or modify. Before I abused the little wretch publicly I had read all of the articles to which you have called our attention, and more, and had corresponded on the subject with our eminent state entomologist. You tell us that from eightj- seedlings raised from Mrs. F. Thompson chrysan- themum whose pollenation had been eflfected by this fly you obtained 17 var- ieties all better than the parent. This is extraordinarj' and surpasses anything in this line I ever heard of before. And then you tell us that from some shop seed you bought you raised a lot of seedlings that weren't worth shucks. But wasn't the pollenation in their case too effected bv the bee-fly? Within the last seven yearslhavesaved seed and raised and flowered hundreds upon hundreds of seedlings, and I deeply regret to have to admit that I have not secured from among all my hundreds, 17 that are better than Mrs' F. Thompson. .Vnd during allot this time this bee-fly has worked for me like a little Trojan in the fertilization of my flowers, and it had good material to "work from— over 200 of the leading varieties. But do not infer from this that I deprecate the eflect- iveness of its work in fertilizing the flowers, the trouble is it works too much; it works more among single and partly single flowers than among full double i8gi. The American Florist. MR CHITTYS HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS EVE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, PHOTOGRAPHED DEC. 18. ones and in this way impregnates the good flowers with the pollen of the indif- ferent or single ones, or mixes up all the classes of chrysanthemums together. Flowers that are shorn of their petals and left exposed in the open greenhouse even if touched up every forenoon with the camel hair pencil cannot be said to be hand-fertilized, for they are also under the influence of the bee-fly aitd other natural means of diffusing pollen. My objection to this fly is its filthy habits. It bespoils the flowers it infests, and the whiter the blossoms are the more conspicuous become the excreta spots it leaves upon them. W. F. Ferns for Exhibition. Doubtless one of the best methods of popularizing any given class of plants is through themedium of public exhibitions, and it is therefore to the interest of the general florist to grow a few attractive specimens for this purirasc. And if the florist in question be of a calculating turn of mind he can charge the space so occupied to advertising, as the advertising ability of a nicely arranged group of well grown plants is unques- tioned and gives the general public just the kind of information they are likely to need regarding the decorative effect of certain plants. It will therefore be readily seen that the space used in growing exhibition plants is not space wasted, not merely on ac- count of the money premiums that ma> be secured, though these in many cases are not inconsiderable, but also from the fact that trade may thus be stimulated. Of course this exhibition business may be overdone, so as to interfere with the regular stock of the establishment, but the amount of space devoted to this pur- pose must be decided in accordance with the size of the establishment and the needs of the locality, and must naturally be left to the judgmentof each individual. And among the plants thus used with very happy effect are a number of the stronger growing ferns, being those of such character that they may be grown among a general collection of foliage plants with a reasonable degree of success. Prominent among these may be men- tioned a few distinct types to be found in the Maidenhairs, beginning with Adian- tum trapeziforme, this being one of the best for our purpose and also very easy to grow. As the fronds of this variety are frequently three feet in height and with very large pinnules of bright green it makes a most effective specimen. A.formosum is another bold growing sort, and has the additional merit of doing well in qui^e a cool house, and the fronds stand very well when cut. A. intermedium, or A. Brasiliense as it is also called, may too be classed among the useful ferns, having dark green bipin- nate fronds about eighteen inches in height, and very freely produced. This variety is also very pretty in a small state for ferneries, but unfortunately can- not be induced to grow rapidly during the winter. A good plant of A. cuneatum is always a thing of beauty, and should be included in every collection however small, and if proper accommodations can be given it a specimen of A. Farleyense should be counted in, but it should be understood that the latter variety is not included among those that may be grown under the most ordinary conditions, for though not extraordinarily difficult to cultivate yet the "Queen of the Maidenhairs" is somewhat more captious than the varie- ties previousl3' referred to. Some of the nephrolepis should also be included, as these handsome ferns are of rapid growth and easily propagated. Among the older sorts N. davalloides furcans is one the most ornamental, its light green, crested fronds frequently growing four to five feet in length, while the well-known N. exaltata is a good second, and is one of the most hardy of the genus. Of the later introductions in this genus, X. rufescens tripinnatifida is the gem, its elegant plumose fronds being finely cut and crested and make it decidedly the finest of the genus. The davallias also include many fine exhibition sorts, among which may be specially noted D.Fijiensis and its variety plumosa, the latter being finer cut and rather more graceful than the type, and n. pallida, (probably better known as D. Mooreana)this being one of the strongest growers in the genus, the fronds some- times attaining a length of four to five feet, the widely known D. tenuifolia stricta also makes a pretty show plant. 322 The American Florist. Jan. I, thoufjli naturally much more dwarf than till' prccoilint;. Sonic lit' the platvccriums should of course bo included in the collection for the sake of varictj' in form, though the quaint beauty of these plants entitles them to a place anyway, and a wcll- ^own plant of the old P.alcicorncisvcry elTective, basket cultivation showing ofi' its beauties to good advantage. V. alci- eorne major is a great improvement on the preceding, and I', grande, and P. Hillii are both very attractive. Dennstjedtia cicutaria, (also known as Sitolobium eicutarium and Dicksonia cicutaria) is another useful fern of strong growth, and providing it is not grown in too close an atmosphere may be used in an occasional decoration, and with good effect. One or two blechnitms, such as B. Brasiliense or B. corcovadense crispum will be found to add much to such a dis- play, while some of the jiolysticlninis such as P. aristatum variegatum and P. capense are among the hardiest of green- house ferns. If proper accommodations can be given them, there ai-e few ferns superior to the gleichenias but it should be kept in mind that most species of this noble genus do best in a night temperature of 45*^ and as they are naturally shallow rooters should not be given too great a depth of soil, but abundant drainage. W. H. Taplin. Funkias. These are hardy herbaceous perennials, natives of Japan and other parts of N. E. Asia, and verv desirable garden plants. The White Day Lily (F. grandiflora) is very well known, and, indeed, it is the most important of the family. But as the appellationDay Lily was the accepted English name of Hemerocallis, a nearly allied but much different looking genus of plants, for instance. Yellow I lav I,ilv (H. fla va)andTawny Day Lily (H.fulva ), about ten years ago Mr. William Rol)in- son, of London, asked for an appropriate English name for the genus funkia. Mr. Edwin Jackson, of Bangor, Wales, sug- gested Plantain Lily, because "the plants bear a fair resemblance in habit of leafage and inflorescence to * * Plautago major, while the funkias are one branch of the very extensive lily family." Mr. Robinson replied, "Agood name." "Henceforward we propose to use this as the English name of funkia." And the name has been prettj' generally accepted. For garden use the principal species are F. grandiflora, the splendid white plan- tain lily that blooms in late summer; F. Sieboldiana, the most massive of all the genus, with handsome bluish greenleaves and pale bluish purple flowers in summer; F. lancifblia, the narrow leaved species that blooms in September and which has bluish-purple blooms; and F. ovata, which blooms in early summer, is of medium to vi.VE^ie», 25 Post street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Mention American iSgr, The American Florist. 327 PHiL.\DELPHi.i. — A daily paper an- nounces the death of Jacob Cocklin, at his home is York county, at the ripe age of 93 years. Mr. Cocklin was one of the pioneer nurserymen of this state, and was well known among the older pomologists in this country, having been one of the first Americans to undertake theimprove- ment of large and small fruits. Among his productions were "Cockling's Favorite" and "Triumph of Cumberland" cherries and the "Cumberland Triumph" straw- berry. It is nearly half a century since he retired from active business. Milwaukee. — Benjamin Gregory, prop- rietor of the Humboldt .\venue green- houses, is not listed in thetradedirectory, and shotild be added. E. H. HUNT, WboleshlePlorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST & DEALER m FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS. •V^IE,E DESIG-ITS I3Sr STOCK: KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESSLE EL0RI8T8, 27 Washlng-on Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. M Sundays until 2 P. .M. ALL SUPPLIES. «»- WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. WHOLESALE FLORIST 66 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. F. Code when orderingby telegraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILlON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. BENNETT ROSES LA FRANCE, METEOR, PERLE, GONTIER, BON SILENE, SUNSET, MERMET, NIPHETOS, THE BRIDE, AM BEAUTY. m. WRITE SMITH FLORAL CO. 77 7th Street S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. NIPHETOS ROSES English grown. Wi Strong, for forcing, 2 to 2j;, 605 per 100. Older plants, 2^2 to 3'.', icos per 100. F. STREET, Nurseryman, Heatherside Nurseries, CAMBERLEY. ENGLAND. iPe^afe MariCeU. Cut Flowers. K0B8S. Bon Silene BOSTON Dec. 20. KIK •• LaF'?ance!"'.**.'. ■: Woottons. Hostea.. ::-:;::-:;::;;;.3ia ■.■.•;;;:;;::;;;;:^Sr?:8g ^ir;.'"."!''.'"''*'.:;:::-.:::: ■E=-^^B valets".';::.::::::.::;:::::; 2.0U 2 00 W 3 00 Pansles Smllax ::;::::::::;:::'i2^^,^g8 PHILADILPHIA, Dec. 211 Roses, Beauties ,W00 •■ Kr°ance,Aibany. ••: 'M''eVTet^,Sls::: ;:.:■■:■•■•::::: !§.8g Valley i-.oo Bouvardla Kose.. Bon Silene ■""^■'^^BA ;: &'■■•■■••■■■■■ :.:.:;;;::::::.;''-'"® 4:™ :: ^e^S?;t'rB"fa:"Bei'„°er::-.;;;;.o.»®i?g§ 2000 vafiir™". ..':::::;;;;■ 0.00® s.oo CHIOAOU. Dec .'it. 12 00 la \h 00 :: ^^"■ife'k'uties-. .■.■.■.■.■.■ Carnations, short Carnations, Ions, fancy... Smllai 1500018.00 1.26® ,1-W Komaracinth, 200® 2,W 4 00 ® .i 00 ■.■.■.■.■.;..........36.6o®2!>o6 1 rimai nnn WM.J.S1EWART, Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^^ 67 Bromfield St., BOSTON, MASS. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^ WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 112a :PI3SrE) STE-EET, ST. I^OXJIS, lyiO. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettla Stock, otrer the best re- sults to the florist blooming freely and givlni; plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or \m. at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (IJoston), MASS. THOS. YOUNG, JB.. WHOLESaiiE FLORIST rvi] 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And tho Ctoicest KOSES for the fall and winter season. Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. Established 1877. Price List sent upon appUcsUon. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West soth Street, A. S. Hums. .J. I. Raynor. BURNS & RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, XI -West asti-i St., LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission jfHerchants Consipnmenta Solicited. Special attention paid tc jtiipplng. Mention amehican Florist, JACOB SCHULZ, Xjoxais-ville, I«.y. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIKS: ROSES, CARNATIOItS AND ORCHIDS. FOR WINTER BLOOMING. 10,000 healthy Roses from 4-inch pots, consisting 0 MERMEfS, BRIDES, PERLES, NIPHETOS and BON SILENES, at «10.00 per 100. Also 5,ooo field-grown JACKS, 2 to 3 ft. Iio.oo per 100. DAISIES of the finett strain from seed- bed I3.0D per 1000. JAMES HORAN, Bridgeport, conn. 328 The American Florist. Jan I, Extracts From Poor-man's Primer. "Father, who is that strange man?" "That, my son, is the fool killer." "What does he do?" "Removes the careless, unwise and slip- shod business men and others." "Does he come often?" "Yes, in most lines of business." "Why, don't he go everywhere?" "No. He always seems to avoid grow- ers of cut flowers ( amateurs as well as professional) who sell to the retail florist who runs his business on Wind and pays in the same coin." "Pa, is it true that a sucker is born every minute?" "Yes, I think about three to the minute this year." "How does this kind of work help honest men?" "It helps drive nails in their coffins and plant them deep." "Should anybody really write to relia- ble references" and try to know if their customer has money to pay with?" "O, yes indeed, always, unless they are florists." "Pa, is it the law that a man who don't pay well has the most credit and that only the one whose record is good must I ay cash down?" "No, it is not really the law but only florists' custom." Springfield, Mass.— I wish to make a correction. There is no one here by the name of Grant, it should be Grout. He is acarnation grower and makes a specialty of Grace Wilder, devoting one whole house and part of another to them, both houses being 100x20 ft. A. B. Copel.\nd. J. A. 13E> VKKR, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Importer and Dealer In BULBS, SEEDS. PLAKTS and riorists' Supplies. Agent for Foreign Houses. Cataloeues free to the trade. TUBEROSES, PINE BULBS. GLADIOLI, FORCING SORTS. NEW CROP PLOWER SEEDS. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO., Chicago. 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. VOU MAY BELIEVE IN FREE TRADE If so you will be pleased to know The tariff on seeds has not increased. But you must admit that PROTECTION To the interests of Farm and < iarden Demands the use of GOOD SEEDS. If you want the Best write liir Burpee's Farm Annual i89i With honest descriptions and illuslraiinns. Rare Novelties in \-f!ietal.ks and 1- lowers. W.ATLEE BURPEE&CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. G. J. MOFFATT. Maiiufarturer of ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and price" on applicatidn. When writing for prices, please state sizes and quantity wanted. Mention . GLADIOLI. GLADIOLI ! harvested and will shortly be ready for shipment. The Bulbs this ud in good condition. Our special mixtures under color are made na win be found of a higher grade this year than heretofore. To our mixtures draw the attention of our florist friends and assure them of their extra quality. d all mistakes, please add the letters in front of the varieties, when ordering, may not mistake the quality wanted. Per Doz. Per i Our stock of Bulbs are season a*e exceptionally fi with the greatest care and for Forcing w< ■ - . . - net B— Red and 8car olid dark colors m the standard selection of ramed varieties mixed by us." Very desirable for those wantiDK light and white llowera. Klne for florists •. 75 Wl-Whiteand Light. Extra tine for florists' use 30.00 20.00 B-Buir and Salmon. Very s B-Striped and VarieKated.. Superfine Mixtures of high q py and rare grade. a:^XJBE>RO»E>S. Pearl Dwarf, Double J Tall Double (Italian Dou Excelsior Pearl, A No. Pear 1 we guarantee t 3 93 per Variegated Foliage ? i' Single Flowered ^- *•* VARIETIES OF FLOWER SEEDS FOR PRESENT SOWING. Pansy Seed in great variety from all the finest strains. See Catalogvie for prices^etc. — ■'■•- ^^ts'wT it«a»»......;»a ejl /.-oi-icl«ale, Chester Co., I^a. LIZZIE McGOWAN. I will be prepared to distribute my NEW WHITE CARNATION Feb. 10, 1S91, and the price wiU be $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000, for Rooted Cuttings propa- gated from STRICTLY HEALTHY PLANTS. Special discount on large orders. Cash or its equivalent should accompany orders from unknown correspondents. Send for descriptive circular. Parties wishing a few flowers of this GRAND Carna- tion can have them by enclosing twenty-five cents in stamps. — JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. Lizzie McGowan, Fred Creighton, Golden Gate, Pair Rosamond, J. R. Freeman Hector, Mrs. Fischer, Wm. F. Dreer, Chastity, Silver Spray, Tidal Wave, Grace Wilder, L. L. Lamborn. 50,000 now in cutting bencli including these and 60 other leading vars. Send for price list, ready in 10 days. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. Standard and Fancy varieties, ready January 1st. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots fjr later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P 0. Bo.\ 226, Kennett Square, Pa. ■n Gate. Kred Creighton, Mrs, Fischer, Tidal . Daybreak (Simmons' new pink). Lizzie .wan, Lamborn, Silver Spray, Orient, Free- Huttercup. Rooted cut ings or plants, at et rates, j^ (j_ Vsughan, Ctijcago. CARNATIONS. SHOULD HAVE T^ TT "B^* TjV ^~A AWA £^ I^P 'XT' OUR TKAHE JLF X Xml -tV ^^ -1- ^J M^L. M. m Addregg AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. i8gi. The American Florist. 331 NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS ^MILLER'S "WORLD'S FAIR SET."^ We have been to great expense, spar- ing neither time or money in collecting this uneqiialed set. Characteristic of the leading city of this country, wa have named them in honor of our represent- ative citizens:- FERO W. PECK, or GALLIA, and J. V. FARWELL, or W. N. RUDD, were two of the set of six seedlings that took the %wo prize at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of rhiladelphia, who has originated some of our finest varieties. CYRUS H. IWcCORIVIICK was raised by Jam- ieson, and is one of the finest of the present year's novelties. The remaining eight are the XXX selections of iSoo seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing ROBT. A. WALLER, Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES, Bright scarlet and gold, fine cut flower variety. S. W. ALLERTON, An immense white fine for pot culture. MARTIN A. RYERSON, An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. them with the different sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GAGE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red, Wheeler type. J. V. FARWELL (W. N. RUDD), Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper. CYRUS H. McCORMICK, Dark deep yel- low, shaded bronze red. ANDREW McNALLY, Crimson scarlet, fine for exhibition. POTTER PALMER, White seedling from L. Canning, very large. FERD W. PECK (GALLIA), Rosy pink, fine exhibition variety. CHAS. H. WACKER, Crimson scarlet, pro fuse bloomer. Orders booked for the PINK OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM, LOUIS BOEHMER, at market price. Hoisted St., UrllU/lllU SET OF 13 FOR $6. Orders booked for the above and also IOC of the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. "Get the best, grow the best, and keep up with the times," is our motto. GEORGE W. MILLER, EXHIBITION GHRYSfllHTHEMUMS The PRIZE Winners of 1890, in three sets. iexi.c3. foxr list. TERRE HAUTE, IND. New Chrysanthemums iroie iJSOi. MISTLETOE, silver and crimson; the Prize winner at Indianapolis. The following 7 received Certificates of Merit : MERMAID, pink; ANNA DORNER, creamy white; EVALEEN STEIN, white; IN- NOCENCE, white; EDA PRASS, sal- mon; EMMA DORNER, violet pink; MATflE BRUCE, pink. Price, »1 00 each; *ti.50 for the set. Discount to the trade. Send for descriptive list. FRED DORNER, LA FAYETTE, IND. Gtirysanthemum Plants for Sale. READY IN FBBKDAKY. Peril MME. LACROIX, the best early \ PRES. HYDE, fine early yellow 5. GRANDIFLORUM, CULLINGFORDII, JARDIN DES PLANTES, fine marketvar. 5 WILLIAM W. EDGAR, Waverley, Mass. Speoial Offer. Aloysia citridora (Lemon Varben ?/h' ^geratu (Vbutllor )lia, 3-in.pot8 3U A. GIODING8, DanvUle DRBER'S DOUBLE YllWm Now Ready lor Delivery, our Select Strain of Double Petunias, in good, strong, healthy stock plants, in 3-inch pots. The strain of Petunias we offer is too well known to require much description— suffice it to say, that the varieties oflfered this season are iuUy equal to our former introductions. The advantage of securing stock early in the season will be readily appreciated, as a limited num- ber of plants will produce a large number of cuttings. We oU'er \5 named varieties, at )8il.50 per dozen; set of 15, for S1.75; WIO.CO per himclred. Seeds of Double Petunia, from the finest fringed and blotched varie- ties, saved on our own grounds, crop iSqo, Per trade pkt. of 700 seeds, $1 . ^^Our New Trade List, offering all the good things of the season, will be ready early in January. HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. Lobelia; Golden Feverfew; Tuberous Begonia, single white, pink, scarlet, yellow and mixed; Verbena; Smilax; Candytuft; Alyssum; Petunia; Asters; Margaret Carnations; Cobaea, etc. Other seeds constantly coming in. j Q VAUGHAN. BOX 688, CHICAGO. NEW FLOWER SEEDS. ROOTED ^ ^ ^ * * CUTTINGS FROM CLEAN AND VIGOROUS STOCK. COLEUS-Blghteen variet'es, includina Golden Bedder. VerBchaffeltii. Golden VerschafTeltii. fire- brand. Glory of Autumn. Sunray, Peter Hender- son, etc. I^abeled Samples of the set mail- ed for 30 cents. VEK BENA.S-Twenty-four varieties, mostly Mam" moths. A splendid mixture. CAKN AT10N,«-Six good cut flower sons : Portia, Uinze's White, Tidal Wave, Grace Wilder, Butter- cup. L. L. Lamborn. Trade I-ist sent on Application. Prices and Quality of Stock will please you. .a.IiI»Ij.A.XJS, 3V. -X. COLBUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. I can supply TEN best varieties, in any quantity, 75c. per 100; |6 00 per 1000. CASH WITH ORDER. Also GERANIUmS and ALTERNANTHERAS. SEND FOR TRICE LIST, S. B. FIELD, Roselle, N. J. ROSE HILL NURSERIES, New Rochelle. N. Y. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, HARDY I'tANTS, Orolatlds, CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. FREDERICK MAU, P.O. Box 322. SOITH OHANGK, N.J STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES 3-inch, best varieties, 100 or 1000. MARGUERITES; PETUNIAS; ABUTILON GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA; CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVY; GERMAN IVY; CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. Write for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITIT, MO. 332 The American Florist. Jan /, The Climbing Perle. During a recent visit to Flushing I was very much pleased with the climbing Perle dcs Jardins as grown by " The John HendersonCompany." This, as its name indicates, and as readers of the American Florist are aware, is a sport from the Perle, and shows all the characteristics of its parent. It will undoubtedly prove of much value to all who grow or admire climbing roses. It vigorous growth, charming color and freedom of bloom will undoubtedly win it a place at the head of the list of climbing roses. Mr. Anderson is also enthusiastic over the merits of a new ever-blooming gar- denia, of which they have control. This will probably prove a valuable acquisi- tion. In New York gardenias are be- coming a very fashionable flower for bouttonniers, as they have long been in England, and certainly no flower is more suited for the purpose. They are of very simple culture and should be more gener- ally grown. P. M. P. Scarborough, N. Y. The Poinsettia. Ed. .\m. Florist: — Will some reader of the Florist please give best methods of growing the poinsettia? The principal thing that bothers me is to keep the leaves from falling ofl". D. W. Plants and Bulbs. and mostly out of 2-inch pot Achryanthus, 2 sorts . . .. Anthemis Coronaria .... Anthericum Picturatuin . . Begonias, flowering sorts . Begonias Rex Clerodendrou, 2 sorts . . . . Cupheas, 2 sorts Chenostema Hispida .... Crape Myrtle, pink Coleus, best bedding sorts . Carnations, 15 best forcing s Dracenas Indivisa, large . . Fuchsias, sorts Fuchsias, single ra?r; Hoya carnosa variegated . Heliotrope, 4 sorts .... Ivy. German Jesamine, 4 sorts Libonias. 2 sorts Moon vines . . . Neirembergia C.r Pothos Aurea . . Plumbago Capen Piles Ruellia, 2 sorts .^ cts Salvias, 3 sorts ^ cts Santolina 3 cts Geraniums, best bedding sorts -^ cts Geraniums of 1888 3 cts Geraniums of 18S9 4 cts Geraniums of 1890 5 cts Geraniums, Ivy leaved 3 cts Geraniums, scented 3 cts Caladiums esculentura ^ to sets Cannas, mixed ' . tK cts Cinnamon vines 2 cts Gladiolus, mixed i ct Richardias maculata 3 to 5 cts Tuberoses, best northern grown i ct Tigridias, red 2 cts All securely packed at above prices. E. HIPPARD, Youngslown, Ohio. SPECIAL OFFER TO THE TRADE. IKIS xermanicainSOof the best yars. 2 40 2J 00 " Kaimpferi In 10 " " 4.00 :«i 00 Pumila in 3 " " 2.40 20 00 SPIR<-EA ASTII.BOIDES 32 00 palmata 2.41 20. CO " alba 12 00 !I6 00 Wholesale trade list of Conlferae, Rhododendrons, Fruit Trees. Hardy Perennials, Uocbptants, Ericas, Ferns, Aquatics, etc., tree on application. A. M- C. JONGKINDT CONINCK, Royal Tottenham Nurseries, DEUKMSVAART, NETHEKLANDS. VERBENAS DREER'S MAMMOTH VERBENA SEED. iwss-w- c;n.c:»ae» ivoxv -^hajx^-v. Choicest mixed varieties in the brightest colors. Per trade packet, 50c.; ij' ounce. $1 25; per ounce, $4.00. Seedling Verbena Plants are now preferred by the leading florists to cutting plants because of their vigor and freedom from rust. The strain we offer is selected with especial reference to bright and salable colors. COBEA SCAN DENS peroz. $.75 SMI LAX SEED per pound, $12.00; per oz. i.oo CENTAUREA CANDIDISSIMA . . per 10:0 seeds, .50 GYMNOCARPA.peroz $1, ■ " .50 Preliminary Flower Seed I^ist to the trade of seasonable seeds now ready; mailed (ree to the trade. tJENRY fl. DREER. FfilLflDEUFHm. 50 VARIETIES. $! 50 per 100; $2) 00 per lOOO 50,000 BEADT NOW. Our Verbenas this year are the finest we have ever grown. PJo ^vist or JVlllci^-w-. Packed light, and satisfaction guaranteed, trample on receipt f 26 cts. J L DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. Verbenas Now Beady ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE Per 100 Per WOO Mammoth, strong. 212-in. pots . . $4.00 $35-oo General Collection, 2K'-in pots . . . 3.00 25.00 Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings. . . 1.25 lo.co General Collection Rooted Cuttings 1.00 8,00 Address J. Q. :Bx»rro-w, IFISHICILL, 3Sr. Y. STROHO FI.ANTS, 2K-INCH POTS, 100; 600 at 1030 rates; in special Lrong rooted transplanted cut- • 1000: 600 at 1000 rates, provided y of a sort are not wanted. Cash with I'ransplanted cuttings, by mail, 10c. per 101 )rders booted for future delivery, provided int. is sent with order. W. B. WOODRUFF, Weslfield, N. J. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER, 933 Arch Street, FHII.ADEI.FHIA, FA. Dry Tubers of Tuberous Begonias. Shades of red in mixture, per 100, {5 00. Less than 25, 6z. each. A few double scarlet propagated by cuttings, loc. BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnelsville, 0. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. rOK DECORATIONS Write to A.. C. OBJIvSCHIG, SAVANNAH. GA. MUSHROOM SPAWN I^F.XtlNE JllI,I.TIlil K i fS.J.-. »o.00 »S.OO LADELI'IIIA, PA. Foreign Grape Vines for Graperies, Splendid one and two year old Vines, true to name, grown by an e.tpert. List of varieties and prices mailed on application. HENRY A. DREER. 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. ArEjie:BBj:ivA.JS. PERFKCTLY FREE FROM RWST. !o vars. new seedlings. Mammoth strain, ) $3; per jooc $25. per Rooted cuttii Fine stock Heliotrope, 2li-inch, $3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2!,4-inch $4 00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gracilli- mum, 5-inch, strong. $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per ico $12.00. single, per .100 $8.00. Obconica, per i *' ims— latest Novelties. I.atania borbouica, 5-inch $4.1 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds ch $3 c rose;s. Perles, Mermets, BonSilenes, Brides, Niphetosand 50 varieties of monthly roses, S4.00 per loi or $35 per loco. II. P.'s purchaser's choice, S6.00 per ico or S50.00 per 1000. H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or $40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. VERBENAS. STRONG AND HEALTHY. Ready for immediate shipping. Per 100 Per lOOO General Collection, 2!.^-inch pots ^3.0p $25 00 Mammoth Bet, 216-1 " R I Collection ipsls Veitchli liotrope in variety, rooted ■ 1 variety, rooted cuttings. Coleus In variety, rooted cuttings 1.25 lU.OU WOOD BROTHERS, (Successorsto I.e. WOOD &BRO..) FISHKILL, N. Y. "Nothing Succeeds like Success." Hll^UrC SOLUBLE) U U M C. O INSECTICIDE FIR TREE OIL Florists and Nniserymeii Slionld not H Wilhoni il. Dog and Bird Fanciers should all use it- Housewives should use it as a Dis- infectant, Bleacher and Cleanser when washing Under-Linen. 51], 4 48 fid; quantities >r. addressed to E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Victoria St., Manchester, England. Wmu.tiSALE from all the London geed Merchant and Patent Medicine Houses. NEWTORK: A. Rolkcr & Sons. i.OtO Spirea Japon i COO (ien'l Jacq. Rose pla ■" ■ -luttlnss rooted, 1 1 Redder & Golden JOHN BECK, Bridg-eport, Conn. iSgr. The a mericaa' Florist. 333 TUBEROUS BEGONIA SPECIAL. OPEN LETTER TO FLORISTS No. Dear Si The Xmas Garden seemed to please you very well, judg- ing from your many-fold responses. But the January issue will be still finer. A holly branch in colors adorns the cover. A 15x16 color lithograph of seedling begonias makes the frontispiece unquestionably the finest floral plate yet issued in America. In fact, this is a ]3eg;onia. {SlDeoia.!, many pages being devoted to the Tuberous Begonia by our ablest writers and growers. The superbly illustrated series on JflPflNE.SE, EDIBLE. PLANTS begins in this issue. A splendid assortment of other illustrated matter completes the finest issue of any American horticultural journal up to date. We made you a present of the Xmas issue: Price of this one 20 Cts., which may be deducted when you subscribe for the year. Remember our offer to Florists: A commission of 75 cents (net price, $1.25) if you act as our agent, and order two sitbs. to begin with, as proof of good faith. Yours truly^ THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. 8®" In Club -with The American Klorist, both one year, for $2 SO. ^% ^M ^M m ^M % m m m LITTLE'S ANTIPEST A Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Send for circulars and price list. MORRIS. LITTLE A. SON, Brooklyn, N. Y. and Doncaster, England. R. W. CARMAN, Gen'l Agt. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY and CLEAN stock per icoo 525x0 82.75 CHINESE PRIMRO3ES. from choicest seed GERANIUMS. 20 good salable vars., 2 Mad. Salleroi, 2 in. . . CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds . . MOON VINES (Ipomffia Noctyplylon) ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus. 2"^-in . . COLEUS. best varieties, 2-in HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2j4in DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2-in. . N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Indepe:ndence, Mo. (Independence Is well located for shipping, beinu 8 miles east of Kansas CltT.> Diagram Showing ^^ -^^ JWl JJ • iiow perfect drain- The Only pot with Patent Perfect age and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom, is secnred. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Glass Certificate of Merit, and also HIGHLY COMMENDED by the New Jersey Horticultural Society at their Chrysanthemum Exhibition, at Orange, N. J., November 4th, 1S90. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere. this pot say that hereafter they will use no other. sd and -00.0.1 iraotui-ed THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., wK.'i?ofsV„I.T.PIiiia(lelpliia, Pa, Agent for tlie New England States, M. ,J. MCCARTHY, 37 Otis St., Somerviile, Mass. PLANET JR. IMPROVED FARM AND GARDEN TOOLS FOR 1891. BKTTEIS, Botli Horse and Hand, THAN EVER; better and more money saving We can not describe them here, but our new and handsome catalogue Is free and Interesting. A goodly num- ber of new tools will meet your eve there. Among these Gardener's Harrow, Cultivator and Pulverizer, combined, adjustable teeth; Marliet , Gardener's * Beet Grower's Special Horse ' Hoe with Pulverizer; Special Furrower.- Marlcer and Ridger, adjustable wings; Sweet Potato Horse Hoe, four tootti with vine turn- er; Heavy Grass Edger and Path Cleaner; new Nine Tootli Cultivator mid H..itable for depth, Is a great feature; put on all '91 goods unless ordered o wise. Nor have our Hand Seed Drills been forgntten In the march of Improvement, nor our Double Single Wheel Hoes, Garden Plows. Grass Kdgers. Etc. Some of them are greatly altered for the better do not forget that no novelties are adopted by ijs without actual anfl exhaustive testa in the field thereforeguarantee everything exact_l_y as repre. g_ ^ ALLEN & CO.. J-ralft'ellllfu* '^ Send for Catalogues i delpliia. Pa. IMPROVED GIANT VERBENAS. This magnificent strain of Mammoth Verbenas has been produced by five years of high culture and care- ful selection, and Is justly claimed to be the finest in eter, borne profusely in large, ball-like umbfls. Finest colors. Don't fail to sow of it. Trade pltt. 35 cts.; 3 pkts. 60cts.; 6 pkts., Sl.OO. JOHN F. RCPP, Sliiremangtown, Pa. MY NEW SPECIAL OFFER OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is now published and may be bad on applicalion. Quedllnburg, Germany. 334 The American Florist. Jan. /, Foreign Notes. The Roval Hort. Sociity of England has appointed a coininittic to cstaWish a memorial comincmoiativc of tlie labors of the late Shirley Hibberd. A French journal recommends the use of sulphate of iron in a state of powder to destroy moss on lawns. It shoidd be used at the rate of one-half pound of the sulphate to 120 square yards of surface. In a trial nt the rate above indicated the moss entirely disappeared in six weeks and the grass had g:rown with great vigor. The Edi.sburgii chrysanthemum show was visited by 35,000 people during the three days. There was a surplus of over $600, though $1,500 was expended for music in addition to prizes and other ex- penses. The annual meeting of the National Rose Society of England was held Decem- ber 9. During the coming year an earlj- show of tea roses will be held June 23, general exhibition at the Crystal Palace Julv 4, and Provincial show at Hereford J"'y ^<'' H. BAYERSDOEFEE & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with #3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 6 HARRISBURG. PA. Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHOOSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the od' y Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS IRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, iSgo? We were. Why? Be- cause we mauufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR REDUCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS TttE. WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES : M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerville, Mass. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 1st. Give the number of sashes to be lifted. 2nd, Give the length and depth of sashes, (depth 3rd. Give the length of house. 4lh. Give the height from the ground to the comb of root. 6th. Give the thickness and width of rafters or PLANT BED CLOTH. HEAP SUnSTITlTE FOR OLASS on Ho bv Florists, Gardeners, etc., Invaluable 'obacco Orovers. Protects from frost, uotes hardy, TiKorous growth and keeps beds 11, will not shrink or mildew. For sale by the NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO., 27 Soutli Street, - - NEW TOSK. S5. FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. AHMDRFn sizes. >^ inch to 42 inches diameter. '^ The making, vending-, or use of any Sen-iceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our tuanufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our Patents The rights secured to us render each individual dealeror user responsible lorsuch unlawful use with all the consequences thereof For prices and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO . Sole Mf gand Owners of all the Sphincter Grip Armored Hose fkteiils, 49 Warren Street. New York. PAINT That is White and will stick on Greenhouses. That is Rust Proof for Iron Pipes and retards no heat. HAMMOND'S Paint & Slug Shot Works, FiSHKlLL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DELIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Hoffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street, i8gi. The American Florist. 335 ESTABLISHED 1854. Devine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wrouffht lion Hot Watei Boilers <««,^ (B 1^ ^ ^ ^ P ^ ift ^ *l ^ [^ ^|j Send for New Li FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 S. CANAL STREET, CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. For further testimonials, illustrated catalogue or estimates, address JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS, 69-73 Broadway, NEW YORK. OUR IVBJ>.V DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. NO WIDE-AWAKE FI.ORIST need be tolij It will pay him to use Sash Bars, etc. made from -^ CLEAR C^ PRESS, ^s- Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. Vr Sena for circulars and estimate-, . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO.. LOCKLANDv Hamiltok Co., OHIO. "Neponset" Waterproof Flower Pots UNBREAKABLE. HANDSOME. DURABLE. LIGHT. CLEAN. CHEAP. They insure complete protection to the roots, make a perfect pot for marketing, and effect an immense saving in cost of transportation. Cheaper to use "Neponset" Pots than to wrap with paper. Slips, Cuttings and Young Plants can be grown and mar- keted in the smaller sizes, saving labor of transplant- / ing, and avoiding injury to plant. Made in Standard , y sizes adopted by Society of American Florists. -<-«/.« V SOLE MANUFACTURERS: ,,...-../- p w. BIRD & SON, EAST WALPOLE, MAS- . & J. FARQUHAR & CO., S. Market Street, Boston, Mass. AUG. ROLKER & SON, Station E, New York City. iples and Circulars. - of 1000 3)^-in. pots (including crate).... « lbs. 2^ libs. The "Spence" Hot Water Heater. Each section an INDEPENDENT BOILER. Repaired without DISTURBING the PIPING. Burns HARD or SOFT COAL, WOOD & COKE Can b; operated at HIGH or LOW pressure. NSTIONflL HOT WSTER HESTER CO., BOSTON. Oliver Schleiumer, Ciu., O. Cahill. Collins & Co . St. Louis. Mo. CHICAGO. 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Long Island notes 337 One dollar each for carnation flowers 338 Bunching carnations (with illustratiou) . . ..338 Carnation Lamborn 338 Sabal rametto (with illustration) 339 Tuberoses at Christmas 339 Gypsophila in floral arrangements (with illus)340 Canna star of iSgi 340 Leaves of advice from a limb of the law xxill . 340 Chrysanthemum Beacon (illustration^ 341 Society of American Florists 341 Management of Exhibitions 341 Andromeda speciosa (with illustration) .^42 Exochorda grandiflora (with illustration) . . .343 Thepoinsettia -343 Cleaning brick flues 343 Greenhouse improvements 344 New York 344 Chicago 344 EflSective grouping of hardy plants (wilhillus)345 Shipping CO. D 346 Credits 346 Floriculture in the south . 346 Catalogues received 346 Points on advertising 348 Chicago 348 Philadelphia 349 Echoes from Philadelphia 349 Boston 350 Minneapolis, Minn 350 Denver, Colo 352 Renew yoursubscription now for 1891. Send in a report of the holiday trade in your city if you have not already done so. The Executive Committee of the So- ciety of American Florists will meet in annual session at Toronto, Ontario, next Tuesday. Long Island Notes. Scarlet Berries — Out in the snow bushes of Bcrberis Thunbergii, thickly arched with coral fruit, give a warm glow to the gardens otherwise now cheerless enough. If heavy snow has spread apart and weighed down the branches of your rct- inosporas, thujas, yews and other nice evergreens, go out among them with a bean pole and shake the snow off the branches, lest your handsome shrubs re- tain their spread apart appearance after the snow passes away. Leptosyne Maritima from the Cali- fornian sea coast is in good bloom. Its large sunflower-like yellow flowers are a welcome addition to our winter blos- soms. It is easily raised from seed and six months' old plants bloom freely. Growling.— Page 305. — Please Mr. Everding, don't deny us one of the pleasures of life — the jmvilege of growl- ing. Till the Millenium anyway, let us growl. Mistletoe.— A friend in Tennessee sent me a barrel of mistletoe which I shared with my neighbors, and I was aston- ished to find many among them who had never before seen the festive parasite, not- withstanding its delightful yule associa- tions. It is not indigenous, so far as I know, on Long Island. Kalanchoe carnea.— It is in bloom again, pink, fragrant and pretty. I pre- sume it has come to stay, it is so easily grown and blooms so full and surely, and will be indispensable to the private con- servatory, but I don't think ever much of a market plan!. The Trees of North Eastern America. — (Putnam, New York). — If you are too hard-shelled a florist to care any- thing about ovir native trees yourself, get this book and give ittoyour children. It is just such a book as our hearts have yearned for for many a day, aplain popu- lar story, with simple but pertinent de- scriptions, and clearly defined engravings of the folia>;c and often the fruit of the diftVrcnl trees, eiioiii,'h to enable anyone to distinguish tliein at a glance. The author is'.Mr. Charles S. Newhall. CuTORiA Mariana.— The Brooks sis- ters of Sorrento, Florida, send me flowers and seeds of this very pretty little vine. They write, "It grows here in the pine woods and also in the bay-heads where, in the latter place its flowers are of a creamy color on account of shade, and in the former, it is sometimes pink or laven- der. It is a very beautiful flower, excell- ing the sweet pea in loveliness. The flowers are sometimes two inches across. It is a perennial; and begins to bloom in April or May and continues into August." It is not uncommon in cultivation in greenhouses in the north, and although the pea-flowers are large, showy arid beautiful, they are not plentiful enough to justify us in growing it in quantity. Thunbergia Laurifolia is a rapid growing vine from India. I have it planted out in a box at the warm end of a greenhouse, and let it spread along and droop from some vines near the top of the house, and it now is in full bloom. It has hundreds upon hundreds of large, pale blue flowers in the drooping fascicles —a beautiful sight. But its only worth is for the decoration of the greenhouse, as cut flowers its blooms are useless, the individual blossoms don't hang on to the clusters for long after they are cut, and they wilt in a day after being severed from the plant; besides, although the color is beautiful by day it is very j)oor with night light. This plant blossoms full twice a year, in summer and in winter. The only care it gets is watering and cut- ting it in and keeping it thin as nec- essary. August-struck Chrysanthemums.- Your reference to these, page 260, prompts me to say that we grow a few hundred of them and find them invaluable for December blossoms. While we en- courage stocky gi-owth and substantial foliage, we discourage early blooming by. keeping these small plants plunged out in cold frames as long as we can conven- iently and safely, usually into November. The plants are in four and five inch pots, and bear from one to five flowers each, and they are good flowers. And they are very handy to stand about in the greenhouses where there is a little empty patch or corner, or to pack to send away, and a joy to the ladies who sell plants at the church fairs, for they are a capital size for this purpose and in bloom at the proper time. Mrs. Langtry, Moonlight, Christmas Eve, Hon. J. Welsh, Neesima and Frank Wilcox were among the latest we had. Cyperus Papyrus, the Egyptian Paper Reed.— At Staten Island, the other day, I noticed that Mr. Tricker was raising it from seed, he had two large flats filled with nice little seedling plants. Planted out in summer in deep rich open soil kept abundantly moist, it grows rapidly and makes a very imposing clump in the flower garden and is verj' appropriate in the vicinity of water. Al- though often treated as purely an aqua- tic, the finest specimens of it I have ever seen were planted out in the open garden with cannas and musas. Nymph.baZanzibarensis.— Mr. Tricker, who also makes a specialty of fine flower- ing aquatics showed me some tubsof this tropical pond lily at rest. "But, indeed," he remarked, "I'don't care muchwhether I save them or not, because I can get it vip so readily from seed, and seedlings bloom freely the first year." Nelumbium Speciosuai, the Egyptian 33B The American Florist. Jan. Lotus is hardy with him in the open air tank basins, but he is eareful ahvaj-s to have the water deep enough that the ice never forms thick enough to come within reach of the tubers. In this same way 1 have found Nympha;a flava.the Forida yel- low pond Uly, and Aponogeton distach- von.thedeliciousCapeofGood Hope pond weed, also hardy. Mignonette.— Mr. Trickernips out the point of the stout main shoots so as to get well developed side shoots; and in the case of weak main stems he rubs off the side branches in order to invigorate the leader. He likes Machet. El.«agni's Longipes will probably be pushed considerably next spring, and it deserves to, for it is a highly ornamental and useful Japanese hardy shrub. But we have four names, viz. longipes, edulis, Simoni and umbellatus and two distinct plants and they all seem to be very much mixed up together, and in thiscountry so far as they have come under my notice, all have been grown as longipes. Of course our nurserymen and florists im- port a deal of youiig stock from Eurojje and many rely upon the names in the European nurseries. And here is a case in point. A firm who has sent thou- sands of eteagiuis to this country has the genuine longipes under the name of edulis, and this is all right for edulis is a syn. of longipes, but the same firm has E. umbellatus under the name of longipes, and it is here where the trouble comes. The true longipes is the dense bushy grower which begins to bear fruit when two years old and only two feet high; and the umbellatus (or Simoni, as I have it from one source) is the vigorous wil- lowy shrub that often attains a height often feet without showing the least in- clination to bear fruit. Longipes is the better species by far. One Dollar Bach for Carnation Flowers. Yes, I did tell Ed Lonsdale that carna- tions (Divine flowers) will be produced four inches in diameter and that they will be sold for one dollar each within eight years. I think I did say 10 years, but I will take off two years. Somebody says they have carnation flowers already three inches in diameter. That is good, very good, but carnations are not modeled out of clay directly, or my four-inch flower would be figured in the A. F. next week. To obtain a flower simply four inches in diameter is not a difficult task; in fact all the Mahnaison varieties are fully four inches in diameter when well grown, but they are not what my four-inch carnation ideal is. Here is my model: First. The flower is to be not less than four inches in diameter. The petals must be thick and regularly disposed. The color, any color. It must have a de- cidedly sweet perfume. Second. The calyx to be not less than half the diameter of the flower; it must be sufficiently large so as not to burst during the period of the petals emerging from it. The stem must be in proportion to the size of the flower, and long enough to be cut not less than eighteen inches long. BUNCHraG CARNATIONS The lower end of the stem not thmner than an ordinary lead pencil. The stem to be clothed with leaves as are the best varieties to-day, excepting that the lower leaves are to be eight inches long, one- half inch wide, covered with a glaucous surface, which only carnations have. The leaves to be curved in that lovely way already possessed by the Divine flower. Such flowers will sell for $1 each. I will further predict that we shall have exhibitions where carnalions will be the leaders and that will be within six years. There is a brilliant future for the carna- tion and I hope I may live to make at least one more brick for the structure. John Thorpe. Bunching Carnations. Bunching carnations seems a simple matter enough, yet we often find them resembling more a ball of color than a bunch of flowers, or as a noted grower (whodelights in seeing his favorite flower at the best advantage possible) says, "they are pulled, the ffiwers made even careftilly, and then tied up close like a broom." Now this is rather a detriment to their sale, and as long stemmed carnations are being used more and more every J'ear, it is a matter of wisdom on our part to not only grow them to the highest perfection, but to present them to our customers in an attractive shape. The grower sending to a retailer or commission house shoidd put his blooms in bunches of twenty-five. Fifty makes the bunch too large and heavy. There will of course be a difference of a few inches in the length of stems. Now in place of making the flowers even make the bot- tomof the stems evenandtie aslowdown as possible. Tied in this manner a bunch bein? held up for inspection shows each individual flower and is fully 50 percent more satisfactory than the compact tightly bunched one. When carnations are four inches in diameter and bringing a dollar a piece it will be necessary to put a few sprigs of foliage in the bunch to even matters up a bit. A little foliagje is a great improve- ment now, but until dealers are willing to count each sprig as a long stemmed flower no grower could afford to use them at the prices they are often sDld. Albert M. Herr. Carnation Lamborn. I have recently received several private letters calling my attention to an article which appeared over my name in the .American Florist of October 1 last, in which I made a statement to the eftect that I had said good bye to Hinze's White carnation and instead had some- what largely planted Lamborn. Most of these letters also remind me of an ad- ditional remark made in my article which appeared in the Florist November 13, in which lemphasized the above in a forcible manner by saying that up to that time I was more than pleased with the move and considered it the best one that I had made in carnations in a lone time. One of the letters refeired to came from Eng- land, the others mostly from distant points and all expressing such intense interest in the subject that it would have iSgi. The American Florist. 339 Sabal Palmetto afforded me great pleasure to have answered each separately, but as that would have been quite a tax on my time I ask the indulgence of the Florist to permit me to answer them all together as briefly as possible through iis pages. The two side benches of my new iron house are occupied with this vorietv, also the largest part of a side bench in another house, there being altogether a little more than 3,500 plants. From this number of plants, since October 1, I have gathered within a mere trifle of 10,000 flowers, niostlv long stemmed; These flowers with the exception of 1,500 which I shipped to New York have been sold and used in my own store. For tliose which I sent to New York the con- signees allowed me $2 per hundred, less of course the necessary expenses, but the long stemmed ones sold in my own store have all brought 50 cents per dozen, except the day before and on Christmas day, when the price was 75 cents per dozen. But quite a considtra1)le number were gathered without stems, for making the gi-oundwork of funeral pieces. Being anxious to get an idea of what these short or stemless flowers netted me, I requested the youngs man in my store who superintends all the making up to keep an exact account with several floral pieces, charging everything against the piece; then allowing a fair valuation for the roses, hyacinths, freesias, mignonette and other flowers used in finishing the work, cost of frame, moss, time and everything else, we found that the carna- tions in nearly every instance netted a little over ten cents each. Now as these flowers used for funeral work formed quite a considerable part of all those gathered, although many of them so used are gathered with long stems, I have found after charging the 10,000 flowers with every item of expense that it is possible tothink of, that they have netted me five cents each or $50 per 1000, or close on to half the actual cost of ray new iron house. And what is more, I am thor- oughly satisfied that my bank account fully sustains this calculation. The question now is, will Hinze's White or any other of the older sorts do as well or anything like it? I know that last year and other years when I was grow- ing and depending in a great measure upon Hinze's White, I had lots of them when the crop was on, but between the crops I had to buy a good many thou- sand flowers at a cost most of the time of $3 and $4 per hundred. Another pleasant feature to contemp- late in Lamboni is the fact that the 10,000 flowers gathered from my plants are not missed, in fact no person to look at the beds would suppose for one moment that any considerable number of flowers had ever been gathered from them; the mass of buds in the several stages of development remain just about I the same, or if anything still more num- I erous than a month or two ago. An- other important and exceedingly val- I uable feature of this vnriety Is its I adaptability to culture on side benches near the glass; the greatest height of the grassy part of the plant is about eight inches, while the extreme height of flower stem is fifteen inches, and the stems art thrown up singly and in most cases witli only one bud, no sticks or tying up being necessarj-. I think after theaboveexplanationthat Brother florists will agree with me that I have every reason to be well pleased, yea, more than pleased with the results of just saying good bye to Hinze's White and substituting Lamborn in its place. At the present time there is not a single plant of Hinze's White on my place and hereafter I have no room for that carna- tion. Recently I have been favored with pleasant calls from several Bi-other flor- ists, most of whom have made the Lizzie McCiowan the main object of their visit, bvit all have expressed themselves as greatly pleased with Lamborn, and in most cases are losing no time in i)rovi(l- ing themselves with stock. My last visitors, just before Christmas, were Messrs John N. May, of Summit and Robert Craig, of Philadelphia. Neither of these gentlemen are over and above demonstrative, but they are exceedingly practical, and Mr. May can detect the good qualities of a carnation as readily as lie can those of a rose which his keen, well trained eye may rest upon, but Mr. May does not pretend to be a carnation grower, roses are his Forte with a great big F. Somehow or other I got the im- pression that Mr. Craig was highly pleased with Lamborn, but then again I may be mistaken, because as I said before, he is not over demonstrative, but when I passed up out of my flower cellar a pot containing two or three hundred large pure white flowers of this variety, I thought I did detect a satisfactory twinkle in his eye but could not becertain as he only ordered five thousand plants, and then again these gentlemen came to see Lizzie McGowan. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., Dec. 26, 1890. Sabal Palmetto. Our illustration is from a photograph of a specimen growing in the open ground at the Bloomingdale Nursery, New Or- leans. It was raised from seed by Mr. J. Fonta, the proprietor of this nursery. It is 19 years old, and now 30 feet in height. Tuberoses Chris To have tuberoses at Christmas, get the bulbs in October, and keep them in a dry, warm place buried in tobacco stems until the following August. Then plant as usual and they will be in full bloom at Christmas. " T. M. C. 340 The American Florist. Jan. S Gypsophila in Floral Arrangements. The iiccompanyinj: illustration is cn- •jraveii from a photograph sent us by Mr. Riehard Hagg, Bridgeton, N. J. He ealls attention to the effect the Gypsophila , panieulata adds to the arrangement, and says: "Several customers have taken (|uiti' a fancy toits spraysof tiny flowers, anil one had the aeeomioanying jihoto- grapli taken. I do not think the gypsop- hila would force well, for its root is large and goes down in the earth like a Chinese vani, but it is useful to have planted out- side. It is perfectly hardy. Seed sown now nnderglass will produceyoungplants that if set out next spring will bloom next summer. But the |)lants will not attain full size until the following season." Canna Star of 1891. This is a dwarf gladiolus-flowered carina and the finest of its race that I have ever seen or know anything about. It was raised by M. R. Catlin, of Rich- mond, Va., and sold by him to Hallock & Son, of Queens, L. I., who in turn sold it to J. L. Childs, of Floral Park, who now holds the stock of it. About the end of October '89 Mr. Catlin sent me cut flowers of this canna, he then proposed calling it "Virginia Dare," and under this name I described it in the Florist, page 161, November 15, '89. He also presented me and Air. W. R. Smith of the U. S. Botanic Garden at Washington, each with a small plant. I potted mine and kept it in a warm green- house and by Christmas it was in bloom, and it has never since been out of bloom. The plants are dwarf and stocky and very vigorous, about two feet high in- doors and 3 feet high out of doors; every shoot bears a spike which in time pro- duces three to five laterals, each of which carries from thirteen to twenty-seven blossoms; the well matured open flowers are about four inches across with petals an inch wide, and the color is vivid orange scarlet with a slight border of golden yellow and yellow in the throat. And in the greenhouse in winter the color is brighter and better than it is out of doors in summer, and the individual flowers last longer. As soon as I found out its great ex- cellence I advised Mr. Catlin to hold on to it, keep quiet about it and multiply it with all his energy till he had 25,000 or 50,000 plants, then give it to the people. .\nd to assist him in this was the sole reason for my absolutely refusing to tell the several florists and horticultural gen- tlemen who saw and admired it in bloom here last winter, one word about it or its origin. But its fame spread and so deep an impression did it make that last February J. L. Childs offered me $1,000 for my one plant, but as it was not mine to give he couldn't have it. Last April the Hallocks bought the stock, 300 plants of CatHn, and during the summer grew them out of doors on their bulb farm at Queens, and where they were seen by representatives of most all the leading florist and seed firms in the country and it is generally known in the trade as "the Hallock" canna. In Maj- I divided my plants into three parts and planted them out, and in Sep- tember I lifted and redivided them mak- ing thirty plants, and these are now in pots in the greenhouse and blooming beautifully. For a time I was afraid there might be some mistake about the indentity of this fine canna, especially as the description GYPSOPHILA IN FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS of Madame Crozy fitted it pretty exactly, but on comparing it with excellent large specimens of Madame Crozy in bloom, kindly furnished me by Peter Henderson & Co., and Henry A. Dreer, I am satisfied they are quite distinct. Both, however, resemble each other in habit, growth, flower spikes and large-sized blossoms, but the color of the Star of '91 is more brilliant and velvety. And I am inclined to believe that a year or two hence this canna will be grown in quantity by florists for cut flowers in winter; certainly, I will grow it. But let me here remind you that all of the flowers on a canna spike of any variety do not open at one time, and before those at the end of the raceme expand the first open ones begin to drop; also before the last lateral is in bloom, the first raceme of the spike is out of bloom. \V. F. Chrysanthemum Beacon, This is a full double, creamy white flower with strong stems. The outer row of petals are tubular and reflexed, whilethose nearer the center are incurved with convex tips. Winner of the first prize, silver medal, of the Mass. Hort. Society, Boston, 1890, for the best seedling. (For Young Floihh.) xxni. LIABILITV OF SHIPPER AND CARRIER. To compare you to something in your own line, I should say that while your cheeks have the color of a red, red rose, your language is entirely lacking in the fragrance of moderation. Excited are you? Well calm yourself. Too much temper is like too much compost, it forces things but it burns them up in the end. Don't be so much like a sensitive plant. Like to be a Scotch thistle would you? Well, now that I have heard your story, please cease that pendulum motion of your body and I'll attempt to elucidate the point. Whether the shipper or carrier of goods be liable for damage to them depends upon where the primary negligence lies. For instance, if a dealer in glassware ships me a box of cut glass goblets and when they reach me half of them are broken, either the shipper or carrier or both may be liable. If faulty packing could be proved, the shipper would be liable, for the carrier cannot remove the covers of cases to ascertain whether the goods are properly packed. All that the carrier can exact from the shipper is that he dis- close the nature of the goods, by such plainly written or printed directions on the case as "Keep Dry", "This Side up with Care", "Glass with Care", "Keep Warm, Liable to Freeze", etc. But no matter whether the negligence lies with shipper or carrier, under no cir- cumstances may the buyer be held liable. The law exacts that goods must reach the consignee in good condition. There is one exception, however: The buyer must remove the goods from the freight house promjDtly, for after the lapse of a reasonable time the carrier's lialjility as carrier ceases and he becomes merely liable as a warehouseman. Quite a dif- ferent thing, by the way. Now let's get down to your case: A ships you one thousand tuberose bulbs via B's line of boats (m railway. It was .\'s duty to mark them ■Perishable, Keep from Cold" if the shipment was made in the winter, and if he fails to do so and the bulbs are frozen your redress is against the carrier, who in turn has a cause of action against the shipper. If, however, you neglect to remove the bulbs from the freight house upon their arrival and a cold snap sets in, then you become the negligent party and must stand the loss. But only in the last-mentioned case could you be' held for the damage. Now as you suggest, the negligence might plainly be with tlie shipper. For instance, if he were to ship you per ex- ])ress one box of cut flowers and fail to pack them properly you couldn't hold i8gi. The American Florist. 34 CHRYSANTHEMUM BEACON. the express company. Your redress would lie against the shipper. But let me warn you that the law will not impose a hard condition on a carrier, by which I mean this: Suppose you ship a box of cut flowers and give notice on the box, "Keep in even temperature," but the weather changes and the flowers are ruined. You'd have no cause ol' action against the carrier, anj' more than you would if you sent a child by express and it caught the measles en route. Thanks, I'm glad you spoke of that. A shipment of cut flowers arrives and your place is closed, they are taken back to the company's oflSce and arc ruined. You are the loser except you could prove that the express agent put the flowers carelessly in a warm place when he might have put them in a cool one. Now, as you know, a carrier may limit his liability, but he must bring such lim- itation to the shipper's knowledge, other- wise it will not be of binding force upon him. No carrier may be held liable be- yond the end of his route. Novi' in your business your merchandise often being of a perishable nature you should exercise extraordinary care and diligence both in packing 3'our goods and in plainly marking the case or box, so that the carrier may understand fully the nature of the contract he is entering into. There your liability ceases and unless some act of God or the public enemy de- stroys or damages the goods you may not be held liable for their loss. 'The carrier must perform his contract with the limitations above referred to. Now there is another side to this ques- tion. Suppose the carrier were not a common carrier but a mere private carrier, that is, suppose you send a thou- sand bulbs of some kind to a customer by a man specially hired to do the job. This would bequite anotherthing. Youwould be obliged to show negligence before you could hold him liable for loss by freezing or otherwise, and if he did it as a favor, without pay, then gross negligence would need to be shown, but no public or com- mon carrier like a steamboat line, railway or express companj- may plead the negli- gence of their own employes. They are always liable except as above set forth. But one thing j'ou must always do, give immediate notice of the damaged condi- tion of the merchandise both to shipper and carrier. Uncle Blackstcse. Society of American Florists. Members of the society who paid for a photograph for group pictures taken at Mrs. F. B. Hayes' at Lexington and who have not received their pictures uji to present date, are requested to forward their names to Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Brom- field street, Boston, as an effort is to be made to compel the party to fulfil his obligations. Management of Exhibitions. Mr. Editor:— Noticing your request in a recent issue for a full discussion on the subject of the management of exhibitions I venture a few re- marks for that purpose. Of course I have reference to a flower show. The manage- ment of a flower show, and all those who do and who are invited to in any way contribute should bear in mind that the show of flowers is an educator of the public in that particular direction. But like the professors in our colleges, we florists must be supported and must see to it that the good we are doing in the world is being paid for. Our store windows help to educate the public. We do not dress our windows daily with that benevolent object in view, we do it to show those who have cultivated the taste for flowersthat thereis the place to gratify their desires, but in doing so how- many hundreds of others in a day have been impressed by our display of beauty. We have sown the seeds the harvest of which will, though perhaps indirectly, surely bring us full compensation for our labor, and those same flowers brought a fair profit. Maj' the florists' window never be curtained. The flower show is but a step in the evolution of our business higher up than our show window. During the last ten years or more our windows have educated such an army to theirlevel thatthere is a 342 The a m erica n Fl oris t. Jan. 8, ii till laruc class iva.lv aiul motion. That this is a attcmlaiKC troin year t lereiit flower shows corlainly proves. Now a word upon the management of shows, and it is upon the management in arranging the iireliminaries that the success of the venture largely depends. It is the business of the management to arrange malUrs as nearly as possible sotluit eaeluontribiitor will reeeivea fair price for all he does, and also to give each of their possibleexhibitors an opportunity of doing that which he can do best. It is very well to call the exhibition a chrys- anthemum show and make them a lead- ing feature while they are so jjopular, but the management must be true to their calling and not overlook a single oppor- tunity of adding any flower or plant that is beautiful, whether they be expensive or low priced, and it would certainly be to our advantage to make better and more use of some of the cheaper flowers than we do. They should know the growers of their neighborhood and contrive to have their premium list so arranged as to bring out the strongest points of each so that each one will feel paid for his exer- tions. No one should be expected to work for nothing. That is the object in award- ing first, second and third prizes for the same thing. The management must con- sider themselves for the time in the show business, and must pay for all services, although it is done by the prize system in place of contract. Of course this is easier to say than to do, but it appears to me to be the only way of getting all there is to be had. The next task is to arrange the whole so as to bring out the beauty of each feature without injuring any other. You may be sure that if you can get the best of what surrounds you and show it off" to advantage the public will appreciate it and pay the expenses by an increased attendance, and the benefit will be mutual. But who will have charge of the management? It is generally a committee appointed by a club or society. They overwork them- selves and theircompensation is the kicks and grumbling of every one who has any criticism to make. As the exhibitor is tempted to exert aneft'ort to win the first prize, why not allow the management 50% ofthe net profits. C. B. W. Andromeda Specie This is a very pretty little shrub found wild along the borders of swamps and ponds in low pine barrens from North Carolina to Florida; but it is perfectly hardy in cultivation as far north as Bos- ton. European botanists call it Zenobia speciosa. It grows about 3 to 4 feet high and is of slender, ' arching, bushy form. The oblong leaves are plain green, or green above and silvery white below, or silvery white both above and below according to variety, and these varieties according to kind are styled by nurserymen A. speciosa, A. s. var. pulverulenta, or A. s. var. pulverulentissima. The flowers are pure silvery white, open bell formed, nearly half an inch across, and produced in fasicled racemes. It loves a somewhat moist soil, shelter, and partial shade (but not overhead I from noonday sunshine. It comes into bloom with us about the 28th of May and the flowers last through June. This beautiful little andromeda is one of the best twelve hardy shrubs for flo- rists' use mentioned by Mr. Jackson Daw- son at the Boston convention (see Pro- ceedings, page 98). And much of its ANDROMEDA SPECIOSA. FLOWERS WHITE. [REPRODUCED PROM GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.] popularity about Boston is due to the bunches of its beautiful flowers annually exhibited by Mr. Dawson at the exhibi- tions ofthe Mass. Hort. Society. W. F. Exochorda Grandiflora. This is a very beautiful garden shrub from Central China, and used to be known as Spiraea grandiflora. The habit of the plant is one-stemmed, with a broad, bushy, symmetrical round top about 6 to 9 feet high, and firm, wiry wood. The flowers are large, white, in small racemes from the axils of the leaves on the one- year old wood; here they begin to open about the 8th of May, are at then- best about the 12th, and pretty well over by the 18th. As cut flowers they are not very satisfactory, they drop oft" too quickly, but it is with this exochorda as it is with Deutzia gracilis, cut flowers from plants forced in the greenhouse in winter last longer than do those from outdoor plants in May. i8gi. The American 'Florist. 343 EXOOHORDA GRANDIPtORA; FLOWERS WHITE. IReproduced from GARDENERS OHRONICLE.l Because of the difficulty experienced by our nurserymen in propagating the ex- ochorda in large quantity it has always been a rather scarce shrub in gardens. It is generally propagated from seed, but seeds are hard to get, and by layers and splice-grafting on pieces of its own roots. Some nurserymen, however, Hoopes, Brothers & Thomas, for instance, have large seed-bearing plants of tlieir own. As this shrub grows exceedingly well in the southern states, I am inclined to think that it would be to the advantage of some of our southern friends to grow it for its seed. The exfoliation of its bark is a peculiar characteristic of this shrub, but the idea that this is caused by enervation is erron- eous; this is as natural to the exochorda as it is to the plane tree. Exochorda Alberti is a new species from Central Asia and recently introduced to cultivation. Apparently it is quite hardy here, but our plants have not yet blos- somed. The leaves are larger and broader than those of E. grandiflora. The blossoms are also white. It is highly recommended both by French and Ger- man nurserymen. W. F. The Poinsettia. In response to the query in last issue of the Florist I give my method of treat- ment, which is as follows: Stock that has been resting through the winter, if healthy, is shifted up into convenient sizes of pots, not too large, shaking off all the soil. Use a soil com- posed of good rotten sod three parts, rotten cow manure one part, and sand one part. If the plants are placed in a good sunny position and syringed regu- larly thev will soon break, producing plenty of shoots. Give them a night temperature of 60° and a day temper- ature of 75°. These shoots should be taken off close up to the old wood and struck in the propagating bed, keeping well shaded and maintaining a moist atmosphere. Or they may be struck under hand-lights. The 'temperature should be the same as in the rose propa- gating house, only warmer overhead. The best time to commence is in .\pril and May, starting your plants during these months or even later. Take the cuttings about fourinches long or longer. After striking root, if potted off in tlit usual way and g^own in a rose house temperature, they will soon be ready for planting in benches from 4-inch pots. Or they may be kept in pots, but never allow them to become pot-bound. II grown in a temperature of 60° at night and 75° during the day, they can be car- ried through without losing a leaf. The dropping of the leaves is usually caused by too low a temperature or allowing the plants to become pot-bound before the bracts are set. If required late, say for Christmas, grow the plants out of doors during the sum mer, housing early, never allowing then; to become pot-bound. Give the last shifi in September. A little liquid manure will help them along after they have set th-- bracts. I have grown late July struck plants this way and flowered them in 5-inch pots, the bracts being of immense size and the plants dressed down to and over the pots with foliage. Jos. KUEVU. Cleaning Brick Flues. C. P. asks for some way to clean the old brick flues without taking down the 344 The American Florist. Jan. 8, flue at intervals. In vohinie 3, a sub- scriber related how lie bad aeeomiilishcd this by making use of i)uss\'. IK- tied a cord to pussy's leg, placed her in an open- ing at one ciid, and shut her in, making the other end the only way ot' escape. As she didn't propose to stay in she made tracks for the opening and in this way the cord was passed through, then a bag of hay was tied to the cord and drawn through. Greenhouse Improvements. A recent visit to the establishment of Messrs I.aKtvlie.V Stalil .-it Collingd.-ile Pa., disclosed the fact that very many improvements have been made since my last call, nearly a year ago. Four rose- houses, each ISx'lOO and two palm houses have been added, and they are built in a solid block, havingmerely glass partitions to divide them. This glass partition is no doubt a capital thing, as it gives the front bench nearh' as much light as any in the house, and certainly more than in houses that are separated by a solid, dark wall. An inspection of these houses will, I believe, convince any one that it is not necessary to leave a space of 10 to 12 feet between houses as is frequently done. The houses are three-quarter span and are glazed with 16x24 inch double thick glass. One-inch gas pipe is used for the purlins which aresupportedbv truss-rods of Vb-inch iron 8 feet apart. "The rafters used are a keystone pattern, 2x3 inch yellow pine. Steam is used for heating the whole establishment, and the piping is both overhead and under each bench, which system is giving splendid satisfac- tion here. A fine, large three-story brick building has also been erected, the first floor being used as an office and the second floor for storage. On the third floor is a large tank with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. The water is lifted by a steam pump, which also supplies Mr. LaRoche's hand- some residence and stables which are in close proximity to the greenhouses. An- other • new 30-horse-power boiler has been put in, to heat the new greenhouses, office, etc. Great credit is due to Mr.D.T. Connor, the able foreman at this place, for the ex- cellent condition of the roses in the new houses. One house contains Brides afid Mermets, another La France, and a third Papa Gontiers, all in fine condilion. ;ind at the time I saw them with a full crop for the holidays. The greenhouses are close to CoUingdale station and will well repay a visit. W. W. Coles. New York. This has been the poorest Christmas New York has seen for many years. The general uncertainty of the financial out- look made flower buyers cautious. Soci- ety people were very quiet, not one half the usual floral compliments were ex- changed. An analysisof the trade shows that the middle classes were the principal flower bu3'ers. Flowers were never so cheap at Christ- mas before, prices in many instances only reaching half those of last year. It is more than probable that a much larger business would have been done by all if the public knew flowers could have been bought at reasonable prices, but unfortunately the florist is looked upon as a robber at Christmas and New Years, and people pass the flowerwindows with a sigh and visit the neighboring candy or jewelry store. It is only natural for growers and retailers to try and get as much as they possibly can for stufl", but the question to be settled is, do high prices at Christmas tend to benefit our trade? There were many reputable retailers here who bought very little at Christmas. Why? It was the same answer from all. Their customers would not pay the high prices. There was a good plant business; flat pink baskets filled with small pink ericas brought good prices, silvered fern baskets filled with growing lily of the valley and white violets was a favorite design. Pandanus Veitehii in white and gilt pot baskets trimmed with silvered ribbons also sold well. Araucaria excelsa was a favorite Christmas tree for the dinner table. Small orange trees with half a dozen fruit sold well at $5 each. Holly was very beautiful and sold well, there being but little left unsold. It w\as a good year for green stufl" as the prin- cipal restaurants were all gaily decorated, an item that considerably helped the "green" market. English mistletoe seemed to be "too English" for the Amer- ican people this year. Besides its English traditions do not appeal to the American heart in such a degree as to warrant us in paying $30 per crate (100 lbs.) for it. Small roses were very plentiful as were also carnations and violets. Some of the violets seen around looked as if they had been well pick(l)ed. Red roses were the favorites and Me- teors and Woottons and Papas had it all to themselves. Beatifies were in great demand, and this was the only rose that brought its usual Christmas price, there being no other large rose, with the excep- tion of a few Alexis, in the market. Liliura Harrisii sold well and were much used in church anci other dec- orations. Orchids seem to be losing the popularity they enjoyed the last three or lour years. There were verj- few of them used this Christmas. Gardenias and violets and American Beauties were mostly worn in the street. Many pretty designs were seen in the windows along Fifth avenue and the principal club housesof thecity. Wreaths of mistletoe tied with silvery wliite rib- bon were hung in the windows of the Astor mansion, while the Vanderbilts decorated theirs with handsome wreaths of English holly with a broad wreath of berries in the center of the leaves and hung with cardinal ribbon tied in a Parisian bow. Crescent wreaths of "Princess pine" with a little basket filled with berries and tied with red ribbon at one side was a novelty sent out by Stumpp. Baskets filled with holly and poinsettias and scarlet carnations were much used for table decorations. Baskets of mistletoe and Cypripedium insigne with frills of sea-green silk de chine made a very pretty combination. Thorley had his window beautifully arranged with orchids and American Beauties. One of the windows was filled with violets with a background of lily of the valley. He says he has done a larger Christmas business this year than ever, having had to hire another store for his green stuff. Scallen is noted for his tasty window displays, and whatever he exhibits shows well in his well arranged window. On Christmas day he had his window filled with violets, valley and Beauties and he did a good business. It was said that Thorley and Scallen were the only Broad- way florists whose Christmas trade reached the standard of former vears. The Fifth avenue florists are all com- plaining, as are also the Madison avenue ones, with the exception of Stumpp, whose windows were a feast for the e\es. Stumpp is an enthusiastic lover of \vin- dow decorations and spares neither labor nor expense in making his windows attractive. He says it pays, for people will naturally go where they see and get fine goods. His Christmas trade has greatly exceeded that of former years. Johnny Weir is happy. This "Jay Gould of the Flower Market" was iii high glee over the condition of the mar- ket on Christmas day. He sayslic bought fine Mermets and Brides etc. for $50 and $60 per thousand, one fourth of last year's prices. Thursday was a beautiful day and many flowers were worn on the street, but we were visited on Friday by a terrific snow storm. Had this storm come on Thursday it is believed that there would have been a panic in the flower trade. New Year's trade was anything but sat- isfactory, and tended only to further con- vince us that its importance in a floral sense isfast declining; to add to its draw- backs this year there was a cold drizzling sleet comingdown all day; thisin addition to the awful condition of the streets, owing to the heavy snowfall on Friday, made street travelimpossible. \o flowerswere worn on the street, and many a dinner table lacked its usual "Smiles of nature." There were no decorated ball rooms this New Year, no novel "dance bouquets" and very few "aftairs" where flowers were a consideration. The New York Florist Club intends giving an exhibition of plants, flowers and designs the week preceding Easter. The fact that such men as Amus, May, Thorpe, Taylor, Anderson and Manda, are in- terested guarantees the magnitude and success of the undertaking. The Club's annual dinner will be given at Morrello's next Saturday. The Alpine Florists, 34th St. and Broad- way exhibited a novelty in their windows on New Y'ear's day. It was a basket filled with American Beauty roses frozen in the center of an immense cake of ice. It attracted a great crowd, and I heard the cynic remark, "It was a case of frozen beauties admiring frozen Beauties." We read in this week's newspapers of the exploits of the notorious Neal, in Chicago. "I told you so" is the only ob- servation one hears amongst the florists here. Wm. Ellis has leased and reopened the Fitzpatrick flower store, 30th street and liroadwav. John Young. Chicago. Mr. Bassett wants it understood that the $100 he lost on the recent Neal was on an old account contracted when there was supposed to be a very considerable financial backing by responsible parties, and not on the latest deals of the "King fakir." One large florist claims that there was more kicking about high prices at Christ- mas than ever before, in spite of the fact that prices were really low^er than they have been at the holidays for a long time. Customers assumed that the prices were high simply because Christmas prices were traditionally exorbitant. Many amusing stories are told about various growers who "pickled" stock, refusing high prices just prior to Christ- mas, and then almost giving it away afterward. As one florist puts it, "There were enough violets in the market Christ- i8gi. The American Florist. 345 EFFECTIVE GROUPING OP HARDY PLANTS (Reproduced from London Garden) mas day to pave State street and then leave enough for New Year's." The horticultural department of the World's Columbian Exposition has not yet been organized, and as Director- General Davis has gone east to remain some time, it may be towards Feb- ruary before the appointment of Chief of the department is made. The first regular meeting of the Horti- cultural Society of Chicago will be held at the Palmer House next Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. 0. P. Bassett will spend the re- mainder of the winter in the south forthe benefit of his health. It is reported that the store at 149 State street will be taken by one of the principal creditors of Neal and that he will continue the retail btisiness there. Effective Grouping of Hardy Plants. This beautiful picture of an English gar- den well illustrates how bold hardy plants can be effectively used in parks and large gardens. The large-leaved plant in front is Gunnera scabra, the other beyond it is the Turkish rhubarb, Rheum officinale, behind which is the strapleaved New Zea- land flax.Phormium tenax, and the grass- like plant behind the gunnera is the hardy bamboo, Bambusa nietake. The back- ground is made up of trees and shrubs, prominent among which is the variegated box elder (Negundo aceroides fol. var). Now such finishing off touches as this represents is common here in all large parks and well regulated gardens, but the outer plants we generally use are yucca and hollyhock. While these European pictures are very suggestive we can not follow them in de- tail. Sometimes, as in the case of the gunnera the plants are not hardy here, or, as we have it in the variegated box elder, the trees get scalded and unsightly after midsummer. And many plants are of too brief duration to be eligible, for in- stance, the Turkey rhubarb has very hand- some leaves till after it blooms, then de- crepitude becomes evident in the foliage. We have got to find our own plants. Bambusa metake and the variegated B. Fortunei are hardy and do well with us; Yucca angustifolia, also Y.filamentosa in variety are hardy and appropriate; the acanthuses although barely hardy live all right if an armful of dry oak leaves is laid over each crown and an old soap box tip- ped overthe leaves in winter;tritomascan be saved in the same way; Siebold's plan- tain lily, in the shade and Thunberg's day lily in the sunshine are also appropri- ate, and the cut leaved prairie docks (sil- phium ) so despised on the western prairies, fit in here nicely; so do tree psonias, Crimaean statice, baptisias, and the like. Whatever we use should last in good foli- age and character all summer long. Sp- iraea Aruncus and Bocconia cordata are also occasionallj' uspd, so too are the giant knotweeds, Polj'gonumcuspidatum and P. Sachaliense and Oriental poppies; but I would disadvise the use of the poly- gonums as they spread too much, and the poppy because it dies down too soon. Among grasses arundo, eulaha and large briza hold the front place for this work. We have a few shrubs that can be used to capital advantage for foliage effect in the same way, chief among them are the Maiidschoorian dimorphanthus, our southern Hercules club, and the fern- leaved form of the sumach, Rhus glabra. To obtain a fine foliaged or tropical ef- fect, Paulownia imperialis, sumachs of several kinds, ailanthus, catalpa and the like are planted thickly in groups and an- nually headed down to or near to the ground; the young sappy growthsjthat spring up year after year bear unusually large foliage. But I am not in svmpathy with mutilating a large tree to obtain the same end that can be secured with low growing plants quite as good and which need no mutilation. Tender plants are often used in summer for this kind of gardening, and a very gratify-ing addition they make. The most appropriate ones are musas, cycads, palms, tree ferns, eucalypti, melianthus' cannas, and the like. And in large parks many plants are annuall}' raised from seed that would fit well for such a situa- tion; they are the large solanums, castor oil, vvigandia, ferdinanda, tobacco, etc W. F. New York.— a New York Herald re- porter fell foul of a Scotch gardener on Long Island the other day and had to cry for quarter. In the Herald, December 11, he wrote: "J D ,aScotchman, who knew more twenty syllabled names than any man I ever saw before * * * fired oflf such a volley of Latin names at us that my head swam for an hour. * * But I cried for quarter and J D was merciful." New Books. The trees of Northeastern America, by Charles S. Newhall has been published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, London and New York. It is an octavo volume, devoted to the description and illustration of the trees of Canada and of the North-Eastern states of the Union , east of the Mississippi. 346 The American Florist. Jan 8, Sub'.cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, lo Cents a Line, .'igate; No Special Position No reduction made for large space. The AdTertlsing Department of the a.mekican Florist la for Florists. Seedsmen, and dealers In wares oertalnlnK to those lines Only. Please to Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Advertisements must reach usby Monday to secure Insertion in the issue for the foliowinK Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. SHIPPING C. O. D. Queries recently received indicate that the folly of shipping perishable goods C. O. D. without any portion of the value of the goods having been received with the order, from unknown parties, is not un- derstood by all shippers. That this method of doing business will sooner or later result in loss to the shipper has been demonstrated time and again, and all wise shippers make it a rule not to ship perishable goods C. 0. D. unless cash to the amount of at least one-fourth the value of the goods accompanies the order. .\ trick that has been successfully worked by shady characters is to order flowers and plants to be shipped C. 0. D. then refuse the package when delivered and later buy it in through an agent at a much reduced price. For the shipper when notified of the state of affairs will almost always advise the express agent to dispose of'the stuff to the best advan- tage possible, it being better to stand a partial loss than a complete one, as the flowers or plants would probably be worthless when returned and he would have to pay express charges both ways. And again" the express agents have in- structions from their company to at once dispose of any such perishable freight when refused by the consignee. Thus it will be seen that shippers who send goods C. O. D. to parties regarding whose responsibility they know nothing, unless a portion of the price accompanies the order as a guarantee of good faith, invite a loss, and encourage the class of swindlers referred to. The best way is to have no dealings with an unknown buyer except on a cash basis, until he has supplied satisfactorj- references, and you have written to each of the references, and had a favorable reply. If j-ou neglect these common busi- ness precautions you are prett3' sure be- fore long to contribute to the support of a certain class of dead-beats who are on the look-out for just such careless b men. In business it is necessary to give credit. Business could not very well be conducted entireh' on a cash basis. But the credit systern opens a splendid field for the swindler, and credit should be given to would-be customers about whom the seller knows nothing, onl3' after satis- factory references have been given and these 'references fully verified. And a single reference is not always safe. We will relate the experience told us by the head of a well-known firm in the trade. His concern received a mail order from an unknown buyer. The cash came with the order and it was shipped. Later other and larger orders came in, each accom- panied by cash, and were shipped. Then came an" order which the cash did not fully cover, but in view of the buyer's previous good dealing it was sent and the balance billed. Remittance came promptly back, and befoie a great while, without any investigation of the party he became in a small way a credit custo- mer. Then came from other men in the trade queries as to this party's responsi- bility. Replies were sent that while knowing nothing especially about the man he had been a liberal buyer and al- ways paid his bills promptly. Soon after this the gentleman was deluged with re- proachful letters from those who had in- ciuired about the man, stating that he had beat each one of them out of consid- erable amounts. The rascal had managed to secure shipments of goods at the same time from each of these parties, had dis- posed of them as soon as received and left town. It was evident that his entire dealings with the first mentioned firm had been to secure a good reference from them with which he might svi'indle a dozen others. FLORICULTURE IN THE SOUTH. A southern florist writes asking for more information regarding the work of the commercial florist, adapted to the climate of the south, and mentions the following matters regarding which he would like the benefit of other's exper- ience. "Should we build wider houses than re- commended for the north, with steeper pitch ? Do we not need larger ventilators than at the north ? Ought our roofs to be immovable or would it be better to substitute a roof that can be entirely removed ? How can the condition of quite warm days and very cool nights be best provided for in heating? Should it be hot water or steam, if the foiTner should we use small or large pipes, over- head or underneath ? Is it better to raise our own carnation plants or buy them from the north ? How about violets in the summer ? What would be the best way to prepare roses for winter bloom- ing here in the south ? How would it do to plant in the open ground and cover with a specially prepared sectional house?" Our correspondent adds that he has many more questions that he would like to propound, and calls upon the florists of the south generally to take advantage of the columns of the Florist for an in- terchange of opinions and experiences as the methods of those in the trade in the north are rarely adapted to southern conditions. We trust that our southern readers will act upon the suggestion and that a start will be made by giving their views upon the matters presented by our correspond- ent. It is the aim of the Florist to supply as nearly as possible the needs of the trade in every section of the North American continent. The average returns from the Christ- mas trade, taking the whole country into consideration, probably equalled those of last year, but there was an apparent falling off in some of the large producing centers. This was probably due in a measure to the fact that cities and towns which have formerly been obliged to de- pend upon these producing centers for at least a portion of their supply, were, ow- ing to the unusually favorably weather, enabled to fill their orders more neai-ly complete from their own cut and were not obliged to buy so heavily. The recent disturbances in financial circles also un- questionably had their effect in lessening demand as the uncertainty of the situa- tion induced conservatism among those buyers who are generally most lavish in their expenditures. A florist of Nashville, Tenn., writes complaining that growers and commis- sion men have been selling cut flowers to retail buyers in his city at wholesale rates. While this is certainly to be depre- cated we do not see that anything can be done except to retaliate by withholding his own trade from the growers and dealers complained of, and possibly secur- ing the concerted action of the other florists in the city in the same direction. The Bouvardia flowers of which we made note in last issue as having been received from Mr. J. Linfoot, College Hill, O. were of the variety "Grandeur." Mr. L. has since sent us a letter regarding same. He writes: "I have grown it this season for our Cincinnati market and find it much admired. It is a good grower, blooms freely, and the flowers have met with ready sale." We have received from Mr. P. H. Meehan, Washington, a specimen bloom of a rose which he states is a seedling from Safrano. The flower is deeper in color than Safrano, much larger and more double. He states that the plant is a strong grower and free bloomer like its parent. We can supply the Florist and the American Garden together for 1891 for $2.50. J. B. T.— The subjects of your queries have been fully covered in recent issues. Catalogues Received. Joseph Renard, Fnionville, Pa., carna- tion plants; F. H. Hunt, Chicago, cut flowers; A. Cauchoix, Orleans, France, roses; Heatherside Nurseries, Frimley, Surrey. England, plants and nursery stock; Pike County Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo., nursery stock; C. Platz & Son, Erfurt, Germany, seeds; Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, seeds, bulbs etc.; .\cademy Nursery, Franklin, Neb., Rocky Mountain trees; Osage Nursery, Osage, Iowa, nursery stock; H. E. Chitty, Pater- son, N. J., rooted carnation cuttings; W. B. Woodruff". Westfield, N. J., verbenas; Wm. Swayne, Kennett Square, Pa., car- nations; Oscar H. Will, Bismarck, N. D., seeds; Wm Paul &Sons, Waltham Cross, Herts, England, roses; Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., carnation novelties; Lud- wig& Rich ter, Allegheny, Pa., seeds;John Palmer & Son, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, nurserv stock. Philadelphia, Jan. 3.— The result of the bowling match to night was as fol- lows: George Anderson, first prize, with a score of 181; h.. B. Cartled^e, second prize (a turkey) vv'ith a score of 147; John G.Lamb, third prize (a turkey), with a score of 118. The booby prize, (a rooster) went to William Quibell who had a score of67. Los Angeles, Cal. — Christmas trade was about six times larger than last year. Carnations, violets, roses, Roman hyacinths, etc., were plentiful and in good demand. The Southern California Floral Society announces its Rose Show to com- mence'April 14-. k\\ efiort will be made to make the exhiliition educational as well as artistic. iSgi, The American Florist. 347 THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESaiiE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, /Lr.d the Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter season. W. So mLLEH. Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers, 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. ESTABLISHED 1877. Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN. Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt uttentlon. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 WestaOih St. NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West 30th Street, EDWARD C. HORAN, 34W. 29tliSt., NEWYORK. Having removed to more spacious quarters (next door) with increased resources and fiicilities I am now prepared to lurnisb at short noticeand in any quantity, selected Roses of ever>- variety, also all other flowers in market. Roses to be shipped are especially select- ed, and packed under personal supervision. oPei>afe MariCetA. American Beauty, La Prance, The Bride, Memiet, Mme. Hoste, Duchess of Albany. WHITE FOR PRICE LIST. BURNS &, RAYNOR, WHOLESfiLE FLORISTS, 11 -west SStti St., Consignments of Carnations THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 133 Mason Street. Milwaukbk. Wis. Cut Flowers. •"^^"■If^^c^ers;- ;;:;;;;:;:.:: ^^jkI^ :: ?^"o™ons'\l''?-?ance r::::: ::lg8ll5§S ?S,"eV'™' :■■:::■■:;::::::::; : 100® 2.00 ..10.00 015 00 ^;i^umv:;:::::;.;::::::::::::::::::;::: -:.S«S PHILADILPHLA Jan. 5 :: {liS'itTuiz'^ets""'::..:;:.;.::::; ..12.C0®15.liO •■ Mer£etB,BrtaeV-.... ::^:§§i'l8S " CuBins, Wattevllle "■H^liz " Woottons ■ r. .100® 1.60 20.00 Aasintums""".: 1.00 NIW roBK. Jan ;,. Boies. Bon Sllene, Papas, PerleB M.M @ fti.OO ...400® 500 Bmtlai ^ viSms'*^.:::::::::::. :::.:::;::::::::: ::: i.so® 200 RSman-hVaclnths narcissus • ■:••.:• ' ■•.k?8l5g§ .-! nn la 1; rii CHICAGO. Jan 7 t-erles, Niptietoa, Gontlers... . " ^5™s"'Benneur"* ... 8.00® 12.00 :: ^Si.::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::io:oo®i5;oo ^^^u;;;;;;;.;;.::::;;;:::;;::;-;;;:. ■:::^t^ Wm. J. STEWART. Cut Flowers I Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE ^ 67 Bromfield St.. BOSTON, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 165 Tremont Street. BOSTON MASS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Roses ai other Flowers, carefully packed, to all points Wes'ern and Middle States. J sent Immediately i i>i le E^ oar oie^s'. Every riorist, Nurseryman and Seedsman should have one. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Cliicago. E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep'l.) Fall line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESSLE FLORISTS, 27 Washlng'.on Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Store open until 9 P. Jl. Sundays until 2 P. M. ALL SUPPLIES. «3-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORI$T& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIGHTS AITS SUNDAYS. vi;-ii5,E xjESiGisrs i]sr stock: GRESEKZ & HARMS, (Successors lo FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights (• P. M.; Sundays 2 P. M. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, plorists & (Commission /TIerchant* OF CUT Fir^OWEieS, 1237 Chestnut Street, ■ ■ PHILADELPHIA Consl^ments Solicited. Special attention paid V. shipping. Mention Americas Flobist. C. E. & S. S. PENNOCK, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 38 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, #^ WHOLESALE b^^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St.. ST. LOUIS. MO. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 niq-E STItEET, ST. IvOUIS, a^XO. CUT FLOWERS. at lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. 348 The American Florist. Jan. 8, ©Ra ^eec^ ©ra^*. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. M. McCui-LOi'GH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; JOHN FOTTLEB Jr., Bostou. secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. Points on Advertising. We liave been interested in reading Mr. Burpee's "Facts and Figures" about advertising, and beg to submit our ex- perience as to the cost of catalogue appli- cations and general results. We do not keep a record of the returns from each paper as Mr. B. does, trusting to general observation for a guide as to what papers do or do not pay. We think we use prettv nearly the same class oi mediums Mr. Burpee "does, with the exception of papers know as "Co-operatives" vvhich we use to considerable extent while he does not. Our results last spring were as follows: We paid out for advertising, $13,307.71 to which can be added com- mission, electrotypes, postage and other expenses $1,599.66, making a total cost of $14 907.37. From this expenditure we received a little over 62,000 applica- tions for catalogues, 42,053 of which were paid for at ten cents each, which reduced our net advertising cost to $10,702.07. This makes the net cost of each applicant about 17 cents. This good result may seem surprising to some who know that we spent a fair share of the above amount in Kellogg's Lists of fifteen hundred co-operative newspapers. The fact is these little country papers pay much better in direct returns than they 'usually get credit for, yet in indirect returns we consider them much more valuable. In the first place, the competition from rival houses is very little; as few seedsmen or florists advertise in them; and in the second place, the amount of territoiy which they cover at small cost is very great. Here are fifteen hundred papers circulated through parts of the west where we have many thou- sand customers residing, who have our annual catalogue. I contend that the "moral effect" on these people at seeing our advertisement in their own little town paper is very great, and that it does much towards deciding them to sit down and send us an order from the catalogue already in hand. At least, we have always found it so. When our ads. in Kellogg's Lists appear a great increase in our general orders from the section of country covered by these papers is at once apparent. We have never been able to get satisfactory results from the so- called agricultural papers. There are, of course, exceptions, but as a class we have not been pleased with them. This seems strange, as one would naturally suppose them to be excellent, circulating as thev do among the class of people the seedsman desiresto reach. Wecan account for it only that these papers, as a rule, have very small circulations and charge the advertiser exceedingly high rates. The large weeklies and family papers are generally good. Magazines are fair, and would be the very best mediums were it not for the fact that the ads. are all paged together by themselves and are seen only when one looks for them; this the average reader seldom does. The practice of running a series of comic pictures through the advertising pages, which some magazines have recently adopted, is to be commended, and will do much towards increasing the value of such publications as advertisingmediums. The returns from religious papers come rather slow, but are from a splendid class of people, who, when once secured, make good customers. Mr. Burpee's idea of oflering a prize for the best advertisement may be a good one, but we would like to know in what way they can be fairly judged without a practical test. Our experience has been that no man can tell how an advertise- ment is going to take until it is tried. Such as might be considered the best is quite liable to prove the poorest. Exper- ience has shown that only the public at large can decide what advertisements are good and what are not. Some of the largest and best, (in our estimation,) which we ever put out have paid the poorest, while others that we did not consider strong have proved to be so. John Lewis Childs. Floral Park, N. Y. Dec. 31, 1890. [We rather prefer the exact records supplied by Mr. Burpee to Mr. Childs "general observation," but Mr. C makes a point in the 'moral effect" of the small country papers. Good judges, however, report very light direct results from that class of papers.— Ed.] A GOOD STORY is told of a certain Phila- delphia house who are said to keep five or six different names over each potato bin, for instance, a rosy early potato would fill the bill for Early Rose, Clark's No. 1, Chicago Market, Early Maine, etc. A large late white variety would answer for Burbanks, White Star, Empire State, etc. We hope this had no foundation ex- cept the jealousy of a competitor. San Francisco, Dec. 21. Among other enterprises incorporated yesterday was the Cox Seed and Plant Company, with $100,000 capital and subscribed stock. Directors— Aaron, Thomas A., William A., R. L. and S. W. Cox. Chicago. In the Chicago public library are the following books of interest to florists: Allen. Colors of Flowers. Baillon. Natural history of plants. Balfour. Manual of botanj'. —Physiology of plants. Barton. Elements of botanj'. -Flora of North America. Berkeley. Cryptogaraic botany. Bessey. Botany for high schools. Brown. Manual of botany. Burbidge. The narcissus. Candolle. Vegetable organography. Carpenter. Vegetable physiologj-. Catlow. Popular greenhouse botanj-. —Popular field botany. Chapman. Flora of the Southern U. S. Comstock. Introd.to study of botany. Cooke. Freaks and marvels of plant life. —Fungi; edited by Berkeley. — Manual of botanic terms. — Manual of structural botany. Coultas. The plant. Darwin. Different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. —Fertilization in vegetable kingdom. —Insectivorous plants. — Movements of climbing plants. —Orchids fertilized by insects. — Power of movement in plants. Earle. English plant names. Eaton. Ferns of North .\merica. Ellwanger. The rose. Fern Manual; British ferns. Fraser. Ornamental conifers. Goadby. Vegetable and Animal Phys iology. Gray. Botanical text book. —Botany of Northern United States. — How plants behave. — How plants grow. —Introduction to systematic botany. —School and field book of botany. Henderson. Handbook of plants. Herrick. Wonders of plant life. Henslow. Descriptive and physiological botany. Hibberd. Rose book. Hobbs. Botanical handbook of names. Hole. Book about roses. Hooker. Primer of botany. — British flora. — Century of ferns. —Second century of ferns. —Flora Scotica. —And Baker. Synopsis of ferns. Hoopes. Book of evergreens. Hope. Gardens and woodlands. Hulme. Familiar wild flowers. Jackson. Literature of botany. — Bibliography of vegetabletechnology. Karr. Tour round my garden. LeMaout & Decaisne. System of bot- Lee. Trees, plants and flowers. Lindley. Natural system of botany. Linnaeus. Species plantarum. —View of Writings of; by Pulteney. Loudon. Trees and shrubs. Lowe. Ferns, British and exotic. — New and rare ferns. —Our native ferns. Lv-ell. Handbook of all known ferns. M' Alpine. Botanical atlas. Macloskie. Elementary botany. MacMillan. Alpine plants. Marion. Wonders of Vegetation. Meehan. Native flowers and ferns of United States. Michaux and Nuttall. North Ameri- can sylva. Moore. Elements of botany. Mueller. Fertilization of flowers. Nuttall. Sj'stematic botany. Parkman. Book of roses. Parsons. The rose. Paxton. Magazine of botany. Phelps. Lectures on botany. Pickering. Chronological historj' of plants. Pulteney. Writings of Linnaeus. Robinson. Ferns in their Homes and ours. Sachs. Text book of botany. Seemann. Historj- of the palms. Sprague. Wild flowers of America. Step. Plant life. Ware. Flowers and plants. Wheldon, J. Botanical catalogues. Williams. Greenhouse flowering plants. —Orchid growers' manual. — Ornamental leaved plants. Wood. American botanist and florist. ,\llen. Flowers and their pedigrees. Burbidge. Orchids and how to grow them. Crandall. Origin of cultivated plants. Eaton and Wright. North American botany. Emsburj'. American w-ild plants. Fawkes" Hoi-ticultural buildings. Field. Floral world and floral guide. — The greenhouse as a winter garden. Glenny. Culture of flowers and plants. — Gardeners' every daj- book. —Flower garden and greenhouse. —A j'ear's work in garden and green- house. Gray, Field, forest and garden botany. Lindley & Patton. Flower garden. Long. Ornamental gardening. Nicholson. Dictionary of gardening. Phelps. Botanj- for beginners. — Familiar letters on botany. Twining. Natural order of plants. Youmans. 1st book of botany. —2nd book of botanj'. iSgi. The American Florist, 349 Philadelphia. Christinas has come and gone and as far as we can hear the trade generally are satisfied. Growers report a good cut and most of the stores a better business. What a blessing Christmas is. The people that gather and sell holh-, mistle- toe, laurel trees and other Christmas greens look forward and lay their plans for months ahead, and manj^ a dollar is made by those who have no capital save willing hands. Such a chance too, it gives the grower to improve his prices and how he does take advantage of it. I'riccs jumped from $10 for Mermets, La France and Brides on the ISth, to $25 for the same kinds on the 23d, and stock was not all first class even at that. Everything goes at Christmas, but it is rather galling to the dealer to see would- be customers go out of the door on the announcement of prices. John Burton had some fine Laings and Luizets in, these brought 75 cents. Geo. Anderson also had quite a few hybrids, among them some choice Brunners. There was plenty of stufl" of all kinds and no word of "We can't take anymore orders as we haven't got flowers enough to get out what orders we have," as used to be the case in former years. Philadel- phia now has plenty of flowers for her own market and an abundance for shipping. Mr. Heacock, of Jenkintown, has put in a telephone, the first grower to con- nect his place with the city. The tele- phone is scarcely used by the trade here, onlv two firms have them and they say they don't pay. We think this latter move is in the right direction and hope that more growers may see fit to fol- low suit. Jacob Becker lost considerable glass by a "recent storm. The wind lifted the roof ofl' a shed on to the greenhouses beyond with disastrous results. Mr. .\lburger, of Gray's Lane, suftered in a like manner, but the loss was not so great. Robert Craig has some fine roses at present; a bench of Hostes is lookingvery well and pi-oduces some fine flowers. There arc a great many opinions ex- pressed about this rose. Some men say they have thrown out what they had, while others are very well satisfied. Store men say it sells well when it comes good and is a great keeper, but will not bear much handling. The bowling alley at the club is afibrd- ing much amusement and is well patron- ized. Scores too are getting better— 209 and 211 are the best so far. L. Echoes from Philadelphia. The volume of trade was greater at Christmas than usual. Many florists claiming an increase, while none will ad- mit but what they held their own over former years. The great bxtg bear— prices— was again the bone of contention between the retailer and commission man and grower. The formerwentsofarastodub thetwo latter "robber-barons," whereas the retaliation run somewhat in this shape; "The re- tailei hesitates not a moment to charge $18 per dozen for what he has just paid $6," and besides he continues, "what did the barons have to accept for their wares up until the gay and festive Christmas time?" No matter how much the "kicking", the law of supply and demand will continue to regulate prices, until the much talked of syndicate buys up all the growing establishments, then, and not until then, will the prices be systematically regulated . It was the elder Rothschild who said the way he made his money was by "buy- ing sheep and selling deer, 'and the florist- Rothschilds today are following in the old gentleman's footsteps Since Christmas day trade has heen flat to put it quite mildly. New Year's day is getting worse and worse. It is a short season between now and Lent. It is to be hoped that it will be as lively as it is short. Hon. John Burton is cutting some fine Brunners at this time; so also are Messrs George Anderson and Charles S. Price. This is the most satisfactory high priced rose to handle that we have; it is perfect in form, bright and cheerful in color and gives universal satisfaction to both re- tailer and flower lover, but alas! and alack-a-day ! ! the barons are indignant because it fails to flower freely, conse- quently they do not fully enter into its popularity. At Christmas it wholesaled at $1.00 each, now it has dropped to 75c apiece. Either Laing, Luizet or Magna Charta will pay the grower better at half the price. By wav of recreation the members of the Flori'sts' Club and their friends will engage in a bowling contest for turkeys on Saturday evening. There will "be three classes— those having made more than 150 forming one class, those having made less than 150 another class, and to help the unfortunate ones, those having made less than 125 will have a class all by themselves. The one making the lowest score will also be rewarded regard- less of the class he rolls in, this will be known as the booby prize. M. G. J. MOFFATT, ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When writing for 1. rices, please state sizes and quantity wanted. Ain«iin«n Florist. THE BEST KIND OF PROTECTION To Farm and Garden Intere.sts Is Keenred liy planting only The Best Seeds the World Produce.'^. There are none better than BURPEE'S, As Thousands u|ioii TIioiivimmK 'I\siii,\ . An impartial, carel'iU KiiuliiiL' ol Burpee's Farm Annual i8°9i Shall we mail you a copy? W.ATLEE BURPEE&CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. SITUATIONS.WANTS. FOR SALE. AdvertiBementB under this head will be Inserted at the rate of 10 cents a line (seven words) each Inser- tion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advB. not admitted under this head. ^SITUATION WANTED-As gardener and florist; J can give good reference as to character and ibllity. W. W. DeGrau, Hudson. Summit Co.. O. f references; sober and steady; for market; single. 1 Hybrid nds of cut flowers eood credentials. W^ nerlcan Florist. ANTED-i^ gardener and packing departmen W^ large commercial references and particulars to G G. Lock Box 1618, Philadelphia. W ANTED-To lease thorough practical W INTED-Gardene . private place i e thoroughly uj 1 G, Postoftioe Box 6H, New Yc 61 North lOth Street. Philadelphia, Pa. FOR SALE— A country hotel with green prosperous Connecticut town. For . address Hutei., care Am. Florist. pn. For particulars h cellar. Five ye on ten acre lot; cheap rent, unique local did place for wholesale or ret~"* -" ground. A good chance for a yo dener or aorist. Good reason for selling. Address Florist: Matthey. carrier. Westminster Place, near Taylor Avenue, St. I.ouis, Mo. HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Established 1787.) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. Vegetable Seeds for Market Gardeners- Flower Seeds and Bulbs for Florists. V Our reputation among the critical Market Gardeners of this country, for having varieties and strains specially adapted to their wants, is second to none. Our new Florists' and Market Gardeners' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST is the best and most complete list of its kind ever sent out. Write for it on vour printed letter-head or enclose business card to show you are entitled to it. Our Horticultural and Poultry Supply Circulars are complete and can be had for the asking. JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, [7 and 219 Market Street, ^Mention Aoier PHILADELPHIA, 1 Florist. 3 so The American Florist. The cut flower trade has had a bad cut down since the liolidays, prices benig U)wcr than ever before at this season ot tlie vear. Roses especially have been art'ected, and unless there is a very decided and speedy advance in prices growers will suffer severelv. The annual supper olthe Gardeners and Florists Club will take place on Thurs- day Feb. 5, at the Quincy House. The opening meeting of" the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society for 1891, was well attended and President Spooner's address gave much satisfac- tion. He spoke of the achievements of thesocietv during the year just passed, giving the committee in charge and the exhibitors at the August exhibition m Music Hall, much praise for their well directed efforts, and stated that the re- cent chrysanthemum show was the most successful pecuniarily that the society had ever held. The finances of the society are in a prosperous condition and the schedule of prizes for 1891 which has just been published, shows a liberal ad- vance in value of premiums offered, over previous years. W. J. S. Minneapolis, Minn Christmas trade in St. Paul and Min- neapolis was as brisk as usual, every one doing a good business. Violets and valley were very scarce and high. The stock of roses and carnations was unusually fine this year, the sunny weather for the past few weeks bringing every- thing in fine color. Home supply not equal to the demand. Bulbs were plenti- ful but not exceeding the demand. Chrysanthemums were gone. The florists did not object but some of their fair customers thought "it was just too bad!" not on account of the price you know but they "liked chrysanthemums so much better than roses." The inquiry for specimen plants in bloom was much greater than ever before. A few well grown specimens of Harrisii, azalea and assorted ferns in pots, was about all that was offered. Jardinieres filled with assorted plants sold well in some places. One florist in particular having more call for these novel arrange- ments than he could supply. In spite of the fact that our friends the commission men assured us that flowers would be scarce and high, it was found that unlimited orders were filled literally as they had never been filled before. In consequence some valuable experience was among the profits of our Christmas trade. No doubt we shall take the "limited" next time we visit our friends. S. C( Kkc.arding the floral wreath of which wc gave an illustration in issue before last,' Mr. Whitnall writes that the arrangement was not his, but that the photo was one secured from Mr. D. B. Long of Buffalo. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. FOR DECORATIONS Write to SAVflWWAH. Gfl. FLORISTS DO NOT FAIL I a magmnceDi. »ira e of the F'LOBisT. and c JOHN F. BUPP, Shiremanstown, Pa. THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a Higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. JOPX:iV H. »IE^\rE>RS, 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. pn. BENNETT ROSES LA FRANCE, METEOR, PERLE, GONTIER, BON SILENE, SUNSET, MERMET, NIPHETOS, THE BRIDE, AM. BEAUTY. ndition. WRITg to SMITH FLORAL CO. 77 7th Street S., MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. K. O. HILvr^ «Sfc CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A lull line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OK BEST STAPLES: ROSES. CARNATIONS, BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported FLOWER SEEDS for florists. E. G. HII.L & CO., Klohinoiul, IndiMim. Florists' Letters Emblems, Monograms. Etc. These letters and dCFipns iremadeofthebestliumor- .tellea, wired on wood or 1 frames, having holes } fastened to the design. Send for Sample. n. purple perlOO.W.OO Postage, IScts. per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. agents: J. C. VAi'GHAN. Chicago. 111.: H. Bayersdokfer & Co.. Phlla.. Pa.; BnwAKi) 8. Schmid. Washing- HENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION (.OCOSpirea Japonica. tine clumps, per 100, 3^1.50. KOUGen'l Jacq. K08e plants, 4-iD. pots, per 100,3 Coleus Cuttings rooted. VerschatTeltli. per lOCO.a STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES 2-lnch, best varieties. 100 or 1000. IVIARGUERITES: PETUNIAS; ABUTILON GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA; CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVY; GERMAN IVY; CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Rooted Cuttings andard Vars. Wr for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITY, MO. forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHTLJLZ, Uouis-ville, MLy. Dwarf Budded Roses. The stock we offer this season is in unusually fine condition and includes all the leading varieties. Annade DIesbach, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, Alfred Colomb, Mabel Morrison, Baroness Rothschild. Magna Charta. Baron de Bonstettin. Marie Bauman. Boule de Neige. Merveille de Lyon. Capt. Christy. Paul Neyron. Fisher Holmes. Prince de Rohan. Gen. Jacqueminot, Queen ol Queens, John Hopper. Ulrich Brunner, Louis VanHoutfe. White Baroness. La France. S12.00 per 100; Si 10,00 per 1000. A fine lot of Marechal Niels with canes 10 to 12 feet long, Jl.OO each. HENRY A. DREER. 714 Chestnut St . Philadelphia. FLOWER SEED. August Rolker & Sons, 136 West 34th Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. ' DREER'S Garden seeds IMants. Bulbs, and KenulsiteH. They are the liest at the lowest prices. fKADB LIST issued quar- lerly. mailed free to the SEND FOR A COPY OP OUB NEW TRADE DlREGTORy AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. HAIL Lock the door BEFORE the hor is stolen. Do it SIOW 1 JOHN G. ESLER, Secy F. H. A., i8gi. The American Florist. 351 ROSE HILL NURSERIES, New Rochelle. N. Y. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, HARDY PLANTS, Unestablished Odontoglossums ASSOKTED OKCHIDS, rontaininR 10 dif- ferent varieties, per 100, *-i5. BRACKENRIDGE &. CO., Established 1854. Govanstown, Md. Mention American Florist Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. ■^^x-ite for our- I*rioo Xjis«. FREDERICK MAU, P.O.Box:!*!. SOl'TH OKANGE, N.J. Mentlo R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM. HOLLAND. Largest Growers ok HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR>CA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for nrices. Our new Bull) Catalogue Is now ready. Will be mailed free on application. Mention Amerlcnn Klorlut J. A. I3E> X^KKR, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS and Florists' Supplies. Affent for Foreign Houses. Caliilueues free TUBEROSES, FIITB BULBS. GLADIOLI, FORCING SORTS. NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO . Cliicago. 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. OUR JVB>W DIR^SORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is JVO^VSr B«KA.1D1^. Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. DREER'S MAMMOTH VERBENA SEED. Kff:E-v\r c: per the brightest colors. I'er trade packet, 5 ice, $4.00. re now preferred by the leading florist! ise of their vigor and freedom from rust. ' selected with especial reference to bright i salable colors. COBEA SCANDENS peroz. $ SMILAX SEED per pound, $12.00; per oz. CENTAUREA CAN D1 DISSI M A . . per loco seeds, GYMNOCARPA, peroz $.; " Preliminary Flower Seed List to the trade of seasonable seeds i iled free I ttE.NRy fl. DREER, FttlLflDEUPHIfl. VERBENAS 50,000 READT NOW. StronB plants. 2Vineh pots H^>oted Cuttings our Verbenas this year are the 1 50 VARIETIES. *! 50 per 100; K) 00 per 1000 , 1 00 ■' 8.00 J L Dll LON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN IS CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY I and CLEAN stock per 1000 S25. 00 $2.75 CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed iuch . GERANIUMS. 20 good salable vars., 2- Mad. Salleroi, 2 in. . . . CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds . . MOON VINES (Ipomaea Noctyplyton) : ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2H-in ■ ■ COLEUS. best varieties, 2-in HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2;Mn DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2 in. . Address N S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence Is well located for shipping, being VERBENAS. STRONti AND HEALTHY. Ready for immediate shipping. Per 100 Per 1000 ^ " 1, 2H-inch pots 13,00 $?5 CO „ 2lB-inch pots 4 00 :« 00 Rooted Cuttings 1.25 10.00 3 •■ •• 1 00 8.C0 75 00 XX Mammoth t Coteus in variety, WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I. C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. Y. TO CLOSE THEM OUT IT'oi* Oa.sli. Per ICO I6.50 500 Abutilon Eclipse, 3-inch, Manettia bicolor, 2;<-inch, " " 3-inch, - - 9.00 Portia and Alegatiere Carnations, strong, in 4 inch pots, fine for benching, - - - - 6 00 New Geraniums and Chrysanthemums. Lane's Mountain View Greenliouses, Foreign Grape Vines for Graperies. HENRY A. DREER. 714 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. KOR SALE. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. Write for prices on any which you have seen n previous issues and would like. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. PERFKCTI.Y FKEK FKOM RUST. .seedlings. Mammoth strain. 00 $3; per 1 Rooted cultines of same. 100 $1; 1000 I9 Fine stock Heliotrope. 2}2-inch, $3 per Double Fringed Petunias, J2 vars. I per 1 2"^-inch Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gracilli- mum, 5 inch, strong. $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per IC0I12.00. single, per 100 I8.00. Obconica, per 100 $6.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-inch $4.00, 4-inch $3.00 Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Gontiers. Perles. Mermets, Bon Silenes, Brides, Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, S4.00 per 10-3 or $35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, S6.00 per ico or S50.00 per icoo. H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or S40 per 1000. GEO. i¥. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsled St.. CHICAGO. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE Per 100 Per 1000 Mammoth, strong. 25^-iii. pots . . I4.00 $35.00 General Collection. 2j'2-in pots . . . 3.00 25.00 Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings. . . 1.25 10.00 General Collection Rooted Cuttings 1.00 S.oo Address J, Q, :Bt;U-ro-V*r, IF-ISHKILL, IT. Y. IMPROVED GIANT VERBENAS. This grand strali produced by high ^ choice colors it st« season I tested this stra imoths, and florets, profus jth type ha iful selectio Florets E ■ ■ .rge 1 JOHN F. KUrP, Shiren irpassed them 1 in large Dall-umoeis; nnestcolot cd seed. Trade pkt. 26c.; Snfets.fOc; Opkts.tl profusely i.tl.lO. n. Pa. BX-r'WBISS, a pure white sport of Chester Pride for the first time this season, 'n $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular ol leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations of all llie standard Varieties ready Dec. 1st. Having added another loo foot h on ^e to oiir Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- nish any quantity desired, on short notice. Orders lor future delivery at lo per cent off from catalogue price. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. Order :Ko^x^ TRADE DIRECTORY micE, S2 00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St.. Chicago. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and qualify arc sure fo please. CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts. Eight ic» foot houses. COLEUS— Ati immense stock. Twenty-four varieties. GERANIUMS— A choice assortment in mixture, at |io oo per looo. CANNAS— French and others, and numerous items of interest to florists. A new feature in Smilax culture. CARNATION NOVELTIES. Lizzie McGowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate. J. R. Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelus, Dorothy, Nellie Bly, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described in my list. I..B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ THE QUEEN OF WtilTE GflRNflTIONSi ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February lotli, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for .strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. 8©" Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. AODR.SS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. WINTER-FLOWERING CARNATIONS FOUR GRAND NEW VARIETIES. You cannot afford to pass by without trying our seedlings of merit fir 1S91; there is more profit in growing fine, fancy flowers everv time; and in GOLDEN GATE (yellow). WM. F. DREER (rose pink), J R. FREEMAN (cwdinal crimson), and CONSTANCY (scarlet), you have a good range of color in the most perfectly shaped flowers and productive of bloom. Prices, Golden Gate. $2.50 per dozen; $20 per 100. Dreer. Freeman and Constancy, $Aoo per dozen ; $15 per 100. On an order at one time for 100 plants ol each variety or 400 plants in all, tlie price would be $50; or half the amount, $2S. Sample florets of the four varieties will be mailed on receipt of 25 cts. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN ^il^H,?.^" ROOTED CUTTINGS, J12 00 per 100, or fioo per 1000. » FINE YELLOW. Batter grower than BuUerciip; $i 00 per 100; J50 00 per 1000. Both ready for delivery February 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, and 50 at icio ra'e. Address LOUISE PORSCH [rower than BuUerciip; $i 00 per 100; J50 00 p ilivery February 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, f JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. Standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots fjr later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P.O Box 22(), Kennett Square, Pa. CARNATlONSlIi^i^P' FAIR ROSAMOND, J R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY, SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L LAMBORN. CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and sixty ottier leadinq varieties. 50.000 now in cutting bench. Send for price list, and order early. Gr-BlO. H.a.]VCOC»t. Gri-a> CARNATIONS. ioldeu Gate. Fred Creighton, Mrs. Fiscber, Tidal Vave, Daybreak (Simraous' new piuk). Lizzie ^IcGowan, Lamborn, Silver Spray, Orient, Free- nan, Iluttercup. Rooted cuttings or plants, at n.ruet rates. j_ Q_ Vaughafl, Ghlcago. iSgi. The American Florist. 353 NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS, -^MILLER'S "WORLD'S FAIR SET."^ We have been to great expense, spar- ing neither time or money in collecting this unequaled set. Characteristic of the leading city of this couatry, we have named them in honor of our represent- ative citizens:- FERD W. PECK, or GALLIA, and J. V. FARWELL, or W. N. RUDD, were two of the set of six seedlings that took the fioo priza at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of Philadelphia, who has originated some of our finest varieties. CYRUS' H. McCOSIVIICK was raised by Jam- ieson, and is one of the finest of the present year's novelties. The remaining eight are the XXX selections of iSoo seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing them with the different sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GAGE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red, Wheeler type. J. V. FARWELL (W. N. RUDD), Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper. CYRUS H. IWcCORIVIICK, Dark deep yel- low, shaded bronze red. ANDREW McNALLY, Crimson scarlet, fine for exhibition. POTTER PALMER, White seedling from L. Canning, very large. FERD W. PECK (GALLIA), Rosy pink, fine exhibition variety. CHAS. H. WACKER, Crimson scarlet, pro- fuse bloomer. ROBT. A. WALLER, Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES, Bright scarlet and gold, fine cut flower variety. S. W. ALLERTON, An immense white fine for pot culture. MARTIN A. RYERSON, An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. SET OF 13 FOB $6. Orders booked for the above and also lOO of the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. "Get the best, grow the best, and keep up with the times," is our motto. Orders booked for the PINK OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM, LOUIS BOEHMER, at market price. GEORGE W. MILLER/"S salstecl St ..CHICAGO. EXHIBITION GHRYSflNTHEMUMS The PRIZE Winners of 1890, in three sets. ISexid for list. :]M. A., HOJ^^'T, New Chrysanthemums FOK 1801. the MISTLETOE, silver and Prize winner at Indianapolis. The following 7 received Certificates of Merit MERM.UD.pink; AXNA DORNER. creamy white; EVALEEN STEIN, white; IN- NOCENCE, white; EDA PRASS, sal- mon; EMM.\ DORNER, violet pink; MATPIE BRUCE, pink. Price, »1 00 each: .»6.50 fm Discoun ade. nd for des. FRED DORNER, LA rAYETTE, IND. CHRYSANSHEMUM Stock plants of MRS. A. HARDY, from 6 & 7-in. pots. Price on application. THK BRIGHTON NIKSKKY, Brighton, Boston. Mass. MY NEW SPECIAL OFFEH OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is now published and may be had on application. sillii Genuany, PETUNIA GRAND. FIMBBIATA. cy colors. Pot DREER'S DOUBLE PETUNIAS Now Ready for Delivery, our Select Strain of Double Petunias, in good, strong, liealtiiy slock plants, in 3-inch pots. The strain of Petunias we offer is too well known to require much description— suffice it to say, that the varieties offered this season are lullv equal to our former introductions. The advantage of securing stock early in the season will be readily appreciated, as a limited num- ber of plants will produce a large number of cuttings. We ufl'er 15 iiameil varieties, at SI. 50 per dozen: get of 15, for SI. 76: SIO.OO per hundred. Seeds of Double Petunia, from the finest fringed and blotched varie- ties, saved on our own grounds, crop iSqo, Per trade pkt. of 700 seeds, $1. »S-Our New Trade List. oflTering all the good things of the season. will be ready HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. COLEUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. HEALTHY and VIGOROUS. .A-ddz-ess Eighteen varieties, including Golden Redder, Golden VerschalTeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Firebrand, ry c ROOTED SAMPLES OF shipment any time. Send for Trade List. Fine, healthy VERBENAS— Rooted Cuttings Feb. and March delivery. CARNATIONS for February delivery are nesriy exhaust- ed, but I can still supply a few thousand Hinze's White, Grace Wilder, and Portia. GOLEUS GOLDEN BEDDER, GOLDEN VERSCHAFFELTII, VERSCH.A.FFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, YEDDO, J. GOODE, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, AND CHICAGO BEDDER. Rooted Cuttings, per 100, 75c.: 1000, *0. Cash with order. Dry Tubers of Tuberous Begonias. Shades of red in mixture, per 100, $5 00. Less than 25, 6;. each. A few double scarlet propagated by cuttings, loc. ROOTEDCUTTINGSVEPBENAS. for delivery Feb. 15 and after, only good vars., per 100, Si; 1000, }i. BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnelsville, 0. MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON, Spartanburg, S. C. OFFERS TO THE TRADE, Per lOOO Orchid Epidendrum venosum $40 00 ned plants. Cacti, SFIR^A JAFONICA Surplus Stock of 40,000 extra strong clumps for forcing, at 1 10.00 per 1000 and packing free. Cash with order, to SEGERS & CO., Bulb Growers, LISSE, near Haarlem. HOLLAND, EUROPE. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St.. CHICAGO. ^"'GmiSr 354 The American Florist. Jan. S, RecoA riotft*. Kau Claire, Wis.— Fire damaged the greenhouses of B. F. Millard, causing n loss of about $800, early in the morn- ing of December 2+. Hackettstown, N. J.— Wm. B. Hey- mann & Co. have let the contract lorthe building of two additional greenhouses, each to be 150x26V2 feet. Salisiiurv, Mo. — Chas. Foumeroulie has started in the florist business here since the publication of the directory, and should be added to the list. Valley Falls, R. I.-The father of Walter Sword, the florist, died at Paw- tucket December 28. Mr. Sword has the sympathy of his friends in the trade. Nashville, TeNN.-Cantrell Bros, suc- ceed M. Tritschler& Son, the florists on Hydes Ferrv Pike. The firm is composed of Robt. W., Jas. G. and Harvey W. Cantrell. PiTTsnrRG.— .\ blaze in the greenhouse of John Bourntregh, pn Homewond Ave., caused a loss of $1,500, on the morning of December 18. The fireoriginated Irom an over-heated flue. Atlanta, Ga.— It is reported that a stock companv has been organized with Robert J. Lowry as president, to grow flowers and plants, the glass to be located at West View Cemetery. Lexington, Kv.— Christmas trade here was extra good. Flbwers of all kinds brought good prices. Mrs. D. Honaker has ODcncd a city store at 41 North Broadway, in the Opera House building;. Little Rock, Ark.— Holiday trade a little better than last year. The supply was rather short on account of a large funeral on December 24-. Prices were very low. Bride roses sold slow at $1 a dozen. The demand was mos'ly for loose flowers. Shiocton, Wis.— Eben E. Rexford, the well known writer on floriculture for amateurs, was married recently. He had just completed a new house for the occu- pancy of himself and bride, but it caught fire and burned a few days before the date set for the wedding. .Albany, N. Y.— Among the new com- panies incorporated with the Secretary of State is the Long Island Nursery Com- pany, of Manor. SuflTolk county, to carry on a general farming and nursery busi- ness. Capital, $20,000, and trustees: Joseph Simons, Henry de Perigny, Ed- ward H. Potter, Arthur M. Davis and John Seymour Montgomery. Cleveland.— J. M. Livingston & Sons, the Crawford road florists, suffered a loss of $1,000 on buildings and $2,000 on stock, by fire December29. No insurance. The fire started about 2 a. m. in the greenhouse-shed. This building and about 20 feet of the ends of five green- houses were burned. The cold destroyed what stock was not touched by the fire. Oakland, Cal.— James Hutchison will retire from active business May 1. The business will be continued by H. M. San- born (who has been with Mr. Hutchison for 21 years) under the firm name of Hutchison & Sanborn. Mr. Hutchison recently sold the lot upon which his down town depot stood for $72,500, an ad- vance of $60,000 on the price paid by him in 1876. Louisville, Ky.— Christmas trade in holly was the largest we ever had. It was 50% better than last year. The flower trade was good but would have been better if the weather had been good. The heavy snovv' iircvented the people from coming out. Roses, hyacinths, and narcissus were the leading flowers here. Violets were very scarce. Take it all together we had a good trade. Worcester, Mass.— The recent heavy fall of snow was not removed from the streets by the authorities as promptly as it should' have been, and one of our Main street florists in front of whose store the snow had been piled to a height of five feet, as a joke on the city government, planted the drift with a few pinks, ivy, etc, and placed a "keep oft" the grass" sign on top. It excited much amusement. Brooklyn, N. Y.— The evening ol Dec- ember 20, a spark set fire to a quantity of pampas plumes in front of florist Mal- lon's store and in a moment had spread the whole length ofthe stand on which the plumes were displayed. The wooden awning frame caught and for a short time it looked as though the main build- ing would not escape, but the burning plumes were scattered and the awning torn from the framework in time to save the building. Loss only about $100. Syracuse, N. Y.— All our floristsfeel very happy over their Xmas trade which has been far in advance ot previous years — not a pound of holly or green was left over. Cut flowers sold well, the chiefcall being for roses, carnations and violets; hyacinths and tulips moved oft" slowly. There was a marked falling off" of orders for made up pieces, loose flowers being preferred. Prices ruled well, but it is to be regretted that there is not a better un- derstanding amongst the florists, so that the cuttingof rates may stop, fur it isi.ot profitable or satisfactory. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. EVERGREEN GUT FERNS Especially for Plorists' Use. $1.50 per 1.000: 5.000 for $6.29: 10.000 for $10.00. Special attention paid to supplying the trade all winter. .Sample lot of 250 ferns sent in im- proved mailing box. postpaid, to any part of the U. S. f^r 75 cents. SPHAGNUM MOSS (Dry). Long clean fibre, sack or barrel Si. 00; six barrels 85.00; twenty barrels S15 00. HINSDALE, MASS. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with ;J3.5o for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. PA. KH)R1STS and SKEDSiUF.N write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. I Mention The Aniericin Flurisl. r I AM ON TIME EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FtORISl CO.. 54 ta Salle St.. CHICAGO We can now furnish in any quantity desired Debit and Credit Tickets of whici we give below samples reduced one-half In size. CREDIT. -^C*fe«=^.^^fiLi88^ vJT.'^ ^ The debits are printed In black and the credits i itea in black and the credits in red, so they can be readily distinguished. They are put J ,, ., I o( each, placed back to back; thus hut one block will have to t>e carried. By means of these tickets an entry of a sale or receipt of goods can be made anywhere-ln the house or in the Held - and afterwards Sled. Tickets for each transaction in your business will make data from which a book- keeper can readily work. With this simple and easy means of keeping a record of your business can yon !Sc.: 300, 50c-.; 500, 75<- postpaid, 100, 20c.; 1000, »1.40. i8gi. The American Florist. 355 ff^ THE February issue (1891) of The American Garden will be especially devoted to Orchids. It will be racy, artistic, instructive, correct. For the first time in this country the question "What is an Orchid?" will be answered. Among the notable features of the issue will be the following articles and discussions : A GENERAL VIEW OF THE ORCHID FAMILY. THE BEST NEW ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. ORCHIDS AT HOME IN BRAZIL. ORCHIDS FOR BEGINNERS. CYPRIPEOIUMS. METHODS OF CROSSING ORCHIDS. ORCHIDS IN CALIFORNIA. CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHID HOUSES AND TREATMENT OF ORCHID PESTS. The number will also contain an account of the Government Seed Bureau, by the ex-Chief of the Division. Every gardener, and especiall}- every seedsmau, should read this article. The number will be beautifully illustrated. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. 3E*x-ioc>, ^^^<:>0 «. yo»r-. Ii t, 92-3<=>- THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OF ALL, WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard" Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., Angus'. 22d, 1S90? We were. Why ? Be- cause we manufactured andexhibiied the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR REUDCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS TttE> WttlLLDIN POTTERY GOMFflNY. 713 & 715 Wharton SL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FIR-TREE INSECTICIDE FOR PLANTS.-To make i ng or cleaDsiDK purposes— .'al I ten gfHl( nd Bla„„ .... -Half-a-i le pint d Caterp twn KalloDB of < soluble. \uierican BliKht. the Kir-Tree Oil or two or three r Mildew and Blight ( a-PInt of the Fir-Tree Oil to a gallon ( tablespoonfuls to the pint. For Anta. Grubs, Worms, Wood Li 8oil-Half-a-Pint of the Fir-Tree Oil The most eflicacious way to use soil should be drenched with ately afterwards, in all other necessary. Used with warm ng is 1 uicker Wood, Tin or Pot Vessels. -Galvanized Iron Vessels . I'OR ANIMALS. -For Skin Diseases and Kill- parts of warm water day. In some cases it may be used ati King-worm apply full strength with a *FbR WASHING DOGS. Put a cup full of Sir-Tree Oil in a pail full of and use a piece of common soap to mak For MANGE apply every day brush full strength FOR BIRDS INFECTED WITH F.\RA- SITES.-Put a tablespoontui of FlrTree Oil in one aterand dip the bird in it, taking 3 are protected. clean tepid ay producer. ; washed shortly after water and app - lshortlyi_ FOR ^VASHING FLANNELS AND UN- JERCLO " - gallons of? Into the boiler. Common soap may be used but no other preparations. Sold in Bottles^ half pints IS 6d; pints 2S 6d; quarts 4S 6d; halfgallonsys 6d; gallons 12s 6d. Drums, 5 and 10 gallons each, at lis per gallon. Manufactured by E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Victoria St., MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. NEW rORK-A. KOLKEK A SONS. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 2? & 29 Otis street, Somerville, Mass. LITTLE'S ANTIPEST i s™ARp flower pot go Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. SeiHl for circulars and price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY STREET, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. Mention American Florist. Per 1000 |3 OO P. C. FULWEILER. 923 Arch Street, PHIIJUlEIiFHIA, FA. ILL SIZKS OF SINGLE AND DOUBLE THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES. ALi. GLAZIERS' SUPPLIKS. CYPRESS SASH BARS I JOHNL. DIEZ&.CO. I 530 North Halsted Street. A CHICAGO, ILL. L Mention Amerlokn Florlit, 356 The a mer i ca n F l grist. Index to Advertisers. Allen. W. 8 Association FUirti Barnard W W A ( Bayersdorfer U J BrackenrldKe&Ci Mette Henry 349 Miller. Geo. W... .351 353 Moffatt G J 349 Mullen Geo 347 Pennock C B 4 8 S Blllson & Knebn Kerry D M 4 Co Field SB FiskCbasH Herr. Albert M.. Hews A II 4 Co . eiUEGACo.... Hooker, H. M... Horan, Kdw C... Horan James — 1 4 Stokes 349 Uoemer Fred. Rolker. A. 4 8( Rupp John F.. Segeri ShelmtreW R Sheridan WF Slebrecht & Wadley.. Welch Bros. 347 WhIlldlnPotCo ....365 356 Wisconsin Flower Bx.347 Wood Bros 361 Young, Tbos.Jr.. A California correspondent deplores the fact that we do not have more notes and news from the Pacific coast. It hes with our readers there to supply the deficiency. We shall be glad to publish any matter of trade interest sent us from that as well as from any other section of the continent. The American Garden and the Amer- ican Florist in club, one year, for $2.50. Parties -who h Diagruiu Sliowiiig low perfect drain- The only pot wiih Patent Perfect Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Class Certificate of Merit, and also HIGHLY COMMENDED by the New Jersey Horticultural Society at their J , November 4th, 1S90. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere. pot say ttiat hereafter they will use no other. &tecj. c&xid tr*©ci only t>y THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 & 715 WHARTON STREET, Agent for the New England .'States, M. J. MCCARTHY. 27 Otis St., Sou Philadelphia, Pa. Stardard flower pots On and after November i these prices will take effect on the following sizes. Terms cash with order. Size. Price of lOCU. No in crate. Price per crate. \}i-va. $2 25 2000 |4 50 2 '" 2 70 1500 4 00 2'/ " 3 00 1200 3 60 2}4 " 3 20 1000 3 20 3 " 4 20 720 3 00 3'A " 6 30 575 3 60 4 " 7 30 407 3 00 We want your trade. We guarantee satisfaction. Shipping facilities unequaled. SII»PM^E>, I>OI*PM^E>rv «& 00., i> I r: E> cor o i^^^. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. Many of our friends agreeing with us that the award on Standard Pots at our late Exhibition was an unjust one, we shall use the advertising columns of the American Florist to state our side of the question. We asked the Executive Committee to give ns an impartial committee of award. The following propositions should con- vince anyone whether WE FEEL that we have had such a Committee. The following is the text of the matter in question, taken from the oflBcial programme : " Manufacturers of FLOWER POTS are notified that a Certificate of highest merit will be awarded to that display of Pots shown at this exhibition, which most nearly approaches the Standard. Such displays shall consist of not less than one dozen of each size, made from working molds and not turned down." One member of the Committee of Award said that we were not entitled to any award because we exhibited but fifteen sizes, while others exhibited seventeen, and that seventeen cuts were represented on a white sheet of Standard Pots. We fail to see that the award was offered for any specific number of sizes, but that twelve of each size should be presented. A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMITTEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT was that the pots should be MADE FROM WORKING MOLDS AND NOT TURNED DOWN. We do not hesitate to make this public statement that the Flower Pots to which was awarded the Certificate of highest merit were VERY MANY of them EITHER GROUND, FILED, TURNED or SAND- PAPERED to size, and for that reason alone were not entitled even to a measurement by the Committee of Award. WE WISH TO MAKE TWO PROPOSITIONS. li^ii^st. We will put up $1,000 in Cash and submit the same pots exhibited at the late Exhibition against the pots exhibited by our competitor, and leave it to an impartial committee of three, and if our pots do not come the nearest to the re- quirements, we will present the $1,000 to the fund of the Society of American Florists. Seooiad. We will put up $2,000 in Cash and produce 500 pots of each size from i^^'-inch to 7-iuch inclusive, and 250 pots each from S-inch to 12-inch inclusive, making 7,250 pieces, inade from the same moulds in which the pots we exhibited were made, and all shall be of the proper thickness in all respects, against an equal number of pots made from the same moulds that produced the pots receiving the award, and if an impartial committee do not give us the award we will present the money and the poU to the Society of American Florists for an experiment station. And if we are allowed to choose one of the com- mittee of three, we will select our honorable Treasurer Mr. M. A. Hunt, of Terre Haute, Ind. A. H. HEWS & CO., Nortli Cambridge, IVIass. Rmerica is "the Prow of the UbssbI; there mag be more camfart Rmidships, but we are the £rst ta touch Unknown Seas." Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND HEW YORK, JAHUARY 15, 1891. Ho. 137. '^nm /4l!lili!©Mi IFlL@@P7 ! Second-Class Ma Published every Thursdav by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. S4 I.a Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. Torcjnto, Ont., Florists' Hail Associatio Florists' Protective Association. ives Information to members regarding the flnan- I standing and business integrity of those in the de. H. B. Bkatty, Sec'y. Oil Citr, Pa. American Chrysanthemum Society. John Thorpe. Pearl River. N. Y.. president: CONTENTS. More about color 357 Conservatories of Mr. W. Brown 35S Exhibitions (with illustration) 358 Ornamental fruited plants 358 Looking backward 359 New carnations (with illustrations) 360 Carnation Lamborn . 3^0 Eastf r plants 3*° Orchids in flower at Whitinsville. Mass.. . .360 Seedsof Pandanus utilis 361 Construction and preservation of greenhouses,36i Catalogue premiums 361 Christmas prices 362 Harvesting pampas plumes (with illustration).362 New York 362 Chicago 362 Paterson, N. J 3^3 News notes 364 Copper sulphate tor lilies 364 Catalogues received 366 The World's Columbian Exposition 366 The seed trade 368 Seed warranty 368 Philadelphia 37° Foreign notes . . 372 Montreal 374 I.os Angeles, Cal 374 As wii GO to press the Executive Com- mittee of the Society of American Florists is in session at Toronto, arranging the programme for the seveitth annual meet- ing of the society which will be held in that city next August. We shall give a full report of the proceedings of the com- mittee next week. The BEST lily of the valley we have ever seen is contained in a bunch sent us last Wednesday by A. Jurgens, Havelock, III. More About Color. There have been a great number of books written on the subject ofcolor, and several on the nomenclature of color, none of which however seem to give to our busi- ness what we desire. Most ofthe authors writing on color handle the subject from a scientific point of view, using the colors of the spectrum, which does not help us much in attempting to name the colors of flowers. Allow me to quote from Rood: "The sensation of sight is pro- duced by the action of veryminute waves on the nervous substances of the retina; that is to saj' by the aid of purely me- chanical movements of a definite char- acter. When these waves have a length of about 1-39000 of an inch, they produce i.he sensation which we call red, we see red light; if they are shortened to 1-41000 of an inch, their action on us changes, they call up in us a different sensation, we say the light is colored orange; and as the lengths of the waves are continually shortened the sensation passes into yel- low, green, blue and violet. From this it is evident that color is something which has no existence outside and apart from ourselves. Outside of ourselves there are tnerely mechanical movements, and we can easily imagine beings so constructed that the waves of light would never pvo- ducein them the sensation of color.but of heat." Church tells us that "Certain waves or vibrations which affect the fibres or rods ofthe optic nerve of the eye are translated by the brain into color. Such excitation ofthe optic nerve may be brought about by pressure on the eyeball, by an electric discharge, by internal causes and pre- eminently and generally, by light. Color is in fact an external sensation, and has no external and objective existence." And on page 69 he explains figure No. 14, tell- ing us that when three colored discs of light, red, green and blue are thrown on a black surface, these discs all partially overlap each other, where the red and green discs coincide the resultant hue is yellow. The facts are of the greatest value from a scientific standpoint, but they do not help us much in attempting to describe the color of flowers or pig- ments. But few people know that red and green light combined produce yellow in comparison to the many that know that red and green pigments do not. If the colors of the spectrum could be exactly imitated by pigments whose colors were permanent, it would be a comparatively easy matter to establish a nomenclature, because we should alwavs have the spec- trum to fall back on as a standard. On this point Church says: "It must not be for- gotten that not one of the pigments we have been compelled toemploy.oftermore than a rough approximation to the true hue, which it is assumed to represent. All transitional hues have been purposely ex- cluded from this diagram, forthey cannot be fairh' represented by any system of color printing." Before looking into the subject as thoroughly as I have, I had hoped to create a Standard Nomenclature; long since I have banished the thousjht. But if by our united effort we can bring a little order out of the very complicated and often misleading luethods now em- ployed by a great many, we shall have made a long stride in the right direction. H. H. Battles. Ed. Am. Florist.— I notice your re- marks on color. In reading Chevreuil, the master ofcolor, it has often occurred to me that a chart of colors, such as would go on an octavo page or less, would be of great interest to lovers of plants and of great value to florists. A number being attached to each shade, the color of a flower could be described by a number. These charts could be furnished verj' cheaply for binding up with cata- logues, if chromoed by the 100,000. Flushing, N. Y. S. B. Parsons. [We are not at all favorably impressed with the proposition to number thecolors. We think it would be a serious error to attempt it. Let the colors be named by all meansand in accordance withthepopular idea as ascertained by investigation and comparison. But the last suggestion is a most excellent one. If a number of those who issue catalogues would arrange to each take a sufficient quantity of the charts to bind one in each of their cata- logues for the convenience of their custo- mers, the cost of each chart would be re- duced to the minimum on account of the great quantitj- that could be printed at one time. And fuilher an immense bene- fit would accrue through the wide circu- lation that would be at once given the chart among the very jjeople who would most thoroughly appreciate it. And it would certainly well repay those so cir- culating it, as an advertisement and in establishing closer relations with custo- mers. What do the catalogue men say? Let us hear from them .— Ed. 1 Editor American Florist:— May I suggest that the simplest and cheapest method of distributing your chart of colors is by means of sewing silk. Let a quantity of each color, or shade, be dyed, and then from twenty to forty threads of each be gathered in a little tuft which may be fastened with glue or wire upon folding pasteboards. The tuft form also thedepthof coloramongtbe threads. Mr. Battles' article can not lail to be of great value, but I fear he is on tlie wrong "tack" when he attempts to reduce the number of terms to discribe colors. The more nearly indescribable a thing is the more words are necessary to convey an 35^ The American Florist. Jan. 15, idea of it. The simple words red, yellow, blue, eonvey no definite iika. Init merely determine a class of colors. To make them definite they must be modified by adjectives as, briek-red, eoppery-red, blood-red, ete. Texture will also modify the appearance of color, as every artist in color understands, and so we must say waxy briek-red, satiny brick-red, velvety brick-red, ete. Now, when we come to express shades we must again add another class of adjectives— light satiny briek-red, deep satifiy brick-red, dark satinv briek-red, etc. Still another class of adjectives are demanded to express brilliancy or dullness, brightness, dazzle, glow, etc., whichitseemstome are proper terras for a florist to use. They are more poetical, perhaps, than scientific, but the ])opuIar side of floriculture is poetical, and so long as words are weak to describe so long must we choose our terms from fire and sea, from sunrise and snowstorm — wherever we can get them best. Mr. Battles surprised me by tlie state- ment that to his mind vermillion was a "dull scarlet," and that tliere were no blue sweet peas nor pansies. "Grand Blue" Sweet Pea is a pure indigo blue, no purple about it, and Emperor William Pansy is also blue. Richard Ferris. [There are some very decided objections to the use of sewing silk as suggested. When attempting to compare the color with that of other objects the sheen of the silk is very confusing. Again the difiiculty of dying a fabric, to exactly match a giveii shade is very great. And the ex- pense of such a chart would very greatly exceed thatof acolored lithograph.— Ed.] The Conservatories of Mr. W. Brown. The greenhouses of W. Brown, Esq., Flatbush,L. I., on accountof their wealth of rare palms, foliage plants, orchids, etc., are at all times worth}' of a visit. Under thefostering careof genial "GusV Bennett every plant looks the "picture of health" and well being. "Gus" is a thor- ough gardener and "chip of the old block," he being the son of the late W. Bennett, who was well known to horti- culture and scarcely excelled in his par- ticular branch. The palm house on entering reminds one of the fairy land we used to read about, with its towering palms and foliage plants, its rockwork covered with creepers, mosses, bromeliads and ferns, all producing a charming effect, and con- trasted deeply with the gaudy anthuriums the well colored crotons, drac.-enas and the grand display of cattleyas, la;lias, calanthes, etc., which combined produce a very remarkable impression. Besides the above a novel effect has been carried out on one side of the house which has been covered with every con- ceivable plant that would grow there. The eflfeet produced is fine. Such acquisi- tions as Anthuriumgrande, crotons, Pan- danus Veitchii, ferns and selaginellas are simply reveling. An immense piece of Lataniaborbonica, very compact and beautifully furnished, "catches the eye" and appears to be a greater distance through than it is high, which is about 25 feet. Phenieophorum sechellarium, Mar- tenzia caryotifolia and the kentias are well represented, as also are many rate varieties not to be be matched anywhere. Among the most notable are Acantho- phoenix erinita, with a spiny stem like the first named and with beautiful silvery under foliage; Ceroxylon nevcum, a noble plant with silver also, and Livistona Hoogcndorpii, very distinct. A grand feature in one corner of the house is the now famous specimen of Goniophlebium subaurieulatum, a lovely hanging fern from the Hymalayas, grown in an immense tub, it stands on a stool 5 feet high, on the bench, with fronds reach- ing the floor, they measuring in many instances over 12 feet. Other ferns worthy of mention are Cibotiumprinceps, one of the grandest of tree ferns, with fronds measuring 15 feet; a masterpiece in the shape of Davallia Mooreana, and well grown pieces of Adiantum trapezi- forme eultratum, Adiantum Farleyense and Davallia fijiensis pluraosus. Among the foliage plants Dracaena Kirkii, 10 feet high; D. Goldcana, Croton Mortii, Anthurium Andreanum and A. Ferrierense figured well. The "stove" house presented a pretty appearance, filled as it was with nice young stufT; from the roof hung well pitchered plants of the following ne- penthes: N. cincta, Henryii, Amesiana, Morgans, etc. I also noted prettj' spec- imens of Spherogyne latifolia, Alocasia Sanderiana, Marauta Macoyana, Aralia Veitchii and two representatives of the palma, Lieuala horrida and Cocos Wed- delliana. The stage was edged with A. Farleyense and Panicum variegatum. A pleasure awaited us as we entered the orchid house, not on account of the galaxy of bloom, but the general health of the phalsenopsis with immense fleshy leaves, all showing flower; the "Cyps" were well to the front, as also were the cattleyas. whose flower sheaths were "fat" and foretold a great crop of bloom. One piece of C. Schroderae with eight sheaths, will throw on an average three flowers apiece, quite a plant I The rose house in full crop, contains all the leading varieties, also the new Climb- ing Perle, of which "Gus" speaksin glow- ing terms; he is growingiton the,"staYs" of the house. It is easy .to see that Mr. Bennett be- longs to the "old school" when you enter houses filled with cinerarias and herba- ceous calceolarias, the finest I have seen and as "clean as wheat," the secret of success throughout the wh6le estab- lishment. The grounds though now in a dormant state are wellcared for during the season, as are also the kitchen and flower gar- den, but of these I will speak in the near future. The Drummer Bov. Exhibitions. In the smallercitics where an exhibition can not be made a financial success when conducted upon the same lines as those in the large centers of population, a com- bination of flower show and church fair has been found to be an excellent sub- stitute. While such exhibitions areh.->rdly so educational as the others, they cer- tainly accomplish good and are a very effective advertisement for the florist supplying the plants and flowers. A recent successful venture of this kind was made by Mr. H. G. Higley, a florist at Cedar Rapids, la., and as a suggestion in this line we present herewith an illus- tration engraved from a group of photo- graphs taken during this exhibition. It was held in a large tent erected on a cen- trally located vacant lot and the plants and flowers kept much better under this cover than in a closed hall. It might with reason be expected that in Novem- ber >he tent would have been fortable without heat, but such was not the case in this instance, still such mild weather can not of course always be de- pended upon at that season. The plan upon which this affair was conducted was as follows: Mr. Higley arranged to erect the tent and supply the plants and flowers, he to have the door receipts, the churches cacli to erect a decorated booth on the space assigned them and to have the benefit of all the sales they could make. This arrange- ment seems to have been very satisfac- tory. The attendance was very large and the affair was quite a financial suc- cess. In addition the florist received of course a great deal of advertising, the value of which must prove considerable to him in time. This particular exhibi- tion was styled "The Mikado's Garden," it being mainly a chrysanthemum show, and most of the booths were decorated in Japanese style, the youiag ladies who presided at them being also arrayed in the dress peculiar to the subjects of the Mikado. Ornamental Fruited Plants. Some demand has already ajjpeared for plants of this character that can be used for decorative purposes, and this demand will probably be stimulated as a better supply of such plants becomes available, for the beauty and lasting qualities of a well berried ardisia, for instance, will pro\e a sufficient recommendation as the plant becomes more widely known. And while there will probably be a special call for plants with bright'berries at the holiday time, yet their use will not be confined to that period alone, and if well grown will doubtless find many purchasers in the regular course of trade. In the front rank of plants that are grown for their berries is Ardisia crenu- iata, to which reference has already been made. This is the most prominent repre- sentative of a somevihat extensive family and though introduced from Mexico about three quarters of a century ago, yet is not nearly so common as its good qualities deserve. The best and most shapely plants of this ardisia are obtained from seeds, and early in the spring is a good time to sow them. The seeds may be sown in pans or boxes of light soil which shoidd be placed in a moderately warm house, and under favorable conditions will soon germinate. The special object being to keep these plants strong and stocky, they should be ])rickcd oft" into boxes as soon as they have made a few leaves, and in which tliey may remain until potted oft" into 2V2 or 3-inch pots, and from the latter they may be shifted on as it be- comes necessary into 5 or 6-inch pots, and in all cases the shifting operation should be performed before they become so pot-bound as to lose color. .\ moderately rich, light loam is suit- able as compost, for though very useful in certain soils yet for ardisias peat is not absolutely essential. Regarding temperature it is well to ;ivoid extremes, as when kept too warm these plants are apt to become dirty, scale being quite partial to them under such circumstances, and if kept too cool their growth will be slow and they may also suffer from over-liberality in the matter of watering, especially when in a low temperature, so it would seem that it would be the wisest plan to observe the injunction to "be temperate in all things" when growing ardisias, and to regard a temperature of 50 to 55 degrees as the happy medium. i8gi. The American Florist. 359 A COMBINATION OF FLOWER SHOW AND CHURCH FAIR. The improved varieties ol Solarium capsicastrum will also find an opening in this list, and being extremely easy of eultivation should become very popular. These should also be raised tVom seeds and may be grown in a greenhouse tem- perature successfully, the essentials of their cultivation being a light rich soil and an abundance of water. Among larger growing plantsof this class should be mentioned Aucuba Japonica, one of the hardiest plants for decorative purposes that is to be found in the market, and doubly attractive when covered with a crop of large red berries. To secuie the latter, however, fertiliza- tion is necessary, as the male and female organs are not combined in the same flower. The aucubas will stand much exposure and abuse and in fact are best in rather small pots, as when given too much liberty they are more likely to run to growth than to produce berries. Some of the smaller growing oranges are also highly ornamental, though any of these will be somewhat slower in attaining a salable size than the plants previously referred to. Very pretty examples of Mandarin oranges in 6 and 8-inch pots have been seen during the present season and an- other variety having still smaller fruits than the above is the so-called Myrtle orange, the fruits of which are about the size of walnuts and the foliage somewhat similar in size and shape to that of a myrtle. One more useful plant of this class though of diminutive size is the "Bead plant," Nertera depressa, which spreads rapidly over the surface of the ground its tiny bright green leaves so as to form tufts, the latter being dotted over with bright orange berries about the size of small peas. This plant may be easily increased by division and prefers a cool house, and also to be shaded from direct sunlight. W. H. Taplin. Looking Backward. As each succeeding year draws to its close it is not inappropriate that we look back and review the work we have done, the seeds we have sown. Have they been of the choicest varieties which have, or will, produce specimens and varieties so grand and beautiful that we can be proud of the examples that our labors have contributed to add to Flora's realms?— or have they consisted merely of a very ordinary stock intermixed with a posi- tively vile strain of obnoxious weeds that will not only ruin our own gardens but carry devastation and ruin as far as their influence reaches? Some of us are growing old in vears and in our business, and without realizing it possibly, are looked upon by the young men with whom we are thrown in con- tact as worthy— shall we say models? How important then that our example be such as will only inspire these coming florists to the purest thoughts and highest motives. How important for instance, that a gentleman once honored by being elevated Lo thechief magistracy of a great city should in addressing a company made up largely of young men utter no word that he would not willingly let his mother hear. And while we should guard our utterances we should also remember that we have no right at our suppers or 36o The American Florist. Jan. IS, banquets, or conventions or an.vwliere, to tempt the appetite tor strong drink by plaeins; it within the reach of others who niav not liave courage and strength of will to resist the sight of it; not one of us but can point to some "poor worth- less sot" who once stood high as "the grower of the finest stuft" in the neighbor- hood." This Should not be so. Our trade is one of the grandest and mostennobling, and the world calls for improvement con- tinually, the rising generation should c.\ccl the presentin all points of e.Kcellence, freed from the evils that now e.xist. Alex Murdoch. New Carnations. Mr. E. G. Hill, of Richmond, Ind., re- cently exhibited at a meeting of the Chicago Florist Club bunches of specimen l)loonis of the new carnations raised by Mr. Fred Dorner, of La Fayette, Ind., and purchased by Mr. Hill. They were so ex- cellent that we had photographs made of some of them and present herewith illus- trations of individual flowers, life-size, engraved from these photographs. The one named H . E. Chitty gives special promise of usefulness. It is a cross be- tween Century and Grace Wilder, and is in the way of the last named sort, but deeper in color. But in addition to its color the eye is at once attracted by the strong, sturdy stems which carry the flower boldly erect and are beautifully clothed with foliage. Edwin Lonsdale is a very large flower of a beautiful salmon pink shade, and is certainly an acquisition, though it does not have the strength of stem possessed by the foregoing. Hoosier is a beautiful shade of scarlet and a remarkabl3' large flower, the blooms being borne on good strong stems. The other varieties— and all were promising— were Fred Dorner, scarlet, finely fringed ; Mrs. Harrison, large, pure white; Ben Hur, pink; Annie Wiegand, pink, finely fringed, a seedling from Grace Wilder, and George Hancock, a strong, well built up flower of good substance, creamy w^hite, finely fringed. Carnation Lamborn. How about the keeping qualities of Lamborn ? With me it is decidedly lack- ing in this respect. I have also heard those say who have handled it in quantity that it was the poorest keeper of all the carnations without exception. Valuable for immediate use, but not for shipping. Elmira, N. Y. Grove P. Rawson. Best Carnations. A young florist would like 'to ask a question from the older and more exper- ienced members of the craft. Which are the best selUng and most profitable car- nations to raise in the winter season, say from four to six kinds? A. S. L. CARNATION Edwin Lonsdale. the plant is said to be a stronger grower and free bloomer. It is a cross between Albert McGall and Buttercup. Easter Plants. Some specimen blooms of the new car- nation, Louise Porsch, have been sent us by Mr. John McGowan, Orange, N. J. They are in the way of Buttercup, but In response to a query regarding the proper treatment of Easter plants at this time, Mr. James Dean, Bay Ridge, N. Y., has kindly prepared the following at our request: "Easter coming early this year, on the 29th of March, it would be well for those in the trade who are forcing plants to be on their guard. At present it looks as if we were going to have a cold winter and it will not do for the grower to let the temperature of his houses run low for his Easter plants when Easter comes in March. "Lily plants to be in flower for Easter should for the smaller bulbs be six inches above the pot, the 9 to 12 inch bulbs 12 inches above the pot. The flower buds should now be developed, which will be readily known by an enlargement of the top of the plant, or crown as it is called, which can be plainly felt by a slight pres- sure of the hand. "Lilies in the above condition, from date will require a night temperature of at least 65° until the buds are well advanced in size and the grower is certain he will be in time with his flowers. It will then benefit the flowers to reduce the temper- ature and thus harden them, which will certainly increase their market value, they finding ready sale when those that are forced during the last month at a temperature of 75° to 80° cannot be sold for one half the price of good flowers that are properly grown. "The hydrangeas will require about the same temperature as the lilies, the flower bud should now be ready to burst open. Be carefid in syringing the plants at this time, at night or during cloudy weather, as the wafpr remaining on the flower bud in its early stage is Kable to rot it, the young leaves which surround the bud holding the water. It should be the grower's aim in forcing the hydrangea to have them far enough advanced so that he can maintain a lower temperature for at least ten days before the plants are wanted. This will give the flowers a brighter color and enable the plant to stand cold draughts of air without wilting. "Spirsa Japonica should now be brought in from the cold frame into a temperature of 55° at night. "It is yet too early to begin forcing Rhododendrons, azaleas and genistas, for Easter, they requiring very little forcing." Orchids in Flower at Whitinsville, Mass. For some time the fine Dendrobium Formosum giganteum has been in flower here in the conservatories of Mrs. J. W. Lasell. We learn from English gardening papers that most orchid growers there do not succeed well with it, many man- aging to flower the plant only once and having to import a fresh supply every spring from Burmah and the Andaman Islands. Under the excellent manage- ment of Mr. MeWilliam this dendrobe has done well here. Four plants received from the Messrs. Low, of Clapton, in June 1885, are flowering now the sixth time, are in splendid health and prom- ise to keep on flowering j-early for any length of time. Mr. McW. treats his plants to a three months' rest after flowering, at 45° tem- perature, which he thinks is one of the chief points to success; then he gives a temperature of 55° till growth is started and 70° to 75° till growth is finished; when ready to flower the plants are again put in a temperature of 55°. Grown in baskets, with rough fibry peat, char- coal, crocks and clean fresh sphagnum, and temperature as above, the plants ought to do well. This year the plants have had six, eight, nine and the largest stem twelve, perfect flowers (and one damped off before opening). The longest stem is 28 inches, circumference of same 2''4 inches, length of leaf G' 2 inches, width 2-'4 in., 19 leaves on the stem. The length of the flower 5% inches, width 5 inches, petals 2 inches, sepals % inch, lips !•% inches. This dendrobe is well worth all the care required, and when got to flower as seen here ought to make any grower happy at the residt of his skill. The photograph of three plants (the i8gi. The American Florist. 361 Carnation h, e. Chttty. Carnation Hoosier. fourth being out of flower) will show something of the plants as grown inider Mr. McWilliam's care. W. S. December 15, '90. [The photograph showed three plants in splendid bloom.— Ed.] Seeds of Pandanus Utilis. A Buffalo correspondent asks how to treat the fruit of Pandanus utiHs to get the seeds out, and in response to our re- quest Mr. W. H. Taplin has prepared for us the following answer: "The seeds of Pandanus utilis are enclosed in tough, woody cells within the so-called fruit, and the onl.v satisfactory method of getting them out is to allow nature to do the work. ■ "This is accomplished by planting the fruit entire, and in due time the seedlings issue from the base of the latter and come up in the form of a little clump, these being separated from the parent fruit when large enough to handle conven- iently and then potted up individually. "The number of seedlings from each fruit is rather indefinite, sometimes being but one or two, and in other cases run- ning as high as ten or twelve." Construction and Preservation of Green- houses. Since the .\m. Florist began its career, numerous articles have appeared in its columns in regard to the proper way of building greenhouses, and also what measures and i^recautions would insure their preservation and continuance in a serviceable condition for the greatest length of time. A year or more ago the Am. Florist gave some data concerning the length of time that several greenhouses had been in use, and at various times the subject "what are the most adaptable and most effective preserving mediums" has been treated of in an indifferent manner. The subject of "how to build greenhouses" has been quite thoroughly discussed, but that of preserving them after they are built has been very greatly neglected. The greater number of greenhouses are not properly constructed in the beginning, and very feeble, if any efforts are made to prevent decay, and even when such houses are regularly painted, their defective con- struction will not permit the owner to reap the benefit of this secondary mode of preservation. The writer anticipates a good portion of murmuring and criticism from the older and wiser class of readers, but to these "sage fathers" allow me to say, that I make these contradictory assertions with profound respect and deference to their greater experience, and consequent authority upon such subjects. I have very often heard inquiries and remarks made about what is the best paint and also complaint of "peeling off." For greenhouse painting I think that the best white zinc, mixed in pure raw linseed oil, with a slight addition of good dryer is the best. It should only be applied when the wood is perfectly dry, and it should not be made too thick, especially the first coat, and the second coat should not be applied until the first is perfectly dry and hard. In this way, and by repainting with one coat of ordin- ary thickness every two or three years, the wood becomes practically impreg- nable to atmospheric changes and conse- quently decay is impossible. This is about all that constitutes the seemingly difficult problem of preventing decaj'. And now I will give ray opinion, based upon personal observation, as to what is the proper way of building greenhouses, or portions thereof, so that when paint is applied to the exposed surfaces, it will be of real benefit. In the first place, how often we see that hum-drum idea, both in print and in in reality, about using rough lumber for the inside or first thickness of the regu- lation double boarded wall. This is just the source of all evil in regard to paint not lasting. Not long ago I visited a prominentgrower'sestablishment, and in walking along the outside of a green- house I saw several places where water was dripping from the lower edge of the boards. Upon closer examination I found that it came from the inside of the wall. I went into the greenhouse and there I beheld the antiquarian's delight, viz: Rough unmatched hemlock boards, and the water soaking into the wall. Now how is it possible for paint to ad- here to the outer surface of the wall and check deca V, when the very elements which it is intended to resist, are doing the very thing which we wish to prevent, from the most advantageous point of attack, viz: the inside of the house. In my estimation the model greenhouse wall is constructed in the following man- ner: Set good locust posts four feet apart and deep enough to prevent the house from spreading. Upon these place the gutter of good sound pine, 10x4% inches. Next take good quality pine clap boards, paint the ends and where they come in coiitact with the posts, and nail on the inside of the posts with the planed side next to the posts. After the first thick- ness of boards is nailed on, give therough side a thorough oiling with crude petrol- eum, then tack on the sheathing, I think tar paper is preferable, and then nail on the second thickness of boards, having previously oiled the rough side with the crude petroleum and painted the ends. When the wall is finished give one coat of paint according to directions and when dry, fill all nail holes, etc., with putty and apply the second coat of paint. This gives a perfectly clear wall, not marred by unsightlj' divisions and water traps such as are found in all houses wiiere the posts are inside of the house. And the outside is protected to a great extent by the projecting gutter. A house built in this way will last 25 years in- stead of the usual 10 or 15 years. Rahway, N. J. John W. Saling. Catalogue Premiums. Mr. W. A. Harkett in the issue for De- cember 25 hits the nail square on the head when he says "is not "the premium business being overdone." Last year we received catalogues from some forty to fifty wholesale and retail florists, "and about one-third of this number offered plants with premiums in their retail lists, which when both were figured up, cost less than the same firm offered the same plants for at wholesale. Is this fair to the letail florist who has bought a large por- tion of his stock from these same firms? We would like to hear from others on this point, including the editor of the Florist. C. H. B. [It is certainly very unwise for a busi- ness man to sell at the same price to both wholesale and retail buvers. And if the 36: The American Florist. Jan. 15, premiiiins given are of such value as to reduce the price of the whole towholesale rates, it is practically the same as selling direct to the retail buyer at wholesale prices. We believe that some of the ex- travagant premium offers and collections oflered arc due to ignorance, and we might almost add lack of common sense, on the partof the makerof the catalogue. Ik- goes some other catalogue man "one better" without knowing whether he can alVord to make such an ofler or not, and without stopping to think that he has by this means reduced his retail jirice down to perhaps even below wholesale rates. .\nd that it costs more to sell a thousand plants at retail than at whole- sale every one knows. This and similar questions will continue to be a source of vexation until the actual cost of growing each plant to a marketable size is ascer- tained by each grower, and a more careful computation is made of the comparative cost of marketing the plants at wholesale and retail. When prices are based upon the actual cost of producing and market- ing instead of upon guesswork there will be a change, for no man will drop his prices below the cost line when he knows where it is. As matters now stand we seriously doubt if one grower out of a hundi-ed knows when he has cut prices below the cost of producing and mar- keting.—Ed.] Christmas Price Kd. .\m. Florist: — It is gratifying to a retail florist to read the reports from all the lai-ge trade centers that flowers were plentiful, yes, too plentiful, it seems, at Christmas. I hope the growers of flowers will come to their senses sometime if they do not at an early date. I am of the opinion they will kill the goose that laid the golden eggs in the shape of dollars at Christmas, and they have undoubtedly done it to some extent already. In your last number j-ou tried to explain the plen- tifid supply of flowers at CluMstmas with the statement that the great additions of new houses and establishments devoted to the production of flowers is the main cause of increased supph-. Of course this cuts some figure in the grand total, but I have another explanation to offer, from not only mine but several brother retail- ers'experience. Not only this year but even a year ago, weexperienced a great falling off of our regular flower buyers at Christ- mas. From my own experience I know some of my customers who got caught at Christmas two years ago, because they ordered heavily without asking prices, and when they received their bills swore they would never buy another flower at Christmas, and I know .several who have kept their word. They will come in and buy a few days before Christmas instead. We can not give any reasonable excuse for charging 50'/i more at Christmas than three or four days before. This year there was a very noticeable absence of the usual flower buyers. The people who did pat- ronise the florists were such as do not buy flowers very often, and consequently were not posted as to the ruling prices at other times, but no doubt they will find it out one by one, and thus I expect to see the florist's business at Christmas dwindle down so before longitwill be the same as New Year's day. This year New Year's day was no diflerent from an3' common day ; probably a little better than an average day, but not much. Now, I think there is no denying but some of the florists who control the prin- cipal markets, and thus regulate prices for the country, whether thev be the wholesalers, the growers, or both, are in- juring the business to a great extent by their insisting on double prices for every- thing at Christmas. You said in the last number of the Florist, commenting upon the situation, " It seems flowers are pro- duced even at Christmasin larger quanti- ties than can be sold at paying figures," or words to that eftect. Now you, as well as every body in the trade, know that if roses can be produced a few days before Christmas at 8 to 10 cents there is no reason why they should not be sold at a paying figure even then at less than 20 or 30 cents. And this is not all, the re- tailer has to be satisfied with stuff that a grower would not thinking of bringing to him a week later. My reason for asking you to give space for this in the American Florist is that I think it is a question that will need a little airing, and I hope it will be discussed through your columns and some good come from it. St. Paul, Jan. 7. Ato. S. S. Harvesting Pampas Plumes. The group of photographs from which our illustration is engraved gives a num- ber of views upon the grounds of Mr. Joseph Sexton, proprietor of the Santa Barbara Nursery, Goleta, California. In the lower left hand corner is a single plant with the figure of a man in the foreground showing the comparative height of the plant which is probably a specimen. The other views show the plumes cut, and going through the pro- cesses of curing, preparing and packing for market. Mr. Sexton was the first to grow the plumes in quantity for market and the business has grown into a very considerable industry. New York. The New York Florist Club gave its annual dinner "etc. etc." at Morello's famous restaurant last Saturday night. All branches of the trade were well repre- rcsented, nearly onehundrcd sitting down to the elaborate si)read. The long tables were formed square-like ;ind were most beautifully decorated. Each prominent artist of the city did his best and the result was a grand exhibition of table designs. Beauties that are usually sold "by the yard" were arranged in tall vases on the four corners of the tables, baskets of tulips, hyacinths, jonquils, lily of the valley were placed around the other edge, while designs in roses adorned the center. The boutonnieres even were "miniature gems of art." There were many interesting bits of prospective scenerj', scattered liere and there. In one spot Mr. E. Asmus sat be- neath a beautiful bunch of lilac, and the word was passed 'round that "the wind was blowing through Asmus' lilacs." In another sat Mr. John N. May beamingo'er a basket of his handsome Laings, while Mr. John Taylor's face looked over the beautiful basket of Madame Cusins that lay before him. It was remarked that the Climbing Perle possessed some of the traits of the sunflower, as the ones placed before Charlie Anderson showed a decided tendency toward that gentleman. It was a happy crowd. There was music and song b3' the club's musicians, while the elaborate menu was consulted. When a just verdict was pronounced on the same, the President, Mr. Alex Bums, opened the "third programme" b\' an address of welcome to the visitors^ the Secretary, Mr. W. S. Allen, then read let- ters of regret at being unable to attend from many prominent men throughout the Union, among which was one from Mr. Stewart, of Boston, (the Secretary of the Society of American Florists) deeply regretting his inability to attend owing to a meeting of the Executive Committee at Toronto, and expressing the good wishes of the Boston Club. A call for three cheers for Stewart was en- thusiastically responded to. Great regret was expressed at the absence of Mr. John Thorpe, owing to illness. (There was a vacant jchair draped in sniilax for your John.) Mr. O'Connor then sang a song. The "Health of the Boston Club" was ably lesponded to by Mr. Woods, the repre- sentative from the Hub. A banjo solo and topical songbv Mr. Johnson followed, when "The Health of theN. Y. Club" was responded to by Mr. A. Bums. Mr. Forstcrman, the famous oneidium grower, then sang his favorite song. The Society of .\merican Florists was eloquently responded to by Mr. John N. May, who expressed the hope that every florist in the country would join the soci- ety. A "stump speech" and "darky characteristics" were given by Mr. Foley. The Retail Florist was i-esponded to by Mr. Lawrence Hafner, the well known and popular artist, who dwelt at great length on the possibilities of the futm-e of our trade. Mr. Hafner was the orator of the evening, his response made a great impression and he resumed his seat amid tumultuous applause. The grower's cause was well espoused by Mr. Chas. Anderson, while "The Seeds" was well covered by Mr. Mc- Allister. The "Wholesale Florists" was responded to by Mr. John Young, and The Rubber Hose was "mended" by Mr. Hull. Hor- ticultural architecture was ver3- ably dis- coursed bj' Mr. Chas. Weathered and Mr. Wm. Siebrecht spoke to the toast "Fraternity." After numerous songs and solos Mr. Ernst Asmus gave an original dramatic sketch. After which an attempt on the part of Mr. Wni. Elliott to sell the house at "auction" brought the long list of pleasant surprises to a close and ended an event that can never be forgotten by those who had the good fortune to be present. Business during the week was very good taking everything into considera- tion. There were many large balls and receptions given during the week, making prospects much brighter. Bulb stuff is coming in very freely. Violets are selling fairlj' well. A steadj' demand for fine carnations. The hybrids coming in are poor as yet. Lilac is very good and sell- ing well. Little demand for orchids. Roses plentiful. What will you have .for Easter? is a question already asked. John Young. Chicago. Business is decidedly poorforthes of the year. Inconsequence of the light demand prices have been cut all to pieces, in many case they are absurdly low. The recent holidaj' experience seems to have entirely demoraHzed the market, and many sellers are as quick now to cut prices as thej- were to hold them up be- fore Christmas. Good Perles and Nip- hetos have been bought at $3 a hundred, Mermets and Brides at $6, La France at $8, and Bon Silenes at $2. Such prices at this season of the year have never been known here before. Violets are down to 75 cents a hundred, long stemmed fancy carnations have been bouj^ht for $2. a hundred and Roman hyacinths at the same price. One concern bought 3,000 i8gi. The American Florist. 363 carnations the other day for $30. and these were retailed at 25 cents a dozen. Violets were also retailed at the same place for 25 cents a bunch of '2,:^ blooms. There is a big supply of all flowers ex- cept American Beauty roses. The cut of violets is simply immense. One grower has sent in a lot of cut blooms of the freesia, but it seems impos- sible to work up a demand for them here. Frank Benthey reports a growing de- mand for orchids. Thetlowerscif thesmall varieties of cattleyas such as C. Perci- valliana retail readily at $1 each while no difficulty is experienced in obtaining $1.50 each for blooms of C. Trian^. He gets some few spravs of Phak-enopsis amabilis which he sefls at $2 to $3 a spray. He finds but little demand for cypripediuras and has to work ofl' those he gets b\- using them up in baskets and similiar arrangements. Good sprays of Odontoglossum crispuni retail at $1.50 to $2 a spra}- and la'lias at ,")(» cents a flower. Some of the oncidiums which have good sized flowers sell well at the same price as the odontoglossiims. He finds difficulty in disposing of the blooms of Lycaste Skinnerii. They don't seem to take very well with buyers. .\t the meeting of the Fforist Club held last Thursday a committee was appointed to arrange for a social meeting of the members and their wives and sweet- hearts. There will be music and supper followed by dancing. Messrs Hauswirth, Benthey and Curran have the matter in charge, and cards will be issued as soon as arrangements are completed. The ad- journed session was held at a new alley, which change resulted in some curiously constructed scores. Future adjourned sessions will probably convene at the old place. Charles Nelson will soon build a range of greenhouses at the comer of Robey street and Montrose boulevard. He will grow cut flowers. Paul Krolni, who was some time since seriously injured liy being thrown from his wagon while driving, is able to be around again but isnot j-et very strong. Mr. A. Dimmock, representing F.Sander & Co., was in the city a few days since and visited the various orchid growers. Tom Rogers thinks he should now suc- ceed to the title of "King fakir." He says they used to call him the "Prince fakir" and' now Xeal is gone he sees no reason why he should not succeed to the Kingly title formerh' worn by that worthy. But it is claimed by others that the title can not yet be legally transferred from 14-9 State street. The Horticultural Society of Chicago held its first quarterly meeting last Satur- day afternoon at the Palmer House. There was a large attendance and much interest was manifested. Fifteen new members were added to the list, among whom were Mrs. K. Dunlop and Messrs P. D. Armour, J. Q. Adams,J.F. Hurlbut, Charles H. Wacker and J. F. Tucker. There was some discussion as to the advisability of an attempt to give a mid- Lent rose and orchid exhibition, and as a result a committee was appointed to confer with the Florist Club regarding same. That there might be no difficulty of a financial nature a guarantee fund of $500 was suggested, and in a very few moments the sum of $300 was subscribed bj- those present and the paper placed in the hands of an active member to secure the remainder. A committee of three was appointed to draft by-laws and an order of business. The meeting adjourned sub- ject to the call of the president. Paterson, N. J. Well, how was j-our holiday trade? Was it up to an average of previous years ? Do you think the McKinlej- bill will eventually wipe out all traces of the florist's business ? These are some of the pertinent questions asked about this time. As far as ascertained the holiday trade in this section was quite up to the average, and experiences would seem to indicate that the florist's trade is able to maintain its own under most trying and untoward circumstances. It is true there are not so many fancj' pieces made up for Christmas and New Years as formerly, but then the number of orders are greatly augmented , and the flowers rapidly vanish in the shape of $2, $3, $5 and $10 assort- ments put up in neat boxes and delivered at a great saving of time, labor and ex- pense overformermethods. And although the orders for fancy, expensive baskets are not so frequent as formerly, they still come along occasionally and add variety, charm, and profit to the business. Of course these observations apply more particularly to Christmas, as for some years it has become more and more mani- fest that New Years, as a period of ex- travagant expenditure and display', is greatly surpassed by Christmas. TheDecember just past was far more characteristic of the season than several of its immediate predecessors. This was particularly the case with December, 1889. when, on account of its extra mild tem- perature, manj' wiseacres predicted that the Gulf Stream was encroaching so close to our shores that winter weather and its attendant pleasures would only be regarded as rarities of the past, and natural ice a phenomenon described by the aged to the astonished senses of their children and grandchildren. But it is 364 The a mer i ca n F l ortst. Jan. 15. evident that the Gulf Stream is not climb- ing over New Jersey this winter anyway, as we are already harvesting good iee, and the taet that' the mean temperature of the December just past was about thirty-two degrees lower than that of December, '89, is also quite favorable. Christmas Day of '89 was remarkable for its warmth, the thermometer standing at ()5'' nearly all day, reaching 55°, the lowest point, only at 10 p. m., with a mean temperature for the day of 62°, while the thermometer for the Christmas just past, ranging at 20°, 25° and 15° for morning, noon and night, gives us a mean of 20°. Onlv think, a difference of over 4-0° in the two Christmas days! The lowest point touched during the month was on the night of the 2Sth, when 5° was indicated about 10:30 p. ni., nine clear, ten partly clear, and twelve all cloudy days, the atmospheric divisions. The three or four fine days preceding Christmas were a wonderful help to the growers of flower*. Christmas day was also fine, but was followed on the 26th with a considerable snow-fall and minia- ture blizzard. January 2, '91. H. E. Chitty. Ilecoi) Rote*. Elmira, N. Y.— Holiday trade excellent. Better than last year. Increased demand for roses, carnations and violets. Kalamazoo, Mich.— Samuel Batson is a new florist here who is not mentioned in the directory and he should be added to the list. New Rochelle, N. Y.— The Rose Hill Florists' Society will give its first annual ball at the town hall Thursday evening, February 9. Janesville, Wis. — Holidaj- trade in flowers about the same as last year. Could have sold more but the high prices made sales next to impossible. Holly and green sold well, more demand for holly wreaths and stars than ever before, Christmas trees were in good demand. Don't think the trade much benefited by putting the prices on flowers so high at holiday time. Utica, N. Y. — Holidaj' trade was very good considering the high prices which it was necessary to pay for what stock was ordered from other points. Roses sold at from $1.50 to $3.50 a dozen. Car- nations, narcissus, hyacinths, poinsettias, and nearly all other flowers sold at good prices. Nearlyevery floristsold out clean, and could have sold more if to be had at anj'where near reasonable rates. But florists did not dare to order at the rates quoted, knowing their customers would not pay the prices it would be necessary to ask. Washington, D. C— The holiday trade in cut flowers has been exceptionally sat- isfactory here this season. The supply was large, but the demand equally so and prices remained firm. Plants for decorative purposes were less in demand than usual, but the falling off was slight. Roses, especially La France, De Watte- ville, Mermet, Gontier, Am. Beauty, Me- teor, Cook and Niphetos, were fine and abundant, commanded good prices and so far as I could learn every one of the prominent dealers sold out his entire stock of them. Springfield, Mass.— The aimual meet- ing of the amateur horticultural society was held January 2 and the following offic- ers were elected: President, C. L. Burr; Vice-Presidents, E. D. Stock, Joseph Aumer, Mrs. Helen M. Packard; Secre- tary, G. H. Lapham; Treasurer, L. D. Robinson; Directors, C. L. Simons, G. E. Gengenbach, E. A. Graves, J. K. Bur- bank, G. H. Wells, J. S. Landers, S. T. Hammond, Frank Belden, G. E. Phelps, L. D. Boyington, H. P. Hart, M. R. Warner, D. P. Luddington.C. D. Goodell. The secretary reported the membership was 540, an incr;ase of 206 during the year. The treasurer's balance sheet showed that $1,006 had been received during the year, the expenditures being $492. The retiring president, C. L. Simons, was given a vote of thanks. Orange, N. J.— At a recent meeting the New Jersey Floricultural Society formally resolved to disband. The society was organized four years ago and has held splendid exhibitions each year, but the patronage accorded it has been insuffi- cient to meet expenses. At the meeting the matter was discussed at length and it was agreed that in view of the lack of appreciation on the part of the public in the aims of the soeietj- it would be unwise to continue its existence. It was decided to pay 50 per cent on the premiums of the show given last November. K vote of thanks was tendered to the retiring officers, and then a resolution disbanding the society was adopted. It is probable that out of this society will be organized a florists' club, but no definite plans have vet been made. Copper Sulphate for Lilies. Rev. C. Wolley Dod stated recently in the Garden, and also at a meeting of the scientific committee, that he has found very good results with commoner lilies as well as withrosesby the use of sulphate of copper as a preventive. Three pounds of sulphate of copper, which costs whole- sale less than 3d. a pound, are dissolved in water, and two pounds of quicklime, separately. These solutions are then mixed together in ten gallons of water, and splashed upon the young growth, to which it does no harm. "I have found this also very useful for the cure of the mildew (Peronospora ficariae), which has proved here so destructive to the large variety of Christmas roses. Another remedy reccommended for mildew is to dress the surface of the ground in earlv spring before growth commences with finely powdered sul])hate of iron. One pound is sufficient to nii.x in a wheel- barrow load of soil, and will dress a large surface. I have seen this treatment recommmended in the Kew Bulletin to prevent potato blight. I have used it for lilies and it seems suc- cessful.—Car(/c«(?w' Chronicle. SITUATIONS. WANTS. FOR SALE^. AdTertlsementa under this head will be Inserted at the rate of 10 cents a line ^seven words) each Inser- JITUATION WANTBD-By practical rose > flowererower. tiood references. Addr, Box 1, Central Valley, Orange Co. JITUATION WANTBD-By a German gardener 5 aged 30; single; competent in all branches, pr ate or commercial. K. H. Pera. LaGrange, 111. SITUATION WANTED-As gardener can give good referr-— -~ -- -' ability. W. W. DKGRAl . 4th St.. Harrlsburg. Pa. I W., Uetrolt, Mich. good testimonials. State particulars, 1 Box 765, Kalamazoo, Mich. SITUATION WANTBD-By a Germai commercial or private place, growi of cut flowers, mushrooms, palms and ,15 years old, sober and steady; references V U, care American d vegetables; : Mrs. Roberts, 27 Rockwell ences. Addr niddle aged Experienced in every branch r grape and rose grower. First-class ■eferences- present employer can be consulted. Chas. R. Cook, care John Hogg, Sirg Sing. N. Y. W-' w ANTED-100 feet of . greenhouse WANTED f erred. ng man conversant Seeds, 64 Dey s't. N€ WANTBD-Young knowledge of g per month and boara. business; wages ¥15 Eau Claire, Wis. w ANTED— To rent some greenhouses In a good locality within l.'i miles of Boston with some I and house connected, must be in good repair. ress care SamI A. Parsons, 339 Tremont, St., WANTED— A young man with some experience I greenhouse work; must be sober, industriou and willing to work; ftei Address, stating wages, W^ .NTED-An actlv< gardener, who con and packing departme progressive greenho W ANTED-Active business man 3st In flrslclass Hori; greenhouses 100 ft. miles ot New York; ing of vegetables, i both in open gr :, be thoroughly up Address giving experience, refer- , nationality and ^ 'l G Postotlice Box «,, New York City. BIOR SALB- J Address ()ne Bitchings No l^^s^]^^- POR SALB- address A country hotel s Connecticut^ t^ \ h greenhouse. In a . For particulars are Am. Florist. niOR RENT, cr will sell fou 100,COo'populat^on'.*'"j'TC.'ca'r houses MX 12 each. I^OIC SJVIvJE:. 1 for balance. , good shipping . capable man. OXJie I»«^KA?S?' DIRECTORY giving a complete and accurate list of the Florists, Nurserymen and Seedsmen of the United States and Canada is Price, $2.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. i8gi. The a mer ican Florist. ■66s BENNETT ROSES LA FRANCE, PERLE, BON SILENE, MERMET, THE BRIDE, METEOR, GONTIER, SUNSET, NIPHETOS, AM BEAUTY. Fine ajj inch plants in fine condition. WRITE IMMEDIATELY lor special prices to SMITH FLORAL CO. 77 7th Street S., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Dwarf Budded Roses. The stock we ntrer this season is in unusually fine condition and includes all the leadinti varieties. Anna de Oiesbach, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, Baron de Bonstettin. Boule de Nelge, Capt. Christy. Fisher Holmes. Gen, Jacqueminot. John Hopper. Louis VanHoutte. La France. S12.00 per 100; Siio 00 per loco. A tine lot of Marechal Niels with canes 10 to 12 feet lonK $1.00 each. HENRY A. DREER. 7t4 Chestnut St . Philadelphia. STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES Mad. Gabriel Luizet, Mabel Mo>rison, Magna Charta. Marie Bauman. Mcrveille de Lyon. Paul Neyron. Prince de Rohan. gueen of Queens, Irich Brunner, White Baroness. '.J-in s, 100 or 1000. MARGUERITES; PETUNIAS; ABUTILON GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA; CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVY; GERMAN IVY; CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. Write for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITV, MO. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettia Stock, otter the best re- sults to the florist blooming freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1000, at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston), MASS. stock ( The best and ne CARNATIONS and get Trade list mailed < JACOB SCHULZ, XjouIs E>. o. hHvHv «& CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A full line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF BEST STAPLES: ROSES, CARNATIONS. BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported ROSE HILL NURSERIES, l/eiv Rochelle. N. Y. HEW AND RARE PLANTS, HARDY PLANTS, Oroliids, CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Mention American Florist. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. "V^x-ite for ovir I=»i-ioo X«is«. FREDERICK MAU, ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Easter Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Stellata, IConspicua, Parvi flora, etc. Tree & Herbaceous Pseonias, Iris Kaemp- feri in newest magnificent coloring. Hardy Conifers, New sports of Retinosporas. MINIATURE JAPAN CONIFERS. Cycas Revoluta Stems greatly reduced. Araucarias, Tree Ferns, Bamboos. We furnish RELIABLE goods 8t corres- .Sencl for Catalogue to , H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. (C THE RAINBOW. II Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. DR&ER'S DOUBL& fETUIHiflS Now Ready for Delivery, our Select Strain of Double Petunias, in good, strong, healthy stock plants, in 3-Inch pots. The strain of Petunias we ofTer is too well known to require much description— suflTice it to say, that the varieties offered this season are lully equal to our former introductions. The advantage of securing , stock early in the season will be readily appreciated, as a limited num- 4 ber of plants will produce a large number of cuttings. We otter 15 named varieties, at iSl.50 per dozen; set of 15. for »1.75; 810.00 per hundred. Seeds of Double Petunia, from the finest fringed and blotched varie- !S, saved on our own grounds, crop iSqo, Per trade pkt. of 700 seeds, |i. O-Our New Trade List, ofTering all the good things of the season, [^, will be ready early in January. r^^ HENRY A. DREER, Piiiladelpliia, Pa. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. Over 150 pages illustrating and describing one of the largest and best assorted stocks of Seeds, Trees and Plants in the b. S. Best value for the money in our Tested Novelties and Special Low Priced Collections. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. 70O ACRES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. COLEUS, ROOTED OUTTINGS. KEALTHT and VIGOROUS. Eighteen varieties, including Golden Bedder, Golden Verschaffeltii, Crimson VerschafFeltii, Firebrand, Peter Henderson, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, etc. ROOTED SAMPLES OF THE SET MAILED FOR 20 CENTS. Shipment any time. Send for Trade List. Fine, healthy VERBENAS— Rooted Cuttings Feb. and March delivery. CARNATIONS for February delivery are nearly exhaust- ed, but I can still supply a few thousand Hinze's White, Grace "Wilder, and Portia. -A-ddi-ess .A-ijiEac. aa;c:^:Ecn>:E, .A.ii>iaus, Pffc Bag. 100 lbs., »3.ao. PURE c> NATURAL o SHEEP o MANURE. The richest and most nutritious focd for plants, seeds, etc., used in the pulverized or liquid fcrm the results are marvelous. In the culture of MiiSHSOOMS it can not be equaled. Hundreds of testimonials from well known growers. WM. ELLIOTT 4. SONS, 54 and 56 Day Street, N. T- ,66 The American Florist. Jan. /J, Sub-;cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Cash with Order. No Speciul Fosition Gu line Department of thi Flohist is for Kloriats. 8eedstnen, ar wares pertainlDK to those lines OM.' Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepteil. Advertisements mupt reach us by Monday to secure Insertion in the issue for the foiiowing Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. We ACKNOWLEDOEthe receipt from Mr. \Ym. Trelease, Director of the Missouri Bontanical Garden, St. Louis, of a volume of 165 pages containing much in- formation of interest regarding the work of the garden and matteis connected therewith. It is handsomely illustrated with fine half-tone plates of views in the garden and a portrait of the late Henry Shaw. A short biographical sketch of Mr. Shaw is also given, and the act of the General Assembly of Missouri author- izing the creation of a trust for the man- agement of the garden ; the last will and testament of Henry Shaw, made in pur- suance of thisact; thedeedof endowment of the Schoolof Botanj' : the report of the inaugural exercises of the school, includ- ing the address of the Professor in charge; the report submitted to the Directors of Washington University on the work ac- complished by the Schoolof Botany dur- ing the first five years of its existence; the first annual report of the Director of the Garden, for the year 1889; the first annual flower sermon, preached in Mav, 1890, under the provisions of the will of Mr. Shaw, by the Bishop of Missouri ; and the proceedings at the first annual banquet of the Trustees. The article on color published in recent issues has excited much comment and we have received many letters re- garding the issuing of a chart of colors as mentioned. One suggestion is that a number of those who issue catalogues club together to take a large quantity of the charts, to bind in their catalogues for the convenience of customers, and thus reduce the cost of the charts to the mini- mum by having them made in 100,000 lots. This plan is desirable not only from the fact that the cost of each chart would be thereby very considerably reduced, but it would at once disseminate the same among flower lovers all over the country. We should like to hear from catalogue men on this matter. If these charts could be supplied at a low cost would you be willing to take a sufficient number to bind one in each of your catalogues? If orders could be secured for not less than 100,000 copies the cost would be so reduced that we believe the financial obstacle would be overcome. The SCHEDULE of prizes offered by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and programme of meetings for the yearl891 has been received from our Boston corre- spondent. The total amount appropri- ated for prizes and gratuities, to be awarded at the various exhibitions dur- ing the year, is $6,800, of which $2,050 is for plants, $1,750 for flowers, $1,700 for fruits, $1,000 for vegetables, and $300 for gardens, greenhouses, etc. Many very interesting subjects are listed in the programme of meetings for discussion. These meetings are held each Saturday. They began January 3 and subjects are assigned for each Saturday up to March 28. On January 24 a paper on roses will be read by Mr. John N. May, of Summit, N. J., and on February 7 one on chrvsan- themums by Mr. John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y. The programme can be had on application to Mr. Robert Manning, the secretary of the society, whose ad- dress is Hor{icultural Hall, Boston. Onk oi- the most valuable offshoots from the Society of American Florists is the Florists' Protective Association. Its object is to protect members from the possibility of being taken in by a certain class of dead-beats who have attached themselves to the trade and to place be- fore the seller in a proper light the honor- able businessman. In a word to separate the wolves from the sheep, and certainly this can work to the disadvantage only of the wolves. The annual membership fee is only $2, and this entitles members to all the information sent in to the officers. Certainly no one who sells to the trade can afford to stay out of the Association. The addressof the secretary is given on the first page of each issue. We have received a copy of the "Album et catalogue des plus belles varieties de chrysanthemes" issued by R. Sautel, Salon, France. It contains ten colored plates showing flowers of ten varieties, one half natural size. The plates might be worse, but they seem hardly worthy the praise bestowed by the London Gar- den. We advise our English contem- porary to secure a copy of "The Golden Flower" issued by L. Prang & Co., Bos- ton, Mass. If it considers Sautel 's plates good, it will probably be at a loss to properly express its appreciation of those which appear in "The Golden Flower." Judging bv points.— In support of his statement in a former article as to the unwisdom of attempting to judge plants and flowers by a scale of points, Mr. W. T. Bell sends us some clippings in which the assertion is made that the Pennsyl- vania Hort. Society has discarded the system after a trial, and that Mr. John Thorpe speaks of the scale with disre- spect. It is possible of course that the disadvantages of the system may out- weigh the advantages.' Mr. Bell adds that a good judge can do good work judging by a scale, but that the system wastes too much precious time. The treatise upon "a new hollyhock disease" by E. A. Southworth which we recently noted as having appeared in the Journal of Mycology, issued by the Di- vision of Pathology of the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, has been printed in pamphlet form for distribution. It may Idc had on application to the chief of the Division of Vegetable Pathology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- ton, D. C. Nearly every subscriber when lenew- ing a subscription for the Florist adds some complimentary comment. While these are all appreciated it is of course impracticable to print them all, but one recently received puts the matter in such an original way that we give it to our readers. "Enclosed find one dollar for fifty-two more bright and interesting evenings." A COPY of the "Year book" issued by the Detroit Joiir?ial, has been received from Mr. W. H. Brearley, the proprietor of that paper. Considerable space is de- voted to a description of the flower shows given at Detroit under the direc- tion oi the Jourtialm '89 and '90. Considerable space in the January issue of the American Garden is devoted to the begonia as previously announced. The frontispiece is a well executed colored lithograph showing blooms of four seed- lings which originated with Siebrecht & Wadley. At a conference of the Royal Hort. Society of England held last September, Mr. E. Lemoine, of Nancy, France, read an essay on "Les Glaie'uls Rustiques," and he has now sent us a printed copy of same. It is in the French language. Catalogues Received. J. M. McCuUough's Son, Cincinnati, 0., seeds; J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, seeds; Wm. Mathews, Utica, N. \. orchids; Lud wig Muller, Erfurt, Germany, horticultural books in German language; W. R. Shelmire, Avondalc, Pa., carnations; Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, O., Plants, seeds and shrubs; L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn., plants, bidbs'and seeds; H. Cannell & Son, Swanley, Kent, England, seeds; same, chrysanthemums. The World's Columbian Exposition. During Director-General Davis' recent visit to New York City Mr. John Thorpe obtained an interview which is reported as follows: Thorpe to Davis— " I am interested in the World's Fair horticulturally, and learning you were in New Y'ork I have taken the liberty of calling on you." Davis to Thorpe— "lam delighted to meet you, and anxious to hear what you have to say about horticulture." Thorpe to Davis— "The horticultural departments of all international exhibi- tions have hitherto been a prominent feature, but in my opinion no country has ever had the opportunity' that we have to-day to make this department one of the most attractive features of the Columbian Exposition. It should be an exhibition not only worthy of America, but of the world." Davis to Thorpe — " I acquiesce in what you say, Mr. Thorpe, you have the right idea, but it is very difficult indeed for me to appoint a man who has the same ideas as you and I have. I am always seeking information from men like you, who are not only practical but positive in what they say and do. This does not only apply to horticulture, but to all other departments of the World's Fair. When it comes to t he appointment of a chief of the horticultural department I shall appoint a man who in my opinion is the best for the position. When I say the best, I mean a man who is conversant with all the branches of horticulture, if it is Thorpe to Davis — "Then you must avoid specialists, Mr. Davis. " What is wanted is a man who is as familiar with flowers and decorative plants as everj' one ought to be with fruit, from the fact that decoratives should be the feature of this department from start to finish." Davis to Thorpe— "I am thankful to you for what you have said, and I shall be glad to receive any further suggestions from you, as it is my desire to make ever}- department ofthe World's Fair a success." JiNCTioN City, Kans.— Wm Horlacher has succeeded Ziegler Sisters in the florist business here. iSgr, The American Florist. 367 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN mOHTS AXm SUNDAYS. "V^IRB I3ESIG-1TS IIT stock:. KENNICOTT BBOS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. iptly shipped. GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ ) Wholesale Dealers In CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights i) P. M.; Sunilays 3 P. M. FIRST GRAND BALL ROSE HILL FLORISTS' SOCIETY, (Siebrecht & Wadley's) Town Hall, New Rocklle, Ttinrsday, Feti'y 911, Tickets. 50 ct had at <09 Fi rtl l^~ Brother DK Gent and Ladies. To be New Yura City. e cordially invited. PLANTS AND BULBS. Per 50 Per 103 CANNAS, fine bulbs S3.5o $6.00 PRIMULAS, nice plants 4.C0 7.00 SMILAX, gool 2.50 4.C0 TANSIES, frora.cold frame. .... i 25 2.00 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Manager. I3EL.<>^AA^A.ILE, OHIO. Srieoial Offer, . Struck cuttings. finest white. 10C0S8 50 H. pL.2-lti.pots Mesenibryanthe Rose Geraniums OthonnacraiSifoIi) A. GIUDlNf Danville. III. PURE, FRESH CALIFORNIA SEEDS. In large oi Smilax. Cosmos. Mi Large Flowering Dh Noutoni. strong i Per 100 Per 1000 I Emile LeClalr. strong.. 5 UD 40. MRS. THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD, Ventttia. Cal. OR EXCHANGE FOR ROSES. Ctiamaeropshumilis. 2 year seed 5.00 Dracfena indivisa, 1 year seed 4 00 ANTON KRAVCHYK, 780 Flower Street, LOS ANtiKLKS, CAL. HAIL .ck the door BEFORE the horse stolen. Doit:pSO'Wt JOHN G. ESLER, Sec y F. H. A , Saddle River, N.J. oPe^aPe MariCet*. Cut Flowers. Boston Jan. i2. S2.00@.??00 - -, ^.ntlers 300® 5.00 Perles. Sunsets 40O@ 6.00 MeruietB, Brides 8,00@12 00 ■Woottons. Hoste 6 00 @ 8.00 La France 12'DO® 15,00 Niphe THOS. YOUNG. Jb., WBOLESSLE FLORIST 20 West 24lh Street, Asparagus plumosa .=,0.00 Freetla 3.00® 3.00 PHUu&DCLPHU. Jan. 12. Koses, Beauties 35 00 @ 50 00 Mermets, Brides . .X) UU (9 ou.uu S 00® 12 00 5.00® i;oo 8 00 @ 10 00 Adlantuu B0B6S. Perles. . 1 50 ® 3.00 .1,00® 126 .16.00® 20.00 Nlw YOBB Jan. 12. Wattevllies.Cusin La France. . liflO® 10 00®! .300® Hostes 4.00® 600 Am Beauty 25.00® 75.00 Hybrids 2500®5000 Lily Valley 20O@ 4 00 Roman hyacinths 2.00® 3 00 10.00® 15.00 1.00 100® 150 200 CHIOAeo Jan 14 Bennetts. Woottons 5.00 a 35 00 400 iUO® 8.00 1 00 ® 1 25 Carnations. long, fancy :;E:^3llg§ Wm. X gTEWSRT, Cut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTOK, MASS. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C, O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. r>i le E> oar oie^^. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. LILY OF THE VALLEY, Ajld the Choicest ROSES for th« fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [Established 1877,] Price List sent upon application. HAMMOND & HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St., HEW YORK. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West soth street, A. S. ISurns. J. 1. Kaynor. BURNS &, RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 West SSttn St.. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT I^LOWKRS. 1237 Chestnut Street. - ■ PHIUDELPHIA. Consignments So shipping, ! J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SGNS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. .SPKCIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^WHOLESALE^ FI.ORISTS. 1122 I>Iiq'E STUEET, ST. I^OUIS, a.JO. Consignments of Carnations •WA.ivTB;r>. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANOK, 133 Mason Street. Milwaukee, Wis 368 The American Florist. Jan. 15^ ilfta 3a«4 @rac)0. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ecretary and ing at Cin- Seed Warranty. This may be a threadbare subject, but it is one of whi':h no very satisfactory conclusion either to dealer or purchaser has ever been arrived at. The season ot 1890 has kept thismatter more pointedly in mind than any other in my experience. I am moiethan ever convinced that the most careful, honest seedsman in the whole trade ought not in justice to him- self give any warranty whatsoever, either regaiding the germinating powers or other qualities of the seed which he offers for sale. Here are some cases in point: Of a certain flower seed sold by me the whole stock for 1889 trade was grown and harvested in one place and at one and the same time. I received over a dozen complaints concerning this seed. In one instance the grower was a careful florist of my acquaintance who failed to induce over 10 per cent of the seed to germinate. On the other hand I have many times this nutnber of voluntary testimonials not only of the germinating qualities, but of the general good results from this same seed stock. Remember these conflicting reports are all of one season's experience, the seed all being alike and of the previous year's growth. Had I ought even from a moral stand- point to be responsible for the failures even to the extent of refunding the amount paid or replacing the seed? Every seedsman it is safe to say has had more or less trouble with onion seed. I can cite four cases amongmy 1890 local customers, and can prove that the seed in each case was all from one stock and of 1889 growth, where results under as near the same conditions as is possible to be found, were of a conflicting nature. These complaints, by the way, were the only ones from this seed and were fioni near by points, while the stock was scat- tered all over the Union. One of the growers of the quartette referred to above, reported fully one half "scullions" as a product of this seed, an- other in a town next adjoining had no fault to find and was so well pleased with the stock that he ordered his next season's supply six months in advance. From another who had sown very thinly I have a voluntary statement that the seed must have grown "nearly 100 per cent," as there were no perceptible vacancies. A neighbor of his who sowed on the same date was very indignant that "we should have given him different seed," as he asserted we did, as less than half of his germinated. Without going into the "whys and wherefores" as to the probable causes of these conflicting results I would like to ask any candid minded person whether I should be responsible to the extent of one cent for the failures referred to. The seed was fresh and good. It was precisely alike in each case. That the best of results were obtained from it in the great majority of cases can be proven. No seedsman can do more than to sell good, fresh seed, true to name, and I maintain that he should not be and can not be injustice to himself, responsible in any way for the result. The seed business is peculiar to itself. It is nearer to nature than anv other trade, and to speak plainly, Ihe only pro- tection that purchasers can rightfully have is in dealing with concerns who have a "clean" reputation. There are plenty of such. Those who charge a fair price /or their goods and are willing so far as genuine mistakes are concerned to make them right. The average planter, large and small, would like to have his seedsman insure a full crop for him. The speculator who borrows money would like to have his banker guarantee him profitable returns on the investment he proposes to make. Are there any money dealers who will do this? M. B. Faxon. Boston, Jan. 5, 1891. [Had Mr. F. given us his own trial test records in the cases named we should have clearer views on them. If the seeds- man knows from trials that his seeds do germinate under fair conditions he prob- ably should not be required to give any warrant unless he sells his seed at very fancy prices. "The greatest good to the greatest number" would appear to be to sell good seed at as near the actual cost of production as possible. Now, if to secure himself against the failure by the careless or unwise planter, th( seedsman must warrant his seeds, then to cover possible contingencies and secure himself against them he must greatly advance his prices. Thus 90 customers who knew how to care for seeds would pay an added burden to insure the 10 careless ones, which is manifestly unfair; the same prin- ciple would apply to bulbs and dormant plants.— Ed.] The Higganum Manufacturing Cor- poration at 189 Water street, Nevv York, have disposed of their seed department to the George L. Squier Manufacturing Company, who will remain in the same location and propose to make their house "the most extensive and perfect empor- ium of agricultural implements and plan- tation machineri' on this continent." Kansas City.— The January 1 seed review claims 20 per cent increase in the past year's trade and growth of trade in California, Washington, Montana and Oregon. J. J. H. Greoory & Son is the new title of the famous Marblehead seed estab- lishment. IF YOU WOULD HAVE G. J. MOFFATT, iManufacturei ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When wrttinff CHOICE VEGETABLES Burpee's Farm Annual ^\ And Beautiful Flowers, You mu.>it plant Good Seeds. Do not go to the vilUine store But write to-day for FOR 1891 Which plaiiil.v tolls How to get tiie Best Seeds, Without any Extra Cost, Direct from tlie (Jrowers. ;t describes Rare Novelties Which can not tie liad elsewlierft W.ATLEE BURPEE&CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. USE mm 'SKIS THE BEST. D. M. Fkrkv & Co's Illustrated, Descriptive and Priced SEED ANNUALi (For 1891 will be mailed FREEf istomers. It is better than ever, j Every person using Garden^ Flou>tr or Field Steds, should send for it. Address D. M. FERRY & CO. DETROIT, MICH. I Largest Seedsmen in the worl DREER'S Garden seeds bs. Bulbs, and ites. They are the west prices. only. HENRY A. DREEK, Philadelphia Flortst. DE LIST i J. A. OK VKE>R, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Importer and Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS and Plorists' Supplies. Aeent for Foreig:n Houses. Cataloeues free SFIR^A JAFONICA Surplus Stock of 40,000 extra strong clumps for forcing, at |io,oo per 1000 and packing free. Cash with order, to SEGERS & CO., Bulb Growers, LISSE. near Haarlem. HOLLAND. EUROPE. ly No less than 500 will be sent at this rate. TUBEROSES AND GLADIOLI BULBS. FINE STOCK. TRUE TO NAME. SAMPLES AND BOTTOM PRICES MAILED ON APPLICATION. TRY US. -.^NEW CROP FLOWER SEEDS.-^3>- {Splx^gi^iviix:^ :iVXoss, ei*::ti'£* olefin for I^lorlsts. W. W. BARIVARD & CO., «™/!^:»" I89(. ^ATALOOUl 1891. Home Grown, Honest, Reliable. r >ou my Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 6yi FKEE. Note the immense variety of seed it con- s, and that all the best novelties are there. Not ,h mere show about it (you don't plant pictures) fine engravings from photographs of scores of the choice vegetables I have introduced. Would it not 11 to get the seed of these from first hands? To be the firm in the United States making mail and express a specialty proves reliability. Honest and hon- orable dealme ib the only foundation this can rest on. My Cata- logue IS FREE as usual. A matter on second page of cover will interest my customers. J. J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass. i8gi. The American Florist. 369 LILIUM HARRISII,B"TER KNOWN AsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN TEE WORLD FOR FOPCINS FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GPOWN BULBS FROM ODR OWN GROUNDS IN BEPMUDA __^ . _____ _ __ . ^ ^'" COPYRIGHTED, 1800. BY F. R. PIBRSON. TARBYTOWN, N. Y. This Is not only the best by far o led, and the flowers being especially use for forcinK for the Easter marke Easter time— hence the name "Be winter from early in December unti be forced into bloom by the Ohristni prices, but to accomolish this the bu For thil shipment I a climate Tlie e: ?ffective for decorative purposes, always con .mly. This is not exclusively so; itderivesi muiia Easter Ijly' -but by growing it in t ..*.„_ «,„_*__. ,^ ^_-. ^_ special culture.: Itlsv \ert at TarrytoTvn, 1 flowers for Easter rs that can be grown by florist its name some have thought it was a hi t, in Bermuda, grown in the open ground ouse. with successive lots, it can be had i] and the temperature the buibi Bvelopment. and ripens ofl" perfectly width b) J 40 in length, oj ) two follow 't think I loe 'The Lilies letteri aproper 1 perfect c bulbs being New York grow ndling. If cut 1 . These were good recommendation for yourpacki purchased 20.000 acknowledging ' Bermuda-grown bulbs ar 3 middle of .July— before bulbs in our own country have hardly lapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and he; liich this Lilly ia being forced for winter flowers will be 8h( We hear it said occasionally that Lilium Harrisii flowers will n( be kept lor more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. J. L,. Russell, Denver, Colo., writes; " The Lilies came in excellent shape. I d The Fort Worth Nursery Seed »nd Canning Co., Dallas, Texas, writes your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry.' THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to olTer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP ofiseo, over HAI^F* A JMIIvH^IOIV Harrisii, s the genuine variety order to seen irties to plani biy. thereby e "the true variety." purchase your Bulbs from original stock. L. Longlflorum in Bermuda. ' .. -_..w t^.— ...... , endering it absolutely valueless 1 \ their stock rapidly on bulbs offered ■"•yw"!, valueof this Lily has led uns _ _ _ risii was very scarce, thus mixing the stock irretrievably, thereby rendering it absolutely valueless for forcing, and we nave Knoi bulbs have been sold to large growers as the genuine variety, where large loss has resulted, and dealers should look with euspicloi than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Largfe growers or dealers in this bulb shoulii write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., TARRYTDWN, NEW YORK, U.S.A. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 370 The American Florist. Jan. 15^ Philadelphia. Business sccins to be almost at a st.iiul- still, the past week it lias been very (lull all alon-j the line. The bright weather lias brought on the buds far in excess of any demand and the consequence is prices are awav down. Pedes, Gontiers, Niphetos, $+ to 6, Mermets, La France, Brides and Albany, 10 to 12, Beauties 35 to 50, Magnas and Laings 50 cents for fine flowers, carnations 2 cents and lower. Better things are promised for next week and it is hoped that they will materialize. One of the large growers thought that this Christmas would be like all of those gone before and his price of $25 a hun- dred for Perles, Mermets and La France was demanded regardless of the state of the market or the protests of the dealers who were accustomed to depend on him fortheir supply. The elevation of prices at Christmas has received a death blow this season and we never expect to have another attack except in a very mild form. Six dollars is still asked for valley. We think this is a very high price as it cannot be sold for over a dollar a dozen and there is no profit in a margin of 25 cents as that will just about pay for the waste. Small standard azaleas are now coin- ing in and are a welcome addition to the stock of blooming plants. Stevia and poinsettias are about done and it is diffi- cult to get enough blooming plants for the demand. The bowling match for the turkeys was a great success some fifty florists taking part in it, no very large scores weremade, but as a numbei- of members rolled their first games the scores were very fair. George Anderson won the turkey in the 150 class with a score of 183, A. B. Cart- ledge won in the class over 125 and J. Lamb won in the novices class, each receiving a turkey. A pool table has been put in and it proves to be quite an attraction. N. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer KI>EM^WKI®®, a pure white sport of Chester Fride for the first time this season, iq} $1.50 per dozen; |io.oo per 100. Send for circular ot leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. Rooted Cuttings ot Carnations ol all tlie Standard varieties ready Dec. 1st. ■ desired, on short notice. Order's Tor future delivery at 10 per cent off from catalogue price. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. Rooted Carnation Cuttings. BEST VARIETIES FOR THE MAR- KET. LOWEST PRICE. Address OTTO HANSEN, GAI.EWOOI), Mont CUire P. ().. TLL. MY NKW SPKCIAL OFFEU OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is now published .ind may be bad on application. SEED GE-O^^^EE, Quedlinburg, Germany. CUT siivxii^^xx:. I make a specialty ot Smilax. and am prepared 1 All orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string tl May I9t (,l".*lity Al. JOSEPH E. BONSALL, Telephoni 3D3 Garfield Ave.. Salem, Ohio. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts. Eight loo-foot houses. COLEUS— An immense stock. Twenty- four varieties. GERANIUMS— All sold. CANNAS — French and others, and numerous items of interest to florists. A new feature in Smilax culture. CARNATION NOVELTIES. Lizzie McGowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate, J. R. Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelus, Dorothy, Nellie Ely, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described in my list. HINZE'S WHITE at a special price In quantity. I.. B. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ THE QUEEN OF WHITE GflRNflTIONSi ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. S@° Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H E. CHITTY, Paterson. N. J. WINTER-FLOWERING CARNATIONS FOUR GRAND NEW VARIETIES. You cannot afford to pass by without trying our seedlings of merit for 1S91; there is more profit in growing fine, fancy flowers every time; and in GOLDEN GATE (yellow), WM. F. DREER (rose pink\ J. R. FREEMAN (cardinal crimson), and CONSTANCY (scarlet), you have a good range of color in the most perfectly shaped flowers and productive of bloom. Prices, Golden Gate. $2.50 per dozen; J20 per 100. Dreer, Freeman and Constancy, $2.00 per dozen; $15 per 100. On an order at one time for 100 plants ol each variety or 400 plants in all, the pr' bej- • -•' ' •-" ■ " "'--' '■ ="' '' '— :|5o; alfthe; iptofz CHAS. T. STARR., Avondale, Chester Co.. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN ^:s.T"r ^ ROOTED CUTTINGS, |i2 00 per 100, or Jioo per 1000. LOUISE PORSCH ";Ll.« Better grower than Buttercup; {7 per 100; J50 per 1000. Both ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1891. 500 at 1000 rate, 50 at loorale. ABBRKss JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, F. 0. Bo.x 22(), Kennett Square, Pa. ;ZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, FAIR ROSAMOND, J R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY, SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L L LAMBORN. COVSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and sixty other leadina^va_nejies. 50.000 now in cutting b^ch. Send for price list. andj)rder early. CARNATIONSIss GrHJO. laCa-IWCOCIt, CBn-and IVCioIiigaz f^OOTED rOLEjJS. SKND FOR PRICB LIST. S. B. FIELD, Roselle, N.J. i8gi. The American Florist. 371 NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS -^MILLER'S "WORLD'S FAIR SET."l^ We have been to great expense, spar- ing neither time or money in collecting this unequaled set. Characteristic of the leading city of this country, we have named them in honor of our represent- ative citizens:— FERD W. PECK, or GALLIA, and J. V. FARWELL, or W. N. RUDD, were two of the set of six seedlings that took the ftoo prize at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of Philadelphia, who has originated some of our finest varieties. CYRUS H. IWcCORIHICK was raised by Jam- ieson, and is one of the finest of the present year's novelties. The remaining eight are the XXX selections of 1800 seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing them with the different sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GAGE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red, Wheeler type. J. V. FARWELL (W. N. RUDD), Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper. CYRUS H. McCORMICK, Dark deep yel- low, shaded bronze red. ANDREW IWcNALLY, Crimson scarlet, fine for exhibition. POTTER PALMER, White seedling from L. Canning, very large. FERD W. PECK (GALLIA), Rosy pink, fine exhibition variety. CHAS. H. WACKER, Crimson scarlet, pro- fuse bloomer. ROBT. A. WALLER, Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES, Bright scarlet and gold, fine cut flower variety. S. W. ALLERTON, An immense white fine for pot culture. MARTIN A. RYERSON, An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. SET OF 13 FOR $6. Orders booked for the above and also loo of the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. "Get the best, grow the best, and keep up wilh the times," is our motto. Orders booked for the PINK OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM, LOUIS BOEHMER, at market price. GEORGE W. MILLER, I'r^** IVortli ..CHICAGO. EXHIBITION GHRYSflNTHEMUMS The PRIZE Winners of 1890, in three sets. Sexid £o«? list. :ivi. A.. Muisnr, TERRE HAUTE, IND. CHRYSflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am uow pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send 100 strong plants, one hundred different All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to o. F». :ba.ssb;tt, HIWSDALE, ILLIWOIS. BOX'S Begonias. BEST QUALITY IN EUROPE. LOWEST PRICES EVER OFFERED. TUBERS. very best varieties; none to equal it; wins everywhere. Sold close on a illion seeds of these in December. Can ship till March. loo superb Singles, assorted colors, for pots $10; 50 choice assorted Doubles Sio. List and pamphlet mailed gratis on application. Send your orders promptly to joh:iv !«• liox:, (Established 60 years.) CROYDON. ENGLAND. East Sarrey Seed Warehouse, CHRYSANTHEMUMS. VAUGHAN'S "FLORISTS SET' FOR 1891. t We have secured a set of TEN from representative American hybridizers. We have put the price withia the reach of every florist who owes a hundred feet of glass. Let us have a Fall Show in every city in '91. There is no advertising equal to it. Beacon (Fewkes & Son) White; Chas. Henderson (T. H Spaulding) Gold bronze; Clara James (W. K. Harris) White, pink tint; Pandanus (Pitcher & Manda); J. C. Vaughan (John Thorpe) Crimson; Mrs. A. Rogers (Siebrecht & Wadley) Yel- low; Louis Boehmer (P. Henderson & Co.,) Pink;Tremont (Fewkes&Son) Yellow; Shenandoah — Target— (H. Surman) Crimson, yellow center; Waban (Fewkes & Son) Pink. A complete range of color. FULL DESCRIPTIONS ON APPLICATION. THE 10 FOR $5.00 APRIL 15th. 8@" A postal card To-Day will book your order. — "A cure for hard times." TUBEROSE BULBS. An immense stock of fine Bulbs. CARNATIONS. Cuttings and Plants in variety. NEW FLORISTS SEEDS. New crop. Send for Special List. J. C. VAUGHAN, wE°s¥B°ggggffes CHICAGO. NEW CARNATION OHIO. A seedling of P. Henderson X with Buttercup. Flowers very large, often 2ii to 3 inches in diam eter; high full center, Bnely fiinged; pure white and very fragrant. Florists will find this one of the- most profitable varieties for winter flowers. $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 per 100, CARNATION LIZZIE McGOWAN-fi.so per dozen; $12.00 per 100. NEW GERANIUM SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The most striking novelty in Geraniums that has ap- peared in years. $10.00 per 100. CANNA EHEMANNI-Strong, $S.oo per 100. CANNAS, in eight best varieties, $4.00 per 100. DAHLIAS— Strong field grown roots, in 100 best sorts, $6.00 per 100. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM-7 to lo-ioch, $7 00 per 100. 5 to 7-inch, $5.00 per 100. AZAIESS- Fine plants with well shaped crowns, from $25.00 to $4000 per 100. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANOIFLORA-All sizes from 4 inches to 3 feet high. HYDRANGEAS— OTAKSA, HORTENSIA, THOS. HOGG, ALBA FIMBRIATA and RAMIS PICTA, in large supply. An immense stock of ROSES, GERANIUMS, NEW BEGONIAS and other Florists plants. Full assortment HARDY SHRUBS. RHODODENDRONS, CLEMATIS, Etc. ORNAMENTAL and FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES and SMALL FRUITS by the million. If you have not received Spring Catalogue and Florist's Trade list, .send for tliem-FKEE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., F'tiities'srille, Iw£^i^e> Co., Olaio. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAG 372 The American Florist. Jan. 15. Foreign Notes. The nurskrv of the Inte Henry Benm-tt, near Shepperton, Kngland, has passed into the hands of a Mr. Roberts, who will conduct it as an establishment for grow- ing flowers for market. At the recent sale of the roses of the late Henry Bennett the new H. P. rose, "Captain Hay ward," was sold to an American rosarian. Theonly other named seedling, the new tea -scented variety, "Lady Henry Grosvenor, " together with a large number of the unnamed seedlings, were sold to Wm. Paxil & Son. Chrysanthemum Queries. Will some experienced grower please name the best six bronze and the best six pink varieties of chrysanthemums for the general florist? ' A. E. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE. Per 100 Per 1(100 Mammoth, strong, 2>3-in. pots . . $4.00 I35.00 General Collection, 25^-in pots . . . 3.00 25.00 Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings. . . 1.25 10.00 General Collection Rooted Cuttings i.oo S.oo Address J. Q, :Bxirro-w, IFISmCILX,, N-. -2-. STKOITG PLANTS, 2'2-IITCH FOTS, $2 60 per 100; $20 per 1000: 500 at 1000 rates; in special color, $3 00 per 100; strong rooted transplanted cut- tings. $1 per 100: $7 per lOOO; 600 at 1000 rates, provided too many of a sort are not wanted. Cash with order. Transplanted cuttings, by mail, lUc. per 100 extra. Orders booked for future delivery, proviiled 10 per cent, is sent with order. W. B. WOODRUFF, Westfield, N. J. Por Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. FOB DECORATIONS Write to A.. C. OEJI^SCHIG, savawwAH, ga. MUSHROOM SPAWN CESIIXE JIILLTRACK Inihs2.-,lb5o(llli!l001b. fi.'ju 9l>.;.', ^axw 48.00 5,0C0Spirea Japonlca, line clumps, per 100, S.-i,60. 3,000 Gen'lJacq. Rose plants, 4-in. pots, per IOC. ft; 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted, Verachaffeltll. per lOCO.KOO. —Oolden BedderA Golden Verschaffelui, " tlU.OO. JOHir BECK, Bridgeport, Conn. "Nothing Succeeds like Success." HII^LjrC SOLUBLE) UVJirlLO INSECTICIDE FIR-TREE OIL Florists M Nurserymen SloiiH not tie Wiilioat it. Dog and Bird Fanciers should all use it. Housewives should use it as a Dis- infectant, Bleacher and Cleanser when washing Under- Linen. Sold by Seedsmen and Chemists. Is fid, 2s fid, 4 4s fid: l2-gal."s6d; 1-gal. 12s 6d, or less In larger quantities. A treatise on Fir Tree Oil as an Insecticide, its application to Plants and Animals, sent post free on application to the manufactuer, addressed to E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Victoria St., MancIieBter, England. Wholesale from all the London Seed Merchants and Patent Medicine Houses. NEW YORK: A. Kolker & Sons. I MPORTANT.'^ Florists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of 100 pages is now being mailed to you. Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest and best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contains over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of synonyms in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price $T, per 100. Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Our list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per oz ; $1 .00 per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysanthemum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. VERBENAS 50,000 BEADY IfOW. 50 VARIETIES. •2 50 per 100; S2a 00 per 1000 Strong plants, 2t6-inch pots.... Rooted Cuttings i.uu o.uu Our Verbenas this year are the finest we have ever grown. PJo :iKust or IVIilde-w-. Paclted light, and satisfaction guaranteed. Sample on recel of25cts. J. L DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. VERBENAS. STRON(; AND HBALTHT. Ready for immediate shipping. Per 100 Per 100 General Collection stock plants, named. LIOO $25 0 XX Mammoth Set, 4 00 30. 0 " Rooted Cuttings 1.25 lO.C General Collection " " 1.00 8.0 Coleus Golden Verschaffeltii, Golden Redder, Hero, VerschalTeltil and 25 other sorts 1.00 S C Heliotrope, Rooted Cuttings, named.... 1.25 10. ( Gazanlas " " •' .... 1 25 10. C Calceolarias " " " .... 1.60 12. [ .. 1.25 10. e Begonias Rubra, Metallica, etc " .2 00 Chrysanthemum varieties and price on application. Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants 8 00 75, C Trade List of Florists' Stock on application. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO.,) FISHKILL. N. Y THE BOSS '/E^flSACLIMAXER 1 have a place in every t ^a mammoth of the mammoths. The f the larRest size, intense crimson, white eye, with purple and violet shadings. Truss in full keepinfi with Its other mammoth proportions. The plant is a paragon of health and vigor, very easily propagated and grown, and when planted outltruns and spreads rapidly, throwing upjts immense glow- ing trusses in great profueion. We consider it the valuable seedling we everra years experience ■ e have pre. to the trade that we I sfactory nayalso share the prepared to grow it extensively merits, that many others -e and profits of ii indred plants now ready. «> for 60 ots. : 12 for #1.00: 35 for «1. 50, free by mail. Hafe arrival guaranteed. We also have a complete set of 15 beautiful named varieties, all colors . mostly our seedlings of the mammoth cla^s, will be ready dur- : February and March. Stock perfectly healthy. mildew. C. GIBSON. Woodbury. N. J. Mention American Florist. CHOICE VERBENA SEED. My florists' strain of Verbena Seed is unsurpassed for size of florets and trusses, variety and richness of colors, compact habits and vigorous growth. Evidence of Quality: From the President of the Springfield, Mass. Amateur Hort. Society. Si'KiNGFiELi), Mass.. Jan. lO, lain. Your exhibit of '200 Seedling Verbenas in this city last season was greatly admired by our florists and The flowers and trusses were remarkably large, AHLES L. BiaiR. 1 bright and \ Choice mixed colors, pkt. 25 cti ABTHXTB B. HOWABD, Seed Grower. BELCIIKKTOWN, MASS. Mention American Florist. FLORISTS- CHOICK SEEDS. Phlox Drum, grand. A selection of the largestand finest flowering varieties in cultivation. Kxtraflne colors. Euphorbia Heterophylla, Mexican Fire Plant, a gorgeous, blazing plant .'i ft. in height. Very showy; flne for cutting. Bach, per trade pkt. 20cts.. 4 pkts. torWcts. JOHN F. KUPP, Shi PERFECTLY FREE FROM RDST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, per 100 $3; per 1000I25. Rooted cuttings of same, 100 $1; 1000 I9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2!3-inch, $3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2j^-inch $4 00 per 100. Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gracilli- mum, 5-inch, strong. $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 S12.00. single, per 100 I8.00. Obconica, per 100 $6.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, s-inch $4.00, 4-iBch $3.00 Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes, Brides, Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, $4.00 per 100 or $35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, *6.oo per ico or H. P.'s, our choice, I5 per 100 or S40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. YERBENAS.^ IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY^' "* and CLEAN stock per 1000 S25.00 $2.75 CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed GERANIUMS. 20 good salable vars., 2in.. . 3.00 Mad. Salleroi, 2 in 3.00 CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds 2.50 MOON VINES (Ipomaia Noctyplyton) 2 in . . 3.00 ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2>Mn 4.00 COLEUS, liest varieties, 2-in 2.50 HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2>4-in 3,00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2in 3.00 Address |M_ s_ GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. ndependence Is well located for shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansi Mention Florist. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. enng to depots. PRICK: 0.00 per ton. $r.: per single bale. p. C. FULWEILER. 323 Arch Street, FHI^ADEIiFHIA, PA. i8gi. The American Florist. 373 ^y \- THE February issue (1891) of The American Garden will be especially devoted to Orchids. It will be racy, artistic, instructive, correct. For the first time in this country the question "What is an Orchid?" will be answered. Among the notable features of the issue will be the following articles and discussions: A GENERAL VIEW OF THE ORCHID FAMILY. I CYPRIPEDIUMS. lY&l I THE BEST NEW ORCHIDS AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. ORCHIDS AT HOME IN BRAZIL. ORCHIDS FOR BEGINNERS. METHODS OF CROSSING ORCHIDS. ORCHIDS IN CALIFORNIA. CONSTRUCTION OF ORCHID HOUSES AND TREATMENT OF ORCHID PESTS. The number will also contain an account of the Government Seed Bureau, by the ex-Chief of the Division. Every gardener, and especially every seedsman, should read this article. The number will l^e beautifully illustrated. Times Building, NEW YORK. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., »2.C:>0 « y©«,« TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE 1st OP TEBRUARY NEXT, AN AMERICAN EDITION OV THE rvIlVI3E>Pi5^IJ\. COlSrUTJCXED BY F. LINDEN, LUCIEN LINDEN, EM. RODIGAS, AND R. A. ROLFE. The Colored Plates by the celebrated artists, F. DE FANITEUAEKER, A. GOOSSENS, and G. TEVEBEYUS. An American edition of the "I.INDRNIA" will be published regularly on the FIRST OF EACH MONTH, and issued in half yearly volumes, each of which will form an Album of beautiful portraits, executed in natural colors, of NE;w, RARE or popular species, or hybrids of Orchids. The plates are 14*2 inches long by 11 inches broad, which will be found a most convenient size for use in the orchid house or drawing room. Each monthly number will contain FOUR PLATES with eight pages of text in English only, with Latin diagnosis. The descriptive and cultural notes of the Orchids figured will be given by M. M. LINDEN. RODIGAS and R. A. ROLFE; the horticultural press of every country has pronounced the I^IITDEITIA to be " the highnt class and chcapat illuslialcd puHication rdating to Orchids." The printing and colored plates are executed in the most finished style, representing the Orchids illustrated in the most pertect and natural state, both in pseudo bulbs, leaves and flowers. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Six Months (one half-yearly volumes with 24 plates) $6 00, post-free, payable in advance. .A.'P^IiIC.A.TIOISr SHOTJLID BE I.I.A.X>E TO THE njBLISICEB,, M. LUCIEN LINDEN, 100 Rue Bclliard, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. MAY ALSO BE HAD AT ALI, THE PKINCIPAL LIBKABIES. A specimen number will be forwarded to any one applying to the above address. #i^ EVERGREEN CUT FERNS EspeciaUy for riorists' Use. $1.50 per 1,000: 5.000 for $6.25: 10.000 for $10.00. proved mailing box, postpaid, to any part of the U. S. for 75 cents. SPHAGNUM MOSS Dry). Long clean fibre, sack or barrel Si.oo; six barrels S5.00; twenty barrels S15 00. HINSDALE, MASS. MISSOURI NURSERY CO., Louisiana, Mo. Salesmt'u wanlt^d ; special aid.s ; magnitii-ent outfit free. STARK NURSERIES, ?" ^?=.?"??^ Founded 1S35. OUle^it in the W World. iSestof everyttiing. Nearl stock in almost every State and lemtury; annuai sales exceeds that of any other Nursery. We bell diitct throukh our own salesmen, without theaid of treedealersormid- dlemen. and'^Wtt-er stock, freight and all charges jiaid NOTREESlwl r like plum, prune and * MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON. Spartanburg, S. C. Tlllandsiabracteata. " Amabile.. Pancratium coron: Over 200 other ne Diagrram Showing V^ .^^ ^S. JJ • ow perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect i;e and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. si<(ireuit8. Catalogue se. tJEO. S. JOSSKLYN, Frtdonia, N. Y. s rood, E 374 The American Florist. Jan. IS, Montreal. The Christmas and New Year's trade this season was very satisfactorv. Good priees ruled and the supply oreviry- tliing except roses was up to the demaiul. There was rather an overstock of Roman hyacinths; thedemand tor these seems to be on the decline. Thedemand for plants in bloom seems to improve each year, the choice being in favor of colored flowers; (piite a number of azaleas and begonias were sold at good prices. Wilshire Brothers made a good display and did a good trade in their new store on Sherbrooke street. \V. T. Davidson, of W. B. Davidson & Son, mourns the loss of his wife, who died on the 29th of November. The de- ceased lady was highly esteemed by a large circle'of friends. Brother Davidson has the sympathy of his brother florists in his great loss. Mack. Los Angeles, Cal. C. H. Hovey at "The Raymond" has added five new glass houses 75x11 each to their already large establishments. He is giving roses a trial nnderglass. No one so far ever succeeded here. Roses have never been so plentiful as they have this winter owing to the warm weather and absence of frosts. There are now in Los Angeles six ex- clusive flower stores, and as many more doing florist's work outside. The Southern California Floral Society now has about 200 members. Why don't we have more California notes in the Florist? I presume we are making more progress in proportion to our population than any other state in the union and we certainly have an al)un- dance of well informed men fully capable of writing well on trade subjects. The American Beauty has proved itself to be a grand out door rose this winter. Mai-echal Neil has been blooming pro- fusely for the last ten days, as has Papa Gontier and La France. The Bride always mildews but gives a great many buds. Eli Snyder, Pres. Southern California Floral Society. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, Se :Pf. ^tlT. street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., Angus" 22d, 1S90? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard" Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOB KEDCCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS THE WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. A^GENT FOB NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerwille, Mass. STANDARD FLOWER POT GO. 'X'oleclo, Oliio. """^ *' ''^;t PRICE LIST: FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. 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VICK, Seedsman, Rochester, says: "The Fun lonomical in coal, easy to manage, and highly satisfactory.' FRED KANST, Supt. Chicago Parks, says; "Ulsacoi or- Send for our new Illustrated Catalogue, giving full In HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine' Street, GENEVA fiii l^mmmm WtMm HmErica is "tJiB Prow of the I/bsseI; therB may be mare comfart Rmidships, but u/e are the Erst ta touch Unknown Esas.' Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JANUARY 22, 1891. With Supplement No. 138. by American Florist i Second-Class Mail Ma Published every Thursday hy THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, Ji.oo a year. To Kurope, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 64 La Salle Street; CHICAGO. Societv of American Florists. Florists' Hall Association. [nsnres greenhouses against damaae by hatl. JOHN G. BSLEK, Secretary, Saddle Kiver. N Florists* Protective Associatio American Ohrysantliemu John Thorpe, Pearl N. y,. president; Edwin Lonskalk, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Pa., secretary. CONTENTS. Meeting of Executive Committee 377 Carnation Lamborn, is it profitable 378 New carnations 379 Houseof mignonette (with illustration). . . .379 Wooly aphis and scale 379 Rose Waban 380 Phaius Humblotii 380 Floriculture in the south 380 Group of Phaius Humblotii (illustration). . . 381 A criticism on gladioli 382 Campanulas 383 Campanula persicifolia alba (illustration) . . 383 From Boston to Toronto 383 Leaves of advice from a limb of the law xxiv 384 New York 384 News notes 385 The seed trade 388 Advertising wisdom 388 Chicago 392 Cleaning brick flues 394 With this issue we present to each reader a fine colored plate of the new rose Waban. A VARIEGATED La France is the latest. Two blooms are sent us by Brown & Can- field, Springfield, 111. The flowers are identical with La France in form and fra- grance, but the variegation is very marked. In ALL probability the appointment of Chief of the Horticultural Department of the World's Columbian Exposition will be made very shortly. Director-General Davis has aimounced his intention of sub- mitting to the Commission the name of James D. Raynolds for the position. Meeting of the Executive Committee of the S. A. F. The ExecutiveCommitteeof the Society of American Florists met in annual session at the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, Ont., on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 13 and 14. There were present. President Norton, Vice-President Chambers, Treasurer Hunt, Secretary Stewart, and Messrs. Smith, Burton, Long, Welch, Temple, Dean and Falconer; also Messrs. Maj-, Hill and Vaughan, who were elected as substitutes to represent Messrs. Jordan, Huntsman and Buckbee, who were absent. A telegram was received from Mr. Buck- bee announcing the dangerous illness of his father, and expressing regi ets at his inability to be present. Letters of regret were also received from the other absent members. A number of prominent Toronto florists attended the session, and there were also present Mr. Scott, from Buffalo, and sev- eral gentlemen from Hamilton. On a table in the committee room were a num- ber of large vases containing twenty va- rieties of seedling carnations from Mr. E. G. Hill, among which we.e some very handsome varieties; also a vase of roses grown by Mr. J. H. Dunlop, including American Beauty, Bride, Perle, and other popular varieties, all of them being un- usually fine specimens and pronounced by the rose growers present to be equal to the best they had ever seen. The deliberations of the committee were characterized by remarkable una- nimity, and the large amgunt of business brought before it for consideration was dispatched in prompt and systematic order. The secretary's report indicated a gratifying increase in the number of paying members, and the report of the treasurer showed the amount of funds now on hand to be more than double what it was one year ago. Mr. May made a report for the sub- committee which was appointed a year ago to arrange for the incorporation of the societ}' in whichever State the most favorable charter could be procured. After discussion it was decided that the best plan would be to apply for a National charter, and in furtherance of this object Mr. W. R. Smith, of Washington, was added to the committee with instructions to report at the August meeting. A communication from John Fottler, Jr., Secretary of the ■\merican Seed Trade Association, was read, and resulted in the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved, That we concur in the desire expressed by the resolution of the Ameri- can Seed Trade Association for united action in the matter of exaggeration in catalogue illustrations, and reccommend that consultation be had by our respective committees on that subject. A communication was received from Prof. L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, Michigan, soliciting the co-operation of the Society of American Florists with the Michigan Horticultural Society and kindred institutions in an effort to obtain for floriculture adequate recognition and proper classification in the arrangement of plans for the horticultural department of the World's Fair at Chicago After a thorough discussion a sub-committee was appointed to urge upon the Director- General the importance of this matter, and to express the indorsement by this society of Mr. J. D. Raynolds as the best man to be placed at the head of the De- partment of Horticulture. The committee was constituted as fol- lows: Messrs. J. C. Vaughan, Robert Craig, J. M. Jordan, W.A. Manda, W. R. Smith, W. Falconer, H. A. Siebrecht, John Burton, John N. May and E. G. Hill. A permanent committee was also ap- pointed to represent this society in ar- ranging for an International Congress of Horticulturists, to be held in Chicago at the time of the World's Fair, as follows: E. G. Hill, W. F. Dreer, W. A. Manda, Jas. Dean, J. T. Temple, W. R. Smith, E. Asmus, H. H. Berger and W. H. Chad- wick. The "nomenclature "matter was then called up and the rule excluding from membership on that committee gentle- men engaged in the "catalogue trade" was rescinded and the committee was re- constructed as follows: Wm. Falconer, Glen Cove, N. V., Chairman: J. D. Ray- nolds, Ed Lonsdale, R. Craig, Ernst Asmus. J. N. Mav, I. Forstermann, John Thorpe, E. G. Hi'll, Robert George, W. R. Smith, C. D. Ball, A. B. Scott. The com- mittee was authorized to expend a sum not exceeding $100 during the coming A numberof communications were read in reference to the advisability of making awards to displays of heating apparatus at the annual trade exhibition of the society, and after a lengthy discussion it was voted that in future all committees on heating apparatus be instructed to simply draw attention to apparent points of superiority in such exhibits, and that no certificates of merit or other premiums be awarded in this department. It was further decided in relation to the trade exhibition that in addition to the enforcement of the rule adopted at the last convention directing that the exhibi- tion be closed during the time the con- vention is in session, that no exhibits of plants or other goods be allowed in the convention hall. Messrs. Long, Welch, Burton, Vaughan and Stewart were ap- pointed a committee to arrange a set of rules governing the arrangement of trade ( xhibits, space allotments, also rules for the guidance of committees on awards and other matters connected therewith, 378 Tjie American Florist. and to make report on same at the next meeting of the board. It was decided thiit the usual charge of 25 cents per square foot for floor and wall space be charged to all exhibitors ; also thai all proceeds from this source be left in the hands of the local club, who are also to pay all expenses connected with the same. Arrangements have been made with the proper authorities that all goods from the I'nited States intended for exhibition purposes will lie admitted without pay- ment ofduty. The C.ardeners' and Florists' Club, of Toronto, having announced its intention to arrange for a horticultural exhibition to be held at the time of the S. A. F. meeting, next August, it was voted that the sum of $100 be appro- priated for premiums to be ofiered in the name of the national society at that time, for such class of exhibits as may be desig- nated b\' the local club. The matter of providing some means for the easy recognition of members at the annual meetings, together with the instructions voted by the S. A. F. at Buffalo indorsing the "numbeied badge" plan, was taken up, and, after a thorough discussion, it was unanimously voted that the thanks of the society are due to the committee who had this matter in charge for their earnest efforts to provide a suitable plan, but that the executive committee finds that the plan in its present shape is impracticable and inad- visable. A committee was appointed to present to the society at its next meeting some definite plan for the establishment of a life membership. After a tour of inspection of the various auditoriums and exhibition halls in the city, the Horticultural Pavilion, corner ol Girard, Sherbourne and Carleton streets, Toronto, was selected as the place of the next meeting, and the Queen's Hotel as the headquarters of the s! A. F. dui-ing the time of the meeting. The following list of subjects for essays was adopted : Review of new plants. Future of floriculture in America. Credits. Store trade. Florist business in the South. Sub-tropical bedding. Winter flowering plants suitaljle for decorations. Begonias. Aquatic plants. A large number of subjects for the m. 1 B ^^J CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLTA ALBA. I REPRODUCED PROM LONDON GARDEN.] spikes that open a few flowers at once and fade as soon as a few more are open. I should like to know how mj- ideas conform with those of the j>;reat gladioli experts of the country. ()cc.\sional. Campanulas. Among the campanulas or bell flowers we have many beautiful and useful gar- den plants; some, as the harebell (C. rotundifolia),are perennial, others, as the Canterbury bell (C. medium), are bien- nial, and a good many, as C. raacrostyla and C. Lorej'i, are annual. Although the annual species are pretty enough in their way as open air garden plants, they are of little avail to the com- mercial florist. Among biennials a little species called Wanneri is agem,it has such large showy flowers, and another named Sibiricalooks like a dwarfed Canterbury bell and is cjuite interesting. What is generally known as the chimney bell flower (C. pyramidalis) although a perennial, al- ways does best with me when treated as a biennial. Besides the blue there it also a white variety; wh^i in bloom they form long slender or branched wands three to iiix feet high, But the CanterbHr^ .bells and their cup-and-saucer (calycanthema) section are the glory of the whole cam- panula race; the pity is, however, they are barely quite hardy. And as pot plants forced early for conservatory dec- oration or for cut flowers, no other bell flowers are as good. In the way of perennials not only have we a large varietj' of species but a great assortment in the way of size and manner of growth. The little C. pulla, C. pusilla and C.turbinata make lovely little mossy tufts of close-set green leaves thickly studded over with blue flowers. Our common harebell (C. rotundifolia ) and its white variety and the Allegheny C. divaricata represent an elegant slender growing section, and C. fragilis droops in a manner to make it a pretty little basket or bracket plantif grown indoors, or better still to spread over the edge of a stone in a rockery; indeed all the above perennial kinds are particularly adapted for rockwork. The bolder perennials can be grown to rough it in the open field or border. Best among them all is the peach-leaved bell- flowered (C. persicifolia) and its white- flowered variety (the subject of the beau- tiful illustration) and its double white fpf;j) pallef) ep;-o,nat.a, Tbe/ .are ever- green, of the easiest possible cultivation and in bloom in early summer, lasting in flower for a long time. Other vigorous kinds worthy of cultivation are punctata, nobilis, lactiflora, grandis, barbata. Van Houttei and macrantha. Of course every- body knows the Carpathian bell flower (C. Carpathica), blue and white, and finds a place for it in his garden. There are white flowering forms of many of the blue-flowered species, and oftentimes the white one is the most desirable. All the species are easily raised from seed, but as the varieties often come irreg- ular both as to form and color, it is better to propagate fine forms and double-flow- ered sorts by division. Now while all of these campanulas are useful garden plants we can not depend much upon them for cut flowers. They yield blossoms abundantly enough, and the florist who does a local trade can use many of their white flowers to good ad- vantage, especially of the peach-leaved bell flower. But, apart from this kind and Canterbury bells, I don't think it would pay the florist to grow cam- panulas for cut flowers. No matter how charming we ourselves may think them, try them on the market if you wish to find out how the general public appre- ciate them. And with private families, while for variety's sake they may submit now and again to having a vase filled with bold campanulas, for dinner table or other nice decorations campanulas find no place. And we can not now do as our grandmothers used to make up bunches of mixed posies, there must be enough of one kind of flower for one dish, and that flower must have color, form and comeliness for this end. W. F. From Boston to Toronto. The delegation from Boston to the ex- ecutive committee meeting, accompanied Ijy Treasurer Hunt and Mr. W. R. Smith, of Washington, visited Montreal on the outward trip and were the recipients of the most unbounded hospitality from the florists of that city. The opportunity to see Montreal in her winter dress was greatly enjoyed by all, and the unremit- ting attentions of the brethren there will never be forgotten by those who were so fortunate as to participate. Returning home the Boston party, ac- companied by Mr. Burton, were induced by Mr, Smith to come by way of Wash- ington, a round-about route which they did not regret when they found the re- ception which had been arranged for them by their good friends Durfee, Smith, Hale and Evans. After an inspection of the interesting collections at the Botanic Garden, a call at the extensive rose houses of C. Strauss & Co., and a \isit to various points of inteiest the visitors were escorted to the Capitol, where, in one of the private dining-rooms, had been prepared a sumpt- uous banquet, and at which they were honored by the company of a number of prominent men in Congress, including Senators Blackburn of Kentucky, Cullom of Illinois and others. A huge mound of roses graced the table and the room was finely decorated with plants. The after dinner exercises were of such a character as to be remembered by the guests as one of the most enjovable oc':asions of their lives. ' W. J. S. Buffalo.— A number of the members of the Executive Committee of the S. A. P. made a short stop here while on their way home and were entertainet} by g fJingej- §J; Jbg ^^iision House, 384 The American Florist. Jan. 22^ Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. {For Young fhristi.) XXIV. ABOIT CHATTEL MORTGAGES. Getting so rich are you tliat you have become a money lender? Well, I'll take your word for it that you let your busi- ness friend have the money as a personal favor and that although you wanted to regard it as a "debt of honor," whatever that is, yet he insisted upon giving a chattel mortgage on his stock in trade. Now von have had a row andareready to rortclosc, but he insists that in selling him out you can't take his movable sash from his'hot houses nor even his forcing frames. Of course a chattel mortgage can't rest upon real estate, and when I say real estate I include all buil ]ings resting upon foundations, all trees, shrubs atid plants growing in the soil, and belonging to the place as distinguished from the flowers, seed, plants, nursery products, etc., which go to make up a florist's stock in trade. All these may be enumerated in a chattel mortgage and be sold under the fore- closure. Now, in nn' opinion, you may sell his forcing frames, but may not sell the movable sash of his hot houses unless perhaps there be a double set, and even then I'm inclined to think they belong to the real property just as much as the double sash for the cellar windows of the house belong to your residence. You know in the olden times the com- mon law of England went so far as to hold that a thief couldn't be arrested for stealing growing turnips or carrots, as thej- were real estate and a man couldn't steal land although he might trespass upon it. But they don't rule so strictly now. A chattel mortgage upon a florist's establishment might legally rest upon a manure heap, for it is a valuable article to such a dealer, although it be simon pure dirt, that is real estate. But while such a mortgiige might clean out a hot house of plants, vines, slips, cuttings, pump and hose, yet it couldn't disturb shelves fastened to the structure, or a heater set in the wall. On the other hand a stove woidd go the way of all flesh, and so too would all or- namental things like a looking glass, cabinet hanging on the wall, safe, chest of drawers, ice box, unless built in the wall. And suppose your man being of an jESthetic turn of mind, had laid down ornamental tiles, these yoii could sell pro- vided j'ou restored the premises to their former condition. I'm assuming now that your man is the lessee of the premises and not the owner in fee. If the latter the tiles would not be removable under your chattel mortgage. The law always looks to the interest of the person in attaching anything to the realty. For instance, if merely att;iched by screws, as a movable shelf against the wal', it is apparent that the person had in mind the removal of the shelf and a chattel mortgage would include it. Now, we'll suppose that a chimney of the hot house smoked and your man as lessee set a rather expensive metal pipe and draught wheel on it, you could, I think, remove it under your mortgage, provided you restore the hot house to its first condition. No one has a right either as lessee or mortgagee to injure premises by removing any piece of personal prop- erty from the realty. The shelves of a dry goods store together with the count- ers are sold under a chattel mortgage, but you must upon removing them take good care not to break the walls or dam- age door jambs or tear up the floor. This subject of chattel mortgages is a peculiar one. You must follow the statute strictly and I would advise you never to attempt to file a chattel mortgage your- self or to renew one either. Employ an honest lawj-er. Don't laugh. Century plants bloom at long intervals and you may find an honest lawyer by searching The law of chattel mortgages differs in every state and in most states they must be renewed within the last thirty days ot the year for which they are drawn. You ask me whether the clause in your chattel mortgage which provides that you are also to have a lien upon goods which your mortgagor may acquire after the making of the mortgage is good? I say no most emphatically. A chattel mortgage only covers goods and chattels in actual possession at the time of making and filing or recording the instrument. Yes, it is usually customary to give a week's notice of foreclosure, but a mort- gage dniwn payable "on demand" may be foreclosed the instant you default in payment. In some states you have "an equity of redemption" as it is termed, that is a right to buy back again, usually sixty days, but in other states the sale is abso- lute. Any one may give the usual notice and put out the red flag, but it is cus- tomary to employ a constable to perform this service. Always be particular to take a note from your man and then let the chattel mortgage be collateral to that note. In case the sale doesn't discharge the note indorse the amount of the sale upon the back and bring suit for the balance due. Always keep a copy of your chattel mortgage, whether you give or take. As you say, no mortgagor has a right to remove any of the goods or chattels without written permission, but if a dealer he may as your agent continue to sell and account to you for the proceeds. A business may be sold subject to a chattel mortgage resting upon it. Never put a chattel mortgage upon your stock in trade unless it be formoney absolutelv advanced. I mean don't exe- cute fictitious chattel mortgages to cover things up. Deal openly and honestly. It pays in the long run. Uncle Blackstone. New York. Business again at a standstill and the market glutted. Armies of Greeks line the principal streets offering flowers for nigh nothing, the scene may be picturesque but one the trade in general dislikes. The once famous balls and dinners have dwindled down to such an extent that they now pass unnoticed bj' the press. There have been no elaborate floral decor- ations this season as yet (none of the magnitude of past years). The Assemblj- Ball at the Madison Square Garden, though patronized by the "upper ten," was but a cheap affair. Butler used to have a $500 decoration for this ball, but now they are content with "a few firs in the corners" and some greens in the hall- way, which they procure from some re- mote florist at a total cost of some fifty dollars. The famous Delmonico decorations have ceased; the ball room has been remodeled, the plastic art usurps the florist's. The decorations after the style of Louis XIV with a touch of the rennaisancelook very beautiful, but alas, the proprietors will not allow the walls to be "disfigured" with flowers or plants, and at the re- cent Patriarch's Ball very few flowers were used, nothing but the hallway and "red" room being decorated. The dec- orations (though insignificant for such an occasion) were ver}' artistically ar- ranged by Merritt of the Klunder Co. Klunder at first received $1,000 for each decoration for this ball, now it is done for $100 to $200. The Charity Ball given at the Metro- politan Opera House, like the Assembly, used to be famous for novel decorations. Now, imagine the largest opera house in the states and the richest people in the state dancing there, with no decorations outside of $75 worth of Christmas trees lined along the foyers! And so one could continue contrasting the beggarly affairs of to-day with the glories of the past. The Bradley Martens were probably the best patrons in this country of the flo- rists; their decorations were always the best procurable, magnificent in every degree, and it so followed that wherever they were invited out the host endeav- ored to have the house decorated with orchids and the table W'ithGloire de Paris roses. It is to be regretted that the Bradley Martins intend remaining in Europe for some time. Nevertheless there have been a few ex- ceptions. The Vanderbilt family have been stirring things a little. At the Webb and Twombly receptions Thorley did some very beautiful work, orchids and hybrids being his principal materials, while Klunder decorated W. D. Sloane's dinner table with a center piece contain- ing three thousand lily of the valley; on this table stood two gold candelaljras valued at $20,000. Cornelius Vander- bilt's dinner table was artistically decor- ated bj' Dards. This dining room is all that wealth can make it, and when the eight immense silver platters are filled with fine La France, as on this occasion the effect is charming. The decorations for the W. H. Vander- bilt musicale were arranged by Hodgson, bulbous flowers being principally used. The decorations for the Mills Ball were supplied by Burnham & Co., roses and flowering plants forming the greater part. Stumpp decorated for the Baker and Crimmins receptions, and the Hol- land Society's dinner, 5,000 tulips being used for the latter. Old Dutch milk cans were placed on the tables and filled with tulips. Alex McConnell and McConnell & Grim- shaw were also busy, as was everybody last week, but this week is the reverse. Charlie Andei-son is cutting some fine Magnas at present, but Magnas are "not in it," while Beauties are to be had. Laings and Luizets are scarce. Mr. James Fitzgerald, of Astoria, who is con- sidered one of the best carnation grow- ers, claims that Buttercup is the best yellow carnation grown. A bouquet of Harrison carnations tied with French white ribbon is the proper thing just now for a young lady's ball bouquet. Bidwell Bros, are shipping in Schaefer carnations 2V2 inches in diameter— creep- ing on to Thorpe's standard. Tidal Wave is a fine carnation, with a somewhat inconsistent name. Regard- ing Albert M. Herr's article on bunching carnations, we find that carnations tied in bunches of fifty, with a little of their own foliage between, sell best; bunches of mixed carnations tied as per illustration would not suit the New York market. i8gi. The American Florist. 385 Regarding the bunching of flowers in general, some steps should be taken by the Florists' Clubs to disseminate a knowledge of the proper way to tie and ship flowers. We often see carnations tied with a couple of yards of string twisted up to the very calyx, then again violets tied with something like sash cord. Violets should be bunched in fifties, with plenty of foliage 'round and tied halfway up the s'^ems with a thin purple twine. Smilax should never be trained on white strings, as every such string must be extricated (ofttimes with great difficulty) before the smilax can be used. Green colored grocer's twine is the proper thing to use to train smilax and aspar- agus on. Jonquils are very beautiful just now. Cottage Maid, Due Van Thol and Yellow Prince tulips are coming in in quantity. Myosotis has come in and is being eagerly sought for. The Florist Club held a meeting on Monday evening for the purpose ot con- sidering the advisability of griving an exhibition. It was decided to hold one in the Lenox Lyceum shortly after Easter. A movement is said to be on foot among the young men of the principal stores to orsanize a social club in connection with the Florist Club, for the purposeof giving a grand floral fete and ball this season. Orchids may be seen in nearly all the principal stores at present, it seems to have been a remarkably good year for blooms. Cattleyas are very fine and plentiful. DeForest savs he can cut from 500 to 800 blooms of C. Triana: almost any time just now. C. Percivalliana and Laslia anceps look very small among Trianas. Phala-nopsis amabilis and alba are very scarce, as very few care to bother much with it, it seldom pays. Odontoglossum crispura is easier to grow and nearly as good. Dendrobium Ward- ianum is fineto use in groups for decora- tions, to contrast with groups of On- cidium tigrinum, which are plentiful just now. Vandas hold their ground pretty well, but Lycaste Skinnerii don't take at all, it is too easily damaged. Cypripe- diums are not so plentiful this year, yet there is little demand for what there is of them. Why don't orchid growers also grow A. Farleyense? John VorNG. Actual PAID Subscribers, Florists and Advertisers, 5,000. Count the florists of youracquaintance, count the best trade directories in the country and you will find that we have them all. If you want to reach them in your spring advertising you can do it with the Florist. Is it worth your while to advertise in a trade paper which is of such immediate value that its readers pay for it, but also has such reference \alue that it is filed, kept and bound? We believe ^our card in the Florist, bound in its volumes with reading matter, adds to its value equally as much as the fact that the paper is worth buying and is only sent regularly when paid for. These two facts combined must give us a permanent value of more than 50 per cent above ordinary waste basket literature. Recuii) RoCe*. Oil and Gas for Fuel. Has any reader of the Florist had ex- perience in substituting oil or water gas for coal? What was the cost of such change and cost of running as compared with coal ? Edward Swayne. Kennett Square, Pa. Little Rock, Ark.— Florist E Cole- man has failed. The liabilities are re- ported to be about $8,000, and assets double that amount. Wellsboro, Pa.— Christmas trade was fully up to last year. Could always sell more at that time if additional supply could be obtained at reasonable prices. Galena, III.— B. F. Vandervate, Jr., has bought the old greenhouse that was run by D. W. Scott, has started to rebuild and add to it and will be ready for spring trade. Akron, 0.— Mrs. C. E. Hoag & Son be- gan a florist's business here last summer with one greenhouse. They do not ap- pear in the directory and should be added to the list. Fort Scott, Kaxs.— The holiday trade was very good. Owing to the warm and pleasant weather for the two months preceding, flowers were abundant and in first class condition. Prices were not quite so good as a j-ear ago yet the stock was all sold out. There was an increased demand for baskets. De.nver, Colo. — The annual meeling of the Colorado State Bureau of Horticul- ture and Forestrv was held in this citv the 8th, 9th and 10th insts. The objec't of the bureau is the promotion of fruit and forest culture. A special feature of the meeting was a paper on nomenclature of fruit by T. T. Lyon, of South Haven, Michigan. Kansas City, Mo.— N. S. Griffith, the Independence florist, has bought out the Baker Bros. here. Their plant is devoted mainly to the growing of cut flowers. Mr. Griffith will now devote his Walnut Hill greenhouses at Independence, Mo., entirely to the catalogue plant trade. In addition to his store at 1022 Main street he will also run the store occupied bv Baker Bros, at 16 East Seventh street. Milwai'KEE. — .\ party of local florists visited Mr. J. M. Dunlop's place at Wau- watosa on the 13th and spent a very pleasant afternoon curling. A number of the members of the Wisconsin Florists' and Gardeners' Club also visited Wau- watcsa recently, calling upon Mr. G. W. Ringrose, who served refreshments to the party, after which they were taken in carriages to all the greenhouses in and around Wauwatosa. Cincinnati.— Mr. Geo. Corbett read a very able and interesting paper on water- ing at the meeting of the Cincinnati Florists' Society on the 10th inst. Officers ot the society for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Geo. Corbett, presi- dent ; B. P. Critchell, first vice-president ; 1 T. J. Jackson, second vice-president; R. W. Witterstaetter, treasurer ; E. G. Gillett, secretary; T. W. Hardesty, assistant secretary ; H C. Corbett, R. J. Murphy and Wni. Bolia, executive committee. PiTTSBfRG. — The organization of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' Club was perfected at a meet- ing held on the 15th inst by the election of the following officers to serve the ensuing j-ear: E. Reineman, president; Snowden" Randolph, vice-president; Geo. Asterly, secretary; John Hartman, assist- ant and recording secretary; Fred Burki, treasurer. Among the trustees are John Herron, Gus Ludwig, John Bader and B. A. Heck. A committee was appointed to secure a permanent meeting place and to arrange other preliminary details. Ottawa, Ont.— At the last meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club it was decided to extend an invitation to the Society of American Florists to visit this city on the occasion of the session at Toronto next August. Officers of the club for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Jas. Sorley; First Vice President, Jas. Hickej' ; Second Vice President, Thomas Elmitt ; Treasurer, J. Graham; Directors, Messrs. Nicholson, vVilliams, A. Hickey, McGee, Scrim and McCann. The election of a secretary was left to a latermeeting. Theclub now has a membership of forty-six. San Francisco.— The third annual meeting of the California State Floral Society was held on the 9th inst. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, E. J. Wickson; Vice-President, Mrs. L. 0. Hodgkins; Secretary, Emory E. Smith; Treasurer, Mrs. M. S. Sperry; Directors, Timothy Hopkins, of Menlo Park, and Miss B. M. Pratt, of Fruitvale. The seretary's re- port showed that the society has held twenty-nine monthly meetings and has a membership of 150. The treasurer's re- port showed a balance of $330 in the treasury. The theme for next meeting will be "What kind of roses make the best standards on their own roots, and which are best budded?" Also "Climbing plants aside from climbing roses." Miss C. G. Athern will read a paper on this subject. Newport, R. I.— The local papers have recently devoted some space to the airing of a difference which has arisen between Florist Arend Brandt and the Newport Horticultural Society. It seems that Mr. Brandt did not at first intend to show any of his plants or flowers at the chrys- anthemum show given by the society last November, but was finally persuaded to enter at the last moment by the executive committee, as the entries up to that time had been small and the indications were that the show would be thin. It was understood by Mr. Brandt that the time for entry had been extended and that he would be entitled to any premiums he might take, and the judges awarded him a goodly share of prizes, a list of which was given to the press for publication. But the premiums have never been paid and it is claimed by the society that Mr. Brandt was debarred from competition by entering after the time for same had expired. Mr. Brandt is now taking legal steps to secure the payment of his claim. Large violets.— Florist J. L. Loose, Alexandria, Va., writes; tell the Nyack boys that if they want violets covering a silver dollar, we are picking them here by the thousand. THE AMERICAN FLORIST IS STS,ICTX,Y A TRADE JOURNAL Weekly; $1 00 per Year in Advance. address : AMERICAN FLORIST CO. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. 386 The a mer ican Florist. Jan. 22, Sub-.cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, lo Cents a I Inch, $1.40; Column, $ Cash with Order. in^ Agate; No Special Position C.ua ranteed. counts, 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 tir les, 10 per cent The Advertising Department Florist is for Florists. Seedsni wares pertaining to those iines Orders for less than one-hall inch space not accepteil. Adilress THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. The Chrvsanthemum bee-fly.— Re- gartJiiig the different views held by W. F. and himself as to the usefulness of this in- sect in effecting desirable crosses ainong chrj-santhemunis, Mr. Wm. J.Rowe, New Haven Conn., writes: "As thereseenisto be but little hope of coining to a mutual agreement, if \V. F. will send me his ad- dress I will present him with plants of a majority of the seventeen new sorts I mentioned in my communication, to be grown and tested by him, so that what the eye beholds the heart will have to believe." Mr. H. Bauer, of Baltimore, sends us a white carnation flower which measures three inches across, has very deeply fringed petals, is remarkably fragrant and un- usually full. But the calyx is short and badly bursted. He asks us to give an opinion on the flower in these columns. The size, fragrance and substance are nearly all that could be asked for, but it would have to possess a much more per- fect calyx and better stem to be consid- ered a really first class flower. As WILL be noted there appears in this issue a number of communications in which the writers express surprise at the smallness of the cut of bloom from the Lamborncarnationasgivenby Mr Chitty in a recent issue. We began to put them into t^pe, butasthej'caine thick and fast, all covering the same point, it seemed un- necessary to print them all. This in ex- planation to those whose notes on this matter do not appear in our columns. We have received from Mr. A. Hallett, Fayette Springs, Pa., a box of blooms of the Chinese primula, none less than one and a half inches, and many fully two inches in diameter, all of very good colors. Mr. Hallett writes that the flowers were cut from plants that are three years old, and he considers this "sufficient to show that it is not necessary to sow seed every year as is claimed by some florists." Some specimen blooms of the new car- nation, "Nellie Lewis," have been sent us bv James Vick, seedsman, Rochester; N. Y. The light background is so thickly sprinkled with scarlet as to give the ap- pearance of a dark pink flower at a dis- tance. It may take as a catalogue sort, but hardlj- as a cut flower variety for florists. Again we remind our readers that we positively shall not admit to ourcolumns a communication signed by simply an initial ornom de plume unless the the real name and address of the writer is given for our own information. The attention of "subscriber" who writes a note on the "Climbing Perle" is called to this rule. All lovers of orchids will be pleased to learn of the intention of the publishers of Lindenia to issue an edition with English text, as announced in our adver- tising columns this week. The American edition will make this beautiful publica- tion much more useful to orchid grow- ers here. The Society of Indiana Florists con- vened in annual session at Lafayette on the 21st inst. This is the fifth annual meeting of the society. Several valuable essays on trade subjects were read, in- cluding papers on the rose and the carnation. H. H.— The violet blooms sent are cer- tainly very poor. Can not say what is the trouble, but it is probable that your plants are affected with the disease novi^ so common among violets and called the violet disease. There is no known remedv. SITUATIONS. VWANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will the rate of 10 cents a line ( tlon. Cash must accompaE admitted under this head. inserted a Plant advs.nc SITUATION WANTED-By I flower grower. Good refer Box I, Central Valle SITUATION WANTBD-By a German garden 5 aged 30; single; ompetent in ail branches. \ F. H. PEHA.LaGrange, 11 SITUATION WANTED-Bv a first tl doner; thoroughly corapptent; pi mercial. Flrst-ciaes references Addi 1 St.. Harrlsburg. Pa. SITUATION WANTED— By fl charge '" ' First-class Stat*^ particulars, etc. I.ST, Box 7fi5, Kalama SITUATION WANTED-Bygood on commercial place. 3 yea America Good reference". Man experience ii ,\ve .( hicago. SITUATION WANTBD-By on private place; German. Beet of references. Address M. F. BAl-CK, 812 S. Washt SITUATION single, age ITUATION WANTED— B SITUATION WANTKD-By Feb. 1, as foreman in commercial place: thorough, practical exper ence in growing hybrid and tea roses. chry8antb< mums forcing of bulbs and all kinds of cut floweri Single; flrst-class references. FLOHiaT. 113 West Mth St., New Vork City. tropical plants 18 years' expei ences. Desiring to change climate. States preferred. Mention salary. ^ liable, all roun lation. Addri : 40 000 popu- PKB.MANE.VT, C. Vaughan Chicago. W^SI nted and give references. Addri WANTBD-To bu' a good flor- _ TT live town within 3C0 or 40J miles of (.hicago. Address with full particulars. F M, care American Florist, Chicago. WANTED-To experienced W^ .Detroit, Mich. W ANTED-A thorough, practical florist, to grow ferns and orchids for commercial pur- poses. Address, giving references and wages ex- pected, Drawer 985, Minneapolis, Minn. W^ . some greenhouses In a good iSmi'esof Boston with some acted, must be in good repair. . Parsons, 23'J Tremont. St., W ANTED— A young man with some experience in greenhouse work; must be sober, industrious ■illing to work; eteady place for the right man. jss, stating wages. Lock Box 178, Sharon, Pa. "WrANTED-A flrst-class florist, to take charge of a > > set of houses; must understand tbegrowing of wholesale and retail i W^ and packing departn W^ established, 8 gre usiness man with cash to take St class florist business, well ouses 100 ft. each, heated by id in good condition. Address f. care Am. Florist, Chicago. W^ , age, nationality ,._^..- 1 G. PostoWoe Box .i'.i, New Torli City. FOR SA [jB— A country hotel with greenhouse, in a prosperous Connecticut town For particulars address Hotel, care Am. Florist. FOR RBNT,cr heated by si 100,C0O population houses. 61x12 houses in town of IM Out), good shipping lilroads lea-llcg In sliteei ' required. r z. rity for American , Chicago. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON. HILLEGOM, HOLLASD. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS^ TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, spir>e:a, lilies OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs, Whole- sale Importers should write us for Drices. SPECIAL FOR FLORISTS. About February ist, we shall print a large edition of circulars illustrating the Japan Snowball and the Red-Flowered Dogwood. 1 received prev I press V For order offer them at very low prii dress on them; Sample and prices on application. Every florist can sell a large number of these besuti- ful shrubs at very little expense, and the profit on them will more than pay for the effort. The following from a New Jersey customer speaks fjr itself: " I am meeting with good success in the sale ofthe J.\rA> SN'i tWR.M.I., and the prospects order for them. Have sold so fai "CERMAlfTOWN, PHILA. ,pplem.£r).t-toTOE AIMERSeAN ftOWST Jsmj.^' '891 ewXose ■^x/aban ^/{Nsri^omS C'ilTH-'Bs: 388 The American Florist. Jan 22^ 9K« $««c| Sracja. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLOUGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; JOHN FOTTLER, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. Advertising Wisdom. [Exlracls from Printers' Ink, January /.I TWO RIXES IN WRITING ADVS. Absolute simplicity of expression. Forget that there are other merchants within a thousand miles of you, or a writer within ten thousand, and write for the people alone whom you want as regular buyers at your store. HOW TO MAKE UP AN ADV. Write out what you have to say, put it in the hands of the' type-writer and make half a dozen copies of it, strike out words here and there and put in new ones. Be sure there is no ambiguity. Then con- sider your principal lines and their rela- tions to each other. No printer can do justice to two or three great display lines next to each other. They must be set offbyotherlines and separated by blanks. When this seems reasonably good send over the copy to a good printer. Don't say you waiit to see proof the same after- noon, but give him time enough to do it as well as it can be done. It might be respectably done by an ordinary work- man, but the best workman might be employed on something else which could not be left. Give the printing office a show. The display Unes must particularly be looked after. They frequently do not appear as well in type as was previously thought, and must be changed. No very skillful advertisement was got up at the first attempt. Let the printer put the matter in type the best he can, and then alterations" can be made. Sometimes when it is thus in shape some statement seems raw or inadvisable. Change it. Never put a line of type in an advertise- ment that cannot be easily read. Script, black letter, fantastic types are inad- missable. Thirteen picas, or two and one-sixth inches, is called the standard width. The authority for this is rather obscure, but it is undoubtedly the width most in vogue. An electrotype for general use should not be made wider than this, and one that does not exceed two inches in width is better still. A good efiect can be made with cuts of the latter width, and they can be used anywhere. CLASSES OF ADVERTISING. I propose to class advertising space in telephone books, so-called blue books of gratuitous circulation, pamphlets con- taining hack and herdic rates, lists of express offices, free-gratis cooking recipes, and books and pamphlets of like nature, under the head of general desultory ad- vertising. At very low rates cover posi- tions may have certain value, but inside space is worth about as near to next to nothing as can be without being nothing. By desultory advertising I refer almost entirely to advertisements in that class of publication known as the paper with- out paid circulation; to advertisements encircUng maps and charts; to advertise- ments in unofficial time tables, and in other matter supposed to be hung up in con- spicuous positions. Few, if any, of these pay the advertiser one quarter of one per cent of his in- vestment. The best rule, and the only rule to follow is, I believe, to advertise in noth- ing of doubtful character — to stick to the newspaper and the legitimate product of the printing ])ress, with such few addi- tions as will appropriately fit into your business. Actual experience has taught me that a discount of about 90 per cent should be made on any statement made by a can- vasser before advertising in any map, chart, gift paper, or anything else which does not have a bona fide sale and sub- scription list. I do not believe in city directory adver- tisements, with the exception of outside cover spaces and a few conspicuous inside positions. Good printing and good color work, used in conjunction with newspaper ad- vertising, allows the one to increase the value of the other. I am a firm believer in the value of printed matter. No matter how much newspaper ad vertising the ad vertiser may do, nearly 25 per cent of its effectiveness will be lost unless he has a circular or book of information to present to the inquirer. On the other hand, there are few cases where circular and catalogue advertising will in themselves bring any adequate return. The utilization of the catalogue to give the information, and the newspaper ad- vertisement to make people send for it, produces the successful business-bringing combination. Henry C. Sch.midt, head of the firm of J. C. Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, died at Santa Cruz, Canary Islands, Dec. 26. The body was returned to Erfurt for burial. Mr. Schmidt had been in poor health for several years. He established the leading catalogue business of its kind in Europe and did a very large home and export trade. Chicago.— Mr. E. A. Barnard, of W. W. Barnard & Co., has just returned from a two months' visit to his orange groves near Tampa, Fla. Jas. H. Mun- son, well known to the seed trade, form- erly with Hiram Sibley & Co. and later with Jos. Breck & Sons, Boston, Mass., was found dead in his room the morning of Jan. 15. The coroner's verdict gives the cause of death as heart disease. Mr. George S. Haskell who suffered an attack of heart trouble at Springfield last week is all right again. Newspaper accounts of the matter were much ex- aggerated. Mr. Albert Dickinson suffered a severe concussion of the knee from a fall at the Board of Trade entrance and has been laid up for nearly a week. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle SL. CHICAGO. Fine Bulbs. TUBEROSES, GLADIOLI, FLOWER SEEDS, New Crop in. Let us figure on your flower and garden seed orders. Fresh stock true to name. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago. 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. GOOD SEEDS W.ATLEEBURPEE&CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. For a FREE '-ovy of tlieir EnlarKed and Elegautl.v Illustrated Coiiiplt'te .Seed Book lor 1891, Well liuowu for many year.s as Burpee's Farm Annual Every Live Farmer and Gardener ebould have it. HEKRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Established 1787.) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. THE BEST. SEED Annual] 1891 will be mailed FREEf >all: ) lasts i better than < Every person using CarJt-n, Fltrwer or Field Seeds, should send for it. Address . M. FERRY 4 CO. DETROIT, MICH. I Largest Seedsmen in the world | G. J. MOFFATT, Manufacturer of ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. SHiiiplesand prices im application. When wrltln« Vegetable Seeds for Market Gardeners. : Flower Seeds and Bulbs for Florists. Our reputation among the critical Market Gardeners of this country, for having varieties and strains specially adapted to their wants, is second to none. Our new Florists' and Market Gardeners' WHOLESAI.Iv PRICK LIST is the best and most complete list of its kind ever sent out. Write for it on your printed letter-head or enclose business card to show you are entitled to it. Our Horticultural and Poultry Supply Circulars are complete and can be had for the asking. JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217 and 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. i8gi. The American Florist. 389 ROSE HILL NURSERIES, New Rochelle, III. Y. NEW AND RARE PLANTS, IIARDT PLANTS, Ir*^ll:Tn.S, Ferns. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Establislied and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. FREDERICK MAU. SOITH OKANGE. N.J. PLANTS AND FLOWEBS. ■ — Cheap as (Jood Roses A trial order will prove it. BRACKENRIDGE &, CO. Established 1S54. Govanstown, Md. JAPAN MAPLES. MAGNOLIAS, Double-flowering Prun s. Tree and Herbaceous Paeonies, Iris, etc. All hardy East. _ . KLT»r, MINIATI:RE I'IMOSand CON- ICUKS FKOM .JAl'.AN. CataloRue free. O. Box 1501. SAN FR ANCISrO, CAL. TO CLOSE THEM OUT Per ICO Abutilon Eclipse, 3-inch, - f6.50 Manettia bicolor, 2;2-inch, - 5 00 " " 3-inch, - - g.oo Portia and Alegatiere Carnations, strong, in 4 inch pots, fine for benching, - - - - 6 00 New Geraniums and Chrysanthemums. Lane's Mountain View Greeniiouses, Toole's Premium Ameriean Have taken First Premium wherever sliown, at Illi- nois, Minnesota and Wisconsin State Fairs. 65 Distinet Varieties. Various MLxtures. Extra choice mixed. 10c. pkt. : lOCO seeds 20c j H; oi. 50c. Selected or florists mixed, euch pkt. 15c.; 1000 seeds 30c.; "-ft oz 75c. "Pansy Guide" and price list free. WM. TOOLE. Pansy Specialist. Baraboo. Wis. ^"vI^^I^aCLIMAXER ction. and espec- ' should it be in tbe t the The florets are of the largest size, intense crimsc eye, with purple and violet shadings. True keeping with its other mammoth proportioi plant is a paragon of health and vigor, very easily propagated and grown, and when planted oat it runs and spreads rapidly, throwing up its immense glow- ing trusses in great profusion. We consider it the most valuable seedling we everraised.andourthree years experience with it have been bo satisfactory that we have prepared to grow it extensively and offer it to the trade on its merits, that many others may also share the pleasure and profits of its culture. A few hundred plants now ready. 6 for 60 cU. ; 12 for SI. 00: 35 for JS1.50, free by mail. Safe arrival guaranteed. We also have a complete set of 15 beautiful named varieties, all colors . mostly our seedlings of the mammo' ' ■...--- ^ J, C. GIBSON. Woo 60 per 100; $30 00 per 1000 L.M.ted CuUinKS 100 ■• 8.U0 I lur Verbenas this year are the Bnest we have ever grown. Pffo ^-LX-S-t or Adild^-w-. Packed lijjht. and satisfaction guaranteed. Sample on receipt IJ.cta. J |_ DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. VERBENAS. Rooted Cuttings.. -STRONG AND HBiLTHT. Ready for immediate shipping. Per 100 Per 1000 General Collection stock plants, named. f3. 00 $25 00 XX Mammoth Set, J General Collection Coleus Golden Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Hero, VerschatTeltii and 25 other sorts 1 Heliotrope. Rooted Cuttings, named — ] Calceolarias " " " — 1 I Rubra. Metallii Trade List of Florists' Stock on applicaiion. WOOD BROTHERS, .C. WOOD&BRO.,) FISHKILL. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY I and CLEAN stock periooo S25.00 S2.75 CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed 2-inch 300 GERANIUMS. 20 good salable vars., 2-in . . . 3-oo Mad. Salleroi, 2 in 300 CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds 2.50 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, in splendid ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2\i-in . COLEUS. best varieties, 2-in .... HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2!4-in . . . . DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2-in, Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence is well located for shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansas City.) PERFECTLY FREE FROM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, pe 100 $3; per 1000 $25. Rooted cuttings of same. 100 $1; 1000 $g. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2;5'4-inch, $3 per 100. Double Fringed Petunias, 12 vars. 2j<-inc $4 00 per ICO, Adiantums Cuneatum, Decorum and Gracill mum, 5-inch, strong. $15 per 100. Primroses, double, per ico $12.00. " . single, per 100 fS.oo. Obconica, per 100 $6.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-inch $4.00, 4-inch $3.c per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Mad. Hoste, La France S5.00 per 100. Duchess of Albany $7.00 per 100. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes Niphetosand 50 varieties of monthly ros per 100 or $35 per 1000. " " ■ purchaser's choice, S6.00 per S50.00 per I H. P.- ■s, our choice, $5 per 100 or $40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. Mention American Kloriat. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROIVl DISEASE. Per 100 Per 1000 Mammoth, strong, 2j-s-in. pots . . $4.00 $35.00 General Collection, 2}<-in pots . . . 3.00 25.00 Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings. . . 1.25 lo.co General Collection Rooted Cuttings :.oo S.oo Address J. Q. :Bt;irro-W, 390 The American Florist. Jan. 22.^ Kansas City. Kcprcsentativcs of twenty oi" the largest nurseries in this section met in this city on the (>tli inst. and organized the "Western Wholesale Nurserymen's Association," with officers as follows: H. T. Kclscy, of St. Joseph, ^iresidcnt ; R. H. Blair, of Kansas City, vice president ; Frank Wor- cester, of Fort Scott, Kan., secretary and treasurer; 1). S. LaUcof Slioiiaiiiloali. la., A. A. Ambrose of .Nevada, Mo., C. j. Car- penter of Fairburv, Neb., A. C. C.ricsa of Lawrence, Kan.," and W. P. Stark of Louisiana, Mo., executive committee. The association has been organized upon the same lines that the Nurseryman's B.\ehange at Rochester, N. Y., was founded. It is expected that the nursery- men of the west will unite with the new association. The objects are consolida- tion of interests and the maintenance of living prices for nurserv stock. Member- ship will be confined to nurserymen who employ agents. Fifty-two issues and one or more col- ored plates all for one dollar. January is subscriber's month. Are the boys all booked for one? A bound volume of the Florist helps the horticultural library. Forcin<>; Bulbs. SPECIAL OFFER. Per 1000 Per 100 .5,000 Romans, dmible. light pink $1.1.00 $2 (0 7 50 1 00 20 no 2 50 10.000 Freesia refracta alba, home grown 2,000 " LelchliDi'major, homegrown 5ro Lillumrandidiim,' 1.600 2,000 in. clrcum liO f Teniiifolium, scarlet... 5,000 Am. Zephyranthes Candida, < 1.000 " Zephyranthes rosea, ext. sizes 31) uu 4 00 15 000 Ranunculus, flnest Sicilian mixed. SCO .75 Per 100 Perdoz. Cyclamen PEBSICDM. first size bulbs. $10.00 $1 50 ■■ GRANDIFLORUM, se of 2.500, $24.00; per 10,000, $aiOO; per 1,000. $10.00 1.50 .35 Terms Cash, without engagement. Address J p^ DE VEER, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Illiportt-r ami Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. CataloKue free to ihe trade. ^. o. Hiivrv «ste CO., RICHMOND. INDIANA. Gorgeous Begonias TUBEROUS ROOTED. Now is the lime to sow. The best s'.rain in Europe. $l oo per packet, Double or tingle. R. OWEN, Begonia Grower, . Maidenhead. England. CUT ^jvunv^^-x:. I malie a specialty of Smilar, and am prepared to hii orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string till May 1st. Quality A 1. JOSEPH K. BONSALL, Telephone No. 15. 309 Garfield Aye., Salem. Ohio. (I THE RAINBOW. n Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price thau paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. Over 1.50 pages illustratiiiij uiid (le-scribiiitc one of the largest and best assorted stocks of Seeds, Trees and Plants in the tl. S. Best vahie for the money in our Tested Novelties and Special Low Priced Collections. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. 700 ACRES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. Ro'es bought now for $40 per 1000. or $35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 ptr cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants. Largest and most select stock in the South- West. Over TH> EE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced. <^ Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of i;o pages free to all. Address KANZ & NEUNER, LOUISVILLE, KY. Boxs Begonias. BEST QUALITY I N_H URO P E . LOWEST PRICES EVER OFFERED. CCCnC For S2.00 will mail you gratis good OCCUOl packet each ofSingleand Double form ^- — ==^ very best varieties; none to equal it; wins everywhere. Sold close on a million seeds of these in December. TIIDCDC Can ship till March, 100 superb IUDLIIOi Singles, assorted colors, for pots — ^"— $10; 50 choice assorted Doubles Sio. List and pamphlet luailed gratis on application. Send your orders promptly 10 jOHP*^ le. :box:, (Established 60 years) CROYDON, ENGLAND. East Surrey Seed Warehouse. Xul>crousBcj>'onias OUR SPECIALTY. WK WILL SEND POSTPAID- ,2 named doubles, ver^best........ $12 00 iz 11 " •■ go"oi::;;:;::::::: small tiiber§, not flowered Seed, double, hybridized from name . " 10 00 F. J. MEECH & SON., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. S.OtOSpireaJaponica, fine clumps, per 100, f.1.60. 3.000 Gen'l Jacq. Rose plants, 4.in. pots, per 100, HI 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted, Verschaffeltli. per 10C0.f7.00. -pplden BedSer * Golden Verschaffeltli, " 110.00. ^QKir BECKi BrlAgrepoTt, Cpnn, STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA: CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVY; GERMAN IVV; CARNATIONS. Rootid Cuttings Standard Va CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Rooted Cuttings Standard Var: Wr for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO.. 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CIT\f, MO. Mention American Florist. The best 1 CARNATIONS and s^eneral greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, Dwarf Budded Roses. The stock we ofTer this season is in unusually line condition and includes all the leading varieties. Anna de Diesbach, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, Alfred Colomb. IMabel Motrison. Baroness Rothschild. (Magna Charta. Baron de Bonstettin, IMarie Bauman. Boule de Neige, Merveille de Lyon, Capt. Christy, Paul Neyron. Fisher Holmes. Prince de Rohan. Gen, Jacqueminot, Queen of Queens, John Hopper. Ulrich Brunner. Louis VanHoutte, White Baroness. La France. S12.00 per 100; Si 10 00 per 1000. A tine lot of Marechal Niels with canes 10 to 12 leet long, Jl.OO each. HENRY A. DREER, 714 Chestnut St , Philadelphia. FLOWER SEED. mailpil free on August Rolker & Sons, 13(5 West 34th Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. Florist. Foreign Grape Vines for Graperies. HENRY A. DREER. 714 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. lANT VEKBKNAS. extra line. See *l'jan. I *s. Krerj' liorlst should sow of this seed. Trade pkt. 25o.; 3 pkts. tjOc; 6 pkt«. BUPP. Sblreronpstown, F», isiprovkh The liirgeH and fln the K/,OR this seed. fori!. John: rSgi. The American Florist. 39 THE NEW ROSE =«WABANa= This very valuable rose originated at tlie Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT {rom Catherine Mermet and identical wiih that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to LaFrance. The only objection to C. Mermet is its fre- quently pale, insipid color in cloudy weather; experi- ence has shown that the '^^A.I^A.'^ retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL of the Massachusetts Horticultural Socitty; of the Pennsylvania Hoiticultural Society, and CERTIFICATE OF MERIT from each of the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown. Ready for DivStribution on April 15th, 18J)1. Orders booked now, will be filled in strict rotation. From 4-inch pots. I Plant, - $ 1. 00 I Plant, $ 1.50 12 Plants, - 9.00 12 Plants, 15.00 50 " - 30.00 25 " - - 25.00 100 " - 50.00 50 '.' 40.00 250 " - 100.00 100 " 75.00 500 " - 175.00 1000 " ' 1= 300.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGrHAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, lor Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. 392 The American Florist. Jan. 22. Chicago. The jjardencr who was recently fore- man for Nicholas Singlcr makes decided objection to the statement recently made regarding the laihire of Mr. Singler's violet house. He claims he was in no way respciiisilile for the failure, and that MrlS. took full charjie of that house him- self. Fisk & Ristow is the firm name which appears on the new sign over the door of 149 State street. Among the new Chicago corporations reported bv the Secretary of State on the 10th inst.'was the Lorraine Park Com- panj', to raise and prepare for market fruit and fruit trees and all kinds of shrubs and plants; capital stock, $500,- 000; incorporators, Homer Cook, Ed- ward L. Upton and Alfred E. Holt. Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted, the land- scape engineer, has been in the city for some tinie working on general plans for the World's Columbian Exposition. Messrs. AL A. Hunt and J. T. Temple spent a few hours in the city on Friday last. Thev were on their way home from the meeting of the Executive Committee of the S. A. F. at Toronto. P. Blaumeiser & Son, of Niles Center, tried the Gontier this season and met with very gratifying success. The plants were grown cool in a carnation house. Business is still very poor, and prices are low. A State street store has a sign out offering roses at 50 cents a dozen. World's Fair matters are still hanging fire. Director-General Davis has just re- turned from his eastern trip. The forthcoming entertainment of the Florist Club will be held Friday, Jan. 30, at Grand Army Hall, northwest corner of Dearborn and Adams streets, beginning at 8 o'clock. There will be music, danc- ing and supper. Rooted Cuttings of the following vars. at $1 00 per 100 HINZE'S WHITE. JEANNETTE. PETER HEN DERSON, SNOWDON, PORTIA. E. G. HILL, GR.A.CE WILDER, ANNA WEBB. PRIDE OF KENNETT, D.\WN. CENTURY, $2,00 per loo, FRED CREIGHTON (New) Pink, $4.00 per 100. Double Wtiite. Double Variegated and Fringed PETUNI.^S, $J.oo per 100, GERANIUMS, all the finest varieties in mixture $2,00 per 100; to name, $4,00 per ico, ROOTED CUTTINGS of the leading varieties of forcing ROSES, Prices on application. JAMES HOKAN, Florist, Bridgeport, Conn. Mention American Florist. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer KI3E:I< "WEISS, a pure white sport of Chester Pride for the first time this season, (& $1.50 per dozen; $10,00 per 100. Send for circular of leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit, .A.V03Sri:)A.IiE, I».A.. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations o[ all tie stantol Vaileties ready Dec. Isi. Having added another 100 foot house to our Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- nish any quantity desired, on short notice. Orders for future delivery at 10 per cent off from catalogue price, JOS. RENARD, Unlonville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb, 1st. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please. CARNATIONS— All the leading sorts. Eight 100-foot houses. COLEUS— An immense stock . Twenty-four varieties. GERANIUMS— All sold. CANNAS— French and others, and numerous items of interest to florists. feature in Smilax culture. CARNATION NOVELTIES. Lizzie McGowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate, J. R. Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelus, Dorothy, Nellie Ely, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described in my list. HINZE'S WHITE at a special price in quantity. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TttE QUEEN OF WttlTE GflRNflTIONSi ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February lotli, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. B@°" Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H E. CHITTY, Paterson. N. J. WINTER-FLOWERING CARNATIONS FOUR GRAND NEIY VARIETIES. You cannot afford to pass by without trying our seedlings of merit for 1S91; there is more profit in growing fine, fancy flowers every time; and in GOLDEN GATE (yellow), WM. F. DREER (rose pink), J. R. FREEMAN (Ciirdinal crimson), and CONSTANCY (scarlet), you have a good range of color in the most perfectly shaped flowers and productive of bloom. Prices, Golden Gate. $2,50 per dozen; $20 per 100, Dreer, Freeman and Constancy, $2.00 per dozen; $15 per 100. On an order at one time for 100 plants of each variety or 400 plants in all, the price would be $50; or half the amount, I2S, Sample florets of the four varieties will be mailed on receipt of 25 cts, CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN ^SS^r ROOTED CUTTINGS, f 12 00 per 100, or f 100 per 1000. LOUISE PORSCH "?L..w Better grower than Buttercup; %l per 100; %^o per 1000. Both ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, eoatioorate. A-REss JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P 0. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY. SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L LAMBORN, CONSTAMCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, CARNATIONS! FAIR ROSAMOND, J R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, M Alioliigrai ROOTED COLEUS. S. B. KIBLD, Roselle, N.J SEND FOR PRICE LIST. i8gi. The American Florist. 393 NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. -^MILLER'S "WORLD'S FAIR SET."^ We have been to great expense, spar- ing neither time or money in collecting this unequaled set. Characteristic of the leading city of this country, we have named them in honor of our represent- ative citizens:— FERD W. PECK, or GALLIA, and J. V. FARWELL, or W. N. RUDD, were two of the set of six seedlings that took the $ioo prize at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of Philadelphia, who has originated some of our finest varieties. CYRUS H. IVIcCORIVIICK was raised by Jam- lesou, and is one of the finest of the present year's novelties. The remaining eight are the XXX selections of iSoo seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing them with the different sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GAGE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red, Wheeler type. J. V. FARWELL (W. N. RUOD), Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper. CYRUS H. Mccormick, Dark deep yel- low, shaded bronze red. ANDREW McNALLY, Crimson scarlet, fine for exhibition. POTTER PALMER, White seedling from L. Canning, very large. FERD W. PECK (GALLIA), Rosy pink, fine exhibition variety. CHAS. H. WACKER, Crimson scarlet, pro- fuse bloomer. ROBT. A. WALLER, Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES, Bright scarlet and gold, fine cut flower variety. S. W. ALLERTON, An immense white, fine for pot culture. MARTIN A. RYERSON, An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. SET OF 13 FOR $6. Orders booked for the above and also loo of the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. "Get the best, grow the best, and keep up with the times," is our motto. Orders booked for the PINK OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM, LOUIS BOEHMER, at market price. GEORGE W. MILLER, 1^-5** IVortli ..CHICAGO. NEW CARNATION OHIO. A seedling of P. Henderson X with Buttercup. Flowers very large, often sfi to 3 inches in diam. eter; high full center, finely fringed; pure white and very fragrant. Florists will find this one of the most profitable varieties for winter flowers. $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. CARNATION LIZZIE McGOWAN-51.50 per dozen; $12,00 per 100. NEW GERANIUM SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The most striking novelty in Geraniums that has ap- peared in years. $10.00 per 100. CANNA EHEMANNI-Strong, $S.oo per 100. CANNAS. in eight best varieties, $4.00 per ico. DAHLIAS— Strong field grown roots, in 100 best sorts, $6.00 per 100. CALADIUM ESCULENTUIVI-7 to lo-inch, $7.00 per ico. 5 to 7-inch, $5.00 per 100. AZALEAS— Fine plants with well shaped crowns, from $25.00 to $40 00 per 100. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA— All sizes from 4 inches to 3 feet high. HYDRANGEAS— OTAKSA, HORTENSIA, THOS. HOGG, ALBA FIMBRIATA and RAMIS PICTA, in large supply. An immense stock of ROSES, GERANIUMS, NEW BEGONIAS and other Florists plants. Full assortment HARDY SHRUBS. RHODODENDRONS, CLEMATIS, Etc. ORNAMENTAL and FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES and SMALL FRUITS by the million. If you have not received Spring Catalogue and Florist's Trade List, send for them-FKKE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., F»^iixes-ville, X^£ik:e Co., Olaio. *5#CARNATI0NS.^ GR.\CE WILDER, QUEENS SCARLET or PORTIA, PEERLESS WHITE, HINZE'S WHITE, SNOWDON, Rooted Cuttings for Feb. and March delivery. $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Plants $4.00 per 100. 10 other new and old leading varieties. VERBENAS— Stock plants or rooted cuttings. Finest Verbena and Pansy Seed. Best strains Flow er and Vegetable Seeds. Catalogue free. C . e;. A^X^r^lBilS:, Brattleboro, Vt. COLEUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. HEALTHT and VIGOROUS. Eighteen varieties, including Golden Bedder, Golden Verschaffeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Firebrand, Peter Henderson, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, etc. ROOTED SAMPLES OF THE SET MAILED FOR 20 CENTS. Shipment any time. Send for Trade List. Fine, healthy VEBBENAS-Rooted Cuttings Feb. and March delivery. C A R N AT I Q N S for February delivery are nen rly exhaust- ed, but I can still supply a few thousand Hinze's White, Grace Wilder, and Portia. js.Ij'E'x.. Aa:c3:^xt.x3i>f:, .A.if>iaus, pto-i MY NKW SPECIAL OKFEK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS 13 now published and may be had on application. CHRYSANTH'S. 10 BEST FOR FLORISTS' USE, Ivory. Mrs. Geo. Bullock, L. Canning, Snowball, Excellent. W. U. Lincoln. Kioto. B. H. Filler, Mrs. EXHIBITION CflRYSflNTHEMUMS The PRIZE Winners of 1890, in three sets. (Sexad. for list;. IVI. A.. HXJJVT, TERRE HAUTE, IND. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. Choice collection of my Exhibition varieties for sale. SElsTD IFOR- C^»,.TJ^LOC3-TJE. XViXTi. Triolter, DOXUAN HILLS. LONG ISLAND, N. Y. Roses and GflRNfliioNS. I shall have for spring delivery a surplus stock ofplantsin2j4,3and4-in. pots, in in the very best condition, of the following roses: AMERICAN BEAUTY. DUCHESS OF ALBANY, MME. HOSTE. SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON, LA FRANCE, MERMET. PERLE DES JARDINS. BRIDE and NIPHETOS. And ol ^= CARNATIONS =- SILVER SPRAT, TIDAL WAVE, PORTIA, AND PRESIDENT DE GRAW. All of the above stock will be in first-class con- dition and guaranteed to give satisfaeiion . Orders booked now to be filled at any time desired. Price list on application. O. p. BASSETT, " Hinsdale, Illinois. «Sl>eoieil OdEfer, AnthemiE •• finest wl iriafl.pl..2in.p ■and blue. Mn. I A. GIUDINGS, DauvUle, lU. 394 The American Florist. Cleaning Brick Flues. For the benefit of C. P. anil others I will give nav method of cleaning brick flues. I take ofl'two or three bricks from the top of the Hue at a distaiicc ot ten or twelve feet from the furnace, stull into the tlue a lot of straw or paper which has been saturated with oil, recover the flue all but one brick, set fire to the straw or paper, clap on the last brick and the job is done. The soot will be burned out clean. The object of starting at a distance from the furnace is to get past the ashes into the jiurc soot, which burns readily when tired in this way. The hole in the flue must be immciJiatelycovered to avoid filling the house with smoke. Hugh Hoi,i..\nd. llRn.\NA, O.— Charles H. Murphey, the florist and nurseryman, died on the 13th at his home in this city, aged 76 years. He was born in Scotland, came to Amer- ica when 21 years of age, speut ten or twelve years in Cincinnati, and took up his residence in this city in 1849, where he has since remained. He was succeeded in business last summer by his sous R. H. and Walter, under the firm name of C. H. Florists' Letters Emblems, Monograms, Etc. Tlie?e letters and designs aremadeofthebestlmmor- telles, wired on wood or metal frames, having holes i-plcljs, by which they listened to the design, them a trial. Tou will cuted to the fullest Send for Sample. ■.'-in. purple per 100. $3.00 Postage, locts. per 100. W. C. KRICK, 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn. N.Y. H. BAYEH 8. SCHMII). JAMES ViCK, Rochester, N. Y SIMMEBS. Toronto, Ont. N. Chicago, HI.; & Co.. Phila.. Pa.; Kdwah ■ Association Flora, Boskoop, Holland. HOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3 000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Pjeo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address P. OUWERKERK, P.O. Box 1845, NEW YORK CITY. Catalogue on application. Mention AmericsD Florllt. DREER'S HENRY A. DKEER, I'hiladelpliia erioan Florist. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PAOIETTOS. FOR DECORATIONS Write to SAVANIVAH, GA. PORE^^NATURALoSHEEP ^.MANURE. The lichest and most nutritious focd for plants, seeds, etc., used in the pulverized or li(|uid form the results are marvelous. In the culture of Mushrooms it can not be equaled. Hundreds of testimonials from well known growers. WM. ELLIOTT &, SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, N. Y. LITTLE'SANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. ThlE>ivi^^ C01sr3DUCTEI3 BY F. LINDEN, LUCIEN LINDEN, EM. RODIGAS, AND R. A. ROLFE. Tbe Colorea Plates by the celebrated artists, P. DE PANHEMAEKEB, A. GOOSSEITS, and O. TEVEBEYUS. An American edition of the "I.INDKNIA" will be published regularly on the FIRST OF EACH MONTH, and issued in half yearly volumes, each of which will form an Album of beautiful portraits, executed in natural colors, of NEW, RARE or popular species, or hybrids of Orchids. 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Ai|vertliiln(tR»t6>. •to.:!S(> Aldlne I'rIntInK Wks »U Allen (;k |ilB Assoc'lfttron Kiorii . . . .:«« llHrtmrd W W *Co...:»8 B«BsettO P :aM BaTersdorfer U A CO.SSM BergerllH&Co ;» Blnley A J ?93 BonsH IJosE 3U0 BoxJobnR 390 BraokenrldKB 4 Co . .. .3S9 BragueLB 394 Burns & Raynor 387 Burpee W Atlee &C0.888 Burrow J Q 389 Carman RW 39» ChlttyHB 392 DeVeerJ A 390 Dlei.JobnL., 4C0....395 nnion, J. L 387 :«i DlngeeJtConardCo . . . Mi Dreer. H. A ....38S)ai0 3- U", Ifol. ¥1. CHICAGO AND HEW YORK, JANUARY 29, 1891. Ho. 139. liHiiE Liifmmwim fmm^ PC'BLISHED EVKKV THURSDAY BY The AMERICAN Florist Company, AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists CHAMBBRS, Toronto, Ont.. Florists' Hall Associatii iDBures ffreenhouses against da JOHNS. . BSLER, Secretary, Saddle Kiver. N. J. Florists' Protective Agsoeiatic American Ohrysanthe John Thorpe, Pearl Rlv CONTENTS. Notes from Canada 397 Carnations — Blooms cut Sgii — Hinze's White and Wilder 398 — Carnation "Daybreak" (illustration). . . .399 —The Lamborn carnation 399 —Hinze's White 399 — Chicago notes 400 — Best carnations 400 Chrysanthemums , . . * 400 — Best pink and bronze sorts 400 — The '"chrysauthal etymon" again 400 Floriculture in the south 400 Fancy caladiums (with illustration) 401 New York floral notes 401 New York 402 Boston 402 Toronto, Ont 402 Washington 402 Specimen plant of candytuft (illustration). . . 403 Baltimore 403 News notes 403 Catalogues received 4c6 Crude oil for fuel 406 The seed trade 408 Cost of water supply 410 Failure of Lilium Harrisii 410 Chicago 412 Foreign notes 414 The proprietors of the Madison Square Garden, New York City are mak- ing arrangements to give a competitive exhibition of chrysanthemums next fall. They send us a printed list of subscriptions toward premiums, the amount sofarsub- scrihcd fcK.Uug up a little over $2,000. Aiiioiii; tin- suljscribers are some of the wealthiest citizens of New York. Notes From Canada. BT WM. FALCONER Toronto is a beautiful city with every evidence of tlirilt, industry and progress. It is governed by a mayor and thirty- nine aldermen, and has the reputation of having the jnirest and most exemplary government of any city on the continent, nevertheless its rulers are facetioush- known as "The Forty Thieves." The city fathers are heartily in favor of park and garden decoration and are exerting themselves in carrying out the beautifica- tion of the citj- grounds, not only in public places but around the several gov- ernment institutions. And thej' have already acquired extensive tracts of land for park purposes and pride themselves upon the fact that, in proportion to their population, they have a greater acreage of park lands than has any other cit)' in the country. And still they cry for more. But this cry is for park and garden spaces within the city in its most thicklj' settled parts. They believe, and surely we heartily concur with them, that now is the time to acquire these central breath- ing garden spots, and not after the land doubles or quadruples in value and san- itary reasons shall compel its purchase by the park department no matter at what price. The city greenhouses, rather limited in extent, are filled with a miscellaneous assortment of plants, winter as well as summer blooming, and man\' bedding plants. Calanthes and cypripediums were in flower in an orchid house; a Marechal Niel rose was in full bloom as a trellis vine, and epacrises, coronillas, brachy- semas, eupatoriums and other boyhood's favorites reminded us of the gaj- con- servatories of England. A big and bushy plant of Pandanus Veitchii was coveted by some of us who estimated its worth by the amount of cuttings it would yield. My attention was directed to a large number of "hybrid" echeverias in one of the greenhouses. Evidently they were crosses between Cotyledon gibbiflora metallica and C. secunda glauca major or other vigorous purple anti green or glaucous-green kinds, and displaj'ed a large variety in form and color of foliage. Sempervivumcalcareum was also grown in quantity and under the name of S. Californicum. The name Californicum is wrong, there is no such a name among sempervivums, it is simply a catalogue corruption of calcarcum. Furthermore, this species is a native of the calcareous mountains in the southwest of France; and no sempervivum of any kind is indi- genous to California. Sereno Watson in his "Botany of California" mentions the common European houseleek.S.tectorum, as "often found half wild about old houses," nevertheless it is not native to the countrv. Mr. Dunlop's rose growing establish- ment is near the out edge of the city and consists of se\-eral hip-roofed greenhouses over 100 feet long, constructed upon the newest and most approved plan and heated by steam. To us all this was a general surprise. Not only were we astonished to find such an extensive and well appointed estabhshment in Toronto, but the cleanness, thrift, vigor and gen- eral excellence of the roses were not sur- passed by anything in the States, and this was publicly emphasized by Mr. J. Dean and Mr. J. N. Alay at the banquet in the evening. His last built house is 14-0 feet long, hip-roofed and glazed with double-thick, French glass, 16x16 inches square. In glazing the glass is butted together, not overlapped as is the case generally, and held in place by battens screwed dovi-n over the sash bars. The glass is not bedded in putty. When the panes are perfectly square, say 16x16, there are better chances to get perfectly matched tight fitting edges than would be the case were the panes 12x16, or any other un- equal size. These roofs I am assured are almost perfectly water tight, that is, while they may leak a few drops at the beginning of a shower of rain, after a few minutes the drip stops altogether; and they have two other advantages, namely, there is no darkening of the roof caused by dirt gathering at the laps, and never any drip inside from condensed moisture on the glass, the water runs down the glass surface without a check as it would meet in the case of lapped glass. When a pane of glass gets broken the battens are unfastened and the broken pane knocked out and the other lower panes are then pushed up to fill the vacancy and the new pane introduced at the bottom and the battens screwed down again. There is nothing new about this system of glaz- ing, but I must admit that I have always been a little prejudiced against it. But here the fact stands boldly out, however, that it is both economical and effectual, and as Mr. Dunlop's older greenhouses are also glazed in this same way, if he didn't believe it to be the best of all methods of glazing greenhouses he cer- tainly would not have adopted it again in his new houses. His sash bars are of clear white pine and grooved to carry oft" drip, and under the ventilators he also has grooved troughs to carry off the drip. His benches are in regulation order, that is, there is a front and back bench raised well up to the glass, and a wide sloping bench in the center with a single plank running lengthwise in the middle to walk upon. The bottom of the benches are of tamarack (American larch) which is said to be very durable under such cir- cumstances; and the soil is about four inches deep upon the benches. The ventilators are worked by patent 39^ The American Florist. Jan. 2g^ gear. A cool temperature, probablj- 55° or thereabout is maintained, and this is apparent in the stout stock}' nature of the plants and their fine foliage. Tobacco stems are strewn along the pathways, and by a very simple arrange- ment a" moveable iron pipe '.•.> inch in diameter by about a footlongisaffixedto the steam pipes here and there along the pathways for steaming tobacco stems in the interest of greenfly. A common barrel is filled with tobacco stems and through a small hole near the bottom the steam jet is introduced and the steam turned on for a short time. This is done in the morning ratherthan in the afternoon, for it is not well that the foliage should be wet when night sets in. I observed he had also a zinc vessel about as big as a barrel for steaming the tobacco stems in. Uunlop's Golden Perle Rose. Some beautiful blossoms of a golden yellow flowered sport of Perle were exhibited in the Executive Committee room by Mr. Dunlop, and they commanded general admiration. We also saw the plants growing and blooming in Mr. D.'s green- houses, and they seemed to be perfectly "fixed" in character and asfree in growth and flowering as the tj'pieal Perles. Sunset Rose.— Mr. S. Tidy, the Yonge street florist, says: We regard Sunset as one of the finest roses in the market; our customers are very fond of it, in fact, we can not get enough of it. Mr. E. G. Hill brought bunches of his new carnations from Richmond, Indiana. They were large, fine blossoms and much admired. Mrs. Harrison, white, pencilled with pink; Indiana, blush streaked with pink; Annie Wiegand, blush-pink, and George Hancock, Fred Dorner, H. E. Chitty and Edwin Lonsdale, all described in the Florist January 15, page 360, were the most pdmired. And I am glad to find so eminent an authority as Mr. Hill concur with me in myexperience that in order to have good carnations we have got to keep up new varieties. Vari- eties soon run out. This is myexperience anyway. Take E. G. Hill which three years ago was one of the finest carna- tions I ever grew, large, massive and prolific; to-day it is hardly worth any thing. Charles Henderson too has gone back on me and Mrs. Marshall has lost its vigor. On the other hand I never had Petunia as fine as it is with me this year. Mr. Falmer.of Buffalo, looks upon Silver Spray as the gem oi the race. Hurry up John with your big four-inch fellows. In well grown specimens of Gibbonsii one may even get that now, but it's a late blooming, one-crop carna- tion and I don't think can be grown with profit by the florist. Callicarpa purpurea is a hardy shrub of neat, low growth, and whose branches in the fall are closely covered with clus- ters of small, glossy violet-blue berries that hang on for many weeks and are strikingly attractive. Friend Temple, of Davenport, Iowa, tells me he bought some of these callicarpas for 25c or there- about a piece and grew them on through the summer in pots. In the fall he had a chrysanthemum show on his own ac- count, and he arranged these brilliant berried callicarpas, scarlet and purple salvias and other seasonably handsome plants among his chrysanthemums, and the effect was both telling and pleasing. "And I sold everything," he told me, "the callicarpa bushes at $5 a piece. It's so, and let me tell you those callicarpa bushes were so handsome I could hardly bear the idea of parting with them even at that price!" Shrubby veronicas (V. salicifolia and its varieties) were other plants Mr. Tem- ple had in good bloom at chrysanthemum time and sold "like hot cakes." They are easily raised and easily grown, but they are not hardy; they can be safely win- tered, however, in a deep cold pit or frame, but it is well to keep up a young stock of them from cuttings every year. Now, while it would not pay our wholesale flower growers to devote their attention to this sort of thing, there is money in it to th<" country florist who runs a plant and flower business and does a local trade. Get up beautiful plants, well grown and stocky, and pre- sent them to the people in an attractive form, and you will get rid of them at satisfactory rates. The average people don't know plants and don't know what they want, if, indeed, they want any- thing, and it is just here that your mis- sion comes in — provide you the supply, and if the supply is appropriate and attractive it will create the demand. Begonia incarnata grandiflora. Mr. Palmer, of Bufl'alo, grows this variety and tells me, in face of it, the typical in- carnata is not worth growing. Carnation Blooms Cut. I was much interested in a perusal of Mr. H. E. Chitty's letter in your issue for January 8, as to the number of flowers he had cut from a certain number of plants of his favorite variety Lamborn during the months of October, November and December. Yourcorrespondent appears to be pleased with the quantity of blooms he has been able to cut, and more than satisfied with the pecuniary results. I am not sure whether he considers his crop of flowers an extra large one, but from the tenor of his letter I would imagine he does. Perhaps it may not be altogether out of place for me to give you my own statistics from a batch of plants less than half as numerous as Mr. Chitty's. I have this winter devoted a new house 100x20 feet to carnations, with solid bed down the center and side benches. This house holds 1,700 plants, from 1,500 of which I have been cutting blooms since the beginning of October. I find by re- ferring to my note book and sales returns that I have shipped the following blooms: during October 5,520, November 8,370, December 10,790, or a total of 24,680 flowers. Three fourths of these have been long stemmed. In addition to the fore- going numbers I have used a considerable quantity of carnations for mixing with small assortments of other flowers, and of these latter I have kept no tabulated account. I am justified therefore in put- ting my total crop at 25,000 flowers, and in doing this I am aware that 1 am under-estimating rather than over-reach- ing the figures. During Christmas week alone I cut 4,000 blooms which were all long stemmed with the exception of 350 white ones. I expect to be able to cut quite 9,000 additional blooms during the current month. I grow all the leading market varieties, some of which are the reverse of free blooming; did I but restrict myself to such a white variety as say Mrs. Fisher, I would be able to cut an average of quite 500 more flowers per week. As to the quality of my blooms comparisons are said to be odious, but "seeing is believing," and I am perfectly satisfied that an inspection of my carna- tion house will prove to any one that it will compare favorably with any in New England, or I would refer them to Welch Bros., Boston. Mr. Chitty makes a good deal of the fact that in three months he cut "within a mere shade" of 10,000 bloomsfrom3,500plants. I ought there- fore to feel satisfied at having been able to cut over 25,000 flowers from 1,500 plants in the same time. To put the matter in a nutshell, Mr. Chitty's plants have borne at the rate of something less than one bloom permonth each, while my own have averaged con- siderably over five; had your correspond- ent's plants been as floriierous as mine he would have been able to cut not the rather insignificant number he tells us of, but "within a mere shade" of 60,000. If, however, he is satisfied— as his letter would seem to show— I have no reasons for feeling at all despondent. William Nicholson. Framingham, Mass., Jan. 17, '91. Hinze's White and Wilder. In the number of your journal for Jan- uary 8 appeared a very interesting article from Mr. Chitty, in which he congratu- lates himself upon having abandoned the long tried and well known old carnation Hinze's White in favor of Lamborn. H Messrs. Chitty, May and Craig could see our Hinze's and Wilders we are satisfied they wotild have some doubt as to the wisdom of his action. We have an old rattle-trap of a house twelve years old.poorlj- built and heated, and about ready to fall down. It is 25x100 and contains 3,100 plants of Wilders and Hinze's which were planted the first week in October last. The vari- eties are about equal in number. From October 1 to January 1, three months, we picked 25,000 buds, a small majority were Wilders and a very large majority were long stems, short stems being the exception. Several hundred plants, counted carefully to-day, gives us an average of eighteen flowers on the Hinze's White and eight on the Wilders. Some of the Wilders have twenty-five buds on them, and the Hinze's as high as fifty. While these last figures are exceptions, a very conservative estimate by disinter- ested florists who have inspected the plants, is that there are anywhere from 40.000 to 75,000 buds in sight to-day on the 3,100 plants. We would be very happy to have the three above named gentlemen estimate the number of buds in the house. We have hundreds oi plants with from 30 to 70 flowers and buds, and would like some one in the trade who is an authority on carnations and a correspondent of the A. F. to see these plants. Mr. C. finds fault with Hinze's because too much time elapses between crops. We do not agree with him liere. This house was planted in the same manner, with the same kind of stock in September 1889, and produced from 2,000 to 3,000 buds per w-eek until April. But vip to that date, six months, we had a record of 50,000 buds. We kept no record thereafter, but they bloomed profusely all summer, and we supplied not less than 10,000 carnations per month to florists in Philadelphia until October, when the house was replanted as it was one year ago and it is doing to-day just as it has been doing for one vear. Out of 40,000 cuttings put in since i8gi. The American Florist. 399 Carnation Daybreak. December 1, 36,000 are well rooted and a majority of them sold. We do not get such prices as Mr. C. does or we would also build iron houses. Our carnations are all wholesaled except- ing about 15 per cent and since a ma- jority of the blooms are Wilders, which average nearly three cents, and the Hinze's two cents, not to forget our 1,000 at Christmas for more than three cents, a few hundred Wilders for four cents and a few we caught on to, like Mr. Chitty did, at 75 cents per dozen, we are satisfied our pinks have averaged us a fraction over $2 per hundred, or be- tween $500 and $600, a pretty good showing for $18 worth of coal consumed and a very shaky house, which by the way we will have photographed and a copy forwarded to you. To date the Wilders have been the most prolific bloomers with all the indications in favor of Hinze's for the near future, but if this year is a repetition of last year the Grace Wilders will get their record up later on. We have been growing carna- tions this way for years, but were not aware we were such successful growers until we saw Mr. C.'s figures. Our ideal carnation is not that pictured by Mr. Thorpe's fertile imagination a short time ago. We do not hanker for dollar carnations. Imagine the energy exhausted in producing the carnations Mr; Thorpe dreams of! In conclusion we would say to all inex- perienced beginners in our craft, do not catch on to too many nevv- things and never discard an old one until j-ou have grown the new one on trial on a small scale, and a satisfactory trial at that. We know a few old beginners that this is not bad advice to. We bought our ex- perience when green in the trade to the tune ol $500 per year, and often discov- ered our most fatal errors were in seeking after new things and discarding old ones unjustly condemned through ignorance and insufficient trial. As long as Hinze's White will give us 2,000 blooms per week from 3,000 plants and its keeping qual- ities are such that we can hold them for a long time for emergences and then sell them to the satisfaction of the purchaser, even though they travel 1,500 miles by express, we do not feel satisfied to dis- place such a faithful long tried old servant for a stranger. DeWitt Bros. Bristol, Pa. Carnation "Daybreak." The introducers, Messrs. W. P. Sim- mons & Co., describe it as follows: Flowers are of largest size, very double and full in the center, petals thick and heavy, and flowers last well. The color is a beautiful and delicate flesh with no salmon shading and is entirely distinct from Grace Wilder or anj' other variety now in cultivation. The Lamborn Carnation. En. A.M. Florist.— Mr. Grove P. Raw- son in the Florist for Januaiy Sth, in- quires about the keeping qualities of car- nation Lamborn, which of course is a very important matter, especially in cases where the grower depends entirely upon his shipping trade. The few hundreds of this variety that I have shipped were sent to Messrs Hammond & Hunter and John Young of New York, and I iiave not heard anything from these gentlemen either one waj' or the other about the flowers so shipped. Peihaps they can give some information on the subject. The bunch of this \ariety which I now send to your oflice by express to day was gathered with a lot more last Friday, January 16th and have been in my flower cellar until now, and I find them much improved by being in the cellar a few days. I hope the bunch sent will arrive in such condition as will enable j'ou to form an opinion of both the keeping and shipping qualities of this variety. H. E. Chitty. Paterson, N. T [The flowers reached us on the 22nd, in splendid condition, and still very fragrant.— Ed.] Hinze's White. While the new varieties of carnations are many of them possessed of merit, j'et thej' must prove worthy indeed to be able to take the places entirely of our old standard sorts. Mr. Chitty writes of the Lamborn, an excellent new carnation, vet it is a question whether in the hands of the average grower it would prove so superior to Hinze's White as to warrant usin throwing out the latter entirely as Mr. C. has done. The Lamborn is un- questionally a fine plant; flovi'er large, a ver3' clear white and prolific, but as I have seen it grown it lacks the apparent strength of the Hinze's. In a house here at Bristol, De Witt Bros, arc growing Hinze's White to perfection. The house is planted with this white and Wilder and contains about 3,100 plants, the Hinzes I think being in the majority. They are in solid beds and on side benches. From the time they were brought in, October 1, the growers have been cutting immense crops of flowers from them, but kepi no record up to November 25th; from that date to December 25, one month, the house yielded 7,000 cut blooms as reg- istered, though it is supposed that many small cuts for retail trade were not put down at all. The plants at this time show no loss of buds, the Hinze's bearing from fifteen to fifty buds each: one grand plant that I examined had fifty two ap- parent buds, though a number had already been cut off. The flowei s of the 400 The American Florist. Jan. 2g, Hinzc'sWhiti-, when liillv matured, arc olagood whiU- color and llie majority oftliVm wdl iiRas.Mv two and one lialt" incliis ill diamitcr. 'I'lic ti'minratnrf on these plants is never :i high one, ami not Imving been forced they arc in ]>crfcct health and from all appearances will he likelv to keep up their bloom all winter. The' Portia also does well with these growers, one plant shown nie in another house containing seventy-three apijarent Inids. Harry Chambrrs. Chicago Carnation Notes. J. F. Klimmer of Oak Park, says Silver Spray is by far the best white carnation grown around Chicago. He has seen it doing well in all kinds of soil. He had to give up Hinze's White as he could not grow it successfully. His soil is a light black sandv one. He considers Tidal Wave the best colored carnation he has ever grown. He grows Buttercup, which grows and blooms quite well with him, though an occasional plant has a mysterious way of going back on him at times. He Hkes J. R. Freeman. With him it is a large flower and opens something like Tidal Wave. He tried Golden Gate this season. It has grown well but the blooms burst and it hasn't bloomed free enough to be very profitable. He has tried Lamborn and Swayne but will throw them both out as he can't get any satisfaction from them. Century pays him well for an early carnation. Christmas does well and promises to be better than Grace Wilder later in the season. He finds that Grace Wilder pays him well before the holidays but after that he prefers Christmas. About February 1 he will throw out his plants of Century and Grace Wilder as they don't pay him for the space occupied after that date. P. Blaumeiser & Son of Niles Center consider Silver Spray the best white car- nation taking everything into considera- tion. They tried Lamborn this season and like it. It is dwarfer in growth than Silver Spray and has done very well with them. They can't do anything with Grace Wilder, but are favorably impressed with Tidal Wave. Mr. Boettner of E. Weinhoeber & Co says he Hkes Silver Spray but that Hinze's White is by far the best white carnation with them. This season Hinze's White came into bloom the first of any of their carnations and has continued steadily in bloom ever since. This variety is not a cropper with them. He says they cut more and better flowers from Hinze's White than from Silver Spray. They grow no other whites than the two named. Grace Wilder is their most profitable carnation. With them it blooms exceed- ingly •free. From a given space devoted to Grace Wilder they have cut fully twice as many flowers as from any other car- nation occupying the same amount of space. Their soil is rather heavy. They grow Portia and Garfield, but Portia gives rather small flowers, and Garfield comes into flower too late to be satisfactory. They have never yet had Garfield in full flower till February. They grow Sport or Emperor of Mo- rocco for a dark one, and they consider this the best of the crimsons. six varieties for a new beginner. If he confines himself to four varieties we think he will succeed better. I'or all purposes. combining the distinct colors, abundant flowers, long stems and easy culture, Hinze's White, Grace Wilder, Anna Webb and Portia have always succeeded the best under mv observation. Bristol, Pa". Thomas Rri-wkr. Best Bronze and Pink Sorts. The following in replv to the qnerv by A. E.: Six good pink chrysanthemums for anj' purpose, covering the season: M. E. Nichols, Ada Spaulding, Miss M. Wheeler, Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. Hicks Arnold, John Lane. Nine good bronze, covering the season: Wm . Robinson ( Magicienne) , Source d 'Or, Mrs. Bowen, Coronet, W. W. Coles, G. F. Moseman,M. Ed. Andre, Carry Denny, Mrs. A. C. Burpee. Standard chrysanthemums are plants having clean stems not less than two feet in height before the heads of the plants are formed. John Thorpe. I note enquiry for six best bronze and pinkchrysanthemumsfor florists' use and would suggest the following, being all free and large flowers, of strong and healthy habit: PINK. BRONZE. tMrs. D. D. Farson fMrs. H. A. Pennoek *Ada Spaulding Mrs. J. J. Bavlis Mrs. I. Clark E. G. Hill *Royal Aquarium fW. W. Coles *J. R. Pitcher Mrs. A. C. Burpee Violet Rose. *S. B. Dana tLate. *Early. T. H. Spaulding. Best Carnations. A. S. L. on page 360 of American Florist asks which are the best four or "The Chrysanthal Etymon" Again. Some time since there appeared in these columns an article signed "Connecticut" in which the writer asserts that the dom- inant root element of chrysanthemum is taken from a Greek word meaning trans- verse. I do not know what Greek word he refers to, but I do know the word that is usually accepted viz. chrysos-yeWovi . In regard to the statement of the writer of the article referred to that the Greeks applied the name chrysanthemum to cer- tain plants having a erossway arrange- ment, I can only say, that in consulting Dioscorides, the oldest Greek at hand, I find the name applied to one of the com- positjE, to a plant having a very close resemblance to our chrysanthemum. I. F. COWELI.. BuffVilo, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1891. Floriculture in the South. The queries in Januarys issue in regard to southern floriculture could be more satisfactorily answered if the southern florist had indicated in which state he lives, as the climate differs a great deal according to locality; however, I will briefly give my views on the subject suit- able to this latitude. In regard to the construction of the houses I prefer the full span roofed, the width and height to be governed bj- the stock to be raised in them; it is not so necessary here to build them as light as they are north, because we usually have plenty of sunshine during winter, still for rosesi of course prefer them light. The ventilators ought to run the full length of the house, and if possible on both sides of the ridge, about three feet deep; build the liouses so they slojjc to the east and west, at least I find that our houses so eonstrncted produce the best stock; make the pitch about -t5 degrees. In regard to heating I dare hardly venture to give advice for fear of being contradicted on this important question, but as I have had experience with both steam overhead and underneath, and hot water in large and small pipes, 1 do not hesitate in recommending the hot water system un- derneath in 2-inch pipes under pressure. Carnations cannot be grown at a profit if you are to buy the plants fi-oni the north, because if they are shipped with clumps the express charge is too exorbi- tant, and if the soil is removed and they have been in transit several days they will never recuperate. In this locality carnations can nor be grown outdoors on account of the heat and dry atmos- phere; while I have seen them successfully grown in the open ground in Atlanta, still, they were not to be compared with those grown in New Jersey or elsewhere. By keeping them in pots during summer aiid planted in frames during September and shaded with lath frames, fair success may be had, but I have abandoned their cultivation. Violets are extensively grown around here in all private yards and need no protection, but to secure nice flowers on long stems they must be planted in frames, as well as pansies, daisies, etc. Cut roses are a specialty with us. I plant them on raised benches in the be- ginning of July, shading the glass, which bv the way is done on all the houses, and keeoing the paths constantly wet, con- sequently plank walks are preferable for tidiness' sake; syringe morning and even- ing, and guard against the leaves being scorched. I have never tried to plant roses in the open ground and cover the space in the fall, I don't think it advisable because the red spiders are apt to appear, while under glass they can be kept down by frequent syringing. Azaleas, camellias, cycas and such are better kept in an open frame ht/use, shaded by lath and pro- tected during winter by cloth; in such houses a flue can be used to advantage in case of severe weather. C. A. D. Macon, Ga.,Jan. 12. Aralias. These include many very handsome foliage plants of moderate growth, sev- eral species of which may be classed among available plants for decorative work. The aralias are a widely spread family, representatives being found in many jiarts of the globe, and in consequence we find widely different treatment necessary for the various species that are used for ornamentation, at least in regard to the degree of heat required, and also in methods of pro])agation. In the matter of soil most of the species are not specially fastidious, providing it is not of too heavy a character, and therefore a moderately rich, sandy mixt- ure is found to give a good result in most cases. As the species to which reference will be made are with one or two exceptions of i8gi. The American Florist. 40 ] FANCY CALADIUM. comparatively dwarf haljit, it will be found best to renew the stock from time to time in order that nicely furnished young plants may be had, say in 4- to 6-inch pots, these being the most useful sizes for window boxes and table dec- oration. Probably the most useful, and certainly one of the most elegant, is .V. Veitchii, a South Sea species now well known in commerce. It is of slender habit and bears quite large, though finely divided digitate leaves, the latter being dark green on the upper side and dull red be- neath. Unfortunately A. Veitchii is a very slow rooter, and grafting is usually resorted to as a means of increase, k reticulata being considered tlie best stock to use for this purpose, though if the latter species is not at hand A. Guilfoylei will answer very well. Another handsome species of somewhat similar characteristics to A. Veitchii is A. elegantissima, which also has digitate leaves and very narrow leaflets, the latter being brownish green in color with a light colored midrib. This species is also best increased by means of grafting, and when grafted low on the stock makes a very graceful little plant, though possibly not able to endure quite such hard usage as the first named. A. Guilfoylei is another warm house species from the same quarter of the globe as the preceding, viz.: the South Sea Islands, but is a much stronger grower. The leaves of A. Guilfoylei are pinnate, the leaflets being quite broad and mar- gined with cream color. This is a decidedly handsome plant and of rapid growth, and has the additional qualification of being quite easy to in- crease by means of cuttings, single eyes with a leaf attached usually rooting in a few weeks if placed in a propagating frame. A. filicifolia is also a strong grower, and in habit resembles the last mentioned, but its pinnate leaves are without varie- gation, being light green in color and the leaflets much cut. This may also be readily increased by cuttings, and when nicely grown is a very pretty and service- able plant. A. leptophylla is another of the older species that deserves a place, its com- ])ound leaves having long narrow leaflets that are more or less pendent. The leaves of this species are dark green and the stems more or less mottled, the habit of the plant being naturally grace- ful, and though not extensively grown, yet deserves more general recognition. Among the cool house sorts the very well known and popular k. Sieboldii stands first, and deservedly too, this being one of the most satisfactory house plants, and apparently capable of withstanding as much hardship as an aspidistra. The best means of propagating this species is by seeds, these being freely pro- duced on an old plant, and as freely germinated, and seedlings make more shapely plants than those secured from cuttings. Some of the variegated forms of .\. Sieboldii are also very handsome and valuable for decorating, as they appear to be almost as tough as the type. \. papyrifera, the plant from which the so-called "rice paper" of the Chinese is made (the pith being used for this pur- pose) is also a useful plant, though the foliage is not so tough and hard as that of A. Sieboldii, still A. papyrifera finds a good opening in foliage beds during the summer, where its noble foliage makes a good contrast with finer leaved plants. This species is perhaps the easiest of all to increase, not only by means of seeds, but also by root cuttings, the latter forming plants as readily as bouvardias if put in sandy soil and placed in a mod- erately warm house. Both of the last mentioned species are also known under the generic name Fatsia, and may perhaps be more easily recognized by some reader under that title. The few examples to which attention has been called in these notes do not by any means exhaust the list, there being a number of more recent introductions that also possess great merit, for instance, .\. Chabrierii, A. Kerehovei, A. Victoria and others, but these are not as readily pro- cured as those formerly referred to and possibly have no greater decorative value to the ordinary florist. W. H. Taplin. Fancy Caladiums. These are very useful indeed for con- servatory decoration and when judi- ciously placed among small palms and ferns are very effective. The illustration is from a plant of the variety Bellini in a 4-inch pot, only six weeks after the starting of the tuber. It was grown at the greenhouses at Gar- field Park, Chicago. The tuber was three vears old. New York Floral Notes. White lilacs have appeared, are very ex])ensive, and are very beautiful. They charge $3.00 for a small bunch of these at the best floral shops on Fifth avenue and Broadway. Tulips have also come in of two colors, the common yellow tulip and the Cottage Maid, which is al- ways a favorite, especially with young ladies. Mrs. Odgen Mills gave a ball at her residence on the 12th and Mr. Hall, of S. J. Burnham & Co., arranged the dec- oration, which was greatly admired. The pictures were all removed from the parlors, and placques were inserted in their places, which were round and square, and were composed of adiantum and choice ferns with eattleyas placed upon them so as to show the various colors of these flowers. These orchids were a remarkable display of eattleyas, and their arrangement was very fine. The favors were fans brought from liurope last summer by Mrs. Mills herself. There were two hundred bunches of violets for the seventy ladies invited. These were placed on trays for the ladies to help themselves. Mr. Hall also used a considerable number of the Laing rose. .\ few Dutch hyacinths have appeared. These are a very handsome variety, and ot a rich purple color. They are extre- mely handsome mixed with the daffodils that are now freely usedbyalltheflorists, and were seen in great beauty at the second Patriarchs' ball, when the Klunder Co. made a fine decoration atDelmonico's. The Patriarchs' ball has this winter shown many Spring flowers, which the ladies attending have seemed to prefer. In fact, they have seemed to be Mr. Merritt's craze. A new basket called the four-leaf clover basket, which usually appears on a pedestal, has been ordered freely of the Hanft Bros. This basket hashad agreat run, and is certainly a very fine ornament if it is properly arranged to show the shape of the basket. Mr. Hanft had an order for five of these baskets which cost $100 each, but they take a great many flowers to fill them, and these must all be very choice. The basket is painted ;i remarkable blue, and is well suited to show off the colors of fine flowers. This firm got up the decoration for the Arion Club House ball which occured on Satur- day evening last. The lanterns on the prominent chandeliers were twined with fans, and flowers were interlaced through- out the garlands which bound these to- 402 The a mer i ca n F l ori s t. m'thir. fonsiikr.-ihlc I'lorlda moss was \lr\,in.Ki MoConncU is i)reparing the i.M iIr- Old C.uard ball, which will take iilacc on the 22d inst at the Metropolitan Opera House. This will be deeidedly a preen decoration, as there will be a great deal of laurel used, and num- berless palms. There will be a forest scene on each side of the staiie, and near the proscenium boxes will be cannon covered with low plants. The only flowers used will be bunches of American Beauty roses at each side of of the stage, which will be foui ieet in height. C. L. Doran made the decoration at Mrs. William T. Draper's dinner, which was a large basket of adiantums and American Beautj' roses, and a large one of these flowers for each lady. He made a boutonuiere, which was composed entirely of carnations, placed seven in a bunch, and put very close together with- out any foliage. This is a very pretty way of dressing carnations for bouton- uieres. At Mrs. Capt. Cook's reception on Monday afternoon, there were two large baskets of American Beauty roses placed on pedestals, and the mirror in the house, which is on the side of the parlors, was decorated with lilies and roses. Jan. 17. F. A. Benson. Specimen Plant of Candytuft. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph sent us by Mr. Emil Glau- ber, Montclair, Colo., the grower of the plant shown. He says the spikes meas- ured fiom four to seven inches in length. The plant shown is certainly very effective as a pot plant, and shows the possibilities in this direction with this plant, so useful at certain seasons for cut flowers, but rarely grown as a pot plant. New York. Business better and prospects much brighter. Flowers plentiful. The Florist Club has secured the Lenox Lyceum, Madison Ave. and 59th St., for the purpose of giving a flower show the week commencing April 7. A very in- fluential committee has been ap- pointed and great interest is be- ing taken by all concerned. The build- ing is new and especially adapted for ex- hibition purposes. The large hall is com- pletely round and beautifully decorated with carvings and the high dome is com- posed of a fine shaded glass that shows everything off' to advantage. There are several large hallways that could be used for hardy shrub decorations, and small rooms where exhibitions of house decorating can be given. It is expected that there will be great competition among the retailers at this show. Peach, apple, quince and forsythia blos- soms are uged extensively just now in decorations and they are a great attrac- tion. Lilac is plentiful and selling well, much of it being used as plants in decorating. Lilium Harrisii are veryfinethisseason. There are also some fine spikes of L. auratum to be seen around. Asparagus is very popular this season, being pre- ferred to smilax for fine work. Acacia has made its appearance and is as usual quickly disposed of. Ericas and epacris are here with "old country" visions about them. Freedman, of Long Island, has a fine collection of them in bloom at present and a visit to his place reminds one of Burn's "Land O'Heather." There are many new carnations out 1 his season. Carnations were never so plentiful, and are on the whole very fine. The following varieties have kept the lead here for general trade: Lady Emma, Hinze's White, Crimson King (improved). Buttercup, Grace Wilder and Hinsdale; while fancy trade has chosen Alexander, Harrison's, Tidal Wave, Andalusia, Lizzie McGowan and Shaefers. Perhaps the handsomest bouquet carried here this season was recently made by Klunder, for a society belle, and cost $75. It was composed of very light shaded cattleyas and phaltenopsis, asparagus tennissimus holding the flowers apart, whilst very delicate fronds of A. Farley- ense peeped from between the phak-enopsis. Around the outer edge between the catt- leyas a velvety lavender colored ribbon was interwoven. The handle was wrapped in lavender ribbon, whilst a large bow of broad (8 inch) ribbon of the same color, hung from the front. It was described as "a dream of loveliness." It is said on good authority, that Mr. Frank Hunter, the wholesale florist, has leased the Buchanan store, 37th St., and Fifth Ave., for a retail flower business. John Young. Boston. The month of January up to present time has been an unprecedentedly dull period for the cut flower trade. Never before has the price of roses been so low or the demand for them so light in mid- winter. Lent coming in so early as it does this yearmakes the situation doubly unfortunate for the rose growers. There has been very little demand for any thing in fact. Violets dropped to half price, carnations have been offered in large quantities at low prices although they have not suffered as much as the roses and violets. The weather has been reasonable and wintry enough to have brought about better results, and every- body is seeking forthe cause of the break. Bulbous stuff is not over plenty. Tulips which sold very poorly after Christmas are selHng rather better, and Roman hyacinths have somewhat recovered from the depression. Freesia is very abundant and the market is badly overstocked with it. Among the novelties are English primroses, gloxinias and heath, all of which are coming in in small quantities. The subject for discussion at the weekly meeting of the Mass. Hort. Society on January 24 was "Roses," the essay being delivered b_v Mr. J. N. May, of Summit, N. J. Mr. May was welcomed by the largest audience that has been gathered together for years to listen to a Saturday essay. His address was very interesting and drew out a spirited discussion. Noticeable especially was the large num- ber of ladies in the audience. One of the explanations offered for this is that they must have seen a picture of Mr. May somewhere. All S. A. F. members who ordered and paid for group pictures at the Boston convention who have not j'et sent in their names are requested to do so at once to Secretary Stevv-art. Please state whether it was the Hayes or the Hunne- well group which was ordered. Arrange- ments are being made to have all these orders filled. The man who took them has proved to be untrustworthv. W. J. S. Toronto, Ont. The Gardeners' and Florists' Club is getting down to business now in the matters of receiving the Society of Amer- ican Florists in August next and the flower show to be held at the same time. It is |)Ossible that the latter will be con- ducted both by the club and a society which has for years acted as a horticul- tural society; this matter has, however, not yet been finally decided, so that though we do not expect to be able to give our visitors such a treat as they had at Boston last year we think some of them will be very likeh' quite as much surprised to find us so far advanced in this "wooden country" as the Executive Committee of the S. A. F. were. Some injustice was done to Messrs. Spears & Mustoi:, (Deer Park, Ont.,) in the accounts of the banquet to the S. A. F. committee in their not being men- tioned as having supplied some of the roses used for the table decoration. Messrs. S. & M. really had there some of the best Brides and Mermets it would be possible to find on this continent. Mr. Dale's (Brampton, Ont.,) Woottons too were hardly done justice to in the papers, but you will probably hear more about them from other sources. Can any one tell me what is the matter with Tradescantia discolor as a decor- ative plant? Is it too easy to grow? I came across it the other day after having nearly lost sight of it for years. E. Washington. The demand foi cut flowers during the present month has been very active, but owing to the bright sunny weather the supply has more than equalled the de- mand and prices have not ranged as high as they did last year under a less fav- orable sky. Of official receptions the recent dinner at the White House given by the Presi- dent to the Cabinet was the most note- worthi". Symbolical and set pieces have been banished it would seem from the dining table this season. On this occa- sion the double I shaped table had at each end two superb plants of Cypripe- dium insigne so trained as to completely hide the pots, midway between large clusters of Bon Silenes as contrast. Lengthwise upon the center of the table was massed a row of eight plants of the same beautiful orchid, the pots com- pletely hidden by foliage, ha\ing the appearance of a densely packed bed of bloom, there being some two hundred perfect flowers in this piece alone. The two great mantels at each end of the room were banked, the one in white car- nations and hyacinths, the other in Meteors and red carnations, while por- tieres of lace were strung with smilax and asparagus. The most lavish floral decoration which has been witnessed here for many a year at a wedding was presented at the recent Andeuried Divonne nujitials. The church, which is one of the largest here, was literally converted into a garden of lilies and palms and vines. The sanctuary was draped in white bobinet pleated with a wide frieze around the top; irom this trailed artistically Asparagus tenuissi- mus and smilax. A cordon of lilies of the valley extended the entire length of the shelving of the altar. Palms were taste- fully placed at intervals from the lowest step in front of the altar to the upper- most plateau. Garlands of smilax and asparagus extended entirely around the inner walls of the church. Great placques of palmetto leaves were appropriately- arranged between the windows and graceful bright foliage plants served in every available space to impart attract- ive variety. At the house of the bride where a wedding breakfast was served, the floral decorations were no less elab- i8gi. The American Florist. 403 Specimen Plant of Candytuft orate, lilies, callas and palms predomi- nating. Every one remarked upon the exceptional display of floral skill and the profusion of superb blooms. There could not have been less than a thousand lilies and several thousand yards of smilax and asparagus required to carry out these decorations. The annual expenditures by the federal and local authorities upon the jiarks and public grounds of the National Capital aggregate upwards of $200,000, dis- tributed according to last year's appro- priations as follows: Improving Capitol grounds and terraces, $67,000; D. C. Park Commission, $20,000; Botanic Gar- den, $18,893; Agricultural Department Gardens, $18,920; Improvement and care of Public Grounds (approximated), $80,- 000, exclusive of office expenditures. The Department of Agriculture ex- pended in addition for purchase and dis- tribution of seeds $100,000, for the maintenance and improvement of a Zoo- logical Park $92,000. And for the pur- chase of land for a public park in the suburbs along Rock Creek, $1,200,000 were appropriated. Z. Baltimore. "Baltimore!" do I hear you say Mr. Editor? "Present, sir! 'Present and booming." Not only because we are to have rapit transit to bind our East End and West End together by a line of cable cars; nor that we are to have a ship canal that will make us 1,000 miles, more or less, nearer Liverpool than any other American port; nor that our farmers are preparing to plant the bottom of the bay and keep up our reputation as the head- quarters for bivalves; nor that we are getting so far ahead iu a floricultural way that one of our suburbs, Washing- ton, has a florist club of its own and is making a name and reputation only in- ferior to our own; but more than all these, and proving more clearly that we are in the fore front of progress is the contrast between the reports of our flo- rists and growers and the published reports from the other three or four big towns on the continent for the past few weeks. I read from New York, "Business for the past week has been very quiet;" from Philadelphia, "Trade for the past week has been very dull;" from Chicago, "Trade seems dead;" from St. Louis, "Trade is exceedingly slow;" and in com- parison with these I take the report of the manager of the Baltimore Florists' Exchange, "Trade has been very good, Romans and callas the only slow stock." Is not that cause for jubilation? Partic- ularly when we consider the increase in the amount of glass that is being run for our market during the past twelve months. One of our leading florists said last week, "Christmas trade was up to last year but New Years was way ahead." Another said trade was much the same as last vear, about $50 advance only, and taking the whole of the past four weeks, from Christmas to the 23d ol January, there does not seem to be one voice against the general verdict that trade is good, alive and booming. "There has been twice as much demand for orchid flowers in our market this year as last," says an orchid man. "Violets sell like hot cakes," says a violet grower, and so it goes all along the line, and the exhilar- ation of the scribe is made greater when he thinks "Now surely after all this our men will invite the S. A. F. next time." There is one suggestion that he hopes the gentlemen and ladies who have charge ofthe windows of our flower stores will permit him to off'er, it is "Don't let the windows of dry goods and millinery, clothingand toy stores form such really artistic displays; or, if you can't help it, surpass them." If in any city it is the practice to make a really drawing picture of a florist's window and change the same with anything like the skill and taste displayed by some other trades, we hasten to acknowledge our inferiority to that citvin that respect. It is an anomaly that the business that depends entirely on decorative effects should exhibit little or nothing in that line, a few roses and other flowers in bunches taking the place of what might easily be made a picture ol an elegantly decorated drawing room window, or a model window garden, or be filled with a scene from any one of the thousand festive occasions in human life where flowers and the skill of the florist seem indispensable. If you have taste brethren and sisters ofthe retail business, show it. It can not be that you are restricted to one way of decorating, and are afraid of giving it away to compet- itors, nor that you are afraid of the ex- pense, which need not be excessive. It paj'S those who do most of it in other trades. It will pay you. Try it. Mack. Recoi) RoCei*. Wasehnoton Heights, III.— B. Hustler has retired from business. Please erase his name from the directory list that no catalogues may be wasted. New Bedford, Mass.— The Gardeners' and Florists' Club is already considering the items of a premium list for a chrys- anthemum show next November. Bay Citv, Mich.- The Bay Countv Horticultural Society was organized here January 16. The officers are as follows: John Irvine, president; Ernest Frank, vice-president; T. J. Cooper, secretarv; C. W. Hull, treasurer. Trustees— William Keuther, E. R. Phillips and Charles Breit- meyer. Meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month. Springfield, Mass.— The Amateur Plor- ticultural Society will hold a rose and strawberry exhibition on June 16 and 17. Miller Brothers & Chapellis the new firm name of Miller Bros. Willis L. Chapell has been a member ofthe firm for over a year but the firm name has not been changed until this week. Business here is good, better than at any time since Christmas. Roses are good and plenly, violets fair,carnationsfine butnotplenty, bulb stuft'good and stock full with such as jonquils, Romans, paper white, freesias and a few tulips. Pittsburg.— A meeting of the Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' Club was held the evening of Thursday, January 22. Rules and by-laws were adopted and over 100 members were en- rolled. Preparations for an exhibition are already under way. There were some very interesting discussions and lively debates at the meeting. The name ofthe secretary of the club is Geo. Oesterle and not Asterley as given in last issue of the Florist. G. Ludwig's greenhouses in Allegheny were destroyed byfirethe night ofjanuary 21. The houses were par- tially insured. Loss on stock was about $1,500. The fire originated around the heating apparatus. 404 The a mer i c a x F l oris t. Jan. SITUATIONS. WANTS, FOR SALE. AdTeniftements nnderthlB head will be Inserted at JITUATION WANTEI)-By practlci * ttowergrower. Good references. Box 1, Central Valley. Orar SITUATION WANTKD-By a youns married ma as tlorUt to take chartfe of private place; ca bring good references: age 36. Addresa \Ku W. Division Street, ChicaKO, III. , Riverside. Coofe ( SITUATION WANTED-By a competent gardener and tlorlsl by the first of March or April. Long experience in all branches. Address Florist, p. O. Box dXl. Birmingham. Ala. SITUATION WANTED-By a practical gardener on private place; German, 40 years old; married. Best of references. Address M. F. Bauck. 812 S. Washtenaw Ave.. Chicago. SITUATION WANTBD-By February 15 or March l.as gardener or florist; 8 years' experience; best of references; have been in charge of present place 2 years. Address, stating salary. H.Olson. West End Greenhouses, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. SITUATION WANTED— By a first class aorist, thoroughly competent; private or commercial. tMrst class references: German; single; age 23 years. Only desires a change in a mc "- --- SITUATION WANTED-By a man. as gardener in first < mercial place. Experience in sober. Best of references. I Florist. Chicago. SITUATION WANTED— By March or April Ist. by a practical gardener and florist; coropetenlln all branches. Private place preferred. Good grower of roses generally, cut flowers, fruits, vegetables, also tropical plants; laying out choice i married. Good refer- to change climate. North Middle States preferred. Mention salary. Address years' experience; age c ■yYANTBD-A f floral decoration ;lass man for cut flower ■ .making updeslg Drawer il 5, Minneapolis W^ ANTED— A flrst-class florist, to tal set of houses; must understand l a and other cut flower plants; also holesale and retail market. Address AV W' iNTED-An packing department of large eferences and particulars to G G. Lock Box 1618. Philadelphia. WANTED-Clerk. One familiar with all the d( tails of office work of a nursery. Must be ten perate and steady. A permanentsituation atagoo salary will be given the right man. J. T. LovETT Co.. Little Silver. N. J. W^ NTBD-Active busine an interest in flrstcia greenhouses 100 ft. established, steam; well stoched and J. Cl w w^ ANTBD-Onec olsfallen Greenhouses, Sprindtleld, Ohii WANTED-An Intellieen who understands flow 3 Tennessee town housekeeping congenial peo- R, Box G, Chattanooga, Tenn fOK SALE— A coun For particulars FOB SALE-Floral del established business; unexpired lease; rentlow. Address Land. 944 P. O. Box, Philadelphia, Pa. Five greenhouses in town of 60,000, good shipping facilities, railroads leading in sixteen directions. One of the best openings tor a live, capable man. Property free from all Incumbrance. Some capital operty tree tr julred, good S' X Y : ^p: ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Eastern Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Stellata, Conspicus, Parviflora, etc. Tree S: Herbaceous Paeonias, Iris Ksenjp- feri ia newest magnificent coloring. Hardy Conifers, New sports of Retinosporas. MINIATURE JAPAN CONIFERS. Cycas Revoluta Stems greatly rer'uced. Araucarias, Tree Ferns, Bamboos. i Semi for Catalogue to H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. CI THE RAINBOW. n Cut blooms of "THE Rx\INBOW " bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Fiancisco market. Strong plants fiom out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SPECIAL FOR FLORISTS. About February 1st, we shall print a large eililian of circulars illustrating the Japan Snowball and the Red-Flowered Dogwood. For iforc ved previous l dress on them; Sample and prices on application. Every florist can sell a large number of these beauti- ful shrubs at very little expense, and the piofit on them will more than pay for the effort. The following from a New Jersey customer speaks for itself: ■■I atu meeting with good success in the sale of the J.AI'AN ^ ' ■ prospects are that I shall .send vou a large enty-three plants." GERMANTOWN. PHILA ■ sold ; ;t class floral establishment ntar San California Kine stock. Good trade. Nine greenhouses: modern appliances. Terms reasonable. For particulars, aadress E.MOKY E. SMITH. 331 Market .St., San Francisco. Cal. A. :BAieoAi:iv. Rare chance for an enterprising florist, having some capital. Large ho ne trade Leading ship- ping trade in S. E. Ohio Sales during first year will more than equat the purchase price. Land for sale or lea?e. Four houses stocked and ettuip- ped. Must sell for good reasons. K. 1,. KOETHEN. Zanesville, O. FOPe JSAIvEJ. The WaUerton Greenhouse and Market Gardens ng bearing raspber Dwarf Budded Roses. The stncb we offer thi,'* season i.^ in unusually line condition and inctudea all the leading varieties Anna de Diesbach, Mad. Gabriel Luizet Alfred Colomb. Mabel Mo'iison, Bareness Rothschild. Magna Charta. Baron de Bonstettin, Marie Bauman Boule de Neige, MTveille de Lyon, Capt Christy. Paul Neyron, Fisher Holmes, Prince de Rohan. G-n. Jacqueminot. Queen of Queens, John Hopper, Ulrich Brunner, Louis VanHoutte. White Baroness, La France. S12.00 per 100; Siiooo per loco A tine lot of Marechal Niels with can.,8 10 to IL> HENRY A. DREER. 714 Chestnut St . Philadelphia. — ) frcd^e:^. ( — We are now tak'uK orders for delivery alter March 1st, on the following varieties, a-lnch pots: Perles, Niphetos, Souv. d'un Ami, Cook. LaFrance. Bennett, Bride, Mermet, Wootton, Hoste and Beauty. Orders booked in rotation, and good stock guaran- teed. Reasonable prices given upon application. Address GEBMOND & COSQROVi:, Kocklaud County, SrAKKltL, N. Y. A very large stock ol young Roses of the lead- ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, E>. o. Hir^rv «ste CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A full line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF BEST STAPLES: ROSES. CARNATIONS, BEGONIAS, CHRYSANTHE- IVIUMS. ETC,. and_the_very best imported j8gi. The American Florist. 40 s THE NEW ROSE =gWABAN^ This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to LaFrance. The only objection to C. Mermet is its fre- quently pale, insipid color in cloudy weather; experi- ence has shown that the '^K!^ A.'^^ AS^ retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL of the Massachusetts Hortirultural Society; of the Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society, and Certificate of Merit from each of the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown, Ready for Distribution on April 15th, 1891. Orders booked now, will be filled in strict rotation. Extra good plants from 2y2-mch pots. From 4-inch pots. I Plant, $ i.oo 250 Plants, $100.00 i Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40.00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " 175-00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75.00 50 " 30.00 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 " 50.00 The following Agents hive been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. BOBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUCrHAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. STRONG AND HEALTHY ROSES S-lucli, best varieties, 100 or 1000. MARGUERITES; PETUNIAS; ABUTILON GOLDEN FLEECE; PRIMULA OBCON- ICA; AZALEA: CINERARIA Hyb. RIDA; ENGLISH IVY; GERMAN IVY; CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Rooted Cuttings Standard Vars. Write for prices. PROBST BROS. FLORAL CO., 1017 Broadway, KANSAS CITIT, MO. Mention Amerloan Florist. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettia Stock, offer the best re- sults to tlie florist bloomluB freely and iiivlng plenty -' *•■ 'or propagating quickly. Fine plants e 100 or 1000, at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston), MASS. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOOUE FREE. Over 150 pages illustratiiit; ami describiuK one of the largest and best assorted stocks of Seeds, Trees and Plants in the t). S. Best value for the money in our Tested Novelties and Special Low Priced Collecti(jn.s. 37 YEARS. 23 GREENHOUSES. 700 ACRES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. COLEUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. HEALTHY and VIGOROUS. Eighteen varieties, including Golden Bedder, Golden Verschaffeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Firebrand, Peter Henderson, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, etc. ROOTED SAMPLES OF THE SET MAILED FOR 20 CENTS. Shipment any time. Send for Trade List. Fine, healthy VERBENAS, in twenty-five varieties, named, fine, healthy stock, delivery February and later. _A.IjJS3t- l^o:^H.II33S, .^.iFkla-caSy Pi"« 4o6 The American Florist. Jan. 2g^ fLhiiE /ALK9iiiSii@Mi} lFo=@L@i!@ir $1.00 a Year. Aga Cash with Order. No Sperlul Position Guaranteed. iC0unts.6tinies, spercent; 13 times, 10 per c a6 times, 20 per cent; 52 limes, 3 > per cent. No reduction made for large space. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Catalogues Received. Cause & Bissell, Richmond, Ind., plants and seeds; Nanz&Neuner,Louisville,Ky., plants, seeds and bulbs; W. .\tlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, seeds; Welch Bros.,, Boston, florists' supplies; R. T. Lombard, Wayland, Mass., carnations and chrj'S- anthemums; John McGowan, Orange, N. J., carnations; Seven Oaks Ntirseries, Union Springs, Ala., plants and nursery stock; T. H. Spaulding, Orange, N. J., chrysanthemums; H. E.Chitty, Paterson, N. J., carnal ions; Pope & Bergman, Quedlinburg, Germany, seeds; Schultheis Bros., Steinfurth bei Bad Nauheim, Germany, roses; Wm. Toole, Baraboo, Wis., pansies; Thos. Meehan & Son, Germantown, Pa., novelties in nursery stock; Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines- ville, O., plants, seeds and nursery stock; Hugh Low & Co., London, England, plants; S. M. Baylis, St. Louis, Mo., nursery stock; Joseph Renard, ITnion- ville, Pa., carnations; H. G. Faust & Co., Philadelphia, seeds; James Yick, seeds- man, Rochester, N. Y., seeds and plants; J. A. Simmers, Toronto, Ont., seeds; Cole's Seed Store, Pella, la., seeds; Lud- wig & Richter, Allegheny, Pa May & Co., St. Paul, Mi; bulbs and seeds. plants Crude Oil for Fuel. I would like to ask of the readers of your paper why crude oil is not used more for fuel for heating greenhouses. It would seem that at the price of 50 or 60 cents per barrel it would be much cheaper and save hard work and keep an even fire. Will those that have had experience give their views in regard to it. Medina, 0. J. S. Warner. [The results of several experiments have already been given in these columns. That there are great possibilities in this direction is quite probable, and some are already using crude oil with satisfactory results. Still, as several accidents and fires have resulted from its use, others are naturally timid about experimenting with it. Again the amount of machinery necessary to properly feed the burner is quite a drawback. With all the burners which have been brought to our atten- tion an additional boiler is necessary to supply steam to feed through the burner with the crude oil. Several attempts have been made to devise a simple and inexpensive burner, but if success has been attained we are as yet unaware of ii..— Ed.] Those issuing catalogues and trade circulars should note the changes in our directory, which are given in our news columns. Important/aFlorists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of 100 pages is now being mailed to you. Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest and best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contains over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of synonj ms in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price I3 per 100. Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Our list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per oz ; $1 .00 per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysantheinum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity ami White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use.' Prices in quantity on application. Mention American Florist. 50,000 KEADT ITOw" 50 VARIETIES. 2^-inch pots %l 50 per 100; $20 00 per 1000 VERBENAS StroPB I Rooted '_ ,. . Our Verbenas this year are tlie tlnesl we have ever grown. ]Mc» :^x;ijst: OX" :iviiiESi<3-iTS iiT stock:. GRESEIVrZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 P. M.; Suiulays 3 P. M. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade So'icited. Write or Telesrraph. « SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7th Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. ROSE HILL NURSERIES. PSJ^^^^I Hew Roche/le. HI. Y. " '■ HEW AND RARE PLANTS, HARDY PLANTS, 'Oiroliici®, CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. VVr-ito foi- o«i- 3F»i-io«5 Xjist. FREDERICK MAU, P.O. Box 322. SOITH ORANGE, N.J. CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, ol our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te'egraph. Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON, BLOOMSBURG. PA. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CASH, TO MAKE ROOM. Each KBNTIA. Bel and Fost., 3 ft. high, 4 to 5 char- acter leaves t 3 00 Bel. and Fost.. specimens, 'iM feet high. 5 to 6 character leaves 5 00 Bel. and Fost., V^ to i ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 2 00 Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2H ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 1.50 Aspidistra variegata.5 to 6 leaves 75 PandanuB Veilchll, fine plants. 5 and Ma. pots. 1.50 Cocos Weddeliuna, 2 feet high 1 .£0 All the above grown cool and in fine condition for immediate nse. AZALEAS in best varieties, plants 15 Inches in diameter, well set with buds. E. W. WEIMAR, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. ©Y^RofeiiaPe MariCetA. Cut Flowers. BOSTON Jan.ar.. Boaei, Teas J2.00@t:iOO Fancy 3.00® 800 Carnations, short 1.00 Carnations, long 2.00 Violets .75 Valley 4 00 Narcissus 4.00 Hyacinths 4.00 Tulips 4.00 Callas 12 00 Smilax 12.00 Adiantums 1,50 Asparagus plumosa .W.OO Freesia 2.00 PHELADILPHU Jan. 2Ik Rosea, Beauties 25 OU ® ."(O 00 Brunners 75 00 La France. Albany 10.00® 12.00 I.aings, Magnas 30 00 ® 60.00 Mormets, Brides 600® 1000 Bennetts 8.C0 ® 10 00 " Perles, Nlphetos 4.00® 600 CUiiins, Hostes 8 00 Valley 5.00® 6.00 Tulips 400® 500 Daffodils 400® 600 Carnations, long 1.50® 2.00 short 75® 1.25 Smilax 20.00 Adiantums 100 NBW YORK Jan. 26. Boaes. Perles $3 00@t.5.00 ** Nlphetos. Souvs, Gontiers 3 00® 5 00 " Mermets, Brides 600® 8 00 Wattevilles, Cuslns i;.0O® 800 La France, Albany 8.00® 15.00 BonSilene 200® 300 " Am Beauty 25.00® 75 00 " Magnas 500O®750O Valley, Komans 20O® 3 00 Narcissus, Paper white 2,00® .100 Daffodils 4 00® 6.00 Violets 100® 150 SmllaxCplentiful) lO.OO (.0 15.00 Adiantums 1 25 Callas 6.00® SOO Harrlsil 10.00® 15.00 Lilac, perbunch l.OU® 1.25 Roses not ^uite so plentiful as last week and busl- CHIOAGO. Jan 28. Roses, BonSllenes 2 00® 3 00 feries, Nlphetos 4.00® 500 " Mermets, Brides t;.00@ 8.00 Beauties 20.00 ® 30 00 •■ Gontlers 4 00® 5.00 Bennetts, Vfoottons 600® 8.00 La France 600® 8.00 Carnations, short 1.00 Carnations, long 1.00® 200 Carnations. long, fancy 2.00® 3.00 Valley 4.tO® 500 Tulips 4.00® 6C0 Roman hyacinths, narcissus 3 00® 4.00 Smllai 1200® 15.00 Adiantums 1.00® 1.25 Violets 1.00® 1,25 Callas 10 00® 15,00 Harrlsil 10.00 a 15.00 Cut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ 67 Bromfleld Street, BOSTOK, MASS. «Sr»eoial Offer. Per 100 Verbenas, struck cuttings, per IC00S7 00 S .75 • tlnestwhite, lOCOtS 50 1,00 Anthemiscoronaria li. pl..2 in.pots 400 Ageratum. whitp and blue. 2-in. puts 4 OO Abutilon Eclipse. 2-ln. pots 4 01 Gnaphalium lanatum.2-ln. pots 4.00 Mesembry anthem um cordata var.,2-in 4 00 Rose Geraniums, true. 2-tn pots 4 00 Othonnacra.sifolia. 2-in.oot8 4 00 A. GIODING3. DanvUle, III. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with #3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG, PA. PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. I Krowall the best varieties for this purpose. Whole- sale lift now ready. Send for it before buying your stock for planting. M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. THOS. YOUNG. Jr., WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A,cd the Choicest ROSES for th» fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [ESTABLISHED 1877,] Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAW, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. HAMMOND 4 HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN CUT FLOWERS, 51 West 30th St.. NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 We:st 30th Street, A. S. Burns. J. I. Kaynor. BURNS & RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS. 11 West SStlTL St., J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 4136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: roses, carnations and orchids. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT I'^I.O'W-KR®, 1237 Chestnut Street. - - PHIL9DELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping. .Mention A-MERICAN Fl.ORlST. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 FIITE STH.EET, ST. r^ouis, adO. CONSIGNMENTS OF SMILAX, CALLAS and ADIANTUMS WANTED. 4oS The American Florist. Jan, 2p, Hfta ^aa^ Iracja. SEED TRADE ASSOCrATION. treasurer, The H. \V. BrcKBEE, of Rockford, III., and Frank T. Emerson, of Omaha, Neb., vis- ited Chicago the past week. Ix COLORED WORK, good wood engrav- ings and general!}' excellent press work, the 1S91 seed catalogues appear to excel those of any former years. Philadelphia.— The 12 year old son of Mr. Z. DeForest Ely narrowly escaped drowning while skating on the Schuylkill on the evening of January 'J. G. J. MOFFATT, ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When writing for prices, please state sizes and quantity wanted. FLOWER SEED. CHOICEST STRAINS FOB FI.OKISTS. 1891 tradfl list now ready, anil mailed free on application. August Rolker & Sons, 136 West 34th Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. Mention Amenosn Florist. Toole's Premium American Have taken First Premium wherever shown, at Illi- nois, Minnesota and Wisconsin State Fairs. 65 Distinct Varieties. Various Mixtures. Extra choice mixed. 10c. pkt.; 1000 seeds 20c ; Vtioz. 50c. Selected or florists mixed, each pkt. 15c.; 1000 Seeds 30c.; Woz -5c. "Pansy Guide" and price list free. WM. TOOLE, Pansy Specialist. Baraboo, Wis, Mention American Florist. Per ICO Ehemanni and LaTour de Grand Ronde I 8 00 Eiiiil Leclaire. Noutoni and Adolph Weick 12 00 Tuberoses. Pearl perlOOOSlO OO Caladlam Eeculentum, 1st size 7 TO 2nd size 6 00 Can use in exchange, l.OOu Carnations, Rooted Cut- ""^'' E. S. NIXON & SON, SURPLUS FOR CASH. All nice. Clean Stock. Strong. Geraniums, best sorts. 2M inch 2Wc Ci'Clamen, 4-inch budded and 2;4-lnch 2c & To "Mums", cut flower sorts, rooted cuttings Ic White Irla clumps, fine 8c Fuchsias, double and single, 2;s(-lnch 2\,,q Rose Marie Van Houtte. 2'4 and 3-inch 3c & Uc G'ecoma Hederacea. 2ii-inch 2Hc Feverfew Gem.i'4-inch 2>|c E. I.. KOETHEN, ZauesvUle, O. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Largest stock in the West. Over fifty varieties of PALMSatScts. toSlO OOeach. CVCAS REVOLUTA, 50 cts. to $15.00 each. DRAC.«NA INDIVISA, AU3TBAL1S and TBK- MINALIS, 5 cts. to 15 cts. each. CACTD3, ALOES, AGAVES and YOCCAS. jy Send for price list. W. J. HESSEB, Plattsmouth, Neb. PLANTS AND BULBS. Per 50 Per lOD C.4NNAS, fine bulbs $3.50 |6.oo PRIMULAS, nice plants 4.00 7.00 SMILAX, good 2.50 4.00 PAXSIES, from cold frame 1,25 2.00 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Manager, I3EL.A.^;V^E,E), OHIO. VAUGHAN'S Book FOR ® FLQEISTS. Will be ready in about 10 days. We have said before that our specialty in tbis trade has be- come fairly well known by the phrase we have occasionally used ALL FLORISTS' STOCK IN SEASON. We have advantages in this line, through con- siderable experience, knowledge of best sources of supply and quantity used, which place us in a position to save you money. If your address is not on our books we would be very glad to receive your business card for this BOOK. J. C. VAUGHAN, Box 688. CHICAGO. 1891. Home Grown, Honest, Reliable. s£ATALOO^ 1891. you my Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for )i FREE. Note the immense variety of seed it con- tains, and that all the best novelties are there. Not ch mere show about it (you don't plant picture.*,) fine engravings from photographsof scores of the ice vegetables I have introduced. Would it not get the seed of these from first hands? To be the oldest firm"in the United States making mail and express business a specialty proves reliability. Honest and hon- orable dealing is the only foundation this can rest on. My Cata- loffue ts FREE as usual. A matter on second page of cover will - J. H. GREGORY & SON, Marblehead, Mass. BEST OF ALL ^pRUE TO NAME ^% URE TO PLEASE ARNARD's Tested Seeds. OOK MAILED FREE ■ RY US ONCE ^^END AGAIN. TO HAVE YOU SATISFIED •With the quality of our Seeds, And our way of doing Business, Is the only Advertisement Of permanent value to u.s. A trial order will prove that BURPEE'S Seeds are the Best It is possible to produce. "Write to-day for a FREE Copy of Which honestly tells all about Seeds. Moderate Prices and Liberal Premiums. Rare Novelties, e.xclusively our own. W.ATLEE BURPEE&CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. DEJiSPi THE BEST. D. M. Fekrv & Co*s Illustrated, Descriptive and Priced SEED ANNUALi I For 1891 will be mailed FREEf ) all applicants, and to last seas ers. It is better than ev Every person using Garden Flower or Field Seeds, should send for it. Address . M. FERRY 4. CO. DETROIT, MICH. 1 Largest Seedsmen in liie world \ DREER'S Garden seeds Plants. Bulbs, and ReilulHites. Tlievarethe best at tlie lowest pricei HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia Mention Amerlmn Florist. CUT sjvxiUv^vx:. I make a apecialty of Smilar, and am prepared to fill orders promptly, frice. 20 cents per string ■" Maylst. Quality/' — r--"-- - ... - • Telephone No. 15 Forcing Bulbs, SPECIAL OFFER. 5,000 Romans, double, light pink JIS.OO ! 5,000 '• singleblue 12 00 1,.«00 " double dark pink 600 " single yellow (novelty)... 60(0 Tulips, late mixed (Italian) 5 CO 2,(00 Narc. Incomparable, double yellow ; 60 750 •• Orange Phoenix, ■• white and orange 20 00 50O " Poetlcus ornatus, sgle. white 18 00 3,000 •• Von Slon, double yellow 15(10 5000 " In splendid forcing mixture.. 15 00 3.500 Pol. Narc. Grand Primo. white, ext. 15 00 1,000 •• Grand Soleil d'Or, yellow, extra 20 00 10,000 Freesia refracta alba, home grown extra 12.C0 2,000 *' Leichlini major, homegrown extra 15.00 6(0 Ullumrandldum. home grown, ext. 1,500 " Harri8ll,6x7 In.clrcum (M CO 2,000 •• Pomponium Vemm.red 40 00 •lOO " Tenultollum, scarlet ] 5,000 Am. Zephyranthes Candida, extra sizes 2n,C0 1.000 •• Zephyranthes rosea, ext. sizes 30 CO 15 000 Ranunculus, finest Sicilian mixed. 5 CO Per 100 Per Cyclamen PBRSICUM. first size bulbs, f 10.00 S GRANDIFLORUM, LlbY OF THB VALLBY, PIps.Syrs.old In prime c< original case of 2.600, $2t 00; per 10,000. 1,000, SIO 00.. 1.50 engageme J. A. DE VEER, ip, NEW YORK, Importer anil Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Catalogue free to the trade. For Early Cash Orders. '••■" Emile Leciaire Noutoni. Ornament des Grande doze nSl.OO Ronde, d ■rar adiolus, Lemoine's Hybrid named mixed, mostly light colors, $10 ICCO Ilellanthus multlflora plena crowns Pancacratlum (Spider Lllyl flowering bulbs. ... Lists free. :ei. -y. ■X's:.A.s, Irvington, Marlon Co., In Another Fresh Lot of Seedlings. :lOO Bellls Snowball In 2.|Dch pots, strong plantt 250 Lobelia Comp. C. P. In 2.inch pots strong plant: 5U0 Smllax ln2.|nch pots, strong plants. All ready for 3-Inch pots, $3 per ICO; 25 at 100 rate. W. T. STEPHENSON, rKTEKSIlUKti, ILL. i8gi. The American Florist. 409 LILIUM HARRISII,»"''"'"«wNA$THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WOPLD FOR FORCING FOR WHITER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GFOWI BULBS FROM OUR OWN GROUNDS IN BERfflDDA jm. This house produced it is one of the most profitable Howe 1 ways command large prices- From Jeet in width by 140 in lengthy oj ly florists. It Is very easily hand m the fact that, in Bermuda, grown in the open ground. temperature the t wers are in demand. The fact that it can sually scarce and in great demand at high 1 for yourpacbinc' COPYRIGHTED. 1890. From a photograph taken the week bejore Easter^ iSgo, showing a vieiv a crop oJ Ltlitim Harrisii in full bit This iB not only the best by far of all lilies for winter blooming, but led. and the flowers being especially eflectlve for decorative purposes, use for forcing for the Easter market only. This is not exclusively so; it derives Easter lime— hence the name "Bermuda Easter Ijily" -but by growing it in tnis country in me greennouae, wiu winter from early in December until after Easter; In fact, by special culture, all the year round, or aa long as c be forced into bloom by the Christmas holidays adds particularly to its value, as it fills in at a time when flowers prices, but to accomplish this the bulb must be potted early in August, something depending upon after treatment a For this purpose our Bermuda-grown bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda tbe bulb reaches its highest developi shipmentusually by the middle of July-before bulbs in our own country have hardly begun to make their growth. a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy at any time. The extent to which this Lily is being forced for winter tlowers will be shown by a sale ma«lehyustoi bulbs for his own use. We hear it said occasionally that Ulium Harrisii flowers will not keep— this is ..wing to impr be kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following letters will show the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. J. L, KuHsell, Denver, Colo., writes: " The Lilies came in excellent shape. I don't think I lost one; it is a pretty good rec The Fort Worth Nursery Seed »nd Canning Co., Dallas. Texas, writes: "The Lilies arrived in perfect condition your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry." THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to olTer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from ODR CROP of 1890, over ^ HA.t,!'' A. ivnxviviopf :Bury:BS. -k Be sure you get the genuine Ltllum Harrisii. In order to secure "the true variety." purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. Tbe value of this Lily has led unscrupulous or ignorant parties to plant Jj Ijongitloruiu in Bermuda, planting it with Harrisii to increase their stock rapidly when Har- risii was very scarce, thus mixing the stock irretrievably thereby rendering it absolutely valueless for forcing and we have known instances where these mixed bulbs have been sold to large growers as the genuine variety, where large loss has resulted and rtealnra should look with euspiclon on bulbs offered at prices less than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Large growers or dealers in this bulb should -write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON &, CO., HRRYTOWH, hew york, u, s. a, OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us (or samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 4IO The American Florist. Jan. 20. Cost of Water Supply. ^Yill the readers of the Florist who use city water kindly give me information on the following points: Do you use a meter, and if so howmuch do you have to pay per thousand gallons? How much water do you average for each 1,000 feet of glass? How many thousand feet of glass do you have to have in order to get the rate made you? Hoes the water works have to pump the water from wells, or ha\-e they a natural supply by storing? When no meter is used what rate do you have to pay? I believe that answers to the above fjuestions and any other information regarding this matter will be of consid- erable interest to many others as well as myself. R. E. Shiphelt. Chatham, N. Y. Failure of Lilium Harrisii. AVhat is the cause of Lilium Harrisii bulbs not starting, or if they do start, making little short growths or leaves, but throwing no main stem? I bought 100 9 to 12-inch bulbs and only 65 started up into good growth and threw up a bloom stem. The smallest bulbs in the lot started, but the largest did not. Could the seller of the bulbs know that the bulbs would not bloom? Will some reader of the Florist please try to throw some light on the matter. A. C. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer BI^BI^'WBISS, a pure white sport of Chester Pride for the first time this season, ('i} $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular of leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations of all llie sianilard Varieties ready Dec. isl. Having added another loo foot house to our Car- nation Department, hope to be able to fur- nish any quantity desired, on short notice. Orders for future delivery at lo per cent off from catalogue price. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. MY NEW SPECIAL OFFEK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is now published and may be had on application. BOX'S Begonias. BEST QUALITY IN HUROPE. LOWEST PRICES EVER OFFERED. For S2.00 will mail you gratis good packet each of Single and Double form very best varieties, none to equal it; wins everywhere. Sold close on a million seeds of these in December. _ . for pots ^ &10; 50 choice assorted Doubles Sio. liist and pamphlet mailed gratis on application. Send your orders promptly to jourf R. box;, (Established 60 years.) CROYDON. ENGLAND. East Surrey Seed Warehouse. SEEDS, ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please PARNATinN NnUFI TIF^ • Lizzie McGowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate, J. UHnllAMUIl HUVlLMLOi r Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelus, Dorothy, Nellie Ely, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described in my list. Also all the standard varieties. COLEUS— A large stock of VERSCHAFFELTII and GOLDEN BEDDER and twenty-two fancy sorts, all good bedders, at 75 cts. per ico; |6.oo per 1000. CANNA EHEMANNfl, strorg roots, at fs. 00 per 100. EMILE LECLAIRE, f 10 00 per 100; and the DWARF FRENCH at |i2 50 per 100. All in extra good shape. SMILAX for delivery in March, |6.oo per 1000 for plants once reset. Samples 10 cts. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TttE QUEEN OF WHITE GflRNflTIONSi ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, #3 per dozen. tS^ Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. WINTER-FLOWERING CARNATIONS FOUR GRAND NEW VARIETIES. You cannot afford to pass by without trying our seedlings of merit for 1S91; there is more profit in growing fine, fancy flowers every time; and in GOLDEN GATE (yellow). WM. F. DREER (rose pink), J. R. FREEMAN (cardinal crimson), and CONSTANCY (scarlet), you have a good range of color in the most perfectly shaped flowers and productive of bloom. Prices, Golden Gate. $2.50 per dozen; |2o per 100. Dreer, Freeman and Constancy, $2.00 per dozen; $15 per 100. On an order at one time for 100 plants of each variety or 400 plants in all, the price would be $50; or half the amount, $28. Sample florets of the four varieties will be mailed on receipt of 25 cts. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co.. Fa. LIZZIE McGOWAN T„.?r CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $12 per 100, or |ioo per 1000. LOUISE PORSCH ""vIll.w CARNATION. Better grower than Buttercup; jt; per 100; Jsoper 1000. Both ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1891. 500 at 1000 rate, soatioorate. ADDRESS JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P. 0. Bo.x 226, Kennett Square, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY, SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L. LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE ELY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and sixty other leading varieties. 50.000 now in cutting bench. Send for price list, and order early. Q<9erij SPoriiSt! Q^serij Quritier^man ! G>sierLj ^cesUman ! SHOULD HAVE T^w f 1^^ TTV £~^ tW\ £^ "Mi* '^LT^ Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. CARNATIONS! FAIR ROSAMOND, J. R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, M 1 8^1 The American Florist. 411 NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS ^MILLER'S "WORLD'S FAIR SET."I^ We have been to great expense, spar- ing neither time or money in collecting this unequaled set. Characteristic of the leading city of this couatry, we have named them in honor of our represent- ative citiz2ns:-FERD W. PECK, or GALLIA, and J. V. FARWELL, or W. N. RUDD, were two of the set of six seedlings that took the fioo priz; at Indianapolis; S. W. ALLERTON and GEO. R. DAVIS were raised by Monahan of Philadelphia, who has originated some of our finest varieties. CYRUS H. McCORIHICK was raised by Jam- iesoD, and is one of the finest of the present year's novelties. The remaining eight are the XXX selections of iSoo seedlings that were raised by the leading grower of this country. In comparing them with the different sets sent out this year we unhesitatingly say that they are second to none. LYMAN J. GAGE, a grand late white. GEO. R. DAVIS, ox blood red, Wheeler type. J. V. FARWELL (W. N. RUDD), Lavender without, rosy violet within, a fine keeper. CYRUS H. NIcCORMICK, Dark deep yel- low, shaded bronze red. ANDREW IWcNALLY, Crimson scarlet, fine for exhibition. POTTER PALMER, White seedling from L. Canning, very large. FERD W. PECK (GALLIA), Rosy pink, fine exhibition variety. CHAS. H. WACKER, Crimson scarlet, pro- fuse bloomer. Orders booked for the PINK OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUM, LOUIS BOEHMER, M£il»tecl St GEORGE W. MILLER, ROBT. A. WALLER, Chamoise yellow, extra. CHAS. T. YERKES, Bright scarlet and gold, fine cut flower variety. S. W. ALLERTON, An immense white, fine for pot culture. MARTIN A. RYERSON, An improved Mrs. Frank Thompson. FRED S. WINSTON, Cardinal and Indian red of the Carnegie type. SET OF 13 FOR $6. Orders booked for the above and also ino of the leading exhibition and cut flower varieties to be delivered early in January. Send for descriptive list. "Get the best, grow the best, and keep up with the times," is our motto. at market price. ..CHICAGO. NEW CARNATION OHIO. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. A seedling of P. Henderson X with Buttercup. Flowers vei eter; high full center, finely fringed; pure white and very fragra most profitable varieties for winter flowers. $1.50 per dozen; $12.00 per 100. CARNATION LIZZIE McG0WAN-$i.5o per dozen; $12.00 per 100. NEW GERANIUM SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The most striking novelty in Geraniums that has ap- peared in years. $10,00 per 100. CANNA EHEMANNI-Strong, $.S.oo per 100. CANNAS. in eight best varieties, $.(.00 per ico. DAHLIAS— Strong field grown roots, in 100 best sorts, $6.00 per 100. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM— 7 to lo-inch, $7.00 per 100. 5 to 7-inch, $5.00 per 100. AZALEAS— Fine plants with well shaped crowns, from $25.00 to $4000 per ico. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA— All sizes from 4 inches to 3 feet high. HYDRANGEAS-OTAKSA, HORTENSIA, THOS. HOGG, ALBA FIMBRIATA and RAMIS riCTA, ia large supply. An immense stock of ROSES, GERANIUMS, NEW BEGONIAS and other Florists plants. Full assortment HARDY SHRUBS. RHODODENDRONS, CLEM.\TIS, Etc. ORNAMENTAL and FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES and SMALL FRUITS by the million. If you have not received Spring Catalogue and Florist's Trade list, send for tliem-FKEE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., THE AMERICAN FLAG Is the best STRIPED CARNATION ever produced; it is a strong grower, free bloomer and very fragrant; it grows and flowers well outside and forces good inside. I 2.00 per dozen. i:.oo per hundred, ico.oo per thousand. ieecKa>r for r>eli-v-eM'y lVIc»»-otk 1st, ISOl. Iff. FORSTEHMAXX, Xcwlown, Long Island. X. V. *^CARNATIONS.%^ GRACE WILDER, QUEENS SCARLET or PORTIA, PEERLESS WHITE, HINZE'S WHITE, SNOWDON, Rooted Cuttings for Feb. and March delivery, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Plants J^.oo per ICO. 10 other new and old leading varieties. VERBENAS— Stock plants or rooted cuttings. Tiuest Verbena and Pansy Seed. Best strains Flower and Veg;etable Seeds. Catalogue free. C EJ. A-XvIvEJoV, Brattleboro, Vt. We deliver only well Rooted Cuttings which have been once transplanted. Coleua CutlinES rooted. Versehaffeltii. per 10C0,3 -Golden Bedder & Golden VerschafTeltii, " tlU.OO. JOHN BECK, Bridgeport, Conn. VERBENAS, fine stock plants, I3.00- CINERARIAS, fine plants twice potted, I5. MCCREA &. COLE, Battle Creek, Mich. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send 100 strong plants, one hundred different kinds, all good ones, my selection, for $4, or ch dil All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to O. F». 13A.SJSEJTT, HINSDALE, ILLINOIS. Zirngiebel's improved Strains OF WHITE ASTERS. PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and FANCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate colors, pure yellow, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets Also the choice NEW CONTINENTAL CAR- NATIONS for 1891. Miss Moore, Mine. Gobet, Roi des Violets, Bouton, d' Or, Geanne Morel, to be sent out March next. Send for Descriptive List of all to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, NEEDHAM, MASS. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. We have strong stock plants of all the best var- ieties to offer at low rates. Such as KIOTO, L. 15. BIRD, ^V. W. COLES, MRS. F. THOMSON, MRS. HARDT, L. CAN- NING, H. WATERER, GRANDI- FLORA, GOLD, and many otliers. COLES & WHITELEY, Lansdowne, Pa. Carnation Cuttings. )xed off and well established. Send fo Price List. -DiSi WITT :Bieos., BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA 4i2 The American Florist. Jan. 2p, Chicago. At the last mcctiiis: ol" the Kloiist CliiU llic Ilortii-ulttifal Society's project ol" a spiinsexliiliitionwas discussed at IciiKtli. It was decided that iC an exhibition was to be j;iveii the comiiiu; S|)iiiiy it sliouid be hehl as ea.lv as Nlarcli ID or not at all. The eonimittee from the Horticul- tural Society was present at the niectinjj; and weri advised as to the sense of the club upon the matter. In order to facili- tate matters in ease the Hort. Society decided to give the exhibition, the club appointed a eomniittee of three to confer with the committee from the Hort. Society and to assist in the preparation of a pre- mium list which would best suit the cir- cumstances and the .season of the year. Business is better than at last report. The supply has also shortened up to some extent and prices have stiffened. There promises to be quite a turnout to the Florist Club's entertainment to-mor- row (Friday) evening. It will be held at Grand Army Hall, northwest corner of Dearborn and .\dams streets. Tom Rogers, the "Prince fakir" has the windows of his store plastered with a remarkable collection of placards. Among them are the following: "Violets 25 cents a bunch," "Carnations 25cents a dozen." "No World's Fair prices," "My profits are large, my expenses small," "The hor- net's nest," "No more high prices." He wants to be careful that he does not set down on his own hornet's nest. Kidw^ell & Moore, 37th Court and But- ler street have leased their greenhouses for five years to Herman Shaw, formerly with S. Nelson & Son. Louis Gresenz has sold his interest in the cut flower commission firm of Gresenz & Harms to his former partner, E. J. Harms. "Nothing Succeeds like Success." LJI l^l_l CC (SOLUBLE) riUont.O INSECTICIDE FIR-TREE OIL Florists and Narserymeii stiouW not lie wnionl it. Dog and Bird Fanciers should all use it. Housewives should use it as a Dis- infectant, Bleacher and Cleanser wben washing Under-Linen. 'i,-KhI. 7s 6d: !-KaI. 12s 6d or less in larger quanttlies. A treatise on Fir Tree Oil as an Insecticide, its application to Plants and Animals, sent post free on apnlicatton to the manufactuer. addressed to E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, Victoria St., Manchester, Knglaiul, WHOl,li.SALE from all the London Peed Merchants and Patent Medicine Houses. NEAVYOKK: A. Rolker & Sons Cane * Plant* Stakes. BEST PLANT STAKE AND CHEAl'EST. SS 00 per 1000, F.O. IS. Casli with order. F. WALKER & CO., U44 Fourth Ave., LOUISVILLE, KY. MISSOURI NURSERY CO., Louisiana, Mb. Kalesmt'ii wantotl; 8in.'fi;il iiiclH ; maguiticent outfit free STARK NURSERIESr^'"" «»''"' Foundod I 835. Oldest in the M World. Ilest * " ' 1 almost every State and lerritors; annual sales ' " ' " -Wursery. We eelUiV^c/ throufch ut the aid of tree dealers or mid- eiceeds that of any c NO TREES m ontfariV.nn th"" hesi pliim B New* 01r \me lovers of the "(jueen of Autumn." Illii li i' J Page«-, aboni i PRICE, Cloth, 81.00; Paper. 60 Cents. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. PURE o NATURAL o SHEEP e MANURE. The richest and most nutritious food for plants, seeds, etc., used in the pulverized or liquid form the results are marvelous. In the culture of Mushrooms it can not be equaled. Hundreds of testimonials from well known growers. WM. ELLIOTT A. SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, N. Y. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. FOK DECORATIONS Write to A. o. OBrvScmo, SAVAWNAH. <;A. 3,000,000 HARDY GUT FERNS MOZZ, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING ol all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HARTFORD & NICHOI.S, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MAS.S. MUSHR001VI SPAWN FAY Currant w'Grapen— Esther. Roukwood. Eaton, and all others r 4- old. Best and Cheapest. Small J'ruits. Catalogue le. GEO. .S. JOMSKIiYN, Fredonia, N/V. #i^ EVERGREEN GUT FERNS Especially for Tlorists' Use. $1.50 per 1.000: 5.000 for $6.25: 10.000 for $10.00. Special attention paid to supplying the trade mention paid to suppli Sample lot of 250 fer proved mailing box. postpaid, to a U. S. for 75 cents. SPHAGNUM MOSS (Dry). Long clean fibre, sack or barrel Si. 00; six barrels S5.00; twenty barrels SJ5 00. HINSDALE, MASS. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER. )23 Arch Street. FKII.ADi:i.PKIA, PA. i8gi. The American Florist. 413 S. A. F. ATTENTION. NOTICE RELATIVE TO THE AWARD FOR STANDARD FLOWER POTS. The following articles not being admissable in the reading columns we present them to the readers of the Florist in this form, wishing to verify the statements already made by us. A. H. HEWS & CO. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE AMERICAN FLORIST": In the interest of justice and fair play, I would like you to insert the following, relative to the award on flower pots. I am a potter by trade, and consider myself an expert. I examined the pots thoroughly as exhibited by Hews & Co. and Whilldin & Co., and under oath I wish to make the statement that I consider the statement made by Mr. Hews relative to the s'zing of pots after they were made, by the parties receiving the award, a coirect one. G. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted Street, Chicago. George W. Miller, ot Chicago, a florist, personally well known to me, Nicholas Coones, a Notary Public for Cook County in the State of Illinois, personally appeared before me and on his oath says that he personally examined the pots above mentioned and considers the above statement hereunto annexed to be in his judgment correct. •' ^EaT ^ Subscribed and sworn to this 15th December, 1890. *■ ■— ■— ^ ' NICHOLAS COONES, Notary Pubuc. I, W. P. P.ROWN, of Cambridge, State of Mass., do under oath make the following statement: I have been con- nected with the manufacture of Flower Pots for the past seventeen years, and consider myself an expert. I thoroughly exam- ined the pots that received the award at the late exhibit of the Society of American Florists and hereby affirm that the statement made by Mr. Hews, relative to the sizing of pots after they were made, is a correct one. WM. P. BROWN. Cambridge, Middlesex, ss. Dec. 27, 1S90. Then personally appeared before me, the above named William P. Brown, and took oath that the above statement made by him is true. MILTON L. WALTON, Justice of The Peace. Cambridge, Dec. 27, 1890 —I hereby certify that I have known William P. Brown for some 15 years, and believe him to be a man who would not make a falte statement. MILTON L. WALTON. A. H. HEWS & CO., North Cambridge, Mass. ^^^^^ ■ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H/ Diagram Showing V^ J^k. iXL J_9 • ^■' ^fe_J ^j^^S* l^HPIB^B'H^^v/'"'^ perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect 5=*^-^ ^^S. \ ^^Hnia^a^^^^l age and vrntilutinn Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY vStandari) Pots. SlRONGhbl AM) BLhT. Most POROUS and CHEAPEST POTS Made. I 01 frf ight iitts and prutr« iddrt -.'. Hilfinger Bros. Pottery, FORT HOWARD, N. Y. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JlipEa THE AMERICAN FLORIST THE AMERICAN GARDEN in Club one year for »'i 50. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., C4 La .Salle St., CHICAGO. First-Class Certificate of Merit, ilso HIGHLY COMMENDED by __ New Jersey HorticuUural Socie , HIn. 414 The American Florist. Jan. 2g^ Foreign Notes. Mr. George Gordon succeeds the late Shirley Hibberd as editor of the London Gardeners' Magazine. Announcements have already been made offifty three flower shows to be held in various parts of England duringlSOl. The Ancient Society of York Florists, the oldest in England, having had an unbroken existence of over 100 years, held its annual festive gathering recently. The Nethkrlanus Horticultural Soci- etv has announced an orchid show to be he'ld at The Hague next May. Tlie show will be of an international character. A CHRYSANTHEMUM grower in England who had flowers mysteriously disappear from his plants during the night finally discovered that it was the work of rats who had developed a taste for the flowers. The Midwinter exhibition of the National Chrysanthemum Society of Eng- land was held at the Roj-al Aquarium, Westminster, Jan uai-y 7 and 8. The dis- play was small owing to the very severe weather. An English gardener has secured a new race of dahlias remarkable for their dwarf habit. The plants are from nine to twelve inches in height, compact and bushy. They have been given the name "Tom Thumb dahlias." The FIRST number of the London Gar- dener's Chronicle was issued January 2, 1841, and in its issue of January 3 last, considerable space is devoted to a review of the work of the paper for the fifty years of its existence. Chrysanthemum cut flowers brought very low prices in the London market the past season. During the latter part of November not more than four cents per dozen could be got for good blooms and even in the middle of December they were sold for 10 cents a dozen. These are less than half of the prices obtained the pre- vious season. A CABLEGRAM Under date of January 23 states that for the last six weeks the flower markets of Paris have been practi- cally destitute of blossoms owing to the severe weather, the damage done to the gardens in the environs of the cit3^ having been very great. The report states that one rose gardenerat I vry has lost $20,000 worth of roses and that another at Malakoff places the damage done to his crop at $46,000 while a third estimates his loss at $10,000. Other rose growers name proportionately large losses and the total estimated loss foots up to about $200,000. At the little town of Chev- reuse, near Versailles thegardeners report the loss of plants valued at $80,000, and at other near-by points $180,000. Dur- ing these six weeks 2,000 gardeners and their assistants have been out of work. HAIL Lock the door BEFORE the 1 is stolen. Do it I«OW I JOHN G. ESLER,Sec'y F. H. Saddle River, WE STILL LEftD, OTHERS M TO FOLLOW |||sj. To whom W.1S awarded the Only Firsl-Class Certificaie ''Mjal of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1890? We were. Why ? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard" Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR KEDCCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS THE WfilLLDIN POTTERY GOMFflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton SI., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerwille, Mass. STANDARD FLOWER PDT CD. Toledo, Olrlo. 100 Per 1000 J3OO 500 7.00 F. O B. at Toledo. No charg'e for package. CLEAR CYPRESS SASH BARS JOHNL. DIEZ&CO. 530 North Halsted Street. CHICAGO, ILL. ESTABLISHED. 1866 Wire D Manufactured 335 East 21at Street. - NEW YORK. SPRING STEEL GALVANIZED.^ Patents. The rights secured to us render each i equeiices thereof. Forpric ' '" ' e Splnncler Gri/) y Sole Mf g and Owner FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes, M inch to 42 inches diameter. 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Mass., secre- Florists* Hail Association. s greenhouses against damage by I G. Bsi.ER, Secretary, Saddle Rivi Florists' Protective Associatii American Ohrysanthemam Society. JOHN Thorpe, Pearl River, N. T. Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnot Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., CONTENTS. Carnations— I.ambom 417 —Number of blooms cut 417 — Keeping qualities of Lamborn 41S —Carnation Mrs. Fisher 418 — Silver Spray and Lamborn 418 —The carnation as a pot plant (with illus) . . 418 A new remedy for mildew and black spot. . . 418 Crinums and pancratiums 418 Aristolochia ornithocephala 419 The Society of Indiana Florists 419 The outlook 420 Roses— Paper by T. N. May 420 —House ot hybrid roses at J. N. May's (illus) . 421 Orchids— Calanthes for cut flowers 422 Fine phalsenopsis 422 The Society of^American Florists 422 View in Lincoln Park, Chicago (illus) 423 New York 423 Boston 424 Cleveland 424 Obituary— Benjamin C. Townsend 424 Floriculture in the south 424 News notes 425 Catalogues received 426 The seed trade 428 Washington 430 Chicago 432 Fungus in the propagating bench 432 Are we the sinners 434 We have in hand and shall soon pub- lish a very interesting article on the ar- rangement of flowers with respect to color. We are advised by Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, of the United States Nurseries, Short Hills, N. J., that they will give an orchid exhiljition at the nurseries Feb- ruarv- 9th to 1-tth inclusive. Carnation Lamborn. When I wrote the plain, simple article on this carnation which appeared in the Florist of January 8th I was entirely unprepared for tlie cyclone of criticism which meets m\- eye in the issue of the FLORiSTJust now received. But as Mr. Lombard says "just and fair criticism helps to greater efforts" I will consider myself on the defensive and reply to his criticisms as briefly as jiossible. In the first place I will say to Mr. Lombard that the article ofminc referred to was as stated at its commencement, a reply to certain letters which I had received, and which the editor of the Florist was good enough to allow me to answer all at once in that waj-. The article was intended as a plain and simple statement of facts as the3- had occurred to me, I had not the least idea of making a boast that the 10,000 Lamborn flowers that I had gathered, sold, or used in a certain titne, was an extraordinary, large, or even an ordinarj' number to gather in that time, and I will defy Mr. Lombard or any other critic to place a finger on a single sentence in that article which can honestly be so construed. The main point of mj' article of the Sth was to define, and my chief object was to illustrate as clearly as possible the very different circumstances under which I was placed this j'car in connection with my business when gathering sufficient Lamborn carnation flowers to meet all the requirements of my business as compared with other seasons when depending upon Hinze's White, and being obliged to pur- chase large numbers of white carna- tions between the crops at prices rang- ing from three to fourdoUars per hundred. If Mr. Lombard will spare a lew moments to compute the difference he will find that it amounts to something more substantial than the difference be- tween mine and an ordinary good gather- ing of carnation flowers. But there is another and still more im- portant fact not yet mentioned to which I will call Mr. Lombard's attention, and which I think will entirely change his views on this subject, and which I also think will at once convince so reasonable a gentleman as he appears to be that the idea of boast which he and other critics seem determined to entertain are entirely absent, and that is the fact that during the time mv Lamborn carnations fur- nished me w'ith the 10,000 flowers they also supplied mt with 35,000 cuttings. Now, Mr. Lombard knows perfectly well that every cutting tal.en from so fine a growing carnation as Lamborn means a flower, and that the 35,000 cuttings added to the 10,000 flowers will count up rapidly in favor of the plants, espe- cially as 15,000 ol the cuttings have already been rooted, shipped and con- verted into cash, and the balance already in the sand, and many of them nearlv ready for shipment. Now, I think Mr. Lombard and other critics will agreethat if boast was my object I should not have omitted such an important item in my estimate as the 35,000 cuttings. Again my plants were small, so small in fatt that when placed in the house but little was expected from them. Mr. Lombard seems to think my statement that mv Lamborn flowers netted me $50 per 1000 is considered a remarkable one by grow- ers around Boston. If mj' article of January S is referred to it will be noticed that nearly all the flowers mentioned were sold at retail in my own store, that it had no reference whatever to prices obtained by growers from the commission dealers. Is Mr. Lombard prepared to say that good white carnation flowers will not command five cents each at retail in Boston? In reply to Mr. Holley I would say that I think it would be a great mistake to throw out Hinze's White carnation where it does as well as he states he saw it doing with Mr. Bird, of Newark. But Mr. Holley 's visit to my place would at once satisfy him that it would be inad- visable for me to grow Hinze's. My ex- planation to Mr. Lombard should be equally applicable to Mr. Wm.F.Bassett, of Hammonton, N. J., and Mr. J. C. Hoag, of Akron, Ohio. They seem to have caught the same idea and set me down as a boaster. They are respectfully re- ferred to the article in question to see if their conclusions are sustained. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 2-t, '91. Number of Blooms Cut. I have been very much interested by the several articles in the issue for Januarv 22 in reference to Mr. Chitty's article iii the issue of January 8 on the Lamborn carnation, but it occurs tome that a very important item has been overlooked in the discussion, and that is the number of square feet of bench room the plants occupy. Thecomparison of records is not fair unlessthisis taken intoconsideration. And this applies not only to carnations, but to roses and violets. Several of the records given in the Florist have been incomplete in this respect. The value of the variety to thecommerical grower can best be determined by the returns per square foot of space occupied. Anv one who has grown Lamborn The American Florist. Feb. 5, knows that he laiiplaiil aliiinst twavas matiy ol' this variety in a uiveii spaee than oliiny of the stnin>;ei ^lownii; ear- nations, taking this into eousideration, Mr. Chitty's reeor.hni.uhl show to lictter advantage. Anv oncexannniiij; the ilUis- tration of his new honse, will Imd his Lamborns pretty well buckled. I do not wish it to be understood that I indorse Lamborn.forthecontrary is tlie case, but 1 mention tlie point named to show that we ean not judge accurately ofthe prt)diictiveiiess olany variety simply by the average number of blooms cut from each plant, but must have the aver- age number of blooms cut from each square foot of space occupied. I admit that Lambom is a fine carna- tion, but I fail to get as many blooms from it as from an equal space of either Swavne or Silver Spray. As to keeping qualities I consider Swayne far ahead ot any other white carnation that we have. Silver Spray has two strong points, long stiff stems and coming more double and in finer form in hot weather than Hinze's White. I append a record of blooms cut from Wm. Swayne and Silver Spray. My bench of Swayne is still blooming at the rate of 300 or 400 a week, and the plants of Silver Sprav are a mass of buds in dif- ferent stages of development. I expect to cut a larger number of blooms the present month than during any of the preceding months. I will also send you a complete record of my other varieties after the season is over, some time in July : WM. SWAYNE. Number of plants, 530: number of square feet thev occupied, 308; average plants per square foot, 1.7. SHORT. LONG. Number of blooms cut from Oct. 17 ••• "96 161 Number of blooms cut during November 1,285 1,283 Number of blooms cut during December 693 1,394 Total 2,774 2,838 Grand total 5,612 Average bloom per plant 10.6 " '• " sq. ft 18.22 SILVER SPRAY. Number plants, 332 ; number of square feet, 227.5 ; averagenumber of plants per square foot, 1.4. SHORT. LONG. Number of blooms cut from Oct. 17 to Nov. 1 140 320 Number of bloomscut Nov... 90 734 " Dec... 24 760 Total 254 1,814 Grand total 2,068 Average bloom per plant 6.22 " " " sq.ft 9.09 Note.— The fractions have been carried out in each case until it required the an- nexing of two more ciphers, so in each case we can do without the plus. R. Witterstaetter. Sedamsville, 0. Carnation Mrs. Fisher. Ill issue befoielast Mr. IIollcy(page379) inquires as to the qualities of the above carnation. 1 have known it during the past three years— since its introduction in fact by.Mr. Fisher. I did not, however, commence growing it myself until last year; previous to that, however, I had satisfied myself that it was a carnation of no ordinary merit and I am glad to say that my personal experience of it in my own establishment has greatly tended to advance it in my favor. I have at the present time a consider- able batch of this variety planted both in solid beds and benches, it is in each case giving me equally satisfactory results. It has several sterling qualities which are indispensable in a carnation. First, it is a very good grower. Second, it is very floriferous, and third, the individual flow- ers are of good size, good substance and can invariably be cut with long stems; add to these good qualities the fact that it stands shipping well (which is more than can be said of Lamborn ) and I think your correspondent will be more than justified in giving this variety a fair trial. For my own part I honestly consider it the best white carnation on the market, if its many good qualities are taken into consideration. It has given me a never ending succession of bloom since the be- ginning of October, and to quote Mr. Chitty when writing of his pet variety Lamborn, "to look at the bed you would hardiv suppose a flower had been cut from it." William Nicholson. Framingham, Mass., Jan. 29. In an article in your paper of the 22nd inst., Mr. E. HoUeyasks about carnation Mrs. Fisher. I have grown within the last four years a dozen or more varieties of white carnations, but have not found one that promised as well as the above variety. The flowers are large, full and very fragrant, and from present indica- tions lots of them. One point in its favor is its thoroughly remontant habit. My plants while maturing a good crop of flowers have also grown a still larger crop of buds, which are now coming in without any break in the crop. J. H. Pond. Foxboro, Mass., Jan. 30. In your issue ofthe 22d of January Mr. E. Holley, of Hudson, New York, makes inquiry about Mrs. Fisher carnation. I have grown carnations for twenty years for Boston market, both of the old and new varieties; am this year flowering 2,200 plants of Mrs. Fisher, and have never grown but one variety which can compare with it in size of flower and freedom of bloom, and that, the old Boule deNiege when it was at its best, fifteen fully realized by many in the trade. Plants such as that shown in the accompanying illustration would undoubtedly sell well at good prices and give much satisfaction to the purchasers. years age F. Donovan. Natick, Mass., Jan. 26, 1891. Keeping Qualities of Lamborn. In reply to the question asked by G. P. Rawson as to the keeping quality of Lam- born I can say that when shown at the flower show in Orange last November it did not appear to be a good keeper. On the second day of the show it had a stale, droopy look, while Lizzie McGowan was as fresh as when cut, and on the third and last day was still good enough to go to New York for exhibition. A. B. Silver Spray and Lamborn. We still find SilverSpray the best white variety we have ever grown. We esteem Lamborn very highly and get some very fine blooms from it, but can cut about three times as many long stemmed blooms of Sliver Spray from the same space and in the same length of time. Geo. Hancock. Grand Haven, Mich. A New Remedy for Mildew and Black Spot. In lookingupthe natureof the "sulphur and lime mixture" which has long been used as a remedy and preventive of mildew in greenhouse culture of plants, after consulting every source of inforrna- tion 1 could, in the various chLinistries, encyclopedia of chemistry and encyclo- pedias within my reach, and finding only brief mention ol it I went to the druggist with my query, and he kindly loaned me the United States dispensatory for a few hours. In it I found a formula for mak- ing the sulphur and lime mixture very similar to that given in Henderson's Practical' floriculture, and a description of its use in medicine. The remark that it contained hypo sulphite of lime as the active element led me to look up other hypo sulphites, and I found under "Hypo sulphite of soda" the following: "Hypo sulphite of soda is a very powerful poison to fungi and other low organic forms." It then went on to speak of its use in med- icine in the treatment of fungoid diseases. This seemed to be just the information I wanted. I purchased a quarter of a pound to try it. This was in October last, just when mildew and black spot was appearing on the chrysanthemums and carnations. I have used the sulphur and lime mix- ture successfully for many years against mildew. The objection to it is, it is not readily obtained. Druggists do not keep it audit is troublesome to prepare with the appliances usually at the command of the florist. I had a small quantity of it. 1 began using this on half the greenhouse and the hypo sulphite on the other half, dissolving half an ounce to a gallon of water and applying with a spraying pump. Both remedies seemed equally efficient. 1 applied once a week until colder weather required constant firing and the "mildew season" was over. I do not remember seeing this salt rec- ommended for mildew an}- where. It is worth trying for all the various forms of fungus which destroy plant growth of every sort. It has these advantages: First, it is easily obtainable, every drug- gist keeps it. Second, it is cheap, as it is used in large quantities in the arts. Third, it is not poisonous. Fourth, it makes a clear solution and leaves little or no stain when it dries oft". As I grow carnations chiefly I have no opportunity to test its value on other plants. I hope that others may try it on roses and violets, on grape vines, plum trees, po- tatoes, gooseberries and all plants in- fested with fungoid diseases. Sewall Fisher. Framingham, Mass. The Carnation as a Pot Plant. We believe that the possibilities of the carnation as a pot plant have not been Crinums and Pancratiums. A Florida correspondent writes: "We think they, the crinums especially, are very showy plants. Large bulbs make fine specimen plants out of doors. The cut blooms are very nice used in decora- ting. Both kinds have a large amount of foliage, which gives a fine setting to the strong flower stalks with their crown of many blooms." Wiiile crinums, pancratiums, hymeno- calUses and allied plants find more or less favor in private conservatories they are iSgi. The American Florist. 419 THE Carnation as a pot plant not much used in commercial establish- ments. But there is a good ti Florists who grow a miscellaneous ; ment of plants usually carry a few varie- ties of these and advertise them under the name of spider lily. While excellent for our Southern and Pacific gardens they are not hardy in the North, and this weighs against their popularity ; further, as they are mostly summer-blooming they are not esteemed as winter window plants; also, the individual blooms are of brief duration. Crinum amabile and C. Asia- ticum are noble evergeen plants for large conservatories, but C. ornatum is one of the finest of allforgreenhouse use. There are some very pretty pancratiums and crinums indigenous to the Gulf coast and the West Indies and cultivated in Southern gardens. In the North we treat the hymenocallis section as dry bulbs, that is we plant them out in summer and lift and keep them dry over winter, and they are very satisfactory plants indeed. W' F. Aristolochia Ornithocephala. A southern reader writes: "Is Aristo- lochia ornithocephala haidy? Is it a vine or a bush? I received seeds from Honduras, [s the flower somewhat like any of the other aristolochias?" No, it is not hardy in Central .\labama. It is a long running vine. Aristolochia flowers are unlike those of any other plant, and while the blossoms of the sev eral species have a family likeness thej' are quite distinct from each other. W. F. The Society of Indiana Florists. The Society of Indiana Florists met at Lafayette, Ind. on the afternoon of Jan- uary 21. A number of thelive men of the state were there, but they comprised only a small number compared to those who should have been present to help along in the good work. Mr. M. A. Hunt of Terre Haute, president of the society, de- livered a very instructive and suggestive paper. The address contained words of warning and caution drawn from the present condition of the flower markets throughout the country. The thoughts and advice given may well be heeded. The reports of our secretary and treasurer were approved; they showing a satisfac- tory condition of the society both finan- cially and otherwise. The subject of holding another chrysan- themum show drew out comments, criti- cisms and a general interchange of thought and led the society to intrust the holding and management of the next chrysanthemum show to a committee who voluntarily assume all financial responsiblity for tbesame. Itisproposed that a finer and much more extensive exhibit shall be made the coming Novem- ber than on any past occasion. New varieties of chrysanthemums, roses and allotherflorists'flowersshall have special premiums and places assigned them. It is proposed that a special premium of considerable size shall be given for the best exhibit tending to bring out the really meritorious varieties that are to be introduced during the spring of '91. This will give the raisers and introducers of the new varieties a good opportuni ty to display the sorts which are set forthwith such fine word painting in the catalogues and lists at the present time. The discus- sion and the time given to matters per- taining to the coming show will undoubt- edly bear fruit. As an earnest of what is proposed, a number at once agreed to produce and exhibit enough plants to warrant a superior exhibit. In the evening Professor Joseph Harter read a most interesting paper on the dis- eases of the carnation, which was abund- antly illustrated and made plain by numerous specimens showing the disease in its different stages of development. We think he proved conclusively to those present that the germ which destroyed our carnations was a minute microbe which entered the leaves and when once inside the plant structure, destroyed the tissues of the plant. The experiments related cover the past two years— and are still in progress. The essayist has carefully read the American Florist and is cognizant of all that has apeared in its columns. We hope to see a careful set- ting forth in the columnsof theAiHEKiCAN Florist when the professor has complet- ed his studies on the subject. Mr. Fred Dorner followed the professor with an equally interesting paper on car- nations, their culture and best varieties. Mr. Dorner makes the broad statement that carnations the first few years of their existence will produce double the quantity of flowers they will in the last half, and that six to eight years is the maximum length of time of a carnation's usefulness. This view is held by M. Carle of Lyon, France, one of the foremost cul- tivators of carnations in Europe. More might be quoted from Mr. Dorner's paper but as his views are to be set forth in a more elaborate paper in the near future before a gathering of florists nothing further need be said at present. Mr. Pierre Van Landeghem of Purdue, read a paper on diseases of the rose as afiiscting plants in the open ground, showing the peculiar and insiduous man- ner in which fungoid diseases destroy the usefulness of our fair queen in the garden. All the above papers were discussed and questions propounded which added much interest to the session. The meeting convened Thursday a. m., the principal business beingthe election of officers which resulted as follows : Fred- erick Dorner, Lafayette, president; B. L. Auger, Fort Wayne, vice-president; Wm. G. Berterrnann, Indianapolis, secretary; John Hartje, Indianapolis, assistant sec- retary; F. C. Huntingdon, Indianapolis, treasurer. The meeting voted to hold its next annual business meeting at Indian- apolis next November subject to the call of the president. Among the exhibits Mr. F. Dorner had vases of all his recently raised new carna- tions, including those flowering now for the first time. They were greatly admir- ed on account of their large size and sturdy, vigorous growth. Cyclamen per- sicum and orchids by F. T. McFadden of Cincinnati. A fine array of bulbous stuff was shown by Bertermann Bros., Indian- apolis, all nicely done. A dwarf perpetual 420 The American Florist. Feb. 5, flowering scarlet salvia was shown by Mr. John Hartje. This is a plant of much promise for bedding on account of its very dense.sturdygrowth and free bloom- ing qualities. A drive to Purdue University, and an inspection of the U. S. E.xperimental Sta- tion and thc^eenhousesoftheuniversity was much enjoyed. The members of the society were the recipients of a splendid banquet set at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Dorner, and to which all present did ample justice. After the good things so bounteously provided by our host and hostess had been disposed of, toasts, and a general good time was had. One and all sav, long life to Mr. and Mrs. Dorner and their genial family of boys and girls. E. G. Hill. The Outlook. In his address to the Society of Indiana Florists, at its recent session, President M. .\. Hunt made some timely and perti- nent comments on the present outlook for the trade. We print below some ex- tracts from the latter part of the address, the opening being devoted to a review of the trade in the west for the last twenty- five years. "Holiday sales last season, but more notably those of the present year, point unmistakably to the fact that some change will have to be madein ourmethods if we would avoid overproduction and conse- quent stagnation. How shall we forecast the future in order to avoid the shoals upon which so many in other callings have stranded within the past few months. "It is useless to lay down a code of rules for our government, in fact, I doubt if anv recommendations even will be heeded by those in the mad rush of com- petition. ' The commercial florists of our land have caught the 'American spirit,' are imbued and permeated with the push and energy of tliedav,in fact, the very force of habit that has grown upon them through years of active business life, con- stantly impells them to reach out after ALL the trade, and theirindividual powers of digestion and assimilation seem to be unlimited. This, however, will not pre- vent a fewsuggestions, which, could they be generally heeded and adopted, would, I feel sure, secure to us future prosperity individually and collectively. "The first suggestion I woxdd make is this : Cease to grow for a prospective or speculative demand. Let every grower be content to raise only such an amount as will supply his established trade. In this way overproduction will be held in abevance, and a health}- demand will be everywhere present. "Second. The foregoing proposition assumes that no more money be invested in glass until such time as the demand exceeds ourindividual producingcapacity. Put your yearly profits instead into some safe security entirely foreign to the busi- ness you pursue, and thus establish an income independent of the ups and downs of 3-our own. In making this investment be satisfied with a reasonable rate of in- terest, based on flrst-class security, rather than seek higher rates, speculative values and probable losses. "Third. Instead of bending every energy to produce as we have in the past, let us unitedly work to create a greater demand andto"do this allow me to suggest, first, that as individual growers we raise th: standard of excellence of our product, whatever it may be; let quality, not quantity, be our aim. Again, with the very best that can be produced in hand, let us all unite, east, west, north and south, in cities, villages, communities, everywhere, where flowers are found and known, to educate the people to a greater appreciation of and consequent use of what we already love, a dormant love of. which is found in every human breast. "To this end, let those connected with city exhibitions redouble their eftbrts to make them a success, and never give up or yield to discouragement, even if the receipts do not meet expenses ; it is only a species of advertising, than which noth- ing pays better in the end, but it must be persisted in from year to year, systemati- cally, enthusiastically, and with financial support if need be to make receipts and expenses balance. This done, results aimed at are as sure to follovy as we are sure ol success in any educational enter- prise. In States where there are no large cities, be sure and make all the showing the season will admit of at. vour state and county fairs, and in addition to this, it those residing in eachcounty would unite tomake an exhibitof chrysanthemums at their county seat, adding such plants or flowers as can be well shown at that time and will add to the general interest, much may in this way be accomplished by way of educating the people to feel they need and must have the best our art pro- duces. " Above all, never fail to u.se every means at your command to increase the interest in 3'our own community ; even if you have no one tojoin with you, do not neglect your opportunity for that reason, as in this instance you have the assurance to begin with that there will be no discords, and that you will have your own way in all things, an exceedingly satisfactory condi- tion of things to some minds. Persist, then, in making the most of every oppor- tunity, results will follow, and the honor and profit will all be your own." Having been requested by your honor- able committee to read a paper on this subject, I have in the following endeav- ored to say enough at any rate, to open a discussion whereby your essayist trusts to learn more than he can ever hope to teach by anything that can be said. As this subject has been so well and ably presented to this body so many times be- fore, bj' men much better informed and more able to present it to you intelli- gently than myself, I feel that I am almost an interloper here, and would certainly much rather be a listener than a talker on the subject; however, I will give mv experience with the rose, and trust you will be lenient with j-our criticisms. This, the Queen ot all flowers, has always reigned supreme for nie. and will till the end of time. My first experience with the rose dates from the time I was about 81/2 years old, when I borrowed (without permission) three eyes of Souve- nir de la Malmaison, then a new rose. I am sorry to have to confess it at this late day, but a clear confession is good for the soul, so it is said, anyway, having watched an elder brother doing considerable budding, and wishing to try my hand at it I borrowed, as above stated, three eyes from my father's gar- den and took' them to a neighboring hedge where I found a wild rose on which I budded them, one of which grew and the ne.xt season produced three fine flow- ers, and from that day on the rose (and this variety in particular) has always held a charm for me. During all these years I have seen many, very many changes in them, though some of the varieties that were then in their glory have not yet been eclipsed and still retain their places in the front rank. Among many I may men tion General Jacqueminot, Giant des Bat- tailles, and many others too numerous to mention here. Among the tea roses, Niphetos, Lamarque, Gloire de Dijon and others still rank as first favorites; the same maybe said of all the other branches of this family. But no one can gainsay that there are not many great improve- ments in the family, introduced within the last ten or twenty years; take, for instance, the magnificent Ulricb Brimner, Mrs. John Laing, Earl of DuflFerin, T. W. Girdlestone, and many others of the same family. Among the teas, the most grace- ful of all, combining as it does, elegance of form, beautiful color and fragrance, stands pre-eminenth' Catherine Mermet, and her offspring the Bride, which to-day is recognized all over the civilized world as the finest white tea rose in cultivation; and of this year's introduction the glori- ous Waban, now before j'ou, and its mother and sister grown and produced at the celebrated Waban Conservatories here in your own state, which cleai-ly demonstrates the fact that the cultiva- tion of the rose has wonderfully advanced within the last decade. It may not be out of place at this time to give a few remarks on the cidtivation of the rose here. Twenty v'ears ago the principal roses grown for our markets were Bon Silene, Safrano, Lamarque and a few others of like character. The only roses of any size then grown were Mare- clial Niel and Cornelia Cook, to-day they are almost entirely supplanted by much superior i-arieties, such as von now see before you, and many others of a like size and beauty. To attain this end con- siderable skill has been brought to bear on their cultivation. Twenty years ago possibly five thousand roses per day was the limit of the supply for New York city, now as many as iifty thousand roses per dav can often be found there and, accord- ing to my own estimate based on the most caieful calculation, I think I am quite within the limit to say that often it reaches in the spring of the year to nearly one hundred thousand per day, which speaks volumes in itself for the growth, advancement, refinement in taste and development of horticulture. To meet the demands of the public many changes in the cultivation have been brought about; where with the old system one rose was cut ten at the present time are cut from the same space. Perhaps you will ask how this has been brought about, my answer is, largely by superior culti- vation. Formerly they were all grown in the solid bed of the gi-eenhouse, now they are grown on raised benches, lieds, etc.. and with the greatly improved style of greenhouses now at the command of the grower they are enabled to produce large quantities with comparatively little expense to what they formerly did. When I began cultivating loses under this system many growers predicted fail- ure, to-da.v 90 per cent of the florists in this country are growing their roses on i8gi. The American Florist. 42i HOUSE OF HYBRID AT MR. J N MAYS, that princii)le, with, of course, some modifications which experience has taught. It was formerly the practice to plant a house of tea roses, grow them on for years till they actually died from over- work; now the general practice is to replant fine, healthy, new stock every year, or, at most, every two years; orig- inally the prevailing idea was that the roses must have a deep rich border rang- ing from 12 to 24 inches deep to produce good roses; now the finest roses in the country are produced on benches, etc., with from 2',_' to 4 inches of soil. To keep plants in such a shallow bench constantly bearing thej- must, of course, have liberal treatment; after they are planted , say in July, and get fairly started into growth they need a mulching of the best manure they can have. This induces surface root action, which roots should never be disturbed, and in the course of eight or ten weeks the plants will have absorbed the above coat y come in very useful. Spikes of Veitchii com- bined with fronds of Adiantum Farley- ense or the dark green of the climbing Asparagus plumosa make them fine for room or table decoration, as well as for the conservatory. They are very lasting and will keep longer in good condition than most any other flower. Where they can be grown by the hundred in masses nothing will make so rich a displaj'. On a bench 29V2 feet by 2V2 feet Mr. McWilliam, gardener for Mrs. Lasell, Whitinsville, Mass., had this last season 106 pots or plants averaging 3 spikes each, or 318 not counting small ones. The spikes were from 21/2 to 41/0 feet in length, 25 to 48 perfect flowers to the spike, average 36. He has four varieties of Veitchii of various shades of pink. The best is eompacta; the flowers of this are set very close on the stem. Two white ones, Vestita luteo and Vestita rubro- occulata, the yellow and red eyed sorts, contrast excellently with Veitchii. These three are of the dry bulb species and require a season of rest after flowering. Vestita occulata gigantea and Regnieri also grown here are late following sorts; they are just now coming in while the former three are about over, thus they pro- long the season of bloom. They partake more of the character of the evergreen species; not long after flowering they will want to begin growth again for another season. In a commercial way the calanthe ought to stand high, owing as stated above to its grand decorative (jualities and its merit of long standing in good condition; also for flowering in the dull winter time and at the holidays. Enter- prising florists near the large flower mar- kets would do well to increasetheir stock; hundreds of spikes could be disposed of which would bring in the always needed dollars. Calanthes are as easy to manage as many other things that are grown by the houseful; if they get the proper treatment and attention will do well. Being natives of the warm eastern countries they need to be given a temperature accordingl}', even when at rest the bulbs ought to be kept perfectly warm and dry till they again show signs of making growth. January 26. W. S. Fine Phalaenopsis. The phalienopsis at the Rose Hill Nur- series, New Rochelle. N. Y., are now ap- proaching the height of their beauty. Among the more conspicuous ones at present in flower are P. amabilis, P. Schilleriana.P.Stewartiana and P. casta. The first three named have leaves from three to five inches in width and from eight to fifteen inches long, and each plant has from four to seven leaves. They are the wonder of visitors. The plants are in small cedar baskets and this is here considered an essential point in their culture. A. J. E. The Society of American Florists. When the Society of American Flo- rists was organized and set going under so favorable auspices, I, and doubtless many others, were flattered by the idea and hope that now we would have an educator, a something that would bring to the frotit our business and thus entitle us to that respect, and accord to us that dignity, that is everywhere accredited to all respectable trades or professions. For is not ours a most ennobling and elevating avocation? Have we notto do with the beautiful in nature as well as art? Our meetings were well attended and were at first seasons of instruction and benefit to all. The various subjects be- longing to our craft were brought to our notice, and the wise and experienced dis- cussed them in an interesting and in- structive manner. The various sessions of the meetings were held with decorum and all things gave promise of a realiza- tion of that which many of us hoped for. I trust the inceptors of this association had in mind not only that we all might be taught how best to grow carnations, violets, roses or chrysanthemums, but also how we might become better men, in the fullest sense of the term, honest in all our dealings and intercourse with our fellow men. Now I am not about to say that the meetings are not as largely attended or the different sessions are not held in har- mony and with dignity or that those who do attend are not instructed, but I do say that taking it all in all the associa- tion is not maintaining its dignity and character as some were led to believe it would. It seems as if the whole thing begins to take on the nature of festive occasions and that each place that may be selected for the next ensuing meeting tries to out do in the way of entertain- ment, the last one; that so much time is being taken up by excursions and sight- seeing that the whole army of florists get into a demoralized condition and pay but little attention to the business proper that comes before the society, and often when an important paper is being read, the preparation and writingof which has taken much time and patience of the author, scarce a hundred are present to listen to it or join in the often very inter- esting discussions. All will concede that this is not very flattering or compliment- ary to the writer's ability, and certainly not very encouraging for future essayists. I became a member of this association dating with the florists of America. I desired to be benefitted in my business, in learning how to grow better plants and more beautiful flowers, I hoped to be enlarged and improved in every way. I believe many others joined the associa- tion from a similar desire. I am not about to sa3' that I am not benefitted, for I am, and that largely, and I am glad of it, and I still hope to be more so in every way that is right and laudable. I did not join the association to eat ham sandwiches, lobster salad, or ices. All are very well in their places, and I like them all. Butfellow members, you who were at the Boston meeting, do you re- member how like a wet blanket it fell over the few who were in the hall when our President, Mr. Jordan, announced that "naming the place for our next meeting is now in order." It was as still as death for a short time. Why? Because no city, or the representative of any city, felt like inviting the association to hold its next meeting there. Why? Because it has grown to be such a heavy tax on the local florists where the meeting might be held, that none felt like urging their city for the place. Now I am not going to say one word against the hospitality of Boston. On the contrar}', I was glad the association met there, and am glad I was there and saw all I did see, and ate all the lobster salad I did, and enjoyed the society of the Boston florists. It was a delightful time and I must confess that through the courtesy of the Florist Club of Boston I had an opportunity of visiting and seeing many things that perhaps but for them I never would have had the privilege of doing, and I wish here to express my thanks to the florists of Boston for all this and especially for their kindness to me in renderitig every attention and mak- ing me so comfortable while suffering from an attack of sciatic rheumatism, and I desire every one of them to accept my personal thanks. But aside from all this, I certainly think the club incurred too great an expense as well as annoy- ance and inconvenience to themselves in providing such elaborate entertainments. And now comes the wet blanket scene referred to above. I wanted very much to extend to the society an invitation to name my own beautiful city, Minneapolis, as the place of the next meeting, but after seeing how nobly and richly Boston had i8gi. The American Florist. 423 VIEW IN LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO done I had no more spirit of entertain- ment left in me. And I doubt not there were others who felt as I did. We had nothing to show you but our Minnehaha, our Minnetonka, our big mills and our big prairies, all of which indeed would be worth seeing, but alas how could we feed you, after having been to Boston. And as there we sat, no one offering a resting place, we were about to have to rent poorer quarters. But just then our Can- adian neighbors seeing our dilemma came to our rescue and so the meeting will be held in Toronto next .\ugust. May the sturdy Canadians set us an example of economy and frugality, and give us oat meal porridge. I hope they will also be sure to give us nothing stronger than tea or coffee to drink. R. J. Mendenhall, Minneapolis, Minn. View in Lincoln Park, Chicago. The illustration is from a photograph taken last summer and shows in the fore- ground one of the numerous vases with which the park is ornamented in the summer time. As will be noted the prin- cipal vines used in filling the vase were tropseolums. These are very extensively used here for this purpose and for a large showy vase they are rera-^rkably effective. The rapidity with which they attain to an effective size and condition is also in their favor. We believe that the illustra- tion as a whole will be appreciated as a beautiful picture. New York. This has been one of the busiest weeks this season, and the near future promises to be equally as good. The Astor ball on Monday night wasa very brilliant affair; the decorations by Klunder were magni- ficent, an exhibition of floral art. The large hallway was lined with groujjs of flowering plants, clusters of Liliuni Harrisii, banks of pink azaleas and g. oups of genista, between these were arranged beds of tulips, hyacinths and jonquils. At the entrance to the stairway stood a clump of orange trees bearing fruit, the doorways were arched with flowering shrubs, one being of forsythia blossoms, the others quince, apple, etc., the whole presenting a beautiful picture of spring. The reception room was an exotic scene. The mantel was a mass of A. Farleyense and cattleyas, with blocks of phala?iiopsis hanging on the sides, the fire-place being filled with Anthurium Andreanum and amaryllis to represent ablaze of fire. The mirrors were handsomely curtained with Asparagus tenuissimus, which was looped with clusters of oncidiums. Fine vases of white lilacs and La France roses were placed on side cases and tables. The art gallery, which is used for dancing in, was decorated with roses, which were ar- ranged in Roman garlands on the statu- ary and amongst the pictures. The bal- cony used by the musicians was covered with trailing vines and clusters of orchids. Supper was served on small tables in the centers of which were placed handsome baskets of La France roses. Thorley,Dardsand Hodgson were busy decorating the houses of the Vanderbilt family on Wednesday and Thursday for dinners, musicales and receptions. These brought a certain amount of animation into society, and many large dinners and afternoon teas followed, where Bogert, McConnell, Stumpp, Butler, Brower and the rest displayed their usual good taste in the table decorations. It woidd need columns to describe them all. Perhaps the most novel was a table design by Stumpp, purporting to be a "field of flowers." Ona round board five feet in diameter oats were grown on earth one inch in depth until it had the appear- anceofa plotof grass. Clusters of daisies, myosotis, jonquils, crocus, pansies, etc., 4 24 The a mer i ca n F lortst. Kb. 5, were airaiigcil aiuoiiLjst the yi ass. In the center ol'thc desiijiistixHl a tine lir.niieh of apple blossoms, the \\ Imle j^iviiij; a j)rctty idea of "the Howers that 1)U)oni in the spring." It was very nnieh admired by Mr. U. Asmus, Robert Bottomly and Chas. Weathered, who happened to be visiting Mr. Stunipp in regard to the eoniing ex- hibition. Artists are busy on designs for the show, :ind judging from the manner the several eommittees are working and the great interest taken in it by every branch of our trade, it will be the finest exhibition ever given here. Every class of work will be represented, from the latest bouton- nieres and hand-bouquets to the banquet and ball decorations. Mr. Asmus pro- poses ;in opera bo.x decoration also, a very pretty idea, and one that will surely start the fashion ol' decorating boxes for the opera. It is l)y doing such things, the holding of exhibitions, the introduc- tion of flowers for occasions that are at present ignored, that we encourage the business, put flowers in the light of a necessity, and make the public understand that there is no pleasure so sweet ( or so cheap) as the fragrant kiss of a beautiful flower. There are many vahuiMr yv\/x>. iiKhid- ing ten beautifully en.:,!, I mM ^iUn cups, to be awarded in the (liliiu in rl.i^^is. It is expected that our Boston ami I 'liil.idel- pliia brothers will comiictc for some of these prizes. The trade within easy reach of this city will do well to visit this ex- hibition, as the latest and best New York can do will be shown there. There weresome beautiful bouquetscar- ried at the Carmencita Ball, at the Madi- son Square Garden, last night. Thorley, Scallen and Ellis were busy supplying flowers for this occasion. The warm, spring-like weather of the past week has benefitted the business very much, flowers added to the charms of almost every lady one met, and we notice with pleasure that it is fashionable to wear flowers on the street this spring. Violets seem to be the favorite breast bouquet, while some wear bunches of jonquils or carnations at the waistband. Others jaunt along with some beautiful rose. Violets are the most worn bv gen- tlemen during the daytime, whilst large boutonnieres of white carnations, lily of the valley, Madame Hoste rose, or gar- denia ( wiiichis always preferred ) are worn during the evening. .\ basket filled with Erica Wilmoriana, and trimmed with "McGregor" ribbon, was quite taking. Bunches of spring flowers andfloweringplants may now be seen in "society people's" windows. Eet us encourage the taste. John Young. Boston. The last week has seen a revival in the cut flower trade. The improvement seems to be general all over the country, judging by wholesale orders from other sections, and business will no doubt con- tinue good until Lent comes in. Roses are especially in demand, although the prevailing prices are far below those of the corresponding time in previous years. There is a brisk demand for violets and carnations also. There are a few Jacqs in the market, and occasionally a few Mareehal Niels are to be seen. In carnations the most generally grown variety here seems to be the Grace Wilder this season. The demand for it .seems almost unlimited. A new seedling of much jMomise was shown at Ilorticul- tiu-al Mall recently by Mi-. ICrncst Iv. Fewkes. In color it is about half way between the Grace Wilder and Century. It is a round symmetrical flower, nicely fringed, and in the samples exhibited there was no sign of bursting. In fragi-ance it is phenomenal, being decidedly the most highly perfumed pink ever shown here. Another new carnation of promise is a seedling owned by Mr. R. T. Lombard. It is yellow, a strong handsome flower, and in all probability will soon become one of the leading market varieties. Double daftbdils seem to be in great de- mand this year. They sell more readily than the single trumpets and bring a better price. Tulips do not sell as they did a few winters ago. Freesias are very abundant and prices low. In many of the florists' windows ai'c to be seen Chinese primroses in great abund- ance. As a house plant they seem to be very popular. Mr. J. N. May and Mr. Robt. Craig paid a flying visit to Boston this week to see the Waban rose growing. There have been quite a number of visitors from a distance to Natiek on this same errand. The general verdict is that the picture does not do the rose full justice. A number of the florist friends of Mr. E. J. Welch made a sudden call upon that gentleman at his residence in Dorchester this week, the immediate cause of the visit being a desire to congratulate him upon his recent marriage. It is hardly necessary to remark that their object was accomplished and the whole affair was a glorious success. W. J. S. Cleveland. Holiday trade was good and the florists were correspondingly happy. The warm weather just before Christmas supplied us with plenty of flowers of good quality but the demand fully equalled the suppl3'. One thing is sure it does not pay to buy too largely, though one of our florists says he bought $600 worth of flowers besides using all that he cut from 90,000 feet of glass. The sale of "greens" was fully up to last year. Holly and ground pine were both sold out clean and were of much better quality than last year. Good holly wreaths with plenty of berries sold at 50 cents retail and C|uick sales at that, supply limited and demand active. One feature of this season's work was the demand for a better class of holly and green work. Herman A. Hart, out on Detroit street, looks trim and neat, a fine healthy house of primulas have some new shades and colors among them. This place is suc- cessfully heated by steam. At J. M. Gasser's everything is in ex- cellent order. He is making a number of experiments this season, and judging from results they are successful. In a number of houses a change has been made to overhead heating. Mr. G. claims that it saves labor both in watering and, in case of an accident, the accessibilitv of the pipes. Under the benches it often being a most difficult and back breaking matter to get at them. He has also adopted the solid bed prin- ciple. In these houses which are 100x22 feet the beds are raised a few inches above the walks, 2-inch drain tile are placed S or 10 inches apart, earth to the depth of 5 inches placed on toj) of these, into which the carnations are planted. Mr. G. has one house of carnations 100x22, planted on benches but they do not compare at all favorably with those planted in solid beds with overhead heating. Another point I was surprised at was the distance of the plants from the glass. The center bench was from 7 to 10 feet, and still no bad effects, no drawing, all the plants stock}' and the buds as close together as they could stand. Silver Spray for white, Harrison and Carnegie and Grace Wilder for pink. Cen- tury and E. G. Hill for scarlet and crim- son, and Black Knight for dark maroon, are the leading varieties grown. The palm house, fern house and croton house are in excellent order, the crotons being especially well colored. A fine lot of lilacs are in bloom, as also the finest house of mignonette it has ever been my good fortune to see. Mr. G. says they bring him at retail 25 cents per head. Violets were not in flower yet, but the plants looked thrifty and clean, without disease. Mrs. Gasser, the efficient partner of Mr. G.. has been seriously ill for some time, but is now improving. A matter which has interested the local florists this past week has been a closel}- contested law suit in which Florist E. G.Campbellwas defendant and JoeTurek plaintiff. The ease has attracted consid- erable local attention and the daily papers gave the case more than usual space. The plaintiff claimed $5,000 damages for injuries received while in the employ of the defendant, through being thrown from a wagon, due to the giving way of one of the drawchps and consequent shj-- ing of the horse and overturning of the wagon, resulting in the dislocation of plaintiff's hip joint. The defendant denied any knowledge of the defective drawclip and introduced a bill for general repairs on the wagon as evidence that it was in safe condition. Also averring that when the plaintiff returned after the accident an examination revealed no serious bruises and for five weeks thereafter he attended to his regular duties without making any complaint, and that he had received orders to have made any small repairs necessary to the safety of the vehicle. The plaintiff admitted on the stand that the crack in the drawclip had been called to his attention by another employe and on the ground of contrib- utory negligence a verdict was rendered for the defendant. C. On the 13th of January Mr. Benjamin Coles Townsend died suddenly of heart failure at his beautiful home at Bay Ridge, L. I. Mr. Townsend was 73 j'ears old and until he retired three years ago was a prominent New York business man. All his life long he was uassionately de- voted to floriculture, and at one time was President of the New York Horticultural Society. For some time before he died he was awai-e that the end was near, and last summer he expressed a wish to his family: "When I pass away smother me in roses," and his wish was gratified. A happy, genial gentleman, to know him was to love him. W. F. Floriculture in the South. I would like to add a word or two in reference to the notes from Mr. J. Mor- ton, of Clarksville, Tenn. He is in error in his belief that there are no properly equipped rose houses heated by steam south of him. If Mr. M. would take a short trip to Atlanta, Ga., he could in- spect such an establishment, one which I believe is destined to become at no dis- tant day a formidable competitor of the Washington and Boston rosebud growers. Atlanta, Ga. Geo. HrNMAN. i8gi. The American ,F lori ST. 425 Reco^ Rote*. ScRANTON, Pa.— Warner & McConnell have started in the nursery business here at 114 River and 928 James streets. Ft. Worth, Tex.— The Fort Worth Nursery, Seed and Canning Co. has had very good success with roses and carna- tions this season. They have added a new carnation house 100x20. Peoria, III.— Matthew Cation, the florist, son of the late Wm. Cation, died January 18 from consumption, aged 32 years. He leaves a widow and one child, "the latter but three weeks old. Portland, Oregon.— We have an ex- cellent winter here in Portland. Ther- mometer has not been below 27° above, and it seems like spring. I picked roses in my garden this morning (Jan. 20). Columbus, Ind. — .\. Glenn, the nursery- man, has left town under peculiar circum- stances. The Sheriff is in possession of his property. It is reported that he left to avoid arrest for attempted blackmail. Wooster, O.— The Wooster Floral Club has been organized and the follow- ing officers choosen: President, L. R. Kramer; Vice-President, S. H. Boyd; Secretary, W. A. Porter; Treasurer, Ed. Seigenthaler. Washington.— Flowers must have been very scarce, since a local florist has been obliged to buy the season's crop of cut flowers raised by Uncle Sam at the Reform School. A little "reform" seems to be needed right at headquarters. Minneapolis.— .\t the 24-th annual meeting of the Minnesota State Horti- cultural Society, held in this city January 22 and 23, a resolution was passed in- viting the American Association of Nur- serymen to hold its next meeting in this city. Indianapolis.— John Heidenreich.anew florist here, has built three greenhouses, 50x11 each, on .Apple Gate and Morton streets. The place is heated by steam. He will grow cut flowers and plants and should be added to the list in the direc- tory as F. Pittsburg.— The Pittsburg and Alle- gheny Florists' and Gardeners' Club is contemplating the erection of a club house to cost several thousand dollars. The display of orchids in bloom at the conservatories of the Allegheny Parks has attracted crowds of visitors of late. Bristol, Pa. — Harry Chambers has added two houses this season, one 50x10 for carnations and another 14x10 for potted plants. DeWitt Bros, have thrown out all their small boilers and 4-inch pipe and have put in a 65 H. P. return flue boiler, heating their entire plant with hot water through I'/i-inch steam pipes under pressure. It works very satisfactorily. Union Springs, Ala.— Christmas trade was good and fair prices were obtained . The demand for cut flowers exceeded the supply and we had quantities of rose buds. A. B. Strickland cut 500 rose buds from plants in the open ground on Dec. 23, and these included all the leading varieties. Some of the Beauties and Niels were very handsome and perfect. There has been no cold weather to amount to anything here, and plants in the open ground look as fresh as in the springtime. San Francisco.— a movement is soon to be inaugurated to make at the World's Fair at Chicago a splendid display of California flowers, pressed and mounted as for an herbarium. The method pro- posed is to offer prizes in each school dis- trict of the state for the best collection gathered in that district. Each flower is to be labeled with both its popular and botanical name. After the display at Chicago the whole collection is to be pre sented to some educational institution or museum. Dallas, Tex.— Business during the hol- idays was not as good as last year. We had flowers shipped from Chicago and St. Louis but the high prices we had to charge in order to come out even hurt trade. Mostlj- loose cut flowers were called for, very few decorations this year as people are hard up. Roses retailed at from $3 to $5 a dozen, carnations $1 to $1.50, hyacinths $1.50, violets 25 cents to 50 cents a bunch, callas 50 cents each, Harrisiis 25 cents to 50 cents each. Since the holidays tr.-'de has been very poor, but is now beginning to pick up again. St. Paul.- August S. Swanson, the florist, made an assignment for the ben- efit of his creditors January 27. Assets and liabilities will probably foot up about $9,000 or $10,000. The main cause of the failure was the very poor business the last season in conjunction with an almost total failure of the roses, which through unfortunate circumstances failed to respond with any blooms, and thus caused him a loss of from $2,500 to $3,000. The failure is generally regretted among the trade here, as Mr. Swanson had many friends. An eflbrt will be made to so arrange matters that he may con- tinue the business and be given a chance to recover the lost ground. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. AdTertlsement SITUATION WANTED-Bya J as florist, private or con nces. K. Lange 957 W. Division St., Chicago, III. JITDATION wanted— By acompetl FLOKIST, P. O. Box 60>;. situation WANTED-By March Ibyat 5 gardener and florist; 12 years' eiperiei t present has charge of a large private plac tale. Best of references. Address, statin R P 25il, Port Chester SITUATION WANTBD-By Situation WANTED-By a erst class thoroughly competent; private or comm First class references; German i single; age M Only desires a change in a more Southern or ern State. Address A B, care American V I SITUATION WANlBD-By a married mat man, as gardener in first class private ( mercial place. Experience in greenhouse graperies, roses and cut flowers. Industrioi sober. Best of references. Address roses generally, cut flowers, fruits, vegetabl* tropical plants; laying outcholce gentlemen's 18 years' experience; age 32; married.^ Gooi i McGovern St., Chic WANTED-One seeond-l 16 or 17. State price. W E K Drawer 985, Minneapol g up inne; w ANTED— To rent, a few greenhouses repair, flt for roses and carnations, r hour from New Yorii City. State terms WANTED-Booklteeper and corresponder who is experienced in seed and plant bu Give references. Bookkeei-k Lock box 1618, Philadelphu ANTED-A young retail store trade. make up floral designs, bouquets, ete. References required. Address , „^. Florist, box 128, Westwood, Ohio. w 'I'lT'ANTBD— A good store hand ; one used to design >V ing and decorating. Must have good refer ' A. DONAiiHUE, 15H Dodge St.. Omaha. Neb. W^ WANTED-By May 1st, a few thousand ft. second- han- '-- ■' u„.,,.j .„.., Address. ) some hotbed sash RoitEBT T. McGoRUM. Welle'sley Hill W lorough. practical flori*t. to grow I and orchids for commercial pur- giving references and wages ex- Drawer 9S5, Mineapolis, Minn. W NTED-A88i8lant florist; one who can , rosea and propagate. Good references ; ability. Permaner-t place for V. GREEN & Sox. Watertown, N WANTBD-An able, y charge of vegetahl experience in erowing i records. Henry a. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED— Several intelHfirent young florists, ihor- Steady employmert. Address, with refer- ■ Seed Co.. St Louis, Mo. Pachyphytu practical, flr ed-wiil^'tahe labor Tg WANTED— A tborfugh. experienced florist, a foreman in a c^mme^ciaI place. Muct be i reliable man and used to growing roses, etc. for cu flowers. Give references and wages. Address A. DoNAiiHTE. 15 4 Dodge St.. Omaha, Neb. W^ VEKTFEGER, Oak 1 W^ J. T. LOVETT Co.. Little Sil W^ w ANTED— An active, progressive greenhouse gardener, who could at times assist in order packing department of a large commercial , ^i 1 . „_j particulars to lox 1618, Philadelphia. w ANTED-Onec assist in packing department t WANTED-Gentleman. widely known in the trai for years, as manager of seed, plant and bu house, desires to meet live florists, nurserymen others, w th a view to partnership. Address M, care Messrs. H. B King & Bro., W^ ''ANTED— A thoroughly fl'st class man to take charge of hardwood, ornamental and herba- ceous departments. Musi have full experie be well up in these br-- -' — ^.■-~' Apply to SlEliHECHT 01 w AiJLti , 1 New York, stating full particulars a W ANTED— A practical and experienced florist and landscape gardener. Married man with small or no family preferred. Must be sober industrious and willing to work. Steady place for the right man. Wages *« per month with free house. Address Superintendent Thomas Fra.me. U. S National I emetery, Vicksburg, Miss. Five greenhouses in town of 60,000, good shipping faciiites, railroads leading in sliteen directions, nings for a live, capable man One Oi tut3 uesL ope Property free from required, good securi^j lui uai, X T Z, care Americ ance' Some capita! , Chicago, The Walkerton Greenhouse and Market Gardens. These premises consist of 3^ acres of flrst-class land with 2.S00 small fruit trees, a neat two-story brick dwelling, two greenhouses heated with hot water, with all modern improvements; well stocked and necessary hotbeds. No opposition nearer than Guelph, 60 miles distant. Also fiH acres of highly cultivated good land under lease for years on good terms, on which are 1 acre of young bearing raspber- ries, and 1 acre of strawberries. Apply to 'W. W. JENXINKS, Ford River P. 0.. Mich, or Shaw & Shaw, Walkerton, Ont., Canada. 42^ The American Florist. Feb. s, Sub-cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. 1. $1.40; Column, »i Cash with Order. No Spcclnl Position Guaranteed. Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent: 13 times, 10 per cent; Orders lor less than one-half inch space not accepted. Insertion in the issue for ttie lulluwing Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicag Stolen America, a story of Bermuda, by Isobel Henderson Floyd. Cassell Pub- lishing Company, New York. It is not our clistom to review any other than books on horticultural subjects, but the above is of interest from the fact that the au- thoress is a daughter of the late Peter Henderson. It is a delightfully told story, which will not onh' interest but in- struct, and furthermore it has a purpose, namely to bring home to the great mass of American people the fact that our coast defenses and navy are absurdly inadequate to protect our coast cities from almost irreparable damage by even the weaker naval powers in case of war. That before we could marshall our resources so as to successfully retaliate the majority of our coast cities could be laid in ashes. Ber- muda, which is practically a spur from the continent of North .\raerica, and only three days from New York, and but two days from Charleston, she describes as one of England's most strongly fortified stations, and designates it as a part of America already "stolen," and warns us to look to the rest. Thcsefacts are woven into a charming story, and in this form will undoubtedly reach and influence a larger number than if placed before the general public in anj' other way. The characters are well drawn and preserve their individuality to a marked degree. Some seem a little overdrawn, and some of the situations unnecessarily strained, but these minor faults are readily forgiven in the sympathy' which the author at once establishes with the reader and holds to the end of the story, and in the appre- ciation ofthe skill with which the majority of the characters are so happily and faith- fully delineated. Business Methods.— One thing that it pays a wholesale dealer or grower to do is to make his correspondence with his customers full and complete. If out of any of the stock when order is received, or it is necessary to hold the order for a short time awaiting the arrival of items upon which you are short, notice ofthe condition of affairs should be at once mailed to the customer. And above all a prompt reply should be made to queries regarding same. Where this is not done the customer who has sent money with his order is justified in doubting the reli- ability and honest}' of the one who has received it, and though matters may be afterward fully explained, the relations ofthe two parties will never be ascordial thereafter as they would have been if no misunderstanding had arisen. It pays to keep in close relations with your cus- tomers, and such relations can not be maintained except by full and complete correspondence in absence of opportunity for personal contact. A noxofcarnal ion blooms was received January 26 from Geo. Hancock, Grand Haven," Mich. The lot included Silver Spray, the popular white sort, and the flowers sent were on strong stems from fifteen to twenty inches long. A few blooms of Lamborn compared rather un- favorably with those sent by Mr. Chitty. Starlight, a light yellow in color may find a place though the blooms are not very large and the color is not as decided as could be wished. A few blooms of Fred Creighton were of a very taking shade of pink, several shades deeper than the flowers of this variety seen before, as we recollect them. Blizzard is in the way of Buttercup, but inferior to that sort judging from the flowers sent. The others were Fair Rosamond, pink; Pax- ton, variegated; E. G. Hill and Florence, scarlets, and J. J. Harrison, lately quite popular as a fancy sort. Director General Davis has not yet named the Chief of the Horticultural De- partment of the World's Columbian Ex- position. He was reported in a local daily to have made the statement to its representative that he went to the last meeting of the Commission prepared to submit the nameofJatnesD. Raynolds for the position, but that so much time was occupied b}' the discussion of the site diffi- culty that the nomination had to be de- ferred. But the Director General has as yet made no official announcement of his intentions. We have received a printed copy ofthe list of horticultural subjects upon which lectures were delivered bv Prof L. H. Bailey at Cornell University for the fall term of 1S90. The general heads include: Food and variability, Climate and varia- bility. Selection. Crossing and Her-edity. Certainly an inviting field of research and one which ought to yield results of prac- tical value. There was also included a list of horticultural definitions which we may print in a future issue. The recent article by Mr. Chitty on the Lamborn carnation seems to have been misunderstood by quite a number of our readers, and we would call attention to the explanation of his position which appears in this issue. We regret that our able correspondent has been subject to criticism through a misunderstanding, but at the same time can not help being pleased that so much valuable data has been drawn out by the vigorous discus- sion which ensued. Catalogues Received. Thomas S. Ware, Tottenham, London, England, seeds; same, chrj'santheniums; same, dahlias; Geo. S. Josselyn, Frcdonia, N. Y., grape vines; J. J. Crusman, Clarks- ville, Tenn., plants; Geo. Hancock, Grand Haven, Mich., carnations; A. T. Cook, Hyde Park, N.Y., seeds; E. Bonner&Co., Xenia, O., plants; W. Piercy, Forest Hill, London, England, chrysanthemums; Greens Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y., nursery stock; Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, seeds; same, plants; S. L. Allen & Co., Philadelphia, garden implements; Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York, seeds and plants; Dr. H. Schroeder, Blooming- ton, 111., nursery stock; L. Green & Son, Perry, O., nursery stock; Stark Bros. Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo., nursery stock; Frank B. Smith, Danville, 111., chrysan- themums; Mohawk Valley Seed Co., Can- ajohai4e, N. Y., seeds; V. Doppleb, Erfurt, Germany, seeds; J. C. Vaughan, Chicago, seeds and plants. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. FREDERICK MAU, p. O. Box 322. SOUTH 01£ ANGK. N. J. PLANTS AND FLOWERS. Cheap as Good Roses A trial order i%lll prove it. BRACKENRIDGE & CO. Established 1S5.1. Govanstown, Md. Mention American Florist. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM, HOLLAND. Largest Grovi-ers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OFTHE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for prices. Onr new Bull> Catalogue Is now ready. Will be mailed free ou application. J. A.. 13E> X^JBJEJIi, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Importer and Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS and riorists' Supplies. Agent for Foreign Houses. CatalORues free ROOTED CUTTINGS FREE BY RI.VIL. Per 100 Marie Louise Violets * .7.i Ageratum White rap and Black Douglas 75 14 varieties Coleus 7.i Saivlai. scarlet and purple 75 Roses Mermets 1 25 Cnrnations Swayne. Garfleld. Lamborn, Silver Spray. Grace Wilder 1.60 Hlnze's White 00 J. J. LAMPERT. .Xenia, Ohio. NOW READY AT 1 DAY'S NOTICE. 20 000 Vincas (va'legated trailing) 1st size strong fl»ld grown, U per ICU; 2nd size from 2i2-lnch. $2 per 100; good strong plants from Bats. »1 60 per 100: rooted cuttings, early fall struck. $1 per ICO. 50GO Gem Feverfew, the best for potting or cutting, strong plants. 3-Inch, $3 per 100; from flats, $1.50 per lOU; rooted cuttings $1 per 100. 3U00 Golden Mar- guerites (Anthemis coronaria), strong. 2^-incb, $3 g;r 100: flats. SI 5i) per ICO; rooted cuttings, $1 per 100. eliotrope. Violet Queen (the best of all), White Lady and Jersey Blue, Hats $l 50 per 100. $12 per lOlO: rooted cuttings $1 p'-r 100. $S per ICCO. 6000 Pansies, Mikado. Dreer's White and light colors. 50c per 100: Gibson's selected seemed Hybrid Pansies. $1.60 per 100. 1000 Uardy Snow Pinks, strong, flats $2 per 100. 1000 Phlox Nana compacta and Star of Quedlinburg, finest strains, will soon bloom, flats $1.50 per 100. :J00 Begonia Saundersonii. 4 inch, In bloom. $6 per 100 200 Bouvardlas. double white, 4-inch, $10 per 100, can be brought on for iCaster. Mam. Verbenas by the 100 and 1000. complete set of i5 beautiful named varieties all colors, and many of them sweetly scented, stock perfectly healthy, ready February. March and April, strong, from flats, $1.50 per 100, $12 per 1000; rooted cuttings, $L per 100, $8 per lOCO. Mums by the 100 and 1010 None but the best new and standard sorts, all colors early and late. Ada Spauldtng. Minnie Wanumaker. B^ttomly. Ivory, Price, Canning, Mrs Bullock. Oak Beauty, Reward, Snow Ball, Purpurea, GrandiHora, Harn Ko, Burpee, 100 others, the very cream of all, complete set in 20 varieties, ad shades, the range of the season, S-inch our choice. $t> per 100; extra good strong plants from flats, the run of the kinds, our choice *3 per 100 Coleus Verschaffeltli, Golden Ve'scbafl^eltli. Golden Bedder, Midnight, Lottie, green. In 10 choice vari- eties, rooted, 60c per 100 $7 per 1000 Mixed Fuchsias, rooted, $1 per 100, $S per UOO. Ageratum White Cap, Trailing Lobelia 50c per lOO; rooted cuttings and plants from flats free by mail, if preferred. Satis- faction guaranteed, see other special oilers. .1. C. GI15SON, Woodbury, N. J. Florists Take Notice A square of ground fronting on Market street. Philadelphia, Pa., 500x214. to Ludlow street. A very desirable location for a florist. Apply to THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CO . 7'.:i Walnut St., Philadrlphis, V». iSgr, The American Florist. 427 E. H. HUNT, WbolesslePlorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Full line of FLOKISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. AlirutFlowersinseafon. Orilers promptly shipped. Open until 7 p. .M Sunday.sMnd Uuliday8l3M. ALL SUPPLIES. AS-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST & DEALER m FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIGHTS AOTJ SUNDATS. ■W^IK-E DESIG-lsTS IIT STOCKT. GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ.) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights !t P. M. ; Sundays 3 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. All Flowers in season. Prompt attention given to shipping orders LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT is^r.o'WBBe®, 1237 Chestnut Street, • • PHIL»DELPHIA. Consignmenta Solicited. Spe'-ial aMention paid to slliMPing. Mention AMKKir.w FLORIST.. 0, E, & S, S, PENNOCK, WH0LE8ILE FLORISTS. 38 S. 16th Street, Ptiiladelphia, Pa. )Pe(i»a{'e MariCeU. Cut Flowers. Perles, Sun.iets i5ooi!§8S : .:: 4-^5 Narcissus, single ^li^uiv:::::::;.::::;:::::;:: Asparagus plumosa ;::::::::::-i2.co®l5oo PHILADILPHU Feb. 2 ••^''Imnne?, 2500a WOO ;; ].a^Fran«,,AlbanyV;.V..V.;.V..V.'.'. .lO.CO ® j§.M " ^e^nTe^t^'s.^.""-:::-:;.: Valley COO (8,1000 s.co @ 111 (JO loua (jO(i so,,,.;. «''.»"•■. Adiantums i' (« Bo»e«. Perles .'*.'^.^.".*'$;iOo''c* w'oo Wattevllles.Ciisins aOOffl 8 00 ■• Am Beauty ■.■..-. jacas |ffi?S^:':*!^r.-^:^- ■.■.;::;:; :Ev;;i|i| laxV.-.v.v. ::::::::::: ^'^®\m ^;?^ir;;;:;;;;;. ;;:;;:.;.. :.;;;; ::;::::::■■ (501(5. 'm Lilac, per bunch ^"^?"'?2S^:X^e.^s:::::::: •■ ^e\Ttfe\';.».^'."'«.'::::;:;; ••••■•■•••4iiiS c.;,.JS.l^::=E: cue® 800 BCO® 800 ?Xr.':':.'.™.^' """=^ .■.■.•.•.■.•:::;: 2:Sol im Tulips ■;; Roman hyacinths, narcssus Smllax :;:::;:::: JgSI S.^ Violets .■.■.■.::::::: \Z% \-i •selVinK-;.°t°"o?tsWe JOHN M. HUDSON, ^^ WHOLESALE 8^^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, 1225 Market St.. ST. LOUIS. MO. «ed'. Co ELLISON & KUEHN. ^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 niTE STItEET, ST. XvOUIS, iwxo, CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, It lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. ?. Code when ordering by te ' egraph . Telephone :onnections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON. BLOOMSBURG, Pa. I 77 7tti Street S. Wm. 3. gTEWSRT, Gut Flowersi Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfieia Street, BOSTOK, 5IASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. norists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House). BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express promptly filled. WHOLESALE FLORISTS l(i5 Tremont St., BOSTON, M ».SS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Roses and other Flowers carefully packed, to all points in Western and Middle States. Return Telegram Is sent immediately when it is impossible to fill order. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade So'icited. Write or Teleg-raph . SMITH FLORAL CO., Minneapolis, Minn. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24tli Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, a.r:d tHe Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [ESTABLISUED 1877.) Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS. 51 West 30th St , NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 West 30th Streiet, A. .S. Burns. BURNS 4 RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 'West SStlri St., J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPECIALTIES: ROSES, CAR NATIONS AND ORCHIDS. CONSIGNMENTS OF SMILAX. CALLAS and ADIANTUMS WANTED. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXCHANGE, 1.^^ MABon street, MlT.WArrKKB Wlia CUT {SJvxir^A.x:. le a specialty of SmilaT, and am prepared l Price, 20 cents per ( " E. BO] MaylstV QualltyA.' i. JOSEPh'e". BONSA^L, Telephone No. 15. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem. Ohio. 5,000 Splrca Japonica, fine clumps, per 100, $3.60. M00Gen'lJacq.Ko8eplant8.4-in. pots, per 100. S! 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted, Ve-schaffeltll. per 10CO,$-.0O. -Golden Bedder & Golden Verschaffeltll, '• JIO.OO. JOHIT BECK, Bridg-eport, Conn. 428 The American Florist. Feb 5, SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Albert M. McCullough. Cincinoati, presi- dent; John Fottler, Jr., Bostou, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, i8qi. Special Quotations. The sefison is now at hand for "special quotations." Here is the first sample received by a gardener in the south: 1 pkt. Lettuce, Hanson's Improved .03 1 pkt. Melon, Chicago Market and Osage and Nectar 03 1 pkt. Melon, Green and Gold and Seminole 03 1 pkt. Onion, Silver King 03 1 pkt. Parsley, Moss Curled 03 1 pkt. Sage 03 1 pkt. Bliss Wonder Pride of M 05 1 pkt. Pumpkin, Mammoth Tuers. .03 1 pkt. Tomato, Peach 10 All of the seed to be the highest grade and from new crop. Cash to accompany order. Comment Is unnecessai3'. It is now Hon. Everett B. Clark, of Milford, Conn. It serves him right. His strains of Conn, grown seed we believe are none the worse for this. The 1891 catalogue of S. L. Allen & Co., manufacturers of Planet Jr. goods, shows still further improvements in their line of gardening implements. The committee appointed in June by the Seed Trade Association to investigate alleged fraudulent entry of imported seeds are reported to be actively at work. Reports from leading wholesale houses indicate that many florists are asking for extension on their accoimts due January 1, and collections from them are not up to the usual January' standard. Baltimore.— C. M. Hildesheim, living near Chestnut Grove, Baltimore county, had a hearing before United States Com- missioner Rogers on the charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. The evidence showed that Hildesheim sent out a large number of illustrated price lists of seeds and plants and rented a box at the Baltimore postofRce, to which orders were to be sent. Complaint was made to the postal authorities that in some cases Hildesheim failed to send the arti- cles ordered, and in others only did so after great delay. Hildesheim said he did not send the purchases, as charged, be- cause he did not have the articles on hand at the time, but would fill all orders as soon as possible. He said he had no intention of defrauding, and promised there should be no further complaints. The commissioner held the case under advisement. — Baltiviore Sun, Jan. 20. G. J. MOFFATT, Manufacturer of ' ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. cation. When writing HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, QUEDLINBURG, GERMANY, (Established 1787.) Wholesale Catalogue free on application. Special low prices given for large quantities. Vegetable Seeds for Market Gardeners- Flower Seeds and Bulbs for Florists. Our reputation among the critical Market Gardeners of this country, for having varieties and strains specially adapted to their wants, is second to none. Our new Florists' and Market Gardeners' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST is the best and most complete list of its kind ever sent out. Write for it on your printed letter-head or enclose business card to show you are entitled to it. Our Horticultural and Poultry Supply Circulars are complete and can be had for the asking. JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, 217 and 219 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., — ^WHOLESALE ^ — Seed Merchants and Growers. IMPORTERS OF ]Bvill3«s for* PMor-i^^t^s. Our specialty is the JOBBING TRADE. Write for prices, which are always favorable, we can help you increase your trade. 1301 and l,^0.^ Market Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. jOHIOSEEDScuMArEs 40 YEARS EXPERIEHCEhS, ^rFREE 1600 Buahcli) en an acre. Describe! out nrw Stone Tomato. packet 15 ctn.; E>er«Teen ijuonmber. packet 10 ft».i Market Melon, racket lO etH.; or the S poiit-pBid tor 80 cent*. Aver tlfty varieties of PALMS at Sets, to $10 CO each. CYCAS RBVOLUTA. 50 cts. to $15 00 each. DRAC.ENA INDIVISA. AUSTKALIS and TER- MINALIS. 5 cts. to 15 cts. each. CACTU3. ALOES, AGAVES and YUCCAS. ^" Send for price list. W. J. HESSER, Plattsmouth, Neb. PERFECTLY FREE FROM KUST. Primroses, double, per roo |12 single, per looJS.c Geraniums— latest Novelties. Mad. Hoste, La France S5.00 per 1 Duchess of Albany $7.00 per 100. Gontiers, Perles, a Niphetos and 50 vari per 100 or $35 per too H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or S40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsled St.. CHICAGO. VERBENAS. STRONt; AND HEALTHY. Ready for immediate shippint;. Per 100 Per 1000 General Collection stock plants, named. $.■!. 00 $25 00 -X.X Mammoth Set, 4 00 30 00 " Rooted Cuttings 1.25 10.00 General Collection " " 1.00 8.00 Coleus Golden Verschafleltii, Golden Bedder. Hero. Verschatrellil and 25 otiBer sorts 1.03 S OO Heliotrope. Rooted Cuttings, named.... 1.25 10.(0 Gazanias " " •• ... 1 25 10.00 Calceolarias •• " •• ....150 12.00 Ageratum ■■ " •■ .... 1 25 10.00 Kewerfew. TheGem, Rooted Cuttings . 2.00 Salvias Splendens. '• ..1.25 10.00 Begonias Rubra. Metallica. etc " .2.00 Chrysanthemum varieties and price on application. Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants — 8 00 75.00 Trade List of Florists' Stock on application. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. Y. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DISEASE. Mammoth, strong, 2j.^-in. pots General Collection, 2^-in pots . Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings General Collection Rooted Cutt ^Hydrangea Grandiflora, We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our large stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice well grown plants at very low prices, viz : 2 year, 2 to 2J2 feet, strong. Price, I7.00 per 100; |6o.oo per 1000. HYDRANGEA nRANDIFLORA. ^ year, second size, iSto 24 in., good. i 1 '>-* Price, Jo GO per loo; fso.oo per looo. I year, S to 12 inch, fine mailing plants, fs.oo per 100; 1140 per 1000. i:^^~ Samples on application. Correspondence solicited. ;=££=s DRESS 1>HE> DIIVGEK «Ss COJViVBgO CO., HYDRANGEA QRANDIFLORA. HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA. West Gro-^-e, Pennsylvania. VAUGHAN'S BOOK FQE ^ FLORLSTS. Will be ready about Feb'y 10. We have said before that our specialty in this trade has be- come fairly well known by the phrase we have occasionally used ALL FLORISTS' STOCK IN SEASON. We have advantages in this line, through con- siderable experience, knowledge of best sources of supplv, and quantity used, which pUce us in a position to save you money. If your address is not on our books we would be very glad to receive your business card for this BOOK, and for future issues when ready. J. C. VAUGHAN, Box 6S8, CHICAGO. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: 146 & 148 West Washington Street. GREENHOUSES: Western Springs. 10,000. ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. 10,000. All plants are well furnished with fronds, making perfect specimens with 10 to 100 fronds each. 7-inch pots, average size 24 inches by 24 inches wide per dozen, S24.00 Cut fronds, extra, 12 to 6 to Large .stock of Adiantuui Gracilli rrespoiuleiice Holi<-iteellow that sold better or pave better satisfaction to the buyer."-James Cart- ledge, of Pennock. Bros.. 15H CheetDUt street. Phil- adelphia. Pa. ••you can set nothing better than that."-Wm. Voght. Jr..5th and Cooper Sts.. Camden, N. J. It was described in these columns last year, and we leave It to tell its own story. Suffice it to say thalourclaimsforit have been more than sustained, and that it combines all the essentials of a first class quantity March, April and May. 12 for $i. lOO for $ti. You can not afford to get lett on this offer. Orders booked now are filled in rotation as far as plants are ready, by express or free by mail. THE NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOWFLAKE. One of the best things out for winter flowers. Will t-Tow and bloom all winter in a cold frame, and if well covered cold r practical test, for no early yellow Chrysant gave better satisfaction t above. Such ily ltd very double, and bi 8 a 50c. piece Ready now. 12 for $1, 100 for mple plant and bloom free by mail on receipt other column (CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Choice Selection of my Exhibition yarieties FOK S.VI.E, and WATKR LIMKS. WM. TRICKER, Dcngan Hills, S. I. New York. CHRYSANTHEMUMS^ HOLUS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1S91 need them. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 50 cents each; ».S.OO for the set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE MOLLIS, South Weymouth. Mass. CHRYSAXTHEMIMS. vane 'I^Ylf fo'r'de.^cri'ptiTe ''price" I'i" t. ' '"' '"' "' FRANK B. SMITH. Box 1081. Danville. III. HOW CAV rOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle SL. CHICAGO. ii THE RAINBOW, Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong pLints from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. Over 1.W iiages illustrating ami de.scribinir one of the largest and best assorted stocks of beeds, Trees and Plants in the L 8 Best value for tlie money in oiu- Tested Novelties and Special Low Priced Collections. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. 700 ACRES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. Oar stock of this variety will all be re- handled at our own greenhouses so they may be in the best possible condition WABAN ROSEiL«i' the same date as sent out from Boston — April 15 For this reason customers in OUR TERRITORY will we believe do well to secure their supply either directly from us or through jobbing agents using our stock. We will give names of such on application. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. MY SPECIALTIES ARE THE ROSES MME. CUSIN Mme. de Wattcvillc, for which the 8UNNYW00£_£EENH0USE8 I will have a Iiu.ited number of plants of tlie finest stock grown of the above varieties; all strong plants, from 2H-inch pots. ttlO CO per 1000. Also THE BRIDE and C. MEKMET at JoO 00 per 1000, and the AMERICAN BEAUTY at $90 00 per 1000. Smaller quantities at |.ru|.oni note rates. FRANK L. MOORE, Chatham, N. J. B0OT1B CUTTIMCS. Anthemus coronaria a. pi.; Abutllon in var.; Gypso- phi a: Convolvulus Mauratanicus; Nierembergia gracilis; Chteonstemroa btspida; Fuchsias; Meeeni- bryanthemum cordifolia var.; Agathea celestria; Begonia Sandersonii & Bruantli alba. JL.'iO per 100. Geranium Mme. Salleroi; Paris Daisy; Othonna crassilolia; Heliotrope; German Ivy; Cuphea- Ageratum. blue and white; Gnaphalium lanatum; Lantana; Double Sweet Alyssum; Serapervivum; Stevia serrata nana; Pilea muscosa; Saxifraga per 100, ■1000, 4.10 per 1(10 Roses, Uermosa >in.pot8,a;i1 Marie Gulllot 2-in.po A. (ilDDINGS, UailvUle, III. Chrysanthemums— 80 varieties, comprising Kioto. A. Hardy. Lilian Bird, W. H. Lincoln. A. Carnegie. K. Craig, etc.. 16 per 100. my own selection, from 214-in pots. Fuchsias-Bnima Topfer, E. G. Hill, J. Rozain, Surprise, Rozains Patrie. Ernest Renan Nancy and iensis.'a-in. $10 per lUO. ilvdrangoa raniis pictari yr! old dormant. JIO per ICO. Crassula lactea. 2'4-in. $1 50 per do/.. Iris Robinsoniana, IVin.JI per dozen. Kra- garla indica. strong, SI. 611 per doz. Fragaria indica seedlings, ."jfic. per doz. Geranium peltatum. 2'i-in. $4 per 100. Kentla Forsterlana, 4-ln. pots, $4 per doz Aspidistra lurlda, 4-ln, pots. »8 per doz. Horticultural Eatabllsbmsnt, 6£0. CLASStlAN, Sing Sing, N. 7. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000. or $35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 per cent, by Spring, 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. ALSO THE CKEAM (IF Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants. Largest and most select stock in the South- west, Over THPEE ACRES UNDER GLASS, Send in your lists to be priced, ARKII,l„ N. Y. Wfooted Ot-uttiiigrs*' i8gi. The American Florist. 43 THE NEW ROSE This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in ever}' characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to LaFrance. The onl}' objection to C. Mermet is its fre- quently pale, insipid color in cloudy weather; experi- ence has shown that the "^^TA.JSA.^^ retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL of the Massachusetts Hortirultural Society; of the Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society, and Certificate of Merit from each of the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown, Ready for Distribution on April 15th, 1891. Orders booked now, be filled in strict rotation. Extra good plants from lyi -inch pots. From 4-inch pots. I Plant, $ i.oo 250 Plants, $100.00 i Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40.00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " 175-00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75-oo 50 " 30.00 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 " 50.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUG-HAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. 432 The American Florist. Feb. /, Chicago. The main difficulty in arranging for the proposed spring flower show, now being considered by tlie Horticultural Society, is the question of securing a suitable hall. The Auditorium was suggested and a call by a member of the society resulted in the tendering of a special cut rate of only $l,-tOO a day. It is unnecessary to add that the show will not be held there. Mr. F. Sulzer, one of Chicago's pioneer florists, has sold his greenhouses and business to Wm. Hoppe & Co., and has retired to enjoy the fruits of many years of active business life. The new greenhouses at Lincoln Park are nearly all ready for use, and plants have beeii moved into some of them. Some of the old houses have been torn down, the glass in their roofs having been transferred to those of the new houses. \V. D. Allen, the State street florist, has sold out to a stock company which will bear the title the W. D. Allen" Floral Co. The Florist Club's entertainment last Friday evening was a very enjoyable event. The music was good, the floor was in splendid condition and the merry crowd present "tripped the light fan- tastic" until 1 a. m. The supper was also excellent and many pleasantries were exchanged during its discussion. The wives and lady friends of the mem- bers who had not yet met each other were soon on a friendly footing and the object of the gathering was thus fully accomplished. During the evening sev- eral of the ladies favored the company with vocal selections and "the boys" rendered the club's only and original song. Those who stayed at home missed a good time. Mr. O. P. Bassett is now at Suwance, Fla. He hopes to find relief from rheu- matism through the sulphur springs there. There are still many complaints of poor trade. The supply of nearly all flowers is rather short. Weather very cold and blustering. The regular semi-monthly meeting of the Florist Club will be held next Thurs- day, the 12th inst. The appointment of Chief of the Hor- ticultural Department of the World's Fair is still hanging fire. Fungus in the Propagating Bed. 1 would like to hear from some older florists about their experience with fun- gus in the propagating bed. I have been troubled with it considerably lately, and have not been able to determine the cause. The propagating bed is in a house where we keep alternantheras and other bedding plants. I keep the house dry and do not overwater the bed. The temperature of the bed is kept about 70°. The fungus started first among ivy -leaved geranium cuttings of young wood. The sand was taken fresh from Lake Arichig.-i n in November. Jas. Jensen. Chicago, Jan. 20. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA VERBENAS, fine stock plants, $3,00. CINERARIAS, fine plants twice potted, fj. MCCREA &. COLE, Battle Creek, Mich. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please PARNATiriN NflUFI TIP^ ■ lizzie McCowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate, J. R. Freeman, Wm. F. Dreer, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelus, Dorothy, Nellie Ely, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described in my list. Also all the standard varieties. COLEUS— A large stock of VERSCHAFFELTII and GOLDEN BEDDER and twenty-two fancy sorts, all good bedders, at 75 cts. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. CANNA EHEMANNL strong roots, at fS.oo per ico. EMILE LECLAIRE, $10.00 per 100; and the DWARF FRENCH at $12 50 per 100. All in extra good shape. SMILAX for delivery in March, |6.oo per 1000 for plants once reset. Samples 10 cts. 1..B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TttE QUEEN OF WttlTE GflRNflTIONSi % ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. J®° Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADOR.SS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson. N. J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. R<:)OTED CUTTINGS, Ji 50 per dozen; $12.00 ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; Jio.m J. I«. FRKEJIVIABf, ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $10.01 COPfSTA.P«fCTr, Rooted cuttings, si. 25 per dozen; $ro.c( ROiiT];d cuttings, 60 cents per dozen; I4.1 For 1 I'll estal}lishe. BASSETT, • — Hinsdale, Illinois. PLANTS for GUT FLOWER GROWING Roses, Carnations, Chrysanlhcniums, Ferns. I growallthe best varieties tor this purpose. Whole- sale lift now ready. Send for it before buying your M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. Zirngiebel's Improved Strains OF WHITE ASTERS, PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and FANCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate colors, pure yellow, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets NATIONS for 1S91. Miss Moore, Mine. Gobet, Roi des Violets, Ronton, d' Or, Geanne Morel, to be sent out March next. Send for Descriptive List of all to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, NEEDHAM, MASS. -^CARNATIONS.i^ 60,000 ROOTED CUTTINGS NOW READY FOR DISTRIDUTION Only the finest varieties and in perfect health. Prices as follows: ■' Per 100 Per 100 BUTTERCUP S3 00 GRACE WILDER fi 50 SILVER SPRAY 2 00 POrtTIA i 5° F. CREISHTON 4 00 GARFIELD 150 MRS. FISHER 3 00 HINZES 1 50 TIDAL WAVE 3 00 STARLIGHT 15° Disease. finest and tions.beau- MAGNIFICENT NEW CARNATIONS; Great Producers: Strong In Habll: Free f E LONSDALE, satin pink, color of Baroness Roths- CREOLE, dark crimson maroon; child rose; stronger in growth than Hinze's. strongeststemnied of thedarkc FRED'K DORNER, finest and largest scarlet vet tiful in form. , j.j . . produced; healthy; free; long stems. WHITE WINGS, purest white, splendid texture; ANNIE WIEGAND, an improved Grace Wilder, with one of the handsomest whites ever sent out. larger flowers, and sturdy of growth. THE ABOVE FIVE SORTS IN ROOTED CUTTINGS AT Win.OO PER 100. OTHER BEAUTIFUL NEW SORTS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Per 100 Per 100 LIZZIE McGOWAN ?i2 00 RED CROSS, light glistening scarlet . ... 300 MRS. HARRISON, white, exquisitely penciled 250 CHERRY LIPS, deep bright pink 300 INNOCENCE, magnificent pure white . ... 250 DELIGHT, creamy white 300 SAN MATEO, magnificent bright scarlet . . 4 00 CANADA, rosy crimson 4 00 WBLCOME, line cherry pink 2 50 Mo SEND POR. OUR TRADE LIST TOR rULLER DESCRIPTIONS. Nice MANETTI STOCKS for grafting ^1.50 per 100; $1400 per 1000. CANNA EHEMANNI, strong, fs 00 per 100. E. G. HILL & CO., Richmond, Indiana. NEW CARNATION OHIO. A seedling of P. Henderson X with Butte ■r; high full center, finely fringed; pure wh ist profitable varieties for winter flowers. CARNATION LIZZIE McG0WAN-$i.5o per doz . Flowers very large, often 2'., to 3 i nd very fragrant- Florists will find t ) per dozen; |i2.oo per 100. that has NEW GERANIUIM SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The most striking novelty i peared in years. $10.00 per 100. CANNA EHEMANNI-Strong, $8.00 per 100. CANNAS. in eight best varieties, $4.00 per 100. DAHLIAS— Strong field grown roots, in 100 best sorts, $6.00 per 100. CALADIUM ESCULENTUM-7 to lo-inch, $7.00 per 100. 5 to 7-inch, $5.00 per 100. AZALEAS— Fine plants with well shaped crowns, from $25.00 to $40 00 per 100. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA— All sizes from 4 inches to 3 feet high. HYDRANGEAS— OTAKSA, HORTENSIA, THOS. HOGG, ALBA FIMBRIATA and RAMIS PICTA, in large supply. An immense stock of ROSES, GERANIUMS, NEW BEGONIAS and other Florists plants. Full assortment HARDY SHRUBS, RHODODENDRONS, CLEMATIS, Etc. ORNAMENTAL and FRUIT TREES, GRAPE VINES and SMALL FRUITS by the million. If you liave not received Spring Catalogue and Florist's Trade List, send for tliem-FREE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., r»£a.ii:xes-*rille, Xve&lse Co., Olnlo. Mention American Florist. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations. Heady Now. LARCEST STOCK IX THE WEST. Heady Now. W. W. COLES, STARLKiHT. .1. J. I'ERKINS, MRS. CLEVELAND, ; E.G. HII-LrGAMBETTArURACE K4KI)<)N, ORACE WILDER. ^ »1. 50 per 100. SUNRISE, GARFIELD, PHILADELl'HI A, ALEGATIERE, PORTIA. S AlWKRICAN WONDER. L. I.. LAM BORN, ) «o 00 uer I GO. STRIPED PHILADELPHIa, CHESTER PRIDE, i »-"" Pe' '""• PREST. DE OR.VW. KING OF CRIMSONS, »1.00 ner 100. PEERLESS, HINZE'S WHITE, > »1."U per luu. 100 ROOTED CUTTINGS (OUR SELECTION) IN 10 VARIETIES, BY MAIL. $1.50. Speoial Pii«e8 on Largre Lots. 'prlceVsrof CHRYSANTHEMUMS, LITTLE GEM FEVERFEW and BEGONIAS. HEADQUARTERS FOR CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, ^^^^'cSKW LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER. CHASTITY.'SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L. LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH, NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and iixty other leadinava^et[es. _5p,000jiow^ cutting bench. Send tor_pfice list. and_order early. CARNATIONS! FAIR ROSAMOND, J. R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, M 434 The American Florist. Ieb.5, Are We the Sinners. Ki). Am. 1'i.orist:— 1 have been very nuieh interested in the artieles in the Florist concerning parties who have refused good shipped C. O. D. If 1 did not have a little practical cxi)ericnce in that line I would come to the conclusion that "we only are the sinners," hut I think that class of florists to which I belong ( retailers and growers) have been more "sinned against, and as a matter of protection sometimes we have to sin, In- refusing to receive goods shipped CO. I >. Some years ago the writer ordereil (low- ers for a funeral, thirty hours' time was given to the shipper, the time was plainly specified when the goods were wanted. They arrived C. O. D. just at the time the funeral was at the church and were re- fuSL'd— result, some very tall kicking. Last Decoration Day twenty-four dol- lars' worth of flowers were ordered. It was plainly stated thatthe flowers would Ije wanted noon the previous day. Noon came, no flowers; six p. ni., no flowers. I telephoned the house and they replied the goods were on the way per American Express. Eight p. m., no flowers; after a hard day's work 1 went to midnight train, -no flowe. s. Next morning from seven to nine my customers to whom I promised flowers came poiiring in; result, mad, disappointed people. The writer was called everything but a gentleman. Lo and behold, at half past nine the Adams Express came tearing up with eighteen dollars' worth of flowers C. 0. D. They were refused. I forgot to men- tion that the R. R. time between hereand Chicago is about an hour and a half. I never wrote the house, the house never wrote me, although we traded and trust- ed each other before this time. I often asked myself the question since then, who lost the price of those flowers, the grower or the house? I could ask lots of other knotty and naughty questions but I will leave it to the readers of the Florist who are the biggest sinners ? Elgin, Ills. B. O'Neil. [What bearing all this has upon the notes we made in our issue of the 8th uU. we are quite unable to see. If Mr. O'Neil will read them again he will see that we referred only to shipments made to parties regarding whose responsibility the shipper has no information. Thecase cited by our correspondent was judging from his statement, a very peculiar one indeed, but it has not a particle of bear- ing upon the comments made in our issue oftheSth.— Ed.] Per ICO EbemaDDl and LaTour de Grand Ronde $ S 00 Kinil Leclaire. Noutoni and Adolph Weick Vim Tuberoses. Pearl per 1000 JIO 00 Caladlum Bsculeotum, 1st size 7 10 2nd size 5 00 Can use in enchange. 1,000 Carnations. Rooted Cut- E. S. NIXON & SON, SURPLUS FOR CASH. All nice. Clean Stock. Strong. C'Clamen, 4-inch budded and 2H-inch ' '.V.',"2c & fc "Mums", cut flower sorts, rooted cuttings Ic Wbite Iris clumps, fine Sc Fuchsias, double and sinele, 2i^-inch 2i..c Rose Marie Van Houtte. 2'j and :t-inch 3c & lie Giecoma Hederacea. 2'4-ini.h 'Z^c Feverfew Gem. 214-inch 2'...c E. L. KOETHEN, ZanesviUe, O. ' MY NKW SI'KCIAL Ol FKK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is now published and may be i ad un upplica'ion. SEED G-E-O-WEE, QuetUiuburg, Germany. THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Nellie Lewks Carnation. ,. rio-wers very large J ** and full, and of a color ' never before seen in Carnations — AN EX- ^^QUISITE SHADE OF PINK. For decorative purposes and corsage bouquets, they e unsurpassed A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago lighted up the entire table. Djii t fall to place your order at once, as we control the entire stock and have only a limited number of plant'! Price 50 Cents each Three, $1.25; Six, $2.25; Dozen $4 Wholesale rate on application. VICK'S SEEDS Ne\er Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who have planted them. VICK S nORAL GUIDE for 1891, contains ever ico lar.ie pages hundreds of illustrations, colored plates, H St Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; |i,ooo and cash prizes. Price, lo cents, which deduct from first order and it COSTS nothing. JAMES VICK, SEEGSMAH, Rochester, N. Y. FRED CREIGHTON. ROOTEH CUTTINGS of this Superb Piok Ci From the original stock, which has not been forced o of CHEAP Cuttings at the expense of the futu: To give all a chance to see what kind of flowers thi; of charge, to any in the trade who apply to rae by lette n, $5 00 per hundred; $40 00 per thousand, y way made to produce an extra quantity well doing of the same. stock produces, I will send a few florets, free GEORGE GREIGHTON, NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. ISO A.oj-es. ZvCirg:^ A.«ss»oi*ti:x:ieirkt. TREES, SHRUBS. 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C. FULWEILER. )23 Arch Street, FHII.ADi:i.FHIA, FA. Mention American Florist. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 635, HARRISBURG, PA. 436 The American Florist. Feb. 5, Barnard W W ACo., Burrow i G Cariuan R W . nhlttyHE.,.. ulei, John L., A Co. . . .436 niUon. J. L 427 429 Dlngee&ConardCo ... 429 Blllott Wm ASon.s .... BUlKon&Kuehn Bly /l)e Forest* Co. Ferry DM* Co ' Field SB FiskCtaasH Forsterman Ig - Freseo W f FulwellerPC Qermond & Cosgn LampertJ] 426 Larkln Isaac 433 l,aKoohe*Slahl .. .427 lilvlngatons Sons A W,42R Miller. Geo. W 429 MotTatt G.l 428 Moore Frank 1- 430 MullenOeo 42T NanzANeuner 430 National Waterproof Fibre Co 436 Qresenz * Harms ariath.N.S Hall Asaoclatlon . Bolker. 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If you wish to buy pots, please let us give you prices and ireight rates before you place your order. Address Hilfinger Bros. Pottery, FORT HDWAHD, N. Y. I TAKE ORDERS FOR CANE STAKES —NOW. A. C. OELSCHIG, «• * * SAVANMAH, GA. KEA n Y /N FEBR UA R Y. Chrysanthemum Culture for America. History of the Chrysanthemum ; Classification and Care. By JAMES MORTON. An excellent and thorough book; especially adapted to the culture of Chrysanthemums in America. The chapters include Oriental and European History. American History. Propagation. General Culture. Exhibition Plants. Insects and Diseases, Sports and Other Variations. Chrysanthemum Shows and Organizations. Classification. Varieties lor Various Purposes. Calendar of Monthly Operations ^i^^ Thus it will be seen that the author covers the field quite thoroughly. No other book yet published on this subject approaches this in special value for American lovers of the "Queen of Autumn." lUnsli atcd. Page?, about 120. FBICE, Cloth, $1.00; Paper, eo Cents. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. Diagram showing V.-- .^^ tX- -U • how perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect age and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Glass Certificate of Merit, also HIGHLY COMMENDED by New Jersey HorticuUural Society at their Chrvsanthemum Exhibition, at Orange, N. J , November 4th, 1890. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere. Parties who have used this pot say Uiat hereafter they will use no other. patented asid ndCAnufAotured oialy Toy THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., whJ^?o.%VbIet, , Philadelphia, Pa. Agent for the New England States, M. J. MCCARTHY, 87 Otis St., Somerville, Mans. STANDARD FLOWER PDT CD. PRICE LIST: Sizes. Per 100 Per lOOU 2in. $ .40 |3 00 2>^-in. .50 4.00 3-in. .60 5 00 .^J^in ,80 7.00 4-in. .90 S 00 Sin. 1.50 14.00 6 in. 2 20 20 00 F. O B. at Toledo. ITo charge for package. Cane * Plant ^ Stakes. BEST PLANT STAIvE AND CHEAl'EST. 83.00 per 1000, F. O. B. Cash with order. F. WALKER A. CO., 644 Fourth Ave., LOiriSVILLE, KT. H ? CLEAR B F -~J , — ■ D I cypress/ A N D \ SASH / N T n3 La \ ( 1 joHr 3AR5 3 J tco. \ N G JL. DIEZ s 530 North Halsted Street. A c CHICAGO, ILL. H MtDtlon Amanotn Flortat. filE J^HieiKMi pL@iLliir RmsTica is "the Praw of the UesseI; therB may he jnorB cnmfart Rmidships, but we are the Srst ta touch Unknown Seas,'' CHICAGO AND HEW YORK, FEBRUARY 12, 1891. No. 141. f HiilE i^i!lii!l!@Mi lFl!.@@i!@ir ntered as Second Class Mail Matter. Pdblished every Thursday by The AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists- president; JOHN Ind.. treasurer. Toronto, Ont., Florists' HaU Association. I greenhouses against damage by 1 G. EBLEH. Secretary, Saddle Rive Florists' Protective Association. lives information to memtiers resiardlng the flnan- 1 BtandinK and business Integrity of those in the de. H. B. Bkatty, Sec'y, Oil City, Pa. American Ohryganthemam Society. CONTENTS. Boston 437 New York 437 Chicago 43s Philadelphia 438 New York floral notes 438 Various floral arrangements (with illus) . . . 439 The badge business 439 Vanda Amesiana (with illustration) 440 Ro.ies— A free discu.'ision 440 Coming exhibitions 441 Catalogues received 441 Duty on seeds 441 News notes 442 Crude oil for fuel 444 Programme Penna. Hort. Society 446 Smila£ with extra large leaves 446 Curious break of the carnation 446 Seed trade notes 448 Some more facts and figures 448 Orange, N. J 450 Syracuse N.Y 452 Cleveland 454 Glazing 454 Seedling geranium 456 We seem to be gaining raanj' admirers in European countries. Our list of sub- scribers in England and Holland especially is continuall}' growing. In THIS ISSUE we give a list of coming exhibitions of which we have up to date had information. If any for which dates have already been announced have been omitted we trust that we shall have prompt notification. And as dates are decided upon we ask prompt advice of same that the list may be complete. Boston. The demand for roses has been far in excess of the supplyduring the past week. All varieties have been equally scarce and there has been a ready sale for everything in the rose line provided it was of good quality. Carnations, violets and other staple flowers have also felt the effect of the rush and have sold well. Smilax has suddenly become very scarce and the price has doubled within a week. This is a welcome change from the inactivity of the preceding month, the only unfor- tunate feature of it being the short time that will elapse before Lent comes in and puts a damper on everything. The annual supper of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club took place at the Quincy House on Thursday evening, Feb. 5. About 125 gentlemen participated, among the number being several invited guests. Washington was well repre- sented by Mr. Benj. Durfee, who visited the clubon thisoccasion forthe first time. Mr. Sam'l Henshaw, of Thompson, Conn., Mr. W. A. Manda, of Short Hills, N. J., Judge C. W. Hoitt, of Nashua, N. IL, Mr. T. O'Connor, of Providence, R. I., and Mr. T. McCarthy, Supt. of Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, were among the guests from outside the state. Other in- vited guests present were President W. H. Spooner and Secretary Manning of the Mass. Hort. Society, Mr. W. C. Strong, Mr. Chas. Storer, Mr. John Fottler and others. President Foster of the G. and F. Club presided, and vocal music was rendered by the Haydn Male Quartette. Many letters and telegrams of congratu- lation were received and read by the president during the evening. These were from the Toronto Gardeners' and Flo- rists' Club, Chicago Florists' Club, Soci- ety of Indiana Florists, Buffalo Florists' Club, Mr. John N. May, M. A. Hunt, Wm. Scott, John Chambers, Geo. C. Wat- son, D. D. L. Farson, W. R. Smith and many other well known gentlemen. On the reading of the dispatch from Toronto three rousing cheers were given for the Toronto Club. Entertaining addresses were made by the visitors and man}- ot the local lights. The reading of a num- ber of bogus telegrams by Judge Hoitt caused much merriment, and Mr. Robert Farquhar read an original poem which showed him to be a poet of no mean attainments. The whole affair was a great success and reflected credit on the young men who served the club as the committee on this occasion. On Saturday, Feb. 7, Mr. John Thorpe read a paper on "chrysanthemums" be- fore the Mass. Hort. Society, the popular interest in the lecturer and his subject being evinced by the large audience which nearly filled the" lower Horticultural Hall. The discussion which followed the essay was very interesting and brought out many instructive points. On the exhibition table were some fine camellia flowers fromjas. Comley.anda variety of carnations from R.T.'Lombard, including a vase of his handsome yellow seedling, as j'ct unnamed. A vase of splendid mignonette from Dailledouze Bros., of Flatbush, N. Y., was greatly admired. Jackson Dawson showed a lily recently received from Formosa, believed to be a new species. W. J. S. New York. Business continues to be very good, everything on a rush as if society was racing with Lent. There were many notable weddings here during the past week and every florist seemed to have got his share of the work, many ot the homes and churches were lavishly dec- orated. The decorations for the wedding of Miss Louise Shepard to Mr. Wm. Jay Schieffelin were very gorgeous. Miss Shep- ard being a Vanderbilt grandchild. The wedding breakfast and reception was at the home of the grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt. The decorations here by Hodgson were very beautiful, Madame Cusin and Madame de Watteville roses being the principal flowers used. The church where the ceremony' was performed was also handsomeW decor- ated and there were very many beautiful floral congratulations sent. A novelty seen on this occasion was the boutoii- nieres worn by W. K. Vanderbilt 's coach- men, composed of fifty lily of the valley arranged in a round flat boutonniere and a rosette bow of No. 9 white satin ribbon hanging from the bottom with a loop of ribbon at the back to tie on the button; these put a royal touch to the procession. There were numerous dinners and re- ceptions and Thorley and Scallen and Butler were kept very bus}' with them while some bouquets made by Mr. Hafner of W. H. Browers, were simply grand. Mr. Hafner is one of New York's best artists, his fine work wherever seen can always be identified. The uptown florists were also very busy. The general aspect of affairs is more encouraging and the general opinion is that we shall have a very good Easter and spring season. The cold snap during the past week made an impression on roses, but the abundant supply of all kinds of spring flowers made up any deficiency. Daffodils and narcissus are very good and very plentiful; the same may be said of all bulb stuff. Freesia very abundant. Carnations very fine, plentiful and sell- ing well. In answer to Mr. Chitty I can only say that I have never been able to test the keeping qualities of Lamborn as they were always quickly disposed of. Hybrids are coming in unusually fine and selling well. Mr. Christy, of Stam- ford, Conn., is shipping some very hand- 438 The American Florist. Feb. 12, some Mrs. John Laitigs at present. This rose is very popular among the debutantes and an espeeial favorite with Mrs. Cor- nelius Vanderbilt. It was Mr. J. Hammond (and not Mr. Hunter as stated in a previous letter) who has leased the Buchanan store at 5th Ave. and Thirty-seventh St. It is in a good locality atid Mr. Hammond has been there before. Alphonse & Co. have opened a floral establishment at 39th St and Sixth Ave. Mr. Chas Ammann Jr. has opened up again on 125th St. The negro that robbed Phil Reuter(one of Klunder's men) of $140 has been sentenced to states prison for 7 years. Smilax in great demand owing to the many decorations on hand. Mr. Chas. Anderson's Perle continues climbing the ladder of fame. Mr. Ander- son expects to exhibit a vase of this fine new rose at the coming exhibition. Violets are plentiful and selling fairly ■well. There area few poinsettias coming in yet and are quickly sold. Chas. Zellar of Flatbush is the owner of a remarkably fine strain of Primula chinensis. They are undoubtedly the best seen here in years. Orchids, particularly cattleyas, are plen- tiful and very popular just now. There are some fine azaleas coming in already. Mr. Jas. Dean of Bay Ridge has a beautiful stock of them coming in for Easter. Dutch hyacinths are very poor so far. Tulips are very good. John Young. Chicago. Business considerably improved. Sup- ply of roses not sufficient to supply de- maud. Large increase in orders i'rom outside points. The total consumption of flowers through this section of the country has probably not increased to any great extent, but the change in the weather having greatly lessened the cut, florists who have had their home supply cut down are sending to Chicago to fill out their orders. Quality of most flowers now in the market is fair only. There is a large surplus of smilax in the market. Hardy ferns seem to havetaken its place to a considerable extent in ar- rangements, and decorations where smilax would be useful have been few. Otto Ristow says he shall pull out his smilax and devote the space to roses another year. J. F. KHmmer at Oak Park has sold out to Otto Gorke. Mr. Klimmer may build another place. Mr. Chas. H. Fisk thinks that it might be inferred from previous notes in this column that Mr. Otto Ristow has an interest in his wholesale commission bus- iness, and desires us to state that while he and Mr. Ristow are partners in the retail establishment at 149 State street, Mr. Ristow has no interest whatever in his wholesale business. Otto Ristow of Bowmanville has been very successful with the American Beauty until this year, bxit this season it has been a total failure with him. His Mer- mets. Brides and Guillotts have however done better than ever before, producing some of the best blooms he has ever grown. Perle desjardinshasgrown well, but the blooms have been both few and inferior in quality. Papa Gontier has done splendidly with him this season. He has them in a house by themselves and grows them cool. He findsthis sort from 30 to 35 per cent more profitable than Bon Silene. With him the Gontier does not drop its leaves any more than any other rose. A neighboring grower who has attempted to grow the Gontier in the same house with other sorts has been cjuite unsuccessful with it and Mr. Ristow is convinced that success can be attained only by growing this rose in a house by itself and keeping the temperature down to about 50° which would not suit most other varieties. John Reardon until recently with Samuel Muir. has removed to Pleasant Hill, Mo., having entered the employ of Geo M. Kellogg at that place. Philadelphia. Mr. John Smith's essay on "How to Grow Mushrooms" read at the last meet- ing of the Florist Club was excellent. It dealt mainly with the methods of culture ona gentleman'sestate, modestly refrain- ing from treating the subject from a com- mercial standpoint as he does not claim to have experience in that direction. This want was supplied however by Mr Mc- Caffrey of Moorestown, N.J. who proved a good talker when he got started , as also by Ml . John E. Andre of Doylestown and Mr. James Gibson of the same place. Mr. Andre showed samples of button mushrooms cut at random from one of his beds. They were very fine. The crossing of swords between the dif- ferent growers present was very interest- ing. The club thought there was a good deal more to be learned about mush- room growing than could be unearthed in one evening and so Mr. Gibson was appointed to prepare and deliver a paper on mushroom growing from a commercial standpoint at the meeting to be held in March. Trade has very much improved. For the past two weeks all the florists have had good business. The second Assembly Ball, to which only the "Four Hundred" are invited, came off on Friday evening. The very choicest flowers are used for the bouquets which are presented to the belles on this fashionable occasion. The orchids grown around this city are readily disposed of. It is not very long ago that one of the leading florists com- placently stated that a pansy was quite as much appreciated in this city as an orchid. It is a pleasure to be able to report progress at this time for orchids, especially cattleyas and cypripediums are in good demand. Messrs. Evans & Battles had a novel dinner table decoration recently. Rose petals were liberally and at the same time artistically strewn about the table. We are assured that the price paid was very liberal. This is one way and a profitable one to use up the surplus roses, and these little "fads" are worthy of encouragement. H. D. W. New York Floral Notes. At the ball given by Mrs. William Astor on January 26 there was a display of flowers made by Klunder, which was the handsomest seen this season. There were tall vases on each side of the door con- taining fine cactus plants, which were elaborately trimmed with ivy and be- gonia blossoms. A little ways from these and in front of the parlor door was a large vase full of cattleyas, which were the Trianae kind, and were extremely delicate and handsome. Fine ornamentations of lilies and roses beautified a mirror which was in the hall, and on one side was a small room in which on the table in the center were two azaleas of white and pink varieties which looked very beautiful. In the hall at the staircase was a group of palms and a handsome basket of flowers containing poinsettias, cinerarias and cyclamens, which looked very handsome amongthe dark green leavesof the plants. Among this group of palms was a large lilac bush, a fine orange tree ten feet high covered with oranges, and on the other side of this group orchids were placed on the banisters of the stairs and a bunch of lily of the valley. Nearly opposite these plants was a large side table covered with spring flowers. Primroses, ciner- arias and lily of the valley were the flow- ers in this large mass. Eight orange trees and several plants of lilac were dis- tributed through the hall, and at times the bottoms of these trees were covered with yellow tulips. The front parlor mantelpiece was effieet- ively decorated with lygodium being placed down its center with here and there a handsome orchid twined in among it. These sprays were run into vases at the sides which were filled with fine orchids. On the parlor tables were bou- quets of lilies and Papa Gontier roses. In the back parlor was a central divan directly under the chandelier. This was beautifully trimmed in the center with a mound of cattleyas with which the drap- ings from the chandelier of Lygodium scandens was gracefully twined about. The picture gallery where the dancing took place was well decorated, there being garlands at equal distances on the sides of the wall. The mantelpiece and balcony where the musicians were were handsomely draped with scarlet tulips; the favors were placed at one side among Marguerites, handsome grasses and pretty greenery. Opposite the favors was a beautiful statue of the water nymph, which was handsomely decorated with Cusin roses. There was a great number of La France roses in bouquets in this room which looked very well all the evening, for these roses keep finely. The decoration for Mrs. Mill's ball was done by Mr. Hall, of S. J. Burnham & Co., and was one of the handsomest dis- plays of orchids this season. The pictures were all removed from the parlor and in their place were frames made of Lygodium scandens and other handsome greens, and in these were placed orchids mostly of the cattleya family. These pictures were really a study of beauty. There were vases of handsome Laing roses on the mantelpieces. Large bunches of vio- lets was the favor given to each lady. Mr. Hall has had an order for a dinner decoration of English primroses. He found these very hard to get at this season, but at last succeeded and the table was most beautifully decorated with this scarce but desirable primrose. Siebreeht & Wadley decorated the home of Miss Robbins, who married Mr. Mc- Vicker on thel4th inst., most beautifully. The church where the wedding occurred was banked on the altar with Lilium auratum and American Beauty roses, which was its only decoration, but which was greatly admired. At the house there was a wedding bell, the ropes of which were of white roses, with pink roses at the end for tassels. These were twined into vases of lilacs, which made a very pretty decoration. The dining room win- dows were filled with plants of which there was much poinsettia bloom. This firm is showing some fine plants of F^rica Willmoriana which are brought over from England and are now in bloom, with a sea shell pink color on every stalk. They have some beautiful Laelia anceps Stella, which have come out very large and finely. The flowers are pure white I^Qt. The American Florist. 439 VARIOUS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. with the exception of a rich dark plum purple deep in the throat. There are 200 ))lants ofphalEenopsis in blossom at the Rose Hill Nurseries, which are supposed to be the finest lot in cultivation in this country. F. A. Benson. Various Floral Arrangements. No. 1 shows a vase arranged by Khinder for Mrs. Astor's ball. A large decorated vase on an ebony stand was placed in the entrance hall in front of the drawing room door. This was filled with a variety of orchids, cattleyas, Icelias odontoglossoms and afew oiicidiumsand cymbidiums together with asparagus and other vines. This was beautifully ar- ranged and showed off each orchid flower to perfection. No. 2 is a table decorated by Mr. Brower of Thomas Burns & Co. There were three vases on this dinner table, the central one being somewhat larger than the others. These were filled with Cusin roses, arranged loosely so as not to obstruct the vision from the other side of the table, while trailing around these was a line of Cusin roses forminggraceful curves. The spaces between contained fronds of adiantinn; the ladies' places had each a long-stemmed rose, and the gentle- men had each a boutonniere of Roman hyacinths, made of a number of single blossoms bunched together. This was fastened in the fold of a napkin. No. 3 is a canoe basket made by Scallen. This is a large canoe of braided rush filled in the centre with Cattleya TrianEe, and these same flowers on the blades of the paddles also. The edge of the canoe was trimmed with white lilacs. It is an exceedingly beautiful piece and can be filled with growing plants if it is so wished. No. 4 is Mr. Hanft's four-leaf clover basket. This is a large sized basket in the formof a four-leaf clover, its leaves are turned up and edged with white lilac; the spaces between the leaves beingfilled with flowers; Cattleyas in one space. La France roses in another, American Beauties in the third space and Violets in the fourth. The handle is trimmed with roses, foliage and white lilacs. F. A. B. The Badge Busmess. Ed. Am. Florist:— In your account of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the S. A. F. at Toronto occurs the statementthat "the Executive Committee finds that this plan (the numbered badge plan) in its present shape is impracticable and inadvisable." This means, of course, that it is dropped again. Now I would refer these gentlemen to the proceedings of the society at its Buf- falo meeting, not to speak of anj' pre- vious discussions or recommendations on the subject. On pages 18 to 21 of the 1889 report will be found some interest- ing reading in this connection, ending with the following action: "Mr. J. M.Jordan moved the acceptance of the report. (This was my report as chairman of a Committee to prepare a plan, and contained a definite and practi- cally-found successful scheme for the pur- pose.) "Mr. H. A. Siebrecht, of New York. 1 would like to embody in the motion a provision that the necessary amount of money be appropriated at this meeting to carry into effect the recommendation made by Mr. McFarland so that at our next meeting the plan may be in oper- ation. * * "Mr. Jas. Hendrick, of Albany. I rise to express my full approbation of the plan proposed by Mr. McFarland, and to ask that the report, as read, be accepted, and the details of it referred to the Ex- ecutive Committee to be carried into effect next year. * * * "Mr. Jordan. I accept the suggestion as a modification of my motion. "The motion prevailed without objec- tion." Thus it appears that the Executive Committee was instructed, not recom- mended, to carr^' out the plan as outlined in the report of the committee ap- pointed for that purpose at the New York meeting. Now did they dojit? Let us see. After the January meeting of the com- mittee in 1890, I was informed by the secretary that $25.00 had been appro- priated for the carrying out of the society's directions in regard to the badge matter, and that I was selected by them to do the work. I informed the secretary that the amount was probably entirely inadequate for the purpose, and sug- gested that it would be well to so inform the committee. Not hearing anything further and being very busily occupied, I gave the matter no further attention un- til within about eight weeks of the Boston meeting, when some communication was had with the secretary of the society showing the actual expense of the work 440 The American Florist. Peb. 12, )sals for its ctioiis, with and nmkiiij; certain carrying otil as per the idea that the expense would be borne by the society which had ordered the work. No one would do anything, and it was quite evident that at least some of the officers of the society were thor- oughly hostile to the plan. In fact, it was intimated to the writer by one mem- ber of the Executive Committee that the appropriation of so small a sum for carryine; out this important work was designedlv made insufficient. This was not the first time that a vig- orous eft'ort had been made to get this matter tried at least. The previous year the writer offered to bear all of the ex- penses connected with the plan save the mere sending out to members, providing the officers of the society would father it and insert the plan in the official pro- gramme. This they positively declined to do. Now with the above statements of absolute facts, I respectfully submit that the Executive Committee has gone be- yond its authority. I see nothing in the constitution of the S. A. F. which authorizes the Executive Committee to positively refuse to carry out plain and simple instructions of the society in its general meeting assembled. The state- ment that the "plan in its present shape is impracticable and inadvisable" admits of considerable inquiry, as the plan has not been tried by the S. A. F. at any time or in any shape, and has proven a thorough success with the only other cognate society which has tried it, the American Association of Nurseryrnen. This last assertion is abundantly verified by the statements of our own members at many meetings and is well known to be thoroughly true. The writer has been fighting this battle for four years. Last summer, after the practical refusal to carry out instructions by the Executive Committee, he was ad- vised by a prominent member of the society, and one of its most honored past officers, to carry out the plan himself and take advertising to pay the expense. Al- though this was entirely practicable and might have been profitable he refused, as he thought the general sense of the society was in favor ofthe plan as evidenced by its unanimous vote in favor of it and that they would unquestionably see it through. Now what is to be done? If it is to be dropped, what is the conclusion? Is the committee greater than the society which gives it birth? If so, let the rank and file ofthe S. A. F. know it. J. Horace McFarland. [We think it fair to the Executive Com- mittee to explain their views as stated at Toronto to be in substance these: Chairman McFarland had in 1889 offered to do the work free; for 1890 they offered him $25.00. This he neither positively accepted or positively declined until very near the 1890 meeting; too near to arrange for more money to do the work. The responsibility of issuing orders to go ahead for 1891 and making another appropriation for the same, the commit- tee did not wish to assume. Doubtless Secretary Stewart can and will make all these much more clear having the sub- ject fully in hand.— Ed.] slightly tinged with purple; each flower ineasuring about two inches in diameter. It seems to be a very easy growing var- iety, the temperature of the cattleya house suiting it admirably. 1 tliinU it will be a finething forflorists' use when it becomes cheap enough for them to handle. I consider it one ofthe most beautilul orchids of recent introduc- tion. Geo. Savage. Vanda Amesiana. This beautiful new vanda is the com- panion plant to V. Kimballiana, both varieties being introduced fromthenorth- ern part of India, by Hugh Low & Co., of London. Sepals and petals pure white, with lip A Free Discussion. We give below some extracts from the discussion which followed the paper on roses read by Mr. J.N. May before the Mass. Hort. Society at Boston, Jan. 24-, and which we printed in last issue: Michael H. Norton asked whether Mr. May found a ready sale for his roses, and for what class. Mr. May replied there is no difficulty in disposing of such roses as those on the table, though you cannot always get the best prices for them. There is no ques- tion that roses and other flowers are a luxury, which cannot be afforded by all. He had seen 37,000 roses in the market at 9 o'clock, of first quality, and at 11 o'clock only 3,000 of them were left. A year ago roses brought from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per hundred, and this year not much more than one-half as much. When the market is overstocked, the second quality have to be sold to street fakirs, and some one gets the ad- vantage. For his part, said the speaker, he would never see a flower consigned to the ash barrel, but would rather have sur- plus flowers sent to the hospitals, etc. He would like to have ways and means bv which growers could dispose of their sur- plus stock profitably; one way to prevent an overstock is to grow better flowers. Nothing injures the flower market more than to have a ladj' buy flowers from twenty-four to forty-eight hours old, and which fall to pieces soon after she gets them home. Mr. May said that there was no room in New York for poor roses. Which are most profitable depends very much on who raises them. Ma Capucine is one of the most lovely, and brings in the most money by twenty-five per cent. In answer to an inquiry concerning the Ulrich Brunner rose, Mr. May said that New York market is a ticklish place. General Jacqueminot was most popular for several years, and then ladies took a notion to yellow roses, and when the tide turned again in favor of red roses, a neighbor of his who had hung onto his old favorite (Jacqueminot) was the only one who had red roses. Ulrich Brunner has always been in demand in New York, but not quite so much this year as in pre- vious years. One grower, who had a fine house, found some difficulty in selling them. From the middle of January on- ward there is no difficulty in selling really fine specimens of this variety, but they must have stems two or three feet long and the flowers must be four or five inches in diameter. Mrs. John Laing is one of the most popular roses in New York; it is fragrant and sure blooming, but cannot be forced for Christmas. William C. Strong iiupiired how benches jinswered for forcing hardy roses. His experience had been with them planted in solid beds, two, three or four years, and he doubted whether it would pay to to plant every year. Mr. May said that the trouble comes here: if ladies get a fair rose .to-day they want one earlier next year, and they can- not be forced earlier in a solid bed, though for March blooming it will do and they will last for years. He had seen a greenhouse 18 feet wide and 210 feet long, filled with General Jacqueminots planted eight or nine years, where 237 buds were counted in a space two feet square, and 37,300 buds were cut from that house. In answer to an inquiry concerning the introduction of new roses, Mr. May said that twenty-five years ago he was grow- ing roses in England, and they used then to get their new varieties mostly from France. One autumn he went over to France and visited M. Fernet, one of the great rose growers, who showed him several new varieties to be sent to Eng- land, and some others, inferior to them, which were thought good enough for the American market. Two years ago he paid a French grower $530 for new roses, at $5 per plant, and they all went onto the rubbish heap in six months. Once in a while we strike such a gem as C. Mermet, the finest of all tea roses. An inquiry was made in regard to the Anna Alexieff and Heinrich Schultheis roses. Mr. May said that the former is almost as old as himself, and, as grown around New York, is most prolific for early forcing. Heinrich Schultheis is one of the finest of all for early forcing, though discarded in France and England. It is everj' way superior to Magna Charta, which goes off in color when forced, and has failed to come early. Mr. Asm us, one of the best New York growers, has failed with it for very early, but has fine ones coming on now. President Spooner said that Heinrich Schultheis is very fine in the garden. Anna Alexieff is not so good in the garden being too shortpetalled; its only merit is its earliness. In answer to the question. What is the best Tea rose? Mr. May said that of Tea roses without any admixture, the Bride is unquestionably the best. Of hybrid Teas, the Duchess of Albany is best; it is of magnificent color, clean all the way through and fragrant. If too much heat is given, it becomes purple. Patrick Norton said that the Ulrich Brunner rose finds a good market in Boston. President Spooner said that the Ulrich Brunner is fine in the garden. John G. Barker had hoped for a paper on the rose as a bedder; he was more and more impressed with the view that we can make our gardens more beautiful with more flowering plants and fewer foliage plants. He had a bed last season planted with La France roses, surrounded with Heimosa and .\ggripinas; it was not as satisfactory as he hoped; but the field is still open. President Spooner mentioned among the newer roses Gloire de Margoltin, of dazzling red color and Gloire de Lyon- naise, of lemon color, but a Hybrid Tea rather than a Remontant. Mr. May said that he felt much enthus- iasm over the Gloire de Margottin; it is of a most glorious color. As regards forcing, he was rather disappointed with it; it has a weak stem but is one of the finest for summer bedding. All like the color. Gloire de Lyonnaise was a disap- pointment to him. i8gi. The American Florist, 441 VANDA AMESIANA 111 answer to an inquiry concerning grafted roses Mr. May said that he was a great advocate for roses on their own roots. If a plant of La France on its own roots is killed down it will sprout again from the root, but you can not get so large a plant the first year as if grafted. If a lady sets out a dozen plants on their own roots she will have good bushes a dozen years hence, but if she sets out grafted plants she will have in twc years a lot of Manetti stocks. A n'ighbor of the speaker's planted thirteen years ago twenty-five La France on their own roots, they are now six ieet high, and last July he cut two hundred flowers from them. F. L. Harris said that if we import roses budded low down and jjlant them deep 'ihey will stand our climate well and in one year give more flowers than plants on their own roots will give in two years. Once in a while we get suckers from the stock, but any one who studies the char- acter of the shoots can remove them. The speaker would Hot^ however, like to have plants buddedfiveorsix inches high. President Spooner said that he was a strong advocate for budded roses, if budded in the right place and properly grown. They should be planted so as to have the stock three or four inches be- neath the surface, and the bark should be raised a little on each side; j'ou will then get a better plant in one 3'ear than in three or four years if they are on their own roots. The Manetti stock is the best for light soils; the briar sends up too many suckers. All the best roses that come to our shows are from budded stocks. He does not want to wait four or five years to get a strong plant. Among the best summer roses are La France, and for later Fisher Holmes or Prince Arthur, (the last named a seedling from General Jacqueminot), Heinrich Schultheis and Lady Helen Stewart. For white, Merveille de Lyon and Mabel Mor- rison, Gloire dc Lyonnaise throws up fine shoots. Madame Victor Verdier is a grand garden rose. Alfred Colomb is of globular form and high scented. Mme. Isaac Pereire, a Hybrid Bourbon, is a good climbing variety. EarlDufferin has a full flower and is destined to be one of the best. Marshall P. Wilder is too much like Alfred Colomb. Mme. Montet is a free flowering variety and of very fine color. Mme. Gabriel Luizet is very de- sirable for this purpose. Mrs. John Laing is almost as free flowering as General Jacqueminot. Mrs. H. L. T. Wolcott asked the pres- ident if when budded plants are set out as recommended by him you do not vir- tually have a plant on its own roots; to which he answered yes. Mrs. Wolcott went on to say that a good while ago she planted budded roses under the direc- tion of the late Herman Griindel, who advised her to lay them down so that they would root from the grafts, and she saw them twenty years afterwards and never saw better bushes or a better show of flowers. Coming Exhibitions. March 17-20, Philadelphia.— Springex hibition Pennsylvania Hort. Society. March 25-27, Boston.— Spring exhibi- tition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7, New York.— Spring exhibition New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1-4, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 15-17, Boston.— Annual ex- hibition of fruits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Philadelphia. — Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. Catalogues Received. John R. & A. Murdoch, Pittsburg, Pa., plants, seeds and nursery stock; Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston, seeds and plants; H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, Eng- land, plants; same, seeds; A. D. Cowan & Co., New York, seeds; United States Nur- series, Short Hills, N. J., orchids; same, dahlias; same, descriptive catalogue of their flower show last November; same, chrysanthemums and single dahlias; Henry Kauffman & Son, Spritgfield, O., plants; E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind., quarterly wholesale list plants; V. H. Hallock & Son, Queens, N. Y., retail seeds and plants; same, trade list seeds and summer flowering bulbs; Wm. Stahl, Quincy, 111., nursery stock; Denys Zim- giebel, Needham, Mass., carnations and pansies; Wood Bros.,Fishkill,N. Y., trade list plants. Duty on Seeds. Please let us know through your paper how much duty on a pound of seeds from Europe by the new bill. A Buffalo Subscriber. [If flower seeds nothing. If vegetable seeds, 20 per cent on invoice value. Some agricultural seeds are free.— Ed.] A SPECIMEN BLOOM of a seedling carna- tion has been received from Mr. John Moore, Little Silver, N. J. It is of good size, dark pink lightly striped with lighter shades, and fragrant. It may become useful but for a cut flower sort a solid color is usually preferred, though this is certainly a pretty flower- 442 The American Florist. Feb, 12, Recoil rioCei*. Uakkik, ONT.—McVittic& Browne have succeeded Morgan & McYittie the florists here. Frederick, Md.— Erase from the direc- tory list at this place Hahn & Tj'eryar and Cyrus Hellenstein. New Britain, Conn.— A paper on tuberous begonias will be read at the next meeting of the Horticultural Society to be held March 3. Providence, R. I.— Miller Brothers & Chapell, the florists of Springfield, Mass., have opened a branch store here, at 307 Westminster street. Baraboo, Wis.— William Toole's green- houses were completelv destroyed by fire the night of February 3. The loss is quite heavy with no insurance. Thomasville, Ga.— We don't need fire heat to grow flowers here this winter. Outdoor roses are in full bloom and every thing has the appearance of May. Wilmington, Del.— Harry P. Potter has succeeded James N. Lewis & Bro., the florists at 24th and Market Sts., hav- ing purchased the business from them. Bay City, Mich.— The new horticul- tural society is increasing in membership rapidly and it is probable that a chrys- anthemum show will be arranged for next November. Louisville, Kv.— The table decorations at the recent banquet at the Commercial Club, arranged by florist C. W. Reimers were freely praised by the local press. Orchids were used among the other flowers. Los Angeles, Cal.— At the meeting of the Southern California Floral Society held February 9, a very interesting paper on aquatics was read by Mr. E. D. Sturtevant, the well known grower of aquatics at Bordentown N. J. and this city. CoNNELLSViLLE, Pa.— P. R. DcMuth re- built his estabhshment last fall on a new location about three miles from his old stand. He has one rose house 20x100, two plant houses 20x55 each and one 11x55, headed by a No. 8 Herendeen steam boiler. Brooklyn, N. Y.— A local daily tells an awful story on a prominent citizen who paid $4.25 for a half dozen fine large bulbs of a peddler who claimed 1 hey were a lare variety of water lily. The gentleman has just discovered that they are the simon pure skunk cabbage. Springfield, Mass.— Miller Brothers & Chapell, the florists of 263 Main street, have opened a branch store at 307 West- minster street, corner of Walker street. Providence, R. \. It is a large store with show windows and entrances on both streets. Charles K. Miller will have the management. C. F. Fairfield is cutting some fine roses, and says they are better and more plenty than ever before in this city. Business here is better than last week and the stock of flowers is being used up pretty close from day to day. Summit, N. J. — On Tuesday, January 20, the members of the New Jersey Social Florists' Club at a special meeting pre- sented their late secretary, Mr. Alfred Dimmock (who had to resign his position on account of going to England very shortly) with a gold watch and chain in token of their esteem for him and the great interest Mr. Dimmock had taken in the club. From the date of its inception he has been one of the leaders in all move- ments which would be to the interest of the members generally which was ac- knowledged by the presentation of the above token. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE ta under this head will be Inserted at L accompany order. Plant adva. not SITUATION WaNTED- of a small greenhous man; honest; No. I refere respectable single 32S,"Rlverside, Cook Co.. 111. Situation WANTED-THI March or April. Dane, as gardener's assistant, in lart;e pri or commercial place. Good references; 7 year; perienee. Address R F, care American Clor SITUATION WANTED-By March IbyaflrsK gardener and florist; 12 years' experience, at present has charge of a large private place in State. Best of references. Address, stating sal R P 259, Port Chester, N. SITUATION WANTBD-By a first class florist ing feature; responsible position as foreman pre- ferred; single; references. Address ; flower grower. Best reference Pine llidge, Buffalo, N. Y. SITUATION WANTED— B florist; good rose and flrst class English e plantain general. ,0 take charge; 14 years' experience G A, care American Florist. Chicago. perienced grower of pain 1 States prefen__ , . _ \LBERT DOEI,, 1631 School St.. Lake View, Chicago. SITUATION WANTED— By a florist of ,i years' e: perienee— New York State preferred-private ( public place. Good references: married man ; unde stands all kinds of greenhouse work; also floral i party decoration. Address FLORIST, 33 Tracy St., Utlca, N. Y. QITU. ITUATION VyANTBD— By practical gardeneran middle aged, who haa devoted a about forcing mushrooms. Capi ^e. commercial or private. Sati Satisfactory references. Addre: Astoria Postoflice, Long Island. ble of taking cha W^ WANTED-Bookkeeper who is experienced i Give references. 8. Philadelphia. Pa. ANTBD-ByMayl hand glass any si Address, i ' w cGOKUM. Wellesley Uilh WANTBD-Assiatant florist; one who can | roses and propagate. Good references ; character and ability. Permanent place for : man. W. W. Gkeen & Son, Watertown, N, J of vegetable trial grounds. Must \ '-- '- - all kinds as weil aakeepiuj , DREER. Philadelphia, Pa. W^ WANTED— Active business man with cash to take an Interest In first-class florist business, well established, 8 greenhouses 100 ft. each, heated by steam: well stocked and in good condition. Address J. Cliff, care Am. Florist. Chicago. WANTED-Ayoungi good habits, for Small place in Mass. J ence and recommendation for the spring season, of ess. with wages, experi- merican Florist. Chicago. WANTBD-Two practical gardeners, one to charge of hardy plants and a flower can the other to be thoroughly posted in vegetable g ing. Apply with full particulars, to * fioiiTicuLTURE. box 851, New ^ WANTED— A practical, flrst class florist to tak half interest in a flourishing business; no much capital required-will take labor against caj ^.-^. 1 preferred. Address South Water St., Manistee. Mich. fee charge of cut flower department commercial place, to grow for Boston market. ust be good rose grower. Permanent place for Addr. ages expected. Rose gkowb] xperience. reference W-'^ i Cemetery. Den fr^oH SALB-Haudsome solid cherry florists I ' box. size 11 feet high, Sio feet long. 3-3 feet wit with galvanized iron pans. Cost J4(l) to make; w FoHEST Gle.n Fi.oka], CO., 207 Lake St., Chicago. rn of 60 OOU, good shirpirg rfor"a Uve^Tapable man cumbrance Some capital A. ]BiVieGAIlV. Rare chance lor an enterprising florist, having some capital. Large home trade. Leadine ship- ping trade in S. E Ohio. Sales during first year will more than equal the parchase price. Laud for sale or lease. Four houses stocked and equip- ped. Mu»t sell for good reasons. E. L. KOKTHEN, Zanesville, O. ital. Single ma FOR SAX^EJ. The Walkerton Greenhouse and Market Gardens. These premises consist of 3ii acres of flrst-clasa land with 3,500 small fruit tree;-, a neat iwo-atory brick dwelling, two greenhouses heated with hot water, with all modern improvements: well stocked and necessary hotbeds. No opposition nearer than Guelph, tiO miles distant. Also 6M acres of highly cultivated good land under lease for years on good terms, on which are 1 acre of young bearing raspber- ries, and I acre of strawberries. Apply to W. W. JEN.MNGS Kord River P. O.. Mich, or SHAW & SUAW. Walkerton Ont . Canada. Florists Take Notice A square of ground fronting on Market street, Philadelphia, Pa., 500x214, to Ludlow street. A very desirable location for a florist. Apply to THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CO , 731 Walnut St., Pliiladelphia, Pa. DAISY SNOWFLAKE Daisy Snovvflake -This Daisy, if treated like Violets' will give splendid returns for all labor be- stowed upon it. I grow It by the thousands and can- not supply the demand for cut flowers, as It keeps fre h from 2 to 8 weeks after being cut, and then looks as fresh as other white flowers just cut. The beautiVully quilled, and average as large as a 50 cent f Price, $1 per doz. free by mail ; ?5 per ICO by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: ROCHESTER, Jan. 28tb. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful flower both for when tied up in small bunches they sell very rapidly with us for funeral designs. We use a great many ;the! » cheaper 3 space, and keeps fresh cons derable sand send me every Iraisy youoan "" Yours truly, F. . I. KELLER. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist, online' Co., .VTTICA. NEW YORK. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG, PA. CHEAP FOR CASH. 1000 Dracft-na Indivisa. Hnc specimen plants, $5 00 to nrac.ena oongesta, $,].0O to M_On per dozen^ Ficua elastlca, 3 to 4 feet high, $1 CO to f3 OO each. Violet Marie Louise, big clumps. $1U. 00 per 101. Healthy Carnation Cuttings, $7 00 per 1000, Garfleld, Hlnze's White, Chas. Sumner. Mrs. Garfleld, Kmp. de Morocco, Jl.SU per 100. Zingiber (Ginger plant). 2.'» cents each .a.i»:b:ejh.t zf-t- Fvanslon Ave. near Sheridan Bi CARNATIONS, best standai d f oris, root- ed earlv, |3 oo. DRAC^NA Indivisa, fine stock, 6c-ioc. MCCREA &. cole:. Battle Creek, Mich. i8gi. The American Florist. 443 LILIUM HARRISII.B'TTERKNowNAsTHE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD TOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER OEY STRONG FIELD-GROWN BULBS FROM OUR OWN GROUNDS IN BERMUDA '"^A From a photograph taken the week bejore Easter, iSgo, showing a view in om oj our new iron greenhouses, here at Tarrytt a crop oJ Ltlium Harriiii in full bloom. This house produced over 13,000 flowers for Easter. This is not only the best by far of all lilies for winter blooming, but it is one of the most profitable flowers that can be grown by florists. led, and the flowers being especially effective for decorative purposes, always command large prices. From its name some have thought it I for forcing for the Easter market only. _Thisia not exclusively so; itderivesits ' . ^ -. - ■ "- ibyt ! kept for more than tv e receipt of flowers ! J. L. Russell, Den uda Easter Lily" -but by grc ifter Easter; in fact, by spei holidays adds particularly to i must be potted early in Augui albs are indispensable, as i Uy is being force lid occasionally tt n a proper place. 1 Bermuda, grown } fact that, intry in the greenhouse, wun successiv year round, or as long as cut flowers t in at a time when flowers are usually omething depending upon aft r growth I sale made by us to a large 1 healthy t florists' open ground, it blooms at can be had in bloom all the mand. The fact that it can ind in great demand at high ^-^J^ad^' ■ipens off perfectly, and is ready for sthe 1 1 following ew York grower, who purchased 20.000 proper handling. If cut as soon as open they can will show. These were written acknowledging ame in excellent shape. I d " " "exas, writes r packed dry.' THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to offer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeenrecognizedbythetradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OOR CROP of 1890, over ^ H^vr^i^^ A. iixirvrvXor»c :bij:i:^bs. ^ purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. The rmuda, planting it with Harrisii to increase their stock rapidly when Har- absolutely valueless for forcing, and we have known instanceswhere these mixed * mixing the s irrisii. In order to secure "the true va ignorant parties to plant L. Longifloru irretrievably, thereby rendering it al _ _ _ , . DUID8 nave oeen soia to large growers as ine genuine variety, where lartre loss has resulted, and dealers should look with suspicion on ouius uuereu ai, prices less than market rates, as the supply has never yet met the demand; "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Lar^e growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PI EPSON &, CO., TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, U. S. A. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of UrtUSUdlly fine ifuality, nearly twiee the else ef Bulbs usually eenl sut. Intending pureha*»rs >hould writs ms lor »amplei and prlw>, ilatlng quantity wanted. 444 The AAfERicAN Florist. Feb. 12. Crude Oil for Fuel. In answer to Mr. Svvaync's iiuiuny about oil or gas for greenhouso heating, this is the seeond winter 1 have uscderudc oil, and find I make a saving as near as I ean estimate of not less than 50 i)er eent over eoal at $3.50 a ton. The oil eost this season 53 cents a barrel deliv- ered on ear here, and I also save the handling of eoal and ashes and have no soot or dust. I have a 20-horsc power common tub- ular botler, carry from 10 to 15 pounds of steam and it will run all night with very little variation, and on the coldest night have not used more than one and one half barrels of oil. Have about 5,000 feet of glass and am satisfied could heat twice the amount with same apparatus and very little addition of fuel. The arrangement necessary to storing and burning the oil did not cost to exceed $50, and now can burn coal or wood without making any change. Thos. Lewis. Lakeside Park, Warsaw, Ind. Regarding the query in last issue, one very decided objection to the use of crude oil for fuel is that the smell of the oil makes your establishment more or less of a public nuisance. It seems to be impos- sible to store the oil so as to hold the objectionable odor in check. It is won- derfull}' penetrating and when a quantity is collected together it sends forth on every breeze odors which at times are very offensive. I know one florist who uses the oil for fuel. His place is near the railroad station and I can alwaj'S tell when the train is approaching that sta- tion by the smell of oil which is ever present. D. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000, or J35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 per cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants. Largest and most select stock in the South- west. Over THREE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced. 4^ Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of 90 pages free to all. Address HAKZ & NEUKER, LOUISVILLE, KY. Our stock of this variety will all be re- handled at our own greenhouses so they may be in the best possible condition WABAN ROSEiL'i the same date as sent out from Boston — April 15. For this reason customers in OUR TERRITORY will we believe do well to secure their supply either directly from us or through jobbing agents using our stock. We will give names of such on application. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. March — ) frcd^e:^. ( We are now taking orders for delivery af l8t, on the following varieties, 2-lnch Perles, Niphetos, Souv. d'un Ami, Cook, LaFrance, Bennett, Bride, Mermet, Wootton, Hoste and Beauty. Orders booked in rotation, and good stock guaran- teed. Reasonable prices given upon application. Address GERMONI) & COSGROVi:, Hookland County^ SPARKIU,, M. X. I^OSE^S. WABAN, SOUV. DE DR, PASSOT, MME. PIERRE GUILLOT, .\nd all the other NEW and Standard varieties of Teas; also all the best varieties both new and old of the Hybrid Rcmontanls including the variety which has forced so successfully for the pa.st three years, and which has proven itself by far the best variety of this class for very early forcing yet introduced; also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS, CHINAS, AND BOURBONS, For Forcing, Bedding, etc , etc. All of v MY NEW TRADE LIST to an applicants. JOHN N. NIAY, Stimi-nit, N.J. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A^pEciALTY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DE8 JfiRDINS. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. 700 ACRES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. I=RCD? PERLE DBS JARDINS, NIPHETOS, C MER- MET. THE BRIDE, CORNELIA COOK, PAPA GONTIER, MARIE GUILLOT, AGGRIPINA (Syn. Queens Scarlet), AKCH DUKE CHARLES S. D'UN AMI MME. F. KRUGER, DUCHESS DE BRABANT, In z}4-in. pots, price $4 00 per too; J40.00 per 1000. Own selection $35 00 per 1000. CLOTILDE SOUPERT, a fine new White Rose, $6.00 per 100. Ouychium Japonicum. a fine Fern for cut flower work. 4-in. pots, $10 00 per 100. Ficus Elastica, 4-inch pots, $2.50 per dozen. Cycas Revoluta, 6-inch pots, J15.00 per dozen. Cycas Revoluta, larger plants, $20 00 per dozen. Ther vlllf ; healthy pla Address 1810 Ea t liroadway, I^ouisville, K. o. HirvHv «ss CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our Januarj' Trade List. A full line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF KEST STAPLES: ROSES. CARNATIONS, BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported FLOWER SEEDS for florists. E. G. HILL & CO., KlchmoiKl, Indiana. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, 1 low on the Manettia Stock. ofTer theHorist bloomlngfreely propaKatlnK iekly. pine plants Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston), MASS. All orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string Maylst. Quality A I. .JO.SKPH E. BONSALL, Telephone No.ii5. 308 Garfieldl-Ave.. Salem, Ohio; m SPECIALTIES ARE THE ROSES MME. CUSIN -A. IT 13 Mme. de Watlevilk, 8UNNYW00D8"gREENH0U8E8 have become famous. I will have a liiulted number of plants of the finest stuck grown of the above varieties: all strong plants, from ^-inch pots, ttiO.CO per lOOO. Also THE BRIDE and C. MERMET at fo3.00 per 1000, and the AMERICAN BEAUTY at $M 00 per 1000. Smaller quantities at prop )rtl nate rates. FRANK L. MOORE. Chatham, N. J. Dwarf Budded Roses. and Includes all Anna de Diesbach, Alfred Colomb. Baroness Rothschild, Baron de Bonstettin. Boule de Nelge, Capt. Christy, Fisher Holmes. Gen, Jacqueminot. John Hopper. Louis VanHoutte, La France. S12.00 per io( , tine lot of Marechal Niels suall; fine he leading varieties. Mad. Gabriel Luizet, Mabel Mo'cison, Magna Charta, Marie Bauman. Mervellle de Lyon, Paul Neyron. Prin Queen of Queens, Ulrich Brunner, White Baroness. ind forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in "^ and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of (ThRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, Xiouls-vUIe^ ^ir> i8gi. The American Florist. 445 THE NEW ROSE =*WABAN*= This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to LaFrance. The only objection to C. Mermet is its fre- quently pale, insipid color in cloudy weather; experi- ence has shown that the '^^rA.1^A.~^ retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variet)\ If HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society; of the Pennsylvania Horticul- tural Society, and Certificate of Merit from each of the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown, Ready for Distribution on April 15th, 1891. Orders booked now, will be filled in strict rotation. Eztra. good plants from 2}i-}Bcb pots. From 4-inch pots. I Plant, $ i.oo 250 Plants, $100.00 i Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40.00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " 175-00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75-00 50 " 30.00 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 " 50.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the IMississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. 446 The American Florist. Feb. 12, %m. lkmwsm»m ^^^^mm Sub'.cripllon $1.00 a Year. To Ei Adverlisements, lo Cents a I.iui Inch. 81.40: Column, Si^.c Cash wilh Order. ope, $2.00. Agate; No Special Position Guaranteed. scounts, 6 times, 5 per cent: 13 times, 10 per j6 times. 20 per cent; 52 limes. 31 per cen No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Depart Orders (or less than one-half inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. We have received a copy of the prize list and programme of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for the year 1891. There will be but two main exhibitions, the spring show March 17 to 20 and the chrysanthemum show November 10 to 13. There will be a minor exhibition in con- nection with each of the monthly meet- ings. The premiums named for the two main exhibitions are very liberal. The leader at the spring exhibition is a first premium of $75 for collection of orchids, plants in bloom, a second prize of$50 being also offered for the same. At the chrysanthemum show the premier prize is for collection of ten plants, ten varie- ties, for which prizes of $100, $75, and $50, are offered, and orchid growers will again be attracted, prizes of $50 and $25 being offered for best collection of plants and cut flowers. Copies of the pro- gramme containing the full premium lists, rules, etc., can be had on application to D. D. L. Farson, secretary. Horticultural Hall, Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. From Mr. A. J. Frost, a florist of Toronto, Ont., we have received several branchlets of srailax the leaves of which are much larger than usual. All exceed one and one-half inches in length, many are nearly two inches long and the width of the blade is in proportion. He states that its habit of growth is quite like that of the type but more robust. It isdoubt- ful whether tlie large size of the leaves will make it especially desirable but if a more rapid grower it will certainly be useful if it will come true from seed and retain that characteristic. A CURIOUS break of the carnation is seen in a flower sent us by Messrs McVittie & Browne, Barrie, Ont. It is a sport from Mrs. Carnegie and has the character of that variety except that across the cen- ter the petals have assumed the varie- gated markings of the Chester Pride type. If it could be "fixed" incharacter it would probably be useful as acatalogue novelty, but it is doubtful if it would be acceptable as a cut flower to commercial growers. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY and CLEAN stock per 1000525.00 82.75 CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed 2-inch 3-00 GERANIUMS, 20 good salable vars.,2-in. . . 3.00 Mad. Salleroi, 2 in 3.00 CANNAS. dry bulbs, choice kinds 2.50 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, in splendid assortment 3.00 ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2"^-in 4.00 COLEUS. best varieties, 2-in 2.50 HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2j4-in 3.00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2.in 3.00 Address N. s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence la well located tor shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansas Citv.) Mention American Florist. Important.;°.Florists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of 100 pages is now being mailed to ycu. Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest ard bestcol- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contairs over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of syronj ms in our catalcg. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price J3 per 100. Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Onr list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per cz ; Ji.co per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysanthemum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. Mention American Florist. ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Eastern Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Stellata, Conspicua, Parviflora, etc. Tree & Herbaceous Pieonias, Iris Kaemp- feri in newest magnificent coloring. Hardy Conifers, New sporls of Relinosporas. MINIATURE JAPAN CONIFERS. Cycas Revoluta Stems greatly reduced. Araucarlas, Tree Ferns, Bamboos. We riirnisli KKLIAHLE goods at corres- pondeiit rates. Ti Send for Catalogue to \ H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. VERBENAS 50,000 BEADY NOW. strong plants, 2^ Rooted Cuttings. 50 VARIETIES. tl m per 100: *30 00 per 1000 ISi^sl; or IVIUcle-w-. a fhtufactlcii Buarar.teta. fnriple on rccelp L DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. PERFECTLY FREE FROM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, per 100 $3; per 1000 $25. Rooted cuttings of same, 100 $1; 1000 $g. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2^-inch, $3 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. single, per 100 $8.00. Geraniums-latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-inch $4.00, 4-inch $3.00 per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. ROSENS. Mad. Hoste, La France S5.00 per 100. Duchess of Albany $7.00 per 100. Gontiers. Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes, Brides, Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, 54.00 per 100 or |35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, »6.oo per 100 or *50.oo per 1000. H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per too or $40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER. 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. Mention Amerloan Clorint. STROKQ FI.ANTS, 2;MirCH POTS, $2 per 100; JiS per 1000; well mixed. .Rooted Ot.a.'t'tiJtag:^, clean and sure to please, I5.C0 per 1000. CASH WITH ORDER. W. B. WOODRUFF, Westfield, N. J. VERBENAS. STROM; AND HEALTHY. General Collection Heliotrope, Booted Cuttings, named.... 1.25 10.10 L25 lO.C 25 10.( Fewerfew. The Gem, Rooted Cuttings.. 3.00 Salvias Splendens, Begonias Rubra, Metalllca, Chrysanthemum varieties 1 application. Ampelopsis Veitchli, strong plants... 8 00 75.00 Trade List of Klorlsts" Stock on application. WOOD BROTHERS, {Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRC.) FiSHKlLL, N. Y. Verbenas Now Ready ABSOLUTILY FREE FROM DISEASE. Per 100 Per 1000 Mammoth, strong 2'j-in. pots . . $4.00 J35.00 General Collection, 2>4-in pots . . . 2.50 20.00 Mammoth Set Rooted Cuttings. . . 1.25 10.00 Ceneral Collection Rooted Cuttings 1.00 8.00 Address J. G. :Bt.»rro-w, FISHICILI. 3Sr. -ST. acOOOen'l Jacq. Rose plants, 4-ln. pots, per 100,I6.M. Coleus Cuttings rooted, VerschaHeUll, Golden Bed- der. Golden VerschatTeltll and Sunset, per 100 76cte. iSgi. The American Florist. 447 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Open until 7 P. M. Sundays and Holidays 13 M. ALL SUPPLIES. ^WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIQHTS Ain> SUNDAYS. "WIE-E DESIGJSrS IIT STOCK. GRESENZ & HARMS, (Successors to FRESE & GRESENZ,) Wholesale Dealers in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights!! P. M.; Sundays 3 P.M. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegraph. » SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7th Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. -\11 Flowers in season. Prompt attention .Siven to shipping orders CUT FLOWERS. The choicest Cut Flowers, of our own growing, at lowest market rates, shipped C O. D. Use A. F. Code when ordering by te egraph . Telephone connections. For prices, etc., address J. L. DILLON. BLOOMSBURG. PA. Established ami Fresh Imparted plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. "l)Vi-i«o for- oiir- I»«-ioo Xiist. FREDERICK MAU, P.O. Bo,\3M. SOUTH OKANGE, N.J. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CASH, TO MAKE ROOM. ^ach KENTIA.Bel and Fost., 3 ft. high, 4 to 5 char- acter leaves I 3 00 Bel. and Fost., specimens, 3!^ feet high, 5 to 6 character leaves 5 00 Bel. and Fost., 2V. to i ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 2 00 Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2>■:.«> ■• Hybrids..,'^ .•.■.:-::;::;;.:25;oolliooo ?SS2^'^.v.-.v.v.-.-.v.;.v.-..v.v.v :;;:.•.•,•;•;■;; 4'ooi ».oo Adia"um;-:;:;:::.-;;::::::::- ::::::::::: ■,-,00® si feneB. Niphetos " BlaTtiel:.^.'."''::;::- 8SfSrsS:ir'.::::::::::::; Carnations, long, fancy Valley ■^^^■■■■^^^■■^■^■■^^ Roman hyacinths, narcissus. ■•■•••■■■•■■ikSiJ-88 THOS. YOUNG. Jr., WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West Z\W\ Street, Wm. 3- gTEWHRT, Cut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTON, MASS. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON. MASS. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna- tions alwaysonhand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. MORTON GKOVE, ILL. PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Itoscs, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. 1 grow all the bebt varieties for this purpose. Whole- sale lift now ready. Send for it before buying your M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. LILY OF THE VALLEY, And the Choicest BOSES for tlia fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [Established 1877.] Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30th ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS. 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 56 We:ST 30TH STREET, A. S. Burns. J. 1. Raynor. BURNS d, RAYNOR, WH0LE8J1LE FLORISTS, XI -West SiStlri St., J. M. McGULLOUGN'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers iu CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SPKCIALTIES: ROSES. CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT IM^OWKFiS, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHIL«DELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping. Mention AMERICAS Florist. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^ FL.ORISTS, 1122 S'llTE STH.EET, ST. i^ouis, :ivro. CONSIGNMENTS OF SMILAX. CALLAS and ADIANTUMS WANTED. 448 The American Florist. Feb 12. 9Ra ^aac) @ra(^8. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLODOH, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Fottler, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. Mr. a. U. Cowan has withdrawn from the seed firm of A. I). Cowan & Co. Chas. G. Weeder and Alex L. Don will continue the business of .\. D. Cowan & Co. in the same name. Mr. Geo. S. Haskell of Rockford is now able to be out though not yet re- covered from his recent severe illness. J. C. McMillan & Co., seedsmen, of Atlanta, Ga. have assigned; assets prac- tically nothing. It is not encouraging for seedsmen to assign at this the year. Some More Facts and Figures. Ed. Am. Florist:— Your renewed re- quest for my views on advertising, to- gether with what figures I have compiled as the result of my experience in that de- partment of ray business, reaches me at a busy time, so I have remained at my office to-night to try and give your wishes consideration. Motive is apt to color our views and expressions in all that we say and do, and my first thought has been to question myself as to the motive that induces me to give you for publica- tion the facts I possess and I feel happy to say I find, first, an appreciation of the benefit the free advertising it gives, with a desire to oblige my friend, your president, and second, the wish that it may lead to more sincere consideration and hearty co-operation for the best in- terests of the seed trade. For the last seventeen years I have been engaged in the seed business in this city, ten of them connected with the old established house of Buist,and the last seven under my own name; during that period many thou- sands of dollars worth of advertising has been placed under my special direction; and the more experience I have the more 1 find there is to be learned. We all know that persistent, judicious advertising of meritorious merchandise has made many magnificent and princely fortunes, but I do not want to repeat any trite well known facts, but simply give you a few figures and my deductions therefrom . With the utmost care and detail I find it extremely difficult to accurately figure the value and results of advertising; it is like weighing the perfume of the beautiful flowers which make their presence known even though our eyes be blind; many facts are plain while others are concealed, and in the data I give I wish it distinctly understood that I do not regard the figures as showing all the fruits of the expenditure but only those immediately, directly and actually traceable by careful compilation. In starting my business in 1884 I aimed to do no mail trade, con- fining myself entirelj' to the wholesale business and retailing only locally in Philadelphia; we, however, issued a cat- alogue which we supplied with our seeds to the dealer and soon found a small mail business coming in that we could not reftise nor tell to whom to give the credit of such orders. In 1886 we spent $494.98 with X. W. Ayer & Son on a list of agri- cultural and religious papers, but have no records of results; the next j'ear we expended in same way $1,512.90 with the same parties, and it gives me pleasure to say here that their methods and deal- ings were always such as inspired the fullest confidence, and I would not think of doing any extensive newspaper adver- tising without their aid. This year's business was also done on faith and no separate records kept. In 1888, however, I determined to know what actual residts were, so I obtained a set of ledgers, one for each state and territory in the Union, and opened an account with each post- office from which any business came. The results were as follows: 1888 CATALocrij.CosT 10c. Mailed. I Number I Cost I Cash rec'd STATE. Catalogues Including from I Mailed. | Postage. | same. Ala 1,200 120.00 36.00 Ky 1,200 120.00 68.30 WestVa. 900 90.00 81.00 Wis 600 60.00 18.00 Virginia. 1,500 150.00 135.00 Tenn 1,700 170.00 75.00 So Caro. 700 70.00 25.00 Penna.... 6,000 600.00 675.00 Ohio 1,300 130.00 112.00 Kansas.. 1,500 150.00 51.50 Missouri 1,500 150.00 92.50 Miss 800 80.00 26.55 No Caro. 1,000 100.00 79.30 Georgia.. 800 80.00 63.00 NY 1,400 140.00 130.00 Indiana.. 600 60.00 54.00 Iowa 600 60.00 32.00 Illinois... 700 70.00 132.00 Maryl'd. 800 80.00 89.00 Dela 800 80.00 38.00 Neb 800 80.00 27.00 N J 2,700 270.00 150.00 Totals... 29,100 $2,910.00 $2,190.15 Newspaper adver. $907.51 $3,817.51 To many I suppose this will look like a very small amount of business, and in comparison with the old establishec mail houses I know it is, but neighbor I am giving facts for general good and will only say sift your own expenses in this line and directly traceable receipts and see what are your real results. Person- ally I regard the advertising of any good reliable house having good reliable goods to sell and expecting to continue in busi- ness, as an investment that is almost as permanent as the continuance of the house itself, and that no one should engage in expenditure in that line beyond their ability to capitalize their business; I trust no one in the seed business ever spends monev in advertising that can only be paid by a successful issue of the same, and must otherwise be taken to wrong side of profit and loss account by the newspapers or agents. I felt that this showing of 1888 was a good beginning in the mail line, and hav- ing had a good year concluded to enlarge on it in 1889. The results were as follows: 1889 Catalogue, Cost 5c. Mailed. I Number I Cost I Cash rec'd STATE. Catalogues Including from I Mailed. | Postage. | same. Ala 2,000 100.00 35.45 Arizona.. 91 4.55 27.51 Ark 1,000 50.00 45.34 Cal 1,600 80.00 67.21 Colo 500 25.00 18.22 Conn 2,000 100.00 50.62 Dela 800 40.00 27.50 Dakota.. 1,200 60.00 22.97 Florida.. 1,200 60.00 94.75 Georgia.. 2,600 130.00 81.43 Illinois... 6,200 310.00 100.25 Iowa 4,200 210.00 68.67 Idaho 300 15.00 8.21 Indi'nTy 60 3.00 1.21 Indiana.. 4,700 235.00 133.43 Kv 3,000 150.00 68.13 Kansas.. 3,100 155.00 73.40 La 1,000 50.00 78.21 Mont 155 7.75 7.45 Mass 2.400 120.00 39.53 Maine.... 2,600 130.00 65.30 Miss 1,800 90.00 53.22 Marvl'd . 1,300 65.00 60.78 Missouri 4,400 220.00 62.09 Mich..... 4,500 225.00 106.47 Minn 2,000 100.00 28.12 No Caro. 2,500 125.00 88.73 Nevada.. 150 7.50 10.65 N Mex.... 400 20.00 40.25 NH 1,500 75.00 35.58 N Y 14,000 700.00 170.17 Neb 2,100 105.00 44.02 NJ 2,500 125.00 71.20 Ohio 7,500 375.00 144.77 Oregon... 500 25.00 19.40 Penna.... 12,000 600.00 502.74 R I 600 30.00 18.58 So Caro. 1,700 85.00 37.03 Tenn 2,000 100.00 75.16 Texas 2,500 125.00 146.53 Utah 900 45.00 49.48 Vermont 1,600 80.00 30.77 Virginia. 1,800 90.00 98.37 W Va 1,300 65.00 34.72 Wvo 150 7.50 11.65 Wash 350 17.50 11.42 Sundry... 8,000 400.00 4.81 118.756 $5,937.80 $3,071.50 Newspapt r adver. $1,100.00 $7,037.80 This I did not regard as satisfactory and decided in 1890 with increased whole- sale business not to make any effort for the mail trade and did no advertising, mailing only 6,000 catalogues to actual mail customers of the year before at a cost of $300, receiving orders for $1,203.24; being the first tnneinl7 years I could ever trace a direct profit in that department. We do not regard this advertising as money lost, for we know that much of our success in other departments was due to it, and even now in 1S91 we are re- ceiving orders from the 1888 edition of seed manual. The mailing of catalogues free to all applicants from promiscuous newspaper advertising we believe to be very unprofit- able; our system enabled us to trace this up and we give two samples. Of 25 applications from Florida four ordered $3.40 in all. Of 28 applications from .\labama one ordered lOe in all. Most of those who will be interested in this article will know this was not due to the catalogue being poor or unwisely forced. I enclose a postal before me at this time touching this point, and also showing the permanence of advertising. "I have your catalogue of '88 before me. Am so well pleased with it on account partly of its instructions to young beginners concluded to get it be- fore ordering my seeds. Send at once and oblige, ' W.M. H. Miller. Mathews C. House, Va., Jan. 22, 1891." I put more faith to-day in originalitj'in advertising than any other feature, those who follow the old beaten track can not hope to strike and rivet attention, the field for imitators is a narrow one. Z. De Forest Ely. Philadelphia, Jan. 30, '91. Sheboygan, Wis.— Otto Schucht, flo- rist, should be added to the directory list. Miss A. Schucht should be F. St. instead of F. i8gi. The American Florist, 449 Z. De foREST Ely & Co., — ^WHOLESALE ^ — Seed Merchants and Growers. IMPORTERS OF ;Bvill3:» for* IMoi*i«»t«s. Our specialty is the JOBBING TRADE. Write for prices, which are always favorable, we can help you increase your trade. 1301 and 1303 Market Street. - PHILADELPHIA, PA. BEST OF ALL IHRUE TO NAME ^% URE TO PLEASE ARNARD's Tested xeeds. OOK MAILED FREE I RY US ONCE ^^END AGAIN. -^ DREER'S kpARDEN SEEDS ENRT A. DUEEK, Philadelphia Florist. G. J. MOFFATT, Maimfacturei ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. FLOWER SEED. August Rolker & Sons, O^VIVlV^\.S. BbemuDDi and I^aToi Emit Leclaire, Nouto Tuberoses. Pearl Caladlum Bscuientum. Isl de Grand RoDdc %%K and AdoiDh Weick 12 ( ■1000 $10 00 1 exchange, I.OOj Caroations. Kooted E. S. NIXON & SON, GRAPE$ New Grapen— Esther R»jckwooa, I Ki-w A- oh\. Best and Cheapest. Sm FAY Currant fTK. UEO. >*, J05WELYN, FrKlonIa, N ;^! ivoariOE>. I desire to state to my friends that I have no further connection with the firm of A. D. Cowan & Co., Seedsmen, 114 Chambers Street, New York City. Communications will reach me ad- dressed care of Thos W. Weathered's Sons, 48 Marion Street, New York. A. D. COWAN. THE BEST OF ALL CAULIFLOWERS ! ^ ftrdenerswill havedroppei MfiK Perfeetion._ THal package, Fvery t THE NEW TOMATO! From Canada oupht to be extra early and as sucli it is sent out. The reports of tbe experimental stations apeak hinhly of it. and numbers testity to its earli- nesa. productiveness, largesize.roundress. rich Color and freedom from rot. Per package. I5c; Ave fortiOc. Von will find it only in my Seed Catalogue, which TRUE DANVERS ONION SEED. ly peed farms pytpnd int.n n«nvors Hnd T inlly buy of the bushels ot thei stherehundreds paying as high as five arrel. I oflfer such seed, i of my own raising, at $3 a pound, wit 1 large quantities. Much of the onion si er too Hat or too round for true Danv( : Seed $1.08 per pound. S^ JAMKS J.H.GKBGORY&SC ONION SEED. WHITE SPANISH (sulphur yellow), STRAW- COLORED and STRASSBURGH. All of my owu gr.jwth from selected bulb. Pnces on application, HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, Established 1787. QUEDLINBURG. GERMANY. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Lareest stock in the West. Over fifty varieties of PALMS at 5 cts. to $10 00 each. CYCAS RKVOLUTA, 50 cts. to »15 OOeacti. DRAC.ENA INDIVISA, AUSTRALIS and TEK- MINALIS. 5 cts. to IS cts. eacb. CACTUS, ALOBS, AGAVES and YOCCAS. tW Send for price list. W. J. HESSER, Plattsmoulh, Neb. PLANTS AND BULBS. Per 50 Per 100 CANNAS, fine bulbs $3.50 $6.00 PRIMULAS, nice plants 4.C0 7.00 SMILAX, gooi 2.50 4.00 PANSIES, from cold frame 1.25 2.00 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Manager. I3ET.A.-^V-.A.B,E, OiilO- SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Xurscrics, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. New and j;^«t. Rare Plants m'P^;^!^ HardT I,-:. Plants. "%; ORCHIDS, PALMS, FERNS. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. GHRySflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I haveovfrr 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send loo strong plants, one hundred different kinds all good ones, my selection, for $4, or will send 200, each different, and contain- ing all the most valuable and popular kinds of the past season, lor $S.oo. All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to BireSDALE, ILLIWOIS. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. Waterefs Novelties tor 1891. HI.DORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLS, MRS. H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best white in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATEBER, 109 South 7(h Street. PHILADELPHIA. PA GOLDEN BEAUTY TO THE FRONT. It WHS never exhibited, but has stood the more practical test, for no early yellow Chrysanthemum gave better Batisfaction to seller and buyer than the above. Such was our experience, and also of all who handled it. What they say : We handled no early jellow that pold better or fave better satisf action to tbe buyer."— James Cart- edne, of Pennock, Bros., 1514 Chestnut street, Phil- adelphia. Pa. "You can cet nothing better than that."-Wiii. VoBht..Tr. 5th and Cooper Sts Camden.N.J. It was described in these columns last year, and we leave it to tell Its own story. Suffice it to say thatour claims for it have been more than sustained, and that it combines all the eseentiaU of a first class market variety for pottinir and cutting. Ready in quantity March, Apr 1 and May. 12 for $1. 100 for ft; You can not afford to get left on this offer. plants are ready, by express or free by mail. THE NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOWFLAKE. One of the best things out for winter flowers. IS. It does not seed, and division Flowers pure double, and beautilully quilled As piece Ready now. 12 for $1. 100 for ilanl and bloom free by mail on receipt CHRYSANTHEMUMS. HQLUS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1891 need them. Best quality and lowest price. as to 50 cents each: !*;i.00 for the set. Send for desciptive list. GEORGE HOLLIS. South Weymouth. Mass. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 2r)0 varietie.<». pew and old. HnP plflnts in 2^;-in. pots. Send for descriptive price list. FRANK B. SMITH, Boi 1081. Danville, HU 450 The American Florist. Feb. 12. Orange, N. J. It is reported that the florist business of Richard Purdue ol" IJast Orange is about to be rented to his two sons George and Richard, Jr. Mr. Robert MeArthur, who has leased the place conducted by the late H. J. McGall, is doing a splendid trade. He retains the services of Mr. Peter Popkins who was foreman for Mr. McGall. All the stuft" grown is retailed. Mr. Atkins of West Orange has given up growing roses for the New York marktt. Mr. T. H. Spaulding says he never had so many orders for young plants of chrys- anthemums before at this season and pre- dicts that there will be more grown this vcar than ever before. Mr. Man has his place literally packed with orchids. Every possible bit of space is full. The florists of Orange are thinking of organizing a Florists' Club. Mr. Gus Cordier still maintains his rep- utation of being the best violet grower in the Oranges. He has held first honors for the past seven years. Out of a batch of 30,000 cuttings of the Lizzie McGowan carnation put in the bench by John McGowan, only three cut- tings were lost. A pretty good strike I C. M. T- Zirngiebel's improved Strains OF WHITE .\STERS, PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and FANCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate colors, pure yellow, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets at $1.00 each. Also the choice NEW CONTINENTAL CAR- N.\TIONS for 1891. Miss Moore, Mme. Gobet, Roi des Violets, Bouton, d' Or, Geanne Morel, to be sent out March next. Send for Descriptive List of all to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, NEEDHAM, MASS. J. A.. I3E> ATi^BBi, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, luiporter and Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS and Florists' Supplies. Ae:eDt for Foreign Houses. Cataloeues free TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. We sUll of They 3 tine: none have been ured 5 inche nes. 10 c VDIUM ESCIILB.NTUM, 10 < """^ ^$5 00 per 100. Fine bulbs of C Smatle'- ones at 3. o ana a cenis BOOTED CITTINUS VERBENAS, Jl OO per ICO. your selection of colors; best white, pink, scarlet, BRAUER & RiCHTER, McConnellsville, 0. Eucharis Amazonica 400 STRONG, HEALTHY BULBS, J8.0O per hundred. ADOLPH STAHL &, CO., .lOHRtSTOWN, PA. A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE CRINUM. Crlnum Inch 1 Crlnum 'S.'oo per lOo'; Ks'fifi), striped c S8 100. 50c' each arger flower, f 10 per 100. . per oz. 4Uc.; per )5., per oz. 65c ; per id. a*> rong.fleld Brown, lOc each, oaryllla zeph. rosea, S3. 50 per 100; »30 per 1000. THE BROOKS SIST£fiS, Sorrento. Fla. Antlgonon lept., seed, 15 1 ROOTED CUTTINGS. Send for Lists. The prices and quality are sure to please PARNATinm NflUFI TIF^ ■ ^'^^'^^ McOowan, Louise Porsch, Golden Gate, J. UAnnAMull IiUILLIIlOi r. Freeman, Wm. F. Drear, Hector, Edelweiss, Angelas, Dorothy, Nellie Bly, Snow Bird, White Wings, May Flower, Orange Blossom, Beauty of Oxford, Emily Louise Taplin, and others are described In my list. Also all the standard varieties. COLEUS— A large stock of VERSCHAFFELTII and GOLDEN BEDDER and twenty-two fancy sorts, all good bedders, at 75 cts. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. CANNA EHEMANNI, strorg roots, at |S.oo per 100. EMILE LECLAIRE, $10.00 per 100; and the DWARF FRENCH at |i2 50 per 100. All in extra good shape. SMILAX for delivery in March, $6.00 per 1000 for plants once reset. Samples 10 cts. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ THE QUEEN OF WHITE GHRNflTIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. t@° Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADOR.SS H E. CHITTY, Paterson, N.J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. ROOTED CUTTINGS, «[ 50 per dozen; $1 ROOTED CUTTINGS, $[.25 per dozen; | J. le. I^'RKJBIM-A.Pf, - ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $io.oc ROOTED CUTTINGS, 81.25 per dozen; $io.cc ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; $4.( For well egtablished plantH froii KOOTKH Cl^TTlNGS, at prices pei Grandest New Pure Yellow. yer ico; Jioo.oo per icoo. Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. 0 per 100; $90.00 per 10:0. Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet. Glowing, Bright Scarlet. 0 per 100; SSo 00 per loco. Delicate, Soft Pink. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co . Pa . LIZZIE McGOWAN Th.?!" CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, |i2 per loo, or Jioo per looo. LOUISE PORSCH"?....- CARNMION. Better grower than Buttercup; $7 per loo; f 50 per looo. Both ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1S91. 500 at looorate, 50 at 100 rate. ADDRESS JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. THE AMERICAN FLAG Is the best STRIPED CARNATION ever produced; it is a strong grower, free bloomer and very fragrant; it grows and flowers well outside and forces good inside. $ 2.00 per dozen. 12.00 per hundred, loo.co per thousand. We deliver only well Rooted Cuttings which have been once transplanted. ^etaca^' for XJell-ve^ry ndCai per ICO: rooted cuttings, $1 per 100. Heliotrope, Violet Queen (the best of all), While rooted cuttings *l psr 100, Jj per 1010 5UO0 i Mikado. Dreer's White and light colors. 50c pei Gibson's selected scented Hybrid Pansles. 81.6 100. 1000 Hardy Snow Pinks, strong, Uats $2 per 1000 Phlox Nana compacta and Star of (.luedllnburg, - , flats $1,50 per 100. ^"0?^ :«X) Begonia Saundersonii, 4 ir 100 300 Bouvardlas, double wh can be brought on for Easter, the 100 and 1000, complete set o: scented, stock perfectly healthy, ready Februar: March and April, strong, from Bats, Jl 50 per 100. 112 per 1000; rooted cuttings, tl per 100, 18 per lOCO Mums by the 100 and 1000. None but the best new and standard sorts, all colors early and late. Ada Spauldlng. Minnie Wanamaker. Bittomly. Ivory, Price, Canning, Mrs. Bullock, Oak Beauty, Reward, Snow Ball, Purpurea, G—--"" — "■— ■• ' ,$10per?a)[ Verijenas by I Ko, Burpee, flats the run' of the kinds, our choice. $3 per 100 Coleus Verschatreltil, Golden Ve'schalfeltll, Goldei ~ ' "'" Inight, Lottie, I , SOc per 100, S7 P' srltOO. per lt_ by mail, if preferred faction guaranteed, see other special r)lTer8. .F. C. GIBSON, Woodbury, N. ,J 10 choice 1000 Mixed Ageratum White Cap. cuttings and HAIL [.ock the door BEFORE the horse s stolen. Do it PffO W 1 JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A., Saddle River, N.J. THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Nellie Lewls Carnation Flowers very large and full, and of a coloi' T\ never before seen in ^" ^ tarnations — AN EX- ^^.JUISITE SHADE OF PINK. I or (1 cordlive purposes and corsfge bouquetf, they are unsurpassed A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago, lighted up the entire table. Don t fail to place your order at once, as we control the entire stock and have only a limited number of its Price Booted Cuttings, per 100, $10.00. Plants, 2 in. pots, per 100, $12.00. VICK'S SEEDS NfVEs Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who have planted them. VICK S nORAL CUIDE for 1891. contains ever ico large pages, hundreds of illustrations, colored plates, St Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; Jiooo and |2oo cash prizes. Price, lo cents, which deduct fiom first order and it COSTS nothing. JAMES VICK, SEEDSMAN, Rochester. N. Y. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations. Ready Nov,. LARIJEST STOCK IN THE WEST. Head, How. silNkiVE,TiARFlELDrPHIl,ADKI.l'HIA. ALKUATIEKK, POKTfA. S #TTl?lpD^?eT?i'i^£iV.Ji«';A?^!*?KrPKIUE. I *'^00 per 100 PRKST. I»K GRAW. KING OF CRIMSON PEKRLESS, UlNZE'S WHITE. Sil.OO per 100. 100 ROOTED CUTTINGS (OUR SELECTION) IN 10 VARIETIES, BY MAIL, $1.50. Speciiil Prices on Larife Lots. seydforonr^^ CHRYS SNTHEMU MS, LITTLE GEM FEVERFEW and BEGONIAS. -^ HEADQUARTERS FOR CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, '^^^'cSK'o OHIO. CARNATION§!l FAIR ROSAMOND, J k. FREEMAN, HECTOR, MI LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY, SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, varieties. BO.OOO^ovy jn cuUijig bench Send lor price list. and_order early. sixty other leailing vi :b<=>. n.A.rwcocK., <3ri-»»i SXioblgan. FRED CREIGHTON.N^ nd a few aorels, free ROOTED CUTTINGS of this Superb rink Carnation, $4.00 per hundre From the original stock, which has not been forced or in any way made to pro of CHEAP Cuttings at the expense of the future well doing of the same. To give all a chance to see what kind of flowers this stock produces, I will of charge, to any in the trade who apply to me by letter. GEORGE GREIGHTON, NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. Q\5iert) SforiiiC ! Q'Siei'ij fluriier^man ! Q>9erij ^eei/aman ! Addr«« AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 452 The American Florist. Feb. Syracuse, N. Y. Messrs. I'.R.Quinlan & Co. have added the past year the following houses: One 125x10, cool house; one 125x12, cool house; one 12r>xS, for violets; one 123x8, for propa.natinj;; two 125x20, lor roses. Thcv have also three houses 125x20 for roses, one bcinjj planted entirclv with Fapa Gontier. Perles, Brides, LaFmnce, Mermets and Niphetos are the varieties mostly grown. There are thirteen houses S5xl6, devoted to palms, stove plants, carnations, etc., making a very fine plant to carry on their extensive trade. L. El'Marquisee has built the past year one house 50x18, one 50x10, one 20x20, one 108x18 and propagating housc:'.7xG. Also potting shed 37xl-i, with cellar un- derneath, and has put in a Furmaii steam boiler of large size. He will build this year one show house 52x12 and one rose house 163x14.. His specialties are roses, violets and carnations. A. Burt has built one carnation house 165x12 and remodeled one 175x12, and will build immediately two 165x12. His houses consist of the following: One 255x26, three 175x12, one 250x14, one 150x30, two 175x20, two 165x20, one 165x12, one 180x25. Smilax, roses and callas are the principal product, although a general assortment of flowers for his retail trade is grown. One housel75xl2 is devoted entirely to callas which are planted out. Henry Morris, the Elmwood Park flo- rist, started last year and has a very nice compact place. His greenhouses are as follows: Three 80x10 and one 50x10, and he will build this spring one 90x2(1 and one 90x10. Mrs. Hayden, daughter of the pioneer florist John Day, has added one rose house 100x18. The system of heating is divided , Messrs. Quinlan and Marquisee using sf.eam, and Messrs. Burt, Morris and Hayden hot water. There are other florists whose places I have not been able to visit at this writ- ing, but know they are progressing like the rest. H. Y. TO THE TRADE. We have a Large and Good Stock of Dracaena Indivisa & Latania Borbonica. .\lso a general assortment of spring stock. Wholesale Catalogue issued February 15th, sent ree on application, or write us and we will quote price, r. O Address ASTORIA NURSERIES, ASTORIA, Long Island City, N. Y. ##^ EVERGREEN GUT FERNS Especially for Tlorists' Use. $1.50 per 1.000: 5.000 lor $6.25: 10.000 lor $10.00. Special attention paid to supplying the trade all winter. Sample lot of 250 ferns sent in ini proved mailing box. postpaid, to any part of the U. S. fjr 75 cents. SPHAGNUM MOSS (Dry). I.ong clean fibre, sack or barrel Si. 00; six barrels «5.oo; twenty barrels 815 00. r^. B. BRAOUEJ, HINSDALE, MASS. GoMEUMMiMy Orchid Fxhibition. Every one interested in Horticulture is cordially invited to attend an Exhibition of Orchids at the United States Nurseries, Short Hills, N. J., February 9 to 14 inclusive. Respectfully, PITCHER & MAIVDA. *^CARNATIONS.^ GRACE WILDER, QUEENS SCARLET or PORTIA, PEERLESS WHITE. HINZES WHITE, SNOWDON, Rooted Cuttings for Feb. and March delivery. $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. Plants $4.00 per ICO. 10 other new and old leading varieties. VEBBEXAS— Stock plants or rooted cuttings. Finest Verbena and Pansy Seed. Best strains Flower and Vegetable Seeils. Catalogne free. C E^. A-r^ZvEJaV, Brattleboro, Vt. POOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER. VERSCHAFFELTIl, HERO, FIREBRAND, J GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, ^S c&m-ts j>e>r lOO; ^e.OO per lOOO. CASH ^ATITII OSIDEH. STK-OITG HOOTEr) CXTTTITSTG-S. i?=?cd^^i_i_e:, i^. j. COLEUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. HEALTHY and VIGOROUS. Eighteen varieties, including Golden Bedder, Golden Verschaffeltii, Crimson VerschafFeltii, Firebrand, Peter Henderson, Glory of Autumn, Suaray, etc. ROOTED SAMPLES OF THE SET MAILED FOR 20 CENTS. Shipment any time. Send for Trade List. Fine, healthy VERBENAS, in twenty- fi^e varieties, named, fine, healthy stock, delivery February and later. j\.Ij:bi:x.. aa:o:^f(.iz3f:, .A.ipiaus, Pffe-nr -s-oz-k.. ISO A.ores. T^argre A.«ssort«xTiei:it, TREES, SHRUBS. VINES, TKAUE LIST ON .\Pl>LICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, - - GENEVA, N. Y. BOOTED eUTTIMQS. in var.; Gypso- NieremberKia phi a: Convolvulus Mail; gracilis; Chseonslemma hi bryanthemum cordtfoUa Begonia Sandersonii & Bruanlli alba. *1.50 perlOO. Geranium Mnie. 8a]leroi; Paris Daisy; Otbonna crassifolia: Helioljope: German Ivy; Cuphea; Ageratum, blue and white: Qnaphalium lanalum; Lantana; Double Sweet Alyssum; Sempervivum; Stevia serrata nana; Pilea muscoaa; tiaxifraga Sarmeotof^a. SI. 00 per 100. Verbenas, Vesta, finest white $1 m per 100 weneral Collection. $7 per 1000. .75 per 100 Roses, Hermosa 2-in. pots. $i7 50 per 1000. 4.00 per 100 " MarieGuillot 2-in. pots 4 00 per 100 A. CilDDINGS, Danville, 111. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER )23 Arch Street. FHII.AX>EI.FHIA, FA. For Wild Smilax, PALMS AND PALMETTOS. FOR DECORATIONS Write to A.. C OEJIvSCMIO, SAVANNAH. GA. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN 4 FESTOONING of all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HARTFORD & NICHOLS. 18 Chapinaii Place, BOSTON. MASS. MV NKW !SrKCI.4L OFFER OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS QueUliuburg, Geruiuuy. i8gi. The American Florist. 453 THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OF ALL FIR-TREE OIL INSEGTIGIDE-solume, FOR PLANTS.-To make a solution for wash- ine or cleansing purposes-Uall-a-Plnt of Fir-Tree Oil to ten gallons of water. For Green and Black Fly, Thrlp. American Bligbt. Wooly Aphis, etc.— Half-a-plnt of the Pir-Tree Oil "" ' — " ' gallons of water, or two or three tablespoonfuls to the p For Red Spider and Oi Fir-Tree Oil For Red Spider and Calerpil lar— Half-a-pint of t Pint of the Fir-Tree OH to fou water, four to eight tablespoonfu For Mildew and Blight on Frail a-PInt of the Fir-Tree Oil to a gall tablespoonfuls to the pint. Used with warm water It is qt Wood, Tin or Pot Vessels.— Ua'lva cases it may be used ily full strength with In Diseases and KUl- r-Tree oil with three ', the affected part each tof 1 J that its eyes are tepid pray producer. necessary j minute, ther water; this may be repeated weaker solution may be used with Sold in Bottles and Tins. Manufacturer— i.. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. SOLD BY ALL seedsmen: — Wholesale Ai;ext.s — A. BOLKEB & SONS. NEW YOBK. LITTLE'SANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non -poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Send for circulars ami price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY STREET, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. MUSHROOM SPAWN Mis^suuKi NUK2>bKY liu., Louisiana, Mb. Salesmen wanted; special aids; magniticent outfit free STARK NURSERIES, g; ^>^-i «--^'^ FuuDdod IS3.J. <*lil(>l in tbe\V'e^.t. World. iJesI of everything. Ki Btock in almost everj Mtate and 'leriitury; exceeds that of any t>ther JSursery. We eeJl NO TREES iLast and bear like r like plum, prune and aprirr.t tn um stock pro^m. Tilahnandot) RE.^n )' IN FEBRUARY Chrysanthemum Culture for America. History of the Chrysanthemum ; Classification and Care. By JAMES MORTON. An excellent and thorough book; especially adapted to tte culture of Chrysanthemums in America. The chaptei s include Oriental and European History. American History. Propagation. General Culture. Exhibition Plants. Insects and Diseases, Sports and Other Variations. Chrysanthemum Shows and Organizations. Classification. Varieties for Various Purposes Calendar of Thus it will be seen that the author covers the field quite thoroughly. No other book jet published on this subject approaches this in special value for At lovers of the "Queen of Autumn /nu\lialtd Pages, ab u j FBICE, Cloth, $1.00; Paper, 60 Cents. THE RURAL PUBLISHING CO., Times Building, NEW YORK. WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS M TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for " Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1S90? We were. Why ? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard" Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOB KEDCCED PKICE LIST, ADDRESS THE. WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerville, Mass. Bag, 100 lbs., »3.50. PURE o NATURAL o SHEEP o MANURE. The richest and most nutritious food for plaEt.«, seeds, etc., used in the pulverized or liquid form the ' results are marvelous. In the culture ol Mushrooms it can not be equaled. Hundreds of testimonials from well known growers. WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, N. T. Over 50Years. JjitTgcst and Moat Complete Stock in the United States. and ORNAMENTAL | llCCV Evergreens, ROSES, Shrubs, Grapes, Hardy Plants, Pseonies, Small Fruits. ELLWANGER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER N.Y. IlluNlratedaiul dt-scnritiveiiricfd Cntnlogue, con taining important inforiiiatson for Also -.vljole.sale list FREE. OPRAY m FRU9T TREES i V9NES WormyPruit and Leaf Blight of Apples. Pears, Cherries. CVnCI CmD KI'ltAYINC Grape and Potato Rot. Plum Curculia prevented by using CAllCLOlUn OUTFITS. PERFECT FRUIT ALWAYS SELLS AT GOOD PRICES.Cataloeneshow- InFalUnlanonB insects to Praits maUed free. Large slock of Fruit Trees, Vines, 1^ Berry Flaotsat Bottom Prices. Address W.^l. ST.4IIL, Quiiiry, Ills. 454 The American Florist. Pel), /i, Cleveland. A. Sclimiill has given up his tli)i:il store on Euclid avenue. It is reported that W. J. lA-iteli, toimcrly of Gooding iS:Leiteh,has taken unto him- self a partner, a Miss Martin and himself having formed a co-partnership for life. Congratulations are in order. Gasser is showing some fine lilacs and carnations and bulbous stock just now. Harry Jaynes is growing only for the wholesale trade and exhibits some pretty good tulips and hyacinths, also lily of valley, the latter carrying from ten to fifteen good sized bells. He appreciates Tidal Wave carnation and thinks it profitable. Mrs. E. G. Campbell has been doing some of the largest decorations for the leading social events. In some respects her work is original as she supplements plant decorations with handsome silk draperies, using handsome wood ped- estals as well as the iron ones recom- mended by Mr. Harris. A specimen areca or latania placed on such a pedestal with a handsome yellow silk drapery thrown over the pot and draped prettily, with perhaps long stemmed 3'ellow tulips filled in as though growing, and of the same shade as the silk, makes a rich and hand- some decoration. Vary the color of silk and flowers and you can suit the char- acter of any room. Laurel wreathing has lately grown very popular for large ball room decorations. C. Glazing. Mr. Wm. Falconer's notes from Canada in a recent issue were very interesting reading. I am always interested when somebody has something to say in regard to butting the glass on greenhouses in- stead of lapping it. I have used the method for years and am convinced that the joints do not leak if butted closely. My method of glazing tallies with that of Mr. Dunlop, only that instead of no putty I used thick paint into which dry sand was strewn. But I found it very hard work to get in a new pane of glass in place of a broken one. To lay them on loose is objectionable as the glass is not of even thickness, and while the batten will hold the thicker glass very tight the thinner one is likely to rattle in the wind. To overcome the difficulty I now use the following method: The glass is laid in exactly the manner as described by Mr. F. After the battens are screwed down I take sheet wadding and tear it into narrow strips, this is then, with a thin bladed table knife, stuffed in between glass and battens, and can be made so tight that not even tobacco smoke will go through. Chas. Everding. Branford, Conn. ESTABLISHED. 1866, I TAKE ORDERS FOR CANE STAKES ' NOW. A. C. OELSCHIQ, Dingrani Showing V^ -^\. ilC JL3 • how perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect ago .ind ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. IS se< nred. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, tte same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Class Certificate of Merit, HIGHLY COMMENDED by New Jersey Horticultural Society at their Chrvsanthemum K.xhibition, at Orange, N. J , November 4th, 1890. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere. Parties who ha\e used this pot say that hereafter they will use no other. ily toy THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 & 715 WHARTON STREET, Agent for the New Kngland St» Philadelphia, Pa. , M. ,1. McCarthy, 37 Otls St., Somervm©, Macs. Standard flower pots JARDINIERS IN GREtT VARIETY. NOTE.— Although forced to play a minor part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS & CO., N.Cambridge. Mass. Standard Pots. THh SlUDNt.Lbl purs MADE. We can not be Undersold. order. Address Hilfinger Bros. Pottery, FORT EDWARD, N. Y. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, so KJ. -atlTi street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Jifiltel wm. STANOARO FLOWER POT 00. Toledo, Oliio. F. O B. at Toledo. No charg-e for packag-e. ii*3^i§i GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — AI,!, GLAZIERS' .SUPPLIKS. — IW Write for Latest prict-s. 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Give the length of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the comb 6th. Give the thickness and width of rafters or sash bar. Mention Ain«rlo»n iriorHt. Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the OD'y Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. CLEAR CYPRESS SASH BARS g JOHNL. DIEZiCO I 530 North Halsted Street. A CHICAGO. ILL. L SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. NO WIDE-AWAKE FI-OKIST need be tolO It will pay him to use Sash Bars, etc. made from CLEAR C^PBESS.^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. or Send for circulars and estimate.. LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND^ Hamiltok Co., OHIO. 4S6 The American Florist. Feb. 12, Index to Advertisers. AOTertimnKKiktea. eto.44G BaaseU OP 4<'.i Bayersdorfer U & Co. 454 Berger H H & Co 440 Bonsa IJosB 444 Brauer^t RIchter 451) Brooks Sisters.. Kennloott Broa. 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Encouraging reports reach us from houses in the catalogue mail trade both in seeds and plants. A Buffalo SUBSCRIBER can undoubtedly secure a supply of Ficus elastica cuttings through the medium of a want adv. in our columns. A TRUSS of flowers of a seedling gera- nium raised by Mr. P. Hagerty, Wil- mington, Del., has been sent us by that gentleman. The flowers are single, of good size, light pink flushed with a darker shade of the same color. The leaves which uccompanied the truss of bloom are small with very distinct zone. Mr. H. writes that the plant is of good habit, dwarf and free, we do not know of a geranium having flowers of exactly the same coloring, but the value of a geranium depends so entirely upon its qualities when planted out that it would be folly to express an opinion as to its usefulness. That will have to be determined by actual trial as a bcddcr or as a market plant. I AM ON TIME THIS YEAR. Wrile quicli for January I ualogucs, better than tver. 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EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE you r largest size. They ( ,lf ttie coal we formerly _ .. ' old boilers. .IAS. VICK, Seedsman, Boctester, Bays: "The Furman economical In coal, easy to manage, and tilghly satisfactory." I'RUU KANsT, Supt. Chicago Parks, says; " It is a c< HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., 26 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y. erica ia "the Prnw of the Uesseli there may be more cnmfart Amidships, but we are the Srst ta touch Unknau/n Seas,' Vol. VI. CHICAGO MUD HEW YORK. FEBRUARY 19, 1891. No. 142. bv American Florist i Second-Class Mail Ma The American Florist company. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Kurope, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. M. H. Norton, BoBton, Mass., president; JOHN Chambees, Toronto. Ont., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 6" Bromaeld St., The seventli Hunt, Terre Ha Florists' Hail Asso Florists' Protective Assooiati . BiATTY, Sec': erican Ohrysanthenii CONTENTS. Chrysanthemums— Notes on 457 — Growing exhibition tjlooms 458 The Missouri Botanical Garden 459 Portrait Henry Shaw 459 Springfield, Mass. Amateur Hort. Society . . 460 Fern Notes 460 A portion of the parterre, Mo. Bot. Garden (ill)45i The lotus pond. Mo. Bot. Garden (illus) 461 Roses— Souvenir de Wootton 462 Coming exhibitions 462 Carnations— Lamborn 462 Main turf walk, Mo. Bot. Garden (illus) . . ..463 The museum gate. Mo. Bot. Garden (illus) . . 463 Fungus in the propagating bed 464 Willow pond. Mo. Bot. Garden (illus) 465 t,odge for garden pupils. Mo, Bot. Garden (ill)465 The Pitcher & Manda exhibition 466 Exhibitions 466 News notes 466 The badge business 467 Cleveland 467 Exhibitions 468 Catalogues received 468 Remittances 468 Cypripedium Curtisii 468 The seed trade 470 Results of prize seed adv. contest 470 Cost of water supply 47J Ice boxes 470 Philadelphia 472 Boston 474 Steam heating 474 Chicago 476 Montreal 478 Send your adv. now for our special Easter nuinber of 40 pages, March 19. Though we have added four extra pages to this issue we are still obliged to laj' over till next week several ver\" inter- esting and valuable articles. Notes on the Queen of Autumn. BY John thobpe. [Rt-ad before the Mass. Horl. Society Feb. ; 1 If it had been predicted ten years ago that the chrysanthemum should hold the position it does now, it would have been said such a thing is not possible. Let us for a moment look about for the cause of the chrysanthemum's popularity. It did not come in a night, a week, or a year, but it has taken twenty years to bringabout what we are enjoying to-day. When Robert Fortune sent to England his first consignment from Japan, 'twas then the first spark was kindled. An intelligent minority was far seeing and wise enough not to be disheartened or put down bj' the many who were wedded to the paucity of form and color possessed by the puritanical varieties of that day. Furthermore, that minority was not con- fined in one house, one citj' or one con- tinent. Many members of your society, the greatest horticultural society in the world, happily belonged to Fortune's minority, one of the most prominent be- ing your ex-president. Dr. H. P. Walcott. It was the work of time, love and the expenditure of much monej- to spread before the people the feast they now an- nually enjoy, but everything comes to him who waits. It is but a few years since chrj'santhe- mum shows were unknown, except per- haps in your city. New York and Phila- delphia. The numerous exhibitions, amounting to nearly 50, held last season are proof of the progress the chrysanthe- mum is making. A FEW POINTS ON CULTIVATION. I do not intend to give j'ou the routine of general cultivation, as I am sure manj- of you know how to grow chrysanthe- mums better than I do. But there are a few points to which I desire to call your attention. One is don't ever neglect a chrysanthemum. This ought to be written very plainly on each plant. No plant can be so successfull}' culti- vated in as many ibrms. It matters not whether the plants are grown as massive specimens, tall standards, or on benches a few inches apart; if they receive the proper attention the result is always commensurate. The thousands of plants that are now required to produce fine flowers for sale have brought about a system differing entirely from that fol- lowed previously. The plants are grown continuously under glass, and are treated as follows: Good strong cuttings are rooted in May. The plants potted into thumbs, from thumbs into 3-inch, and from 3-inch to 5-inch. Then in June or the early part of July they are planted on benches, 16 to 24 "inches apart, according to size, the soil being from four to six inches deep, using soil as for roses. They are pinched back so as to give from four to six shoots, carefully trained and well supported; syringed often and watered carefully. Air is given at all times, providingnodraught is created. The buds are selected at the end of .\ugust or the beginning of September, one bud to each shoot. The rest of the buds are rubbed off and all superfluous wood removed. As the plants grow they are tied, and as soon as the buds are well in sight commences the feeding with liquid manure. It is necessary to state that such plants require at least five feet of head room, otherwise they have to be bent down. Some cultivators do away with benches altogether and plant; on the ground. Others do not plant until August plants that are smaller. Then they are placed'' closer together, often not more than six inches apart. During the flowering season air is kept on at all times, and fire heat enough to keep the temperature at 50° at night. THE CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES. The grouping and classification of vari- eties is now in a somewhat ambiguous and unsatisfactory state, and worthy of serious attention. Exacth' how to bring about what is required is a diflicult ques- tion, owing to the continual addition of new forms and the merging of one section into another, thus often obliterating the lines of demarcation. Perhaps, as a temporary relief, the best thing to do is to accept the classification, as far as it goes, of the National Chrys- anthemum Society of England, which is as follows: Section 1. Incurved, of which the George Glennj' and the Queen of England are the types. Sec. 2. Japanese. This is divided into four groups. Group 1, Peter the Great, flat petals; group 2, Bronze Dragon, petals quilled; group 3, Cossack, petals fluted. Sec. 3. Japanese incurved. Type,Comte de Germiny. Sec. 4. Japanese reflexed. Type, Elaine. Sec. 5. Reflexed. King of Crimsons. Sec. 6. Large anemones. Type, George Sand. Sec. 7. Japanese anemones. Type, Fa b- iana de Medina. Sec. 8. Pompons. Type, Bob. Sec. 9. Pompon anemones. Type, An- tonius. Sec. 10'. Single flowers. 4S8 The American Florist, Feb. /p, But this does not cover all the ground. Mrs. Hardy and licr type have no place. Neither have Violet' Kose and Ada Spaulding. SHEDLINGS. The raising and distribution of seed- lings has assumed proportions beyond conception, from which we may expect starthng results. Of American raised seedlings, to be distributed this spring, the number is over 120. Taking into ac- count the number distributed last year, and out of that there are at least 14- that rank among the very finest, we may expect that at least twenty-four of this year's introduction will be among the best at next flowering time. • It is hoped that due care will be exer- cised in the awarding of medals and in the granting of certificates, now that there arc so many to select from. A rule should also be made absolute that neither a medal nor a certificate shall be given to any seedling unless it is named, and this name is not to be changed. The fact of givingmedals and certificates to seedlings bearing numbers only is calculated to be misleading and confusing. I do not wish it to be understood that I object to the exhibition of seedlings under number when they are placed on exhibition only, but as soon as they enter into anj- competition let them be properly named. It is also hoped that in making awards to seedlings neither anemones, pOmpons, nor any other type will be overlooked or discarded as it is in the varied forms that so much interest lies. EARLV FLOWERING KINDS. It has been asked whether very early kinds arc desirable. My reply is that, with one or two exceptions, the very early varieties we now have are not of great merit. They lack either vigor, dis- tinctness or brillianc}', all of which they should possess as decorative plants. But suppose we have presented to us a group having robust, compact growth, bright and decidedly healthy foliage, flowers of the type of and as large as President Hyde, and in desirable colors, flowering from the 15th of September, what could be more desirable? We are promised such a group, and they will be heartily welcome. COLOR DEVELOPMENT. That constantadditions arebeingmade to the already numerous shades and tones is known to close observers. The pink shades are becoming each year clearer; the red and crimsons are getting brighter. The once undefined shades of purple are decidedly more brilliant and effective. As to yellows and whites, we are 3'early pre- sented with something different "from what we already had. Coming now to the possibilities of a blue chrysanthemum, let me say that I am convinced we shall have shades of blue as positive as we now have blue shades in pansies. It is within the mem- ory of a great many of us when there were neither red nor blue shades as pre- sented in the pansies of to-day. NEW TYPES. Just as long as there are produced new types and new shades of color, just so long will the interest in the cultivation of the chrv'sauthemumbe kept up. We have but to rinicinber llic interest that that beantilnl \;iii(tv Mrs. Hardv and her folUnvnscrcaUil. Now we arc tvuiving a type which is certain to create further interest. Its distinct characteristics are the marked extension of the ray florets beyond the body outlines of the flower. Examples are Violet Rose, Ada Spaulding and Flora McDonald. Theligulate petals are broad, numerous and incurving. It may be that a good name for this type would be American. Yet another type, the original of which is Laciniatum, one of Fortune's importa- tions from Japan, is being developed in all colors anil in the largest sizes there are. Still another form, distinct in every particular, is the one where the flowers present two distinct surfaces. The upper surface is composed of broad reflexed petals, the lower surface being a mass of narrow segments which extend from either side of the base of each floret. These are only a few of the newer forms waiting to be brought forth. POSITIVE CROSS-FERTILIZATION. Grave doubts have been expressed whether actual cross-fertilization has ever been accomplished artificially in chrysan- themums.- To this I can positively say that it has, without the shadow of a doubt, but I do not say that every variety can be so crossed. All flowers intended to be fertilized must have their petals clipped off close to the stigmas before ever the flower opens. This admits of the development of not only the stigmas but of the ovary also. Some varieties will be found entirely' sterile. Grandiflorum has never yet given me a single seed, and, as far as I am able to tell, the pollen grains are sterile also. Where cross-fertilization is carefully and successfuUj' done, fewer seedlings give the best results. possiniLiTiES nv selection. The possibilities to be obtained by selec- tion is just as applicable to the chrysan- themum as it is to any other class of plants or animals. In fact, wherever seedlings are raised it is from selection that we obtain variety, whether they be large flowers or small, tall plants or dwarf. It is by selection that, after a few generations, each raiser creates a standard of his own, and by which his productions are known. It is simply this: You have different material and different ideas from me, consequently the result must be different. DOLLARS AND CENTS. From a strictly commercial point of view, the chrysanthemum has become of national importance. The annual sale of plants is now over a million. The num- bers of cut flowers that were sold in open market last year is almost incredible, many of the best flowers realizing $50 per 100 at wholesale. Some of the large growers around New York had as many as 30,000 flowers in sight at one time, averaging a great deal better in quality than many of the winning flowers that were to be seen on the exhibition tables a few years since. It has been stated that the chrysanthe- mum flowers interfere with the sale of roses and carnations, but I notice that nothing interferes with chrysanthemums in their season. Growing Exhibition Blooms. WAITWATOSA, WIS. To grow chrysanthemums well we must start off well; that is, we must have strong, healthycuttiugs. I plant out my stock plants on benches in good soil. I have two reasons for this. The first is, X can procure a better cutting from them than I could get from a plant in a pot which has been highly fed. The second is I can get any quantity to choose from, those coming up from the root and about as thick as a lead pencil being preferable. There is some diversity of opinion as to the best time to propagate; some growers believe that winter, others that spring, cuttings are best. But after November I always put in a good one when I see it. Plant them with sandy soil in thumb pots, and place them in a temperature of about 50°, not necessarily in a shaded position, paper laid over them about noon for the first two or three davs will be all they will need. With a little attention they will root in about three weeks, and from this time on they must never suffer for want of attention, in fact it is courting certain failure to neglect the chrysanthe- mum in the early stage of its growth. I have alwaj-s found the best results by keeping them growing on slowly, being careful not to let them get dry or root- bound. If they do j'ou will have plants with hard, bare stems, with perhaps a couple of leaves on the top, alter which you might as well consign them to the rubbish heap, aslaboron them is so much labor thrown away. Plants struck in winter will be ready for repotting by the end of February ; give them a shift into 3y2-inch pots and place in a position near the glass so as to keep them dwarf and strong. The only attention they will require will be to keep them watered and clean of green fly, being careful not to get the plants too crowded together. They will be ready to move into 5-inch pots bj' the first week in April ; then give them a place in a cold frame, keeping them rather close for a few days until they take to the soil, after which, the weather being favorable, give them abundance of air, dispensing with the sashes entirely when frost has gone. If all goes well we will now have a strong growing plant, about one foot or so high, according to variety, the stem of the plant being clothed with thick leather}' foliage down to the rim of the pot, this being very important, as it will enable it to stand more feeding when is is developing the flower, thereby giving better results. But unfortunately some varieties, such as Meg Merriles, will throw their foliage no matter how well you guai'd against it. About the middle of June the plants will have completed their first growth and will make what is known as their June break. Now they will require to be gone over and disbudded, taking out all the buds but the three nearest the top, and give the plants a stake to keep the wind from injuringthem. Aboutthistime they will be readyforshiftinginto their bloom- ing pots, giving them 7 or 8-inch, accord- ing to variety. Chrysanthemums being water lovingplants, the pots must be thor- oughly well drained, so as to prevent the soil from getting soured, and plant them in good turf, adding some burned ashes or some other material to keep the soil sweet and porous. I have always used this simple compost, my experience being that it is better than a'little of this, that and the next thing. The idea is to put something in the pot that will retain the food the plants will afterward receive in a liquid state. After potting place them in a sunny position, not necessarily in a place where they get the full blaze of the noon-day sun, a partial shade at that time being preferable, as it will enable you to avoid getting the plants ripe too early. I take a lot of common boards, lay them on the ground about four feet apart, running them north and south, and place the pots on them. This in a great measure pre- vents the worms from getting in and i8gi. The American Florist, 459 destr03'ingthedrainage. Water carefully for the first week or two till the roots begin to work freely in the soil, after which thej' will require an abundance of water. The plant will now require three tall stakes each to train the three separate shoots to, or erect some light trellis work which will answer the same purpose an] will prevent the wind from tipping over the pots. By the first or second week in August they will form their crown buds; now comes a very important part in chrysan- themum growing, more especially if they are grown for the show table Some of the earlier varieties will require to be allowed to go and take the terminal, but varieties such as the Comte de Germiny, Mrs. F. Thompson, etc., ought to be grown from this bud. They will require unremitting attention, going over them daily and removing all superfluous growth, breaking out with the point of the finger all the small buds appearing around the flower. I generally leave one wood bud till I see if the latter is perfect ; if not I should let it run to the terminal bud, which will form in two or three weeks. The plant will requ'.re to be gone over every week or so, removing all lateral growth and suckers from their roots so as to send all the food to the flower. As soon as frost makes it appearance in the fall the plants must be all housed or otherwise protected, as a few degrees of frost will entirely spoil your summer work. Place them in a light, aiiy house, giving sufficient air day and night. A little fire heat at night will prevent damp from settling on the peta's, and will also be a good preventive of mildew, and by the first or second week of November you will be able to measure your blooms accord- ing to the measure of skillful attention \'ou have given the plants. Perhaps the most important point in chrysanthemum growing is the handling of the watering pot. .-Mthough they are water-loving plants they should never get it except when they require it, and never manure water when the soil is dry. I generally water with pure water first, then go over them afterward with manure water, thereby preventing the young feeding roots from being destroyed. After the flower buds begin to grow I commence feeding the plant, giving a little at first and gradually givingit stronger until the flowers show their petals, after which gradually give less, and when the flowers are expanded give pure water. In regard to what liquid manure to use, I think cow manure is the safest to work with, changing off to bone dust, guano water, or in fact anything that will nourish a gross feeding plant. To make sure ofhavingsuflicient flowers to choose from in November, we must grow four plantsof the varieties we want to show ; even then lots of them will be a disappointment to the grower, as the several varieties will not alw^ays do equall3' well year after year. Thus, if growing to show twenty-fiye distinct varieties it would be well to grow thirty varieties, which would make in all about 120 plants, and would give 360 flowers. No doubt you will say that will not pay for commercial work, but I am satisfied that it will pay bettereven for that work than growing poor specimens in the bush form. More especially if you can realize three, four or five dollars per dozen for the flowers of the former. Another way to get large flowers is to cut the plants over about five inches from the pots about the first of lune, train up three shoots, take the first bud that appears and give the same after treat- ment. Still another is to take the tops of the plants you intend for bush specimens in May, root them and grow them in 4- or 5-inch pots. These, with liberal treat- ment, will give large, fine flowers and you will have a plant that you can stand and look down on. These grown on the ex- tension system, I am afraid some of our smaller brethren will require a step-ladder to get up to see how the flowers are getting along. It will not be necessary to give a list of the varieties to grow, as every one of the named varieties have some good point to recommend them. Then there have been so many new ones making Iheir appear- ance of late years that one almost gets lost among them. But I think it is good pohcy not to invest too much in new and rare varieties; rather grow something that you have proved to be good. The Missouri Botanical Garden. In this issue we present a number oi views in the Missouri Botanical Garden, and a portrait of the late Henry Shaw, to whose munificence we are indebted for this garden which has in the past done and will in the future do so much for horticulture. The engravings are selected from among those which appeared in the book recently issued by the Trustees of the garden, a notice of which appeared in a late issue of the Florist. We are in- debted to Prof. Wm. Trelease, Director ot the Garden, for the use of the plates, and the facts which follow are gleaned from the book before mentioned. Henry Shaw was born in Sheffield, England, July 24, 1800. His father was a manufacturer of hardware. In ISIS he came with his father to Canada, who soon after sent him to New Orleans to learn the mysteries of cotton raising. His stay in Louisiana was, however, short, and he soon started out on his own ac- count with a small stock of cutlery for the then smalland remoteFrench trading post called St. Louis, where he arrived May 3, 1819. His business prospered amazingly as the post grew into a city and at the age of only 40 3'ears he was enabled to retire from business with a fortune of $250,000 (equivalent to $1,000,000 in our day). He then trav- eled for several years and the beauties of the great gardens in England suggested the idea of building up something equal or better in America and in 1857 plans for the present garden began to take shape. From that time on it was the work of his life to which he devoted both his time and monev. He died August 25, 1889, and his will gave the Botanical Garden splendidly endowed, and the Henry Shaw School 01 Botanv to named Trustees for the benefit of the' public. There could certainly be no grander or more enduring monument to his memory. Among other bequests was one of $1,000 annually for a banquet to the Trustees of the Garden and the students and patrons of the natural sciences they may invite, and $400 an- 460 The American Florist. Feb. ig^ nually lor a bamiuct to tlic xaidoiicrs of the institution and invited florists, niii- servmen and market garclciiers of St. T.ouisand vicinitv. .\lso .$,■>()() annually lor pr! .s ,il a llowir show or exhibition, .ni.l .^JiM. In, .Ml ..nnual sermon "On tlic «,s,l,Mu.n„l - I. less ,>r Cod as shown products of the vegetable kingdom." This splendidly equipped and endowed garden is under the direction of Prof. \Vm. Trelease, and that many of the problems that have vexed practical horti- culturists will be here elucidated for the general good there can be no doubt. In this way the garden will exert a national influence. Among the features of special interest to gardeners is a provision for the free education of a number of young men in the science of horticulture. Not to make them scientists but to enhance their skill as practical gardeners. The details of this plan as arranged by Mr. Shaw were given briefly in a former issue of the Florist, and since then a son of one of our readers made application, passed the examination and has begun his course of study as a "Garden Pupil." Among the illustrations in this issue appears one giving a view of the building where these garden pupils are lodged. The entrance into the ranks of the craft of a goodly number of men trained in the scientific as well as practical details of plant growing can not be other than vastlj- beneficial and materially advance horticulture in America. The Springfield, Mass., Amateur Horticul- tural Society. 1 was in Springfield a few days ago, and in the evening attended a meeting of the Amateur Horticultural Society. The town has a population of about 40,000, and is familiarly known as "The City of Homes." It is a very beautiful place, built on rolling land, and has wide streets shaded with elms and other trees ; and here are situated 1 he United States Armories, where the famous Springfield rifles we use to kill the Indians with are made. This society was inaugurated about two years ago, and its growth has been wonderful. It now numbers 552 mem- bers, ladies and gentlemen, and two honorary members. They come from every walk in life, artisan, commercial and professional; every one interested in a garden or in flowers is invited to ioin the society. And the members are active, interested and appreciative. They hold meetings twice a month, and these are well patronized by both ladies and gen- tlemen brim full of good will toward one another and interest in floriculture and inquisitiveness about ornamental plants and flowers. It is a happj' family, and a stranger is at home among them. To relieve the weariness of business mat- ters and intensity of discussion piano and vocal music are rendered by some of the lady members, and downright enjoyment is printed on every countenance. " For- mality, creed, politics and social grade are leveled before the throne of Flora ; everybody knows everybody and is happy to see everybody, and the plants and flowers they have come to discuss are a ready theme for everybody. This is no "School for Scandal"; their neighbors' weaknesses have no concern for them. They want to know why early-sown China asters are more apt to come semi- double than late-sown ones; what you think about roses on their own roots and are under the ice; if anything short of elbow-grease or warm wjiter(120°) will free their house plants from red spider; why there isn't a blooming plant of Os- trowskia magnifica in the country ; why Delphinium Lalilis so hard to get up from seed ; if a Colorado blue spruce and a Japanese umbrella pine would be two nice evergreen trees for a town garden ; why the Chinese double-flowered bind- weed is like one's poor relations, and many other things. These questions are asked by the several ones interested in them and answered by those who can, or referred by the president. All the members, however, are not equally prompt upon their feet or ready to speak out in meeting and make known their wants, but even they have no ex- cuse, for all are suppliec with question cards on which they are asked to write any question about flowers or plants or gardening that may interest them. These cards are then collected by the secretary and the questions given to the meeting by the president. QUESTION CARD. SPRINGFIELD AMATEDR HORTICOLTURAL SOCIETY. C. L. BUBK, Prest. G. U.LAi'Hoi gec'y. It impressed me as a splendid arrange- And what a happy meeting it was al- together! Husband and wife, and parents and children, all were here and all inter- ested in flowers and how to grow them, which is the purest, most refining and de- lightful recreation in which one can en- gage. The influence of this society is, I am informed, alreadj' very potent in the gard- ening of Springfield. Andone gentleman, 62 years old, and who never betore had a garden, told me he, too, was going to have a garden this year. But in what waj' does this, an amateur society, interest the florist ? Every one of these amateurs is interested in his garden and must have plants to set out in it and seeds to sow in it. Then from whom shall he get them ? W. F. Fern Notes. budded ; how about their par that Adiantum cuneatum and its various forms continue to occupy the most im- portant place among trade ferns, as the thousands of cut fronds as well as the many thousands of plants in pots that are annually distributed in each of the larger cities abundantly testify. Among these forms one of the com- monest and a very good one is A. cunea- tum Roenbeckii, this having longer fronds than the type, and the piniux being usually smaller and finely serrated on the edges. The size of the pinnules is, how- ever, a somewhat deceptive characteristic to judge by, while the serrations of the edges remain a more fixed feature. This variety has been in the trade for a number of years and is now well known and esteemed, especially for cut fronds, its comparatively long stems beingrather an advantage for this purpose. Decidedly one of the finest forms is A. cuneatum grandiceps, the long drooping heavily crested fronds of which are highly ornamental. This variety was also of garden origin, and is very freely repro- duced from spores. A. c. grandiceps is, I think, fully as hardy as the type and consequently is a valuable addition to the available stock for fern pans and similar work, beside being an admirable exhibition sort when nicely grown. Another very pretty variety and quite dwarf in habit is A. c. mundulum which throws UD a compact growth of nearly erect fronds, the latter being moi-e or less triangular in outline and dark green in color. A. c. mundulum is a charming little plant for small work, but is not specially desirable for cutting on account of the fronds being too short. Still another fine form is A. gracillimum this also being a ^rden variety of A. cuneatum, and one that has earned for itself wide recognition during the fifteen years or thereabouts that it has been on the market. The fronds of A. gracillimum are of somevi'hat irregular outhne, very finely divided and much branched, and are in- valuable for certain cut flower arrange- ments, their delicate dark green pinnules lending an additionalcharmto the latter. This is also freely reproduced from spores and is of rapid growth, though from the delicacy of its fronds is more likely to damp oft' during the winter if carelessly watered than are some of the more robust varieties. The damping off' ol any of these vari- eties can usually be prevented, however, by watering early in the day and venti- lating freely whenever the weather will permit, at least this will prevent it unless the plants are very badly crowded. Rather an odd looking form is A. cune- atum deflexum, which is also of garden origin and is said to be a hybrid between A. Bausei and A. cuneatum. The fronds of this variety are triangular in outline and of medium size, and as its name indi- cates the pinnules are deflexed or bent downward, this pecidiarity giving a strange effect to the plant, and not alto- gether a happy one, as it is apt to create the impression that the plant is suffering from lack of water. A. c. deflexum is of compact habit and makes a shapely little plant, but does not seem to have been received with enthu- siasm by the trade, and consequently is seldom seen in quantitj', though intro- duced about ten years ago. A. c. Lawsonianum is also a jjretty form and has graceful fronds that are scantily clothed with small pinnje, the latter being cuneate in form, though (|uite narrow. It is a moderate grower and the fronds stand very well when cut, but still it is doubtful if this varietj' is essential to the average florist, though of value to one who does considerable amateur trade. In addition to the forms of A. cuneatum to which reference has been made there are several others that have been named and sent out, though probably in very limited quantities, and among them are .\. c. Bournei, A. c. dissectum and A. c. strictum, the latter having erect fronds on which the pinnules are arranged more or less spirally. Perhaps it is of ques- tionable utility, however, to name and perpetuate many of the odd forms that are so frequently found among seedling ferns, for man3- of them are no improve- ment on the type, and the christening of such with a high sounding descriptive title only leads to more tangles in nomen- clature. Pteris nobilis: Among the compara- tively recent introductions this appears to be a fern of much promise for trade use. It belongs to the crctiea class and is ])ossibly a seedling from P. cretica magnifica, but whatever its origin is, it seems an acquisition, being compact in habit,, thoitgh a. vigprcus grower and i8gi. The American Florist. 461 r A PORTION OP THE PARTERRE, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN THE LOTUS POND. MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 46: The American Florist. Feb. ig having scmi-crcct I'loiuls of bright green color, all thi- tijis Ixing well crested. All the forms of I'tcris cretica jjosscss much endurance, the foliaije being firm and tough, and this newcomer will doubt- less adhere to the family trait in this respect, and consequently will find a ready opening as soon as sufficient stock shall have been secured. W. II. T.\pi.i.N. Souvenir de Wootton. When one has a friend who has used him well or has stood between him and some awkward dilemma in which he has been placed, one naturally, and I think very properly, feels like standing up in defense of such friend, should his good character be called into question. Just in this way do I feel with respect to a rose whose character has in my estima- tion been very unjustly disparaged, namely. Souvenir de Wootton. In want as we are of a good red rose, Papa Gontier does well and is good in its place, American Beauty is not productive enough to pay at the prices which we can command. Here was the dilemma, when Wootton steps in and fills the bill pretty well. I say pretty well, because although Wootton is a good rose I think it is the same with it as with all other matters horticultural, there is room for improvement. I have 300 plants of Wootton, 150 were planted on bench July 1, and were very good plants, the other 150 were planted August 15, and were very poor. In fact these last do not average more than one foot high at present writing and have not produced more than one quarter of the blooms cut up to present time. I give below the number cut from the 300 from December 1, 1890 until January 15, 1891, although I do not think it by any means a large yield for that number of plants. The flowers were of good size and color and sold as freely or more so than other good roses in Toronto. Dec. 1— 5 Dec. 24—20 2— IG •■ 25—25 3—11 •• 26—10 4—13 - 27—32 5—17 " 28—36 6— 7 " 29—27 " 7-13 •■ 30-35 8—40 ■■ 31—18 9-19 Ian. 1—34 " 10—19 •• 2—19 " 11—52 " 3—23 " 12—21 " 4—10 " 13—30 " 5—34 " 15—57 ■• 16—22 " 17—31 " 18—27 " 19—22 " 20—26 " 21—19 ■■ 22—30 Total 1,060 I have very few points to offer in the way of culture. I propagate nothing but good heathy well ripened wood, a strong point, as I thiiil< a good healthy plant is half the battle. Treat same as tea roses, do not use any lop dressing of any kind. Grow in temperature not higher than 56° with plenty of ventilation on all possible occasions. Watering; Mr. John May says in a recent issue of the American Florist: "Every day's experience con- vinces me that we have all very much to learn in this direction." I am" with Mr. May on this point. With me Wootton uses more water than any other rose I grow, but at the same tinie I think the soil in which it is growing should be allowed to dry out pretty well between each watering' Brampton, Out. H. D.vle. Coming Exhibitions. March 17-20, Philadelphia.— Spring ex- hibition Pennsylvania Hort. Society. March 25-26, Montreal.— Spring exhi- bition Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club. March 25-27, Boston.— Spring exhibi- tition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7-11, New York.— Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. Y'.— Spring exhibition Central New Y'ork Hort. Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show- Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1-4, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 15-17, Boston. — Annual ex- hibition of fruits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. NovemberlO-13, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Societv. Carnation Lamborn. Doubtless the several criticisms which have recently appeared in the Florist upon my article of January 8 have been very interesting reading, and the same have probably brought out some valu- able data which might otherwise have been withheld, but has it occurred to the general reader that the most conspicuous ofmy critics are grossly in error? Now I greatly dislike the task of dashing the cup of bliss from the lips of these exultant heroesjust at the time they are regaling themselves with such a generous swig, but it does seem to me that now is about the time that I should become the critic. I will therefore at once proceed to lav this matter out in a plain business like manner, and while these gentlemen have permitted themselves to becaught in their own traps I will endeavor to convince them that I can afford to be magnani- mous. Mr. Lombard at the commencement of his criticisms on page 378, issue of the Florist for January 22, says that fair and just criticism helps us to greater efforts; very well Mr. Lombard let that be our text; Mr. Lombard then goes onto explain that in two months and eighteen days he gathered 6,376 carnation Howers, which at wholesale barely averaged 21/2 cents each, and which netted him 221/2 cents per plant for 700 plants. Now permit me to say to Mr. Lombard to begin with that he appears to be in error; according to his own figures his nett is only imaginary, for the reason that he has made no deduction for cost of pro- duction; I always deduct 50 per cent for this purpose and if Mr. Lombard does the same he will find his flowers bring him, and his 700 pl.-ints nett him, some- thing less than half the amount he names. But as Mr. Lombard fails to make any deduction for expenses and also fails to give us the space occupied by his 700 plants, and leaves his statement incom- plete in other ways, I will leave him to revise it at his leisure. But Mr. Wm. Nicholson ofFramingham, Mass., offers us the basis of something tangible to work upon. This gentleman on page 398 of the Florist for January 29, with a heart bubbling over with gratitude and exhilaration, tell us of the great interest with which he read my letter of January 8 and kindly congratu- lates me, etc., etc. He then proceeds to say that from a new house 100x20 feet which he has devoted to carnations this winter; and in which he had planted 1,700 carnation plants, from 1,500 of which plants he thinks he gathered in October, No veraber and December 25,000 carnation flowers, and that he expected to gather a good many more in January. Now my dear Mr. Nicholson let us call it 35,000 perfect carnation flowers and for con- venience sake bring the account down to February 1. Y'ou do not mention the price you obtained for the flowers, but as Mr. Lombard says he obtained about 2V2 cents we will presume that you re- ceived about the same price for yours, which would amount to $875 for the 35,000; but as Mr. Nicholson has also neglected to make a deduction for ex- penses I will do it for him and deduct the usual 50 per cent for cost of production and all expenses; this will leave Mr. Nich- olson $437.50 as the net result of his 35,000 carnations, and according to his estimate the gross proceeds for four months of a new greenhouse 100x20 feet, or a greenhouse surface of 2,000 square feet. This, I believe, is Mr. Nicholson's case in a nut shell, according to his own statement as I understand, and I pre- sume other readers of the Florist under- stand it. Now, gentlemen, we have come to the point where I can present you with my own statement, a statement which can be verified by any of the gentlemen who have visited me during the last four months; it can be verified by my books or sworn to if necessary, and if it causes a wide expansion of your optics I cannot help it. You will now permit me to refer you to my letter of January S, which j-ou all seem so jubilant over. You will find that I distinctly state in that letter that the two side benches of my new iron greenhouse and part of another side bench are occupied with carnation Lam- born, there being altogether n little more than 3,500 plants. M v mw -rcenliousc is 120x18 feet, and the actn.il space occu- pied by these 3,500 Lanilionis is exactly 801 feet, 199 feet less than half of the space insideof Mr. Nicholson's new house. Now, as stated before, and what has afforded my friends so much jollification, these 3,500 Lamborns in October, No- vember and December furnished me with 10,000 good pure white flowers, and in January they gave me just 6,000 more i8gi The American Florist. 463 THE MAIN TURF WALK MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN THE MUSEUM GATE, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 464 The a mer i ca u Flori s t. Feb. ig^ Net. $800.00 $150.00 $200.00 flowers, making altogether (low Fcbruiirv 1st 16,000 in tour niontlii I have brought the aicount down to February 1 to use in comparison with Mr. Nichol- son's account. These 16,000 Lamborn flowers have, taking into consideration the different reciuircments of my business and after ;i deduction of 50 per cent for cost of production, netted me $50 per 1000, or for the 16,000 These 3,500 plants of Laniboni have also up to February 1 given me something over 40,000 cuttings, the bulk of which are either already sold or engaged. The advertised price of these are $2 per 100 or $15 per 1000. Half the number at $15 per 1000 will be $300, less 50 per cen"!; half the number at $2 per 100 $400, less 50 per cent; On the northern end of the center bed of this new house are planted between 1,100 and 1,200 plants of Lizzie McGow- an carnations; these gave me during last November and De- cember ( only about half of them being allowed to flower) some- thing over 6,000 flowers, 1,000 of which were used in my store in oneday for funeral work, 500 were gathered the day before the photo was taken which ap- peared on page 323 of the Flo- rist issued Jan. 1, the balance were gathered throughout the two months and netted me $50 per 1000, or $300.00 These Lizzie McGowan plants up to Feb. 1 have given me a little over 30,000 cuttings, all of which are rooted, sold and ready to ship when the time comes, which is Feb. 10. The advertised and sale price of Lizzie McGowan is$12perl00, $100 per 1000. About half have been sold at the 100 and the other half at the 1000 price, or at an aggregate of $3,300, less 50 per cent for cost of pro- duction $1,650.00 Quite a number of extra strong plants of this carnation have been sold at $3 per dozen, but I will make no special account of them. But at the south end of the center bed of this house are planted about 500 plants of Silver Spray carnation. These gave me during the same time 2,000 flowers which were also good and brought the same price net as other white carna- tions, or $100.00 these also gave me 5,000 cut- tings, which at $15 per 1000, less 50 per cent for cost of pro- duction, $37.50 The new house referred to. as stated is 100x18, and during the four months up to Feb. 1 , 1891, has netted me clear of all expenses, $3,237.50 Mr. Nicholson's statement for the same time for a new green- house of just 160 superficial feet less than my own nets him $437.50 Yes, Mr. Nicholson, I agree with you, comparisons are indeed odious as you say in your letter to the Florist of Jan. 29. My dear sir I wish to state to you that the insignificant little dab of $437.50 which you so gloat over as four mouths revenue from your new 2,000-foot green- house would barely pay the yearly tax on that much real estate if you were situated and doing business under the same circumstances as myself. Mr. Nicholson says that Mr. Chitty makes a good deal of the fact that in three months he cut willilu ;i iiktc shade of 10,000 flowers from :!„".il(i iilaiils, 1 ought therefore to feci satlslinl at h.ivini; been able to cutover 2.'i,0(io lluwcrs Innn 1,500 plants in the same time. Ves, Mr. Nicholson, you may be satisfied, but I can assure you, Mr. Lombard, and the rest of my good natured critics, that you would have to show a very different busi- ness record in these parts if you wished to keep the wolf from your doors, as Mr. Lombard says. There is another little item I may men- tion here, on my 3,500 Lamborn plants I can now see at least 20,000 cuttings ready as soon as I have room for them, and on mv Lizzie McGowan plants there are at least 15, 000 cuttings ready soon as space offers. Gentlemen how do you like the appearance of my statement? Would you like to have it verified? Mr Nicholson seems to take delight in referring to carnation Lamborn as Mr. Chitty's pet. I can assure you, gentle- men, that my pet is the one that will enable me to meet my heavy expenses which stare me in the face at every turn. Nothing short of that is a pet of mine. Ponder over the above statements, gen- tlemen, you will not lose anything by so doing. Quite lately I had the privilege of read- ing a letter written by a carnation grower in the vicinity of Boston, in which the writer condemns both the Lamborn and Lizzie McGowan, but I am informed that when Mr. Robert Craig was at Boston during the convention last summer he was so drlighted with the carnation Mrs. Fisher that he purchased 1,000 plants of that variety. When Mr. Robert Craig was at my place, just before last Christ- mas, he purchased of me 5,000 plants of Lamborn and 12,000 plants of Lizzie McGowan. Gentlemen, do you suppose that when Mr. Craig was looking at my Lamborns and McGowans he had for- gotten all about Mrs. Fisher? Scarcely likely, gentlemen! Scarcely likelv! At that time my McGowans were loaded with flowers and Mr. Craig advised me to sacrifice the flowers for the benefit of the cuttings. I took Mr. Craig's advice, gathered all the flowers and a solid bushel of buds, since then no flowers have been allowed to develop. Now, brother florists, since we are all so good natured over this carnation busi- ness, I will tell vou what I will do. I will exhibit 25, 50, 75 or 100 flowers of Lamborn against an equal number of Mrs. Fisher at Chicago, Philadelphia, or anv where else out of Bostoi., for any amount of money over $50 to $100, that you gentlemen may designate. If you like the flowers can be sent to Chicago in care of the American Florist Company, who can provide the judges. Chicago would be a good distance, the shipping and keeping qualities of both can then be determined at once. I stand ready to put up the money any time. And, moreover, I stand ready to ar- range to exhibit next November at either Philadelphia, Chicago or New York, a given number of Lizzie McGowan against any white carnation in the United States for any amount of money the backers of Lizzie's opponents may decide upon. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., Feb. 7, 1891. Fungus in the Propagating Bed. In reply to the query on page 432 wiM say that if temperature is kept above 65^* and if cuttings are in an ordinary sand bed fungus will develop no matter where you get your sand from. To overcome tliis use earthen saucers, say from 10 to 12 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep w illiout the drainage hole in the bottom (I hey can be bought of any potter). A VLi V Hlieral use of water will keep your I iittings free from fungus. C. ElSELE. Philadelphia. Replying toenquiry of Jas. Jensen about fungus in propagating bed, I think the fungus was probably in the sand when put in the bed, and the easiest and a sure way to eradicate it is to carefully move his" cuttings, and then thoroughly sat- urate the sand with scalding hot water. This will kdl every living thing and leave the sand very nice and clean. Cohassett, Mass. W. S. Phelps. In response to query about fungus in the p-opagating bed, my experience with this fungus among cuttings and seedlings for quite a number of years does not enable me to speak of any preventive. Modifying conditions are well ripened seed or, as the case may be, cuttings from vigorous healthy plants, and avoiding as much as possible a close uncongenial temperature to what the varieties may best require. From practical observation in partially dry sand or soil the fungus is more de- structive than if kept regularly rnoist, but not soggy wet. However, making a specialty of growing seedling flowering plants I find it to develop in seed bo.xes with rich or poor soil, and in all condi- tions of moisture and temperature. The trouble seems mostly to come from the plant's side, rather than from the sand or soil. A flat of Phlox Drummondii seed- lings will almost invariably come through free, while alongside ten week stock or mignonette will be aflected. So also with me, coleus, fuchsias and geraniums are not so quickly affected as abutilons, double petunias and verbenas. If the bed is very much affected best throw the sand out, otherwise if stirred around frequently till partly dry I have found very little trouble by using it over. If the fungus gets in contact with wood, as the sides of the cutting bench or flats, germs of it will develop afterwards from such contact. Tarred or oiled paper put over the place will prevent it. My only remedy for this pest is vigi- lance, going the round at least once and often twice a day over the cuttings and seed boxes. The'morning is a good time, and if the least spot is observed it is scooped out to its utmost extent, and keeping a pan of perfectly dry sand as hot as a steam pipe will make it, such affected places are covered with it, and a close watch kept for a few days to note any further development. It seems heroic treatment, but I have never killed any cuttings or little seed- lings in this way. Daniel K. Herr. Lancaster, Pa. I would advise Mr. Jensen to do away with his nervousness in applying water. Keep your propagating bed moist and if it needs water in the evening water it. And keep temperature below 70° over night. I think the fungus makes its ap- pearance mostly in a cold spell when the outside air is dried out by strong wind and this and a brisk burning fire make iSgr. The American Florist. 465 WILLOW POND IN THE ARBORETUM. MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, LODGE FOR GARDEN PUPILS MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 466 The a meri ca n F lori s t. Feb. ig^ the air and \xA in the house very dry, and the temperature is likely to go too high. Anyway after every cold snap we rcadin the pLORisTof greenhouseshaving been destroyed by fire. A little ventila- tion also helps to' keep oft" the fungus. I do not think it makes any difference what kind of sand is used. If Mr. lensen will take care not to let the sand "dry out and keep a temperature of not over 70 ' during tlie day and 65° nights, and not keep the house too tight, 1 should like to have him tell us after a few weeks how the fungus behaves under such conditions. Edmund Br.mer. McConnellsville, 0. The Pitcher & Manda Exhibition at Short Hills, N.J. This fine display of choice flowers will undoubtedly eclipse anything this firm has done inthe past. They have open at the present time over seven hundred of the newer and choicer varieties of cypri- pediums, and over six hundred cattleya l)looms, besides innumerable varieties of this great family. Among the choice cypripediums are to be found vexillarium, nitens, punctatum, violaceum, Measures- ianum, regale, Sallierii Heyanum.bellatu- lum, villosum alba marginata, in quite a number. These new and choice varieties certainly show up very fine. Regalia, Sallierii balachalum, villosum alba mar- ginata are three new seedlings, never before blooming, crosses between Boxallii and venustum, showing very strongly the parentage of both. Another, which promises to be a verj'fine thing, is a cross between the Argus and superciliare, sho ing distinct characteristics of both. .\mong the general collection is the beau- tiful Arthurianum in all its graceful ele- gance. Another very beautiful thing to be found here at this time is a new dendrobium never before bloomed in this coinitry, a cross between Ruckerii and nobile ; the petals are pure white, with a beautiful curved Hp of yellow ground, mottled and striped throat with points bending at the base, and is a most charming thing. This is one of the seedlings raised in the late collection of Mr. De Witt Smith; and has been looked upon by the orchid world with a great deal of interest for a long time. Mr. Manda, who is probably as well versed in orchids as any man in the world to-day, considers it the finest specimen he has seen in a long time. Among other choice things to be found in this fine collection are the lycaste, mas- devallia, both in fine varieties, and Odou- toglossum crispum in its varied shades, forms and colors, being in itself quite a show, and worth going far to see. This is aUvays welcome to all orchidists. The truly rare East Indian orchid Cymbidium Lowianum also figures conspicuously, and Cattleya Speciosissimum, Percival- iana and Trianse ; Saccolabium giganteum and dendrobiums in great variety. There are also fine specimens of Phafus grandi- folius, and a great many other varieties of this popular family. In their new range, which is very com- pact and well suited for the purpose for which they intend it, is a large house, 160 feet long, twenty-four feet wide and twenty feet high. In this will be found a magnificent collection of palms, tree ferns and choice decorative plants, many of them almost touching the roof at the present time. The other houses are twenty by eighty, and contain a veij' fine stock such as a business firm of this character requires for the general trade. The first is devoted to jjropagating and is filled to overflowing ,it the ])rescnt time with choice stove and greenhoiise plants, manyof them very new and choice things which this firm has recently im- ported. Number two contains anthur- iums, alocasias, etc., among which are included all the newer and choicer varie- ties of recent introduction. Numberthree contains a large number of superb Pan- danus Veitchii,draca?nasand choice ferns, including Farleyense. Number four con- tains many rare kinds of ferns, palms, etc., young stock, all choice varieties. Num- ber five contains allthechoicer and newer kinds of palms of recent introduction. Number six presents an exceedingly at- tractive appearance; it is almost com- pletely filled with the magnificent decora- tive plant Araucaria excelsa, and the way they are arranged in the house makes a very beautiful spectacle. Number seven is filled with choice azaleas and green- house plants generally. Number eight is filled with the choicer varieties of the latest introductions of chrysanthemums, showing great promise for the coming fall as many of them were not put out last year, and have been increased rapidly. So we may reasonably expect to see many choice varieties the coming season to swell the already immense number on the market. The remainder of this range is now being constructed, and when completed will make one of the finest commercial ranges of glass to be found in the vicinity of New York. Great credit is due to this firm for their enterprise. Many of their visitors whom I have seen this week have ex- pressed themselves as being particularly weH pleased with the show. Much is said and written about trjing to increase the love of flowers and the diff"usion of a knowledge of horticulture; this firm is certainly winning for itself a very enviable reputation in that line. T. N. M. Exhibitions. Yourcorrespondents have so far failed to mention one of the most necessary points to the best success of an exhibition, and one that if put in general practice would demonstrate thefallacy of itsomission. 1 refer to the practice heretofore prevalent in this part of the country, of issuing ex- hibition schedules a few weeks and in some cases only a few days before an ex- hibition. It is utter folly to supposethat an exhibition can be first class where this practice is the rule. There are undoubtedly many good plants brought out on the spur of the moment, but to bring out the exhibitors in full force, and also the greatest number of good plants, it is necessary that the growers have ample time to prepare, and to know what to prepare. When a society has no permanent ex- hibition place, and it is impracticable to name the location seven or eight months previous, this need not hinder the early issue of a schedule. Intending exhibitors coidd be notified in time to make their arrangements. Anothergreat drawback to success is the lax enforcement of rules. The exhibits ought to be all in place, the judging done, and premium cards attached before the public is ad- mitted. Herein lies one of the principal features of interest to the growers and the public. John Dall.\s. Fairfield, Conn. Crude Oil for Fuel. burner recently patented bj- a resident of- his city and which is said to work very satisfactorily. VL&wiki RoCe*. Salem, N. C— C. A. Hege has started into the florist business here with one gieenhouse, heated by hot water. CoRUNNA, Mich.— Henry Welfare is building a greenhouse here and should be added to the directory list at this place as F. San Diego, CAL.--The Orcutt Seed and Plant Co are planting one of the largest collections of cacti in the United States at the terminus of a cable line here. It in- terests hundreds of visitors. Arcola, III.— Percy W. Armstrong, who has been a fruit grower and market gardener here for some time has built a greenhouse 12x60 and proposes to add the florist and nursery business. In response to the queries regarding the use of crude oil for fuel Mr. August Krueger, of Meadvillc, Pa., sends us a newspaper clipping describing a new Syracuse, N. Y.— The annual show of spring flowers by the Central New York Horticultural Society will be held April 16 and 17. The premium list may be had on application to H. Youell, secretary, 228 Beecher street. Austin, III.— The greenhouses of Jos. Shaw were partially destroyed by fire the night of the 9th inst. Most of the stock for spring trade was destroyed. Loss about $3,000, no insurance. Fire is supposed to have started from a lamiJ which was left on the potting bench. Baraboo, Wis.— The damage to the greenhouses of Wm. Toole by the recent fire was not as great as reported. But one greenhouse was injured, and the eon- tents of that house only was destroyed. His pansies, of which he makes a specialty, were in the other houses, and the injured house is now being repaired. His seed establishment is entirely separate from the plant growing outfit and was in no way injured. Galt, Ont.— At a well attended meet- ing held February 10 the Gait Horticul- tural Society was organized with an initial membership of 112, and officers as follows : Mayor Lutz, president ; John Wells, vice-president ; Thomas Vair, sec- retary; James W. Scott, Thomas Vair, Geo. Gardner, Alex. Common and Wil- liams, directors. The society intends holding two exhibitions, one in Septem- ber and the other in November. Pittsburg. — Two more greenhouse fires within the last week. The greenhouses of the Hon. Judge Collier, at Sharpsburg, and J. S. Bragdon, Nevil Island, were burned, the loss beingtotal in both cases, and with no insurance. Friends of Alex. Murdoch will be pleased to learn that he is able to be about again after a severe ill- ness of about four weeks. The statement about the club house is an error. The club will rent quarters and a club house is merely a possibihty of the distant future. SrRiNOFiELD, MAss.-Horticultural Hall was jiacked the evening of February 6 to listen to the paper on " Out Door Flower Gardens" by Mr. Wm. Falconer, of Glen Cove, L. I. It was an able and interesting talk from beginning to end, and the large audience gave the closest attention. Mr. Falconer was elected the first honorary member of the society; which now numbers 552 members. Mr. Wm. H. Spooner, President of the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society, has also been made an honorary member. Mr. C. L. Burr is president. i8gi. The American Florist. 467 The Badge Business. Editor American Florist :— In your editorial comment on my communication in respect to "the badge business" you do me, unintentionally, an injustice' The impression is made that in some way I benefit by the scheme, and that I am un- reasonable in not working it for the $25 offered in 1890. Why should I be even asked to do the work of the society's officers, as ordered by the society itself? It is true that I did, in 1889, offer to bear all the expense ex- cept postage myself, in my anxiety to have the ihing accomplished, provided the secretary would send out the plan with the programme. This offer was positively declined. Now can anybody suggest a reason why I should do the work also in 1890 for nothing, or for one- sixth its cost, after definite action by the society ordering it done by the executive committee? True, I have at various times printed the programmes of the annual meetings without charge when the S. A. F. was young and poor; but is the treas- iny now not able to stand the strain of carrying out the orders of the society ? There was time enough, as my corres- pondence will show if necessary, to have secured the assent of the executive com- mittee to the use of more funds in 1889. And where does this plea relieve the ex- ecutive committee in 1891 from transcend- ing its authority and definitely turning down the plan as ordered at Buffalo ? \. Horace McFarland. Feb. 14, 1891. [Our comment last week was this : "Chairman McFarland had in 1889 offered to do the work free ; for 1890 they offered him $25.00. This he neither positively accepted nor posi- tively declined until very near the 1890 meeting; too near to arrange for more money to do the work." Wherein it conveys the impression that Mr. McFarland benefited by the scheme we fail to see, however we print his addi- tional letter. — Ed.] Cleveland.— "C." says: "lam very sorry that I have made an error in regard to what I supposed to be reliable informa- tion. The item in regard to the marriage of Mr. Wm. Leitch and Miss Mai tin being emphatically denied by the young lady when congratulated by the writer. I regret exceedingly that it has happened, it being told me in the presence of others in such a way that I did not for a moment doubt its truthfulness until contradicted by the lady interested." Circulate your spring trade lists in our Easter NuMnER, to be issued March 19 and to contain forty pages. That number will be a beauty. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. AdvertlBements under this \ the rale of 10 cents a line (se'' tion. Cash must accompany c admitted under this bead. SITUATION WANTEI speaks German and in commercial places, g 4ti BarilettSt,. ' years' experience 1ITUATION WANTKI)-By March . i American Florist. SITUATION WANTE1)-By a practical florist and gardener as foreman in commercial or to take charge of private place; German; 12 yrs. experience. SITUATION WANTBD-As gardener and florist; 10 years' experience in growing tropical plants, orchids and bedding plants— 4 years in last place, with Al references Address A Bass. 213 E. Illinois St.. Chicago. SITUATION WANTED-As manager. Uosegrow- ing a specialty. Also propagating, etc. Good, sound references from the most reliable and best firms. State salary and full particulars of plant, to M C. care J. C. Vaughan. box 638. Chicago. rUATION WANTED-By a flrst-class years' experience; good rose and c SITUATION WANTED-As headgardener on pri- vate place, by Scotchman; married; aged ;iO; 12 years' experience in all greenhouse work. Strictly sober and reliable. Best of references. Thomas Waldie, T13 George St.. New Haven, Conn. public place. Good references; married man; unde Florist. 33 Tracy St.. Utica. N. Y. manBger. as I am about to take charge of mv ninr^A March Ist and am anxious to see him : (ITUATION WANTED-Any ansger. as I am about to take arch Ist and am anxious to \ position worthy nf his ability. Chas. W. Reimers, Louisvii QITUATION WANTED-By a fin iDderstands and vegetables. Good references Address U S 22. care Fritz Wesp, and Romano Streets, San A SITUATION WANTED-By young man. 28. in com- mercial or private place; understands the grow- ing of roses, carnations, grapes, inside and out: good mushroom and vegetable grower. Strictly temper- S ITUATION WANTED-By March or April Isi a practical floristand gardener; competent ii branches, private or commercial; good growe roses and cut flowers generally, vegetables, W^ G A 10, Postoffice, Cleveland. ohi( John Reciv, Bridgepor man with someexperience ii American Florist. Chicago. W^ Box ID. care Ame W^ for store, experienced gn work. Address, giv- are American Florist. W^ WANTED— Bookkeeper and correspondent, on who Is experienced in seed and plant businesf Give references. Bookkeei'ek, Lock box 1618, Philadelphia. Pa. W' vegetable trial grounds W^ Qmercial place. good man. Addresf age and wages expe Rose Gt w-^ .„.eman. Good recommend per month with house. Also wantea young man; must be a first class plantsman. Wages $.15 per month with board. Apply to A. Forsyth. Supt. Riverside Cemetery. Denver. Colo. Property free from all incun I Florist. Chicago. Florists Take Notice A square of ground fronting on Market street, Philadelphia, Pa., 500x214, to Ludlow street. A very desirable location for a florist. Apply to THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CO , 731 Walnut. St., Philadf Iphia, I'a. SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Xurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. New and x^cht^.^ ORCHIDS, Hardy ^^ , . Plants. -^.^^ FERNS. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialiy. NEWSND RARE FLINTS, ORCHIDS. ETC. A larRe collection nf Hotlioiise and SMITH FLORAL CO.. 77 7th Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. THOS. YOUNG, JB.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A.i:d the Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Gut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [Established 1877.] Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 West 30th street, A. S. Kurns. J. I. Kaynor. BURNS &. RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 -West SStlri «t., J. M. McGULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON. MASS. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Car tions alwayson hand. Return telegrams sen immediately when unable to till orders. 470 The American Florist. Feb. ig, ilKa $>4 feet high. 5 to 6 character leaves 5 00 Bel. and Fost., 1% to i fl. high. 3 to 4 character leaves 2 CO Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2lo ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 1.50 Aspidistra variegata. 5 to 6 leaves 75 Pandanus Veitchii, flne plants. 5 and tHn. pots. 1.60 Cocos Weddeliana, 2 feet high 1.60 All the above grown cool and in fine condition for immediate use. AZALEAS in best varieties, plants 15 inches In diameter, well set with buds. E. W. WEIMAR, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Order noxv ioi- Si:>i-ii»s Tr-ado JAPAN MAPLES. MAGNOLIAS, Double-flowering Prun s, Tree and Herbaceous Paeonies, Iris, etc. All hardy East. NOVKLTl", MINIATURE FINES and CON- lEi-EKS FKOM JAPAN. Catalogue free. P.O. BoxlaOI. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMROSE PLANTS. Fine, large, healthy plants, from 3, 4 and 5-ln. pots, at 110, Jl.'j and 120 perlCo. DraciBna indlvisa, from 2. 3 and 4-lnch pots, at »4, $8 and *12 per 100, strong stock Palm Brahea Filamentosa. 4-in. pots, $12 per lOO. Also Single Primrose, Calceolaria rugosa. Callas, all sizes; Smilax, Echeverias. Alternantheras. etc. Also the new and leading varieties of Coleus, Gera- niums, Chrysanthemums, Koses, Violets and other stock. Write for price list. HENRY SMITH. 130 Monroe St., Grand Rapids,.Mich. WABAN, SOUV. DE DR. PASSOT, MME. PIERRE GUILLOT, And all the other NEW and Standard varieties of Teas; also all the best varietie.s both new and old of the Hybrid Remontants including the variety which has forced so successfully for the past three years, and which has proven itself by far the best variety of this class for very tarly forcing yet introduced; also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS, CHINAS, AND BOURBONS. For Forcing, Bedding, etc, etc. All of which I now have an EXTBA fine stock at prices as low as any one can produce such stock for. MY NEW TRADE LIST '" »"- \T^^, l^%TJ:lit^ "'""*"' JOHN N. NIAY, Stimn^it, N.J. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A SPECIALTY. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DE8 JflRDINS. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices ROSES FOR FLORISTS. We offer the largest and most complete stock t propagated from well matured field grown plants any stimulating material whatever. Our Roses Resist Disease, Start Quickly, Grow Rapidly and Always give Best Results. All the Newest and Choicest Roses for Sale and Bloom. The famous New American Pedigree Roses- Henry M. Stanley, Pearl Rivers, Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Maud Little and Golden Gale. If you want to buy Roses send your lists and have them priced. Prices low, according to value of varieties and size and character of order. The New White Chinese Wistaria, the finest of all. New Chinese Double Purple Wistaria, very rare. Wistaria Sinensis, Magnifica and Frutescens. Fine Hardy Shrubbery, all varieties, cheaper and better than Imported iw Chrysanthemums. ; THE BEAUTIFUL MAN'KTTIA VINE', neW MOON FLOWKKS, etc^ Wholesale Price 1 FREE to Florists. Market tiardeners and Dealers OLly. Address THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. MY SPECIALTIES ARE THE ROSES MME. CUSIN Mme. de Watteville, for which the I will have a ]Mi,ited number of plants of the flnest stock grown of the above varieties; all strong plants, from aH-tnch pots, Jl'.tl LO per lOOU. AIsoTHK liRIUKaudC. MEKMET at $50.00 per lOOO, and the AMERICAN BEAUTY at W.OO per 1000. Smaller quantities at proportionate rates. FRANK L. MOORE, Chatham, N. J. Mention American Klorlst. B>. Gr. Hir^r^ St CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. ROSES. CARNATIONS, BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS, ETC.. and the very best imported FLOWER SEEDS for florists. E. G. BILL. & CO., Richmond, Indiana. .Rein , Black Prln ,S1I flowered, fln CL.BM/VTIS, per 100; $3.00 and t4 UJperdozen. HYACINTHS, 3H-ln pots, named boi 7 per 100. In good condition for shlpp CYCLAMEN Glganteum & Perslcun very choice s— '- ■-•—""—• >-' •■ H. P. ROSES, sumn best sorts, $5.00 per 100; $45.00 per 1000. F. A. BALLER, Bloomiugton, lU. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000. or J35 if our .selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 psr cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants. Largest and most select stock in the South- west. Over THREE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced. ^J- Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of 90 pages free to all. Addres. HAKZ & NEUHER, LOUISVILLE, KY. PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Roses, Ciirnalions, Chrvsanthcimims, Ferns. llf-t now ready. Send ft..r it before buying your . for planting. M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. We are now tak'ng orders lor delivery after March 1st. on the following varieties, 2-lnch pots: Perles, Niphetos, Souv. d'un Ami. Cook, LaFrance, Bennett, Bride. Mermet, Wootton. Hoste and Beauty. i)rder8 booked In rotation and good stock guaran- teed. Reasonable prices given upon application. Address OEBMOND & COS6KOVI:, Rockland County, srARKILL, N. V. tSgt. The American Florist. 473 THE NEW ROSE WABAN. This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wocd & Co , Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to La France, The only objection to C. Mermet is its frequently pale, iasipid color in cloudy weather; experience ha^shown that the WAliAN retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt. Drove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVjRJIiDAL t^^^^^^^^^^l^^^,^^^^ Frt^rif the Sacieties in this country and Canadi where it has been shown. READY FOR DISTRIBUTION ON APRIL 15th, 1891. ORDERS BOOKED NOW, WILL BE FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION. Extia, good plants from 2% -inch pots. From 4-incb pots. I Plant, $ LOG 250 Plants, $100.00 i Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40.00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " I75-00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75-oo 50 " 30.00 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 " 50.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the IMississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, p. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. Oar stock of this variety will all be re- handled at our own greenhouses so they may be in the best possible condition WABAN ROSEiLz the same date as sent out from Boston — April 15. For this reason customers in OUR TERRITORY will we believe do well to secure their supply either directly from us or through jobbing agents using our stock. We will give names of such on application. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. WABAN. CUSTOMERS AND OTHERS PLEASE NOTE. In my Trade List just sent out a printers' error occurs, it reads ''25 2 '2 plants J30.00"; it should read 50 plants 2 "2 $2P oo- JOHN N. MAT. Summit, N. J. PERLE DES JARDINS, NIPHETOS, C MER- MET. THE BRIDE, CORNELIA COOK, PAPA GONTIER, MARIE GUILLOT, AGGRIPINA (Syn. Queens Scarlet), AkCH DUKE CHARLES. S. D'UN AMI MME. F. KRUGER, DUCHESS DE BRABANT. In 2^-in. pots, price $4 00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. Own selection $35.00 per 1000, CLOTILDE SOUPERT, a fine new White Rose, $6.00 per 100. Onychium Japonicum, a fine Fern for cut flower work. 4-in. pots, |io 00 per 100. Ficus Elastica, 4-inch pots. I2.50 per dozen. Cycas Revoluta, 6-inch pots, $15.00 per dozen. Cycas Revoluta, larger plants, $20 00 per dozen. The roses are all fine healthy plants, with plenty of roots— will (five entire satisfaction. Address A., JCA.UEJI«, 1810 East Broadway, LouisviUe, Ky. THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. CATALOGUE FREE. Over 150 pages illustrating aud describins one of the largest and best assorted stocks of Seeds, Trees and Plants in the UT S. Best val.ue for the money In our Tested Novelties aud Special Lov7 Priced Collections. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. 700 ACRES. THE STQRRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Ohio. READY FEB. 15. Per IIK 1000 Perles, 2>«inch pots $ 4 a lOUO Marie GuUlot. strong, 2>,.-mch - 4 S( won MermetB,2'«i-lnch, ready'March 15 t 'Jt 500 Brides, ready March 15 4 5( too J.a France, ready March 16 4.51 1000 Jacqueminot, ready May Ist 4 0( . very laige flock ol young Roses of the lead- ■ beading and forcing varieties. Also large JACOB SCHULZ, Xjouis-ville, IS.-y. 3.000 Gen'l Jacq. Rose plants. 4-in. pots, per 100. fi', uo. Coleus Cuttlnns rooted, Verschaffeltli. Golden Bed- der, Golden Vcrschalleltli and Sunset, per 100 75cts. perlOCO,$fi.OO. JOHZr BECK, Bridgeport, Conn. WANTED TO EXCHANGE FOR I Mme. de VS'atteville. .WO John Laing. I Meteor. 300 Magna Charta. I American Beauty. 300 Niphetos. LA ROCHE & STAHL, 1237 Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 474 The American Florist, Feb. ig^ Boston. There have been lively times in the eut flower business during the past week. Everything goes that is worthy the name of flower. Roses have eontinucd scarce and prices have been very steady although not excessively high. Adiantuni fronds have been drawn on so heavily this sea- son that the stock has been depleted earlier than usual, so that the supply is inadequate at present. The new crop, however, is nearly ready to cut, and only awaits hardening off. The same is true of Asparagus plumosa. The quantity disposed of this season has been enor- mous. Orchids are now in their best season and the supply is very fine. Har- risii lilies, callas and tulips form a large part of the decorations of the florists' windows. Double daffodils and tulips in pots and pans for window decoration are being brought in in large quantities. Staphylea colchica has been forced in quantity by one of our enterprising growers, and is quite an acceptable novelty. A. C. Bow- ditch & Co.'s window is filled with shapely little plants well covered with the graceful white racemes, and the dis- play attracts a crowd of admirers. Neat little specimen ericas are quite abundant and are among the most serviceable of window plants. At the weekly meeting at Horticultural Hall on Saturday February 14, the essay was on strawberries and other small fruits by Mr. P. M. Augur, of Middlefield, Conn. Mr. Augur is State Pomologist for Connecticut. On the exhibition table were some well bloomed orchids from Mr. C. M. Atkin- son, gardener to Mr. John L. Gardiner. Among the plants exhibited by him was ajsplendid specimen of Phaiusg^andifolius. It had 18 spikes from SMi to 4 feet tall and bearing each 20 to 25 blossoms and buds. A beautifully grown plant of Cat- tleya TrianjE also attracted much notice. The subject for discussion February 21 will be "The Geographical Distribution of Plants," an essay on which will be delivered by Prof. W. F. Ganong, of the Botanic Garden of Harvard University. In making up the dates for the various horticultural exhibitions for 1891 the spring show was inadvertently assigned to Easter week. This would be a most unfortunate period in which to attempt to hold an exhibition of such magnitude, and it is now proposed, although not definitelv settled, to set it one week later. W. J. S. Steam Heatmg. Editor American Florist:— Will some of your readers tell me if I can put a steam boilerattheendof two houses, 250 feet each, and run the steam through one- inch pipes the length of the house and back through a return the same length without having a pressure exceeding five pounds in ordinary weather ; or could I get better results putting the boiler mid- way? An answer to the above would materially help me as well as others who are not adepts in steam heating. M. Red Ants. Will some reader of the Florist tell me how to exterminate red ants? Bailey's Rule Book advises bisulphide of carbon poured into holes dug in the ground. Would not this be injurious to pot plants? These ants have no regular "hill," but are all over the place and are very trouble- some. lONORAMUS. 10,000. ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. 10,000. All plants are well iurnished with fronds, making perfect specimens with 10 to 100 fronds each. 7-inch pots, average size 24 inches by 24 iuches wide per dozen, S24.00 7 9 per 100, 10.00 inches long " 2.50 " " 1.50 Farleyense and others. Special rate on reg- ROOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, CLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, ^«5 oents i^er lOO; l^O.OO per lOOO. C.A.SI5: -V^ITH OE,I3EE,. STS,0]Sr(3- HOOTEIi CTJTTIlsrC3-S. ^. 13. F^iE:i_rD, , rvi. ji. VERBENAS 50 VARIETIES. $2 60 per 100; $20 00 per 1 50,000 READY NOW. strong plants, 2^-inch pots Hooted Cuttings 1 uu " B.tJU Our Verbenas this year are the finest we have ever grown. Paclied light, and fatitJactfon guaranteea. tample on recelp of2actB. J |_ DILLON, BLOOMSBURG, PA. VERBENAS. Per 100 IN 15 CHOICEST VARIETIES, NICE HEALTHY and CLEAN stocli per 1000525.00 $2.75 CHINESE PRIMROSES, from choicest seed GERANIUMS. 20 good salable vars., 2.in ... 300 Mad. Salleroi, 2 in 3.00 CANNAS, dry bulbs, choice kinds 2.50 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, in splendid assortment 300 ASPARAGUS Tenuissimus, 2!.X-in 400 COLEUS. best varieties, 2-in 2.50 HELIOTROPES. 2 and 2^in 300 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEWS. 2 in 3.00 Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. Independence Is well located tor shipping, being 3 miles east of Kansas CttT.J VERBENAS. STRONG AND UBJLLTHT. General Collection Coleus Golden Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Hero, Verschaffeltii and 26 othersorts 100 SCO Heliotrope, Booted Cuttings, named.... 1.26 10 10 Fewerfew.TheGem, Rooted Cuttings,. 2.00 Salvias Splendens. •■ • ..1.25 10.00 Begonias Rubra. Metalllca, etc " ..2.00 Chrysanthemum varieties and price on application. , ^ Ampelopsls Veitchli, strong plants.... 8 00 75.00 Trade I^lst ol Florists' Stock on appllcailon. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.e. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. Y DAISY SNOWFLAKE violets, will ?ive spiendl. stowed upon it. I grow it f re' h"f rom 3 \o Tweeks looks as fresh as other wl flowers are borne on stoui jtifully quilled, and a i.flnei great acquisU yi.. free by mall; f6 per 100 by express KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: Rochester, .Ian. 28th. Ualsy SnowHake is quite a useful flower both for 11 bunches they sell very rapidly designs. We use a great many piece c Price, *I pe SEE WHAT F. designs n tied up in longer. Be s cut, as 1 canuoi gt tomers. They say \ useful flower. KKLLEB. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist, Wyonilns Co.. ATTICA, NEW YORK. CUT siviit,A.x:. I make a specialty of SmIIax. and am prepared to an orders promptly. Price, 20 cents per string till May 1st. Quality A 1. .JOSEPH K. BONSALL, Telephone No., 15. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem, Ohio. PERFECTLY FREE FROM KUST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, pt 100 $3; per 1000 $25. Rooted cuttings of same, 100 $1 ; 1000 $g. Fine slock Heliotrope, 2j4inch, $3 per 100. Primroses, double, per ico I12.00. " single, per 100 $8.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-inch $4.00, 4-inch $3.( per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Mad. Haste, La France S5.00 per 100. Duchess of Albany J7.00 per 100. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes, Brides, Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, S4.00 perlooor|35pericoo. H. P.'s purchaser s choice, S6.00 per 100 or $50.00 per 1000. H. P.'s, our choice, I5 per 100 or $40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2,!^-inch pots, - $2 per 100; J15 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings, 75c. per 100; %- per loco Address J, G. :BviirrO'W, iFiSHicir,!, IT. -y. rooted cuttings. yueen (the . - ig, 2'ji-l per lOO^flats.fl -jUper 100^ rooted cuttings, $1 perlOU. HOW READY AT 1 DAY'S NOTICE. 20.000 VIncas (variegated trailing) 1st size strong Meld grown, J4 per 100; 2nd size from 2S,-lnch. $2 per 100; Kood strong plants from flats. 11.60 per 100; routed cuttings, early fall struck, Jl per 100. 6000 Gem Feverfew, the best for potting or cutting, "" per 100; from flats, »l. 60 per 1 per 100. 3000 <;olden Mar- .rla), strong, 2iu-lnch, Kl Ings.Mper lOU. of alll. White Lady and Jersey Blue, flats *1 .W per 100, SI2 per lOM; rooted cuttings SI per 100, »S per 1000. 5000 Pansies, Mikado. Dreer's White and light colors, 60c per lOO; Gibson's selected scented Hybrid Pansies. $1.60 per 100. 1000 Hardy Snow Pinks, strong, flats ¥i per 100. 1000 Phlox Nana compacta and Star of Quedllnburg, finest strains, will soon bloom, flats 11.50 per 100. .'100 Begonia Saundersonll, 4 Inch, In bloom. $6 per lUO 200 Bouvardlas, double white. «-lnch. SIO per 100, can be brought on for Baster. Mam. Verbenas by the 100 and 1000, complete set of 16 beautiful named varieties all colors, and many of them sweetly scented, stock perfectly healthy, ready February. March and April, strong, from flats, fl.SO per 100, ti2 per 1000; rooted cuttings, *t per 100, 18 per lOCO. Mums by the 100 and 1000. None but the best new and standard sorts, all colors early and late. Ada Spauldlng. Minnie Wanamaker, Bnttomly. Ivory, Price, Canning, Mrs. Bullock. Oak Beauty, Reward, Snow Ball, Purpurea, Grandlflora, Uarn Ko. Burpee, 100 others, the very cream of all. complete set In 20 varieties, all shades, the range of the season, 3-Inch our choice. J6 per 100; eitra good strong plants from Hats, the run of the kinds, our choice. *3 per 100. Coleus VerschaB^eltll, Golden Ve'schafl^eltll, Golden Bedder, Midnight, Lottie, green. In 10 choice vari- eties, rooted, 8O0 per 100, *7 per 1000 Mixed Fuchsias, rooted. *1 per 100, Sa per KOO. Ageratum White Cap, Trailing Lobelia, 50c per 100; rooted cuttings and plants from flats free by mall. If preferred. Satis- faction guaranteed, see other special offers. - —-f, Woodbury, N. J. C. GIBSON, i8gr. The American Florist. 475 500 CASES LiuumAuratum OK Golden Japan Lilies From 10 to 14 inches in Circumference. ^ Just Received direct from Japan, via. London. This importation is the FINEST lot that has ever arrived in this country. They are packed in soil— each case containing SO liiilOs—aiul will keep perfectly sound until June. Price per Case, $6.00. 5 Cases at $5.75. 10 Cases at $5.50. 25 Cases at $5.25. 50 Cases at $5.00. Also 100 Cases, assorted varieties, as folloivs: ,2 Lilium Auratum, 4 Lilium Speciosum Album, 4 Lilium Speciosum Rubrum, 6 Elegans, 6 Elegans Flore Semi Pleno, 6 Tigrinum Splendens, 6 Tigrinum Flore Pleno, 6 Batemaneii, at $7.'>0 per Case, or Fire Cases at $7.00. Also 200,000 Double Pearl Tuberoses rangins in size from 4 to 7 Intlirs in clri iimftitiicr, at $8.00 per 1,000, or 5,000 lots at $7.00. ROBERT BUIST, Jr., "!^^^:^^^3:rr^:.'^»^rt Philadelphia, Pa. GOLDEN BEAUTY TO THE FRONT. It was never exhibited, but has stood the more practical test, lor no early yellow Chrysanthemum gave better satisfaction to seller and buyer than the who handled it "We handled no ea; gave better satisfacti. ledge, of ■ ~ adelphia. "You can gei Voght,Jr..6th! we leave it to t that our claims and that it What they say: DOper btS-. (.amden, N.J. these columns last year, and have been tDore than sustained, all the essentials of a first class afford to get left on this offer. Orders booked now are filled m rotation as far as plants are ready, by express or free by mail. THE NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOWFLAKE. One of the best things out for winter flowers. Will grow and bloom all winter in a cold frame, and if well covered cold nights will need no better quar- ters. Gives splendid returns. It does not seed, and can only be increased by dli white, very i large as a 60c. piece Ready now. U S5. Sample plant and bloom free by 1 (CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Choice Selection of my Exhibition varieties FOR SALE, and WATER LIMES. WM. THICKER, Dengan Hills, S. I. New York. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. HOLUS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1891 need them. Best quality and lowest price. :{5 to 50 cents each; SCS.OO for the set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE HOLLIS. South Weymouth. Mass. EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. GHRYSftNTHEMUMS. Waterer's Novelties lor 1891, ELDORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLS, MRS. H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best white in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATERER, 109 South 7th Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA XuberousBegonias OUR SPECIALTY. Our stock is the largest in America, and contains over 200 varieties of named Doubles. — -■ WE WILL SEND POSTPAID Single, mixed. Seed, single. F. J. MEECH & SON., CHARLEVOIX, MICH. Gorgeous Begonias TUBEROUS ROOTED. Now is the time to sow. The best strain in Europe. $1.00 per packet, Double or Single. R. OWEN, Begonia Grower, . Maidenhead, England. SURPLUS STOCK. Primula Obconica, 2>^-inch I4.00 " " 3-inch 800 Coleus Golden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2-inch 3.00 Vinca Rosea, very fine, 2j4-inch 3.00 Vinca Alba, very fine. 2>< inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, very stiong, 3-inch 5.00 Dahlias, lield grown roots 5 00 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock 8 .00 Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. (Selecte roiig ;5-year-olr for IDell-verjk." IM^rcslrx Xst, ISOl. Iff. FORSTEKMANN, Newtown, Loiiff Island, N. Y. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. Standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P. 0. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa. i8gi. The a mer i ca n F l grist. 477 CARNATIONS HECTOR, illiant, dazzling and with robust seen its equal. No grower should be without it. MRS. FISHER, the peerless white, and FERDINAND MANGOLD, the leading crimson. Send for Catalogue containing general list of Carnations and Chrysanthemums. R T. LOIvIRARD, WAYLAND, MASS. CA.i^ivA.'riojvs. DERSON, SNOWDON, PORTIA. E. G. HILL, GRACE WILDER. ANNA WEBB, PRIDE OF KENNETT, DAWN. CENTURY. |2.oo per loo. FRED CREIGHTON (New) Pink. $4.00 per 100. Double White, Double Variegated and Fringed PETUNIAS, $2.03 per 100. GERANIUMS, all the iinest varietie J2.00 per loo; to name, $4.00 per 100. ROOTED CUTTINGS ol the leading varieties of fo ROSES. Prices on application. JAMKS HORAN, Florist. BridKepoit, C Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We ofTer BISEM^VVBISS, a pui white sport of Chester Pride for the first tin this season, (?' $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular of leading varieties and se eral new seedlings of merit. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughk Pa. Roses and GflRNflTioNS. I shall have for spring delivery a surplus stock of plants in 254, sand 4-in. pots, in in the very AMERICAN BEAUTY, DUCHESS OF ALBANY. MME. HOSTE. SOUVENIR DE WOOTFON. LA FRANCE, IVIERMET. PERLE DES JARDINS, BRIDE and NIPHETOS. And of ™ CARNATIONS =^= SILVER SPKAY, TIDAL WAVK, PORTIA, AND PRESIDENT DB GKAW. All of the above stock will be in first-class con- dition andguaranteedtogivesatisfaclion. Orders booked now to be filled at any time desired. Price list on application. O. R. BASSETT, • HINSDALE. ILLINOIS. Carnation Cuttings. )xed off and well established. Send for Price List. Bristol, Pennsylvania Per ItO Ebemannl and LaTour de Grand Ronde % 8 OU Bmil Leclaire, Noutoni and Adolph Weick 12 OU THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Nellie Lewks Carnation, riowers very la.rge and full, and of a color .* '? hi ^-^ -"^'^'' '°^^°^^ ^^^" '"^ rX'^^''-'^ ''- Carnations — AN EX- •4^^^^'- ,^^^QUISITE SHADE OP PINK. l^ )r decorative purposes and corsage bouquets, they are unsurpassed A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago, lighted up the entire table. Don t fall to place your order at once, as we control the entire stock and have only a limited number of plants Price, Booted Cuttings, per 100, $10.00. Plants, 2-in pots, per 100, $12.00. VICK'S SEEDS Ne\ Es Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who have planted them. VICK S FLORAL GUIDE for 1891, contains over ico large pages, hundreds of illustrations, colored plates, Best Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; J!i,oooand J;200 cash prizes. Price, lo cents, which deduct from first order and it COSTS nothing. JAMES VICK, SEEGSMAW, Rochester, N. Y. **#CARNATIONS.^ GRACE WILDER, OUEENS SCARLET or PORTIA, PEERLESS WHITE. HINZE'S WHITE, SNOWDON, Rooted Cuttings for Feb. and March delivery. $1.50 per 100; I12.00 per 1000. PlanU I4.00 per ICO. 10 other new and old leading varieties. VERBENAS— Stock plants or rooted cuttings. Finest Verbena and Pansy Seed. Heat strains Flower siiid Vegetable Seeds. Catalogue free. O TSi. A.Ivl^BJ^:V, Brattleboro, Vt. CARNATIONSI^sH F^R ROSAMONDTJ R^FREEMAN, HECTOR, MRS. FU E McGOWAN, i. CREIGHTON, EN GATE, SHER, WM. F. DREER CHASTITY,"SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, leadinq varieties. 50.000 now jn cutjijig bench. Send lor price list. " " ' tixty I ling v< -JGO. Hj^VIWCOCIS., CARNATIONS. Koote.l Cuttines of the following varieties at «1.0O per 100; »!> 00 per 1000: GARFIELD, J. J. HARRISON. IMRS. JOLIFFK, PORTIA, ALEGATIERE, MRS. F. MANGOLD. GRACE FARDON. GRACE WILDER. L. L. LAMBORN, WM SWAYNE HINZE'S WHITE. PRES. DeGRAW, 75c. per 100; |5 per 1000. FBED B. LEWIS, tockport, N. Y. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations In great quantity, ready now. AlsD 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st s ze at J7 on per 1000. 2I size at I5 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. exchange, 1.005 Carnations, Rooted Cut- E. S. NIXON & SON, ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Ver coaffeltii, Ciimfon Verscbaffeltii, Pettr Henderson, Fireb aid. Glory cf Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunse', Etc Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twen'y fine sorts, including above five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples of the for healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS, NEW YORK. 478 The American Florist. Feb, ig^ Montreal. The long looked for annual drive and soeial of the Montreal G. and F. Club took place on January 27 and turned out to be the most successful and enjoyable social event that has taken place in con- nection with the club since its organi- zation. The members with their wives and lady friends to the number of one hundred and fifty drove out to the athletic club house at Cote des Nieges arriving there at 9 o'clock, and when wraps and overcoats were laid aside, dancing to the -music of a first class orchestra was indulged in until 11:30, when supper was announced, so an adjournment was niadeto the spacious dining room, where a sumptuous repast was waiting. After full justice was done to the good things a few toasts were drank, the responses to which were brief and witty, President Doyle making the decided hit of the evening. Adjournment was again made to the ball room where a short programme ot vocal and instrumental music was en- joj^ed, the principal numbers being a duet by Secretary Wilshire and his talented ■ sister, a good performance on the concer- tina by a member, Mr. John Perrin fairly bringing down the house with his cornic songs, after which dancing was again in- dulged in until 2;30 a.m., when the sleighs were ordered and the happy party were soon tucked under the buffalo robes and on their way back to the city, which was reached about 3:30 a. m., every one being satisfied that they had spent a most enjoy- able evening,thegeneral wishof the ladies being that the social was weekly instead of annual. The Gardeners' and Florists' Club held its regular monthly meeting February 10, there being forty-five members present. The committee having the late drive and social in charge reported their business all settled with a balance of fourteen dollars on hand, which was considered a very successful showing. The committee re- ceived the thanks of tlie club and were discharged. Votes of thanks were also tendered Mr. J. Bennett for having sup- plied bouquets to the ladies and to P. McKenna & Son for the flowers and plants used in the table decorations. The executive committee reported that the Windsor Hall had 1)een engaged for the March exhibition, also that suljscriptions towards the prize list received since the last meeting amounted to nearly two hundred dollars, the dates fixed for the show are the 25th and 26th of March. It was decided to devote the sum of one hundred dollars to the purchase of a cup for the twelve best plants of chrysanthe- mums, distinct varieties, to be competed for at the November show ; it must be won three times by any member before it becomes his property, a money prize to accompany it each year. At the January meeting of the club the secretary was instructed to correspond with the different clubs in Canada, with the view of establishing a national cup for cut chrysanthemum blooms, the com- petition to take place each year where the cup is held. The secretary reported having written to the four principal clubs, but no definite answer having been re- ceived from any one of them, if was de- cided to leave the matteroi)en for further consideration at a future nacting. "Prof." Jno. Perrin had a paperprcpared on " Weather Forecasting," but it had to be deferred until the next meeting on account of the lateness of the hour. Trade is very dull here just now, and has been so since New Years. Mc. pf^..i#i' p LOWER SEEDS! Just received '^''^^-^^ 500 varieties of FRESH FLOWER SEEDS, positively |890 Crop. ^e^ "ur Book for Florists. WE STILL LEftD, OTHERS IRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1890? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR KEDCCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS TttE WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOIt NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somervilie, Mass. ISO A.ores. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, TRADE LIST ON .\ PrLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, GENEVA, N. Y. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with fe.so for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box655, HARRISBURG. PA. H. BAYEESDOEFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING ol all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HAKTFORD & NICHOLS, 18 Chapman Place. ROSTON. MASS. ESTABLISHED. 1860, I Wire D Manufactured br 335 East 21st Street. - NEW YORK. MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON, Spartanburg, S. C. OFFERS TO THE TRADE, Per 1000 Orchid Epidendrum yenosum WO 00 TlUandsia bracteata 40 00 Florists' Letters, imblems Monograms. Etc. These letters and designs madeof the best Immor' :al frames having boles nlled in them to insert th picks by which they letHstened to the design, ne them a trial Tou will 1 (istage iDCts perlOO. W. C. KRICK, 1287Brdway Brooklyn. N.Y. & Co.. Phlla., Pa.; Edwahu S. Sch.mid. Washing- ton, D. C; JAMES VICK, Kochester, N. T.; J. A. Simmers. Toronto. Ont. PKRS. SPLENDKNS MACNIFICUM, the Prize Winners of Berlin. iSSq, Imported original Seeds. Per loo Per looo Albiflor.odoratum.piirewhlte. scented$l 00 $9 00 AtroBangulneom, dark red 125 10.00 Roseum magniflcum, pink, dark center. 1.25 10 00 Splendens, white, with red center 75 6.00 CHAS. SCHWAKE, Importer, 318 B. 85tll Street, NKW YORK. A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE GRINUM. No. 2. bulDs 6 to 8 in. diam., 50c. each smoa, white, seed. 5 lbs., per oz. 40c.: per lb. $4. itigonon lept.. seed. 15 lbs., per oz. r,5c.; per lb. J6. itigonon lept., 1 year, strong. Held grown, 10c. each. naryllis zeph. rosea. SI. 50 per 100; »:» per 1000. TH£ BROOKS SISTERS. Sorrento. Fla. HAIL Lock the door BEFORp; the horse is stolen. Do it KJOW I JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A., Saddle River, N.J. i8gi. The American Florist. 479 GLASS FOB GREENHOUSES — ALL GLAZIERS' SUPPLIES. — |^"AVrite for Latest prices. CLEAR CYPRESS SASH BARS JOHN L. DIEZ&,CO. 530 North Halsted Street, CHICAGO, ILL. #i^ EVERGREEN CUT FERNS Especially for Plorists' Use. $1.50 per 1.000: 5.000 for $6.25: 10,000 for $10.00. Special attention paid to supplying the trade all winter. Sample lot of 250 ferns sent in im- proved mailing box. postpaid, to any part of the U. S. for 75 cents. 1. IBFeA-GUK, HINSDALE,! MASS. LARGE STOCK OF GOOD CANE STAKEvS Per 1000 $6.00. Per 3000 $15.00. SPRING BULBS. Ask tor quotations and samples. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO., Chicago, 6 Si 8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. SKEL)SMp;x write to Ths Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, O., for samples auil prices before ordering elsewhere. IMtlUion The Al.icricaii Florist.l THE NURSERY BOOK A Complete Hand-Book of Propag-ation and Pollination. By L. H. BAILEY, Editor of the American Garden. This valuable little manual has been compiled at great pains. The author has had unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts in many directions. The book is absolutely devoid of theory and speculation. It has nothing to do with plant physiology, nor with any abstruse reasons of plant growth. It simplv tells plainly and briefly what every one who sows a seed, makes a cutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new and original in method and matter. The cuts number almost 100, and are made especially for it, direct from nature. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornameutal trees and shrubs, forest trees. Among the contents are the following : Propagation by Seed. Propagation by Cuttings. Propagation by Separation. Pkopagation by Grafting. Including Grafting, Pkopagation by Layers. Budding, Inarching, etc. Propagation b\' Polination. The Nursery List is an alphabetical list of all kinds of plants, with a short statement telling which of the operations described in the first five chapters are employed in propagating them. Over 2,000 Entries are made in the list. The following entries will give an idea of the method : _ACEK (Maplei. Sapindac,\r. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown an deep: or some species, as ^. (Az.n(ti;/>/f///, come readily if seeds are simplv sown as soon as layered, butbetter plantsareobtained by grafting. Varieties of native jltural . polv, ,ph,i stocks The Japanese ! -gral ng. Ma well drained, . . . ight position. Cuttings from mature shoots, t 1. Give a temperature of about 60 ', and apply ^ ;tings are very juicy, they may be laid on dry i seeds grow readily. seeds. When the seedlings appear, remove tc to six inches in length, ro t readily in sharp s sufficient water to keep from flagging. If the for several days before planting. QOOSEBEBBT. Seeds, for the raising of new varieties should be sown as soon as well cured, in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be si ratified and sown together with the sand in the spring. Cut- tings, 6 to 8 inches long, of the mature wood, inserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, especially if taken in August or September and stored during winter. Stronger plants are usually obtained by layers, and the English varieties are nearly always layered in this country. Mound- lally employed, the English varieties being allowed to remain in layerage two years, "' " ily one (Fig. 271. Layered plants are usually set in nursery rows for a '—--''— ■ ■' practiced for new layer al from the stools. ■ing du 1 library style, cloth, wide margins. $1; Pocket style, paper, narrow margins, 50 cts. The Rlir.al Publishing Co., Times Building-, New York. PLANET JR IIPROTED FAKffl AND GARDEN TOOLS FOR 1891, ad Hand, THA catalogue is free and Interesting. A goodly num- ber of new tools will meet your eye there. Amone these. Gardener's Harrow. Cultivator and "■ " rizer,comhined,adjuatal)le teeth; Market I A! Beet Grow* ,lKe.Vo"u able wings: Swee "h witti vine turn Path Cleaner; i Nine Tooth Cultivator and H 1 interesting, nothing we b'- •se Hoe con 3 ever made s er: Heavy Grass £dg:er blned; Special Steel Eeveler and Pul' practlcaror perfect. Some Improved thit _ _ _ WHEEl., Instantly ad.iastable for depth, is s great feature; wise. Nor have our Hand Seed Drills been forgotten in the marcn Single Wheel Iloea, Garden Plows. Grass Edgers, Etc. Some of them do not forget that no novelties are adopted by us without actual i therefore guarantee everything exactly as repre- Q T A T T F IVT ir f ■* A 1107 Market St., sented. Send for Catalogues now. O. ij. ALiLilljiN Ot U(j.. Philadelphia, Pa. PURE ^ NATURAL o SHEEP c. MANURE. The richest and most nutritious food for plants, seeds, etc., used in the pulverized or liquid form the results are marvelous. In the culture of Mushrooms it can not be equaled. Hundreds of testimonials from well known growers. WM. ELLIOTT d, SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, N. Y. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER. >23 Arch Street, FHII.ADEi;FHIA, FA. Mention Amerloan Florist. I AM ON TIME THIS YEAR. Write quick for January Catalogues, better than ever. I do printing ior Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists. Write about it. Association Fiora, Bosi(oop, Hoiland. NOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Pseo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address p. OTJWERKERK, P.O. Box 1845, NEW YORK CITY. Catalogue on application. -V DREER'S Garden seeds _l'Iant8. Bulbs, and Ke^-lt . .50 400 3-in. .60 5 00 3;^in. .80 700 4-in. .90 800 5 m. 1.50 1400 6 in. 2 20 20 00 Toledo. No charge for package. LITTLE'SPPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. Thi-s preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pesis of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in tbe conservator}-, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. SeiKl for <>ireuliirs aiul price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY Street, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. Mention American Florist. t^American Florist Co.'s DIRECTORY ( FLORISTS, ^-QF NURSERYMEN, [SEEDSMEN, OS' THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, American Florist Co. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. ^P. *7i^ I TAKE ORDERS FOR CANE STAKES — NOW. A. C. OELSCHIG, * * * SAVANNAH, GA. Mmerina ia "the Praw nf the JIesseI; therB may be more comfort Rmidships, but we are the Srst to touch Unknown Seas," CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 26, 1891. No. 143. jTLHiii ikm^mmm lFiL@L@s@f Published every Thursday bv THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY Address all commuuications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. M H. Norton. Boston. Mass.. president; .Iohx Chambers. Toronto. Ont„ vice-president; Wm. J. Florists' Hail Association. John G Bsi.ek, Secretary. Saddle Kiver. ^ Florists* Protective Association. imerican Chrysanthemum Society. Fa., secretary. CONTENTS. Arrangement of flowers with respect to color 4S1 New York Floral notes 4S2 Tuberous begonias 482 Mr. Meech's nouse of tuberous begonias (ill).. 4R3 View in Lincoln Park, Chicago, (illusi 4S4 Carnations — Winter blootning 4S4 — Lamborn versus Hinze's 485 — Prizes for carnations 486 S. A. F. Committee on nomenclature 486 Floral Pillow (illus) 4S7 Boston 487 New York 487 News notes 488 Callicarpa purpurea 490 Coming exhibitions ■. 492 Philadelphia 492 The seed trade 494 James H. Munson 494 Misrepresentation of goods 496 Fine phalrenopsis 49S Chicago . . . . ■ 500 Comes in sevens 502 Print your spring trade list in our double Easter number, to beissued March 19, and send copy early, not later than March 14, and as muchearlierasj-oucan. This number will go to every nanie in the American trade, and 500 extra copies to the best firms in Europe. From complaints received we learn that some copies of last issue were im- perfect, pages of another journal being accidentally bound in withtlie Florist. If imperfect copies have been received bv any who have not yet made complaint to us we ask them to at once notify us that we may send them perfect copies. Perhaps there is nothing in nature or art which appeals more strongly to the sense of the beautiful within us than color; and it is also possibly true that we have never fully gauged our capacity for its enjoyment. We do not, in fact, thor- oughly realize our physical relation to color until some accident or change of circumstances disturbs it, and then we are astounded by the fact that the blue sky, the green fields, the many colored flowers, the golden sunsets, the purple mountains, the emerald sea. and the spotless snow make up so large a part of our life. After a long season of dull rainy weather what a pleasure it is to see a bit of blue as big as our hand; and after the dreary winter has dragged itself into the middle of March, how delighted we are to see in the brown earth the first green promises of the purple or yellow crocus. We are charmed with the nobility and beauty of Greek sculpture, and we are irresistibly drawn to the perfected forms of the old statues, but they are all cold and colorless. And what there is of color in art, never approaches nature. The snowy white of lilies is purer, the transparent gold of daflfodils richer, the luscious purple of pansies more courtly, and the blushing pink of roses more lov- able, than all the classic art of the world put together. So we must go to the florist for the prime of the world's great- est blessing in color — the flowers; these are they which are clad in more than the glory of Solomon, and they come to us freshly tinted from the color box of God. It is just here where nature ends the matter in a free gift from the Great Artist of the universe, that art begins and the opportunity lies open for the florist. I do not mean in the direction ot forced growth and hybridizing, but in that of decoration. Flowers are nature's own ornaments and we adapt them on all occasions and in every possible way to the adornment of our houses and gar- dens, wisely, but in some cases, I fear, none too well. Our friends, the artistic Japanese, would be horrified to see some of our ornamental anchors, lambs and wedding bells. And they even draw the line at a combination of more than two flowers in one vase. Perhaps our greatest need in this day of overwrought decoration is simplicity. It seems a hard lesson to learn, however, and we very slowly relinquish our pet ideas of crowding together as many things of a different nature as possible. Nothing is more disastrous to artistic eff'ect than a great variety of colors, which are sure to be more or less inhar- monious. In Jul3- the green meadows are sprinkled over with innumerable white daisies, and in September the road- sides are glorious in the j'ellowand purple of golden rod and aster; no jumble of color this, but a perfect^ evident har- ' mony, simple as it is beautiful. The question arises what then can we do to render our flower decorations more artistic and enhance their color effects? Two things, apparently. First, we must adhere to every principle of simplicity in color and arrangement, and second, we must avoid artificiality. In illustration of these excellent rules let us take some familiar but characteristic flowers and subject them to a little artistic treat- ment. The Mrs. Alpheus Hardy chrys- anthemum for instance, is remarkable for its frost-like sheen and snowj- whiteness. To accentuate these qualities we will arrange it in an ordinary terra cotta vase and place it before a background of carelessly crumpled, rusty black cotton velveteen, which will absorb every bit of light that does not fall upon the "flower. Now throw the gas jet or incandescent light directlj' upon the upper surface of the flower, shielding of course, the light from the spectator's eyes. The result will be marvelous. The flower, even though it be far from a spotless specimen, will look, if possible, "whitei thansnow." Suppose wetry a similar experiment with the Catherine Mermet rose, choosing a _ sage green velveteen in place of the black. * Such a rosy glow of color will proceed from the flower as we never suspected it possessed. Now try an artistically care- less group of daffodils placed in a common blue and white cylindrical Japanese vase and backed up with a crumpled bit of dusty, grayish, greenish blue velvet or velveteen; there is a mine of gold now in our daffodils, which will be sure to rivet the gaze of every passer by who loves the color of the precious metal. Thus, too, we may treat with equally pleasing results the Culling^ordii chrysanthemum or the Jacqueminot rose, substituting a dull olive green background for the blue one. We will find in this case that the flower will fairly glow with the intensity of its own color. Violets placed in com- mon yellow jars and relieved by a pale yellow background will show a wealth of cool color under an electric light. But all these are instances where we have to deal with single varieties of flowers; the case is quite different when we have a whole window full of almost every pos- sible variety. The florist's window filled with a chaos of form and color never can convey to the eye of the passerby anv clear, artistic impression. There must be law and order here, and the greatest care should be exercised in the arrangement of effective color groups and form con- trasts. The simplest principles govern all proper color arrangements, and these will be instinctively felt rather than learned by those who will devote a little time and attention to the matter. The first prin- ciple is one of analogous harmony and the arrangement of color in the rainbow 4^: The American Florist. Feb. 26, is its perfect exponent— purple, blue, green, yellowish green, yellow, orange, scarlet and crimson. The second principle is one of contrastive hannony and the combination of the opposing colors of the rainbow is its perfect exponent. In the first instance we have side by side colors, in the second opposite colors, thus: Analogous Harmonies. Contrastive Harmonies. I Crimson, (Purple, (1 Purple, \ Yellow, ) (Bine, (Blue. (\ Green, \Orange, i (Yellowish Green, (Green, (U'ellow, \Scarlet \ ( Orange, ( Greenish \ ellow, (^Scarlet. )Crinison. \ Crimson. It would be an almost endless task to mention those flowers which would com- bine with each other harmoniously under these two principles. Natnrenever breaks either of them, and we have an abundant opportunity in the grouping of flowers to follow her excellent example. I know that it is a verv strange principle which combines blue with purple, purple with crimson and crimson with scarlet, not to speak of the blue with green; but this wUl need some explanation. Let us look at some examples in nature. Notice the fuchsia, the" John Thorpe chrysanthe- mum, the lilac, the sweet pea, the passion flower, the morning glory and the hy- drangea. These flowers have all of them some" combination of color running be- tween the scarlet and the blue. Then among the fruit we see crimson plums with purple bloom, purple grapes with blue bloom, and crimson apples with blue bloom, in fact there is an endless variety of these peculiar combinations of color in nature, which more than establishes her regard for the principle. But one thing we must bear in mind, her methods are subtle and infinitely delicate. Her anal- ogous colors when thrown together are broken up into such small jKitches that their individuality is lost. 1 ([ucstion very much the possibility of placing the scarlet gladiolus beside any crimson or purple flower without a riotous result. And on the contrary I have seen some lovely combinations of scarlet, crimson and purple verbenas. It is unnecessary to defend the principle of combining blue with green, the earth and the sky estab- lish that beyond a doubt. Mix blue forget-me-nots with mignonette and note the result. In the matter of yellow and orange combinations, w^hat ismore beau- tiful than a great bed of marigolds rang- ing from orange to pale lemon 3-ellow? Yet it we place the Neesima chrysanthe- mum beside the Lincoln the result is dis- astrous, both arc injured. It seems as though yellow is especially eflective with white, and a combination of white nar- cissus with yellow pansies, or yellow daftbdils with white pansies is particu- larly delicate and beautiful. The truth is, white always combines wonderfully well with all delicate colors, but white roses with dark red ones, white pinks with dark purple pansies or violets, white chrysanthemums with deep crimson ones, all ' are in violent contrast with each other, and although nothing is really bad in such combinations nothing is gained, unless it be the sharp contrast desired in large groups of potted plants indoors, or in certain distant effects in the garden. There is something immeasurably in- jurious to artistic and refined color eflects in the set beds so common on our green lawns. Nothing is prettierthan a dainty daffodil fluttering in the breeze over a little patch of pale blue violets. Yet there is something woefully artificial in the set parallelogram exactly shaped and filled with violets and daft'odils exactly spaced. Our great need to-day is an apprecia- tion of the value of simplicity and perfect naturalness. When the simple truth of the utter poverty and worthlessness of artificiality is learned by artist and dec- orator, by florist and gardener, then we will see their respective arts grow greater, and not until then will we thoroughly enjoy the full meaning and beauty of color, which it is their great privilege to be associated with above every other calling or profession in life. F. Schuyler Mathews. New York Floral Notes. The Havemever ball took place on the 2nd of the.mon'th, and Siebrecht & Wadley did the decoration. The Havcmeyer house is a regular Parisian palais with an entrance through a large winter garden. This, of itself, is an immense hall all of marble. Here were five groups of tropical plants of geometric design, which started with maiden-hair fern at the base and then rose to the height of from fifteen to twentj' feet. The larger plants were, of course, palms of different vari- eties. These were all arranged with blooming plants for this occasion. At the foot of the stairway was alargebank of Magna Charta roses in pots. They carried from five to seven open flowers, and there were fully tvi'O thousand open roses in the entire bank. At the top of this bank was a Chama^rops humilis stricta twentj'-one feet in height, which looked very majestic placed in thisgroup. About the bank were growing ivies upon which were festooned American Beauty roses in clusters of two and three. Con- necting with this group was a winding wire fence five feet in height and 24 feet long, which was covered with growing ivies. The great conservatory, which is on the second floor, is the largest private one in the city. At the door of this con- servatory there were two groups of growing Lilium Harrisii andL. auratum. About sixty plants were placed in each, and they were surmounted by large palms. Dozens of large Magna Charta roses were scattered in this conservatory, which is always a tropical garden, but for this occasion was garnished with blooming plants such as genistas of a large size, azaleas, and choice ericas. There was a row of ivies, asparagus, and bloom of the Bougainvillea spectabilis stationed near thisgroup of plants, and quantities of fine orchids were placed in the front portion ofthe conservatory with some beautiful nepenthes. The ball room was decorated entirely in white on account of the young lady's name being Blanche, and this being her first evening in society. The decoration of the dining room was all of carved oak which was gilded. The corners of the room were filled withwhitecamellias, and the plants used to alternate these with were Lilium Harrisii. The mantelpiece had on it a large banana basket four feet long filled with twelve hundred sprays of lily of the valley. This basket "was trimmed with six yards of white satin ribbon. The thirteen windows in this ball room were twined with Roman gar- lands, which were wound around with white satin ribbon five inches in width. There were quantities of Mermet roses among these ribbon garlands. The din- ing room had thirtj* tables in it, on each of which was a basket of lily ofthe valley and daisies. In the centre of this basket was a silver lamp which gave the light of the room. There were two large vases on each side ofthe entrance to the dining room, which were large specimens of the sixteenth centurj' and very handsome. These were filled with one hundred Amer- ican Beauty roses, and were greatly ad- mired. We have had some very handsome din- ner decorations lately done by Mr. Hall of S.J. Burnham & Co., where hehas had orchids and the sweet scented myrtle. Klunder has also done some fine decora- ting at Mrs. Sloan's, using Gloirede Paris roses, the first of the season, with fine effect, and La France roses, lilacs and lilies of the valley with great beauty. At the dinner on the fifth instant at Mrs. Astor's given to Miss Willing, was an enormous tray filled with roses, lilies of the valley and orchids, which was a superb piece. Thorley made some fine bouquets for the Burrow's wedding. One bridal bunch contained three hundred sprays of lily of the valley, with a setting of fivecattleyas in one side. This was a great beauty. The bridesmaids all carried bunches of Mermet ro.ses with lily of the valley at one side. Violets have lately become the rage for wedding bouquets. A large bunch of white violets was made the other day for a fashionable wedding, and the brides- maids all carried bunches of Neapolitan violets. Some exquisite pieces have been made this month for funerals. It is now fash- ionable to place on the door bell of a house in mourning a cluster of smilax which reaches to the ground, and then to put a quantity of rosebuds around the bell handle. The only mourning sign is a bunch of black ribbon. Hanit Bros, lately made a cross of cattleyas edged with violets, which was a beautiful piece. F. A. Benson. Tuberous Begonias. I believe there is no plant that will grow in public favor for the next few years as will the tuberous begonia. We think now that it has about reached the height of par excellence, but there are manj' more crosses possible between the species, and there is no end of the variety of color, shape, style and leaf that can be produced by careful selection and hybridization. It has all the elements of a po])ular plant, not requiring any particular skill to grow, free from disease, insects do not trouble it, can be rapidly increased, es- pecially by seed, therefore will be cheap and there is no need of a greenhouse to winter the plants in. The tubers can be taken up as soon as frost touches them and stored in any place that will keep a potato, they are sure to come out all sound in the spring. The only rapid way of propagation is by seed. We sow in flats, two and a half inches deep, filled with coarse material in the bottom, with fine sifted soil on top, soak the soil by settingthe flats in a tank of water or by watering with fine rose, but we find the soaking better. Sow the seed direetl3' and sift a very light covering of very light material over them. We use leaf mould or rotted sphagnum. Cover with glass and paper, to keep dark, until the plants begin to appear, then remove the paper. Keep the glass on, but give air, which should be gradually increased until they are ready to prick off'into other flats or pots filled with about the same soil as for seed, only not soaked. Water with fine rose after transplanting. The past year we tried a plan that we like better than the paper and glass for tSgr. The American Florist. 483 MR. MEECHS HOUSE OF TUBEROUS BEGONIAS. covering tlie boxes before the seed comes up. We sow as directed above and then take I'resh long fibred sphagnum, place a covering of it directly on the seed ( a close watch must be kept to remove this cover- ing as soon as the seed begins tocome up) then put theglassonandattendtoairaud shading from hot sun. Until the seed comes up we place the boxes where there is a moderate bottom heat, but as soon as thej- are well up, and in fact ever after, avoid all bottom heat and high tempera- ture. The greatest trouble is from damp- ing oft" of young seedlings before trans- planting, it seldom aftects them after- wards. They should be pricked out as soon as possible when they show signs of a second leaf; being too small to handle we pick them up on the point of a sharp stick dipped in water. Place them near the glass in temperature of 60° to 65 ' ; shade from direct rays of the sun. As soon as plants begin to crowd or touch thev must be potted, or, if tubers are the chief object, transplant into flats and place in frames outside: keep close until thej' get a good start, harden by degrees, and then remove the sashes and no further .il tention willbe required, only water, until Irost cuts them down in the fall. They can be planted directly into the soil in the beds, only we think we can cure the tubers better in flats by taking them in the greenhouse after frost and placing them around under the benches to dry off in the soil. We do not remove them from the flats until they are perfectly dry and the stems separate freely from the tubers. When taken green from the soil the skin is very tender and liable to get rubbed, which we find is an injury to the tuber; never rub the tubers, even when dry, they can be shaken clean of all dirt. The propagation by cuttings is quite slow, as only the young shoots produced from the tuber, and sometimes a few side shoots, are produced from the lower por- tion of the main stem. Successive crops of cuttings weaken the tuber. Place the cuttings directly into two-inch pots filled with light soil, leaf mould, sand and light loam. As soon as rooted shift into larger pots. The tubers produced the first year are generally quite small, but it matters not, if no larger than a pea they will make fine plants the next year. The best plan is to winter the cuttings in the pots. For growing underglass the tubers can be started in March, April or May. Start with a pot onh- a little larger than the tuber itself and shift on as fast as the roots fairly fill the pot, good plants can be grown in from 6 to 9-inch pots — of course they can be bloomed in any size pot ( we ha ve flowered them in 2-inch pots ) , but to produce specimen plants and flowers it will take pots at least as large as above stated. For soil use good loam, made from well rotted sod, leaf mould and thoroughly rotted cow manure ; if there is no sand in loam would add some. Pot rather firm, give plenty of water when in full growth and use the syringe until the flowers begin to appear. Do not try to start the tubers in bottom heat, let them start slowly or you will get too much top before you have roots to feed it, and then you may give up hope of a good specimen that season. Start slowly, give plenty of air when in full growth' without too much draught, plenty of light with shade from direct rays of the sun, temperature about 60", in summer as low as possible by dampening the walks, and you are sure of success. For planting out start in 3 or 4-inch pots and turn out as soon as weather will permit, same as other bedding plants. The Englishmen say: "Fill your pots one-third full of broken crocks." In small pots we use nothing, in 5-inch and up simplj- place a piece of broken pot over the hole in bottom. I will give a brief description of some of the best double varieties selected from our collection of over 200 varieties. Alba fimbriata (Laing), pure white, finely fringed; Alba rosea (Laing I, pink, whitecenter; Antoinette Guerin I Crousse), white shaded cream, full flower; Blanche Duval (Arnoult), creamy blush, guard petals rose; Bouton d'Or iLemoine), golden j-ellow, dwarfplant; Comtesse H. de Choisseul, fine salmon rose; Clovis, orange scarlet, branches freely ; Cloth of Gold (Laing), clear yellow, dwarf; Clem- ence Denisart , rose, large flowers, increases rapidly; Dinah Felix, dark rose, feathered white, plant of full habit; Dr. Masters (Cannell), cream shaded blush, one of very best ; Dr. Franz Muller (Van Houtte |, rose shaded white, very large; Felix Crousse (Crousse), orange scarlet, large flowers; Francis Buchner (Crousse), cherry red ; G. Bryersan, salmon, fine habit; Gabrielle Legros (Crousse), sul- pher white; Glow (Laing), bright scarlet, very best ; Gluck (Van Houtte), brick red; Goliath (Lequin), shade crimson, large flowers: H.Barnetl Laing), dark crimson; Ionia (Laing), salmon scarlet, dark foliage, Davisii type; John Poe( Crousse), magenta rose, large and full; King of Yellows (Cannell), bright yellow, good for baskets; Lafaj-ette (Lemoinel, glow- ing scarlet, the most brilliant variety yet produced ; Lucy Closson (Crousse), large white, fine shape; Little Beauty (Laing), pink, light center; Lavoisier (Lemoine), rose, very large ; Lord Loughborough I Laing), bright scarlet, perfect; Lord Randolph (Laing), crimsonscarlet, one of the best; Louis d'Or (Lemoine), yellow, dwarf, fine basket variety ; Louis Bouchet 484 The American Floris7\ Feb. 26^ (IIoikIkU. l.iilli.-uil orange scarKl, dis- liiicl, small tl,.wi-rs; Mis.I'liiiiUiU (Caii- iR'll), soft s;.liiioii, OIK- nf tlR- l.cst; Mrs. Amy Ailcock (I.aiiij; I, salmon ivd, white center; Mad Arnoult (Arnoult), pink, deeper on edge; Prinee of Batteuburg tVan Honttel, rose tinted, yellow center, flowers largest size; Pavillion [anne (Cronsse I, straw yellow; Reset te ( Malet), blush edged rose"; Kenan (LenioincI, car- mine rose, fringed flower, dwarf; Sultane (Lemoine), white, strong grower; Terre de Feu (Lemoine), dark pink, very large; Triumph de Nancy ( Cronsse I, clear straw yellow; Thalie (Lemoine), pure white, dwarf; Viole d'Or (Lemoine), yellow, dwarf; Wm. Bealby (Cronsse), clear sal- mon, shell formed petals. Perhaps I have extended this list too long, but when I look over the list and remember all the varied characteristics of the different varieties I am tempted to make it longer than shorter. There is little danger of getting two varieties that are not distinct. Charlevoix, Mich. F.J. Meecii. View in Lincoln Park, Chicago. We present herewith a prettv view in Lincoln Park, Chicago, with a' fountain in the foreground, showing the luxuriant growth of the day lilies at the edge of the water, two handsome vases of plants at each side of the steps and beds of mixed plants, including hardy stuff which bor- der the broad promenade in the back ground. Winter Blooming Carnations. {Extracts from paper ,ead by Edwin Lonsdale before the Florists' Club of Philadelphia Decem- ber, rfpo.] I thank all the florists who have kindly answered questions, perhaps too freely asked, and who have forwarded flowers foi examination and comparison. Many varieties sent represent new types, and others are improvements on old varieties. Judging from the number of seedling carnations received within the past week or so new varieties will very soon be as plentiful as chrysanthemums'. Mr. John Thorpe says he will not be satisfied until the improved varieties will be as prominent among society people and flower lovers as any of the roses are to-dav. Flowers shall be as large as the American Beauty rose, on erect stout stems, and their peculiar clove-like grate- ful fragrance will be more appreciated than ever. It would not surprise me if Mr. Thorpe has not something ap- proaching the above even now. It is generally known that he has given us already Portia, E. G. Hill, May Queen, and several others. Mr. Chas. T. Starr sent three of his recent productions. Golden Gate is a seedling from Hinze's White. Field of Gold is the pollen parent. It is a pure light yellow, and as I have seen this growing it can wMth confidence be recom- mended, as it is a robust grower and free bloomer. J. R. Freeman is the lightest colored crimson that I have seen; this is an advantage, as most of that class are considered too dark in color. It is also quite fragrant. It is a seedling from Anna Webb X Century. W. F. Dreer is the result of a cross between Buttercup and Century. It partakes of the color of the pollen parent; it is very large and deeply fringed. From Mr. Charles A. Davis came a dark purple variety which has been named Ada. It is said to have the same parentage as J. K. Freeman (Anna Webb X Century ). Note the difference; one is a crimson, the other a purple. Ada seems to be a very vigorous grower and it is a rich beautiful color. Mr. Isaac Larkin sent Lady Rachel (Chester Pride X Crimson King), color purple; Morning Ray (Century X Scarlet King), in color it is similar to Century. Unfortunately these did not arrive in good condition. From Mr. E. B. Jennings came four varieties: West End, dark pink; May- flower, salmon pink, striped on a lighter ground; Snowbird, white, and Orange Blossom, which seems to be an improve- ment on Dawn. It is larger and not so formal in make up as the older Dawn. From Mr. Lothrop Wight were received some fine blooms of Hector, a scarlet which, it is said, has been pronounced bv an enthusiastic grower to be "the finest carnation in America." It certainly seems to be one of them. The Helen Galvin is similar in color to Grace Wilder, and if it should prove to be stronger in constitu- tion than the older variety it will be an acquisition. Hesper is a yellow with faint stripes of red. Where Buttercup does well the newcomer seems to be its inferior, but as the old sort does not always give satisfaction in some localities, Hesper is worthy a trial. Mr. Fred B. Lewis sent one of the most ' beautiful of the lot. It is named Nellie Lewis. It is said to be a sport from J. J. Harrison, which is an established favorite in many parts of the country. Nellie Lewis is a delicate pink striped with a darker shade. This of course makes it a striped variety, but it will be none the less valuable on that account, as en masse it is essentially a delicate pink. In the rejjort of the Baltimore chrysan- themum show mention was made" of a carnation that was four inches across. I wrote Mr. H. Bauer, the exhibitor, for information, who sent the identical flower which was on exhibition for examination, and I regret to have to say that the va- riety appears to me to have no value whatever. The calyx bursts, and besides there is no form to the flower. It is noth- ing more nor less than a monstrosity. Since the paper was read Mr. Bauer has kindly sent a plant for trial. I hope I may be able to report more cheerful ac- counts later. From Mr. L. Ussiug a bunch of bright pink flowers came named Alexander. Judging from the flowers received it is a strong grower, though it is not very fra- grant, and it has a slight tendency to burst the calyx. Mr. S. a. Bain sent a few flowers of a white variety, very deeply fringed, but it was wilted so badly when received that very little could be determined about its size. All the way from Illinois came a seed- ling in fair condition, much better than can be said of some flowers that came only a short distance. Too much care can not be taken in preparing flowers for shipping, whether for a customer or for examination. This variety came from John W. Kroft and was raised from a packet of seed bought from James Vick. It is a delicate pink in color, faintly striped with purple. This is an evidence that good varieties may be obtained through the seed stores. Mr. II. R. Shelmire sent a bunch of fine flowers in which are found new types. Nellie Bly is heavily striped and deeply fringed. The petals are not numerous but they are inclined to be more flat than they are in the carnation flower in gen- eral. It IS a seedling between E. G. Hill and Andalusia. Edelweiss is a pure white sport from the striped Chester Pride. It appears to be a promising variety, it is of good size and fragrant. Angelus is the result of a cross between Grace Wilder and Chester Pride. It is delicate pink in color, more of a salmon shade than is the pollen parent (Grace Wilder). It is a lovely color under gas light. Dorothy claims the s.-ime parentage as the preceding, Kiit it is darker in color. Pattiisacr.iss Ik twcL-n William Swavne and Edelweiss (Clicstcr Pride's offshoot). It has the markinj,'s of what might be called its grand parent, but the petals are rounded more and the flowers are alto- gether larger. Mrs. Henry M. Stanley is said to be a sport from Buttercup, and it is the most remarkable freak of nature that has ever come under my notice. Mr Shelmire con- siders it to be his most valuable new variety. It seems identical with its parent excepting in color, which is orange slightly tipped with bright red. It is a very showy variety. But what makes it the more remarkable is that it is fragrant, whereas its sportive parent— Buttercup — is not. (Now ye scientists explain this phenomenon!) Caesar has the same parentage as Nellie Bly. To me this seems to be tho most valuable, on account of its stout erect stem. This is a characteristic which it behooves us to develop. It is of very little advantage to have a large flower unless the stem is strong enough to hold it upright. No. 62 is very large— 314 inches in diam- eter—white striped pink. Its parentage is Lamborn X Edelweiss. From Mr. George Hancock came blooms of his Starlight, which is a pale yellow or creamy white. J. B. Jaquier, a bright yellow, imported from France. Fair Ros- amond seems to be of the Grace Wilder type with perhaps more of a dash of sal- mon in its coloring. Mr. George Creighton sent some of his Fred Creighton. The flower is larger and of finer finish than I have ever seen in Grace Wilder, which it resembles in color, and from plants that I have seen growing it has a robust constitution. A flower of Peachblow Coronet was also received, which Mr. C. said had been on the plant eighteen days. It is after the style of Hinsdale in marking, but the flower is much larger and apparently superior to the older variety in every respect. From Mr. J. G. Burrow was received a bunch of a brilliant crimson variety which has been named Miss Emily Louise Taplin. It is lighter in color than most other crimson varieties, and it is evidently a copious bloomer, iDut the individual flow- ers are not so large as the ideal. Mr. Edward Swayne is apparently on the high road to success in the raising of new varieties. He has now seedlings of which he can give the pedigree two gen- erations back. He has some promising varieties of the delicate pink sorts. One seedling was open for the first time a few days ago, which Mr. S. describes as re- sembling Lamborn in form with the deli- cate pink coloring of Grace Wilder. Frorn Mr. Thorpe I have received some promising varieties since the paper was read, one resembling the rose Baroness iSgi. The American Florist. 485 VIEW IN LINCOLN PARK. CHICAG' Kotlisehild in delicate coloring, struck me ;is being exquisite. It is under number at the present time. Another which he has named Mrs. Lonsdale promises to be vjduable. It resembles May Queen in vigor and other general characteristics, but it is much lighter in color yet distinct from the Wilder type. It is also deli- ciously fragrant. I have not had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Fred Dorner's seedlings which are about to be distributed by Messrs. E. G. Hill & Co., but from the notices they have received through the Florist from time to time they must be beauties. I hope and expect to see them next year. Nor have I seen Simmons & Co.'s Day- break. From the descriptions of it there ought to be pleasure in store both for the grower, retailer and customer. It must be similar in color to Miss Joliffe. I was told a short time ago that Miss Joliffe was one of Mons. Alegatiere's seedlings. It came to this country by way of one of the London nurserymen, and was gener- allv distributed by the late lamented William Bennett. One thing is quite certain, the interest in carnations and carnation culture was never so keen in this country as it is to-day. On the evening that the ])a]jer was read I received from Mr. H. E. Cliitty the best flowers, collectively, that were received at all; this was owing to superior pack- ing. Of course the distance they had to come was of some assistance, but Mr. Ghitty did all in his power to have the floweis arrive in as perfect condition as possible, and he certainly succeeded in having Lhera arrive in as good condition as any flowers could possibly arrive from the distance by express. There were six flowers of Lizzie McGowan which were certainly fine. Its pedigree is Hinze's White X Peter Henderson. Let the ex- perimenter go to the same source and it is a thousand to one if gnother variety identical with Lizzie McGowan is pro- duced. Lamborn, Tidal Wave, Grace Wilder, Silver Spray and its speckled sport, not named yet, also Buttercup, Mrs. Carnegie, Anna Webb, Orient and Pride of Kennett were also received and among the crim- sons the last named varietv is the fav- orite with Mr. Chitty. A variety rather appropriately chris- tened Freckled Fairy was shown to me a day or two ago, but I was admonished to "keep it dark," so no more on that subject for the time being. Lamborn Versus Hinze's. When I made out my statement last week in compliment to Messrs. Lombard and Nicholson, a statement which doubt- less will cause those astute growers to hunt up their thinking caps, it was also my intention at the same time to have given a little attention to the Messrs. De- Witt Bros., of Bristol, Pa. These gentlemen after reading a letter of mine on the carnatron Lamborn wlricb appeared in the American Florist of January 8, seem to have become all at once so thoroughly intoxicated over the little joke that they thought they had at my expense, that they lost no time in conveying to the readers of the Florist in a flourish what wonderfully successful growers they were. Now, Messrs. De- Witt permit me to take your own figures and statements and show you just how successful j'ou are, and where the little joke does not come in. You say in your letter which was printed in the Florist of January 29, that you have an old rattle trap of a house 25x100 feet in which is planted 3,100 carnations producing 25,000 carnation blooms in three months which sold at a fraction over two cents each, realizing in the aggregate between $500 and $600, a pretty good showing for $18 worth of coal j-ou say. Now, gentlemen, we will suppose that you realized the largest amount, $600, and that $18 worth of coal was all of that commodity used. Permit to ask, was that coal the only item of expense in- curred in the production of that 25,000 carnations? Is the 2,500 square feet of land valueless? Can you employ labor for nothing? Is your own time and labor worthless? Think this matter over gen- tlemen and if you have neglected to keep an expense account I would advise you to begin at once and keep one, and I am thoroughly satisfied that you will find it necessary every time to deduct at the very least 50 per cent as the cost of pro- duction, which will cause the .$600 to 486 The a mer i ca n Fl grist. Feb 26 dwindle just one Iiall", leaving yon only $300 as "tlie nel levennc of your :i,50b foot house for tluce nu)nUis. Now, gentlemen, my .'i.viOO little l,am- bom plants wliieli occn|)V tlie two side lienehes of my new iron lionse and part of a side bench in another house, cover a surface of just SOI feet, just one third the surface of your 23x100 house, and while your big house gave you 25,000 flowers which netted you $300, my little Lam- borus gave me 10,000 flowers which netted mc $500, which was a much larger product for the space occupied than the Hinze's White gave you. Now, Messrs. De- Witt, I presume by this time it has began to dawn upon yourself and othersjust where the little joke really comes in, but for fuller particulars on this subject you are respectfully referred to the statement which 1 dedicated to Mr. Nicholson in a previous issue. I will however say in connection with this subject and as an important item of expense in all operations of this kind, that your25xl00foot green- house occupies exactly what we here recognize as a city lot, which if it was where my greenhouses stand would be worth $2,500, the interest on which at 0 percent would be $150, and a 2^i per cent annual tax would be $75 more, mak- ing the yearly expenses alone on that amount of landtome$225. ThisMcssrs. DeWitt Bros., would alone make a big hole in the gross earnings ofa greenhouse of that size, and which with the many other large expenses too numerous to mention would bring a man out at the little end of the horn, if he was not some- thing of a successful grower as well as the possessor of some common sense ideas in ordinary business management. Now gentlemen I do not claim to possess the above qualifications in any marked degree, but for a number of 3'ears I have endeavored to make a little over and above all expenses and I think unless a man does that he had better be out of business. And I would here suggest to the Messrs. DeWitt that if they expect to ever build iron, steel, or plate glass greenhouses they will find the most rigid and careful business methods necessary, and if they are satisfied that they can obtain better results from Hinze's White than any other white carnation, I think it would be folly for them to abandon it. I have abandoned that variety and I think have given good and sufficient reasons for so doing, besides demonstrating beyond all possibilty of doubt that in doing so I have derived some substantial pecuniary results, which might not obtain with others differently situated. I think I have also demonstrated that sometimes and under some circumstances it is a good idea to look before we leap especially when we might possibly jump into a bad trap or fetch up against a bad snag. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., Feb. 12, 1891. Prizes for Carnations. In looking over the schedule of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society for 1891, I noticed with much satisfaction that carnations have been accorded the recognition to which they are entitled. In addition to the "collection cut flow- ers not over twelve of a kind," first and second premiums are offered for 25 scar- let, pink, white, striped on yellow ground, striped on white ground, yellovi' and crimson, and any other color, respect- ively. First premium $2, second $1. These are steps in the right direction. These premiums are to be competed for both at the spring show, which opens Tuesday March 17 next, and also at the chrysanthemum show, which opens Mon- day November 1). A largedisplay of carnations is expected and the competition is likely to be spir- ited, as it is open to all. It will not only be a battle between the growers but also the different varieties in each color. Dis- tinct classes of the light and dark pink colors might have been made to advan- tage, I think, but that is not of very great importance, as the lighter shades are most popular nowadays, and the\' no doubt will be the most generally exhibited . In addition to the premiums offered for cut flowers by the society, specials to be known as the "Wentworth Prizes," are presented for competition by Dr. Edward H. Williams. Thev are open to all and are as follows: $25 for the three best seedling carnations in pots in bloom, in three varieties, never before shown; $15 for the best twelve plants of carnations, in bloom, six varieties; $10 for the best collection of cut blooms of carnations. Rule 4 in the schedule says; "Seedling plants for competition, excepting chrys- anthemums, must be exhibited on their original stocks." It seems to me that all classes of plants are entitled to the same consideration as chrysanthemums. I can not understand what the object of that rule can be. It has outlived its use- fulness and should be abolished. Dr. Williams' idea no doubt is to en- courage the production of new varieties, and the first mentioned prize is offered for the best new carnations not in commerce. Edwin Lonsdale. Society of American Florists. COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. It'.ll. WiLMAM Falconer, Glen Cove, N. V , Chairm Sub-Committee on Roses John N- May. Summit, N .1., Chairman. Robert CUAio^4;.)th and Market Sts., Phlla. Ernst asmus. West Hobolien, N. J. Sub-Committee on Caenations Edwin Linsdale, Chestnut em, Pa.Chairn .loHN Thorpe, Pearl River. N. Y. E G. Hill, Richmond, Indiana. Sub-Committee on Chrysanthemums .loHN Thorpe Pearl Kiver. N. Y. Chairman. Lonsdale. Che JOHNl , Sun ., N.J. Sub-Committee on bedding Plants: B. G. Hill Richmond, Indiana. Chairma Robert cbaic 4')th and Market Sta., PI JAMES D. KA VNOLns, Rlvertide. 111. sub-Committee on palms and perns : lesburg. Pa., Willij I R. Sjutii, U. 8. Botanic Garden 1 , D C. ■ isville.Ohio. Robert geoi Sub-Committee on Misoel Gr-Housb plants : ROBERT CBAlG, 49th and Market Sts.. Phila- delphia. Pa. Chairman. I. Kokstebjian, Newtown, L L, N. Y. CHARLES ». BALL, Holmesburg, Pa. sub-Committee on Bulbous Plants: BBN8T Asiuvs. West Uoboken. N.J- Chairman. N. Y. sub-Committee ( WIILLAM R. S.\ ington, D. C . nd Calherlne Streets, Phlla. Hardy plants: :h. U. S. Botanic Garden, Wash- at the Queens Hotel, Toror city next August. ittee will meet in session ion takes place In that Help Us. The Executive Committee oi the Society of American Florists have elected us a committee to look after the nomenclature of the plants dealt in by florists. Tljese plants include not only roses, carnations, chr3'santhemuras and likepopularclasses, but also all manner of decorative plants, tender or hardy, that are included in florists' catalogues or used in indoor or outdoor or window gardening. We are required to see to it that these plants are being bought and sold under their true names, and that no plant is being sold under a false name or under two different names. Mistakes in the naming of plants are often accidental, for instance the labels may get changed in potting, moving or packing, but even misnaming in this way requires arrest, for the party who receives the misnamed plant, believing the name to be correct holds on to it and dissem- inates his stock under this name, thereby, though in perfect innocence ofany wrong- doing, spreading a mistake and commit- ting a breach of nomenclature. If this is your case or has been your case, or if you know of such a case, let us know, and we will try to mend it. If you are growing two reputed vari- eties of plants under different names, but they seem to you to be identical, bring the matter to our attention, if we can we will aid you. Acasein point: Carnation Portia and Carnation Brilliant although identical are grown and kept separate by some as if they were distinct varieties. If you know of any instance in which a florist or other dealer misnames a plant intentionally for some selfish or mercenary motive, let us know that we may bring his sin to the knowledge of the world. Please bear in mind that our mission is to help our brother florists all we can in preserving the proper names of decorative plants and flowers and in this line pre- venting imposition and fraud. And if you wish us to serve you faithfully and be of any benefit to you, please help us. How? By bringing to our notice any case of misnamed plants or the misnaming of plants under any circumstance that you know of. Look upon us as your friends for it was to befriend you that we were elected to this work. If any one among you has, in time past, done a little in rechristening plants, don't be scared, lor there is balm in Gilead for every sinner that repenteth. But woe be unto him who hardeneth his heart even if he be a member of the S. A. F. MY COLLEAGl'ES. Who are they? Read their names! Florists of America you have just cause to be proud that such a dozen men could be found to espouse your cause. They stand in the front ranks of floriculture in the world, and are periectly familiar with the true nomenclature of the several classes of plants assigned to them but they do not often have direct means of knowing of the wrong namcsunderwhich plants sometimes travel, for no sane man would send a misnamed plant to any one of them knowing it to be misnamed. It therefore devolves upon us their brother florists and the piiblic at large to furnish them with the information about the wrongly named plants. kny information you may have in this direction please communicate by mail to the chairman of any of the sub-commit- tees, or, in fact, to any mem beryou please of the committee, or to myselfpersonally, it will be taken equally good care of. William Falconer, Chairman Nomen- clature Committee. Glen Cove, N. Y. Floral Pillow. Our illustration is from a photograph sent us by Mr. L. S. Swanson, Duluth, Minn. As Mr. Swanson says, the ar- rangement perhaps differs a little from that usually followed. The excellence of the engraving renders a detailed descrip- tion unnecessary. i8gr. The American Florist, 487 Floral Pillow. Boston. Since Lent came in there lias been a very noticeable decrease in tbe demand lor cnt flowers, but on accoinit of unfav- orable weather or from other causes the supply is somewhat limited, and there has been no glut or bad break in prices as yet. Roses have dropped in price about 25 per cent. Violets and carna- tions are a little lower, but everything else remains stationary. There are a good many nice Jaeqs coming in now and they sell readily at from $2 to $5 per dozen, according to grade. There are not many hybrids in the market. Hybrids have not sold very well here for the past two orthree years, the number demanded being very limited as compared with that ill New York, Philadelphia and other cities. Odds and ends, so called, such as IJnglish primroses. Primula obconica, coreopsis, tropjeolums, daphne and the like, seem to be constantlj' in demand, but such sales count up slowly, and the dealers' minds revert regretfully to the time when big roses at big prices were all the rage. Regarding Primula obconica there ajipears to be a sharp division of opinion, some florists showing quantities of it constantly in their windows, while others would as soon harbor a rattle snake as permit Primula obconica to cross their threshold. Mr. David Allan has a new and distinct variety of Dendrobium nobile of which he is justly proud, and which he has chris- tened Robinsoniannm in honor of his friend Wm. Robinson, gardener to Mr. F. L. Ames. Specially noticeable in this dendrobe are the length and breadth of the sepal and petals, and the coloration permeates the whole flower making it distinct from nobile nobilius, while in form it surpasses elegans. The lecture at Horticultural Hall on Saturday February 21, by Mr. W. F. Ganong, instructor in botany at Harvard University, was listened to by a large audience. The subject was "The Geo- graphical Distribution of Plants." As the lecturer stated at the outset the sub- ject was botanical rather than horticul- tural, but was nevertheless very interest- ing. He said that the three important limiting or controlling agencies in the distribution of plants over the surface of the globe have been heat, moisture and geological changes, and he showed by means of maps and charts how the vari- ous forms of vegetation, arctic, temperate and tropical, had been distributed each in its proper latitude or altitude. The three great distributing agencies he said were natural methods of dissemination, the agc-ncy of man and geological changes. Regarding the latter he showed how in the glacial period the arctic and northern temperate plants had been carried to and beyond the equator, and stat:d further that indications point to the probability that all the flora of the earth originated in the northern hemisphere. Speaking of the agency of man in the distribution of plants he said it had been but a small, and in general an unfavorable influence, man's most noticeable accomplishment having been the formation of barrens and the dissemination of useless weeds, and that the most of the troublesome and noxious weeds in the home of the richest flora of the earth, viz.: the eastern por- tion of North America had been intro- duced from Europe. The president annoui.ced that the date of the annual spring exhibition had been changed to March 31 and April 1,2 and 3. On the exhibition tables were two handsome azaleas, some hybrid roses and cinerarias shown by Robt. Blair, gar- dener to Mr. A. W. •'Spencer. Mr. Jas. Comley exhibited three large baskets of fine camellias, and from the Bussey In- stitute came a nice collection of forced spring flowers, among which were blooms of three native cj'pripediums— aeaule, pubescens and spectabile, also a pot of Trailing Arbutus. W. J. S. New York. This week flowers of all kinds are very plentiful and business quiet owing partly to the very disagreeable weather. Prices have dropped considerably in conseq uence. At the monthly meeting of the Florist Club held the evening of the 9th Mr. Wm. Falconer read his very interesting essay "A talk with florists." In the course of his essay Mr. Falconer dwelt upon the importance of the careful tiaining of young florists and said it was the duty of the masters to encourage learning and good feeling among their employes. Mr. Falconer exhibited 107 diflerent species of conifers in illustration of his paper; these all classified and named, were spread on long tables and were extremely inter- esting to all present. He also exhibited some fine herbaceous blooms, among which was a most beautiful truss of the new canna "Star of 1891," which Mr. Falconerclaims can beforced and is equal to any gladiolus. It is a beautiful copper shaded crimson (a color badly wanted in winter flowers), and an acquisition with great possibilities before it. Some fine blooms of Streptosolen Janiesonii caused nmch eoninient, as also the beautiful ll'iwd iiii; shrub ToNicoplila'a speetabilis, \\ liuli is \cry lra,L;i-,-iiit .iiiil easy to force. \1 1 I .il.ciiKi 's css^iy was cine of the most lusLiuctivc cxcr read bclorc a meeting of the club. This season's flowers have never been e(|ualed in quantity or quality; every one seemed to have gone in for some specialty with the result that he finds a ready market with finer flowers. But the great- ness of our business and its future possi- bilities rest not alone with the grower and fine flowers. Very much depends on the retailer— the artist of the business. There is no customer who will not ask his or her florist for opinions on taste and ideas of construction, and he can do much to rightly direct the customer's fancies. To educate the j)ublic and for the pur- pose of encouraging the greater use of flowers by showing them at their best advantage and proper uses the New York Florist Club has arranged an elaborate programme for their spring show April 7 to 11. Decorations adapted to all occasions will be shown and all who possibly can should avail themselves of the advantage of a visit. The growers promise that the cut flower display will be extensive; the collections of pinks, picotees and carnations will be an exhi- bition in themselves. Send on your seed- lings for this occasion as it will be an important show for the carnation. We are also promised some surprises in roses. Many new varieties will be shown to the public for the first time. There were many large diniK-rs •^iveii as "wind ups" before' IahI, and iiiaiiv lieau- tiful decorations were iiiaiU- 1. a thciii. Bogert had the dccuratiuiis for the Hariem Club's dinner. The table was handsomely decorated with choice spring flowers arranged in an .\lpine design. Herman Kuhn had a large decoration for a dinner at Mrs. Hilliards on 5th avenue. The center piece was a large basket of X. Farleyense and catt!eyas with sprays of Phalinopsis amabilis and Odontoglossum eristata between. Gar- lands of Laing roses were placed among the dishes. The favors were handsome bunches of lily of the valley. Alex McConnell was very busy recentlv with the decorations for the annual din- ner of the Lincoln Republican Club at Delmonico's. This was one of the largest dinners of the season and the twelve tables used were handsomely decorated with center pieces of American Beauties, side baskets of Merraets and garlands of freesia. Mr. McConnell has waving above his beautiful store on Fifth avenue a very handsome flag in embroidered flower designs. LeMoult, who is one of the cleverest jidvertising florists, is doing a very large business at present. His large establish- ment on the Bowery is known to florists all over the states. Mr. LeMoult thought 488 The a merican Florist. Feb. 26^ iiotliiii.uolcarryinga stock of tioni 10,000 to I.'.OOO roses in addition to many tliousands of other flowers. He was the inlroduetr ol'the Cape flower here. McConnell and Grinishaw have had several large wedding decorations re- centlv. In one case all spring flowers wcre'nscd, another being very artistically arranged with American Beauties, Magna Chartas, lilac and La France roses. "Weir of Brooklyn" is happy and busy. Mr. Weir has the reputation of Ijf ing the greatest flower buyer in the world, often buying as many as 20,000 roses a day. Wagon loadsof flowers maybe seen daily crossing the bridge to his large stores on Fnlton'strect, Brooklyn, and it's a won- der to the trade and he says to himself, how he disposes of the many thousands of flowers he buys daily. The florists' -window" are all dressed in spring's garb. Many very pretty and unique designs are shown in spring flow- ers. A verv beautiful design seen recently was a basket of Ma Capucine roses and chorizemas with coppery colored silk and satin ribbons to match. Thorley is making an unusually fine displav in his windows; great masses of lily of the valley, jonquils and tulips over which hang great bunches of orchids. No one can pass this display without stop- ping to admire it. It is estimated that Mr. Thorley sold from 15,000 to 20,000 violets on St. Valentine's day. Violet foil is a novelty used by florists here for violet corsages and boutonnieres. Duchess of Albany is losing favor to such an extent that it is believed the growers will throw it out next season. The La France as grown by Mr. Christy, Mr. Connolly and others, leaves but very little room for it. Mr. Frank Moore is cutting some fine Cusin roses at present. He has made a specialty of this rose for several years. Mr. E. Asmus' houses are a sight worth seeing just now. Many thousands of all kinds of bulbous flowers are coming in; these in addition to his model roseries are worth many a day's travel to see. Mr. May's Mermets and Brides are very fine and it is expected that his roses will be a feature of the exhibition. Acacia pubescens is a beautiful flower and worthy of cultivation. There seems to be a scarcity of Coelogyne cristata this season. Pitcher & Manda's exhibition of orchids and ornamental plants at their nurseries, Short Hills, N. J., was visited by many society people and prominent gardeners. SiebVecht &Wadley intend holdingtheir annual flower show at the Madison Square Garden on March 3. John Young. Qeao<& Rote*. Toledo, O.— Mrs. E Sudcr and daugh- ter have returned from Germany. Baltimore.— Gilbert H. Patterson the Waverly florist has sold his place. He will goto Europe and remain in Scot- land. Waterloo, N. Y.— D. S. Pierson has bought the stock of the old Burton stand and will conduct the business of florist as well as nurseryman. CoNNERSViLLE, Ind.— C. A. Rieman has started in the florist business here with about 5,000 square feet of glass. His address is 1224 Grand Ave. and heshould be added to the directory as F. Lewiston, Me.— Fire and smoke dam- aged florist Scribner's greeahouse and contents to the amount of about $300, February 11. No insui-ance. Damage to sash and glass was quickly repaired. San Francisco.- The third annual flower show of the California State Floral Society will be held in this city May 6, 7 and S. Copies of the premium list may now be had from the secretary. Lansing, Mich.— Mr. John A. Beck- bissinger, formerly gardener for a public institution at Ionia, Mich., has started into business as a gardener and floris\ here. He is located one-quarter of a mile west of the Michigan school for the blind. Cleveland.— Mr. C. Fries some time since bought the Geo. Beebe nursery at Rocky River. This has I31/2 acres. Last fall he built four greenhouses, each 111 feet long, heated by steam. He also pur- chased four 50-foot greenhouses and con- tents of C. T. Scheuren, at Berea, and has moved the entire plant over to the Rocky River nursery. Mr. Scheuren is now his manager. Ottawa, Ont.— The annual dinner of the Florists' and Gardeners' Club was held February 5 and it was a most en- joyable affair. About 50 were present to discuss the excellent menu. The table decorations were very attractive. The after-dinner speeches covered a wide range of subjects and all were entertain- ing and instructive, instrumental music and songs being happily interspersed. The occasion will long be pleasantly remembered by those present. Toledo.— Thomas Temple, a member of the firm of John Wilson & Co., the Superior street florists was drowned re- cently while yachting. He was washed overboard during a squall, while return- ing with a party of friends from a cruise to Detroit. His body has not yet been recovered. Mr. Temple was 35 years of age, was married and leaves a widow and two children. He was an enthusiastic floriculturist and was a very popular man. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Board of Education and stood high in the estimation of his colleagues as one of the most active and intelligent members of the board. His untimely death is ■d bv a wide circle of friends. SITUATIONS, WANTS, FOR SALE Advertisements under this h ;he rate of 10 cents a line (sei ;lon. Cash must accompany 0 SITUATION WANTED-E gardener; marr.edi be.".! place preferred. Address JITUATIO.N WANTBD-By young r dress J W, nd grape growing; and florist! ;nce. Can furnish besr of references. Private ) preferred. Address rz care Am. Florist. Situation wanted experienced in forcing fruits vegetables, plants, grapes, berries, etc.. market gardening and larming; private place preferred; age 40. Address ■' Florist, Chicago. Situation wanted -By young Scotchman; thorough knowledge of gardening in its different branches, by the end of March or middle of April; private or commercial. Good references. Mention salary. Address Box 112. Great Neck, L. I., N. V. greenhouse stock. Am competent to take full ohi ot' place. Addreis NIAOK B. OANo.Bidnnond,; handlln use plants. References I Page St., Toledo, Ohio. OITOATION WANTBD-By ndscape gardener; also ex- rier( ed grower of palms, ferns and tropical plants, rthern States preferred. State particulars, etc .iiERT DoRL, 1634 School St., Lake View. Chicago. r Washington. Can mi W^ 'ED— An industrious youuK florist with go > owledge of genertil greenhouse work. Ac Box 10, care American B'lorift, Chicago. W W^ and references. ,NTED— An able, working gardener, to take charge of vegetable trial grounds. Must have experience in growing all kinds as well as keeping W^ WANTBD~A practical florist I nations, etc . also mushroot or single; state salary and referer GKO. A Rackham, '.)34 Gratiot A' WANTED-A practical gardener, thoroughly i ed in vf getable growing Also a man to v , only good hon 1 peach nursery. , Chestertown, Md. W^ ANTED-By middle of March. German, married man to take charge of cut flower department in commercial place, to grow for Boston market. Must be good rose grower. Permanent place for good man. Address, giving expt age and wages expected. WANTED 11,000 : party to take feet lU.CfO population. 30 miles from Philadelphia, Pa. iderstand design work and prooagaiing all Is of florists' stock. No )as occupied the position lent in a large establishra 1 not necessary s Probably, posses- afa^bur FOR I'OR SAI.E-Both of ( 'Glen flokal Co., FOR SALE OR RENT— Two greenhouses with stock of general stuff near Chicago. Lease of ground for 9 years. Will sell complete outfit in. eluding horse, wagon and tools, for $900. Address COR SALE- At a bargain, 000 feet of 4-inch pipe r with joints, elbows and Ts; No 4 Weathered boiler; 40 boxes double thick A glass 10x12. Also all Paul kuohn, 175 N. Clark street. Chicago. leallng One of the best openings for Property free from all incumb required, good security for ball EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS CHANCE and Storehouse irticulara ac .HammiiI.Mgr..207 nds. Owners ha their entire attentio particulars address Florists Take Notice F^CDF=? F=?E:i^-r. A .square of ground fronting on Market street, Philadelphia, I'a., 500x214, to Ludlow street. A very desirable location for a florist. Apply to THE REAL ESTATE INVESTIVIENT CO , T»X Walnut St., Phtladelphla, Vm, iSgi. The American Florist. 489 SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. New and RarePlants HardT Plants. CUT OBCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. ORCHIDS, PALMS, FERNS. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. CHRYSflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send 100 strong plants, one hundred different kinds, all good ones, ray selection, for $4, or will send 200, each different, and contain- ing all the most valuable and popular kinds of the past season, lor JS.oo. All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to HINSDALE, ILLINOIS. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. Waterer's Novelties tor 1891. ELDORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLS, MRS. H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best white in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATERER, 109 South 7lh Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA GOLDEN BEAUTY TO THE FRONT. practical test, for no early yellow Chryaanthemum at)ove. Such was our experience, and also of all who handled It. What they say: ■We handled no early yellow "•- '* "" ^~" f:ave better satisraction to the bu . edge, of Pennock, Bros., 1514 Chestn adelphla. Pa. "You can get nothing " Sthi ■ " )the buyer."— James Cart- Voght, Jr It ¥ ' »8. You ( 1 and CoO] . tell i Jooper S allt uns last year, and Suffice It to say Ready 1 : for n. 100 for _ _ on this offer. Orders booked now are tilled in rotation as far as plants are ready, by express or free by mail. THE NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOWFLAKE. One of the best things out for winter flowers. Will grow; If well cov( ters. Gives splendid returns. It does not seen, can only be increased by division. Flowers j white, very double, and beautifully quilled. large as a 5uc. piece Ready now. $5. Sample plant ' ■ ■ - - - • I free by mall on receipt GIBSON, Woodbury, N. J. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MOLLIS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1S91 need them. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 50 cents each; SiS.OO for the set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE MOLLIS. South Weymouth. Mass. Send your advertisement earh' for our double Easter number, to be issued March 19. We have one of the finest and largest stocks of Verbenas in the country, entirely free of RUST AND MILDEW. Microscopic examination shows no trace of the verbena mite. Our collection of sixty varieties contains the Finest Old and New Varieties fully as healthy as seedlings, and beyond comparison in color and habit. We are able to root 30,000 to 50,000 per week and can fill all orders in a reasonable time. I-lants. - - - per 100, »« 50: per 1000, »20.00; 5,000, fOO.OO. Kooted Cuttings, " »1.(J0; " « 8.00: " S35.00. THE FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS WERE RECEIVED IN FIRST MAIL TjO-DAY, FEB. 20th: 19th.— Recen 200,000 VERBENAS. ' satisfactory. for (jood ( id nealthy stocb Canton, o , K e splendid HiA. Va.. Feb.: verbenas. They were \'ed verbenas in cood conditio -The plants arrived yesterday.-, saMUEL CBEVALLEY. J. r.,. iJii:vi :Biooxx^»t>i.t»-s. i»^. KOLTHOlfF. 1 good condition. Thanks to yoi MAMMOTH SET. VFRRrNAS Finest Varieties. V i-^ 1 \ l~J 1—/ 1 ^ EV ^ inch pots, - f2 per 100; $15 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings, 75c. per 100; $7 per loco Address J. Q, :BtArro-w, :e'ish:k:ill it. y. Strong^ Plants, 2H-inch Pots, $2 per 100; |i8 per 1000; well mixed. :Rootecl CtJ^ttii-is:®, clean and sure to please, |5,oo per 1000. CASH WITH ORDER. W. B. WOODRUFF, Westfleld, N. J. CLEMATIS-3, white, blue, purple. 25 cents. Fine plants in box. Sample post free. CtlCUMBERS-Rollii 25 ct«. ; 125 seeds, 50 cts, , . 10 Show varieties, 26 cents. Large stock of 50 cts.; 1000 seeds, ,26 cents. Large A. BROUNT, Rotherfield, England, 4^6 The American Florist. Feb. 26, Callicarpa Purpurea. I was glad to sec Mr. William Falconer catling attention to the merits of the Callicarpa purpurea in liis "Notes from Canada," for it is truly a beautiful bush. I had never thought of it as a pot plant, but have often wondered why a shrub so ornamental as this is should be almost unknown in collections. One thing against it is its shabby appearance in early sum- mer. With ii's it dies back nearly one half in winter, which gives it an uninvit- ing look, unless pruned back when spring comes. Another hardy plant of great beauty and attractiveness in early spring is Azalea am(t>na. Quitesmall plants bloom, and little fellows in 3 and 4-inch pots generally find a ready sale. As many of your readers know, the flowers are of a rosy pink, the foliage quite small and evergreen. I saw last summer some very pretty plants in pots of the Spiriea Bumalda, a rather new one. It is a dwarf grower, bearing rosy pink flowers, in flat heads. Unlike any other one, and much in its favor, it flowers all summer long, espec- ially profuse if the decaying heads arecut off as fast as perceived. As Mr. Falconer says wholesale growers do not want these things, but those who do a local trade do, as attractive plants, such as these are, and which can be planted out after flowering, can be disposed of Joseph Meehan. WABAN ROSE You CAN NOXaffbrdto take any chances on your spring advertising. The only way to reach the WHOLE TRADE is turough the .\merican Florist. Send your adv. now for our special Easter number of 40 pages, March 19. Oar slock of this variety will all ba re- handled at our own greenhouses so they may be in the best possible condition when they leave our place, on the same date as sent out from Boston — April 15 For this reason customers in OUR TERRITORY will we believe do well to secure their supply either directly from us or through jobbing agents using cur stock. We will give names of such on application, J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the ManetUa Stock, offer the best re- oalta t» the florist bloomlnK freely and giving plenty of cutUngs for propagating quickly, fine plants for sale by the 1* or 1000, at"ow rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Boston), MASS. ¥^^-in 300 Callas, 100 in a flat 100 JOHN T. HUTCHINSON, Elizabeth, N. J. ©Y/'RofeAaPe Martlet*. Cut Flowers. BOSTON Feb. -23. v. &Vr'met""Brtdls ■■^^^=^1^ Woottons ;;:£i;:;;;;iSiE Heath, per bunch f,i -i? Ea&s ;:::;•:;:::;::::::::;. •:;;:;:::::::: \l caita":;;:::::::;;::::;;;::::;: v}-E:-::: £ PHILADBLPHIA Feb. 23 " Mermets. Brides ;; Woouons, Bennetts. ^■^^■■^^^^^■■■■■■■z:^ Daffodils, tulips ■:::fsi?l B0««8, Gontiers Niw 70BK Feb. 2:t. K.0O®RO0 Perles, Nlphetos, Sou - JfSi^S ;; wt'ue^^Mes^Cas^^^ .•.•.■.■•.•.•:;:.-JIS§lig8 Daffodils . . SS CHIOAOO, F^b 25 Penes, Nlphetos " Beauties' ^'""" 2000I3008 ■• Gonue?s;::;:::.;::::; ;; Bennetts. Woottons . :;.;:::::::::;Tool1.oo •.•.•.■.•.■.:::::::: ISSII88 Carnations, long CarnMlons, long, fancy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^iSii Roman hyacinths, narcissus ::;;;::::::::: :i:oo@ 4.00 Wm. 3. gTEWSRT, Cut Flowersi Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTON, HASS. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON. MASS. Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Hall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna tions always on hand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. Mention American Florist. THOS. YOUNG. JB.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And tho Choicest ROSES for tlia fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [ESTABLISHED ISTT.) Price List sent upon application. PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. 1 grow all the best varieties for this purpose. Wtmle- sale !i*t now reiady. Send for it before buyinu your M. A. HUNT, Terre.Haute, Ind. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention- FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 West 30th Street, A. S. Burns. J. I. Raynor. BURNS d. RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 -West SStl:i St., I J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, ATholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SPECIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT IM^OWBXSS, 1237 Chestnut Street, - PHILADELPHIA. n paid to ELLISON & KUEHnT ^ WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 FIJSTE STItBET, ST. IvOUIS, JVXO. CONSIGNMENTS OF SMILAX. CALLAS and ADIANTUMS WANTED. 494 The a meri ca n Fl o rist. Feb. 26, ilR« $>»»^ 9ra(^0. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCn-LOUGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent- JOHN FOTTLER, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, 1S91. James H. Munson. Ti) THE American Florist:— The Chi- cago Times of the 16th of January last states: "James H. Munson was found dead in his room yesterdaymorning, etc., etc., the verdict of thejury was the cause of his death was heart disease." Mr. Munson was well and favorably known in the seed trade for some years, first with Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester and Chicago, later with Joseph Breck & Sons, Boston. He was a merry, good- natured, kind hearted man; smart, quick to see and comprehend, always on the alert, wide awake, witty, always ready with a joke or a kind word, or to help any one who called for his assistance. He was a business man of great ability, his executive skill as shown in the manage- ment of a large and complicated seed business was well known. But he will be chiefly remembered for his good fellow- ship with all he came in contact, both in a business way and socially. Amongst his fellow workers especially, his memorv will be lovingly cherished, for he had the rare gift of being able to enlist the best efforts of those under him by kindness, no harsh words were ever used by him, he ruled by kindness alone. His early death is rendered more sad by the fact that the cloud of misfortune, which darkened h^s career for a short time, seemed in a fair way to be dispelled. Latelv he was engaged in a position of trust in Chicago, was reported to be do- ing well and likely to come to the front again. But it was ruled otherwise, and so passes another of the lights of the seed trade. The list has been heavy the past few years; Peter Henderson, Hiram Sibley, John Briggs, Isaac Young, James Reid, Sidney Wilkinson, Munson, Rudell, Isaac Vanderbilt and others. M Mr. Wm. G. Comstock the Veteran seedsmanof East Hartford, Conn., now in his 81st year, had the misfortune to break his leg recentlv. He is healthy and full of pluck, doing -well and all hope will soon be out again. Mr. C. commenced to grow seeds near Hartford 55 years ago, and probably knows more to-day about seeds and vegetables than any other man in America. He was the founder ol the house of Comstock, Ferre & Co. Mr. F. Benarv expects to visit Amer- ica in April. ■ March 19 we shall issue a -iO-page number, which will be most beautifully illustrated and will contain a number of special features which will make it of un- usual value. G. J. MOFFATT. Manufacturer of ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When writing .OOOUen'l Jacq.R0BeplantB,4-in. pots, per 100,*; OO. 'oleus Cuttincs rooted, Verschafleltn, Golden Bed- ' der. Golden Verschaffeltll and Sunset, per 100 75ct8. per 10CO,«6 00. JOHN BECK, Bridgeport, Conn. TmiiiiiimmniiimmiiiiffliiiimiiiimiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiTiifflimiimiiTiiiiiiTMitiiiiiiiTiiiiimiimiiiiiiiw Rarest and Finest Novelties IMMENSE CLUSTERS of mag- , --' """^r --^ Y nificent large blossoms , as richlv colored as orchids , beautiful flowers the first \ ear from seed ; blossom all the summer:— this is CROZY'S CANNA, a plant that should be in every garden. GOLDEN GATE POPPIES, fascinate with dazzling va- riety and brilliancy. Gor- geous flowers of ever\ con- ceivable shade. FRINGED STARPHLO) are odd novelties of surpassing beautv. Forty varieties of star- like fringed flowers. ECKFORDS NEWEST SWEET PEAS : decided novelties. Superb varieties never before Pansy equaled, all four For IS Two Cent Stamps we will send it above and PANSIES. Any two and Pansies for 8 Two Cent Stamps. Tliese special offers are for the purpose of making new friends for ^ Burpee's Seeds, the kind that grow; henceBurpee's mail business is largest. OIICIS aic lui mc pui^usc L Seeds With each order for above we will send Free one package of mPERML r"— . — — . PRIZE PANSY SEEDS, special selection, that H D^KI i will grow flowers of perfect forrri and large size. * ** ^ t^m It you h.-.veagarden, write for BURPEE'S FARM AN NUAL FOR 1 891 . .63 p.ige5, colored plates : telU al' .ibout the best garden and flower seeds, Rare NovcHlcs th.Lt < annol be had elsewhere, and how to get valuable premiunis. Sent Free. Write at once and name this paper. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Philadelphia. Pa. SUiUUliMUlMMlMi iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiminiiimmiUiiimuiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiig Z. De Forest Ely & Co., — ^WHOLESALE ^ — Seed Merchants and Growers. IMPORTERS OF Our specialty is the JOBBING TRADK. Write for prices, which are always favorable, we can help you increase your trade. 1301 and 1303 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THEBEST. D. M. Ferry & Co's Illustrated, Descriptive and Priced SEED ANNUAL] 1 be mailed FREE r , and to last season's i better than ever. ' person using Garden^ Tiver or Field Seeds, should send for it. Address O. M. FERRY &CO. DETROIT, MICH. I Largest Seedsmen in the world \ -V DREER'S Garden seeds Reouisit Bulbs, and 9. They are the owest prices. 3T issued guar- mailed free to the rRADK LIST i ONION SEED. WHITE SPANISH (sulphur yellow), STRAW- COLORED and STRASSBURGH. All of my own growth from selected bulb. Prices on application, HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, Established 17S7. Mentio AddreB8 AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. iSgi. The American Flor/st. 495 LILIUM HARRISII,B'T''"'"«w»''THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORCISe FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN BULBS FROM OUR OWN liROUNDS IN BERMUDA COPYRIGHTED, 1890. BY F. R. PIBRSON, TARRYTOWN, N. Y. z photograph taken the week bejore Easter, i8go, showing a view in one of our new iron greenhouses, here at Tarrytown, ?. a crop of Ltlium Harrisii in full bloom. This house produced over is ^ooo flowers for Easter. J most profitable flowers that can be grown by florists. It is very easily hand yfeet in width b\ 140 tn length, of led, and the flowers being especially eflectlv s purposes, always c amand large prices. P'rom its r Easter time— he winter from early in December i '" " iloom by the Ohrii L Easter Lily' after Easter; in holidays adds partic must be potted 3 Indispensable, :t. by special c August, SOI L fllls^in^at depending! 3utflowei J and in great demand s ready for the two following perature the t pens off perf€ being grown in the open ^ large New York grower, who purchased 20.000 -ling. If These aproper handling. be forced prices, but to accomplish Kor this purpose our bermuaa-gruwn uuius nr shipment usually by the middle of July-before I a climate naturally adapted for their perfect growth, are partic Ttie extent to which this Lily is being forced for winter flowers bulbs for his Own use. We hear it said occafionally that Lilium Harrisii flo' be kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping spl) the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. J. L. Russell, Denver, €olo.. writes: " The Lilies came in excellent The Fort Worth Nursery Seed i»n(l Canning Co., Dallas. Texas, writCE your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry. THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the flrst to grow it in large quantities and to ofTer it at reasonable prices, and we have always been recognized by the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from ODRCROP of 1890, over ^ nA.t,F A. ikiiivivioiv :Burv:BS. ^<^■ 1 get tbe gen value of this Lil: Large growers r Bulba from original ( ,onglllorum tn Bermuda, planting It with Harrisii t iring It absolutely valueless for :e loss has resulted, and dealers s eil Bulbs" only being offered at r dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating (Quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. , , „ ^ „ Har- tnus mixing tne stocli Irretrievably, thereby rendering It absolutely valueless for forcing, and we have known Instances where these mixed to large growers as the genuine variety, where large loss has resulted, and dealers should look with suspicion on bulbs offered at prices less the supply has never yet met the demar ' .-.-.-- F. R. PIERSON & CO.. TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, U. S. <■ OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, slating quantity wanted. 496 The a mer i ca n F l ori s t. Feb. 26, Misrepresentation of Goods. I had a little deal in smilax a few days ago which I would like to have ventilated and ask other members of the craft who are similarly situated what is, or was, the right thing to do under the circumstances. The case is this: Duringthe latter part of January I received a letter from a grower in the southern part of the state who said that he had "about 200 extra good smilax," and wanted to know if I "knew of a market in Cleveland for the same." In about a week or so I needed smilax, sent a telegram for 40 extra strings and I received in return 40 of the poorest, slimmest strings I ever saw in my life, most of them not over three or four feet long, and some not a yard in length. It would take five of some of them to make one good string. They were sent C. O. D. with charges for col- lection added. I was extremely busy at the time, and though I used the smilax I had to buy as much more to help out the decoration. The smilax received was also very green and young and wilted almost as soon as exposed to the air. I was away from the storewhen the goods arrived, otherwise should have refused them when opened. Now what I want to get at is: What ought to be done in cases of this char- acter? It is certainly a misrepresentation of goods. We all understand that there are times in the cut flower trade when the weather is bad and roses and carnations are not up to grade, but it seems to me this does not apply to smilax. This was a small deal, but we use it as an example. In cases of this character what is the proper thing to do? E. G. Campbell. Cleveland, O. FLOWER SEED. CHOICEST STRAINS TOR FI.OKISTS. August Rolker &. Sons, 136 West 34t,h Street, NEW YORK, STATION E. OUR BUSINESS, SEEDSMEN. Otar Specialtv, SELECTED STRAINS FOR FLORISTS Trade List on Application. SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER, Boston, Mass. O^V][VIV.^S, Can u8e in ezcliaDge, l.OOli Carnations, Rooted Cut* E. S. mXON & SON, PERS. SPLENDENS MAGNIFICrM, the Prize Winners of Berlin. 18S9. Imported original Seeds. Per 100 Per 1000 Albitior.odoratum.purewhite.scentedjl 00 S 9 00 Spleodens, white, with red center 75 6.a CHAS. SCHWAKE, Importer, .118 E. 85th Street, NKW YORK. LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. (Selected strong :$-year-ol(i Pips.) For terms and particulars apply to WM. HAGEMAN. Kiglith and McKean Sts., I'hiladelphia, Fa. Sole agent for the U. S. f or the United Hamburg and Berlin Growers. Office Hamburg Pferdemsrtit, 29. Highest U. S. reference furnished as to quality. lo Preparing for the Spring Trade don't overlook PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM. Hardy .-is a Ph cut by frost. We DEEP BLUE and PUKE WHlTa, tfue, One of the Best Hardy Flowers, and of Real Merit. t as desirable for cut flowers a iuK .^,Soo of it, showing our ide g field grown pla COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. A fine, hardy, bright golden yellow flower, on long wiry stems, well above the foliage, BLOOMING ALL &DMMER, desirable as cut flowers, very stylish, and sells well, try it. Extra large clumps, field grown, $2.co per doz.; 2-inch, pot grown, socts. per doz.; $3.00 per too. Correspondence solicited. NOTE.— The above, if planted early, will bloom freely all next season. T~v 7f TTT T Tf C All choice and new kinds (list on request). Single, large flowering, Cactus U/\r*l X^li^O. and Bouquet. Large, fine field grown tnbers, 75c. per doz ; J6.00 per 100. Per Doz. Per 100 LEMON VERBENAS, nice plants, .vinch $ 75 |6 00 AKEBIA aUINATA and HONEYSUCKLtS, best varieties, field grown i 00 800 AKEBIA and HONEYSUCKLES, pot grown, fine for mail trade or growing on 50 300 AMPELOPSIS VEiTCHll, field grown . . $75c. per doz.; $6.co per ii^o . . . 4-inch, pot grown, i 00 S co CHRYSANTHEMUM ULIGINOSUM, white i 00 ANEMONE JAP. ALBA and ROSEA, young stock, ready in March, cheap. CALADIUM ESCULEI«TUM, lartje, fine bulbs 75 6 <» CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Best new and old kinds. Rooted Cuttings $7.00 per 1000, 100 COLEUS. Rooted Cuttings, best varieties $7.00 per 1000. I 00 POINSETTIA. Stock plants, fine 5, 10 and 15 cents each. Pearl Tuberoses, Gladiolus, colors mixed; P:ulalia univittata. Tuberous Rooted and Rex Begonias, Fancy Caladiunis, Heliotrope, nueen of Violets. Correspondence solicited. WRITE NOW. HARRY CHAAPEL, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. ^Hydrangea Grandif lora.t^ We ask the attention of Dealers and the Trade to our large stock of HYDRANGEA GRANDIFLORA, nice well grown plants at very low prices, viz : 2 year, 2 to zjz f;et, strong. Price, I7.00 per 100; I60.00 per icoo. 2 year, second size, iS to 24 in., good. Price, $6 00 per 100; fso.oo per 1000. I year, S to 12 inch, fine mailing plants. I5.00 per 100; $40 per icoo. S©* Samples on application with stamps. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS i*H^ r>IIVOKB «S5 C0JVA.B2O CO., West Gro^'e, F'ennsyK'ania. HYDRANGEA QRANDIFLORA. HYDRANGEA QRANDIFLORA. HYDRANGEA QRANDIFLORA. P^QQXED COLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J. GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, ■ys oents jjor lOO; ^e.OO per lOOO. C.A.SII -V^ITH OE-nDEIi.. STUOIsrCj ItOOTEX) CXTTTIITGS. J. A.. DE? ATKEIi, 18 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Importer and Dealer in BULBS, SEEDS, PLAKTS and riorists' Supplies. Agent for Foreign HouseH. CatalOKues free Mention American Florist. BOOTED CIJTTIMCS. iauratanlcus; Nlerembergia Kracllis; Chffionstemma hlspida; FuchsiaB; Mesem- bryanthemum cordlfoUa var.; AsatbeH celes^tris; Begonia Sandersonii & Bruantll alba. »1.60perl00. Geranium Mme. Salleroi; Paris Daisy; Othonna Lantana; Double Sweet Alyssun Verbenas, Vesta, finest white. $1 CO per 100 General Collection, $7 per 1000, .75 per 100 Roses, Hermosa 2-ln.pot8,$37 60 per 1000, 4.00 per 100 Marie Gulllot.2-ln. pots 4.00perlOO A. GIDDINGS, DanvUle, 111. Mention Amertoan FlorlM. A SOLID ACRE OF HARDY PINKS SOLIDLY FROZEN Into the Kround. l)ut will thaw out BKIQHT and ■ for Spring Shipment, produce seed, but in- BARLY. Orders hoc THESE PINKS open ground. Send for list to THADDEUS HALE, South Byfield, Mass. Mention American Florlit. NOW READ r AT J DAY'S NOTICE. 20,000 VI; leld grown, U pe 100; good strong plants (variegated trailing) :H-inch, $2 1 tl.SO per 1 early fall struck. SI per 19 rooted Gem Feverfew, the best for potting or cutting, strong plants. 3-tnch, $3 per 100; from flats, Sl.fiO per lOU; rooted cuttings. U per 100. 31IO0 Golden Mar- ' ' strong, 2i«-lnoh, $3 — s,*l perlOO. J per ICO; Lady and Jersey rooted cuttings Mikado. Dreer's Gibson's selected 1000 Hardy White and *™"pinki :the best of all),' White $1..')0 per 100. f 12 per 1000; i8 per mo. 5000 Pansies, light colors, 50c per lOO; lybrid Pansies. S1.60 per (trong, aats$2per lOU. 1 Star of Quedlinburg, 11.50 per 100. lOOO Phlox Nana c tlnest strains, will soon bloom, ni 300 Begonia Saundersonii, 4 Inch. can be brought on for Easter. Mfi the 100 and 1000. complete set of 15 beautiful i varieties all colors, and many of them sweetly n bloom, SB per •Inch, $10 per 100, Verbenas by February, Mums by the 100 and 1000. I and standard sorts, all cole: Spauldlng. Minnie Wan rly and late. Ada Bottomly. Ivory, allock. Oak Beauty, Reward, snow Ball, furpurea, urandiOora, Harn Ko, Burpee, 100 others, the very cream of all, complete set In 20 varieties, all shades, the range of the season, 3.incb our choice. $6 per 100; estra good strong plants from Bats, the run of the kinds, our choice, $3 perlOU. Coleus Yerschatreitll, Golden Verschaffeltll, Golden Bedder, Midnight, Lottie, green. In 10 choice vari- eties, rooted, 80c per 100, J7 per 1000, Mixed Fuchsias, runted, $1 per 100, »8 per 1100. Ageratum White Cap, Trailing Lobelia. iiOc per 100; rooted cuttings and plants from Hats free by mail, if preferred. Satis- faction guaranteed, see other special offers. .1. C. GIBSON, Woodbury, N. J. FAY Currant Esther, Rockwood. Eaton, and • Small Fruits. Oatal. cme i8gi. The American Florist. 497 Dahlias GROUND ROOTS, clioice Ti.uued varieties- Double, Single and Cactus. J6.00 per 100. Geraniums IVY. best double varieties, 3 iuch, stroug, $5 00 per too. Geraniums DOUBLE and SINGLE, new and choice var- ieties, 3-inch, strong plants, $5 00 per 100. Geraniums BRONZE. SILVER. SALLEROI. strong, ALTERNANTHE-RA, 1 varieties, strong, JOHN R. BATHER, Clinton, Iowa. SURPLUS STOCK. Per 100 Primula Obcoaica, 2'2-incb I4.00 " " 3-iuch 8 00 Coleus GDlden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2 inch 3.00 Vinca Rosea, very fine, 2'. incb 3 00 Vtnca Alba, very fine, 2'^ inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 3.00 Echeveria Secuuda Glauca, very stiong, 3-inch 500 Dahlias, field grown roots 500 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock S 00 Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. St. x.«»is, aso. DAISY SNOWFLAKE ,nds andcan- i, as It keeps The ^ targe as a 50 cent Daifiy Snowtlake -This Dai Violets, will (tive eplendid retur; not supply the demand for cut tre h from 2 to 3 weeks after 1 looks as fresh as other white tlo' flowers are borne on stout long st beautifully quilled, and averuKe piece; a great acquisition to florists. Price. $1 per do/., free by mail; Sv» per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: Rochester. .Ian. 28th. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful flower both for floral designs and put in with cut flowers, and when tied up in small bunches they sell very rapidly with us for funeral designs. We uf-e a great many not say too much in favor of this useful flower. Yours truly, F. J. KELLER. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist, Wyominj? Co.. ATTICA. NEW YORK. Lilies, btc. for Easter HARRIS!!, LQNG!FLQRUM, CANDIDUM. Prices on Application. GERANIUMS. Single & Double, of the leading var- ieties, 2ii-in. pots, at S4 per loo; $35 per icoo. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, from 5 to 10 inch pots, S15 to $50 per hnndred. W. A. BOCK, N. Cambridge, Mass. H. P. KOSBS. strong, outdoor grown, Gen'l Jacq., Washington. Coquette, Mme. Masson, M. C. Wood, La Reine. Black frlnce. etc.. $1 50 a doz ; $12 a 100. CLEMATIS, large flowered, line var., S25 and $35 per 100: J3. 00 and 14 03 per dozen . HVACINTH3. 3>4-in. pots, named sorts. $1 per doz. ^s. .tic ; $8 a 100. choice stock in bud s P. ROSES, summer grown, line young plants II sorts, S5.00 per 100; Jl.VOO per 1000, F. A. BALLKK, Hloomington, 111. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMKOSK PLANTS, Fine, large, healthy plants, froiiv 3. 4 and 5-in. pots, at $10, $15 and $20 per 100. Drac^na indivisa. from 2, ; and *12 per 100. strong stock calm Brahea Fllamentosa Also Single Primrose. Calceolaria rugosa, Callas, all sizes; Smilax. Echeverias. Alternanthe Aiso the new and leading varieties of Colei niums. Chrysanthemums, Roses, Violets a stock. Write for price list. HENRY SMITH, 130 Monroe St., Grand Rapii h pots, at $1, . $12 per 100. >,.Mish, I MPORTANT.rL Florists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of 100 pages is now being mailed to you Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send jou one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest and best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contains over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of synonj ms in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price f3 per 100 Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Our list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per oz ; |i.oo per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysanthemum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also reccm- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. h ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Eastern Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Slellata, Conspicua, Parviflora, etc. Tree & Herbaceous Pseonias, Iris Kaemp- feri in newest magnificent coloring. Hardy Conifers. New sports of Retinosporas. MINIATURE JAPAN CONIFERS. Cycas Revolula Stems greatly leduced. Araucarias, Tree Ferns, Bamboos. We furnish KKLIABI.E gooilsst corres- pondent rates. t Send for Catalogue to I H. H. BERGER & CO., p. 0. Box 1501. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. JAPAN SNOWBALL. IV.coms freely every Spring. Flowers unsurpassed for florists' use. Over f 150 realized last Spring from flowers sold at wholesale, from than 300 2-year old plants. PRICE: 12 'o 18 inches, $2 00 for 10; $18 00 per 100. 2', to 3 feet, $3 00 for 10; $25 00 per 100. Wholesale Catalogue "itii colored plate of .lapan Snowl>all free. UVriDANRPA PAN RRAND Our one year old plants are superior to any offered, niUnHimCH rnn. URMMU. ^^^ ^^^^^ priced. 2 to 4 stems iS to 24 inches, 75c. for 10; $6.00 per 100; S50 00 per 1000. 2 to 2;i feet, fi 25 per 10; $1000 per 100. STATION G. GFRMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. BOOK YOUR EASTER ORDERS NOW. FERNS. CALLAS. Only few thousand CUNEATUM and GRACILLIMUM left, 5 inch pots, size 15x18, per dozen, J6; 4-inch pots, size 12x12, per dozen, I3 All other sizes sold out. PTERIS SERRULATA, 3-incli pots, per 100 $5 00. CALLAS, strong plants in bud or bloom, 5 inch, per dczen, - - - I4 50 " " " " " 6-inch, " - . . . 600 " " " " " 7-inch, " - _ _ _ 9 00 PLANTS AND BULBS. Per ,50 I CANNAS, fine bulbs $2.50 PRIMULAS, nice plants 3.C0 SMILAX, good 1.75 TANSIES, from cold frame 1 25 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM, Manager, A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE GRINUM. Dum Nassau, No . 1, white, striped carmine, $8 100. _. 2. larger flower. $10 per 100. N0.2. bulbs 6to Sin. diam.,.™c each Cosmos, white, seed, 5 lbs.. peroz.4Uc.; perjb. Jl_ Antigonon ' ' I lebl.. 1 year, strong, field grown. 10c eac aarylllB zeph. rosea, J3.50 per 100; $30 per 1000. THE BROOKS SISTERS, Sorrtnto, Fla. 498 The American Florist, Feb. 26, Fine Phalaenopsis. I'ndcr this headins a correspondent in our issue of the Gth inst. mentions some pccimens ot these oreliids he had seen. Of not. anil shall be ciuite eontent to eon- sider myself extinguished if some one else can cap what I describe with a bigger A rhala-nopsis Sehillerianawith aspilte I feet, .' inches long, 3 feet, tl inches wide licariii,;; l-".> flowers; the plant having five leaves, the longest of which measures ■_'l inches from butt to tip, is in an or- (liiiarv oicliid pot with holes in the sides. It has been cared for among other orchids for the last two years or so by Mr. loscph Spring, gardener to John Hosk'ins. Esq., O. C. Rosedalc, Toronto, and is now in its prime. The same plant last vear had a spike with 64- flowers on. On referring to Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening! seethis: "Pedunclefrequently ;! feet in length, branched, occasionally bearing nearly 100 blossoms." E. When writing to advertisers please mention the fact that you were induce 1 to write by the advertisement in the .\merican Florist. You will benefit us bv letting advertisers know that it is the Florist that is bringing them trade. Trade lists published in the American Florist are bound in with the paper and are of permanent value. Of those which reach the trade otherwise many go into t he wastebasket, and some into an obscure pigeon-hole. Which way are you going to circulate.l'(;«r trade list ? FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with ^3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. PA. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000, or $35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 per cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants, Largest and most select stock in the South- west. Over THREE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced. 4^ Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of pages free to all. Address KANZ & NEUNER, LOUISVILLE, KY Zirngiebel's Improved Strains OF WHITE ASTERS, PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and FANCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate colors, pure yellow, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets at $1.00 each. Also the choice NEW CONTINENTAL CAR- NATIONS for 1891. Miss Moore, Mme. Gobet, Roi des Violets, Bouton, d' Or, Geanne Morel, to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, NEEDHAM, MASS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. CARNATIONS FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 7n nnn MRS FKHFR other standard sorts in smaller quantities, all well IU,UUU mno. nonLn. mooted and healthy stock, at moderate figures, for 30,000 L L. LAMBORN, which send for Usts. CARNATION NOVELTIES: All of the season, including Lizzie McGowan, Hector, Louise Porsch, and others. P A 1\I N A <^ ■ Ehcmanni, strong roots at fS.oo per 100; Si.co per dozen. Kmile I.eclaire, at «io.oo \-^fAI> I'l/AO . per 100; $1.35 per dozen. Dwarf French, at 812.50 per 100; $1.50 per dozen. CM 1 1 AY' Eor delivery in March and April, at $6.P0 per 1000, Nice stocky plants once OIVULrtA. reset. «»- Send for Lists. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ THE QUEEN OF WttlTE GflRNflTIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. a®° Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N.J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. OOIl,I>BJI*f OA.TI3, - - - Grandest New Pure Yellow. ROOTED CUTTINGS, Ji 50 per dozen; $12.00 yer loc; $ioo.DO per 1000. XV Ad. IT. r>iei5EJI«, - - Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $£.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; $90.00 per loco. J. I«. Ii*:RI5EJ>^A.lV, - - - Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet. ROOTED CUTTINGS. $1.25 per dozen; $10.00 per 100; SSo.oo per 1000. CO:Pf STA.1VCX^, .... Glowing, Bright Scarlet. ROOTED CUTTINGS, 81.25 per dozen; $io.co perioo; SSo.oo per 1000. FI«Ejr> COWE^IOHTOTM', - - - Delicate, Soft Pink. ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. For well established plants from small pots, see ILLUSTRATED CATAI.OGUE-free. KOOTEO CUTTINGS, at prices per dozen, free by mail. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co.. Pa. THE NEW WHITE CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000. LOUISE PORSCH ""A.u., CARNATION. Better grower than Buttercup; $■/ per 100; fcoper 1000. Both ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, soatioorate. JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. LIZZIE NcGOWAN Address THE AMERICAN FLAG Is the best STRIPED CARNATION ever produced; it is a strong grower, free bloomer and very fragrant; it grows and flowers well outside and forces good inside. I 2.00 per dozen. 1 We deliver only well Rooted I ::. 00 per hundred. Cuttings which have been once 100.00 per thousand. | transplanted. ieee»cl>r for I3eli-vciry rwic&rol^ 1st;, ISOl. Ir. FORSTERMAXN, Newtown, Lour Island, X. Y. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P.O. Box 226, Kenuett Square, Fa. j8gi. The American Florist. 499 CARNATIONS HBCTOR, seen its equal. No grower sho\ild MRS. FISHER, the peerless white, and FERDINAND MANGOLD, the leading crimson. Send for Catalogue containing general list of Carnations and Chrysanthemums. R T. LOMRARD, mAYLAWD, MASS. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We olTer b;i>e;L,"WEIS«S, a pure white sport of Chester Piiilc lot the first time this season, («' $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. eral new seedlings of merit. NELLIE LEWIS. HAVE GROWN THIS CARNATION TWO SKA- SONS AND NOW OFFER ROOTED CUT- TINGS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY At »«.50 per dozen. Four for ISl.OO, By mall postpaid. GEO. HANCOCK, Grand Haven, Mich. CARNATIONS. Rooted Cuttinsrs of the follow ins varieties at Sl.ou per 100: W!> 00 per 1000: GARFIELD, J J. HARRISON, MRS. JOLIFFE, PORTIA, ALEGATIERE, MRS. F. MANGOLD, GRACE FARDON, GRACE WILDER. L. I.. LAMBORN, WM SWAYNE HINZES WHITE. PRES. DeGRAW, 75c. per 100; $5 per 1000. FRED B. LEWIS, Lockport, N. Y. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations In great quantity, ready now. Alsa 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st sze at I7 00 per 1000. 23 size at |5 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. 1st. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. Mention American Florist. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. r»Bj WITT :bi«os., BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA Rooted Carnation Cuttings. All Best Varieties for the Market. Prices lower than ever. Also MAKtiDKRITES and HELIOTKOI'K and DOUBLK SWEET ALYSSIIM. Address OTTO HANSEN, GALKWOOD. Mont Clare P. O., ILL. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. DAHLIAS ^..-f^^ 60 choice sorts. All the best varieties. Field grown roots of Large-flowered, Pompon, Cactus and Single, I7.00 per 100; |6o.oo per 1000. NEW BEGONIAS. LOUISE CLOSSON— one of the richest colored of the Re.v family. $2.50 per dozen. R. GEORGE— The strongest grower and most showy of this class; leaves large with distinct palmate center of bronzy green. $3,00 per doz. MAROOIS DE PERALTA-Extra fine. J;.ooperdoz. COMTESSE LOUISE ERDODY - The whorled leaL REX-In fine assortmen GERANIUMS. SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The fir NEW, of the Bruant race, for 1S90. $3.00 per doz. STANDARD VARIETIES— Best bedding sort?. f4.c per .pen 200,000 ROSES, including all the standard forcing varieties and the new Red Merme (Waban) at lowest prices. \ full stock of Bedding Plants, Chrysanthemums old and new. Hardy Shrubs, Clematis, field-grown Roses, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, Grape Vines, etc. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS FREE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Lral^e Co., Oliio. LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBOM. HUGH LOW & CO., Clapton Nursery, London, Engiand, Have much pleasure in informing their friends and the public that they have just received from their collector in India a grand importation of the magnificent and deliciously scented LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM, correctly de- scribed as the most beautiful of all the trumpet Lilies. Flowers are of the purest white, the tube about 10 inches long and the interior at the base of the most lovely shade of primrose-yellow. MESSRS. WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, OF NEW YORK, Have received a consignment of the bulbs of various sizes, and will be pleased to give quotations and execute orders for single bulbs or in quantity. A,3x..> WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, IVK W ^VOI«I-5: OIU^^". m ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Verichaffeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Pettr Henderson, FirebraLd, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunset, Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. «rite for prices on larger lots by E.xpress. Samples of the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS. NEW YORK. CARNATIONS! F^R p:OSAMONiD, J R^FREEMAN, HECTOR, M LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, , GOLDEN GATE, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER CHASTITY," SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L. LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and sixty other leading varieties. 50.000_nowj *^FRED CREIGHTON.^^ ROOTED CUTTI NGS of this Superb Pink Carnation, $4.00 per hundred; $30.00 per thousand. Fromthe original stock which has not been forced or in any way made to produce an extra quantity of CH EAP Cuttings at the expense of the future well doing of the same. To give all a chance to see what kind of flowers this stock produces, I will send a few florets, free of charge, to any in the trade who apply to me by letter. GEORGE GREIGHTON, NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. 500 The a mer i ca n Fl orist. Feb. 26. Chicago. Mr. I. F. Kliininer Ilassecl^■edlandIlc;ll• \Valc^licilll Cemetery in Oak Park and will lommencc the erection offbiirgreenliouscs at once. Mr. T H. Spauldingof Orange, N. J. was in tlie eity last Thursday. I'rank Holv & Son have opened a lloral store at 531 West IStli St., near Hliic Island .Vvc. TIk- Hort. I)ep"l of the W. P. is still unorganized, and from present appear- ances nothing will be done for another month. While the volume of trade has fallen oft" some from last week it is still remarkably large for the season. The demand is suf- ficient to use up all the good flowers sent in, and the call for roses exceeds the supply. Taken all in all the Lenten season has so far been an unusually satis- factory one to the florist. If Yor have anything to sell to florists don't fail to advertise it in our special Easter number of forty pages, elegantly illustrated, and with a number of other special features. No increase in adver- tising rates. MUSHROOM SPAWN 101b(251b.501hsl001bs $1.20 ta.;- «6.oo «».oo REDUCTION SI1VC3&; r-E::^. 1st, 33 ' ; per cent. Discount oif List OF WATERPROOF PAPER. K. & J. FAKOCHAR & CO., Boaton, Mass. Who furnish samples by mail, postpaid, on receipt of F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, KHSt Walpole, niHss. LITTLE'SANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruitgrower or florist should be without it. Sen for R, W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY STREET, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. HAIL Lock the door BEFORE the horse is stolen. Do it PIO'^AT' X JOHN G, ESLER, Secy F. H. A., S»dd)« Rlv«r, N.J. yyE STILL LEAD, OTHERS IRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1890? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard" Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only minufacturers at the present time. FOR REDUCED PRICK LIST, ADDRESS THE, WHILLDIN POTTERY GOMFflNY. 713 & 715 Wharton SI., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerville, Mass. >an Electric Vapor Pumping' Outfit. GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. high for 2 cts. EITHER FORCE OR TANK PUMP. No Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE k COMPANY, SHEEP MANURE, ^ natural invigorator for plants and lawn.s. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTING- and ECONOMICAL. Pulverized. 100 lb. bag $3.00; Ton $40. (^ W M . ELLIOTT &, SONS, Compressed. " $2.50: Ton $35. | 54 ^.^^ 56 Dey Street, N. Y. Over 50Years. Largi-at and Most Complete Stock in the United States. Mfntinn this paper. FRUIT TREES and ORNAMENTAL | ||kkV Evergreens, ROSES, Shrubs, Grapes, Hardy Plants, Pseonies, Small Fruits. ELLWANGER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER N.Y. ISO A-ores. I^argie A.sson:i:xa^erit;. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, TKADE LIST ON APPLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, GENEVA, N. Y. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. For Sa'e, packed i •KICE: per ton. $1., P. C. FULWEILER )23 Arch Street. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING HARTFORD & NICHOLS, 18 Chapman PJaee, BO8TOIS, MAS*. STARK NURSEr1esI''£'"vS^S I aluiost every btiitt^ and lenitt^ry; annual saies i that of any other Nurserj-. We teil direct through 1 salesmen, without the aid of tree dealers or mid - , a,nd deliver stock, freight and all charges paid NO TREES the hestplnnistn.-k grown. Irlnlio ' nd ntjifr No iareer 'stock in U S No better' No chcaner.' MenttoD American Florist. MY NEW SPECIAL OI- FEK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS is niiw piiljli8hed iind may be had on application. QuerlllMbnrK, Geruiau)-. iSgi' The a mer ic an Florist. S o i Begonias! Begonias! Begonias! I was one of the first in England to handle Begonias, and for some yeart immense quantities passed through mv packing sheds annually, and I was very sorry to be compelled to relinqaish their cultivation; HA.Peli-ve^r*^r, Special prices on application as the season advances. HALE FARM NURSERIES. TOTTENHAM. LONDON. ENGLAND. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OF ALL. FIR-TREE OIL INSEGTIGIDE-soluble. I gallons of water, rorureenand Black Kly, Wooly Aphis, etc.-Half-a ■ gallons of Fir-Tree Oil t spoonfuls to the pint. For Mealy Bug. ~ Scale-Half-a Pint of the Fir-Tree Oil to water, four to eight tablespoonfuls to the pint. " 1 Blight on Fruit or Foliage-Half- ,rm water and wet the ime cases it may be i apply full strength nd Kill- A three irt each tepid care that its eyes are protected, hold the bird i water; this may be repeated. It necessary a much weaker solution may be used with a spray producer Sold in Bolth-s and Tius. Manufacturer— i.. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, MANCHESTKK, ENGLAND. SOLD BY ALL SF.EIKSMKX. Wholesale Ac f:\TS — A. ROLKER & SONS. NEW YORK. H. BAYERSDORFEE & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, SG :^f. -^ttn. Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. LABGE STOCK OF GOOD CANE STAKES Per 1000 $6.00. Per 3000 $15.00. SPRING BULBS. Ask tor quotations and samples. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago. 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. THE NURSERY BOOK A Complete Hand-Book of Propagation and Pollination. By L. H. BAILEY, Editor of the American Garden. This valuable Utile manual has been compiled at great pains. The author has had unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts in many directions. The book is absolutely devoid of theory and speculation It has uothtug to do with plant physiologv. nor with any abstruse reasons of plant growth. It ' ' ' " ' ..." seed, makes a cutting, sets a gralt, oi cros: in method and matler. The cuts nunibe nature. The book treats of all kinds of cu herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, fores Among the contents are the followin Propagation by Seed. Propagation by Separation. Propagation by LAYtRS. Propagation b\- Polination. The Nursery List is an alphabetica which of the operations described in the fi 2,000 Entries are made in the list. The following" entries will give an idea "of the method : AC£R (Maple). Sapifidacrt^. stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown i inch or two deep; or some species, as A. dasvtarpitm, come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon ripe Some cultural varieties are layered, but belter plants are obtained by grafting. Varieties of nati species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter worked upm ii ported A. fiohmofp/titm stocks, either by whip <"r veneer grafting. Maples can also be budded almc tells plainly and-britfiy what every one who sows a 3wer wants to know. It is entirely new and original St 100. and are made especially for it. direct from d plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy Propagation Propagation Budding, BY CUTT BY Graf narching TING. Including G af.iiig. s'o five all kinds of pi chapters are en ants, with iployed in a short statement propagating them. telling Over ley grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and softwood, PHTLIiOCACTUS, PBYI.I.0CI:BEUS, DISOCACTTTS (I.e seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil, which is well drained ' Cactus) Cac/ the seedlings appear, rer in length, ro t readily in 5 1 keep from flagging. seeds. Wh sufficient wa fori in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be strati tings. 6 to S inches long, of the mature wood especially if taken in August or September £ obtained by layers, and the English varieti layering is usually employed, the English v: but the American varieties only one (Fig. 27 year after removal from the stools. Greeu-l naapp ight position. Cuttings I [. Give a temperature of aoout 00^ .tings are very juicy, they may be oi new varieties should be sown as soon as well cured. ;d and sown together with the sand in the spring. Cut- nserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, d stored during winter. Stronger plants are usually are nearly always layered in this country. Moiind- ieties being allowed to remain in laverage two years. Layered plants are usually set in nursery rows for a ■ering during summer is sometimes practiced for new Price, library style, cloth, wide margins. $1; Pocket style, paper, narrow margins, SO cts. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Building, New York. A 40 PAGE ISSUE MARCH 19 7,000 COPIES TT WILL be beautifully illustrated and will be 1 the handsomest number of the A.merican Florist ever issued. It will go to every name in the American trade and 500 copies to the best firms in Europe — 7,000 in all. You should not fail to have an adv. in this issue. No increase in rates. Send copy for your adv. early so we will have time to set it up in our best style. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., CHICAGO. CkPRAY ma FRUiT TREES I VSNES Wonny Fruit and l>(it Blight .if Apples, Pears, Cherriee, CYPCICinR *l'l!.\VI.\ NOW. A. C. OELSCHIG, * * * SAVANMAH, GA. Diagram Showing ^^ .^T^ i^ -U • ow perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect tilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, tte same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Glass Certificate of Merit, end also HIGHLY COMMENDED by the New Jersey Horticultural Society at their Chrysanthemum Exhibition, at Orange, N. J , November 4th, 1890. It will be to your advantage to send for prices before purchasing elsewhere, nereafter they will use no other. ijafaotixreca only toy 713 & 715 WHARTON STREET, Parties who have used this pot say that X>atentecl THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., ia. Pa. Agent for the Nf , M. tT. 3IcCABTHY, 37 Otis St., ville. Maps. STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND JARDINIERS IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE.— Although forced to play a minor part in the Prize Pa,ntomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS & CO., N. Cambridge, Mass. STANOARO FLOWER POT GO. Toledo, Olaio. STANDARD POTS. as rfcommended b\ the societ Ameril^n Florists all points South Termacasb Hilfinger Bros. Pottery, FORT EDWARD N Y " III iiiii|a||/ Sizes Per 100 2 in f .40 2% m ,50 3 in .60 Zyi in .So 4 in .90 5 in 1.50 6 in 2 20 $300 5 00 7.00 14.00 20 00 FOB at Toledo Ko cliaig-e for package. GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — AI,!, GLAZIERS' SUPPLIES.— Fat. 1832, S5, FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIpUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes. % inch to 42 inches diameter. The making, vending, or useof any Serviceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our Patents. The rights secured to us render each individual dealercr user responsible lor such unlawful use with all the consequences thereof. For prices and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO., Sole Mfg and Owners of all the Sphincter Grip Armored Hose Patents, 49 Warren Street, New York. SPRING STEEL GALVANIZEI i8c)i. The American Florist. S03 We make the Best Delivery Wagons in the World. THE NEW HOFFMAN FLORIST DtLIVERY WAGON. Specially designed for Florists delivery purposes. Write for Descriptive Circulars and Prices to The Jacob Hoffman Wagon Co., Office, 41 Michigan Street, ESTABLISHED 1854 Devine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wrought Iron Hot Watei Boilers \k=A^i-iiK jMC^ FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 S. Canal street, CHIOA.GO. CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected In any part of the U. 3. or Canada Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS. 69-73 Broadway. NEW YORK. MOLE TRAP For destroyinjr irround moles in lawnajaarks, gardens and ceme&ries. The only PERrfecT* mole trap in exietence. Guaranteed to catch — ''-- where all other traps fal^i_8old b| -.- • and HMdwM* HALES' SaveMMpKiii FLORIDA HEATERS rOR GREENHOUSES. /9 s zesforSteam. UsizesforHot Water. 15 sizes forSoftCoal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. H 25 pel •la.T aiKl niifht. t'ull.T Addr r d St ites. Send for nev PIERCE, BUTLER&PIERCE MFC. CO SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: iBt. Give the number of saehes to be lifted. 2nd. Give the length and depth of sashes, (depth is down the rool.) 3rd. Give the length of house. 4th. Give the height from the ground to the comb 6th. Give the thickness and width of rafters or Mention Amerlaan Florist. Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF OREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. rdedthe od'v Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Couvention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalognie before order- YOUNGSTOWN, O. CYPRESS s7 SASH/ ^ (/I L BARS JOHN L. DIEZA-CO. 530 North Halsted Street. CHICAGO, ILL. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER, -^ CLEAR C\ PRESS. ^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. IV Sena for circulars and < LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND^ Hamiltok Co.. OHIO. 504 The a mer ican F lori s t. Feb. 26. AdvertlslDK Riktesetc4»3 1 Bailer V A. .. Barnard W \ BauettOP. Bayeradorrer H & ( BerirerHHftCo . Bird F W A Son . . Burpee W Atlee & c DeVeer J A < « nevine's Boiler Wk9 n DeWllt Bros 1'' ulei, John L., & Co. . . .^u.: nillon. J. L 4811 DlnseeAConardCo . . . .4S»i ureer. H. A 49; Blllott Wm A Sons ...600 Ellison 4 Kuehn 493 Kllwanger & Barry. . . .500 BIT Z De Forest & Co. 494 Exeter Machine Wk8.S04 Ferry DM& Co 491 Field SB 4% Plerson F K & C Pike Co Nurseri Plenty, Josephi Quaker City Mel Roemer Fred Rolker. A.&Sons.. Rural PubCo Schiegel & Fottlcr. GardlnerJ&Co. ,.5U0 Schuiz Jacob Schwake Chas 4911 Selover & Atwood.. ShelmireW R Sheridan W I & Wadley...489 Hammond. Ben].. aithCAFloralCo.. Smith Henry Spooner Wm H ^•.*^'! Herr, Albert Hesser W J Hews A H 4 Co . HIlBneer Bros... Storrs & Ha ..^m Waterbury Rubber Co.^iOa Hutchin Jackson Josselyu Weathered. 'ni08.W..5U4 WelmarB W 193 WhilldinPotCo ....600 602 Wisconsin Flower Ex.493 Wood Bros 4fc9 Woodruff W B 489 ToungJohn 493 L. T. Seaver, who is the leading pansy grower ol America, ships to wholesale buyers in every city in New England and many large ciHes in New York. He now ofifers to the trade a NEW PATENT VERBENA AND PANSY BASKET which is better and cheaper than any yet made. Send for information to L. T. SEAVER, North Somerville, Mass. Mention American Florist. OROHros. Established and Fresh ImpDrted plat mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. FREDERICK MAU, P.O. Box 322. SOUTH OHANGK. I AM ON TIME THIS YEAR. Write quick for Spring Catalogues, better than ever. I do priuting lor Nurserymen, Seedsmen and Florists. Write about it. 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Chicago Parks, says; ■The Furnia on on modern greenho ly Boilers. AIiliKESS HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., ?6 Vine Street, GENEVA, N. Y. Rmerica is "the Prnw 0/ the JIbsseIi therE may he mnre comfort Rmidsbips, but we are the £rst ta touch Unknown Seas,' Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 5, 1891. jTifiiiE Ik^mmmm lFiL@@i!iiir Copyright, 1891, by American Florist Company. Entered as Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Thurshay by THE AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, $1.00 a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 64 I,a Salle Street. CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. M- H. Norton, Boston. Mass.. president: CHAHBRK.S, Toronto, Ont.. vice-presid Stewart, 67 BromUeld St., Bo tftry; M. A. Hunt, Terre Hau Toronto, Ont., Florists' Hail Association. ses against damaee by , Secretary, Saddle River. N. J. Florists' Protective Associatio American Chrysanthemum Society. John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. T. pi . Edwin Lonsdale, cnestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Pa., secretary. CONTENTS. Philadelphia notes 505 Boston 506 New York 506 Orchid arrangement on divan (illus) 506 Carnations— Lambom 506 —Carnation contest ' ' ' . . 507 —Carnations at Corfu 508 —The carnation contest 508 —Carnation Excelsior 508 Notes from Fairfield. Conn 508 Stair decoration (illustration). . . .■ 5C9 A few useful plants 509 Chrysanthemums— Dollars and cents 510 Horticulture at the World's Fair 510 Arrangement of orchids ( illus) 511 Cyperus in decorations 511 Ro5es— Propagation in the south 512 Springfield, Mass 512 Coming exhibitions 513 News notes 513 Another remed5r for mildew on roses 514 Catalogues received 5t6 Hot water under pressure 516 Steam heating 516 A model rose house 516 The seed trade 518 More about the prize advertising contest. . . . 518 Cannas and dahlias 520 Mushroom factory burned 520 Failureof Ulium Harrisii 522 Butted glass in glazing 524 Fungus in the cutting bench 524 The street falsir 526 At the last meeting of the Baltimore Florists' Club it was decided hy a unani- mous vote to invite the Society of Ameri- can Florists to hold their convention in Baltimore in 1892. Send copy at once for your adv. in the double number, March 19. Philadelphia Notes. Trade is really not so bad considering it is Lent, we have had it worse than it is now in former years. Some of us com- plain of course, we often do so, just because we are never satisfied. Nor will we ever be. It is human nature not to be satisfied, excepting with ourselves. Just so soon as we all become thoroughly sat- isfied, goodbye progress. Hybrid roses are plentiful now and are likely to continue so until Easter. There is a prediction afloat that there will lie an over supply for Easter, or at least immediately preceding or succeeding, if not really at that great occasion. The spring show is approaching and it is a pleasure to report that Secretary Farson declares that it will be the best spring show ever held by the Penna. Horticultural Society. It comes at a good time when the many bulbs and other spring blooming plants are gener- erall3' in their prime. An orchid was found in bloom a few days ago by one of our growers among his vegetative ir/V-a drac, and he knowing that orchids were in demand hied him- self to the city with it, and sold it, charg- ing on his bill 50 cents. A protest was made, the high price being objected to. Our grower-salesman declared with much vigor that it was a cattleya, and, having become acquainted with the fact that cattleyas were selling at 50 cents each, he could not understand why he .'ihould not receive the market price. Its dimin- utive size was objected to. It was more like a la;lia than a cattleya. After a lit- tle more parleying 25 cents was agreed upon as the price. Very soon after the sale was made the flower showed unmis- takable signs of early dissolution. It was in this stage when seen on exhibi- tion. The question is, what caused it to show signs of early decay. Some per- sons think that en route to the city it was looked at so often and fondled so fre- quentl3-, that its sensitive and delicate nature rebelled against that kind of treat- ment. It is a lesson for us all to be very careful in packing flower, even if we may only have one sometimes. The carnation controversy now going on in the columns of the Florist is caus- ing much talk among the trade here. It is generally admitted that what ever Mr. Chitt3' may lack in quantity cut from a given number of plants he amply makes up in the prices realized, bat the point at issue seems to be the number of flowers cut, and not the prices at which they sold. And ior that number of plants to occupy the space given, they must have been very small plants indeed, for accord- ing to Mr. Chitty'sfigures each plant occu- pies much less space than usual here. Pat- erson must be an excellent city for the florist's business, that is, in comparison with this, for it is very seldom that car- nations are retailed at more than 50 cents a dozen. The discussion is making most of the florists green with envy, anil Mr. Chitty must not be surprised if half a dozen of them migrate to that much favored New Jerse3' city and start opposition flower stores. If the3- do, — he has only himself to blame. R. The elements have been against us the past week and sales could not have been much worse. Good flowers will almost sell themselves, but of course they must in some way be brought to the notice ot customers. We believe that very few really first-class flowers, go to waste anywhere, the3' are so handsome, that they compel admiration. Although all plants and flowers are bought for sale, we have often heard the remark: "I am sorr3' to see them go they have attracted so much attention, I could sell a great numbei if I could get them." But ar- range them as they would, the flowers wasted their fragrance on the desert air, as the weather kept the promenaders indoors. We hope for better things next week. Edwin Lonsdale is cutting some very fine Brunners, the best seen about here this season. A great many of our choicest roses find a market in Washing- ton. We protest but to no purpose as we are told that they bring more mone3- there than thev bring in this market and that settles it.' Mr. J. Y. Smith's mushroom plant at Do3lestown, was burned to the ground Saturday Febrttary 25. Loss about $4,000, mostly covered by insurance. The greenhouses esc^ged. The street fakir with the wonderful water plant has been in our midst for some time. He sets up in a vacant doorway, with a small table on which are two or three quart glass jars filled with water, inside of which the wonderful water-plant seeds are to be seen sprouting and bloom- ing, yes blooming. At first potato sprouts were stuck into the seeds, which are weighted to the bottom of the jar; one was assured they would sprout in this way in two or three days and in a ver3' short time would grow up out of the bottle all around a window and bear beautiful scarlet blossoms. Passing in a few days later, we were surprised to see the seed in bloomin thewater;the potato sprouts had been discarded and pieces of sweet alyssum were now doing dut3-; this was the white lily, later on, the beautiful red liU- put in its appearance, a piece of scarlet sage apparentl3' coming- out of the seed. They seemed to sell very well at 10 cents a seed, and a slip with printed directions for growing. A match game of ten-pens was played at the club alleys last Fridav night, the ' bright particular features of which were 5o6 The American Florist. Mar. 5, Edwin Lonsdale's score of 214, the highest score ever rolled here in a match, and Mr. Daniel Parson carrying off the booby prize. S. Boston. There is considerable grumbling to be heard regarding the condition of the flower trade, and it comes from both growers and dealers. The weather has l)een, however, unfavorable to over-pro- duction, so that flowers of good quality still command fair prices. Long stemmed carnations hold very regular and have never sold any better than they are selling this season. Violets too hold their own and just now they are specially fine. A fair supply of good Hybrids and Jacqs is coming in. On bulbous stuff the market is somewhat de- moralized, tulips being especially in the dumps and the prices realized for these in many cases are not much if any more than the first cost of the bulbs to the grower. A few orchids are to be seen in most of the florists' windows. In some of the more pretentious windows a sus- pended plant of dendrobium in bloom seems to be a favorite method of com- petitive decoration. Shapely plants of cytisus, cyclamen and Lilium Harrisii are quite abundant. Mr. D. Zirngiebel shows a very hand- some carnation, Bouton d'Or, which is one of the new French varieties. The color is a soft pleasing yellow with a few faint markings of red and white. The petals are broad and well formed and the flower is very large, being in many cases fully three inches in diameter. Jeanne Morel is another of the same set, ground color yellow but with the edges of the petals deeply mottled and striped with dark red. The lecture before the Mass. Hort. Society on Saturday February 28, was by Dr. C. C. Rounds, Principal of the State Normal School, Plymouth, N. H. The subject was "School Instruction in Horticulture and its Advantages." On the exhibition tables were some vases of cut flowers shown by Mr. F. L. Harris, gardener to Mr. H. H. Hunnewell. Among these was a very fine spike of Phalaenopsis Stuartiana, which received honorable mention, also P. grandiflora, P. Schiller- iana, Anselia Africana, the "Chatsworth variety" of Coelogyne cristata, and sev- eral species of acacia, including the grace- ful A. Riceana which is not often seen here. Mr. Chas. J. Dawson, gardener at the Bussey Institute, showed a pretty collec- tion of forced hardy shrubs and herba- ceous plants, including Pyrus baccata, Exoehorda grandiflora, Rosa nitida, and some very handsome blooms ol Cypripe- dium spectabile. Mr. A. Ingram, representing Sander & Co., of London, is in town paying his respects to the orchid growers. Mr. Haswell, business partner of Mr. J. W. Porter who swindled so many mem- bers of the S. A. F. by collecting money for pictures which he never delivered, has done all in his power to undo the mis- chievous work of his recalcitrant partner. Photographs have been sent to all those entitled to them as fast as their addresses could be obtained, and as there are a few- more copies left members who so desire can obtain the same by enclosing $1 with their address to Mr. Geo. F. Haswell, 262 Center street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. If thex-e are any members who paid for pictures at convention time and who have not yet received them, they can ob- tain them by notifying Mr. Haswell to that effect. W. J. S. New York. Trade good considering that it is Lent. There is just demand enough to use up the supply nicely. The principal feature of the week wast lie orchid show given by J. M. Hodgson at Hodgson's Hall. The hall was turned into a beautiful conservatory, the ceilings being almost covered with southern clematis and the pillars changed into columns of flowers. In every nook and comer there were banks and mounds of orchids. In the centre of the hall was a large ship made entirely of cattleyas resting on a large mirror which bore an excellent resemblance to water; this was one of the most striking features of the show. There was also some very fine daffodils and tulips in boxes grown by Mr. Ernst Asmus of West Hoboken and Mr. John Reid of Jersey City. The music for the occasion was furnished by the Hungarian Band. Mr. Hodgson was delighted with the results and promises to make it an annual treat. P. L. Bogart had a very large dinner order Friday for the American Yacht Club, the principal feature being a large pilot wheel 10 feet in diameter made of pansies, violets and carnations. John Nugent had the decoration for the dinner of the directors of the Western Union Telegraph Co. The principal features consisted of large baskets of daffodils, LaFrance and orchids. The New York Florists' Club is sparing no effort to make the show at the Lenox Lyceum a success and from present in- dications it cannot be otherwise. At the meeting of the Committee of Arrangements Wednesday it was decided to offer much larger premiums for azaleas, genistas, etc., than was stated in the pre- liminary schedule. The prizes are such that all growers of these beautiful plants should enter and endeavor to come out ahead. They have also offered a silver cup, value $35, or cash value, forthe best speci- men orchid in bloom. This should excite rivaly among the amateurs. The N. Y. ::>Hn in an editorial on Tues- day, Februarj^ 24, dwelt at great length on the project for the establishment of a Botanical Garden in New York modeled after the famous Kew Gardens near London. This would be a great thing for the people and a gain for horticulture. At the Bowling Club Monday Theo. Roehrs again captured the medal with the score of 185. The rest of the boys were in it for six frames when Theo. com- menced makingstrikes and that settled it. "Johnny" Weir made the great score of 215 last week and is showing up in great form. He hopes to be one of the best after he has had more practice. John Young. Orchid Arrangement on a Divan. One of the pretty features of the deco- rations arranged by Klunder for the Astor ball in New York is shown in the accompanvingillustration. The dra pings of Lygodium scandens from the chande- lier were gracefulh' entwined with the mound of cattlejason the divan beneath. You CAN NOT afford to take any chances on your spring advertising. The only way to reach the WHOLE TRADE is through the American Florist. Circulate your spring trade lists in our Easter Number, to be issued March 19 and to contain forty pages. That number will be a beauty. Carnation Lamborn. Ed. Am. Florist:— It is satisfactory to note from Mr. Chitty's lengthy letter in your issueof February 19 that the several criticisms which have of late appeared in your columns re carnation Lamborn have in no wise damped his ardor or lessened his rhetorical powers. It is quite de- licious to read thai he "greatly dislikes the task of dashing the cup of bliss from the lips of these exultant heroes just at the time they are regaling themselves with such a generous swig" and straight- way continues that "these gentlemen (i. e. his critics) have permitted them- selves to be caught in their ow-n traps," but as his heart would appear to have been "bubbling over with gratitude and exhilaration" at the dismay which his letter would cause in hisopponents' ranks — to which a dynamite bomb would be a mere flea bite— he in the fullness of his heart was convinced that it was his bounden duty to be "magnanimous" and not crow over or trample upon his fallen foes. After this preliminary antidote which he, I make no doubt, intended to ease the wounds to be inflicted by his keen shafts of ridicule and sarcasm, he proceeds to carrj' the war into the ene- my's country. After dealing a few knock down blows to Mr. Lombard — who will, I make no doubt, be able to return them with in- terest—he proceeds to devote three col- umns of your journal to an indictment and refutation of my letter. From the tone of Mr. Chitty's letter it would seem that his letter was final and that further discussion was both idle and out of the question. He appears like Hercules on the field of battle, who after standing the gibes of his opponents with exemplary patience for a time, at last got riled and laid them grovelling in the dust. I crave of Mr. Chitty not to be unduly incensed at my presuming to offer a few words of criticism in reply to his lengthy com- munication. Let me turn in the first place to his cash column and endeavor to point out a few errors, or exaggerations, whichever he prefers to have them called: 16.000 Lam- bom flowers at $50 per 1000, less 50 per cent cost of production, realize $800 net. My arithmetical powers are no doubt at fault, but I fail to make more than $400 net. Will Mr. Chitty explain the defi- ciency, or does he get $100 per 1000 for his blooms excluding cost of production? Again, his 6.000 Lizzie McGowans netted him $300. Did he also get an average of $100 per 1000 for these? Similarly his 2,000 Silver Spray averaged $50 per 1000. For these 24,000 flowers Mr. Chitty obtained, he tells us, $1,200, which with 50 per cent deducted leaves him $600. So much for his blooms. If he ob- tained 10 cents each on an average for all his flowers, my criticism is abortive, but he distinctly told us in his first letter that they averaged just half that amount. The remaining $2,037.50 in your corre- spondent's ingenious manipulation of figures is for cuttings sold, or which he hopes to sell shortly. On this point I have only to say that it is not the "ood fortune of many florists to be aWe to i8gi. The American Florist. 507 secure such ready sales for alarge number of young plants, nor to get such high prices for them as Mr. Chitty has done. Were it not for the fact that Lizzie Mc- Gowan is a new variety commanding six times the price of the general run of car- nations his cash account would be further reduced by $1,538.50. It is an extremely chance circumstance which allows him to sell 30,000 cuttings at $12 per 100. If he will re-figure up his cash account, allowing the same price for Lizzie Mc- Gowan cuttings as Lamborn, he will find that with the necessary $000 reduction on the cut flowers that his pile of figures dropsfrom $3,237.50 to $1,099. 50, which is quite a trifling difference. Mr. Chitty IS very well aware that few florists are so favorably placed as he is for disposing of his stock at retail prices, he is a well known and thoroughly established man of business, residing in a jjopular district convenient to the principal flower market of America, and whose name and fame as a cultivator has been spread all over this great country by your widely circulating paper. On the other hand, I am a new beginner, not yet having been in business for myself for one year, and consequently being by no means thoroughly settled down or established. It would be the sheerest folly for a small grower like myself to propagate a large number of carnations for sale; were we all to go in for them as heavily as Mr. Chitty what sort of a price would carnations bring? Having glanced cursorily at Mr. C.'s majestic line of dollars I must ere closing say a few words in my own defense. My blooms cut up to February 1 were 35,000 jis stated. I have no large retail trade for flowers here, and while I can sell a certain number at 35 to 40 cents a dozen I don't suppose my blooms averaged over $2.50 per 100, and I fear few florists in the neighborhood can command higher prices. Mr. C. generously knocks off 50 per cent for my cost of production, to this, however, I must take decided excep- tion. I have figured up matters carefully and find that although Mr. C.may spend 50 per cent in growing his stock, I can with every due allowance produce mine for 25 per cent. This will increase my net receipts to $656.25. I may here re- mark that I manage m3' establishment without any paid help during six months of the year and this permits me to pro- duce my stock at a lower margin of cost than Mr. C. Further, my carnation house is not entirely devoted to carna- tions. At one end I have bouvardia on the side benches, at the opposite end I have smilax, down the center of my mid- dle bed I flowered a quantity of chrysan- themums and I am now flowering Lilium Harrisii in the same place. Shelves round the house are devoted to freesias, etc. in boxes, while cinerarias and other plants are dotted all over the front of the benches. I have kept no tabulated ac- count of the receipts for the special flow- ers other than carnation grown in this house, but added to the amount taken for carnations I am well within the mark in estimating it at $900, less cost of pro- duction, or over double what Mr. C. credits me with. Mr. C. tells me that the actual space occupied by his Lamborns is only 801 feet. I don't grow plants in my paths as his letter would seem to imply; deducting the space occupied by paths (including one down the middle of my center bed ) and spaces taken up by other plants, I have less than 1,300 feet devoted to carnations, so that his boast about his 801 feet being "199 feet less than half" my own entirely collapses. I don't grow carnation cuttings for sale, although I have put in 4,500 for my own use and sold or given away to friends some 5,500 more. I might very fairly add the value of these to my cash accoimt, but I will abstain from so doing believing that my cut flowers make in themselves a sum for which no novice in the trade need feel ashamed. Having demolished the frail structure I reared, to his own supreme satisfaction, Mr. Chitty boldly challenges us to set up a stand of flowers of Mrs. Fisher against Lamborn at Chicago, New York or Phil- adelphia. Why except boston? Mrs. Fisher has many admirers round that city and there are, I doubt not, plenty of florists who will be quite ready to meet him as desired. Mr. C. can scarce expect me, situated as I am with a small place and comparatively small number of plants to cut from, to compete with one in his position, but I am willing to grow any given number of plants of Mrs. Fisher up to 500 and set them against a similar number of Lamborn to be grown by him, to be examined weekly or fortnightly bj' competent judges during the whole blooming season and quantity and qual- ity of blooms to be taken into considera- tion as well as ground space occupied. I can not devote an entire house to Mrs. Fisher or I would be glad to set a house of it against one the same size of Lam- born grown by Mr. Chitty. I have tried Lamborn and discarded it, Lizzie Mc- Gowan I am anxious to give a trial to if Mr. C.'s stock is not entirely sold out. Allow me in conclusion to state that if Mr. Chitty's 3,500 Lamborn plants no more than fill 800 feet of space the plants must be decidedly small ones. My own plants (1,700) are thickly crowded, al- though occupying 500 feet more of space. I am glad yourcorrespondent's last letter contained so many interesting points omitted in his earlier communication. I am sorry if by my explanations or crit- icisms I have lessened at all his feelings of gratitude and exhilaration. I have endeavored to give him my experience in plain ungarbled facts. As before stated, I am a new beginner and have many other things to attend to in addition to carna- tions, I do not restrict myself to growing white ones, although had I done so I would have been able to cut 8,000 to 10,000 more blooms up to date. My "insignificant little dab" looks better on examination, while Mr. Chitty's majestic column of figures shrinks marvelously when critically examined. Wholesome criticism is good for all of us, we can not all be Mr. Chittys, nor roll the dollars in with the celerity he does, but I feel quite satisfied with my own receipts so far; could I but get as much for my stock as New Jersey growers appear to do, our respective money columns would bear a totally different aspect. William Nicholson. Framingham, Mass., Feb. 23, 1891. Carnation Contest. Please read what Mr. J. N. May has to say, which is as follows: "Your suggestions about offering a premium for the best seedling, or rather new carnation, set me to thinking, and the following is the result: "On looking up the matter of cups for our coming shovi', on Friday last I came across a most beautiful cut glass cup in decanter shape, covered in beautiful ar- tistic solid silver, inlaid with flowers, etc. It is entirely new in design and finish and as the makers, one of the leading firms in New York, offered it to us at a surpris- ingly low figure to introduce it, I took upon myself to order it. Now, as you are familiar with the raisers and intro- ducers of new carnations, I will make the following proposition, which I will ask you to laj' before the parties interested: "This cup shall be offered for the best new carnation introduced in 1891 or 1892, in the form of a sweepstakes. The cup is valued at sixty dollars ($60). The New York Florists' Club will donate $30 of the amount. The balance to be raised by the competitors for the prize, pro rata. The winner to have his name and the ob- ject for which it is to be awarded engraved thereon. And certificates of merit will be awarded to any other deserving new varieties. The only conditions imposed are, that the balance, $30, must be in my hands not later than March 15 next, so that the matter may appear in the final programme or schedule, and I would further propose that the exhibitors be the judges to decide which shall be deserving of the prize. "If you can work this matter up I will be pleased to assist you in so far as I am able, but mj' hands are more than full at this time, so will have to leave the neces- sary correspondence to you. If the car- nation men wish to advertise their goods this is a big chance for them, as the news- papers will take the matter up we are assured, by special arrangements, and give all the varieties exhibited a notice according to their respective merits. Yours very truly, John N. May." This is certainly an opportunity which should be fully taken advantage of, and it is to be hoped that all carnation grow- ers'will do everything possible to advance the project. It will be a good advertise- ment lor carnations in general, and aid materially in lifting the "Divine Flower" into that position which sooner or later it is destined to occupy — up front. What makes me anxious is, can carnations be exhibited creditably in April? The spring show takes place April 7 to 11. Is it ■' le to have as good pot plants, for 5o8 The American Florist. Mar. 5, instance, in April as it would be in Oeto- lier and November? Let the Thorpes, Starrs, \Yij;lits, Svvavncs, Cbittys, Me- C.owans, Hills, Dorncrs and every carna- tion jjrosver answer. It will be seen by Mr. May's letter that action must be prompt, and the sooner the views of every person who has an opinion of his own is sent to me the Ijetter. And please address Edwin Lonsdale. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Carnations at Corfu. It is easy to see, by the recent articles in the Fi'okist, that growers are not of one mind in regard to the most profitable carnations. Lessons may be learned from the recent discussion, and had thewriters given more minute information as to soil and treatment we should have had a fair summary of modern carnation growing. Mr. Chitty praises Lamborn, and with him and many others it doubtless does well, but here in western New York it is not a success. Within the last two months I have visited most of the large growers in this vicinity, and while I have seen Lamborn at several places yet no where did it appear to be worth growing — at least for midwinter. On Saturday last, accompanied by Mr. Wni. Scott, I visited the establishment of Webb Bros., at Corfu, N. Y., and a de- scription of the varieties grown here will indicate the most popular carnations grown in this section. Corfu is situated about 25 miles east of Buffalo and has been noted for several years for the fine quality of carnations grown. The Messrs. Webb make a specialty of carnations, though some roses are produced — and good ones too. The soil is a sand}- loam and can be worked in a few hours after the heaviest The houses are three-quarter span, 21 feet wide by 150 feet long and run nearly east and west. Each house has four benches, and as planted they take about 3,600 plants to the house. At the time of our visit a house devoted to Hinze's White presented a fine appear- ance, probably a thousand fully opened flowers, measuring from 214 to 2% inches in diameter and on long stems, could have been cut. This house, we were in- formed, has been in all winter, and it promises to be good for the next four or five months. Hinze's White does not seem to come in crops around Buffalo, but is a regular and continuous bloomer, and I feel sure that if it did half as well near New York no one would think of throwing it out. In the next house we saw Lamborn, Swayne and Harrison. Lamborn was full of buds and partly opened flowers, but the number of blooms fit to cut was very small. The complaint is that it does not open. Mr. Webb thinks that later in the .season it will do better. Swayne is open to the same objection — it does not open. Harrison "was a sight to behold," the plants were full of bud and bloom, the flowers opening full and quickly, and seemed to me to be the most profitable carnation here. Silver Spray is grown and appears to be the best pure white grown here. Grace Wilder did not look as well as it usually does with us. Mangold, however, looked well. For reds Portia and Garfield are grown, but the former seems to be the favorite here, and its small bright blos- soms were abundant. Here, too, we saw a bench of Tidal Wave, while the flower can hardly be distinguished from Century yet its superior constitution and habit causes it to be preferred; it needs however to be disbudded to obtain long stems. Of the fourteen or fifteen thousand plants needed for planting here nearly all were rooted and the larger part were growing in flats. A call was also made at Mr. Gidding's place, but nothing new in the carnation line was seen, nor did we see the propri- etor, but we did see a few very fine violets growing in the end of one of the houses. Of course we saw a new seedling; this time it is a dark one — a seedling from Anna Webb, but we did not see it in flower, so it still remains a dark horse. Probably Messrs. Webb will have it in shape for fall exhibitions. I. F. COWELL. Buffalo, Feb. 18, 1891. The Carnation Contest. Ed. Am. Florist. — In your issue of February 19, under the head line "Car- nation Lamborn," Mr. H. E. Chitty, of Paterson, N. J., offers to match 25, 50, 75 orlOO Lamborn against an equal num- ber of Mrs. Fisher, at Chicago, Phila- delphia or anywhere out of Boston, for $50 to $100. Also to match McGowan against the field of whites at either New York, Philadelphia or Chicago. Now I suppose that many carnation growers should like to take a hand in such a con- test, but as Mr. Chitty has made provis- ion for but one competitor in each class, there will be a difficulty in settling the question as to who shall enjoy that ex- clusive privilege. Mr. Chitty seems to have allowed his enthusiasm to outrun his business judgment, otherwise his proposition would have contemplated a wider field for a test. Now I wish to amend Mr. Chitty's proposition by naming Chicago as the place for the contest, and to permit any- one to contest by paying an entrance fee of $5, or any other sum that may be agreed upon, the winner to receive $100 for first and $50 for second best. The writer guarantees at least one entrance fee of $5, to such contests if so required. Possibly Mr. Chitty will consider the western states scarcely in the race— they are at least out of Boston, therefore eligible. It is hoped that this proposition of Mr. Chitty's will bear fruit, as if honestly managed it will be the means of settling in a good measure the question as to the comparative merits of the (possiblj) over lauded newer sorts. The facts in the business areofchiefimportance and let us make an effort to find them out. F. G. Gould. Excelsior, Minn., Feb. 19. Carnation Excelsior.— Mr. C. E. Brinton, Wilmington, Uel., sends us a dozen blooms of a white carnation which on opening we felt sure was Lamborn, but his letter states that the blooms are from a seedling raised by him and which he has named Excelsior. The flowers are 01 the same size and general appearance as those of the Lamborn. They have good long si-cms and the calyx is perfect. Mr. Brinton says he has several other seedlings that promise well. When writing to advertisers please mention the fact that you were induced to write by the advertisement in the American Florist. You will benefit us by letting advertisers know that it is the Florist that is bringing them trade. Send your adv. now for our special Easter number of 40 pages, March 19. Notes from Fairfield, Conn. «y WM. lALCONBB. Fairfield is five miles from Bridgeport. When passing through Connecticut, re- cently, I stopped over a little while to see John Dallas, whom we all remember about New York as being the exhibitor of the splendid specimen of Adiantum Farleyense that was shown at the New Y'ork chrysanthemum show a few years ago. His place is about fifteen minute's walk from the R. R. station and consists of a lot of greenhouses filled with all manner of plants. The big Farleyense (figured in the Flo- rist, page 513,Junelst,lastyear)is grow- ing inalargewooden round tuband looks very fine. It occupies a place in a warm greenhouse where it is raised up pretty well above the surrounding plants so that the air can pass freely between its fronds; the house is shaded and the at- mosphere kept moist and the fronds of the Farleyense are all staked up to keep them from laying down flat upon one another and rotting each other. Mr. Dallas grows it in a compost of fibrous loam and rotted manure, just such a soil as one would use for geraniums or other gross-feeding soft-wooded plants. Years ago he used to grow Farleyense and all other deep rooting ferns in the conven- tional peaty compost, but a few years ago he took a trip to Europe, and while journeying through Ireland he was advised of a sale of very fine greenhouse plants about to take place. He went to the sale and there beheld the finest speci- mens of Farleyense he had ever seen, and he bought a lot of them and sent them home to this country. Curious to know the secret of such successful cultivation, coming from America he soon had the goodwill and confidence of the gardener. "Fade them well," said he "give them torfy loam and plenty manure, and the divil a bit o' pate at all at all." And he has ever since followed this advice not only with Farleyense, but with all other vigorous deep rooting fen.s. Surface-run- ning rhizomatous sorts, of course are still treated to rough peat and moss. Some finely pitchered nepenthes, espec- ially N. Mastersiana and N. Siebrechtii, growing in pots and baskets in a com- post of fern-root and moss were suspend- ed from the roof of a warm, moist house. A particularly brilliant form of Antliur- ium Andreanum glistened in a bank of green tropical foliage. Besides propa- gating it by cuttings he also has raised a lot of seedlings from it. Orchids occur everywhere, suspended on blocks and in baskets from the roof and packed together on the benches, and some of them are continuously in bloom. Bongainvillea spectabilis was in full bloom. It is a hard-wooded vine, easy to grow, easy to bloom, exceedingly showy, and in its finest estate in winter. A very large allanianda also occupies this house. Its growth is discouraged in winter, at the same time it will keep on growing. When the house is pretty well emptied of plants in summer, the shoots of the allamanda are unfastened and let hang down all around, and then comes their sea of golden glory. In a cooler house the semi-double form of the Catalonian jasmine is very beautiful but Mr. D. doesn't favor it much for cut flowers although it keeps better than the single one. Planted out at the north end of a cool house and trained up to and along the roof are the white and red forms of lapageria. When he made the bed for them he sent to New Jersey for i8gi. The American Florist. 509 ^wr,„,,t STAIR DKCORATION the peat. They love a cool temperature, moist atmosphere, partial shade, well- drained soil and abundance oC water. A good many epacrises and Cape heaths are grown. They are planted out in the open ground in summer and lifted and potted in fall. Some of the smaller acacias are now a mist of yellow loveliness. In the near future I believe these plants will become a good deal more popular than they now are; indeed were they grown and offered in good condition, and in quantity they no doubt would be popular enough now. Bedding plants receive a good deal of attention. Of course everybody has a new coleus, so has Mr. Dallas. Acaly- phas for boldness and brightness in warm sunny spots are much prized, and among fancy geraniums Shrubland Pet, although old as the hills, is still indispensable. Last summer he had a splendid lot of violet plants in a prepared border behind ii tall hedge, but when August came, the disease struck them and swej^t them off clean. His neighbor on the other side of the hedge set his plants out in the open field and sunshine, and the disease didn't strike them at all. However, the differ- ent locations might have had nothing whatever to do with the matter. Some years ago he used to run one house of string beans in winter, sowing the beans in rows cross wise in beds on the benches, but a high barn having been erected near this house and where it ob- structed the sunshine in December and January, bean-growing had to be given up as a mid-winter crop. But by getting them to the bloomingstage about the first of February, when they again begin to get a good deal of sunshine, fine crops are yet to be had. The Mohawk is the variety grown as it comes in quick, and carries a good weight of long, green heavy pods. He has good success in flowering Nym- phsea Zanzibarensis in summer, but ex- periences some difficulty in keeping the old roots over winter. True, he can raise flowering plants from seed every year, but in the case of these the summer is pretty well advanced before they begin to bloom. He gets over the difficulty however very easily. He raises the seed- lings in summer, pots them singly and in small pots and here lets them stay and starve for the balance of the j'ear and over winter. In early spring when they are repotted they start into growth vig- orously and are most in bloom as soon as summer opens. Mr. Dallas has an outside rockery he thinks a good deal of for it is filled with all the nice little choice plants he can get together and which he cannot trust to the tender mercies ofa thoughtless hoe or spade in an open plat or border, and the rocks are clothed with creeping euony- mus and Veitch's ampelopsis. Think of his chagrin one day last summer when a lady came to him to ask for permission "to pull up some of the plants that were growing out there in the rubbish heap!" What darkness! But John pulled the wisp of ignorance out of the window of her knowledge of horticulture and gave her light. Stair Decoration. The illustration shows one feature of the decoration arranged by Siebrecht & Wadley for the Havemeyer ball in New York February 2. At the foot of the stairwav is a bank of blooming pot plants of the Magna Charta rose, each plant carrying from five to seven open flowers. There were fully 2,000 open roses in the bank. At the top is a plant of Cham^erops humilis stricta twenty- one feet in height. A Few Useful Plants. Bambusa Fortunei variegata.— This dwarf bamboo may be considered among the variegated plants that should find an opening among the trade. It is nearly hardy, and forms a neat little tuft of its slender canes, the latter being well clothed with small linear-lanceolate leaves that are very distinctly variegated with yellow stripes. As it seldom attains a height of more than 18 inches, and is more often seen in compact clumps that are about 9 to 12 inches high, it will readily be seen that this plant is not likely soon to outgrow its quarters. I have stated above that this bambusa is nearly hardy, though south of Phila- delphia it may be quite able to stand the winter, and in a favorable season may endure the exposure in this latitude, but like Arundo donax variegata cannot always be depended on as a perfectly hardy plant, though I have seen the lat- ter stand well some seasons without any protection whatever. Bambusa For- tunei variegata is readily propagated by division, and if potted up in small pots and kept in good condition would be a likely plant for the retail trade. Phyllanthus nivosus.— This is a very pretty member of a very large genus of euphorbiaceous plants, and certainly deserves to become better known. It is a warm house plant of shrubby habit, and has ovate leaves that are much mottled with white, in fact the tips of the shoots are sometimes entirelj- white, thus giving the plant a very strik- ing appearance. Phyllanthus nivosus is propagated by means of cuttings which root quite readily when placed in a prop- agating frame, providing they are not too soft. The young plants require a little judicious pinching from time to time in order to keep them in shape, and will grow freely in light loam that has been moderately enriched with some old manure. Though introduced nearly twenty years ago this phyllanthus does not seem to have become very common, but as the use of a greater variety of foliage plants becomes revived this charming example will doubtless find a place. DiCHORisANDRA tiNDATA. — This is also a comparatively old plant and could be made a very useful one if used in the same way as small rex begonias are frequently used in window boxes and ferneries. D. undata is a dwarf-growing species from the South Sea Islands, and though this locality usually gives us the idea of in- tense heat yet an extreme temperature is not absolutely essential in this case as a satisfactory result may be obtained in a temperature of 60° to 65° with a moist atmosphere and moderate shading. D. undata produces broadly ovate leaves that are about 3 to 4 inches in length and of stout texture, the color of the upper side being chiefly dark green, though marked with longitudinal bands ofa lighter shade, while that of the under surface is purplish. The leaves are also curiously waved or undulated, from which fact the specific name is derived . This pretty little plant may also be prop- agated by cuttings, which may be rooted as readily as those of some of the small growing marantas. Campylobotrvs refulgens.— This is another of the available plants for small work, and is here referred to under the old name because it will probably be more easily recognized by that title than under its newer designation of Hoft- mannia. This plant will attain a height of from 1 to 2 feet, but is not specially de- sirable in this size, for it is much more useful in small pots. The leaves are from 2 to 4 inches in length, and dark green flushed with red on the upper side, while beneath they are reddish purple. C. refulgens is rather an old-fashioned plant also, but as many of our readers will doubtless remember is a very at- tractive one when nicely grown. Ligularia K-empferii var.— Better known under its old name of Farfugium grande is another deserving old plant 5IO The American Florist. "•5. that seems to have been relegated to tlic rear rank for some years past. It is nearly as tough as an aspidistra and is really on excellent house plant besides being ol value for bedding in summer. It seems scarcely necessary to describe this plant further than to say that the leaves are nearly round, dark green and glossy and profusely spotted with yellow. Division is the usual method of propagation, and partial shade and plenty of water among the most es- sential conditions for its welfare, but even when exposed to the dust and dry atmosphere ot a dwelling this ligularia is hard to discourage, and is likely to be seen in a flourishing condition. W. H, Taplin. Dollars and Cents. I wish to make a few comments on the "dollars and cents" portion of Mr. Thorpe's article in the Florist of Feb- ruary' 19. He says: "It has been stated that the chrysanthemum flowers inter- fere with the sale of roses and carna- tions, but I notice that nothing interferes with chrj-santhemums in their season." If Mr. Thorpe speaks for Philadelphia and its suburbs he is greatly mistaken. The fall trade about Philadelphia was good until the appearance of chrysanthe- mums about the first of October, but after the chrysanthemums became plenti- ful general stagnation prevailed in every department of our trade except that part pre-empted by the street fakir, who im- proved the shining hours by hawking chrj'Santhemums on the street for IScents and 25 cents a bunch of 50 and 100 flowers. Not only did the chrysanthe- mums interfere with the sale of other flowers but they interfered with them- selves as far as the regular dealers were concerned. It was a general expression: "If the chrysanthemum glut would only get over, trade would improve." Nearly every store keeper expressed himself in this way until the chrysanthemums were gone, and many of them went on the dump pile. Probably one-half of all the chrysanthemums sold between October 15 and January 1, were in such an ad- vanced state of ripeness that they would begin to fall within 24 hours after being sold, proving that the growers were overloaded with unsalable stock. We iound collections diflScult during that period, the store keepers saying that while they handled more stuff' and paid out more money than usual the cash re- ceipts were less. More stuff' went into the ash-barrel and the credit side of the ledger did not show up well. So serious- ly was business affected that some of the most prominent retailers in Philadelphia advised that some measures be taken to restrict the supply. Our trade was affected to such an extent that our cash receipts for October and November were less than for August and September, though our cut during the months last named was much less than during the chrysanthemum season. In Aijgust and September \vc did not have half enough flowers to meet the demand, but when the chrysanthemums monopolized the market we could not sell half of our product. In my opinion, the grower Mr. Thorpe referred to as having 30,000 flowers in sight, did not get $15,000 for his crop. And ill Philadelphia it is likely that more Chry-santhtnuim flowers sold for 50 cents a hundred than for $50 a hundred. The rest of Mr. Thorpe's article makes very good reading — now, since many have forgotten the vows they made a short time ago, never to grow another chrysanthemum. Thomas DeWitt, Horticulture at the World's Fair. Following we give in full the classifica- tion adopted by the "World's Columbian Commission" for the horticidtural de- partment of the World's Fair. With the exception of group 21, this is the work of Prof. Blake, of Yale College. Our readers will be amused to see that according to this classification horticul- ture (group 22) means Kitchen Garden- ing, and seedsmen and nurserymen will doubtless be highly gratified to observe that they received recognition, one as a sub-class (146) of floriculture, the other in a single line in class 154. For Group 21, which heads the list and dominates all the rest, we are indebted to M. H. DeYoung, proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle. There was no other member of the classification committee with sufficient knowledge of horticultural interests in the country at large and suffi- cient back bone to successfull3- oppose the indomitable will of this doughty cham- pion of the Pacific coast, and with but feeble opposition he succeeded in forcing the wine and brandy interest to the fore front, making it the most prominent fcat- x:re of the proposed horticultural display. It might be supposed that he would be satisfied with this much glory. Far from it. The statement appeared in the Chicago papers some weeks ago that Director-General Davis was about to ap- point an Illinois man, asehief of the Bureau of Horticulture. This was enough to excite him to direst wrath. He at once pro- ceeded to Col. Davis' office to protest, and in the interview gave emphatic vent to this remarkable utterance, ''There is no horticulture outside of California." Afterwards he telegraphed from San Francisco: "California tnust have the Bureau of Horticulture." Other tele- grams to the same eflfect followed thick and fast, and it reallj- seemed to Col. Davis that a pause was necessary, so a pause was had, and has continued ever since. In a recent issue of the Chicago Times appeared the following: San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 24.— The question of the appointment of the chief of the horticul- tural bureau of the World's Fair has been taken by all the leading newspapers of the state, urging the selection of Gen N. P. Chip- ^c^ iaiized Director-General Davis to make the appointment contending that the rec- ognition which would be given the Pacific coast in her leading industry would insure that state an appropriation of $300,000, which would be largely increased by private and other subscrip- tions to more than double that figure. The same influence that succeeded in placing wine and brandy as the foremost interest of horticulture now demands that a representative of this interest be placed at the head of the department. Horticulturists of America, how do 3-ou like it? Are you willing that the horti- cultural department of the exposition shall be under the direct control of the influence which has already succeeded in placing viticulture ahead of horticulture, of which it is merely a small sub-division? Are you willing to have the department whichistobe called "horticultural" made maitdy a display of wines and brandies? To our mind the alcoholic products of fruits should have no place in the depart- ment. And what may the horticulturists of the country outside of California ex- pect at the hands of one who has arro- gantly claimed "There is no horticul- ture outside of California?" California's resources are undoubtedly great and she should have everj' oppor- tunity to make a complete display at the exposition, but when she proposes to dominate the whole department she should have the fact brought to her atten- tion that she represents but a small por- tion of the horticultural interests of . America and that the great exposition is to show to the world the resources of the whole country and not one state alone, however large an opinion it may have of its own importance. It is time for the horticulturists of America to make themselves heard in this matter. State Horticidtural Societies who have not already done so should by their exec- utive officers let Col. Davis know at once what effect the appointment of a Cali- fornia man under these circumstances would have in discouragingexhibits frotn other states, and we earnestly hope that our contemporaries of the horticultural press will take the matter up in vigorous editorials. We would furtl er suggest that they not only send marked copies, but pending publication that they mail advance proofs of intended editorials to Director-General Geo. R. Davis, Rand Mc- Nally Building, Chicago, that he may know at the earliest possible moment what the horticulturists of the rest of the country think of these outrageous as- sumptions on the part of the representa- tives of a single state. The appointment of chief of the horti- cultural department will probably be made March 13, and whatever is to be done must be done at once. Here is the wonderfully constructed classification which has been adopted by the commission. DEPARTME.XT B. ViTicuLTiRE, Horticulture, Flori- culture. Group 21. viticulture. Class 122. The vine and its varieties- shown by living examples, by cuttings, by engravings, photographs, etc. Class 123. Methods of" planting, stak- ing and training the vine. Class 124. Vineyards and their man- agement. Class 125. Grapes for the table. Class 126. Grapes for winemaking. Class 127. Grapes for drying— raisin culture. Class 128. Methods of, and appliances for cultivating, harvesting, curing, pack- ing, and shipping grapes. Wine cooper- "ciass 129. White wines. Class 130. Red wines, clarets, zinfand- el, Burgundies. Class 131. Sherries, madeira, port. Class 132. Sparkling wines. Class 133. Methods of expressing the juice of the grape; of fermenting, storing, racking, bottling, and packing. Class 134. Brandy of all kinds; methods and apparatus for the produc- tion of brandy. i8gi. The American Florist, 511 ARRANGEMENT OF ORCHmS. Class 135. Literature, history and statistics of viticulture. Group 22. HORTICULTURE. Class 136. Garden vegetables and their cultivation. (See also groups 4 and 5.) Class 137. Market and truck garden- ing. Class 138. Esculent vegetables. Class 139. Garden tools and other accessories of gardening. Group 2$. FLORICULTURE. Class 140. Hardy perennials, flower- ing shrubs, etc., other than roses, rhod- odendrons, etc. Class 141. Roses of all varieties. Class 142. Rhododendrons, azaleas and wild flowers. Class 143. Orchids and orchid houses. Class 144. Ornamental leaf plants. Class 145. Beddingplants and annual flowering plants, ornamental bulbs, etc. Class 146. Flower and seed trade. Methods of testing vitality of seeds. Class 147. Cactacefe. Class 148. Aquatic plants and their culture. Nymphtea, etc. Class 149. Cut flowers and florist's work. Class 150. Floral designs, etc., bou- quets, preserved flowers, leaves, sea- weeds. Illustrations of plants and flowers. Materials for floral designs. bouquet materials, bouquet holders, bouquet papers, table decorations. Class 151. Receptacles for plants, flower pots, plant boxes, tubs, fern cases, jardinieres, etc. Window gardening, plant and flower stands, ornate designs in iron, wood and wire. Group 2^. ARBORICULTURE. Class 152. Ornamental trees and shrubs. Methods of growing, trans- planting, etc. Class 153. Fruit trees and methods of rearing, grafting, transplanting, pruning, etc., means of combating insects and other enemies. Class 154. Nurseries and nursery trade. Group 25. POMOLOGY. Class 155. Fruits of temperate and sub-tropical regions, as apples, pears, quinces, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, grapes, cherries and melons; cold storage and other methods of keeping, packing and shipping. (For grapes see viticulture, group 21.) Class 156. Citrus fruits — oranges, lemons, etc. Class 157. Bananas, pine apples and other tropical fruits except citrus fruits. Class 158. Small fruits— berries, etc. Group 26. APPLIANCES AND METHODS OF HORTICULT- URE, FLORICULTURE, ARBORICULT- URE, ETC. Class 159. Hot houses, conservatories. Methods of construction, management and operation. Class 160. Heating apparatus for hot houses and conservatories. Class 161. Hotbeds, forcing and prop- agating houses and appliances. _ Class 162. Seats, chairs and adjuncts of garden and conservatory. Class 163. Ornamental wire work, trellises, fences, borders, labels for plants and trees, etc. Class 164. Garden and nursery admin- istration and management. Horticult- ure, floriculture and arboriculture as arts of design and decoration. Laying out gardens. Designs for the laying out of gardens and the improvement of private residences. Designs for commercial gar- dens. graperies. Designs for the parterre. Treating of water for orna- mental purposes: cascades, fountains, reservoirs, lakes. Formation and after- treatment of lawns. Garden construction building, etc. Rock work, grottoes. Rus- tic constructions and adornments for private gardens and public grounds. Plantmg, fertilizing, cultivating and ap- pliances. Arrangement of Orchids. The illustration is engraved from a photograph sent us b_v Mr. H. H. Battles, Philadelphia. The flowers are arranged on a lath wound with sphagnum moss. Cyperus in Decorations. In none of the descriptions of decora- tions have I seen mention of cyperus being used. We use it considerably, preferring it to ferns where narcissus, freesias, lilies or callas are used. The cyperus is very durable, lasting for days. It will grow in any greenhouse and can be grown in large clumps or single plants in 2V2-inch pots. It is also valuable in summer and fall for gladiolus decorations. C. B. W. 5l2 The American Florist. Mar. J, Rose Propagation in the South. The propagation of the rose in the southern states is a niatterof paramount interest to all southern florists as the many methods devised for this purpose bv growers in other climates do not work siicccsslully here. The budding and otlier systems of propagation so success- ful witii Hnropean florists on account of their cool summers and attendant atmos- pheric moisture cannot with profit be pursued in the south; the consequence is that all other methods are abandoned in favor of the system of propagation by cuttings, which is most successful in the south, as well as the north, and is the great system of propagation in which all American cultivators excel the growers of other countries. The propagation of the rose in the north can be carried on both in summer as well as in winter, thus giving an extended time for the per- formance of this operation that south- em florists do not enjoy. The great length of our summers and the extreme dryness of the atmosphere renders summer prop- agation impracticable in the southern states, it is therefore onlv through the few short months of winter that we have, that any average amount of suc- cess can be obtained. The system of summer propagation so successful in the north can with some advantage be prac- ticed in the south but only during a few of the fall months. From the middle ef September to the middle of November is generally the best but much depends upon the particular locality as a later period than this might be better further south of this point. The object is to await the cool bracing atmosphere that invariably comes at that season, which is most con- ducive to successful propagation. The details of propagation whether in winter or summer are in the main the same. The only difference is the bottom heat supplied in the propagation houses by the pipes and boilers through the win- ter months must be obtained from beds of fermenting material if practiced during summer or fall. These beds are best made about the end of August or begin- ning of September in some out of the way place and filled in with stable or horse manure that will heat to a depth of from 24 to 30 inches; it must be firmly beaten down, and about 4 inches of sand placed on top of this which must also be made as solid as possible by beating it with a mallet or brick. A layer of nice clean straw placed on top of the manure before the sand is put on will afford good drain- age for the sand that will prevent it from getting too wet from the frequent sprinkling and syringing the cuttings require. The sash should slope to the north, and posts must be placed in the ground around the bed to nail slats to for the support of the shading which must be tacked on all over the bed so as to completely obscure the direct rays of thesun. Anopeningintheshading maybe left in the north side of the bed where you may pass in and out to attend to the sprinkling and ventilation of the cuttings. Have the shading sufficiently high so that you can walk under it around the bed, as it is more convenient and allows of a greater circulation of air between the shading and the glass, which will result in keeping the top heat at a temperature more conductive to the welfare of the cuttings. After the bed is first made it will become very warm, but the cuttings must not be put in until the temperature has fallen to about 70'\ When the beds are duly prepared, the first act' of importance is the proper selec- tion of the cuttings; if these arc not in the proper condition noamount of other atten- tion will make marketable plants of them. The young shoots of the rose is what is to be used, but it must be hard and woody. Avoid a soft pithy growth as much asyou would an old or hardened one. When a rosebud is developed enough to cut, the shoot on which it grows is in a proper condition to make desirable cut- ting wood as well as all other wood of a similar development. Each leaf .of the shoot with its bud at the axil, and two or three inches of a stem makes what is known to the trade as a one-eyed cut- ting. They are simply made by making one ratherslantingcut between the joints or about a quarter of an inch above the eye. About one-third oftheleaf is cut off, mainly to admit of more cuttings being put in the cutting beds or benches. If by any reason the leaf is taken off", a rose cutting in this condition will never make a satisfactory plant, or if from any cause the leaf drops off while the cutting is in process of rooting very few if any will make satisfactory plants. Some years ago especially so in the old country a popular error existed that a joint should be retained on the extreme end of the cutting; this would necessitate two joints on the cutting, one on the top and one on the bottom, which is a great waste of cutting wood, a serious objec- tion where new kinds are being propa- gated and cutting wood scarce, as with the two joint system it takes as much wood to make one cutting as would make two with the one-eye system. The joint at the end of the cutting has noth- ing to do with its rooting; of course it will root with the joint on the end but it will root just as well without the joint being there at all. The best plan is to cut them all of a uniform size regardless of the eyes; with some varieties good sized cuttings can be made with one eye while with other close jointed varieties two or more joints will be necessary to get a cutting of fair size. After the proper selection of cuttings they are inserted in the beds in rows in clean pure sand. No mud or vegetable matter of any kind, or soil of any description is allowed among the sand. Clean gritty sharp sand is best. With close attention as to sprink- ling and keeping up a proper degree of atmospheric moisture, roses will under these circumstances root in about twenty or twenty-five daj'S when they should be potted up in 2-inch pots using a compost of nice fibrous loam with a little sand added. Shading will be necessary for some time after potting and the same close attention as to moisture and sprink- ling should be maintained as when in the cutting bed. The indoor propagation through No- vember, December and January can be very successfully done in the south, the de- tails in the operation are the same whether for indoor or hot bed propagation. Use fresh sand for each batch of cuttings and keep the temperature of the sand at from 60° to 65° with the temperature of the house a few degrees less. A good deal of the trouble complained of in the south as to the leaves dropping oft' in a short time after the cuttings are put in is due to the imperfect condition of the wood from which cuttings are made. When the wood is old and hardened the cuttings will invariably shed their leaves in the cutting bed. It is on this point that the southern rose grower has most to con- tend against — the lack of suitable cutting wood. Our summers are so long and dry that all growths are necessarily more hardened than if grown further north and consequent!}' less liable to root and make vigorous plants. In proof of this the writer used one season a few thous- and cuttings secured from a northern grower that were placed in the same bed and subjected to exactly the same treat- ment asa like numberofcuttingscutfrom one of our houses here that was grown on through the summer to produce cut- ting wood. The result was more than 80 per cent, of the northern cuttings made satisfactory plants while scarcely 60 per cent, of the home raised cuttings made vigorous plants. In the open air as far south as Savan- nah, Ga., Louisiana, Florida and the lower points in Mississippi and southern Texas, roses can be propagated from October to January. For this system ripened or hard wood may be selected and in this case the cuttings are usually made larger, generally with three or four eyes and placed in a trench deep enough so that not more than one or two eyes will show above the ground. Make the soil firm around them so as to exclude the air. The cuttings may be set in the trenches about four inches apart and about two feet between the rows. In this way cuttings put in in November will be rooted by Februarj'. Hybrid perpetuals,noisettes,and some of thestronger growingteas only are propa- gated in this manner; the weak growths of many of the varieties of the teas could not be treated in this way. Clarksville, Teun. J.\s. Morton. [The above is in response to queries by T. and others.— Ed.] Springfield, Mass. When in Springfield the other day I had only time to run out the length of Mr. C. H. Fairfield's place. It consists of eight greenhouses, span and hip-span, each 75 feet long and all in one block. They are not joined together, ridge-and- furrow fashion, but a space of three feet or thereabout occurs between them; this is the general way in places where the winters are severe and there is likely to be much snow. He grows some Wilder and Snowdon carnations, but, after this, will drop the Snowdon as its constitution seems exhausted. Most of his houses are devoted to rose growing. He uses onlj' four kinds, namely , Perle, Mermet, Bride and Bon Silene. In the earlier part of the winter the Perles developed many "bull-head" buds, but now they are coming in very well and perfect. He forces a good many lily of the valley, double daffodils, Roman hya- cinths and paper white narcissus, and finds a market for all of his flowers in Springfield. He intends planting a lot of lily of the valley in a border against the north side of his buildings for cut flowers for Decoration Day. His greenhouses are heated by steam and not only is he eulogistic of this method but exceedingly well pleased with his heating apparatus. It is self-regulat- ing with automatic arrangements, econ- omical in fuel and easy to work. W. F. i8gi. The American Florist. sn Coming Exhibitions. March 17-20, Philadelphia— Springex- hibition Pennsylvania Hort. Society. March 25-26, Montreal.— Spring exhi- bition Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club. March 31-April 3, Boston.— Spring ex- hibition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7-11, New York.— Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. Y.— Spring exhibition Central Nevi' York Hort. Society. May 6-8, San Francisco.— Annual flower show California State Floral Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1-4, Boston.— .\nnual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 15-17, Boston.— Annual ex- hibition of fruits and yegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. Recoi) RoCeA. New Orleans.— Mr. R. N. Little, the florist, has four seedling roses which have received some favorable mention. He has named them : Souvenir of Beauvoir House, Miss Winnie Davis, Miss Mildred Lee and Flo. Field. Reading, Pa.— In the Reading Eagle of February 14, among the notices under the head ol "Properties sold by the sheriff," appears the following: "Dwell- ing and greenhouses and lot 221 by 130 feet, at 2nd and Douglas, estate of Joseph B. Moore to Felix P. Kremp for $6,750." La Crosse, Wis.— Mr. E. Kirchner, for the past five years gardener to Hon. J. C. Eastou of this city, has resigned his position and will build greenhouses and start in business for himself at Winona, Minn., at once. Mr. Kirchner is an A 1 florist and will undoubtedly make a suc- cess of the business at Winona. Keokuk, Iowa.— Peter Sutherland died recently of paralj'sis, in his 73d year. He was a native of Scotland, came to Amer- ica in 1849 and settled near Cincinnati where he carried on the business of market gardener until 1856 when he removed to this city and established himself as a flo- rist and market gardener. He was re- spected and esteemed by a large circle of friends. He leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters. Lansing, Mich. — The springterm ofthe Agricultural College opened February 21 with a full attendance of old students and about thirty new ones the latter includ- ing a number of young florists who will take a course in floriculture under the supervision of Mr. Louis Knapper. Prof. Taft, ofthe Horticultural Dep't, with the other professors ofthe .\gricultural Dep't have returned after holding a series of twenty-six institutes in various parts of the state, in which much good work was accomplished. South Bend, Ind.— Mr. Robert Miller, formerly gardener for Mr. Studebaker, has associated himself with Mr. August Beyer, the florist, and the two will con- duct a commercial business under the firm name of Beyer & Miller. They will continue the greenhouses heretofore con- ducted by Mr. Bejer on the outskirts of the city, and in addition have built a down town store 26x50, connected with which are two conservatories, one 20x38 and the other 40x38. They should be added to the directory list as F. Minneapolis.— The semi-annual meet- ing of the Society of Minnesota Florists will be held at the West Hotel this city March 4. The programme includes essays on chrysanthemum exhibitions, fertilizers for greenhouse plants, carnations, pansies in cold frames, botanj' relating to plant culture, violets, roses and other subjects of trade interest. Two questions which will be discussed are: "Are the high prices during the Holidays of benefit to the trade" and "what may be considered fair prices for spring plants?" Space will be provided for a display of flowers and small premiums are offered for best bas- ket of flowers and best display of cut flowers. The printed programme may be had on application to the secretary, Mr. Gust. Malmquist, Minneapolis, Minn. Oakland, Cal.— James Hutchison, the well known florist died suddenly February 13 of heart failure. James Hutchison was one of the pioneers of Oakland. He was a native of Scotland, and at the time of his death was 66 years of age. He came to California in 1852, and in 1863 he came to Oakland and began the florist business. Heestablished his nurser3' on Telegraph avenue at 26th street. He purchased the property at the corner of 14th and Washington streets, and there he established his store. His business grew, and his land increased in value, until he became quite a wealthy man. For a number of years past H. M. Sanborn has conducted most of his busi- ness, and about a jear ago Mr. Hutchin- son went to Europe, and since that time Mr. Sanborn has conducted the business almost exclusively, recenth' succeeding to the business as previously announced in these columns. Mr. Hutchison leaves a wife and an adopted daughter, but no children. Los Angeles, Cal. — The following pro- gramme and list of essays for the re- mainder ofthe current year is announced by the Southern California Floral Society: March 9th, Plea for Window Gardening by J. H. Tomlinson; March 23, Roses by C. E. Brydges; April 6, business meeting; April 14^ opening of the society's spring exhibition at Hazard's pavilion; April 20, regular bi-monthly business meeting; May 4, Orchids by J. C. Harvey; May 18, For- est Trees by W. S. Lyon; June 1, Methods of European Flowtr'Culture by Gustave Brose; June 15, Progress of Floriculture in Southern California for the past five years by Eli Snyder; June 29, Hints on Fruit Growing bv Thos. Chisholm; July 13, Bulbs by S. P. Wakelee; July 27, Pansies by Wm. Barclay; August 10, Grasses by James H. Denham; .\ugust 24th, Chrysanthemums, by J. Leithead; September 7th, Eucalypti, by W. G. Ward; September 21st, Palms, by Louis Legrand; October, 5th, Garden- ing for Profit, by S. E. Combs; October 19th, Annuals, by John Franklyn; Nov- ember 2d, meeting of management com- mittee in the rooms of Hazard's pavilion, Los Angeles; November 3d, opening ofthe society's fall exhibition at Hazard's pa- vilion; November 16th, regu'ar bi-monthly business meeting; November 30th. Ferns, by C. H. Hovey; December 14th, How to Stock and Grow the Contents of a small Conservator)', by J. C. Harvey; December 28th, Seedling Carnations, Dahlias and Roses, by J. Haettel. SITUATIONS.WANTS.FORSALE. Advertisements ander this head will be Inserted at the rate of 10 cents a line (seven words) each Inser- tion. Cash must accompany order. Plant advs. not erclal place. 10 , Chicago. SITUATION WANTED-By a first class florist; 35 years' experience: either as foreman, manager ' position in store. No. I decorator and matter up. ; flower grower; understandb bandlln of greenhouse plants. Reference: FLOKlST, 717 Page St., Toledo, Ohio. or commercial i or Washington. Can _ _ __ dress G F. Valley Forge. Chester Co.. Pa. WANrBD— Iwo private gardeners, (onecommei cial ) for our custou.ers. Vac-ghan's Seed Stoke, Chicago. knowledge of general greenhouse work. Ref- 'mks. M. B. E-iTO.N-. Lyons, Iowa. W'\'li t employer. Addrei f wages per ess Florifll. Chicago. /ANTED- Young man for nursery work. . / thoroughly understand the propagation c kinds of shrubbery, ornamenial trees, etc. kinds ui Biiiuui- wagea expected ; . Elliott' Co., Pittsburg. Pa. WANTED—A practical gardener. thoroughly post- ed In Vf getable growing. Also a man to wort rT "g .''n1 chI)LSOn7 Chester! apply; permanent pla y^'ii NTED-Aflrst class rist establishn desired and reft 'L'Ml .single Stale wages \ market garden W^ to propagate ( apply. Steady jo W^ in commercial place, to grow for Bosi Must be good rose grower. Permanent place good man. Address, giving experience, refen age and wages expected. Hose GuowtR, care American Flo W ANTED-For private place, a gardener and flo- rist; single. German preferred, who has a large n growing vegetabfesand bedding plants, arrange flower beds, and with some ex- j in landscape gardening, so as to know how after plan. Salary ^Ih CO to $30 00 per month r round with board and washing, according References required. John a. Beckblssinger, Lansing. Mich. pOR SAI -Fio large city estab- tion. Address nected with the business. One of the t for a business man. Not > business, but obliged to sell because of failing health Only parties of means need apply. Speak quick i you want rare opportunity. Address W X, care American Florist, Chicago. 3s. flowering shrub mses in good repai J large greenh( Will be sold B^st of reasons for selling. Ushed over 20 years. Nctrseb 514 The American Florist. Mar. 5, Another Remedy for Mildew on Roses. That mildew mixture of so many ponnds of sulphur, so many of lime, so many "jallons ot water boiled together in an iron pot, with an awful smell, is realjy first rate for cure and prevention of mil- dew, but it is troublesome to make and after spraying a few times the foliage looks as though it had been spattered with weak white wash. By usinganother alkali, eaustic potash, which is readily procured at any grocerj' we can make a sulphur compound in a few minutes with very little trouble, that is a sure cure of mildew and docs not whitewash the foliage. To make, procure a can of caustic pot- ash (it is often called concentrated lye, saponifice.etc); be sure to get a kind that is already in small pieces, as tliat in one solid lump would be unhandy. Take, say a 3-inch pot fullof flowers oisulphur, i>ut in an earthenware vessel, moisten with water and stir until it becomes a pasty mass and every particle of sulphur is wet, then add three or four heaping teaspoon- fuls of caustic potash, stir again and it will rapidly assume an orangc-l)rown color, become very hot and turn liquid, now stir in about a pint of water and it is finished. One tablespoonful of this to a gallon of water will be about the right strength for spraying, if too strong it injures the young foliage. When mildew has gained a foothold syringe every daj' initil cured, but as a preventive once, twice or three times a week, according to the weather, will keepthe foliage perfectlyclean. Have used for over three years without having a faibire. Richard B.\go. Bridgcton, N. J. SPECIAL OFFER FOR GASH, TO MAKE BOOM. Each KENTIA. Bel and Kost., 3 ft. hlKli, 4 to 5 char- acter leaves moo Bel. and Post . specimens, 3H lett high, 5 to 6 character leaves 5 00 Bel. and Fost., 2H; to i ft. high. 3 to 4 character Ipaves 2 00 Bel. and Fost . 2 to IM ft. high, 3 to 4 Aspidistra varleeata 5 to 6 leaves Pandanus V^eltchll. tine plants. 5 and t iteethigh rn cool and in fln( Cocos Weddelii E. W. WEIMAR, Ml. Vernon, N. Y. Mention American Florist. Orel**!- Mo-w- for Sfsx-ing Ti-acio JAPAN MAPLES, MAGNOLIAS, Double-flowering Prun s, Tree and Herbaceous Paeonles, Iris, etc. All hardy East. UViSLTV, MINIATl'KE PINKS and CON- If£KS FROM .JAPAN. CatalOKue free. ». K. IBBICOEMC Sa OO. O. Box 1501. SAN FK.VNCISCO, CAL. QATALOGUES. ^ I MAKE 'EM, WITH CUTS AND "KNOW HOW." J. Horace McFurland, GREVILLEA ROBUSTA. Fine, stronj; plants from 2H and 3-inch pots, ready for4.|nch,!fl 60per d02eni SlU LO per lUu. These will make fine plants for vases etc. CHRYSANTHKSirMS-Many new sorts, from 2-ln. pots »2 60 per 110; $20 per lUiO. List mailed free. COLEtrS.— Twelve liesl bedding sorts. Rooted Cuttings, it 00 per 1000. Samples of above mailed on receipt of stamps. John D. Imlay, Zanesville, O. I^O{SE>{S. WABAN, SOUV. DE DR. PASSOT, MME, PIERRE 60ILL0T, And all the other NEW and Standard varieties of Teas; also all the best varieties both new and old of the Hybrid Remotitants including the variety which :iVJK. JUZvIUS ROJEJHRS has forced so successfully for the past three years, and which has proven itself by far the best variety of this class for very early forcing yet introduced; also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS, CHINAS, AND BOURBONS, For Forcing, Bedding, etc , etc. All of which I now have an EXTBA fine stock at prices as low MY NEW TRADE LIST "'""" ^to^i'i^ ^^'^„'?i'it^,'""='"«" JOHN N. MAY, Sumnait, N.J. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES ^spEciAt^. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DE8 MDINS. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Catalogue of Prices Now Ready. ROSES FOR FLORISTS. diate Delivery. ight 2!.-inch plant without manure c riy sli Our Roses Resist Disease. Start Quickly, Grow Rapidly and Always give Best Results. All the Newest and Choicest Roses for Sale and Bloom. The famous New American Pedigree Boses— Henry M Stanley, Pearl Rivers, Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Maud Little and Golden Gate. If you want to buy Roses send your lists and have them priced. Prices low, accordi. g to value of varieties and size and character of order. The New White Chinese Wistaria, the finest of all. New Chinese Double Purole Wistaria, very rare, Wistaria Sinensis, Magnilica and Frutescens. Fine Hardy Shrubbery, all varieties, cheaper and better than Imported. NpwPhrvQ3nthpmiim« Harry E. Weidener. Ada Spaulding, V. II. Hallock. Louis Boelimer. Mrs. newi»nrysaninemums. Alpl.eu« Hardy Nympheaand lOO other newest ami best vars. for an purposes. THE MEAUTIFDL MANKTTI.V VINE, new MOON FLOWERS, etc. Wholesale Price Lists FREK to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers or ly. .-Address THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. PLANTS ^It WANTED. 1000 Plumbago Capensis. 1000 Rhyncospermum Jasminoides. 1000 Caiina Ehemanni. 1000 Clerodendron Balfouii. In small plants. Send sample and price. Smaller quantities accepted. A. BLANC & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. We will buy all Cactuses oft'ered at a fair price. None but well grown plants wanted. Our stock of 200,000 plants is going off faster than we expected. B>. Gr. Hir^r^ dfe CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A full line o the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF BE.ST STAPLES: ^NATIONS, BEGONIAS. CI TC. and the very best FLOWER SEEDS lor florists. E. G. HILL & CO., KicllllioiKl, I Mention American Florlit. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000, or $35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 per cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants. Largest and most select stock in the South- west. Over THREE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced, ^i- Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of , pages free to all. Addree» HANZ & NEUNER, LOUISVILLE, KY. PLANTS for GUT FLOWER GROWING Koscs, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. F. A. RIECHERS & SOHNE, Actoes, Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. Specialties in Lilies ot the Valley; Azaleas, Ca- mellias iu .-^orts. best varieties iu Palms and Dwarf Roses. OJ^ Wbolesate Catalogue on appHoatlun. stock for planting. M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. Mention AmerKmn Florist. La Kelne, Blacli Prince, etc., » CLEMATIS, laree flowered, per 100; $3.00 and U OJ per , $25 1 UVAC1NTH8, 3)i-ln. pots.named sorts, $1 per doi.; . per 100. In good condition for shlpplnu. CYCLAMEN GlKanteum i Herslcum, best strains, very choice stock In bud and bloom, $1 doz. ; $8 a 100. H. P. RO.'^ES. summer grown, flne young plants In best sorts, $6.00 per 100; t4.i.00 per 1000. F. A. BALLEK, Bluomlngton, 111. i8gi. The American Florist. 515 THE NEW ROSE WABAN. This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co , Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to La France. The only objection to C. Mermet is is frequently pale, insipid color in cloudy weathe:; experience has shown that the WABAN retains its deep rich color in all kinds of wea.her; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. llJAiiLMADYiECEIViUiiilLVi^^^ the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown. BEADY FOB DISTBIBUTION ON AFBIL 15th, 1891. ORDERS BOOKED NOW, WILL BE FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION. Exiia. good plants from 2% -inch pots. From 4-inch pots. I Plant, $ i.oo 250 Plants, $100.00 i Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40.00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " 175-00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75-oo 50 " 3000 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 " 50.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWABT, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec JOHN N. MAT, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. BOBT. CBAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. I Plants t om 2-in. pots. $35 per 1000. in equal number from following sorts : Aline Sisley. Coquette de Lyon.Catli. Mermet, Clement Nabjnand, Duchess de Brabant, Etoile de Lyon, Euphrosyne, Perles, Gerard Des Boise, Henri Meynadier, Mme. C. Perreau, Mar Niel, Hermosa.Mme Jos. Schwartz, Marie VanHoutte, Marie Guillot. Fr. Krueger, Mme. Car. Custer; Mme. Lambert, Malroaison, Mme. Camille, Mme. Bravy, Sombreud, Ophelia, Susaoah Blanchet, Queen's Scarlet, Vicomtesse de Wautier. Prin- cess Hohenzollern, Washington, Salfaterre, Mignonette. We will allow purchaser to strike out five sorts not wanted. Hybrid Perpetual Roses, our selection, from 2-inch pols, tso no per looo. For everything in the Florists line ADDRESS NANZ &. NEUNER, LOUISVILLE, KY. lUr SPECIALTIES ARE THE ROSES MME. CUSIN Mme. de Walteville, for which the 8UNNYW00DS GREENHOUSES have become famous. I will have a limited number of plants of the finest stock ^rown of the above varieties; all strong plants. FRANK L. MOORE, Chatham, N. J. Mention American Florist. — ) f=?cd^e:^. ( — Large and First class Stock ot all the standard varieties of Teas and Hybrid Teas: al30 new varieties of merit, 2-inch, ready for ahipping. Give ua your order and we will send you GOOD, HEAI.THV PLANTS at fair rates. New Trade List mailed upon application 10 PF.K CKNT. DISCOUNT before April 1st. GERMOMD & COSGROVE, Sparkill, Rockland Co., N. Y. (I THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Seeds, Plants, Shrubs, Vines, Fruit & Ornamental Trees, Etc. FREE. CATALOGUE Over 150 and be?', ass _ Best value for the money Low Priced Collections. 37 YEARS. 25 GREENHOUSES. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., PainesvJIle, Ohio. our Tested Novelties and Special 700 ACRES. ing bed stock of sam< The best a CARNATIONS > Trade list ti 5 and b-incn pots. newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. I general greenhouse stock, led on application. JACOB SCHULZ, der. Golden Verschaffeltii i perlO(X),*6.00. JOHH KECK, Bridgeport, Conn. A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE GRINUM. Crinum Nassau, No. 1, white, striped carmine, S8 ICO. No. 2, larger Bower, $10 per ICO. " " No. 2. bulDs6to8 in diam., 50c each Cosmos, white, seed, 5 lbs., per oz. 4Uc.: per lb. U Antigonon lept.. seed, 15 lbs., per oz. 65c. : per lb. $6. Antigonon lepl., 1 year, strong, field grown, 10c each. Amaryllis zeph. rosea, fS.SO per 100; $30 per 1000. THE BROOKS SISTERS. Sorrento. Fla. ADIAXTLM CUNEATIM. Once transplanted, ready tor small pots, per looo, $10 Well established in small z'.-inch pots, per loo. $3 JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa. 5i6 The American Florist. Mar. 5, f LHIlE ^ll»lE|SLl@/4Llil IFlL@Lei!@7 Sub'.cription $1.1 Year. To Europe, $2.00. Cash with Order. No Spei'tal Position Guaranteed. Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent: 13 times, 10 per The AdvertlalnK nepartment of the American F1.0UIST Is for Klorlata, Seedsmen, and dealers In wares pertainlnK to those lines Only. I'lease to remember It. Orders for less than one-half inch space not accepted. Address THE AIWERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. How TO COOK VEGETABLES is the title of a book of 182 pages received from W. .\tlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. It is written by Mrs. S. T. Rorer, Principal of the Philadelphia Cooking School and treats the subject comprehensively. She gives 40 ways of cooking potatoes, 26 of tomatoes aiid 22 of corn, 28 ways of making soups and 37 recipes for salads. Directions are also given for pickling and preserving. Thebookisnot sold but is given as a premium on seed orders by the publishers. Do NOT FAIL to give your name and address when sending us communications. You may sign your notes for publication with an initial if you wish, but we posi- tively must know whom the notes come from. And give your name and address with each communication. We have a pretty long memory, but it is not long enough nor broad enough to remember the address of each one of our army of occasional correspondents. We Protect our readers from adver- tisers whose business methods are ques- tionable by excluding such advertisers from our oolumns. By this means we also protect our advertisers from the competition of irresponsible parties who promise the earth and ftilfil their obliga- tions with wind. A Fine Phal.enopsis.— F. G. F. sends us a note regarding the plant of Phalaenop- sis Schilleriana described by "E" on page 498 of last issue, being evidently unaware of the fact that a description had already been sent us. In the directory change Thomas Waterworth from South Braintree, Mass. to Braintree, Mass. As he is the only one under the head of South Braintree, simpl.v cross the "south" off the name of the post office. Will B. who sent us some notes from Providence, R. I., please give us his name and address. We should be glad to use his notes, but do not care to do so, without havingsomeinformation as to the writer. Quite a number of very interesting articles were unavoidably crowded out of this issue owing to unusual pressure upon our columns. All will appear soon. When writing to our advertisers please do not fail to state that 3-ou saw the advertisement in the American Flo- rist. We have in hand a very spicy letter from Mr. Lombard inreply toMr.Chitty, which will appear in next issue. Send your advertisement early for our double Easter number, to be issued March 19. Catalogues Received. C. E. Allen, Brattleboro, Vt., seeds and plants; Chas. L. Burr, Springfield, Mass., seeds and plants;JohnMcGo wan. Orange, N. J., carnations; Jos. Bancroft, Cedar Falls, la., plants and seeds; James J. H. Gregory, Marblehcad, Mass., seeds; Hoopeston Floral Co., Hoopeston, III., plants; D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich., seeds; V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy France, plant novelties; Lockwood Myrick, Northboro, Mass., seeds and plants; Selover & Atwood, Geneva, N. Y., nurseiystock;J.Seulberger, Oakland, Cal., plants and seeds; Michel Plant and Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo., plants and seeds; E. Y. Teas, Irvington,Ind., nursery stock; EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., roses; Michigan Seed Co., South Haven, Mich., seeds and plants; H. A. Aldrich, Neoga, 111., plants and seeds; Spring City Nurseries Co., Huntsville,Ala., Lincoln coreless pear; Hans Nielson, St. Joseph, Mo., plants; J. Palmer Gordon, Ashland Va., plants; Webster Uros., Hamilton, Ont., plants; A. W. Living- ston's Sons, Columbus, 0., seeds; Mrs. J. E.Jackson, Gainesville, Ga., plants; Jacob Schulz, Louisville, Ky., plants; Robert Veitch & Son, New Haven Conn., seeds and plants; Schlegel & Fottler, Boston, seeds and plants: Jos. F. Dickman, St. Louis, Mo., seeds. Hot Water Under Pressure. I see in the issue of the American Flo- rist of January 29 that C. A. D. of Macon, Ga., advises the use of water in 2-inch pipe under pressure for greenhouse heating. As I am thinking of building I would ask C. A. D. as a favor to answer through the columns of your valuable paper the following questions: First, how many pipes should be used compared with 3 or 4-inch, to obtain the same temperature? Second, how would the apparatus work with the water pipe connected with the return for a feeder and expansion? We have about 30 feet head. Third, should the connection be made near the boiler or at the extreme end? Fourth, does that system require less fuel than steam or large pipe? Subscriber. Steam Heating. In reply toM— in regard to steam heat- ing, page 474. If the house is properly piped on the gravity plan the whole sys- tem will fill with steam in any weather without showing an ounce of pressure. Place the boiler where most convenient, as there will be the same amount of radi- ation exposed; condensation will be the same, or very nearly so, whether the boiler is placed at end or midway of houses. Would prefer IVi-inch pipe, but if I had 1-inch on hand should use it. K gravity steam system properly equal- ized will return all condensation to the boiler with air cocks closed when work- ing on a vacuum which is a most essential feature. C. D. Porter. Jamestown, N. D. A Model Rose House. Mr. J. A. Budlong built at Bowman- ville. 111., near Chicago, last fall a rose house which is a decided novelty in this section of the country, and is worthy a description in your columns. Its dimen- sions are 30x300 feet, three quarter span roof, continuous ventilation, glazed with 16x24glass. The roof structure iscypress and very light, bars are channeled for drip. The west end of 1 he house is 3 feet 6 inches higher than the east end and the benches incline to the south 2 inches in the width of the house. Steam heat is used and the grade of the house gives a very free and rapid circula- tion. All coils are the full length of the house and, notwithstanding their extreme length, work perfectly. Thetubularboiler is set high and dry, the water line being about six feet above the lower radiating pipes, condensation being returned to boiler by a receiver and steam trap, which operates automatically. This plan does away entirely with deep boiler pits which are inconvenient and expensive and gen- erally full of water at j ust the wrong time. The house was completed too late to plant last season, but will be stocked , soon with the best forcing varieties and the writer believes will cause a radical change in the method of building rose houses in future. Several crops have been grown in it since its completion and the fact has been demonstrated that the temperature can be regulated from one end of the house to the other to a degree. It can be run with eqtial facility at 40° or at 70°. The water service is most complete, being pumped by steam to a 300-barrel tank elevated 45 feet and can be heated to any required temperature by steam coils. Altogether the house is a model one and must be seen to be appreciated. Nemo. Oakland, Cal.— In the condemnation suit of the city of Oakland versus florist Edward Gill a consent judgement has been entered. The suit was to condemn Mr. Gill's property for the opening of a street. Judgment of condemnation was ordered for the citv and $9,968 damages for Mr. Gill. The land is valued at $2,204 and improvements, including flowers and shrubs, at $7,579. Of the flowers $5,000 is charged forcamellias,marguerites, $764; roses, $300. Mr. Gill sued for $15,000. The commissioners originally allowed him but $3,000, and nothing for the im- provements. When you write an advertiser tell him that you saw his advertisement in the American Florist. n ™= 1 f^~~~^-^==:=:2iisa r.MERSON |j Price postpaid L ■•■Hi. 75 CKNTS. ff tr-^'-'-^'- Address n American Florist Co. 1^ j|C7^ -~^y-^ fSSg^ J. M. McGULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale CoininiwHioii Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI. 0. SPECIALTIES: R05ES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. ORBNGE BLOSSOMS As long as blooming — probably for next two or three weeks, at $1 to per doz. spriys, of 3 inches long. Address or wire to Putwut Building. NEW ORLEANS, LA. iSgi. The American Florist. 517 E. H. HUNT, WHOLESaLEipLORIST 79 Lake Sfreef, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) FdU line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. All rat Flowprsin seafon. Orders promptly shipped. Open until 7 p. M Sundays and Holidays 13 M. ALL SUPPLIES. ^^-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORI$T& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OFEIT NIGHTS AlTD SUNDAYS. "WIK.B DESiG-isrs iisr stock:. Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights i) P. M.; Sundays 3 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave , CHCAGO. season. Prompt attention : t« shipping orders- LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT 1237 Chestnut Street. Consignnients Solici PHIL'DELPHIA. C, E. & S. S. PENNOCK, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 38 S. 16th Street, Philadelpliia, Pa. JOHN M. HUDSON, ^^ WHOLESALE §=^:^ Commission Dealer in Cut Flowers, J225 Market St., ST. LOUIS. MO. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS .122 i>iit:e SX] CONSIGNMENTS OF SMILAX, CALLAS and ADIANTUMS WANTED. @\f/f{o?ei>a?e MarK*et*. Cut Flowers. BOSTON, March ; B0Be», Hybrids 151X1(81 3:iC0 NlphetoB Gontiers tarnations, long Adffifms".'"."!""!:.::;::::::::::;; ;:::::: rSo •• l,a t-rance. Albany 800@10.CiO Merme'ts. Brides •.•::.•:;: 8 00 ©SoSo' ::::;;:: 5,00® ISo 4 00 ® 6.00 Violets, doul>le .76 Adiantums :)00® f.00 La France. Albany Valley, hyacinths :::::::;2oo® 300 Tulips. Daffodils g^r r" i' :.::::::'8 8ol?ioo Freesia Flowers plentiful but the demand good for this time of the year. l-eries. Niphetos 100 Roman hyacinths, narcissus .•.•.■.■:;.■. 1.00 @ 1,25 Violets Gut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTOW, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. F/orisfs' Suoplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House). BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph. Telephone or Express promptly filled. WHOLESALE FLORISTS CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegraph. > SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7ili Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. THOS. YOUNG, Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A.nd the Choicest ROSES for fh* fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wliolesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St.. NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS. WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 West 30th street, A. .S. Burns. J. I. Raynor. BURNS & RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 "West SStl^ St., C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. ) WHOLESALE ONLY. ( SPECIALTr.-FlUing Telegraphic Orders. QTASHINGTOIVI. D C. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Mus/c Hall Place, BOSTON, MASS, Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Uall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Garna tions alwayson hand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. Mention American FlorlBt. 5i8 The American Florist, Mar. 5, 9ft« ^aac) 9rac^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLOuGH, Cincinnati, presi- dent- John Fottlkr, Jr.. Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, i8oi. More About the Prize Adv. Contest. PuiLADEi-PiiiA, Feb. 17, 1891. Kditor .\m. Florist:— In answer to your inquiry of theOth inst. asking which "one of the several very original advertise- ments submitted by" a member of your staff was accepted by ns and awarded the "honorarium" of $5 as announced in our last article, we take pleasure in giving you below a printed copy of a portion of this advertisement; ALL LIVE SEEDS will jiTow if properly cared for, but some are better than others, just as strong, healthy cnildren BURPEE'S SEEDS Are not only alive, but full ol vitality;— pure and true to name. They are tested before being sent out, and if any are found to lack vitality they are destroyed. In our opinion the heading "All Live Seeds" and the wording which follows are both most excellent. While too late for us to make much use of this material this season we purpose using it quite ex- tensively next year. Another advertisement received from your office that is decidedly original in its conception is the following: " Every good seed contains a little LIVE BABY PLANT, Tightly but safely wrapped up in a shell, the in- terstices being filled with albumen or starch, upon which the baby feeds until it can draw sus- tenance from Mother Harth. Seeds containing live babv plants of the breeds most useful, help- ful and pleasing to mankind, can be had from W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO , PHILADELPHIA. Their Farm Annual for 1S91, which tells all about their seeds, will be mailed free on appli- cation." Properly set up in suitable type, well displayed, this would undoubtedly be a very striking advertisement, and perhaps we are too conservative in objecting to it as rather bordering on the sensational. Permit us to say that one of the most agreeable featuns connected with the prize contest has been the interest taken in it by editors and also by orofessional writers of advertisements;— you will notice among the list of awards, given in our last letter, the name of Mr. S. M. Pettingill, the veteran advertising agent of New York, who is now writing such as interesting series of articles on his life long experience with extensive advertisers. Another interesting feature of the con- test has been the good will shown by a number of correspondents who while not submitting designs in competition for the prizes, freely wrote their views relative to advertising and gave their honest crit- icisms upon our advertisements, and also of our catalogues. Among these were many good ideas that will make material to write cjuite a series of articles pre- senting new methods of advertising, of some of which we may give the American Florist an outline later. Since the advertising contest closed with 689 advertisements we have received quite a number of others which arrived too late for competition. Among so many advertisements of seed there were, of course, all sorts, many in verse and many of a comic nature, which while often bright and effective were hardly consistent with the dignity of a house seeking the trade of substantial farmers and gardeners. Several suggested representing our name by a rebus of a chestnut burr and a podof peaS— (BURR-PEASI. The "tak- ing" quality of a catch phrase in the minds ofthecon'testants was prominently shown by such phrases as "WE supply the seeds, YOU gather the crops," "vou plant them, THEV grow" — "Burpee's Seeds will grow, —you do the rest"— "Burpee's Seeds are the best and go farthest"— "We pay the postage." SOME CURIOUS CONCEITS. Among the striking and sensational headlines suggested by different compet- itors are the following: "BURIED HOPES— Plant Burpee's Seeds and your expecta- tations will be rewarded by realization." "WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEED— The earth, though we have facilities." "YOU WANT THE EARTH, Only a little of it though to prove our assertion tfjjat we sell good Seeds." jr "AN ORANGE and 1 AN ONION will not taste alike grown from our Seeds." "YOU CANNOT KEEP THEM DOWN." "ALWAYS COME UP." "A NEW JACK AND HIS BEAN'S TALK." "LETTUCE HAVE PEASE." "POVERTY MAKES A MAN SEEDY." "BURPEE'S ALWAYS COME UP— SEEDS Those who use them once always come ba^ for •jnofe." Another contestant heads his advertise- ment with a picture of a moon and the query "WHY IS THE MOON SO BARREN ?" is answered " Because its in- habitants cannot get Burpee's Seeds." Another suggests that "Our seeds are none of the tired kinds that have been lounging on the counters of the corner groceries for the past decade, but are fresh as a country maiden and as pure as spring water— true to name and sure to grow. To know what kinds you want, how to plant and how to cultivate send for Burpee's Farm Annual for 1891." The vitality of the seeds seems to be in the minds of most competitors the chief point to bring out in an advertisement. One contestant in Shelbyville, 111., heads his advertisement in bold type with the announcement that "SOWN IN THE DARKNESS OR SOWN IN THE LIGHT They always grow." W. Atlee Burpee. J. Leland Fogg has removed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from Chicago. Rochester, N. Y.— Mrs. Chas. Vick is now visiting Cuba with friends and will go to California via Mexico, and return in the spring. Morehouse & Cobb have dissolved. Mr. Morehouse continues the business. MY NEW SPECI.VL OFFEK OF EXTRA CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS l8 now publlBhed and may be Lad on application. QaedlinburK, Oermanjr. Mention Ametlowi rionii. SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. New and RarePlants ORCHIDS, PALMS, FERNS. Hardy Plants CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. NEW AND RBRE PLANTS, ORCHIDS, ETC. A large eollection of Hothouse and Green- house plunts, carefully grown, at low rates. ORCHIDS— A very extensive stock: East Indian, Mexican, Central and South American, etc. HARDY PERENNIALS, ROSES, CLEMATIS, P.*;ONIAS, PHLOXES. ETC. NEW AND STANDARD FRUIT; RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREES, SHRUBS, EVERGREENS, ETC. |y" CatalORueu on application. JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Larirest stock in the West. Over fifty varieties of PALMSatScts. to$10 OOeach. CYCAS RBVOLUTA, 50 ots. to »15 00 each. DRAC.KNA INDIVISA, AUSTRALIS and TBR- MINALIS, 5 cts. to IS cts.each. CACTUS. ALOES, AGAVBS and YOCCAS. fW Send for price list. W. J. HIiSSER, Plattsmouih, Neb. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. 'X^T'arite for €3\xr I*rloo Xjis-t. FREDERICK MAU, P.0.B0X3M. SOUTH ORANGE. N.J. PLANTS AND FLOWERS. Cheap as Good Roses A trial order will prove It. BRACKENRIDGE & CO. Established 1854 Govanstown, Md. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON. HILLEGOM, HOLLASD. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs, Whole- sale Importers should write us for crices. J. 18 Slip, NEW YORK, Importer and Dealer In BULBS, SEEDS, PLANTS and riorists' Supplies. Aeent for Foreign Houses. Catalogues free G. J. MOFFATT. Manufacturer of ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. jllcatlon. When wrltin 9 and quantity wanted. i8gi. The American Florist. 519 THEBEST. D. M. Ferrv & Co's Illustrated, Descriptive and Priced SEED ANNUAU >r 1891 will be mailed FREEf all applicants, and to last seasor- ners. Itisbetter than evei ery person using Garden^ Floiver or Field Seeds, should send for it. Address D. M. FERRY & CO. , DETROIT, MICH. I Largest Seedsmen in the world | svt" ^^^\ Vi«^ >*t^ V°" OUR BUSINESS, SEEDSMEN. Our Speoialtv, SELECTED STRAINS FOR FLORISTS Trade List ou Application. SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER, Boston, Mass. ONION SEED. WHITE SPANISH (sulphur yellow), STRAW- COLORED and STRASSBURGH. All of my own growth from selected bulb. Prices HENRY METTE, Seed Grower and Merchant, Established 1787. QUEDLINBURG. GERMANY. ^AMERICAN FLORIST CO.'S DIRECTORY ( FLORISTS, -^o? NURSERYMEN, { SEEDSMEN, OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, American Florist Co. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. TREES! OVER 11,000 ■ VAJtlETIES of BOTH FRUIT AND (lUNAMENTAL, SHRUBS, VINES, ROSES, 4.C. Send stamp for full Descriptive ("iitaloffues, IIIus- Itruted. Address W.S. LITTLE, 1 Commercial Kurseriej. ROCH ESTER, N.Y. EEE^gg^gggJt^X-^'^&a-i-xgixxx x-i x^ gj — A— Wide-Awake Man With a supply of Burpee's Seeds has this much in his favor— he starts right. That's half the trouble over. A farmer can plow, harrow, and tai0.flO. Kooted C'liltingg, " Sil.OO; " % 8.00; ■• S35.00. THE FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS WERE RECEIVED IN FIRST MAIL TODAY, FEB. 20th : Buffalo. N. v., Feb. 19th.— Received verbenas. They were very satisfactory. Thanks for good con -Received verberas in good condition except Crystal VERBENAS. i lealthy 1 ALEXANDRIA. VA., Feb. I9lh . promptness ana liberality Send for Price List. The plants J. X^. irrived yesterday in good conduion Th AS. MILLBV. ill) All the others KOl.THOFfT. UEL OHEVALLEY VFRRFNAS Finek varieties. y l^l\L^l_^i \ r^^J SELHCT, CLE,4N STOCK. ROOTED CUTTINGS. Cash with order. $1 00 per hundred; $8.00 per thousand. H. W. JBUCK:I3BJEJ, leookford. 111. POOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, TS. oezitts per lOO; ^e.OO r>e.r lOOO. CJ&.SI3: "%^^ITH OE-DEE.. SXE,03sr<3- HOOTED CXJTTIlsrCS-S. s. :b. i^ie;i:^i>, icosoiie, :iv. j. VERBENAS. 8TRO^t; AND eBALTHY. Rooted Cuttings 1.25 10.00 Verschaffeltii other sorts Heliotrope. Rooted Cuttings, named.. application Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants.... 8 00 75.00 Trade List of Kiorists' Stock on applicaLion. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD 8> BRO.,) FISHKILL. N. Y. STRONQ ROOTED CIJTTINQS, clean and sure to please, I5.C0 per 1000. CASH WITH OKDER. W. B. WOODRUFF, Westfleld, N. J. VERBKNAS. Stock Plants, 3-inch pots. Loaded with Cuttings, $3 PER lOO; S20 PER lOOO. Address J Q BURROW, fxsxxxcixjXj, IV. -r. DREER'S Garden seeds Plants Bulbs, and Reciulsites. They are the 'the lowest prices. CUT malie a specialty of Smilax. i orders promptly. Price. 20 _ _ _ Maylst. Quality A l._.IOSEPII E. BONSALL, s^viirvA^x:. Telephone No.. 15. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem. Ohio. PERFECTLY FREE FROM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, 100 $3; per looc $25. Rooted cuttings of same, 100 $1; 1000 I9. Fine slock Heliotrope, 2;4-inch, $3 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12.00. Geranii ' ■ ' Latania per dozen Miscellaneous stock of all kii Mad. Hoste, La France S5.00 per loo. Duchess of Albany $7.00 per 100. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, Bon Silenes, Brides, Niphetosand 50 varieties of monthly roses, $4.00 per 100 or I35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, $6.00 per 100 or $50.00 per 1000. H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or $40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2>< inch pots, - J2 per 100; I15 per 1000 Rooted Cutting?, 75c. per 100; %~ per loco Address J. o. :B*»l:«ro-w, DAISY SNOWFLAKE ^Daisy Snowtlake -This Daisy, if treated like Btowed upoD it. I ^row it by the thousands and can- not supply the demand for cut flowers, as It keeps fre h from 2 to 3 weeks after bein^cut. and then tlowers are borne on stout lonjt stems, fine white and beautifully quilled, and averaiie as large as a 50 cent piece; a great acquisition to florists, c Price. $1 per doz. free by mail ; $.'i per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: KoCHESTEH. Jan. 28th. Daisy Snowflake is quite a usetui flower both for when tied up in BmallbancheBthey sell very rapidly with U8 for funeral designs. We use a great many in place of carnations as It Is cheaper and covers almost the same space, and keeps freeh cons derable longer. Be sure and send me every I'nlsy you can cut. as I cannot get them fast enough fur my cus* toraers. They say it is the best cut flower t'> buy because it keeps i resh for 2 to '6 weeks. I feel I can- bay 0'^.^^*J.c ^n^^ayoro '* "J? j_ KErftER. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist. Wyoming Co., ATTICA, NEW YOKK iSgi. The American Florist. S21 GHRYSfllHTHEMUMS. Waterer's Novelties for 1891. ELDORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLS, MRS. H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best white in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATERER, 109 South 7th Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA GOLDEN BEAUTY TO THE FRONT. It was never exhibited, but has stuod the more practical test, for no early yellow Chrysanthemum gave better satisfaction to seller and buyer than the who handled it. What they say : We handled no early yellow that sold better or pave better satisfaction to the buyer."— James Cart- ledKe, of Pennock. Bros,, i5U Chestnut street, Phil- adelphia. Pa. "You can get nothing better than that."— Wm. Voght. Jr.. 5th and Cooper Sta.. Camden, N. J. It was described in these columns last year, and we leave it to tell its own story. SufMce it to say that our claims for it have been more than sustained, and that it combines all the essentials of a first class market variety for potting and cutling. Heady in quantity March. April and May. 12 for $l. lOO for Jfi. You can not atford to get lett on this offer. Orders booked now are filled in rotation as far as plants are ready, by express or free by mall. THE NEW DOUBLE WHITE DAISY SNOWFLAKE. One of the best things out for winter flowers. if well covered cold nights will need no bettor quar- ters. Gives splendid returns. It does not seed, and can only be increased by division Flowers pure white, very double, and beautifully quilled As large as a 50c. piece Keady now. 12 for %\, 100 for $5. Sample plant and bloom free by mail on receipt of 10 cents. ^~ See other special offers In another column. J. O. (ilBSON, AVooilbury. N. J. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. HOLUS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1S91 need them. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 50 cents each; «3.00 for the set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE HOLLIS, South Weymouth. Mass. FRESH GREENHOUSE SEEDS, FROM PRIZE FLOWERS. Trade Pkt. PRIMULA, Fimbriata Rosea, Fimbri- ata Alba t .25 PRIMULA, Rubra & Alba, fern leaved .50 PETUNIA, Mammoth Double striped and blotched 5° VERBENA, finest mam. vars. mixed... .50 CINERARIA, finest mixed, hybrida i.oo CANNA. Crozy's new large fl'wr'g dwf .25 CENTAUREA, Candidissima 50c., Gym- nocarpa 25 BEGONIA, double mammoth tuberous rooted mixed I 00 BEGONIA, sgl. mam. tuberous rooted .50 GLOXINIA, finest ext. mixed hybrida .50 CHRYSANTHEMUM. CYCLAMEN, Giganteum, Album and Roseum Superbum 1.50 COBEA Scandens 25 Send for my Wholesale List of Flower Seeds t'BEE. This stock 18 for the most critical trade. 1 solicit your orders. H. W. BUCIslREE, ROCKFORD. ILL. FLOWER SEEDS! Just received 500 varieties FRESH FLOWER SEEDS, positively 1890 Crop. Get our Boole for Florists. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. EVERY FLORIST SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF OUR TRADE DIRECTORY. AMERICAN FLORKI CO., B4 La Salle St., CHICAG9 TT 71 T> "n V T3T Z\ 1\TTQ ^^^ """^ head.iuarters fcr every- r\j\l\.\J\ ]l Lj1\W L\D» thing new and desirable in hardy plants and our stock the most extensive in America, and our prices the lowest. There is a rapidly growing demand for this class of plants, and the florist who fails to stock up with them will lose considerable and profitable business, ■w-j /^OJTj^C! ^^ grow immense stocks of all Cut Flower varieties and are X\.\^^^X-Jli^« prepared to make low prices on them, either for present delivery or any time during Spring or Summer. NEW ROSE WflBflN. We can say for this rose that it is all that is claimed for it, and a great addition to the We will have a splendid stock of it to ofiFer at WHOLESALE CATALOGUE 'L varieties of Cut Flower Roses established prices. NOW READY and will be nailed free to all florists. Our Retail Catalogue is admitted to be the finest and most instructive published. We charge 25 cts. for it, but send it to florists on receipt of 10 cts. to cover postage. B. A. ELLIOTT COMPANY, 54 Sixth Street, FITTSBURCr, FA. JAPAN SNOWBALL. Blooms freely every Spring. Flowers unsurpassed for florists' use. Over J150 realized last Spring from flowers sold at wholesale, from less than 300 2-year old plants. PRICE: 12 to 18 inches, $2 oo for lo; $18 00 per 100. 2'; to 3 feet, $3 00 for 10; $25 00 per 100. Wholesale Catalogue with colored plate of ,Iapan Snowball free. HYDRANGEA PAN, GRAND. 0"F?°e 3 eat old plants are superior to any offered. and lower priced, for 10; $6.00 per loo; J50 00 per 1000. 2 to 2;i feet, $1 25 per 10; |iooo per 100. 2 to 4 stems 1 8 to 24 inches, 75c. STATION G, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Vertcdaffeltii, Ciimson Veiscbaffeltii, Pettr Henderson, Firtb atd. Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunse , Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples of the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted, ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS. NEW YORK 522 The American Florist. Mar. 5 Failure of Lilium Harrisii. I note the query on page HO of the American Florist for January 29 re- garding the failure of Lilium Harrisii. Can the bulbs of Lilium Harrisii which did not start at all be dorniaiit bulbs? It is a well known fact that with some bulbs and tubers, individuals are found which although remaining in a good state in the ground and pushing even sometimes roots, do not produce buds or stem, but remain dormant in the ground till the following year, when a natural growth is observed. Such are the under- ground parts sometimes of Ranunculus asiatieus varieties, of Geranium tubero- sum, of Tropaolum discolor, azureum and others and this too, not infrequently happens with Lilium Brownii. Here instead of the usual bud is only found the first year an agglomeration of young cells from which the next year the bud seems to be developed. We do not remember to have found a similar condition in any other lily, so it would be of some interest to know whether Lilium Harrisii has also the same propensity to become sometimes dormant. J. H. Krelage, Haarlem, Holland. If you have anything to sell to florists don't fail to advertise it in our special Easter number of forty pages, elegantly illustrated, and w'.th a number of other special features. No increase in adver- tising rates. Zirngiebel's Improved Strains OF WHITE ASTERS, PERPETUAL WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and F.\NCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate colors, pure yellow, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets at $1.00 each. Also the choice NEW CONTINENTAL CAR- NATIONS for iSgi. Miss Moore, Mine. Gobet, Roi des Violets, Bouton, d' Or, Geanne Morel, to be sent out March next. Send for Descriptive List of all to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, IMEEDHAM. MASS. NELLIE LEWIS. HAVE GROWN THIS CARNATION TWO SEA- SONS AND NOW OFFER ROOTED CUT- TINGS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY At »3.50 per dozen. Four for Sll.OO, By mail postpaid. GEO. HANCOCK, Grand Haven, Mich. BOOTED CUTTINCS. Anthemuscoronaria fl. pi.; Abutilon in var.; Gypso- phi a: Convolvulus Mauratanicus; Nierembergia gracilis; Chseonstemma htspida; Fuchsias; Mesem- Ager; adwh ; Gnaphalium Double Sweet. Alyssum; Sempervivum; Sievia serrata nana; Pilea muscosa; Saxlfraga Sannentoea. «1.00 per 100. Verbenas, Vesta, finest white $1 CO per 100 General Collection, $7 per 1000, .75 per 100 , Hermo8a3.in. pots, $37.50 per 1000, 4.00 per 100 -- - • "^ l.OOperlOO DRAC^KA mDI¥ISA. From 2-lnch pots, per 100 S.3; per 1000 »"i. From 2>i-ln pots, per 100 S5; per 1000 W6. From boxes, ono transplanted, per 100*4; per 1000 »3o. GLOXINIA BDLBS. Strong. All good colors (mixed)..,. periOOSlO; per 1000 JOG GLOXINIA SEEDLINGS, From strictly Brst class Brecta grandlBora type- all tigered and spotted per 100 $5; per 1000*45 jy Ready for delivery April 1, "i\. jA.Hi« :bros., Clark's Point, New Bedford, Mass. ROOTED CUTTINGS. CARNATIONS FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 70 flOn MRS FISHER other standard sorts in smaller quantities, all well ' ' ' rooted and healthy stock, at moderate figures, for 30,000 L L. LAMBORN. wWch send for Usts. CARNATION NOVELTIES: All of the season, including Lizzie McGowan, Hector, Louise Porsch, and others. C ANN as: ^e'TooTi'; SMI lax: Xfit' J.. B. 338. per lOo; Si.oo per doze French, atSi2.50per i 16.00 per looo Emile Leclaire, at Sk ; $1.50 per dozen. Nice stocky plants o; ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TttE QUEEN OF WttlTE GflRNflTIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. )t@° Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H_ £■_ CHITTY, Paterson. N. J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. GOr^rJKBj: OA.TE;, - - - Grandest New Pore Yellow. ■ 'i 50 per dozen; $12.00 yer 100; $100.00 per icoo. Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet. o per 100; SSo.oo per 1000. Glowing, Bright Scarlet. 0 per 100; S80.00 per loco. Delicate, Soft Pink. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1 50 per dozen; $1, ROOTED CUTTINGS, $[.25 per dozen; $1 ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen: $1 ROOTED CUTTINGS, Si. 25 per dozen; $] FieiSI^ C;i«EJIGMTOJV, ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; $35.00 per I CHAS. T. STAEiB, Avondale, Chester Co.. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN Th.^ CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, |i2 per 100, or {100 per 1000. LOUISE PORSCH "7.^^ CARNATION. Better grower than Buttercup; $y per loo; fsoper looo. Both ready for delivery Feb. lo, 1S91 . 500 at 1000 rate, 50 at 100 rate. ADBKKss JOHN McGOWAN. 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. THE AMERICAN FLAG Is the best STRIPED CARNATION ever produced; it is a strong grower, free bloomer and very fragrant; it grows and flowers well outside and forces good inside. $ 2.00 per dozen. I We deliver only well Rooted I ::. 00 per hundred. Cuttings which have been once 100.00 per thousand. | transplanted. I«ecicay for H&Xisrery Sa.£kx-olrM. 1st, XS&l. Ig. FORSTERMANN, Newtown, Long Island, X. Y. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lambom. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P. 0. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa. i8gi. The American Florist. 523 CARNATIONS HBCTOR, a brilliant, dazzling scarlet, very large flower. free and continuous bloomer, plants strong and with robust constitution. Have not seen its equal. No grower should be without it. MRS. FISHER, the peerless white, and FERDINAND MANGOLD, the leading crimson. Send for Catalogue containing general list of Carnations and Chrysanthemums. R. X. IvOMBARD, HTAYLAKD, MASS. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We H>r>EM:rfW-HJISS, : fhite sport of Chester Pride for the first tr his season, @ $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 10 Send for circular of leading varieties and s ral new seedlings of merit. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. Mention American Florist. Roses and GflRNflTioNS. I shall have for spring delivery a surplus stock of plants in 2^, 3 and 4-in. pots, in in the very best condition, of the following roses: AMERICAN BEAUTY. DUCHESS OF ALBANY, MME. HOSTE. SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON. LA FRANCE. MERMET. PERLE DES JARDINS. BRIDE and NIPHETOS. And ol — CARNATIONS ^--^ SILVEK SPRAY. TIDAL WAVK, POKTIA, AND PRESIDENT DE tiRAW. All of the above stock will be in first-class con- dition andgnaranteedtogivesatisfac'ion. Orders booked now to be filled at any time desired. I'rice list on application. O. F". BASSEXT, < HINSDALE. ILLINOIS. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. r»E> XVITT BROS., BRISTOL. PENNSYLVANIA Rooted Cuttings ot Carnations In great quantity, ready now. Also 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st size at I7 00 per 1000. 2d size at I5.00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. exchange, 1,000 Carnations, Rooted Cut- E. s. mXON & SOIT, White Day Lilies $10 per 100 Dahlias, fine assorted whole roots. . . 8 Amaryllis Johnsonii, stock limited, 30 to 40c each, McCBEA & COI^E, Battle Creek, Uicli. THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Neuie Lewis Carnation. riowers very large and full, and of a color never before seen in Carnations — AN EX- QUISITE SHADE OF i PINK. ^J"^ ■^ W J PALMER & SON. y Florists of Buflalo, N. Y. say: ing Nellie Lewis Carnation in full Ijloom on Jan. 15th, and a grand Bight It was. I consider it a better and liner Pink Carna- tlon than Grace Wilder. Though flowers do not demand JI.OO each as we of late they will get there just the For decorative purposes and corsage bouquets, they are unsurpassed. A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago, lighted up the entire table. Don't fail to place your order at once, as we control the entire stock and have only a limited number of plants. Price, Booted Cuttings, per 100, $10.00. Plants, 2-in. pots, per 100, $12.00. VICK'S SEEDS Never Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who have planted them. VICKS nORAL GUIDE for 1891, contains over 100 large pages, hundreds of illustrations, colored plates. Best Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; $1,000 and $200 cash prizes. Price, 10 cents, which deduct from first order and it COSTS NOTHING. JAMES VICK, SEEDSMAN, Rochester, N. Y. LIZZIE McGOWAN, FRED. CREIGHTON, GOLDEN GATE, FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY.' SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L. LAMBORN. CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE ELY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and sixty other leading^vaneUes. _5p.000jowjn cutting bench. Send lorprice list, and order early. CARNATIONS!! FAIR ROSAMOND, J. R. FREEMAN. HECTffR, MI rSI<=>. H-A-PffCOCIt, Gri-aDci FRED CREIGHTON.N& ROOTED CUTTI NGS of this superb Pink Carnation, I4.00 per hundred; $30.00 per thousand. From the original stock, which has not been forced or in any way made to produce an extra quantity of C H E A P Cuttings at the expense of the future well doing of the same. To give all a chance to see what kind of flowers this stock produces, I will send a few florets, free of charge, to any in the trade who apply to me by letter. GEORGE GREIGHTON, NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. PerlOO CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per loco, $25.00, many choice varieties I3 00 GERANIUMS, 10 to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 400 VERBENAS, in good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUM, dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2-inch, ready to shift 300 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2>{-inch 3 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Addrea. N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence. Mo. (Independence is well located for shipping, being 8 miles east of Kansas City.) FRESH, FANCY FLOWER SEEDS. Improved and Superior Strains of Show Flowers for Competitive Exhibition Purposes. ASTER-PriEe Cut Flower varieties. Buckbee'8 Snowflake. the finest pure white varie- ty ever introduced, either for cut flower work or general garden purposea. It is of fine form, very lasting, shows no discolored center, and I can rec- ommend to be A 1 in all respects. Trade packet oOc. Aster— Waehiogton light blue. Washington white. Washington lightblue, cherry red chrysanthemum. PANSY— Cassier's Mammoth, large flowered iperb bl otched.. blotched. -Trimardeau Mammoth Gii yellow 50 —Finest mixed, superior quality oz.$l, .25 —Twenty separate colors 25 Send for my Wholesale List of florists greenhouse leeds Free. I solicit your trade. H. \^^ BUCKBEE, E-OCICB'OE-H, ILL. Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. 524 The American Florist, Mar. 5, Butted Glass in Glazing. 1 note Mr. Chiis. Everding's mention of butted glass in glazing greenhouses on page -t-54-, No. 14-1 oftheAM. pLORlST.and wish to say that he goes to unnecessary trouble when he uses sheet wadding to stuffbctween glass and cap. I have been using butted glass several years and have 13,000 feet glazed in that way. There is no leakage and I will pay a premium for every pane found rattling in the wind. I send" a drawing of the sash bar and cap used. The glass is 16x16. The caps are attached to the sash bars by IVi-ineh, No. 8, round head screws, one screw- in the center of each pane. The glass is laid without any putty and screwed down tight enough to niake the head of the screws sink well in to the cap. This method of glazing will give you a roof that will not cause any drip on the benches and is much better in every way than a roofglazed by laying the glass in putty. Brampton, Ont. H. Dale. Fungus in the Cutting Bench. In regard to the question about fungus in the cutting bench I would suggest that the trouble is in the temperature and not in the sand . If the overhead temperature is kept from 50° to 60°, with bottom heat 10° to 15° higher you will not be troubled with fungus ' and will have healthier cuttings. Joseph Kift. West Chester, Pa. Trade lists published in the American Florist are bound in with the paper and are of permanent value. Of those which reach the trade otherwise many go into the wastebasket, and someinto an obscure pigeon-hole. Which way are you going to circulate your trade list ? MARCH OFFERS. Achillea Gem (Pearl), new white flowering hardy perennial, tlowerinB nearly all summer, tine for florists, mail 25 for SI 00, express *3 00 per UO, pot Begonia' Countess L. Brdody, the odd rex sort, strong plants, mailtl 35 per doz., express JL35. CarnaUon V. Cielghton, new pink sort, extra, mall 12 for $1 00. Carnation Lamborn. fl 00 per 100 Ex. Carnation Daisy (white) G. Wilder SB. 00 per lOO Ex. Petunia Mrs. Morton, tested with all the fringed double white sorts last season, this proved the best grower of all. heavily fringed, extra, mall 11.10 per doz, Kx. *3 00 per 100. Petunia Snowdrift, Imp. Double White, mall $1.00 rnoEi. bulbs, will for .the I bulbs, mail 10 for $1 Feverfew, Little Gem $3 CO per 100 Kx. Alyssum, Double Tom Thumb, 13 00 per IOC Fuchsias Phenomenal. Imp. " - • . Storm King. Monarch. C. H^ Dthe Black Prince and ;ings, 13.00 per 100. Aster Setd. Trulfauts' Perfectio growth, Moz., 40c.. oz $1.00. Address ELLIS BROS., Keene, N. H. Florists' Letters, Emblems, Monograms, Etc. These letters and designs aremadeofthebestlmmor- telles, wired on wood or metal frames, having holes drilled in them to insert >oth-pick9. by which they ind these goo '"'"pat'Sa NoTE.-AlI i to the fullest ters and designs prosecuted '- "-" Send for Sample. 2-in. purple per 100, »3.00 Postage, 15cts. per lOO. W. C. KRICK. 1287 Br'dway, Brooklyn, N.Y. I. C. Vai^'ghan. Chicago, 111.; H. Batehshokfeb & Co.. Phlla.. Pa.; Edward 8. Schmid. Washing, ton, D. C; JAMBS VICK, Bochester, N. T ; J. A. SIUIUIBS, Toronto, Oat. DAHLIAS 60 choice sorts. All the best varieties. Field grown roots of Large-flowered, Pompon, Cactus and Single, $7.00 per 100; |6o.oo per 1000. NEW BEGONIAS. LOUISE CLOSSON— One of the richest colored of the Rex family. $2.50 per dozen. R. GEORGE— The strongest grower and most showy of this class; leaves large with distinct palmate center of bronzy green. $3.00 per doz. MAROUIS DE PERALTA-lvxtra l^ne. |2.ooperdoz. COMTESSE LODISE ERDODY — The whorled leaf. $12 00 per ICO. REX— In fine assortment of named kinds. $5.00 GERANIUMS. SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The finest novelty per J35 ) per R. GKOKUE. 200,000 ROSES, including all the standard forcing varieties and the new Red Mermet (Waban), at lowest prices. .\ full stock of Bedding Plants, Chrysanthemums old and new, Hardy Shrubs, Clematis, field-grown Roses, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, Grape Vines, etc. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS FREE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, Lal-ce Co., Ohio. LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM. HUGH LOW & CO., Clapton Nursery, London, England, Have much pleasure in informing their friends and the public that they have just received from their collector in India a grand importation of the magnificent and deliciously-scented LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM, correctly de- scribed as the most beautiful of all the trumpet Lilies. Flowers are of the purest white, the tube about lo inches long and the interior at the base of the most lovely shade of primrose-yellow. MESSRS. WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, OF NEW YOBK, Have received a consignment of the bulbs of various sizes, and will be pleased to give quotations and execute orders for single bulbs or in quantity. >^x>»-- WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, 54 and 56 Dey Street, IVK W ^iTOI^K: CIU^^". OUR INTRODUCTIONS NOW IN GREAT DEMAND. ORCHID CANNA (C. flaccida). Per 100, |2 50; per looo, f 20. BUTTERFLY ORCHID (Epidendrum venosum). Per 100 clumps, fy; per lono, J50. SPIDER I.ILY or Sea Daffodil (Pancratium). Per TOO, $3; per 1000, f25. AIR PLANTS (Tillandsias). Per icii (large), |6. This is extremely useful and beaulifui in decorations, and very lasting. SWORD FERN (Nephrolepis exaltatal Strong plants, per ifio, %y, per iochj, |2ii. Write for our laree Illustrated Catalogue lull of boi.i1 tilings for the llorist. REASONER BROS., Manatee, Fla. DOUBLE WHITE PRIMROSE PLANTS Floe. large, healthy plants, from 3, 4 and 5-ln. pnts at 110, Jl.^i and $20 per ifo. DraciBna Indlvlsa. from 2. .3 and 4-lnchpots, at$4,$E 100, strong stock Kalmfe'rahea FllaiSentosa, Mn. pots. $12 per 100. Also Single Primrose. Calceolaria rugosa, Callas, all sizes: Smilax. Echeverlas. Alternantheras. etc. Also the new and leading varieties of Coleus, Gera- niums. Chrysanthemums, Hoses, Violets and other stock. Write for price list. HENRY SMITH, 130 Monroe St., Grand Rapidi,.Mich. ' P. a Bii'sos ORDER EARLY. This 1 KBLLIS (Snowball) in blnnm an^V^ Jr*Jl» A^PflT'Si then demanded all my attention, and these were first, but I have always " kept touch " with the Begonias, as I made up my mind to "pick them up" at the first opportunity. For some time past I have been assiduously working at the :Br5GO.NI A., I have also been gathering from every known source everything cjnsidered superior, and 1 trust ere long to make my collection second to none. I purpose making — =^BEGONIAS A GREAT SPECIALTY AT TOTTENHAM.^^^— - My knowledge of this family is wide and the facilities for knowing every collection, both private and public, in England and the Continent, has enabled me to secure everything that I consider of great value, especially those possessing NEW POINTS OF MERIT, as my aim will be to WONDERFULLY IMPROVE THE BEGONIA. I am convinced tbat but few people can have yet any conception of the capabilities of the plant. I have an IMMENSE STOCK OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES, all carefully graded last season, containing every shade of color and those wnicti yield flowers ot the largest size combined with per- fection of form and improvement of type. In the hope of further developing this attractive flowering plant, I shall plant some hundreds of thousands for next season's show, and I shall be very pleased to exhibit them to any of my friends, who, I am sure, will be surprised at both quality and quantity. SPECIAL PRICES for Tubers for present delivery on application. -^DAFFODILS AND NARCISSUS. 4^ I shall have an enormous ijuantity of these to offer for Ftill IDeli-very. as the season advances. Special prices on application ^HO]VIiVS S. ^V^iVI^E>, HALE FARM NURSERIES. TOTTENHAM. LONDON. ENGLAND. TO THE TRADE:— Just now we merely mention, briefly as possible, the very large and full assortment, ;all of which is in storage — except such items as Evergreens, etc. We want your trade. We also want to please you. And we think we can. The stock is good. So we hope for your valued orders during the coming season, and sQall be glad to mail you spring 1S91 TKADE LIST on application; special inducements and Iiowest rates to the trade, without regard to size of order. We give totals of main items — see Trade List for itemized schedule, with prices, grades, principal varieties and number of each, on hand and unsold to date. We have eight large packing houses and cellars (125x125 ft , 128x32 ft., 112x40 ft., 112x30 ft., 100x30 ft., 80x40 ft., 60x40 ft. and 50x24 ft.) These are stored with many car loads of Trees, etc. ready for shipment. We can ship on short notice — in fact we have been shipping almost every day this winter to the South and to the Pacific Coast. And never before have we known the demand to be so great. Nor trade to be so brisk. We have in stock more or less of many items not named herein. Nor does this list take into account young stock in nursery rows— Apple i-yr. (nearly 3 million, largely Whole Root grafted and budded), fine blocks of Pear, Plum, etc., etc. The XX grade is '4 inch and up, X is ^^ to '+ inch. 344,649 APPLE, 2-year (also few 3-year 3 to 4 feet, 2 to 3 feet, i 285,478 APPLE. Whole Root grafted (s s;x, X, 9-16 to 5^-inch, Yi to 9-16-inch 2 feet, [le budded), 2-year, grades same as 5,499 CRAB, 2 and 3-year— grades same as apple. 2,973 " Whole Hoot, 2 and 3-year— grades as above. 47,043 PEAR, Standard, 2 yr., XX, X, 'r to '-, 2^ to 4 feet. 2 to 2"^ feet; (included are Kietfer as lollows; 3724 XX, 3000 X, 4363 Ji to ,^8, 1074 4 to 5 feet branched, scant J4 inch, 3700 2J4 10 4 feet, 1410 2 to 2!^ feet). 4,600 " Standard, 4-year (transplanted at 2 yr.) XX at 17c., X at 15c., J4 to ?s inch at 13c. 637 " Standard, 3 year (transplanted at 2 year) on Le Conte roots, S inch and up at 10c. 29,963 " Dwarf, 2 and 3 year, XX, X, % to u, 2J2 to 4 feet, 2 to 2]/i fl. .... " " I year X, K to js, 254 to 4 feet, 2 to 2K feet. 33.958 CHERRY. 2 year, XX, X, 'A to 's, 254 to 4 feet, 2 to 2^ feet. 1,150 Chestnut. Am. Sweet, 4 to 5 ft.; 500 310 4 ft.; ;« 2 to 3 ft.: SOOOI-year. 1,256 MIXBKKKY, Downing 4 HlckB. C to 7 ft.; PLUM < 5 Cherry. S.), Fren in plum, I and 2 year— grades same d'Agen, 571 German, 306 Hungar Sliver, Golden, Tragedy, etc. 1,599 PLUM on Peach, XX, X, J4 to H, 2]i to 4 feet-mostly ■» to .'» 105,205 PEACH, I year, 9-16 and up, J4 to 9-16, 2>4 to 4 leet, 2 to 2;< feel 9,437 " on Plum, 9 16 and up. }^ to 9 16, 2", to 4 feet. 8,647 APRICOT on Plum, X.X, 9-16 to K. -'2 to 916, 2'.. to 4 ft., 2 to I feet. ROOT GKAFTS. CIONS. quince cuttings- 150 bu. NATURAL MO. Cal. pits. DORMANT BUDS, for Fall 1891 (budded Apricot, Peach, 16 ft, IOC. and Angers e than order only). Dwarf Pear, Plum, treated and calloused MAKIANA pi millions ot them. Please send list for e; PEACH PITS, J2 per bu.; worth vastly ) Currant, Fay's 2-yr. No.: ■ and No. 2. h'affer, Soubegan, 1,000 assorted, 2-yr., ueen, Gregg. Jobn- Ey. King, . medium. 11,160 Dewberry. I 00,000 Blackberry, Agawam. Ey. Harvest Minnewaskl. Stone's H., Taylor, etc. 67,550 CONCOKD, 2-yr. extra; 51.900 %y 65,750 '■ 2-yr. No. 2; 39.101) 1-yi . iiu. *. Following in same grades: 2700 Brighton, 1600 Aga- wam, 12,0UO Catawba, 5500 Champion, 2000 Clinton, 2200 Cynthiana, 4000 Delaware. 1350 Diamond, 900 Diana, 400 By. Victor, 13,000 Elvira, 1550 Empire State. 1500 Goethe. 3500 Ives, 80OO Lindley, 6-«0 Mar- tha, 100 Mills. ICWO Moore'» Ey., 3200 Mo, Keisllng, 270 Moyer. 21.775 Niagara, .5226 Noah. 2750 Norton's Va ,2000 Pocklington. 600 Perkins, 2.5-25 Salem, 125 Ulster, 500 Wilder, 325 WoodrufT, 13,650 Worden Wyoming Red; other sorts In small lots. 960 Alder, Eup. 2-4, 4-6, 1'rS ft. 550 Ash, White. 4-6, 6-8. 8-10 ft. 78 Beech, Purple-Lf., 3-4, 4-5 ft.; 1100 Birch, E. W. 3-4, i-i. 5-8 ft. 3.1,00 BIRCH, Cu^Lf., 100 Horse Chestnut, 4-6 9.C00 LOCUST, Black, 100 Magnolia. Ac, 3-4 (t, 950 Maple, Norway, 5-6, i.-b 11.; -jj weirs i.,ut 46,6-8 tt. 37,000 Maple, SILVEK, 2-4, i-i\. 6-8, 8-10. 10-12 ft. 4,260 Mt. Ash, Eup., 3-4, 4 5 tt. ; 640 Oak-Lf ., 3-4, 5-7 feet. 360 Peach, Dbl. Fig.. Red and White, 3 4. 4-5, 5-7 f 950 POPLAK, Bolleana. 3-4, 4-r,, 6-8, 8-10, 10-12 3000 Lombardy. same sizes. 12,200 TULIP TREE, 3-4, 4-5,6^i,( '. 6 8, 8-10, 10-12 ft'. ,327 Mag. Tripetala. li<»avy l-yr. head! EVERGREKNtS transp. all sizes ] Hemlock; Irish Juniper; Pirj ; 780 KILMARNOCK, million, 2 to 3 times White; Red Cedar (extra fine); Retinospora, plu- musa aurea; Spruce, Colo. Blue. Norway, While. «,. .... ..^. ..«...,_. , .„,« « , 'a, 2-3 1316 500 Althea, Dbl.;486Calycan 12J Prunus Triloba; ■inge; 80 Snowberry; 2J75 Spirea; f.; 791 Weigela. Candida and Host ■inge, 6-6 f- , Candid 166 Olema kmpelopsis. Clematis, Jack. 2-yr.. '.f% tt. ana up; 13U tjiematiB, Vltalba, 2-yr.; 130 Clematis, Vlticella, 2-yr ; 320O Honeysuckle, Halleana;'25JeBsamlne; 230 Wistaria. 60 Mahonia, Aq. 1-2, 2-3 ft., busby and strong. bach, 2220 Bait. I Gen. Jacq.,80G1oi ine Dies- elle, 753 B. Bonstetten, 270 B. Christy, '280 Gem " 2760 Queen cf Prairies. 4«0 Seven I Capt. J. Ingram, STARK BROS., PROPRIETORS PIKE CO. NURSERIES, LOUISIANA, MO. Lilies, Etc. for EavSter HARRIS!!, LONG!FLORUM, CAND!DUM. Prices on Application. GERANIUMS, Single & Double, of the leading var- ieties, 2'4-in. pots, at$4 per 100; I35 per 1000. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, Irom 5 to loinch pots, S15 to $50 per hundred, W. A. BOCK, N. Cambridge, Mass. Association Flora, Boskoop, Holland. Tuberous Begonias. NOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Pseo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address p. OUWERKERK, P.O. Box 184S, NEW YORK CITY, Catalogue on application. I light rich soil, i BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnellsville, 0. CLEMATIS-3, whit plants in box. Samp CUCUMBERS-Roll A. BROUNT, Be , purple, 25 cenii ! Telegraph, 50 52^ The American Florist. Mar. 5, The Street Fakir. St)mc inaintniii that the sale of flowers on the street by the fakir injures the florist's business, and some hold that it does not. Does the street fakir who sells flowers injure the florists' business any more than the fakir who sells notions injures the dry floods men? The fakir .always deals in second class stuff and the majority of the people who buy of these street peddlers would not go to a first class store to buy choice cut flowers. I believe that but few sales are lost to the dealers by the street fakir and that through them ail enormous amount of second class stuff is disposed of that would otherwise never find a market. The way to abolish the street fakir is to grow less stuff but of a better quality. Growers are too much in- clined to spread themselves out under a big lot of glass and thengivethebigspace about half the attention and work that it ought to have. The result is a lot of flowers but mighty poor ones and if the fakirs didn't sell their flowers their pro- duct neverwouldbesold. Whenagrower finds the fakirs his only means of market- itig his stuff it is time for him to either im- prove the quality of his product or quit the business, but what he generally does do is to build another range of new houses, to be handled without any increase in his working force, and thus still further les- sen his chances of producing good flowers. The fakir is the only hope ofthe men who plant roses and reap a crop of mildew, blackspot, red spider and wind. Do not ruthlessly cut them off from all hope of getting in enough cash to pay their coal bill. It is enough that they are out their own time and the other expenses of running their bullhead factories. M. March 19 we shall issue a 40-page number, which will be most beautifully illustrated and will contain a number of special features which will make it of un- usual value. EASTER LILIES. Electro of this Cut (No. 9434). Jl. A. BLANC, PHILADELPHIA, PA. I^argest stock of l^lorista' Cuts in the world. Cata- ,;flc DON'T FAIL r„X?u CX.I3«n-A.X:BIt. Have r better, all points considered (see ad. in jan Keady now. eforHflc; 12 for $1; 25 for $1.60, stock, perfectly healthy. By the 100 ai March and April. See other special offers. J. c. GIBSON, Woodbury WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1890? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR KEDUCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS TttE. WHILLDIN POTTERy GOMPftNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOB NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somerville, Mass. A Practice Bouquet Pin, * * * * Wliicli every florist should use. Sells with the Bouquet. IS INVISIBLE. ^ Wonderful Con- venience at Banquets and Entertainments. ITS USE WILL DOUBLE YOUR SIILES OF BOUTONNIEHES. G. B. WILLCOX, BAY CITY, MICH. A 40 PAGE ISSUE MARCH 19 7,000 COPIES TT WILL be beautifully illustrated and will be 1 the handsomest number of the American Florist ever issued. It will go to every name in the American trade and 500 copies to the best tlrms in Europe — 7,000 in all. You should not fail to have an adv. in this issue. No increase in rates. Send copy for your adv. early so we will have time to set it up in our best style. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., CHICAGO. SHEEP MANURE, a natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTIM and ECONOMICAL Pulverized, 100 lb. bag $3.00; Ton $40. (^ WM. ELLIOTT &. SONS, Compressed. " $2.50; Ton $35. \ 54 ^nd 56 Dey Street, N. T. ISO A.or'e^, A.s»sorti*a.erit. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, TRAUE LIST ON APPLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, - - GENEVA, N. Y. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. LARGE STOCK OF GOOD CANE STAKES Per 1000 $6.00. Per 3000 $15.00. SPRING BULBS. Ask tor quotations and samples. W. W. Barnard & Co., Successors to HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.. Chicago. 6 &8 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. Mention . i8gu The American Florist. 527 ALL SIZES or GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — AH GLAZIERS' SUPPLIES. — »- Write for Latest prices. CLEAR CYPRESS SASH BARS JOHN L. DIEZ&.CO. 530 North Halsted Street, CHICAGO, ILL. LITTLE'SANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Seiul for circulars and price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY Street, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. PLANT BED CLOTH. CHEAP SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS on Uot- "'"" " ' ', Framej. etc. Three grades. Promotes hardy, vigorous warm, will not shrink or i leading Dry Goods houses, NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO., HAIL Lock the door BEFORE the horse is stolen. Do it I«IO W I i^ JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A.," Saddle River, N.J. THE NURSERY BOOK A Complete Hand-Book of Propagation and Pollination. By L. H. BAILEY, Bditor of the American Garden. This valuable little manual has been compiled at great pains. The author has had unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts in many directions. The book is absolutely devoid of theor>' and speculation. It has nothing to do with plant physiology, nor with any abstruse reasons of plant growth. It simplv tells plainly and briefly what every one who sows a seed, makes a cutting, sets a grait, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new and original in method and matter. The cuts number almost 100, and are made especially' for it, direct from nature. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, forest trees. Among the contents are the following : Propagation by Seed. Propagation by Cuttings. Propagation by Separation. Propagation by Grafting. Including Grafting, Propagation by Layers. Budding, Inarching, etc. Propagation by Polination. The Nursery List is an alphabetical list of all kinds of plants, with a short statement telling which of the operations described in the first five chapters are employed in propagating them. Over 2,000 Entries are made in the list. The following entries will give an idea of the method : ACEB (Maple). Sapindacca:. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as A. dasycaypum, come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered, but better plants areobtained by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter-worked upon '\vi\- portGd A. po/vmorp/uim stocks, either by whip or veneer-grafting. Maples can also be budded in summer, and they grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and softwood. FHTX.I.OCACTUS. FHTIiIiOCEBEUS, DISOCACTUS (Leaf Cactus). Cach-cT. Fresh seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil, which is well drained, and apply water as for common seeds. When the seedlings appear, remove to a light position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three in length, root readily in sharp s sufficient water to keep from flagging. If the c for several days before planting. OOOSEBEBBT. Seeds, for the raising ol in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be slratifiec tings, 6 to S inches long, of the mature wood, in especially if taken in August or September and obtained by layers, and the English varieties layering is usually employed, the Engli: ' but the afler 1 from the stools. ? (Fig. new varieties should be sown as soon as well cured, and sown together with the sand in the spring. Cut- erted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, itored during winter. Stronger plants are usually re nearly always layered in this country. Mound- ies being allowed to remain in layerage 1 usually s ;for ; ; practiced for n< style, cloth, wide margins. $1; Pocket style, paper, narrow margins, 50 cts. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Building, New York. PLANET JR. IMPROVXI) FiRM AND GARDEN TOOLS FOE 1891. BETTER. Both Horse and Hand, THAN EVER: better and more money savinR. We can DOtdescrlbe them here, but our new and handsome catalogue ta free and interesting. A goodly num- ber of new tools y"' ' these. Gardene _ _ . -" " • ■ ■ ned^adjustable^teetli_ ' Ai Beet Gr Marker i rket fecial Horse Furrower, er; Heavy Grass Edg „ _ issEdger and Path Cleanc ed; Special Steel^Leveier and Pulveri ^HEEL, wise. Nor have our Hand Seed Drill Single Wheel Hoes, Garden ' grafted upon ourn depth, Is a great feature: puto 'Deen forge ' ' Bdgers, E novelties are adopted by us greatly altered f r^^e' Regan Electric Vapor Pumping Outfit. ^ GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. high for 2 cts. EITHER FOBCZ: OR TANK PUMP. No Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. WIND-MILL "NOT IN IT." RUN BT SPARK FROM SMALL BATTERY. You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, CmCA.«3tO. 3,000,000 HARDY GUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Breen Sheet bouquet green & FESTOONING ol all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HARTFORD & NICHOLS, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON. MASS. ESTABLISHED. 186e Wire D ttsDufactured t 335 East 8igt Street. - NEW YORK. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFAP.LAND, Box 655, HARRISBURG. PA. H. BAYERSDORFEE & CO.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, «6 I«. ^tn Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. S2^ The American Florist. Mar. 5, Index to Advertisers. .W- I.lttle W M. Association Kl UKh A Co 624 Barnard W W J ) 4 Co.... 518 Brauer 4 Klchter ^Ib Brooks Sisters S'S Brount A Wo Buckbee H W. 620 621 523 Burrow J G Carman R \v o.:i Cefrey Letter Co 5ia Ulei, John L... &Co.. niUon, J. L IJlngee&ConardCo . . Elliott Wm & Son952S 62il Ellis Bros 524 KIllFon&Kaehn 517 -lly Z De Forest 4 Co. 519 rDMiCo 51a _-jld : MskChasH 517 Forsterman Ig 532 Frese ■> W 517 FulwellerPC 52(1 Germond & Costrrove 515 GlbsonJC 520 521 526 Glddlngs A .52i Grtfflth.N.S .'123 Hageman Wm 5ii< 1 Association msEJ ...'.!'.'. Hartford & Nichols... 627 Hunter Frank D.. Imlay John D... . Jahn Bros Kane Thomas & Kennlcott Bros. Klft Joseph idjnorace6U62T Mette Henry 619 Michel l'lantiSeedCo.620 Miller, Geo. W 520 Moffatt G J 618 CB&S Pike Co NurserU Reasoner 1 RIechers I Roemer Fred Rolker. A. 4 Sons.. Rural Pub Co Saul John Schlegel 4 Fottler. Situations. Wants 513 SmlthCAFloralCo 517 Smith Henry 524 Stand'rdFlowerPotCo629 Welmf Welch Bros. 517 WhIlldlnPotCo 526 628 Wlllcoxc; B 52B Wisconsin Flower Ex.617 Wood Bros 520 WoodruffW B 620 Young John 517 Cincinnati.— Plans for the new flower market under the Holroyd bequest are complete and will be submitted to a com- mittee of councilmen and florists for approval. SEND FOR A COPY ■OF OUR NEW- TRADE DIRECTORY S»rioe>, 92.00. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. REDUCTION 33 '3 per cent. Discount oif List NeponsIt Flower Fqis, OF WATERPROOF PAPER. New York. R. Hi .1. FARQDHAK Si, CO., lioston, Mass. Who furnish samples by mail, postpaid, on recelptof F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, East Walpole, Mass. NEW DOUBLE WHITE GERANIUM GOLDFINDKK, scarlet; LA CONTABLK, pink. 25 cents each. WILLIAM KISS & CO., Filchburg, Mass. ^ Diagram Showing V^ .^^ 3X^ J_3 • low perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect igo and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom. H secured. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, the same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Class Certificate of Merit, pnd also HIGHLY COMMENDED by the New Jersey Horticultural Society at their Chrysanthemum Exhibition, at Orange, N. J,, November 4th, 1890. It will be to your advantage to send forpricesbeforepurchasingelsewhere. Parties who have used this pot say that hereafter they will use no other. THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 &, 715 WHARTON STREET, Agent for the New England I Philadelphia, Pa. I. McCarthy, a7 Otls St., SomervtUe, Mass. STANDARD FLOWER POTS JARDINIERS IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE.— Although forced to play a minor part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS &. CO., N.Cambridge, Mass. AHEAD OF EVERYTHING. Wc Follow None, Prize or No Prize. Our latest improvements in machinery produce a Standard Pot which for lightness, smoothness and durability, has never been equaled. Customers buying of us will SAVE ONE-THIRD IN FREIGHT. And to prove this, we give below a table showing nu- -ber in Crate and WEIGHT of same, which speaks for itself : size. No. In Crate. Welitht. I It will be seen at a glance, that our pots are one- third lighter than formerly, and yet we claim that 350 •• 363 '• perlor quality of our clay and im- bey are stronger than any pot e frankly ask you to make the Prices. JSIF»I^r^E;, I>OF»I'*FEjrv A! CO., JS4>'i-faovi« STANDARD FLOWER POT CO. Toledo, Oliio. fooo 5 00 7.00 F. O B. at Toledo. ITo charg-e for packaere. SEEDSMEN write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. STANDARD POTS. As RECOMMENDED liV THE SOCIETY OF American Florist.s. all points South. Terms Hilfinger Bros. Pottery, FORT EDWARD, N. Y. Mention American Florist. Rmerica ia "thB Prow af ths FbssbI there may be mors comfort Hmidships, hu we STB the Erst ta touch Unknown Seas," Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 12, 1891. No. 145. ITiHiii ttk^mmmm fmm^ nencan Florist Company. ,d-ClassMr'' Published every Thursday by The American Florist compahy. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, }2.oo. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 I.a Salle Street, CHICAGO. Socletr of American Florists. M. n. Norton, Boston, Mass.. president; John Chambers, Toronto. Ont.. vice-president: Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromlield St., Boston, Mass., secre- tary; M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind., treasurer. Ttie seventh annual meeting at Toronto, Ont., Florists* Hail Association. Florists' Protective Association. H. B. Beatty, Sec'! American Ohrysantliemum Society. John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. T . president; Edwin Lonsdale, Cliestnat Hill, Philadelphia, Pa., secretary. I CONTENTS. Boston 521 New York 530 New York floral notes 530 Our Paris letter 530 Floral arrangement (illustration! 531 Bucksport, Me 531 Carnations 532 — Lamborn vs. Mrs. Fisher 532 — Heavy expenses 532 —Chicago carnation notes - . 532 Bride's bouquet (illustration) 533 Notes from Summit, N. J 533 Yacht club design (illustration) 533 Preparing for an exhibition 533 Cheap trays for gladiolus bulbs (with fig's) . . 534 Fuller's rose beetle in Milwaukee 534 The color chart 534 Obituary— James Hutchison (with portrait) 535 News notes 535 Minneapolis 535 Washington 538 The carnation controversy 540 Coming exhibitions 540 Catalogues received 5|o The seed trade 542 —Seed warranty again 542 —The catalogue tax 542 Substantial rose house 544 Forcing Romans and narcissus 546 Wall flowers 546 Chicago 545 A problem 550 Steam heating: 550 If you want an adv. in the double num- ber to be issued next week, mail copy for it at onCe. It must reach us not later than Monday the 16th. When you write an advertiser tell him that you saw his advertisement in the American Florist. Boston. { The March meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club was made specially interesting by the presentation to Mr. James Comley of a beautiful clock. Mr. Comley has been for many years garden- er in charge of the Ha3-es estate at Lex- ington and is one of our best known horticulturists. The gift was in token of the high appreciation in which he is held by his brother gardeners as well as an acknowledgment by the club of their indebtedness to him for his kindly co- operation with his employer, Mrs. F. B. Hayes, in inviting and entertaining the Society of American Florists at Lexing- ton, last August. The presentation ati- dress was made by Mr. Jackson Dawson, whose words were most happily chosen and Mr. Comley 's reply in accepting the gift was received with rounds of applause. The clock is of black marble with heavy bronze ornamentation, and on a gold plate on the front is this inscription. "Presented to James Comle}' by the Gar- deners' and Florists' Club of Boston, March 3, 1891." At the same time Mrs. A. H. Hews was remembered by the club by a present of a prettj' little silver tea service, suitabl3' inscribed in acknowledgement of her at- tentions to the visitingladieslast.\ugust. The business of the evening, a discus- sion of the question of "City Water Rates" was, owing to the time consumed by the above mentioned exercises and by various committee reports, etc., post- poned until the April meeting. The semi- annual report of the treasurer showed a gratifying financial condition. A com- mittee was appointed with power to have the club incorporated. A gardener who is rapidly making a big reputation for his skill in horticult- ure is Mr. Kenneth Finlavson, gardener to Dr. C. E. Weld. His 'cinerarias aie just now well worth a trip to Brookline to see. These as well as the superb primulas and cj-clamens are all from seed saved by Mr. Finlayson. The colors and markings are magnificent, and many of the blooms measure three to four inches across. Better shaped plants it would seem impossible to obtain. The carna- tions and roses, in fact everything in the houses are in splendid condition. The only unfavorable feature in the whole establishment is the presence in large numbers of that much dreaded pest the "orchid fly" which has made sad havoc with the \'oung cattleya growths and for which, so far, no remedj' or preventive has proved successful. In one of the houses is a fine set of seedling geraniums from seed resulting from crosses of Can- nell's new set of 1890. Some of these arc remarkably brilliant in color. The circu- lar show house at the end of the range is gorgeous with masses of Streptosolen Jamesonii.cytisuses, mahemias, begonias and tulips. On the wall in the potting room are already 74 prize cards of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society all of which Mr. Finlayson has won during the past two years. Dr. Weld's estate is beautifully situated on high ground in Brookline, the view from the greenhouses taking in the whole city of Boston and suburbs. He is one of the many private gentleman whose generosity was so freely extended to the Gardeners' and Florists" Club when they were preparing to extend a fitting wel- come to the national society. The lecture before the Massachusetts Horticultural society on Saturday, March 7th, was by Wm. G. Fallow, professor of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard Col- lege, on 'The Diseases of Trees Likely to Follow Mechanical Injuries." The sub- ject was illustrated by numerous stere- opticon views, and proved to be very interesting, bringing out quite an extend- ed discussion. Jackson Dawson exhibited a very beau- tiful plant of his rose, a cross between Multiflora Japonica, and Jacqueminot. It formed a shapely bush about three feet high, and bearing not less than 500 buds and blossoms. The flowers are about two inches across, light rose color- ed and fragrant; a certificate of merit was awarded this plant. Mr. Dawson also showed jsome large clusters of Andromeda speciosa and Viburnum plicatum, forced. Pitcher & Manda exhibited half a dozen plants in bloom of the new hardy Azalea rustica. The flowersare semi-double and of good substance. They received a cer- tificate of mjerit. Presentations seem to have been in the air for the past week. On Saturday afternoon about twenty-five gentlemen participated in a most enjoyable occasion at the Treraont House, the immediate cause of the gathering beingthe presenta- tion of a handsome easy chair to Mr. Edwin Sheppard, of Lowell, by his many friends among the fraternity. The cere- mony was performed in a most original and witty manner by Judge Hoitt, of Nashua, who had the recipient comfort- ably seated in the chair and wondering what was the matter before he informed him of his good fortune. Mr. Sheppard was taken by surprise, but was soon able to express his appre- ciation of the compliment and thank the donors. After the presentation, the company sat down to an appetizing re- past, and with speeches, stories and songs the evening passed most pleasantly away. The honors in storj' telling were divided pretty evenly between Jackson Dawson and Judge Hoitt, while Warren Ewell and James Comley were easy win- ners in the singing contest. Mr. M. H. Norton having recently received a present of a large pickerel, which is a fresh water fish, in whose capacious stomach was 530 The American Florist. Mar. 12, found a herring, which is a salt water fish, has been cudgelUng his brain and torturing his friends for the past few davs trving to find out where the pickerel could possibly have caught the herring, hence he was unusually quiet on this oc- casion. There is no member of the fraternity here more worthy of the attention shown than was the guest of the evening, Mr. Sheppard. He is one of our oldest and most honored florists. Although his hair has been for many years white, yet his heart is as young as the youngest, and he possesses the happy faculty of being always cheerful and' bright, no matter what trouble may come. At his home in Lowell, he is always ready with a kindly and hospitable welcome for any of the boys who may chance to call, and long may he live to enjoy his easy chair and to gladden our hearts with his sunnv smile. W.J.S. Trade during the past week was very dull, everything at a standstill with an abundance of flowers everywhere. Siebrecht and Wadley's'annual orchid show at the Madison Square Garden was a great success artistically and financial- ly. The designs by Mr. J. F. Barrett were very artistic covering as it were bits of scenes from many lands. On en- tering the main hall we found ourselves in a Dutch flower garden, the beds being prettily arranged in tulips, hyacinths and other bulbous flowers whilst away to our left a fine border of choice conifers gave a natural touch to the scene. Further on we came to the English Gar- den, with its beds of hybrid roses in bloom; here also were beds of mar- guerites, cinerarias, azaleas, primroses, geraniums, etc., flanked by groups of fine foliage plants. Beyond this the elegant pieces of statuary, the fine graveled paths and the b:autiiul carpet bedding tells us we are in the Italian garden, and last and most romantic of all is a scene from the famous Ponce de Leon, with its wind- ing stairs over crystal fountains, and here and there bits of scenery that delight the eye. Here we found a bank of superb phalaenopsis in variety; they were certain- ly the finest seen here in a long time. " We return to the center of the hall and behold one of the grandest collections of orchid blooms ever seen here. They are exhibited by Kimball, of Rochester, N. Y. Here a group of cypripediums show their beautiful tints till lost in a mass of Lycaste Skinnerii. Above these again great masses of cattlej'as and phalas- nopsis with immense dendrobiums hang- ing from the towering palms above, the the whole forming a beautiful center. All it seemed to lack was a fountain here; that would have been beneficial to the plants, and a great addition to the sur- roundings. Considering everything it was one of the best arranged exhibitions ever given here. The failure ofL. longiflorum has been quite extensive here, but there will be enough Harrisiis to meet the Easter de- mand. There are some very fine azaleas in already. It is feared hydrangeas will be too late for Easter. Mr. May's suggestion in your last issue regarding the carnation contest is an admirable one and should be acted upon by all concerned. Judging from the amount of entries from the difi"erent classes alreaay received, our spring show will be one of the most important ones from a trade standpoint ever held. Any- one having novelties or new flowers of any kind will find his opportunity here. Herman Kuhn had a table decoration for a large dinner given by Mrs. Lederer. The round center piece was composed of magnificent La France as if growing on their bushes, the longer ones being bent over forming miniature arches, garlands and favors of the same rose being artisti- cally placed round the border. McConnell had the decorations for the New York Yacht Club dinner given at the Murray Hill Hotel, the design being a facsimile of the victorious Volunteer, made of Mermets and hyacinths. John YotiNO. New York Floral Notes. Our florists have seldom had so much to do as this Lenten season, when they have been all the time busy with balls, parties or weddings. The Arion Ball which was done by Hanft Bros, was a verj' elegant and elaborate floral decora- tion in Madison Square Garden. There were three immense streamers of nine strands of flowers and leaves suspended in graceful festoons from the ceiling the whole length of the garden, while at each side of the big room was a floral eagle, fourteen feet from tip to tip, suspended from the arches with festoons of orchids, smilax and roses. The first tier of boxes was festooned with roses, lilacs and tulips, all the en- closed boxes at the ends of the building were decorated with garlands of hemlock or laurel and diamond or heart shaped figures of natural flowers. The second tier of boxes were ornamented with gar- lands of laurel and evergreens of many sorts interspersed with flowers. Mr. P. L. Bogart has made up several fern baskets with ribbons tied on the side handles, which make a particularly pretty dinner decoration. These baskets are from two to three feet in length, and have a straight line of roses directl3' through the centre and pink ribbons on the handles. Another basket had red tulips through the centre, and this was tied on its handles with deep red ribbon. Another one still had yellow tulips through the centre and yellow ribbons on the handles. For a wedding on the 5th of the month, the church in 66th street and Madison avenue was decorated with palms and two large bunches of Easter lilies. There was a large wreath of La France roses under which the pair stood to receive their friends. Palms stood each side of this wreath, which made a very pretty decoration. The stairs were twined with smilax, and there were large bunches of daffodils at each step, tied on the banisters with ribbon of the same color. This is an exceedingly nice waj' of dressing banisters. The hall mirror was banked with plants, and a wreath of crimson carnations was placed at the top of the mirror. Ladies are decorating themselves with large bunches of daffodils, with a yellow genista fringing to wear in the "street. Another bouquet that is much worn is a bunch of violets at the breast, and a large bunch of heliotrope in the muff. McConnell did the Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club, which took place at Delmonico's. There were three large tables which were covered artistically with pink roses laid on in a loose fashion. Each guest had a cluster of violets. John Morris the florist ofjeflerson Mar- ket has been busying himself with trying to get the market florists a po.sition on Union Square in which to sell their goods from their wagons next summer. They will go there early in the mornings to make their sales, and are expected to be away from Union Square by seven o'clock. Mr. Morris is also interested in the plant- ing of trees in all localities where the streets arc wide enough to allow it. He hopes to do a great deal for our florists in the way of getting the.se motions passed. Mr. Thorley has been making several boxes of crocuses, which are gotten up very prettily. These were the dark pur- ple kind, which had bright yellow stamens. He arranged one decoration of these plants in asquarebox which was trimmed with gilt all around the sides. This box had a purple satin ribbon about it, which made the crocuses look very dressy, and a large bow was placed at one side. The box of these flowers was arranged for a dinner table where thelady wasinmourn- ing and there were bunches of violets for every lady guest. A pansy dinner was arranged by Mr. Bogart for Mrs. Cleveland. There was a centre piece of yellow and purple pansies in an ordinary flat basket, which was set on a silver basket. There were also favors of these pretty flowers. All of our florists made handsome pieces for the funeral of General Sherman. Thorlej' decorated his picture with vio- lets and lily of the valley, McConneU made a piece of three palm leaves with white roses at the handle. Klundir alfo made a very handsome piece, which was of palm leaves with a crown of whiteroses on the stems. F. A. Benson. Our Paris Letter. After the very hard winter, Paris is beginning to bloom again, the streets are filled with little two-wheeled carts at- tended by old women, and piled high with fresh green Mahonia branches, holly and sometimes even mistletoe, which hangs thick in the trees in the environs of the city; great heaps of acacia branches in full flower, bunches of Roman hyacinths, paper white narcissus and of violets com- plete the rather monotonous stock. But how temptingly they are displayed! Bunches of thirty to fifty violets for two cents, eight or ten Romans, small sprays for ten cents, a little branch of acacia for a cent or two more. Narcissus are still a little higher and the white lilacs which often appear, cost ten to fifteen cents a spray, iorced though they are. Lilacs are the standard winter flowers here and until within a couple of weeks have fur- nished the main part ofevery fine piece I have seen. Roses are only now beginning to ap- pear, the little "nubbins" from Nice that have been exhibited in the window-cor- ners during the winter, would hardly be called roses with us, but now and then during the past week I have seen a fair cluster of roses displayed. Among the shops in the boulevards, however, the preference is for the tall sprays of lilacs, massed in immense round flat baskets with high handles twined with satin rib- bon and ornamented with large bows. There is very little mixture of color, the ribbons, which are very freely used, matching the flowers to a nicety. The handsomest piece of a very fine show last week was a flat round basket about thirty inches across, covered with white satin and filled very high with white azalea branches in snowy bloom, the high square handle being decorated with an immense satin bovx-, the whole piece being nearly five feet high. Dutch bulbs are also becoming more plentiful, and not being forced very fast are very perfect. A popular fancj' lor lilies of the valley is to |iut them, planted in moss and crowded close together into i8gi. The American Florist. 531 FLORAL ARRANGEMENT. square or oblong baskets with a canopy or roof, each corner of which has the in- evitable ribbon bow. An oval basket filled with nearly a dozen perfect blooms of single pink hyacinths, (Gertrude I think) had the tint of the flowers repeated in the ribbon. Again, a round low dish of double Tournesol tulips had a handle twined with ribbons of orange and crim- son. The opposite extreme is sometimes reached with very good effect by crowd- ing a jardiniere with blooms of all colors and varieties of hyacinths and tulips. A pretty piece was a large rush bowl filled with tall sprays of white lilacs and feath- ery yellow acacias with the natural foliage of both. A very handsome win- dow full of decorative plants contained a number of fine araucarias, with the spaces between the branches decorated with great bunches of pink and blue rib- bons; the effect was odd, but certainly very gay and pretty. For funerals, immense wreaths of violets, edged with some white flower just to show the outline, and wreaths of white or purple lilacs are almost the only things used; sometimes a large cross of violets, or in the case of an officer or cele- brated person a long cycas leaf with an inscription on the ribbon. Artificial flowers are much used for funerals among the poorer classes, and are universally used for house decoration. Plants are imitated with yellow leaves that one aches to nip off, and bouquets of roses that lack only perfume, ornament many a dinner table. These things have had their day, however, and now on two mornings of the week the flower markets are filled with finely grown primulas, cyclamens, bulbous plants and azaleas in their white paper wrappings; but of them another time. F. L. V. Double Easter number next week. Floral Arrangements. We present herewith an engraving from a photograph of a verj' effective floral arrangement sent us by Mr. H. H. Battles, Philadelphia. The engraving speaks for itself. Bucksport, Me. About thirt}' members of the Maine Pomological Society visited Bucksport as the guests of Mr. F. H. Moses, on Thurs- day, February 26. After being shown through the exten- sive rose houses, the company was hand- somely entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Moses at their residence. Maine has cause to feel proud of the recent advancement of one of her bright young men. Mr. Merritt L. Fernald, son of the President of the Maine State College at Orono has been called to 532 The American Florist. Mar. 12, take the position of assistant botanist and lierbalist at Harvard University. The appointment has created quite a sen- sation; the young man is bnt sixteen years of age. Those who know him have no doubt of his ability, however, for his achievements have been for some time attracting much attention in scientihc circles, and he has long since mastered the entire flora ol Maine and Northern New England, besides discovering and classi- fying a large number of hitherto unknown species. A great future is predicted Jor him. Lamborn vs Mrs. Fisher. Mr. Editor: I was content to leave the subject of "Carnation Lamborn" with Mr. Chitty's answer in your No. 140 —not so with him. He seems bound to "boom" Lamborn regardless of his own damaging figures; but I am of opinion that those growers who have to take the early train with a box on their arm, and who have to be satisfied with the prices weekly quoted in your paper, cannot be hood-winked by his statements of a car- nation, which by his own showing has only produced a trifle better than one flower per plant per month up to the first of the present month. The fact is that with this production of bloom — no person outside of Paterson, N. J., (and I have heard it said that N^w Jersey was a foreign country ) could pay their" coal bill with such results. I think I can safely say that ninty-nine out of every hundred of the growers in the United States will join me in saying that if Lamborn is to bejudged by Mr. Chit- ty's showing of bloom, it would be hard to find a poorer variety. Very few growers sell cuttings, but depend on the flowers, and it is the price they get and not whether Mr. Chitty gets 10 cents or $10 apiece for his flowers, that they judge the profit by. Evidently Mr. Chitty sees he has— well as the "boys" say "slopped over," and to cover the real issue, makes a challenge, not to deadly combat, but with that which to those who grow carnations for $2 per hundred, (and therefore have no bank account) is quite as formidable, namely, money, and I am the party who is indirect!}- asked to "knock the chip from his shoulder." Up to this time I have not, either directly or indirectly alluded to Mrs. Fisher. I need only say, this carnation, hke all others must stand on its merits, if found worthy it will assert itself, if worthless it will be discarded as Lam- born has been by a large number who have tried it. I cannot be induced to wager money, but in a modified form as stated below, I will accept Mr. Chitty's challenge and in doing so I avail myself of such rights as a challenged party is entitled to. 1 will on Tuesday, June 9, 1891, exhibit fifty flowers of carnation Mrs. Fisher against fifty flowers of the carnation L. L. Lamborn, to bejudged by the follow- ing scale of points: First. Size and form of flower. Second. Fullness and substance of flower. Third. Keeping qualities of flower. Fourth. Fragrance of flower. Conditions: Flowers to be kept three days, as a test of keeping qualities; the referee to take into consideration the fact that the flowers of Mrs. Fisher, will have been cut earlier and transported further than Lamborn. The referee to be Wm. Falconer; the location at Mr. Falconer's place of busi- ness, Glen Cove, L. I.; the flowers to be delivered on or before 12 o'clock m. on the said 9th of June. If Lamborn wins, I agree to pay to the Society of American Florists the sum of $50 within ten days after the award is made, and, if Mrs. Fisher wins, Mr. Chitty is to pay the sura of $50 to said society within ten days after award. The. referee to make his report in the American Florist. If these terras are accepted I am to re- ceive notice on or before April 3, 1S91. I name Mr. Falconer for three reasons: First, he is not engaged in commercial trade; second, for his eminent ability; third, for his high honor and integrity. I state upon my honor, that I do not know Mr. Falconer and have never to my knowledge seen him. I do not believe in this kind of business, or that it should be encouraged, and my only reasons for replying, are that to refuse might be considered a species of moral cowardice, and that I have un- bounded faith in Mrs. Fisher. I also believe that this variety will not cause either the originator or introducer to retract what was said of it when in- troduced, that "while it is not claimed as a perfect ideal in all respects, it it so good, so ranch better than the old sorts, even the new whites recently sent out, that it will find a place for itself upon its merits." This is mj' last communication on this subject, and I hereby serve notice that I cannot be induced to continue it further and shall very respectfully decline to keep up a newspaper controversy, no matter what may be said, for I deem it to be as unprofitable to me as to grow the Lam- born carnation. R. T. Lombard. Wayland, Mass., Feb. 25, 1891. Heavy Expenses. I shall not undertake to reply in detail to Mr. Chitty's article in the Florist of February 26th, as it would take too much time and use up two much space in your journal, but will call attention to a few of the many curious things in his statements. Imagine a level-headed business man propagating 40,000 rooted cuttings of Lamborn for sale at $2 a hundred or $15 a thousand, when according to his own statement every cutting would have been a flower which he could have sold at $5 a hundred or $50 a thousand. Mr. Chitty says he got $350 net for the 40,- 000 cuttings and as he also states that he received $50 a thousand net for flowers we find that according to his own state- ment he sacrificed $2,000 worth of bloom in order to secure $350 worth of rooted cuttings. Mr. C. has evidently reversed the old business maxim, "buy cheap and sell dear." According to his own statement some of those fine Lamborn flowers he is willing to exhibit and even to put money up on were sold through a commission man at $2 a hundred less charges,but when he bought white carnations at the time his Hinze's were between crops he paid $3 and $4 a hundred. This is a clear case of buying dear and selling cheap. Mr. C. contemptuously tells Mr. Nich- olson that "the insignificant little dab of $437.50" would hardly pay the taxes on one of his lots 20x100 feet, but in the next issue he informs us that his taxes on a lot 25x100 is 2Vl/o of $2,500 or $75. These are his own figures. If Mr. C. knows what he is about, why do his figures so lamentably fail to agree? And can it be possible that Mr. Chitty does not know that 2y2% of $2,500 is not $75? If he is so weak on his multiplication tables he had better study up before making any more statements. Again in comparing the space devoted to carnations, for his own house he gives the square feet of bench room only, while for our house he gives the whole surface under glass, paths and all. Of what value is such a comparison? The funniest thing of all is the pleasant way Mr. C. has of ascertaining the cost of production. He divides the gross receipts by two, and one-half is expense, the other' "half profit. According to his statement his expenses and his net profits on one house were each $3,237.50. This is $800 a month, or in round figures $27 a day. The profits will make the average grower's mouth water, but the expense is simply appalling. It cost Mr. Chitty $800 a month to run one greenhouse, according to his statement. Certainly he will not ask us to believe this. Such wild statements make discussion un- profitable, hence this will be my last communication on this subject. Bristol, Pa. Thomas DeWitt. Chicago Carnation Notes. Messrs. Schiller & Mailander and Mr. F. Stielow are large growers of cut flowers for the Chicago market. They are both at Niles Center and their places join each other. The soil on both places is apparently identical in character, a light black sandy one. Nevertheless Schiller & Mailander have splendid suc- cess with Hinze's White, better than with any other white carnation, while Mr. Stielow has very poor success with this sort though he purchased his stock from his neighbors, Messrs. S. & M. But again, Mr. Stielow grows Garfield to perfection and esteems it highly, while Messrs. S. & M. have been obliged to discard it as unprofitable. Being neigh- bors they visit each other's places fre- quently and no diflference in the treatment can be detected. The soil for the benches in which the plants are placed for winter blooming is procured from a short distance by both growers, the localities being about a mile apart. The soil iu each case is however, about the same, a virgin light clay, the only difference discernible being that tha't secured by Messrs. S. & M. is more friable when dry and not so liable to bake. Does the soil make the difference, and does Garfield do best in a somewhat more tenacious soil than would suit Hinze's White? Is not a great deal of the difl'erence in value of certain varieties at different places, due to the difference in soil? And can the treatment be so adapted to the soil as to in some measure overcome the eftects of this difference? With Messrs. Schiller & Mailander, Hinzes' White is not a cropper. They also grow silver spray and they find it even better than Hinze's from August to Christmas, but after the holidays it does so little that they find it best to throw it out and utilize the licucli room other- wise. They like Tichil W.ivc. The only diflicultv thev have with it is in getting cuttings to keccp iqi the stuck. They get i8gi. The American Florist. 533 nothing but flowers. They find Emperor of Morocco the best dark colored sort. Chas. Sumner does well with them and it sells well because it keeps so long in good condition after being cut. t^z^ Bride's Bouquet. We present herewith an illustration of the bouquet carried bv the bride at the Willing-Astor wedding in Philadelphia. This was an elegant bunch of flowers in- cluding Cattle3a Trianje alba and orange blossoms intermingled with fronds of Adiantum Farlevense. The bunch was tied with frosted white ribbon three inches wide. It was arranged at Thor- lev's, New York. Notes from Summit. N. J. Summit is a fashionable, country settle- ment, in a hilly district, and an hour's ride from New York. I ran out there for an hour the other day to see Mr. May about some nomenclature business, and just had time to pass hurriedly through his greenhouses. His place is about a mile from the R. R. station, but easy to get to. His establishment isquiteextensive and almost a strictly rose-growing one, and the many greenhouses are connected to roomy sheds ahd b\' covered passage ways so that one can pass through all ofthera without once going out of doors. The rose-houses are long, wide, roomy hip-rooted structures, with a level bench bed in front, a level bench-bed at back, and a sloping bench-bed in middle. About 3V2 inches deep of soil are used up- on the benches which are raised well above the ground. The ventilators open at the ridge and to the south instead of being hinged at the ridge as we usually find them, and they are hinged in front on the slope of theroof just where the lap is in the case of ventilators hung from the ridge. Mr. May is emphatic as to the advantages of this way of ventilating greenhouses over the ordinary way; the heated air always goes straight to the top of the house, when the ventilation opens on the side of the roof it does not admit of immediate escape to this heated air, but when the opening occurs at the ridge the heated air escapes at once, and no draughty current of cold air is per- ceptible in the house and this in a large measure is a preventive of mildew. Mr. May is a firm believer in hot water for heating greenhouses, and does not use steam. His i^lace is heated with six hot water tubular boilers and runs of 2-inch pipes. These small sized pipes are quicker and he believes more ecoivpmical than 4-inch ones. Although his greenhouses are joined to the sheds in ordinary commercial style they are not joined together in ridge-and- furrow form, but each house is complete in itself and several feet distant from its parallel neighbor. This is in order that the one house shall not shade the other in winter, as they would do more or less were they joined together, and that too at a time when sunshine is of paramount importance in the production of good roses. His roses, both young stock and bloom- ing plants, were in splendid condition, clean and vigorous. The pathways were carpeted with tobacco stems and the atmosphere was pungent with nicotinic vapor, much to the disgust of the aphides which could not enter in and live. Light boxes, a foot or fifteen inches square, were placed here and there conveniently and near the pathways, into which to throw every dropping and decaying leaf that might be picked oft" or about the plants, and in this way everything was neat and trim as a private conservatory, and nothing was left around to rot and generate and spread fungoid diseases. I would be beside mj-self were I to attempt to tell 3'ou anything about his methods of cultivation, my visit was too brief Sufiice it to say that most every good forcing rose in cultivation here finds a congenial home and has got to pay a profit. The Waban was in bloom. Mermet and the Bride were in quantity, so too were Beauty, La France, Albany, Mrs. John Laing, Wootton, Watteville, Cusin and several others. Ma Capucine, although its buds are small, is highly es- teemed because of its beautiful and un- common color, and a select coterie in New Y'ork demand it in preference to any other rose bud. Papa Gontier in a mod- erately cool house was unusually bright- ly colored. Although he does not now grow Her Majesty, he tells me that some of his customers in the south report it as being one of the most satisfactory roses they grow. Here it was shy to bloom and prone to mildew. Mr. May tells me that last year he sent a little less than half a million cut roses to the New- York market. He doesn't grow carnations, but a bench of youngplants ofLizzie McGowan I noticed in a hybrid rose house seemed to indicate a step in that direction. He pro- nounced this variety as being, in his opinion, the very best carnation grown today. His big mignonette so familiar in the trade occupies a long span-roofed pit and was in fine bearing estate. When well grown it is a very satisfactorj' crop financiall}-. Like most other culti- vated plants however mignonette too has its enemies; its worst foe is the leaf disease which is somewhat similar to the violet disease, and especially common in outdoor mignonette after midsummer. But Dr. Byron D. Halstead has bestowed upon it the penetration of his learned cryptogamic eyes and promised devel- opments. The choicest plants were tied up and staked and preserved uncut for seeding iiurposes. From them are to be bred the yard-long World's Fair strain that Bob when merry sang about. I was delighted to find a small green- house filled with orchids and containing a splendid display of dendrobiums in bloom. "These belong to Mrs. May," said John, "and I have got nothing to do with them bevond to look at and admire them." And I am glad of it. 1 wish every florist's wife had a greenhouse of her own where shecould grow something for love and for her own home use. In a tub in one of the rose houses my old favorite, the deliciously fragrant lit- tle Cape of Good Hope pond weed, Apon- ogetou distachyon, was growing and in bloom. It is a true winter blooming plant and a delightful aqvatic, and it does not require a large vessel to grow it well in. It is hardy out of doors near the edges of small ponds, providing the water is less than two feet deep on the one hand and the roots are never reached by ice on the other. ■yacht Club Design. The accompanying diagram shows the form of a design arranged by Florist P. L. Bogart, New York, for a }'acht club dinner. The wheel was made of red carnations, the lettering being in vi'hite violets, and the handles were alternately of violets and pansies. The ensign was of red car- nations with white border and the Mal- tese cross of purple violets. The drawing from which the engraving was made was kindly sent us by Mr. John Young. Preparing For an Exhibition. In answer to your correspondent, and an invitation on your part, I will endeav- or to give you our little experience in get- ting up a chrysanthemum show. Our first start was to appoint a com- mittee to consider the advisability of holding a show and ways and means of raising a sufficient amount of money in the event of the show being a failure. YACHT CLUB DESIGN The report of the committee was as fol- lows: "We recommend that the sum of $150 be ofiered in prizes and that a guar- antee fund of $200 be subscribed by issuing 40 shares of$5 each; that the club take 10 shares and the balance he subscribed amongst the members, and the profits or losses, if any, be divided pro-rata." This wasconsidered sufficient. The shares were all taken up and the committee authorized to go on with the show. This they did by arranging a prize list, communicating with, and securing ex- hibits from several prominent growers of the United States and Canada. A suit- able place for holding the exhibition was secured (the City Hall) free of charge. No charge was made for entries. "The admission was placed at 25 cents for the afternoon, two for 15 cents, evening 25 534 The American Florist. Mar. 12. cents, and school children were admitted one day at 5 cents. 1 give you our receipts' and expenses: Receipts from all sources $211.28; expenses, printing, ad- vertising, bill posting and postage, $67.14., music $34-, decorating hall, vases, tables, labor etc., $28.30; prizes awarded $129.00, making a total of $268.44, leaving a deficit of $57.16, thus necessitating an assessment of 307o on the shares. The show was held four da\ s and three evenings, music each evening. The weather was all that could be desired, but the attendance was anything but encouraging to the committee who had worked day and night to make the show a success, and as an exhibition, it was conceded by those who visited it to be the best flower show ever held in the city. Now it must be remembered that this was our first attempt, also that our citi- zens in little London in the bush, have not yet been educated in the love for flowers to a sufficient degree to appre- ciate our efforts. But we are ambitious jind although ourfirst show has not been all tliat could be desired, we ai-e going to try again and with our experience in the past we hope to be more successful in the future. Wm. Gammage. London, Ont., Feb. 23. Cheap Trays for Gladiolus Bulbs. Where a specially arranged apartment of a suitable temperature cannot be pro- vided for the storage of gladiolus bulbs during the winter, it is frequently desir- able, as well as necessarj', that the bulbs should have a properplace assigned them in the general storage cellar, provided the latter is frost-proof. In a cellar of ordinary dimensions, 10,000 bulbs oreven more, can be conven- iently stored without any infringement upon the space usually devoted to cellar stoiage, and which is occupied by the thousand and one things usually found in such a place. A month ago we completed the cleaning and hulling of the bulbs and their arrang- nient upon the trays. We have ready and immediate access to all the varieties that we carry in stock and which may pos- sibly be called for during the shipping season. We have tried this method for a num- ber of years and like it so well that we give it for the benefit of that large class of readers of the Florist to whom a sug- gestion that combines economy with convenience is a boon. In our cellar the joists overhead are 9 inches wide and placed 20 inches apart in the clear. It is the spaces between these joists that we utilize for storage jiur- poses. See Fig. 1. b. 20-inch space. Here the bulbs have the double advan- tage of being away from all dampness, and they rest in a temperature a few de- grees higher than that found on the floor of the cellar, becausethe heat of the living rooms above communicates its warmth to the stratum of air immediately beneath the floor. Roofing laths are nailed 20 inches apart at right angles to the joists for the first row of trays to rest upon as shown in fig. 1. The laths for another row should be placed 4 feet from the first so as to leave sufiicient room for the shifting and Aioving of the trays. The trays themselves are made of un- planed plastering laths I'/j inches wide and 4 feet long; 9V3 laths are required for one tray which can be readily made by any one possessing some skill with saw and hammer. By following the meas- urements which I shall now give, there will be no waste of ni.-itcrial. The re- maining two-thirds cif tlic tenth lath go to make a portion of the next tray. Take two plastering laths lice ol knots and saw off two pieces for tlie sides of 3'our tray, 31 Vs inches long, the two re- maining portions will make the ends and should be 15-!iinchesin length. Now nail the end pieces to and over the sides for the framework of your tray. See Fig. 2. Thin 1-inch wire nails are used for all purposes. A lath will give three pieces for the bottom. Take si^x laths and saw eighteen pieces 15% inches in length and nail them on to the bottom allowing the thickness of a lath space between them. Be careful that the two pieces at the ends of the tray are nailed on first so that they will cover both the side and end pieces of your framework on the lower edge and give firmness to it. See Fig 3. Finish by nailing two laths on the bot- tom lengthwise covering all the ends of the shorter pieces and securing them to their places. Line the tray with paper and it is ready to receive the bulbs. A label bearing the name of the variety is tacked on to each end of the tray. We use the same labels for this purpose that we ship with our bulbs to our customers. Three trays can be placed one above the other in the space between the joists overhead. We have them systematically arranged so that we can easily find what we wish. One tier of traj'S is given to unnamed white and light varieties, another to red, a section of atiother to yellow, a tier to the named sorts and so on. Besides gladioli many summer flower- ing bulbs that require lifting in autumn do well stored in this way. No better place can be found for Richardia raacu- lata, tigridias, oxalis, Amorphophallus Rivieri, etc. Laths taken from razed buildings, the mortar having been scraped oft", have been used for this purpose; this seems like carrying economy to extremes. If you wish j'our trays particularly nice and smooth, run over your material with a jack plane. The construction of the trays is work for leisure moments during the dull sea- son. After the spring rush some of m\' readers who hail a helpful suggestion with delight will "look aloft!" in their cellars and avail themselves of the bless- ings undreamed of overhead. Thomas. J. Oberlin. Sinking Spring, Pa. (#ai)cct4) anil ©i^&eaiSei^. Conducted by Chakles F. Baker, Agricul- ural College P. O., Ingham Co., Mich. Send specimens of unidentified insects and liseased plants to him at above address. Fuller's Rose Beetle in Milwaukee. Mr. John W. Dunlop, of Milwaukee, writes us in regard to Aramigus Fulleri, Horn., (Fuller's Rose Beetle), of which he sends a specimen. He states that it has been introduced into Milwaukee with palms. In regard to its earlier stages he says that the eggs are laid in the bottom of the leafstalk, where the larva hatches out and feeds on the juices of the plant till full grown. Besides the palm he finds the mature insect feeding on the foliageof DracfEua nobilis. This insect, which has of late become quite common in eastern greenhouses, is fully described and figured on page 30J;,number 109, of the Florist. An important question for the working florist to answer is this: Does this insect in its larval state live in the roots of roses only, or will'it affect those of other plants on whose leaves the imagos sub- sist? We would like to see something definite in regard to it. The Color Chart. Ed. .\m. Florist.— In regard to the suggestion that a color chart be distrib- uted by seedsmen and florists with their catalogues I for one would favor the idea. The result aimed at, the educa- tion of the public and a uniformity in color discription, might also be attained in a measure if leading classjournals would adopt the same plan and distribute to their subscribers as a supplement such a chart. Not only among florists but nat- uralists in general, is the need felt, and the readers of my West American Scientist as well as j'our own readers would appreci- ate such a work. The plan to number the colors would not be desirable, and the naming should correspond as nearly as practicable with ouronly American chart of colors, "Ridg- way's Nomenclature." To change this nomenclature I would deem bad unless an international work could be produced as ;in authority for a century to come. Another way of securing a chart of colors woidd be to employ some firm to prepare sheets of a uniform shade, cut up into squares and mounted after the manner of the samples in use among paint dealers. The cost for each tint that could thus be represented, in an edi- tion of 5,000 copies, would approximate $5, or only $1,000 for some 200 colors, and any publisher would certainly be well reimbursed for such an outlay. These paint samples are mainly prepared in Chi- cago I believe and may we not hope that the American Florist will give us such a book as suggested. This need not inter- fere with the proposed lithograph for cat- alogues. C. R. Orci'TT. San Diego, Cal. [The plan suggested in the last para- graph is hardly practicable. It would be extremely difficult to secure the shades wanted in material already available, and the expense of preparing even a portion of it woidd be very considerable, with the result of accomplishing but lit- tle. .\nd the lithograph would co\-er the whole ground.— Ed.] i8gi. The American Florist, 535 JAMBS HUTCHISON. James Hutchison— The subject of this sketch, who died last month at his home in Oakland, Cal., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 24, 1824. Served an ap- ])renticeshipin the nursery business with his father and other prominent gardeners round about. At the age of 22 he was appointed head gardener at the Earl of Limerick's estates, and eighteen months afterwards was placed in charge of the Princess' Gardens, Edinburgh. In 1848 he emigrated to America and followed his vocation for a few years in New York and New Jersey, coming to California in 1852. In 1853 he entered in the nursery ■business in Alameda. Mr. H. remained in Alameda until the fall of 1861 when he went to Nevada as superintendent of a quartz mill. Here he remained about one year and then took charge of a mine in San Bernardino, southern California, for six months. He then returned to San Francisco and engaged in the fruit busi- ness. Six months later he took charge of the Mountain View Cemetery in the suburbs of Oakland. Residing there for about one year, in 1864 he started busi- ness in Oakland, where he has remained ever since. No Californian in this branch of horticulture has been more widelv or favorably known throughout the U. S. than Mr. Hutchison, his business having been a large and rapidly increasing one from the start and all his commercial transactions carefully entered into and conscientiously and satisfactorily carried out. In the latter years of his life he added also a seed department to his flo- rist's business, mainly for his local trade. He had a very large circle of acquaint- ances throughout the United States and Great Britain, having made during the last five years two trips across the con- tinent and ocean and an extended visit in Scotland, the land of his birth. He was one of the original stockholders in the well known California Nursery Go. In 1877 he purchased the lot where his establishment was located, at the corner of 14th and VVashingtonstreets, Oakland. This he disposed of recentlv for $72,500. Mr. Hutchison's death will leave a gapin the florist's trade on the coast. Recui) RoCe*. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.— Chas. Lud- wig is building two new greenhouses, one 20x100 and the other 6x18. He expects to have them ready for spring bedding plants. St. Louis.— Jno. M. Hudson has sold his wholesale cut flower commission busi- ness to A. Brandenburg & Co. He will confine his attention hereafter to the growing of cut flowers. Downer's Grove, III.— E. J. Miller has sold out to E. H. Prince. Mr. Miller was compelled to retire from active work by poor health. Mr. Prince will continue the business at the old stand. Chelsea, Mass.— Geo. W. Marshall is building two new greenhouses each lOBx 18. He expects to have them in running order by March 15. He has built five houses since the middle of last September. Baltimore.— At the meeting of the Florists' Club, Feb. 23, a paper on "Cost of growing roses" was read by Mr. E. .\. Seidewitz. President Mc Roberts ap- pointed a committee to prepare a state- ment of the cost of growing roses for publication. Pittsburg.— Arrangements for the chrj-santhemum show to be given next fall by the newly organized florists' club are being rapidly perfected. Committees are now at work arranging details. The Central Rink has been secured and the exhibition will be held there. Port Huron, Mich.— Mat Ullenbruch surprised his friends here Recently by an- nouncing the arrival of a bouncing baby bo3', an only son and heir. A large num- ber of his friends in return surprised him pleasantl}^ bj' presenting him with a handsome gold headed cane. Baltimore. — The spring show of the Gardeners' Club of Baltimore will be held at the Concert Hall, Academy of Music, Wednesday and Thursday, April 22 and 23. Copies of the premium list may be had from the secretary of the club, Mr. Henry Bauer, 1875 N. Gay street. Kirk WOOD, Mo. — Luther Armstrong, one of the original incorporators of the Florists' Hail Association, lost about 600 square feet of glass b3- hail February 24. Of course he was insured and will recei\-e payment for his loss as soon as proof has been passed upon by the officers of the association. Buffalo. — Mr. Wm. Scott says: "We are looking lor a big trade at Easter and are pretty well prepared. Business was flat around Christmas and early fanuary, but lately it has been verj' good. Plants such as azaleas, lilies, cylisuses, etc., never sold so well with me. I expected the bottom had fallen out of the tulip trade, but the demand for them is good and a little better than ever." San Francisco.— At the last monthly meeting of the California State Floral Society essays were read on "Edging plants," "Singing garden birds" and "Climbing plants other than roses." In the premium list adopted for the exhibi- tion to be held Ma3- 6 to 8, prizes are offered for roses, camellias, carnations, geraniums, sweet peas, clematis, azaleas, begonias, coleus, ferns, California wild flowers and displaj-s of flowering and decorative plants. It is promised that the fund for prizes for the fall show will be larger than for any former one and the result will undoubtedly be a much larger and better display than heretofore. The subjects for next meeting are "Propaga- tion of rhododendrons" and "Annuals of long blooming season." About $600 worth of orchids are now on their way from South America to be added to the collection at Golden Gate Park. A meet- ing of florists, nurserymen and seedsmen of this city, Oakland and Alameda, was held recentlyforthe purpose of organizing a Florists' Club similar to those existing in other large cities. A temporary or- ganization was effected, and another meeting will be held for the purpose of perfecting the organization. Mmneapolii The Society of Minnesota Florists held their semi-annual meeting at Minne- apolis March 4. The attendance was fairly good, although not as good as might have been expected considering the good papers that were delivered on differ- ent subjects. A nice display of flowers was made and premiums were given to E. Nagel for basket of cut flowers and to Chas. Han- son forcut roses, his roses being unusual- lyfine. Mr.J.C. Vaughan of Chicago, ex^ hibited some flowers of the new Wabari rose and Mrae Crozy canna, also the new coleus Beckwith's Gem, but unfor- tunately, having been frozen during transit, they presented a sorry appear- ance. ' " The society decided to hold another chrj-santhfemum show next fall either in St. Paul or M.inneapblis, to be decided later. Gust Malmquist. Next week comes our double Easter number. 536 The American Florist. Mar. 12, The Color Chart. We have been extremely interested in your artieles on color and hope you will not let the idea of publishing a graduated sheet of colors fall to the ground, as it is a thing that the trade has been w.-mting for vears. T- K. Pikkson iS: Son. CiiilUvell, Notts, England. Last cai-l for advs. for the douljle Haster number. Copy must reach us not later than Monday the lOth to be in time. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. Advertisements under this head will be Inserted at the rate or 10 cents a line (seven words) each Inser- tion. Cash must accompany order. Plant ad vs. not SITUATION WANTED-E foreman in cnramercial experience, best of referent SITUATION WANTBD-By i German, to learn the Ho branches, have had some expe ITUATiON WANTBD-Bv a gardener, single, ;, to grow care American' Florist. Chicago. SITUATION WANTBO-BV a g sober, reliable, to grow plants J( None but good parties need appl; SITUATION WANTED— By March 15 or Apr gardeners assistant in large private place i east: good references; 7 years experience, a panish. Address West, care American Hoi SITUATION WANTBD-By a Ger and florist; 14 years eiperience 1 of the trade; private place preferred. 1 all branche SITUATION WANTBD-By years' experience: either or position in store. N Good references. Add care Jordi , furnish best of : character and ability; vicinity of Be Fred Miellez, 14 Bryant St., Fi on preferred. SITUATION WANTED-As of tlorlst business, 10 year in all branches of horticultu forcing and propagating all ki Jorist, to take charge practical experience ds of plants. Address 3t St., Cleveland, O. German flo S'ant grower. 15 years experience, entlon salary. Address FL Louis Bitter, 216 Bast lUth St., . private place preferred. Add] Loclt Box 325, Riverside, Cook c bedding plants, also good references; state wages. Address James Wade, Maywood, N. J. WANTBD-iOO feet of second water pipe. Address stating H. Graha.m, Logan P. O., PI WANTBD-1 tiles and with good ■ greenhouse, ISE, Pomfret, I w ANTED-Aposil n Florist. right man; lloeral wages paid, t and references. W7ANTBD- Position as head gardener, T V years experience in stove and grt plants, good references ■ —- WANTBD-Industrlous to grow roses and gei cial place. Address with tt ng florist competent * and references. WANTED- A first class rose grower, married man, on a large commercial place. 70.000 feet of glass, near New York, best of wages for a competent man. Address C. P. O. box 2691, New York. WANTBD-Inforniatlon of Anthony Boland. flo- rist, any one knowing his address will confer a great favor by writing to JAMES Ml .VIAHON, Brightwood, I). C. WANTED— A single young man as assistant in a commercial place, with four to six years ex- perience, growing rosea, cut flowers and plants for market. State wages expected and give reference. GEO. B LUCAS, Lansingburgh, N. Y. WANTED— Young man for nursery work. Must thoroughly understand the propagation of all kinds of shrubbery, ornamental trees, etc. Give wages expected and references. B. A. ELLIOTT Co., Pittsburg, Pa. WANTED— Violet grower, must be a married man with a small family for a coramerc al place; will be expected to care tor violets only, and must be a worker. Address with full particulars and wages expected. „ ^, _, E, KoFFMAN, Walden, Orange Co., N. \ . WANTED— A first class man to propagate orna- mental and fruit trees in open nursery, by both budding and grafting. Only a party able to go ahead in such work, thoroughly, with brief directions, need apply. Steady job. temple & Beaud, Cambridge, Mass. WA.NTEO-A married man with a small family, as gardener for commercial establishment where smilax. ferns and all kinds of lilies are made a specialty. 1 want a worker, no others need apply forlhe position, stale experience and full particu- B. KOFFMAN, w'alden. Orange Co., N. \'. WANTED-A skillful propagator of small fruits; his employer's interests at heart; must be here by April 1; single man preferred: wages $50 per month and board; one versed in both German and English desirable. Address with references COLD Si'BiNo Seed Farm, Big Uorn City, Wyo. FOR SALB-Florist's store in a large city estab- lished seven years in good locality, doing good business, reasons for selling explained on applica- tion. Address M G R, American Florist. FOR SALB-One of the best equipped fiorist's es- tablishments in the west, in a large city, well situated for wholesale and retail business. Over 41J.O0O square feet of glass. Also valuable land con- nected with the business. One of the best openings business, but obliged to sell because of failing health. Only parties of means need apply. Speak quick if you want rare opportunity. Address W X, care American Florist, Chicago. SURPLUS STOCK. Per 100 Primula Obconica, 2;4-inch f4.oo " " 3-inch S oo Coleus Golden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2-inch 3.00 Vinca Rosea, very fine, 2>^-incb 3 00 Vinca Alba, very fine. 2|< inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, very strong, 3-inch 5.00 Dahlias, field grown roots 5 00 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock S.oo Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. PA. AT A BARGAIN, BY MAIL, Smaller size, 12 Dracajnas Australia. ©-( AA per do?,. 6Uc. 12 to 18 inches, ~— .^^l.UU Strong cuttings of 20 new Geraniums of niy own Geraniums, 25 cents each; set JI.CO French Canna bulbs and seed. New Giant Perfection stock, per trade pkt. 25 cents. Aster Pfeony perfection, white, per trade pkt. 25 cents. Cosmos, white or mixed, per oz. 25 cents. Mignonette Machet, per oz. 53 cents. Chrysanthemum seed, from choice strains, per pkt. 25 and 50 cents. S. I.U1WTOM-, Piru City, Cal. F. A. RIECHERS & SOHNE, Act Ges, Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. .Specialtie-s in Lilies of the Valley; Azale.qs, Ca- aiid Dwarf Roses. ilogue on application. ILY^VflLLEY! TRUE BERLIN PIPS. warranted in perfectly £ Price per nriginal rase of 2, .'500 pips, Si24; per 10,000, «i!)0; p'r l.OUO, WIU: per 100, SI., 50. ' Order now, as stock is limited. TERMS CASH. A full line of Summer fiowering Bulbs, Seeds. Plants and Florists' Supplies, furnished at low- est marketprices.) Catalogues free to applicants. Address, 18 BURLING SLIP. NEW YORK. DAISY SNOWFLAKE treated t by the thousands and* Daisy Snownake-Thls Daisy, Violets, will (live ppiendid returns f not supply the - freth from 2 to 3 weeks after being cut. and then iooka as fresh as other white tlowers just cut. The tiowers are borne on stout long stems, fine white and beautifully quilled, and average as large as a 50 cent piece; a great acquisition to florists. Price, $1 perdoz. free by mail; $o per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: HOCHESTER, Jan. 2Sth. Daisy Snowflafee is quite a uselul flower both for floral designs and put in with cut flowers, and when tied up in small baachesthey sell very rapidly with us for funeral designs. We ute a great many in place of carnations as it is cheaper and covers almost the same space, and keeps fresh cons derable loDger. Be sure and send me every Liaisy you can cut. as I cannot get thera fast enough fur my cus- tomers. They eay it is the best cut flower t) buy because it keeps irePh for 2 to a weeks. 1 feel I can- not say too much in favor of this useful flower. Yours truly, F. J. KELLER. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist. Wyoming Co., ATTICA, NEW YORK. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. FREDERICK MAU, p. O. Bo-v 322. SOUTH OliANGE. N. J. BEGONIBSflSPECISLTY. I,AINGS BEGONl.-V SEKII -Awarded Four Gold Meilals and Gold Cup. Unftiualed .luality. Saved from prize plants Cnoic mixed single "v?rletle8.''§i. procurable. Trade offer post catalogue of Begonias, Plants. lOs per packet. Collectlo varieties, separate, 5s. (id.; Tde cbeapest t ' etc., mailed free on appltcatii JOHN LAINQ cV: SON, Seedsmen and Begonia Growers, FOREST HILL, ■ LONDON. ENGLAND. TyBEJlJS^BEGONlflS.^,^: red (good for pots), dark Ma ■ true), per Phe'se' i'm deep scarl lended for beds Ixed $3 75. Double: vfhlt , Jl,50perl00; mixed .¥1.10. often and BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnelsville. O. QATALOGUES. ^ I MAKE 'EM, WITH CUTS AND "KNOW HOW." J. Horace McFarland, K^K-E-ISB-U-HG", :E>A.. Asclepias \a;mpfer's Japan t ■ Valley, pips, J.s per others, Vlrgl Honeysuckle, ' plants VKRT L( WATSON, Old Colony Nurserie .llles.Orlental Popples, Hibiscus ^lasting Pea, Pa^onias, and man] Creeper, Blgnonla, Celastrus 'lyniouth, Mass. M. LOIISE AND SW.VNLKY WHITE, ^..'iO per 100. "Write for prices on any nilseellaneou stock you need. Mi'CKEA * COLE, Brtttle Preek. Midi. i8gi. The American Florist. 537 SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY. Rose Hill Xurserics, NEW^ ROCHELLE, N. Y New and Rare Plants ORCHIDS PALMS, FERNS. Hardy ^?®i*i^l^ Plants. CUT OKCHISS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send 100 strong plants, one hundred different kinds, all good ones, my selection, for $4, or will send 200, each different, and contain- ing all the most valuable and popular kinds of the past season, lor $S.oo. All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Ctass Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to O. r». BA.SJSBJTT, HINSDALE, ILLIKOIS. GHRYSftNTHEMUMS. Waterer's Novelties for 1891. KLDORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLvS, MRS. H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best white in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATERER, 109 South 7th Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA GOLDEN BEAUTY TO THE FRONT. It was never exhibited, but lias stuod the more practical test, lur no early yellow Chrysanthemum Kttve better satisfaction to seller and buyer than the above. Such was our experience, and also of all who handled it. What they say: ■We handled no early yellow that sold better or fiave better satisfaction edge, of Pennock. Bros, adelphia. Pa. "You can get nothing better than that."— Wm. Voght. Jr..5th and Cooper Sts., Camden. N. J. It was described in these columns last year, and we leave it to tell its own story. Sulhce it to say that our claims for it have been more than sustained, and that it combines all the essentials of a first class market variety for potting and cutting. Keady in quantity Marcli, April and May. 12 for *;i. ]00 for $f,. You can not afford tu get lett on this oU'er. Orders booked now are tilled m rotation as far as One of the old frame, and 1 need no bettar quar- ters. Gives splendid returns. It do can only be increased by division Flowers pi white, very double, and beautifully quilled large as a 50c. piece Keady now. 12 for $1. 100 l $5. Sample plant and bio [ free by i tBSON, Woodbi CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MOLLIS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties, rrospective prize winners of iSyi need them. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 60 cents each: S3.U0 for the set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE HOLLIS. South Weymouth, Mass. ROOTED CUTTimS VERBENAS. strong and healthy. Nine Mamniuth, or li; varieties by mail $1.10 per UO. BRAUER & RICHTEK, McConnelsville, O. We have one of the finest and largest stocks of Verbenas in the country, entirely free of RUST AND MILDEW. Microscopic examination shows no trace of the verbena mite. Our collection of sixty varieties contains the I Finest Old and New Varieties fully as healthy as seedlings, and beyond comparison in color and habit. We are able to root 30,000 to 50,000 per week and can fill all orders in a reasonable time. Plants. - - - per 100, »J 50: per 1000, «80.no: 5,000, S90.00. Rooted CuttiogB, " 1»1.00; " « 8.00; " »35.00. THE FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS WERE RECEIVED IN FIRST MAIL TO-DAY. FEB. 20th : BCPFALO, N. Y., Feb. 19th.— Received verbenas. They were very satisfactory. Thanks for nondcinn and nealthy stock. "'^ 200,000 VERBENAS. Canton, o , Feb. ISth.-Recelved ve VA.. Feb. 19th. -The 1 splendid, promptness and JAS. MILLBV. I Crystal (refilled). All the 01 F. KOI.THOFF. SAMUEL CHBVALLBY. VERBENAS^jiiSi:!- ROOTED CUTTINGS. Cash with order. $i oo per hundred; $8.00 per thousand. H. W. :BUCI-£::BBJEJ, I«ools*orcl, 111. VERBENAS. AND UEALTHT .\.X Mam; General Collection Rooted Cuttings.. Per 100 Per 1.00 *2; . 1 00 30.00 AmpelopslB Veitchli, stronjT plants 8 00 Trade List of Florists' Stock on application. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. H DON'T FAIL Ready now, 6for6"c.; .stock, perfectly healthy. By the 100 and l.OLO in March and April. See other special offers. J. C. GIBSON, WoODBUlfY. N.J. Ej. G^. mryXv *st CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A full line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. ROSES. CARNATIONS. BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported Chrysanthemums. fore arieli atlered at W.OO per 100 KIOTO, L. B. BIRD, H.CANNELL, GOLD, PUaiTAN. CLORIOSUM. CULLINGFORDll, GRANDILFLORUM, M. E. NICHOLS, L. CANNING. E. ti. HiU * 1 0.00 per 100 W. H. Lincoln 0.00 per lOJ Avalanche s 00 per 100 Louis Boehnier .5.00 perdoz. H. K. Widener l.OO perdoz. ^CDI-LISI -rP4CDI=?I=>E: PEARL RIVER. NEW YORK. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Largest stock in the West. Over Hfty varieties of PA LMS at 5 cts. to $10 00 each . CYCAS REVOLUTA, 50 cts. to $15.00 each. DRAC-KNA INUIVISA, AUSTRALIS and TER- MINALIS, 5 cts. to 15 cts. each. CACTUS, ALOES, AGAVES and YUCCAS. i:^- Send for price list. W. J. HSSSEK, Plattsmouth, Neb. -VEJ I*:B JBJ?5ctB.; 12s seeds, 50 cts.; lOOO seeds, ti X. 1 0 Show varieties, 25 cents. Large stock of both. A. BROUNT, Kotherfield, England. 538 The American Florist. Mar. 12. Washington. The Florists' Club of Washington held its annual election March 3, resulting in the re-election of Robt. Bowdler as presi- dent; Philip Gages, vice-president; Adol- phus Gude, treasurer and Eugene Cadmus, corresponding secretary. John Clarke was elected recording secretary in place of his brother William who declined. After the election theclubandthe guests to the number of thirty sat down to a dinner. The table was decorated very prettily without any pretension to be an exampleof the way it is done in Washing- ton. However one placquc of American Beauties would have held its own with any short stemmed exhibit of them. The occasion seemed to be thoroughly enjoyed by all present; songs and speech making enlivened the proceedings, Mr. Oliver making quite a hit with a couple of Scotch ballads. Among the guests were Mr. Robt. Halliday of Baltimore and Mi^ Thomas Field ofField Bros., Washington. There seemed to be no lack ofenthusiasm for our coming chrysanthemum show next fall and it was the topic of several speeches. Unity and social occasions like this are rapidly bringing the florists of Washington to know and appreciate each other far better than in former days. C. Mail your adv. at once for our double Easter number to be issued next week. It will be the handsomest number of the Florist ever issued and will go to every name in the American trade. Nearly a ton and a half (2,970 lbs.) of paper will be required for our special Easter number. Roses bought now for $40 per 1000, or $35 if our selection. Will net the purchaser over 100 per cent, by Spring. 100,000 in 50 Leading Sorts READY NOW. Chrysanthemums and Bedding Plants, Largest and most select stock in the South- west. Over THREE ACRES UNDER GLASS. Send in your lists to be priced. 4^ Wholesale and Descriptive Catalogue of pages free to all. Ada™.. HAKZ & KEUNER, LOUISVILLE, KY I Will Pay $10 A THOUSAND For Rose Plants thrown out from Benches. Write me stating varieties, quantity of ejch, and when ready. W. RAYMOND Raymond Nurseries, Box 5275. BOSTON. MASS. DRACHMA IKDIVISA. From 2-Inch not", per 100 S3; pe pot., per lU) %b\ per 1000 Hb iraDsplanted, per 100*1; per 1000 $25. From 2^-1 all tigered and spotted , . _ . . ._ VF" Ready for delivery April 1. 'iU. jA.Hi« :bros., Clark's Fotnt, New Bedford, Mass. I iriori.i. lMPORTANT.;°.rLORISTS. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of ico pages is now being mailed to you Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest ard best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contairs over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of syEonj uis in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price %i per 100. Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Our list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per cz ; Ji.oo per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysanthemum V. H. Hallock was a good one. Y'ou will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Eastern Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Stellata, Conspicua, Par vi flora, etc. Tree & Herbaceous Paeonias, Iris Kaemp- feri in newest magnificent coloring. Hardy Conifers, New sports of Retlnosporas. MINIATURE JAPAN CONIFERS. Cycas Revolula Stems greatly reduced. Araucarias, Tree Ferns, Bamboos. Stnd for Catalogue to H. H. BERGER & CO., P 0. Box 1501, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. WABAN, SOUV. DE DR, PASSOT, MME. PIERRE GUILLOT, And all the other NEW and Standard varieties of Teas; also all the best varieties both new and old of the Hybrid Remontants including the variety which has forced so successfully for the past three years, and which has proven itself by far the best variety of this class for very early forcing yet introduced; also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS, CHINAS, AND BOURBONS, For Forcing, Bedding, etc, etc. All of v MY NEW TRADE LIST JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J. ^ CHRYSANTHEMUM, Fine Plants, $5.00 Per Dozen. Cash. i. W. BUCIvBEE, - » ROCKKORU, ILL DOUBLE WHITE PRIMROSE PLANTS. ,nt8, from 3, 4 and 5-in. pots, I 2. :l and 4-lnch pots, at %i, $S ■ 100, strong s attlO. $15 ar and $12 per U_. ralm Brahea F) Also Single Primrose, uau all sizes; Smilax. Keheveria Also the new and leading va _ ChryBanthemuma, Hoses, Violets and other , Gera- Wr iforp HENRY SMITH. 130 Monroe St.. Grand Rapids. Mich. CUT Siviir^A-x:. I make a specially of Smilax, and am prepared to till orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string till May ist. Quality A I. .lOSEPH E. BONSALL, Telephone No.. 15. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem, Ohio. II. P. KOSES, strong, outdoor grown, i; ^Vashlngton. Coquette, Mme. Masson. M La Kelne, BlacS Prince, etc., »l 50 a doz ; i CLEMATIS. large flowered. line var., per 100; $3.00 and J4 OD per dozen. I1VACINTH8, 3H-ln. pots, named sorts, 1 T per 100. In good condition for shipping CYCLAMEN GIganteum & Perslcum, bi very choice stock in bud and bloom, $1 do rts, «6.00 per 100; St.'i.OO per 1000. F. A. BALLER, Bloomingto ADIANTUM CUNEATLM, Once transplanted, ready for small pots, per 1000, $10 Well established in small zV-inch pols. per too, $3 JOSEPH KIFT, West fliester, Pa. i8gi. The American Florist. 539 THE NEW ROSE WABAN. This very valuable rose originated at the Wabau Conservatories of E. M. Weed & Co , Natick, Mass It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to La France. The only objection to C. Mermet is i's frequently pale, insipid color in cloudy weathe:; experience has shown that the WAH,\N retains its deep rich color in all kinds of wea.her; it will, without doubt, orove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY_RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL t^^^^^^^^^^:^^^^^^^^^^ Fr^tr^f the Societies in this country and Canadi where it has been shown. ALL OF THE STOCK READY FOR DISTRIBUTION APRIL 15th IS soivr>. On and after this date (March 12th) orders received for a limited number of good, healthy plants, ready for delivery May 15th, 1891. ORDER EARLY. ORDERS BOOKED NOW, WILL BE FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION. I Plant, 12 Plants, Ftom 2^/i -inch pots. $ 1. 00 250 Plants, 9.00 500 " ;^ 1 00.00 175.00 I Plant, 12 Plants, From 4-inch pots. $ 1.50 50 Plants, 15.00 100 " $ 40.00 75.00 50 " 00 " 30.00 1000 " 50.00 300.00 25 " 25.00 The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, p. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. IHr SPECIALTIES ARE THE ROSES MME. CUSIN Mme. de Watteville, for which the 8UNNYW00D8 GREENHOUSES have hecome famous. I will have a limited number of plants of the finest stock ^rovin of the above varieties; all strong plants. FRANK L. MOORE, Chatham, N. J. Ment FRCD? Good, well established Plants fiom 2-in. pots, $35 per tOOO. in equal number from following sorts : Aline Sisley, Coquette de Lyon. Cath. Mermet, Clement Nabonand, Duchess de Brabant, Etoile de Lyon, Euphrosyne, Perles, Gerard Des Boise, Henri Meynadier, Mme. C, Perreau. Mar. Niel, Hermosa. Mme Jos. Schwartz, Marie VanHoutte, Marie Guillot. Kr. Krueger, Mme. Car. Custer; Mme. Lambert, Malmaison, Mme. Camille, Mme. Bravy, Sombreuil. Ophelia, Susanah Blanchet, Hybrid Perpetual Roses, our selection, from 2-inch pots, J50 00 per 1000. For everything in the Florists line ADDRESS NANZ &. NEUNER, IjOtjisa^iijIjE, icy. PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Roses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. I grow all the best varieties for this purpose. Whole- sale lift now ready. Send for it before buying your stock for planting. M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A^pEciALTv. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JARDIN8. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices CC THE RAINBOW. Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Mention Amsrlou Florist. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettla Stock, offer the best re- Bults to the florist blooming freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 1* or ICBO, atlow rates. Price Lists 10 applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAJUAICA PtAIN, (Boston), MASS. A very large stock o( young Roses of the lead- ing beading and forcing varieties. Also large stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, 540 The American Florist. Mar 12. Sub-^cription $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. Advertisements, lo Cents a Line, Agate; Inch, $1.40; Column, $14.00. Cash with Order. Nu Special Fosttlou Guaranteed. Discounts. 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per cent; 36 times, so per cent; 52 times, 3) per cent. No reduction made for large space. The Advertising Departmert of the Ameuican FLOKIST is for FlorlslB. SeedMiien. Hiid dealers In wares uerialnlng to those llnea (_).ni.y. I'lease to remember it. Orders lor less than one-hall inch space not accepted. Insertion in the Issue for the followicg Thursday. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. THE CARNATION CONTROVERSY. The discussion upon the merits of Lam- born auA Hinze's White should not de- generate into a personal controversy, as then the matter ceases to be of general interest and we should be obliged to ter- minate it so far as our columns are con- cerned. Much of the data which hasbeen brought out during the discussion is of considerable value and so long as an occasional ray of new light is thrown on the situation we are content, but we must begourcorrespondentsto remember that pure personalities are not discussion nor argument. Honest criticism we want but sarcastic flings that are designed merely to irritate and accomplish nothing else, we positively will not admit to our columns. A number ot communications of this character that reached us went direct to the wastebasket and any more received will take the same course. The real point at issue is the compara- tive value of Hinze's White and Lamborn as producers of cut flowers. We hope that the competetive exhibi- tion may take place and the best flower carry off the honors. But that will not settle the question by any means. Lam- born has undoubtedly done better than Hinze's with Mr. Chitty, but it is equally certain that Hinze's has done better than Lamborn with other growers. In some sections Hinze's is a cropper and in others it is a continuous bloomer. The causes of these differences are what we should now seek. Are they in the treatment, or in the soil and other conditions? We would suggest that in any further dis- cussion on the comparative value of these or any other sorts our correspondents give a description of the soil and also of the treatment if it varies any from that usually followed. Some very interesting facts might be brought to light in this way — facts that would enable usto work more intelligently and effectively in the future. We are glad to note that several florists are devoting some of their sjiare time to photography. We have received quite a few photographs of late made by the senders who are florists. Mr. C. B. Whitnall, of Milwaukee has sent us sev- eral and he finds his camera very useful. Of course in many of these amateur at- tempts the focus is bad and they are not good enough for reproduction by the half-tone process, still they are of value. We believe that the camera is destined to play an important part in floriculture in the future. What a valuable record a grower would have if he could have a photograph of his house of roses, carna- tions, or other plants, taken every few weeks, thus preserving for future reference a complete picture of the growth and bloom at evcrv season. Kacli photo- graph should (if course be dated and the collection ,-nrauged aecordiiig lo dates. He could then .-it anv time refer liack lo a previous year's photographs and see whether his present year's growth or crop of bloom was equal or less than at the same date the year before. He wouldn't have to guess at it, he would know. The day may come when we can present to our readers a weekly view of the condition at date of the new plants being grown in the experimental green- houseswhich the American Florist may in the future build and conduct in the interest of the trade. When sending us flowers for inspection please do not fail to give your name and address with the prefix "'from" on the outside of the package so we may know at once who the package is from. The mail received at this office is very large and as the package and your accompany- ing letter are rarely received together, unless the name is given on the package it is sometimes impossible to identify the package to which reference is made, espe- cially when a number arrive at the same time, each containing "a seedling carna- tion" or varieties of some other flower. If the weight is not so great as to make the postage at letter rates very high, better enclose the letter right in the pack- age and stamp at rate of 2 cents an ounce. Then there will be no possibility of failure to identify. And by the way flowers sent us by mail very rarely reach us in even fair condition. Even when coming only a short distance by mail they are almost always sadly shrivelled, and it is simply guess work trying to determine what they were like when fresh. Better send by express if at all and enclose your letter in the package. Cost of production.— We are pleased to note the increased interest in this im- portant matter. But in estimating pro- fits on the growing of cut flowers the basis should certainly be the current wholesale prices. If n florist conducts a store in connection with his greenhouses the profits of the store should not be credited to the greenhouses. Flowers grown should be charged to the store at the same rates a retail dealer pays in the regular course of business, and when there is a surplus unsold a fair propor- tion of the waste should be charged back to the greenhouses. Each department of your business should stand on its own merits. The violet disease is still with us, but the enormous crop of bloom sent to mar- ket this season would indicate that it has been much less virulent than in recent years. Some who were formerly seri- ously troubled by the disease have been comparatively free this season, and even where the disease had a foothold very good crops of flowers were obtained. Has the violet disease about run its course? Trade lists published in the American Florist are bound in with the paper and are of permanent value. Of those which reach the trade otherwise many go into the wastebasket, and someinto an obscure pigeon-hole. Which way are you going to circulate voiir trade list ? Two fair sized blooms of a carnation a little deeper in color than Garfield have been received from the Logansport Floral Co., Logansport, Ind. They state that it is a sport from Hinze's White, which it resembles in growth and every other respect excepting color. That item about the flower discov- ered in Central America, which changes color three times a day (red, white and blue) is again making the rounds of the dailies. It occurs in an eastern paper pleasantly close to an advertisement of a cure for "short breath, pain in the chest" etc. Mr. John Thorpe who has been in poor health for the past three months is beginning to feel more like his old self again. He expects to have his new book, "The Chrysanthemum," ready for publication early next fall. When writing to advertisers please mention the fact that you were induce 1 to write by the advertisement in the American Florist. You will benefit us by letting advertisers know that it is the Florist that is bringing them trade. This is the last call for advs. in the Easter number. Copy must be mailed at once on receipt of this issue to reach us in time. Weshall close on Monday, the 16th, at noon for the last forms. If vou like the American Florist give it your fullest support by confining your orders to those who advertise in its columns and mention the paper when ordering. Coming Exhibitions. March 17-20, Philadelphia.— Springex- hibition Pennsylvania Hort. Society. March 25-26, Montreal.— Spring exhi- bition Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club. March 31-April 3, Boston.— Spring ex- hibition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7-11, New York. — Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April l-l, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. ¥.- Spring exhibition Central New York Hort. Society. April 22-23, Baltimore.— Spring show Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. May 6—8, San Francisco. — Annual flower show California State Floral Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1— t, Boston. — Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Societ}\ September 15-17, Boston. — Annual ex- hibition of fruits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Philadelphia. — Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. Catalogues Received. Wood Bros.. Fishkill, N. V., trade list plants; Germond & Cosgrove, Sparkill, N. Y., trade list roses; Pike & Ellsworth, Jessamine, Fla., plants; Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa., trade list decorative plants; W. J. Hesser, Platts- mouth, Neb., trade list decorative plants; Pike County Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo., price list nursery stock; V. Lemoine, Nancy, France, plant novelties; Chas. T. Starr, Avondale, Pa., plants; John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y., chrysanthe- mums; B. A. Elliott Co., Pittsburg, Pa., hardy plants; Parsons & Sons Co., Flushing, N. Y., nursery stock; E. For- geot & Cie, Paris, France, bouquet papers etc. Peoria, III.— J. M. Cole lost his only child, a bright girl of 6 years, by diptheria. i8gi. The a m eric an Florist. 541 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale piiORiST 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WH0LE8JLE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Open until 7 p. m. Sundays and Holidays 12 M. ALL SUPPLIES. «9-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OFEIT KIGHTS Ain> SUNDAYS. -Vsmj,E I3ESIG-1TS Iisr STOCK. E^. J. H^.R]\X», Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 I". M.; Sundays a P. M. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegraph. > SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7th Street S. - • Minneapolis, Minn. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. All Flowers in season. Prompt attention Riven to shipping orders* C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. ) WHOLESALE ONLY. ( SPKCIALTy.-FlUing Telegraphic Orders. WASHiroGTOIV. D. C. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CASH, TO MAKE ROOM. Each KENTIA, Bel and Fost., 3 ft. high, 4 to 5 char- acter leaves .1 3 00 Bel. and Fost., specimens, 3>^ feet high. 5 to 6 character leaves 5 00 Bel. and Fost.. V^ to 3 ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 2 00 Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2i(. ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves \.m Aspidistra variegata. 5 to 6 leaves 75 I'andanus Veitchii, fine plants. 5 and r,-in. pots. 1.50 Cocos Weddeliana, 2 feet high 1.50 All the above grown cool and in line condition for immediate use. AZALEAS in best varieties, plants 15 Inches in diameter, well set with buds. E. W. WEIMAR, Mi. Vernon, N. Y. I WANT ROOM And will sell Geraniums: Named, 2".i inch pots $3 00 per 100 Mixed. ■• " 2 00 Named Rotted Cuttings 160 Mixed " " 1.00 New Achillea Alba Fl. Pl.(the gem) 2 inch pots 3.50 " James Frost, Greenville, O. ©V^fioPeAafe MartCetA. Cut Flowers. Roses, Hybrids 15.00035.00 " Tea ...2.000 3.00 Niphetos, Gontiers 3.00® 4 00 Mermets, Brides 600® 8 00 Perles, Sunsets 4 00® COO " Jacqs 120001800 Carnations 1.00® 2.00 Violets .50 Valley, tulips 300® 400 Narcissus 200® 400 Freesia 1.00® 2.00 Callas li.CO® 8.00 Harrisii 8 00 ® 10 00 Bmllal isooaisoo Adlantums l.OO® 1.50 Asparagus 50.00 Heath, per bunch 60 O .75 Primroses, per bunch 12® .15 NIW 70BK, March 3. Roses, Beauties 15 00 ® 60 00 BonSllene 1,00® 2.00 " Perle8,Gontiers 2.00® 4 00 Niphetos, Souvs 2.00® ;iOO Mermets, Brides 3 00® 1100 Wattevllles, Cuslns 3 00® COO •■ Uostes 30O® 500 La France 5 00 ® lO.f 0 Albany 5.00® 800 Woottons 3.00® 4.00 Hybrids 15 00®:«00 Jacqs 5.00® 12.00 Romans, daffodils 3.00® 3.0O Valley 2.00 Tulips S.TO® 4C0 CarnatlODB, long 1.00® 1.50 Violets... 50® .76 Mignonette lOO® 2.00 Freesia 1.00® 2 00 Smilax 16,00® 25 00 Harrisii 6 00® 10.00 Lilac per l.unch 76® 1.00 PHILADBLPBIA. March 0 Eo«eB. Beauties 20.00 @ 40.00 " Brunners fOOO La France. Albany f«00® 10,00 Laings. Lnizets J.^lo ® 40 CO Mermets. Brides S00@10(IO Wotton. Bennetts 8.P0 Perles 4 00® 6 00 " Gontiers .5,00 '* Hostes COO® 800 Valley, fion® SOO Tulips Daffodils 4 10® 5 00 Carnations long — 1.00® 1 50 short 75® ino Violets, double .75 Smilax 2000 Adlantums 1.00 caiOAGO, March 11. Roses, Bon Silenes 200® 300 Perles, Niphetos 4.00® ti.OO Mermets, Brides coo® 8 00 Beauties 30.00 a 30 00 Gontiers 400® .5.00 Bennetts. Woottons I> 00 a SOO La France 000® 8.00 Carnations, short 1.00 Carnations, long l.OO® 200 Carnations, long, fancy 2.00® 3 00 Valley 4.00® 600 Tulips 100® BOO Roman hyacinths, narcissus 3 00® 4.00 Bmllai 12 00 ©15.00 Adlantums 1.00 a 1.26 Violets 1.00® 1.35 Callas 10 00® 15.00 Harrisii 10.00® 15.00 Wm. X gTEWaRT, Cut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTOM, MASS. N. R McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON, MASS. Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Hall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna tions alwavs on hand . Return tele£;ranis sent immediately when unable to 1511 orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. Mention American Florist. ORANGE BLOSSOMS As long as blooming — probably for next two or tbree weeks, at $i oo per doz. sprays, of 3 inches long. Address or wire to IS. i^A.nri«E;, Putwut Building, NEW OKLKANS, LA. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOIiESaLE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And the Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. [ESTABLISHED 1877.] Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer In CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive pron FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 We:st 30th Street, A. .S. Burns. J. I. Kaynor. BURNS & RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, XI -West SStlri St., J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI. 0. SPKCIALTIKS: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT I^I^OVVKie®, 1237 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping. Mention A.MEBICAN Fl.oRIST. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^ WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 zpinsrs: ST. XvOUIS, JVIO. WKOLESALE CUT FLOWBRS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 542 The American Florist. Mar. 12, Hfts ^escj llrac^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCfATlO.W Albert M. McCiili,oiu;ii, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Kottlbr, Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. Seed Warranty Again. We all admit that Boston is the huh and that all ideas primarily come from that source. The IJoston seedsmen are jitst now having an interesting discussion abovtt seed warranty. A or rather B prints in his catalogue the following: A PRACTICAL (U'ARANTV. "The keen competition thatoflate years has crept into the seed business nnques- tionably has reduced prices, but it has in no way been an advantagetothe planter; it has rather emphasized the mercantile tendencj' to buy in the cheapest market, so that, although lower quotations are made, the average profit is maintained the same; this cannot be done without deteriorated strains, which are always most prolific of seed, being sold to the consumer, and he alone realizes and can tell tvith what fearful results.The increased acreage under cultivation, the tendency to lower prices for all the products of the soil, are indications that the farmer must give over all old time methods, and set to work with more force and science. A greater discrimination must be exercised in using expensive chemical fertilizers, assurance must be had that the seeds he sows have not only germinating power, but are the sorts claimed, if paying crops are to be harvested. The products of the European and Californian seed farms are not, in most cases, suited to our uncertain climates, although they are agreat temp- tation alike to the ignorant and unpiin- cipled wholesale dealer who supplies the small retailers with package seeds on commission or the still cheaper rubbish in bulk. To remedy this evil, which is ad- mitted by all to exist in the seed trade, we now propose to adopt a system of guaranteeing all seeds sold by us direct to the consumer as follows: First, ourseeds are guaranteed pure and clean, and of the percentage of vitality named on the label accompanying and describing contents of each package. Second, this guaranty is subject to the test and analysis of the Botanist of any of the State experiment stations, and to properly authenticated complaint being made to us within t wenty days from time of purchase of seeds coni- ])lained of. If the result of the analysis docs not confirm the guaranty, wc will take back the seeds, and refund the money paid for them, and pay the cost of trans- portation both ways. Third, seeds once sown, or the above specified time for com- plaint having expired, our responsibilty ceases. The results in field culturedepend upon so many things besides the quality of the seeds, that the growth and crop cannot be guaranteed. The advantages of this method of guaranty will at once be apparent to the careful farmer; it will give security as to vitality, freedom from noxious weeds, and, to some extent, con- fidence as to varieties planted; in short by obtaining seeds a few days before they are required for planting, you can have, without cost (for we assume expenses if results of test are unsatisfactory), a vvarranty against everything except the visitations of Providence. The above guaranty of quality, coupled with our low prices and special offers, will, we venture to predict, be taken advantage of by many farmers and gardeners who in past years have sulTercd much loss and disappointment, anil cause them not only to give our seeds a trial, but to be- come permanent customers." Later E or rather F prints the Ibllow- ingadv. in the newspapers. WARRANTING SEEDs! "Do not be deceived by smooth words and ingeniously constructed sentences, which mean nothing when analyzed. When any article is sold with a guarantee or warranty, an assurance presumed to be given by the seller to the effect that the article sold shall fully serve the purpose for which it was intended. The farmer purchases and sows seeds with the expec- tation of a crop that will yield a fair return for time, labor and money invested. If his crop fails, does he expect or will he receive from the seller of the seeds under any so called warranty any satisfaction equivalent? Not at all; he can have more seeds to replace those which failed, if he cares to put his trust in such. Or if he has doubts as to the quality of seeds pur- chased, he can return theni and get his money back, which is very little satis- faction. But if he plants his seeds he must do so at his own risk. The war- ranty is all a oretence and not worth the paper that it is printed on. The only safeguards that can be relied on by the purchaser of seeds can be very briefly summed up. "First, the honesty of the seedsman. "Second, the painstaking care with which he manages his business. "We believe in honest representation, and we never intend to make misleading statements in order to sellourgoods. The so called warrarting of seeds should be fully exposed, and we are in a position to meet any criticism our statements may call forth." Further developments are expected. O Yes, Certainly. Gath writing of the Agricultural Depart- ment in a Washington letter to the Cin- cinnati Eni/iiiifr says: "The department is still a bureau to all influential intents and its principal utility is in the distribution of seeds, where it is a corrective upon the seedsmen, a good many of whose packages are found on being planted to be in the light of wooden nutmegs or wooden oats, and will not grow. This may be due to the careless- ness of the clerks in the seedsmen's stores; but I have had plenty of experience in the last six years that seeds will not seed. "Agreat agricultural department would distribute many things to be effective in this world, just as many of our seeds and species have been senttoother countries." [The deep clear reasoning in this last paragraph and the logic supporting it is something wonderful. — Ed.] The Catalogue Tax. Mr. Elias Mott writes froin Norwich to the Toronto G/ohe:—\t may be you have heard before this of the "seed catalogue racket" that our moribund Government are playing on the farmers and others of this Dominion. It is a well known fact that tens of thousands of American seed catalogues have been distributed in this country every year, but it now happens that these, which have been formerly freely delivered through the postoffice, all find their way intothecapacious maw of the custom house, and we farmers are now receiving daily thousands of notices to this effect: — "Parcel in bond here for you; charges five cents. Return this card with the amount and parcel will be forwarded." The charges vary from five cents to fifteen cents, and sometimes the "parcel" is called a "book." You can imagine the farmer's disgust, on inno- cently being caught in this little trap, better than lean describe it. I have now on hand about a dozen of these notices, but I will generously present the "Old Man" with the catalogues in the interests of the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, though I doubt if they will be of any use to him after the 5th of March next. This is only another example of the beauties of theN; P. St. Thomas, Ontario, March 4, 1891. —On the statement of Mr. I. Turvillehere I learned that many seed catalogues from U. S. were being held at the custom de- partment of the postoffice for duty, the same having been levied at the rate' of 20 cents per pound, with 15 cents extra for all illustrated catalogues. I have foimd this to be a fact and after further inves- tigation am of the opinion that there will be from this office alone a wagon load of beautiful catalogues from U. S. seedsmen sold for waste paper at the end of the season. It occurs to me that the Canadian government is vio- lating its postal treaty with the U. S. If the attention of the U. S. authorities at Washington was called to this the matter might be corrected, as this condition is too evidently spite work of some Cana- dian seedsman. J. E. K. Am. Florist.— Some of the catalogue men add two or three things this year I should not like to catch a fellow planting on my grounds. Calystcgia pubescens, it is truly said, "when once got you always have it," and might add— will give more to get rid of it than the 20 cents paid. Even so with that wild cu- cumber vine. I fought them all my younger days and they are there j'ct, or were when I moved away. They do not lie about these vines, but do not tell the whole truth. N. Boston, Feb. 27.— Your interesting ar- ticles on advertising have been carefully read and are certain to benefit the trade. We have been a subscriberto the Florist from the first and would not like to be without it. It is a good live journal and of inestimable value to the florists. The South Market street stores are doing a larger mailing business than usual. Or- ders are averaging larger than last year, though it is rather early yet for' our trade. J. London, Ontario.— Mr. Jas Griflin has re-opened his seed store at 171 King St., having been burned out the night of Feb- ruary 2Sth, at his old stand, 215 Uun- das St. E. B. Clakk, of Milford, Conn., has associated with him in business, under the firm name of Everett B. Clark & Son, Herbert A. Clark and Walter E. Clark. Mr. Oscar Will the seedsman of Bis- marck, N. D., has been appointed a mem- ber of the State Board of Agriculture of North Dakota. S. L. Sheldon & Co., implement and seed dealers at Madison, Wis., burned out March 3. Reported loss $15,000, mostly insured. Railroads governed by the Central Traffic Association are reported to have lowered classification on sweet corn. Ma|. Chas. p. Braslan and Mr. Geo. S. Haskell, lately made a flying trip to Philadelphia and New York. i8()i. The American Florist. 543 G. J. MOFFATT, ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on appllcutiim. When writing for prices, please state sizes and quantity wanted. OUR BUSINESS, SEEDSMEN. SELECTEirSTRlTNTFOrFLORISTS Traile List on Appli.atioii. SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER, Boston, Mass. TRY DREER'S Garden seeds riants Bulbs, and Ke<|iiisite8. Theyarethe »e8t at the lowest prices. FLOWER SEEDS! Just 1-eceived 500 varieties FRESH FLOWER SEEDS, positively 1890 Crop. Get our Boole for Florists. J. C. \ AUGHAN, CHICAGO. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM. HOLLAND. Largest Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIRvEA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- Bale Importers should write us for Drices. LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. (Selected strong ;j-year-old IMps.) For terms and particulars apply to WM. HAGEMAN. Kighthand McKean Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Sole agent for the U. S for the United Hatnburgand Berlin Growers. Office Ilamburp^ Pferdemarkt. 39. Highest U. S. reference furnished as to quality. Mention Amarloan Florlat. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., — ^ WHOLESALE^ — Seed Growers and Merchants. Carry one of the most complete and extensive stocks of GARDEN SEEDS in the United States. We make a specialty of QROWI NG PEAS and BEANS, AMERICAN TURNIPa°l CABBAGE SEEDS, ONION SETS "d PURE SEED POTATOES. We cater to the Jobbing trade. WRITE FOR PRICES. Per DOUBLE PEARL ,arge Rulbs fi oo ;f 7 5° n nrvirvi lie fine mixed 1^5 i» 00 ItUn ) (1 I S EXTRA CHOICE '75 1500 UUIIl/IWLUcJ, SHAKESPEARE 7 5" Also Importers of ]Bvill3» for* IMoi^l«»t«». Dutch and Roman Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus and True Bermuda Lilies, (L. Har- risii.) Special import offer for Fall and Summer of iSgr NOW READY- 1'° °ot fail to write for it. Liberal terms, fair prices, selected quality and square business treatment. Address Z. DE FOREST ELY & CO., 1301 and 1303 Market Street. ■ PHILADELPHIA. PA. and 246 North Broad St. P. O. BOX 1176. Registered Cable Address, DEFOREST, Phila. TELEPHONE 129S. TUBEROSES,?,: iKi Per lofxi NOW READY AT I DAY'S NOTICE. ruck. $1 per ICO. pottinK or cutt ; from flats, tl. 50 I. Heliotrope, Vi all). $1 50 per 100. .*12 per 1000: rooted cuttings $1 per 100. »S per lOCO. 10(J0 Hardy Snow Pinks, strong, flats f2p """ compacta and Star of Quedli: ; per 100. 1000 Phl( tlie 100 and 1000, varieties all c scented, stock perfectly flnests 100. 300Begoni Ii.*6perl00. -- of 15 beautiful named of them sweetly hv. ready March pril. strong, fr9m flats, tl 50 per 100, J12 00 per 1000; rooted < ' the 100 and 1000- Noi and standard sorts, all colors Spauiding. Minnie Wanamak. Price, Canning. Mrs. Bullock. Snow Ball, Purpurea, Grandiflf 100 others, the very cream of a Bottom Beauty, Reward, the run of the kinds, 1 Fuchsias, rooted,*! per 100. White Cap, Trailing Lobelia s range of the season. 3inch tra good strong plants from ■ ■ choice. .*3 per lOU ferred. Satisfaction guaranteed, see other special ofl^ers. ,J. C. GIBSON, Woodbury, N. .J. criS^iH!!fi'-wh'!t!IL^eL^b?SS. inch in diameter W.'oo per luO; »25 00 per lUOoT Crinum Nassau, No. 1, white, striped carmine, $8 100. No. 2. larger flower. SIO per 100. No. 2. bulos 6 to 8-in. diam.. 50c. each Cosmos, white, seed. 5 lbs., per oz. 40c.: per lb. $4 Antigonon lept.. seed, 15 lbs., per oz. 65c. ; per lb. W. Antigonnn lept.. 1 year, strong, fleld grown. 10c each. Amarylliszeph.rosea, $.3 50per 100; S30 per 1000. THE BROOKS SISTERS. Sorrento. Fla. W. W. Barnard & Co., 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. SEEDS, BULBSJMPLEMENTS. Ojv:iviv^%.s, Sviriilvxs {Stools: Agatha Celestis (blue da Akenia Malvaviscus Crape Myrtle, 3 colors Ivy, English aud variegated Lantana, standard sorts 2 best white 41 Mesembrj-anthemum Cor.\ Nierembergia Gracilis 2 i Pilea Muscosa 2 Plumbago Capensis 4 Plumbago Capensis Alba 2 1 Roses, Hermosa, M. Guillo Jos. Schwartz, 2 Roses, Bride, La France, Mermet, M. Guillot, Gontier, 3 in Roses,CountessdelaBarth,Cornelia Cook. Camoens Mad. Scipio Co- chet. Mad. Cecil, Brunner.M. Niel. The Bride, Souv. de St. Pier, GiantandGenl Jacqs, 2', in . . . Verbenas, staiidard sorts, 2 in . . . , Mad. p'erle. ;neral collection, f: per 1000 GIDDINGS, Danville, Tuberose Bulbs and Sets, Dwan Pearl and Fall Double Tuberose Bulbs, Suitable lor mailing, $3.50 per thousand. Also Tuberose sets, $3,50 per barrel. Address JS. J. VA.JV HOOIC, PLUM POINT, He Soto Co. - - Mississippi. exchange, 1,000 Carnations, Rooted Gut- E. S. NIXON & SON, MY NEW SPKCIAL OFFER OF ^i?lo?ib,!!h"e?!?dlay''bt?a^MppiS?^ SEEX> a-HO^WEE, QnetUinburg. OeriuaDy. 544 The American Florist. Mar. 12^ Substantial Rose House. Last tall I built a rose house which 1 believe to be as good a wooden greeu- liouse as was ever erected.. It is 75x20 Iccl, threc-ciuarter span, north wall 8 feet high, and south wall 4 feet, north side ot root" 9 feet and south side 18 feet. .\ll locust posts were used, each post 5 inches scjuare, and the plates and all the lumber above the plates is cypress. Lo- cust is also used for the front of the benches inside the house. I run mv four steam pipes on the front of the front bench resting across 1-inch pipe set in an auger hole in every second 2-fect of the front bench. As the foot is locust wood I will not have to change them for many years as locust will last from 20 to 40 years outside for fence posts. All the siding is first growth pine, two thicknesses of paper between all. The houses arc piped with 2-inch pipe for steam. My center bed is a solid bed 20 inches high with a 2'inch pipe all around it, four pipes in front and two more pipes hanging on the back posts down low. That makes nine 2-inch pipes, four under the south bench, one around center bed, two on back wall and one on the top near glass, under the ridge. I have one old house 115x25 feet heated by hot water. I do not feel like giving up the hot water yet. John Ralph. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Last chance now to get your adv. in the double Easter number to be issued ne.xt week. Copj' must be received at this office by noon, Monday the IGth to be in time. EASTER LILIES. Lilies, Etc. for Easter HARRIS]], LONGIFLQRUM, CANDIDUM. Price.i on Application. GERANIUMS, Single & Double, of the leading var- ieties, 25.,-iii. pots, atj4 per loo; $35 per 1000. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, from 5 to 10 inch pots, 815 to $50 per hundred. W. A. BOCK, N. Cambridge, Mass. DAHLIAS 60 choice sorts. All the best varieties. Field grown roots of Large-flowered, Pompon, Cactus and Single, $7.00 per 100; J60.00 per 1000. NEW BEGONIAS. LOUISE CLOSSON— One of the richest colored of the Rex family. $2.50 per dozen. R GEORGE— The strongest grower and most showy of this class; leaves large with distinct palmate center of bronzy green. I3.00 per doz. MARQUIS DK PERALTA-Kxtra fine. |2.coperdoz. COMTESSE lOOlSE ERDODY — The whorled leaf. $12 00 per ICO. REX— In fine assortment of named kinds. I5.00 per 100. GERANIUMS. SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE-The finest novelty in NEW of the Br t race, for 1890. $3.00 per doz R. GE<)K 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted, VerschaHeltll, Golden Bed- der, Uolden Verschaffeltll and Sunset, per 100 76cta. per 10CO,$G.OO. JOHir BECK, Brldgreport, Conn. HAIL Lock the lioor BHKORK the horse is stolen. Do it :BIO'%^r ! JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A., Saddl« River, N.J. i8gi. The American Florist. 545 LILIUM HARRISII,«''''"'""''THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS WE OFFER ONLY STRONG FIELD GROWN BULBS FROM OnR OWH (IROnUDS IN BERMUDA. ^\ From a photograph taken the week I COPYRIGHTED, 1800. BY F. R. PIERSON, TARRVTOWN, N. Y. • Easter, iSgo. showing a vietu in one of our new iron greenhouses, here at Tarrytown, 2oJeet tn width by 140 in length, oj of Ltlium Harrisii in full bloom. This house produced i " " '" ^ > floivers for Easter. .:^«, «.... V..J flowers being especially effective tor decorative purposes, always command large prices. From its name son use for foreinK for the Easter market only. This is not exclusively so; It derives its name from the fact that, in Bermuda, Easter time— hence the name ■•Bermuda Easter iaiy''-but by growing it In this country in thegreenhouE I purpose c special culture, it fills in at a time wht nething depending upon after t blooms at )om all the high ndispensable, as in Bermuda the I usually scarce and in great demand the temperature the bulbs are grow ■ and ripens off perfectly, and is re open ground, ■ill show. These Tn© extent to which this Lily is betng forced for bulbs for his own use. We hear it said occasionally tbat Lilium Uarristi flowers will not keep-thia is owir be kept for more than two weeks, if in a proper place. It bears shipping splendidly, as the two following the receipt of flowers shipped last Easter. J. L. Russell, Denver, €olo.. writes: *' The Lilies came in excellent shape. I don't think I lost one The Fort AVorth Nursery Seed »nd Canning Co., Dallas. Texas, writes: "The Lilies arriv your packing. We would not have thought they would have carried so far packed dry." THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda. We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to offer it at reasonable prices, and we havealwaysbeen recognized by the tradeas HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY ! supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we stale that we expect to sell from OOR CROP of 1890, over ^ HiVIvF* A. JVlill^IvIOIOf iBUrvlBS. H« ! you get the genuine Lilium Harrlsll. In order to secure "the true variety," purchase your Bulbs from original stock, which is known to be pure. J'he ._,.,_.__,_^ . , . !.„*.,_, , L. Longiflorun ' " ; suspiclo °Lify^l risii was very scarce, thus mixing the stock I than market rates, as the supply has never yet met t Large growers or dealers in this bulb should write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., tarrytdwh, hew york, u. s. a. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us for samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. 546 The American Florist. Mar. 12^ Forcing Romans and Narcissus. Will some one be so kind as to tell me through the Florist the way to treat narcissus and Roman hyacinths to get them in early— say the first of" December, or even bv Christmas? 1 boxed a lot of narcissus and Romans about the first of September last, left them out doors for five or six weeks. They got a light frost but not enough to freeze the ground. Then I took them in and tried to force them. Some of these same narcissus are not in flower yet and the Romans were never any good. Other bulbs of both that I put in later did well. And some of the same lot of bulbs put in not a month ago are are now almost in flower— that is, the Von Sion— I did not grow any other kind of narcissus this winter. Would it do any good to freeze the bulbs in September, before planting? And is there any difference in the Von Sion as to earliness. Are there two varieties, one earlier than the other? New Haven, Conn. Enquirer. Wall Flowers. Will some of the readers of the Ameri- can Florist please tell me when wall flowers bloom in America, and when the seed should be sown. Do they stand the summer sun here? I have had no expe- rience in growing the wall flower out of doors in this country though have often flowered them in a carnation house all winter. In England they grow all over on rocks and walls all winter and may be had in bloom nearly all the year round bv sowing seed in succession. "Yonkers, N. Y. Sihscrihek. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer BTSEH^WKISS, a pu: white sport of Chrster Pride for the first tin this season, w $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular ot leading varieties and se NELLIE LEWIS. HAVE GROWN TH.S CARN.iTION TWO SEA- SONS AND NOW OFFER ROOTED CUT- TINGS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY At 1S2.50 per dozen. Four f Jr »1.00, B7 mHil postpaid. GEO. HANCOCK, Grand H-ver, Mich. Rooted Cuttings of Carnations In great quantity, ready now. Also 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st s ze at $7 00 per 1000. 2i size at Js 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varielies at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. Xi'Bi -WITT IBROS., BRISTOL, Pennsylvania ROOTED CUTTINGS. CARNATIONS; *"■'"'"""'*"" ill then have a large stock of the Stand- ard sorts and Lizzie McGawan. Over 100,000 L. L. LAMBORN, MRS. FISHER and SILVER SPRAY. Send for Descriptive List with prices. COLEUS, a choice assDrtrneut of the best bedders at |;6.oo per 1000, 75c per 100; Golden Bed ler or VerschaffjUii alone J7 00 per lono. CANNA EHEMANNI, strong roots at|7 50 per 100. EMILE LECLAIRE $8 per 100. first cli lape for |6 00 This is one of my spring specialties and is gotten up i per looo; samples 10 cents. My Pansies are sold up to .•Vpril and only a few left for then; they are the best in the market and delay will fiad them all sold. Orders are coming in for next fall; there is nothirg like being on time. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TtiE QUEEN OF WHITE GflRNflTIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for .strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. I®* Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson. N. J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1 50 per dozen; $12.01 ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $io.c J. I«. I^JRKEJJVrA.IV, - ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; |io.t ROOTED CUTTINGS, St. 25 per dozen; $io.c Grandest New Pare Yellow. yer 100; |ioo.oo per icoo. Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. I pet 100: I90.00 per loco. Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet. iper >per I Glowing, Kright Scarlet. SSo.oo per loco. Delicate, Soft Pink. ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; $4.co per too; $35.00 per 1000. For well established plants from .small pots, see ILIAISTKATEU CATALOtiUK-free. ROOTKl) CITTINGS, at prices per dozen, free by mail. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co.. Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $12 per 100, or |ioo per 100 Summit, N. J., December 6th, 1SS9. Mr. John McGowan, Dear Sir: — I consider the Lizzie Mc Gowan Carnation the finest White in cultivation. JOHN N. MAY. Ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1891. 500 at 1000 rate, 50 at 100 rate. ADDRESS JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. Standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P.O. Box 226, Keunett Square, Fa. CARMTTONpiS=^ FAIR ROSAMOND, J R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER. CHASTITY. SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH. NELLIE BLY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and tixty other leading varietie.. 50.000 now in cu'ting bench Send lorprice list, and order early. l8i)i. The American Florist. 547 500 CASES LiliumAuratum Golden Japan Lilies From 10 to 14 inches in Circumference. ^^^^S Just Received direct from Japan, via. London. This importation is the FINEST lot that has ever arrived in tliis country. They are paclied in soil— each case containhuj .TO liiilhs^nnA will keep perfectly sound until June. Price per Case, $6.00. 5 Cases at $5.75. 10 Cases at $5.50. 25 Cases at $5.25. 50 Cases at $5.00. Also 100 Cases, assorted varieties, as folloivs: Auratum, Elegans, Tigrinum Flore Pli 4 Lilium Speciosum Album, 6 Elegans Flore Semi Pleno, , 6 Batemaneii, at $7.50 per Case, or FUe t'(i.ses at $7.0O. Speciosum Rubrum, Tigrinum Splendens, Also 200,000 Double Pearl Tuberoses 7 liielies Ir $8.00 per 1,000, or 5,000 lots at $7.00. ROBERT BUIST.Jr., Importer and Grower of Seeds W'arelioiisfs— No. yi"-} (k. •.»'i4 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. FRESH GREENHOUSE SEEDS, FROM PRIZE FLOWERS. Trade Pkt. PRIMULA, Fimbriata Rosea, Fimbri- ata Alba $ .25 PRIMULA, Rubra & Alba, fern leaved .50 PETUNIA, Mammoth Double striped and blotched 50 VERBENA, finest mam. vars mixed... .50 CINERARIA, finest mixed, hybrida i.co CANNA, Crozj/'s new large fl'wr'g dwf .25 CENTAUREA, Candidissima 50c., Gym- uocarpa 25 BEGONIA, double mammoth tuberous rooted mixed i 00 BEGONIA, sgl. mam. tuberous rooted .50 GLOXINIA, finest ext. mixed hybrida .50 CHRYSANTHEMUM. CYCLAMEN, Giganteum, Album and Roseum Superbum 1.50 COBEA Scandens 25 Send tor my Wholef ale List of Flower Seeds free. This stock is tor the most ciitical trade. I solicit your orders. H. W. BUCIvBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL, Per 100 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per 1000, I25.00, many choice varieties $300 GERANIUMS, 10 to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 4.00 VERBENAS, in good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUM, dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2inch, readv to shift 3 00 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2)^inch 3 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Addre« N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, mo. (IndependeDce is well located for shipping, being Smiles east of Kansas CltT.) LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM. HUGH LOW & CO., Clapton Nursery, London, England, Have much pleasure in informing their fiiends and the public that they have just received from their collector in India a grand importation of the magnificent and deliciously scented LILIUM WALLICHIANUM SUPERBUM, correctly de- scribed as the most beautiful of all the trumpet Lilies. Flowers are of the purest white, the tube about 10 inches long and the interior at the base of the most lovely shade of primrose-yellow. MESSRS. Wm. ELLIOTT & SONS, OF NEW YORK, Have received a consignment of the bulbs of various sizes, and will be pleased to give quotations and execute orders for single bulbs or in quantity. A-I>P»>' WM. ELLIOTT & SONS. 54 and 56 Dey Street, ivKw "v-oisk: oi^^5^. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Vertchaffeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Pettr Henderson, Firebrand, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunser, Etc. Ten strong Cuttines each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples 01 the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE. ALPLAUS. NEW YORK [ROOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, '^S oeants per lOO; ^e.OO per lOOO. ■ITH OlilJElIi. SXU-01TC3- HOOTED CXJTTI tsTGS. 548 The American Florist. Mar. 12, Chicago. Trade is about as dull as it well can be. The regular Lenten stagnation is here. There is a good supply ot all flowers and a tremendous glut of lilies and tulips. In taet there is a big surplus of all bulbous flowers except dafl"odils and valley. The surplus of violets is also large. There has been an immense number of daflodils sold this season, and the sales of carnations have also exceeded those of previous seasons, but tulips are sadly in the dumps at present. The smilax glut has passed and a market is now found at a fair price for all sent in. There promises to be a tremendous supply of lilies for Easter and it is pro- bable that Easter prices on this stock will be considerably below those of last year. The Easter supply of all flowers "will undoubtedly be fully equal to the de- mand except possiblj' roses and carnations and the shortage, if any, on them will be slight from present indications. D. B. Fuller is sending in from his new place at Downer's Grove some of the finest carnations ever seen in this market. Air. Fuller has some 3,000 pot plants of lilies — candidum and Harrisii— for Easter. Mr. W. A. Manda of Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N.J. spent a few days in the city early in the week. Mr. Ciias. Reissig has in bloom in his orchid house a white form of Cattleya TrianjB which it is thought maybe a rarity. Flowers have been forwarded to experts to determine whether or not it is especially rare. Mr. Reissig has been rather under the weather for the last few weeks, so much so that he has remained at his home at Riverside and has not ventured to visit his city store. FRESH, FANCY FLOWER SEEDS. Improves »nd Superior Strains or Sliow Flowers for Competitive Exhibition Purposes. ASTER-Prize Cut Flower varieties. Backbee'a Snowtlake, the Hneat pure white varie- ty ever introduced, either for cut flower work or );eneral garden purposes. It is of fine form, very lasting, shows no discolored center, and I can rec- ommend to be Al in all respects. Trade packet 50c. Aster-Wathington light blue, Washington white, Washington light blue, cherry red chrysanthemum. Trade packet 25c. traue pkt. PANS!— Cassier's Mammoth, large flowered blotched $1 CO — BugDot's Prize, superb blotched 1 00 — Trimardeau Mammoth Giant, mixed 50 " yellow 50 —Finest mixed, superior quality oz.Jl, .25 —Twenty separate colors 26 Send for my Wholesale lilst of florists greenhouse seeds Free. I solicit your trade. H. W. BUCIvBEE, HOCKFOUD, ILL. Mention American Florist. LITTLE'SANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Send for rircalars and price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY Street, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. Mention American Florist. OUR INTRODUCTIONS NOW IN GREAT DEMAND. ORCHID CANNA (C. flaccida). Per loo, $2 50; per 1000, |20. BUTTERFLY ORCHID (Epidendrum venosum). Per 100 clumps, $7; per 1000, {50. SPIDER LILY or Sea Daffodil (Pancratium). Per 100, $3; per 1000, ^25. AIR PLANTS (Tillandsias). Per 10(1 (large), |6. This is extremely useful and beautiful in decorations, and very lasting. SWORD FERN (Nephrolepis exalt ata) Strong plants, per 100, $y, per 1000, |2o. Write for our laree illustrated Catalogue full of good things for tlie tlorist. REASONER BROS., Manatee, Fla. WE STILL LEAD, OTHERS TRY TO FOLLOW To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard " Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., August 22d, 1S90? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR REDUCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS TttE WniLLDIN POTTERY GOMFflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOB NEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otis street, Somerwille, Mass. SHEEP MANURE, a natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTim and ECONOMICAL. Pulverized, 100 lb. bag $3.00: Ton $40. 1 WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, Compressed, " $2.50; Ton $35. (' 54 g^j^^ 56 Dey Street, N. T. ^ Established Over 50Years. Jjargfst and Moat Complete Stock in the United States, FRUIT TREES and ORNAMENTAL | IImBbW Evergreens, ROSES, Shrubs, Grapes, Hardy Plants, Paeonies, Small Fruits. ELLWANGER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER N.Y. Illustrated and descriptlvepriced tainini; important anforiiintion for tcr the trade, FREE. ISO A.ores». IL,^rg:e A.jssortrarken.t. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, THADE LIST ON APPLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, - - GENEVA, N. Y. PLANTS ^!^ WANTED. 1000 Plumbago Capeiisis. 1000 Rhyncospernuim Jasminoides. 1000 Canna Ehemaiiiii. 1000 Clerodendron Balfoiiri. In small plants. .Send sample and price. Smaller quantities accepteJ. A. BLANC & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. We will buy all Cactuses oflered at a fair ijrice. None but well grown plants wanted. Ourstockof 200,000 plants is going off faster than we expected. LAINGS' BEGONIAS ARE THE BEST IN EXISTENCE. Medals. Uold Cup. aud Tuber: per dozen; unnamed Beedllngs. las.. l»s. ana ais. per dozen; bedding, choicest, r.s. and Its. per dozen; choicest named doubles, Irom 4?8. per dozen; un- named, very choice, 24s. and 308. per dozen: ■ mlied, 188. per dozen. The cheapest - " ' bined procurable. Small quantities __ by sample post. Trial orders solicited. Wholes and retail. Catalogues free by post. JOHN LAINO ..S: SONS, Itegoiiia SpeclaliKts, Etc., FOREST HILL, S. E. LONDON, ENGLAND. be mailed i8gi. The American Florist. 549 Begonias! Begonias! Begonias! I was one of the first in England to handle Begonias, and for some years immense quantities passed through mv packing sheds annually, and I was very sorry to be compelled to relinquish their cultivation; H:A.I*II»"Vr I=*IvA.;N'i''JS then demanded all my attention, and these were first, but I have always " kept touch " with the Begonias, as I made up my mind to "pick them up" at the first opportunity. For some time past I have been assiduously working at the iBX^OOj^I A, I have also been gathering from every known source everything considered superior, and I trust ere long to make my collection second to none. I purpose making ^-^^BEGONIAS A GREAT SPECIALTY AT TOTTENHAM. ^s— My knowledge of this family is wide and the facilities for knowing every collection, both private and public, in England and the Continent, has enabled me to secure evervthing that I consider of great value, especially those possessing NEW POINTS OF MERIT, as my aim will be to WONDERFULLY IMPROVE THE BEGONIA. I am convinced that but few people can have yet any conception of the capabilities of the plant. I have an IMMENSE STOCK OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES, all carefully graded last season, containing every shade of color and those which yield flowers of the largest size combined with per- fection of form and improvement of type. In the hope of further developing this attractive flowering plant, I shall plant some hundreds of thousands for next season's show, and I shall be very pleased to exhibit them to any of my friends, who, I am sure, will be surprised at both quality and quantity. SPECIAL PRICES for Tubers for present delivery on application. -^DAFFODILS AND NARCISSUS. -1^ I shall have an enormous quantity of these to offer for I?*^ll I>eli-v-©i'>^. Special prices on application as the season advances. HALE FARM NURSERIES. TOTTENHAM. LONDON. ENGLAND. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OF ALL FIR-TREE OIL IIHSEGTlGIDB-soiuble, FOR PLANTS.-To mate a solution for wash- ing or cleansing purposes-Ualt-a-Plnt ot Fir-Tree Oil to ten gallons of water. For Green and Black Fly. Thrip. American Blight. Wooly Aphis, etc.-Half-a-plnt of the Fir-Tree Oil the pint. nd Caterpillar— Half-a-pll ) gallons of water, or thn tablesp tablespoonfuls For Red Spldt Fir-Tree Oil to spoonfuls to the pint. For Mealy Bug. Btown or White Scale-Half-a- Pint of the Fir-Tree Oil to four or six quarts of water, four to eight tablespoonfuls to the pint. For Mildew and Blight on Fruit or Follage-Half- the Flr-Tree Oil to a gallon of water, or sii ipoonfuls to the pint. than when cold is used. Soft or rain water is necessary, and Applied in Wood, Tin or Pot Vessels. -Galvanized Iron Vessels must not be used. FOR ANIMADS.-For Skin Diseases and Kill- ing Vermin mix one part of Fir-Tree Oil with three parts of warm water and wet the affected part each day. In some cases it may be used stronger. For i Ring-worm apply full strength with a brush each day. FOR i:iRD.S INFECTKD WITH PARA- I SITES.-Put a tablespoonful of Fir-Tree Oil in one quart of warm water and dip the bird In it. taking ^-' • •■-■■—■.■, ong tepid spray jjroducer. THE NURSERY BOOK A Complete Hand-Book of Propagation and Pollination. Editor of the American Garden. This valuable little manual has been compiled at great pains. T facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts By I.. H. BAILS Y, absolutely devoid of theory and speculation. It has nothing to do with plant physiology iplv tells plainly and briefly what every one w aflo ■ • - • • ■ The book 5 of plant growth. •ith for dip into clea: If necessary weaker solution may be used Sold in Bottles and Tins. Manufacturer— E. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. SOLD BY ALL SEEDSME.X. — Wholesale Ace-vts — A. ROLKER & SONS, NEW YORK H. BAYERSDOEFER & CO.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, I«. ^tli (Street, PHILADELPHIA, FA. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER. 323 Arch Street, FHIIJU)EI.FKIA, PA. 3y abstruse i seed, makes a _ _ in method and matter. The cuts number almost 100, nature. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, forest trees. Among the contents are the following : Propagation by Seed, propagition by separation. Propagation by Layers. Propagation by Polination. The Nursery List is an alphabetical list of all kinds of \ which of the operations described in the first five chapters are e 2,000 Entries are made in the list. The following entries w ACER (Maple). Sapindacrcs. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as A. dasycarpum, come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered, butbetter plants areobtained by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter-worked upon im- ported A. pohmorphuw stocks, either by whip or veneer-grafting. Maples can also be budded in summer, and they grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and soltwood. FHTI.I.OCACTVS, PKTI.I.OCEBEUS, DISOCACTUS (Leaf Cactus). Cac/cc^. Fresh seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil, which is well drained, and apply water as for common "" " "" " '" ippear, remove to a light position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three readiljj in sharp sand. Give a temperature of about 6o''. and apply only Utings are very juicy, they may be laid on dry sand lor several days before planting. . OOOSEBEBBT. Seeds, for the raising ot new varieties should be sown as soon as well cured. in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be stratified and sown together with the sand in the spring. Cut- tings, 6 to 8 inches long, of the mature wood, inserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, especially if taken in August or September and stored during winter. Stronger plants are usually obtained by layers, and the English varieties are nearly always layered in this country. Mound- layering is usually employed, the English varieties being allowed to remain in layerage two years, ' '" ily one (Fig. 27). Layered plants are usually set ' '' - Propagation by Cuttings, Propagation by Grafting. Including Gr Budding, Inarching, etc. but the American year after removal from t Price, in library style, cloth, wide r .-layering during s jins. $1; Pocket style ; practiced for n< argins, 50 ctS. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Building, New York. A Pragtigsl Bouqoet Pin. * * * * Which every florist should use. Sells with the Bouquet. IS INVISIBLE. A Wonderful Con- venience at Banquets and Entertainments. ITS USE WILL DOUBLE YOUR SALES OF BOUTONNIERES. G. B. WILLCOX, BAY CITY, MICH. OPRAY tm FRUiT TREES I VSNES Berry Plants at Bottom Prices. 1 W.U. STAHL, Quincy, Ills S50 The American Florist. Mar. I. A Problem. An eastern subscriber sends ns a com- munication in which be states that one of tlie whijlesale commission dealers in cut flowers has added a design depart- ment and is doing practically a retail as well as a wholesale business He con- cedes that the dealer has a legal right to conduct a retail as well as a wholesale commission business, but questions his moral right to do so, and wants to know whether the re.ulers ol" the Flokist do not agree with liini. He says: "I might send to tli.it firm pinks, roses and smilax to be sold on commission. Thev could, as they are now doing, take these flowers, make them up into any funeral design wanted, allow me what they pleased for t'.ie flowers sent, charge a less price for the design than I could make it for, and send it to my immediate vicinity, which would not onl_v injure my trade but would I claim do me a great wrong in taking my retail trade Irom me under the name of wholesale commission men. The retail florist as well as the grower is interested in this problem. If the men who receive flowers on commis- sion to sell at wholesale to the retail trade run a cut flower store and make up designs the same as the ones who buy of them do, I think they would not be so very particular about the amount re- turned as sales." Steam Heating. I asked through your jiaper last fall how long a steam boiler could be left at night without attention. Last summer 1 had all ray piping changed. I have now- one 2-inch pipe running through the top of the greenhouse, up near the ridge, all the other 2-inch ])ipes are under the benches. My boiler is a large size surface burner, it is recommended to heat 55,000 to 82,500 cubic feet of space, I have now five houses heated by it, two rose houses, one 50x20 and the other 75x20: three small houses 50x11 feet each. I have the fire built from 8:30 to 9 p. m. and get u|) steam in about one half hour. Then I regulate or put on pipes enough for the night. I leave it before 10 o'clock p.m.; it then carries steam without more atten- tion until about 7 a. m. next morning. It is trimmed with steam guage, water guage, cocks, safety valves, automatic damper, regulator, etc. It runs ten hours from the time the fire is built at night until it is rebuilt in the morning. John Ralph. Saratoga Springs, N. Y. You CAN NOT afford to take any chances on your spring advertising. The only way toreachthewHOLETRADiiis tiirougli the .\MEKiCAN Florist. MUSHROOM SPAWN eESriKE JULLTKAC K 10ll»t!5lb9&OUj'ilOOIbs tl.ao J2.J5 «5.00 J9.00 3,000,000 HARDY cur FERNS MOZ^, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN 4 FESTOONING ol all kinds always on hand. lu fact anything that grows wild. HAKTFOKD & SriCHOLS, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MASS. Diagram Showing V^ .^\. ^C U • low perfect drain- The only pot with Patent Perfect ige iin.1 ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom, s se< ared. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, tie same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Class Certificate of Merit, <1 also HIGHLY COMMENDED by the ■w Jersey HorticnUural Socier Fqis. OF WATERPROOF PAPER. OUB WHOLESAI.K AGE.NTS, AUGUST ROLKER * .SONS, - New York. R. m .1. FARQUHAR & CO., Boston, Mass. Who furnish sani pies by mall, postpaid, on receipt of one dozen 2>4 ' 2'., ' 3 :t!>s " 4 Inch pots. F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, Kast Walpole, Mssh. HALES ) MOLE TRAP .. C-iiarnnteed lo cntcfa her traps falLc. Bold by 1 Implement &nq HAidiran STANDARD FLOWER POT GO. Tole«ao, Olalo. PRICE LIST: Per 100 14 00 20 00 T. O B. at Toledo. No charg'e for packag'e TREES! OVER x,ooo rAKlliiJIiS ,.f SHRUBS, VINES, ROSES, 4,c ■itMid stamp for full m-s.-i-ipti\i' ( ^italn-ni-s, rut.Hl. Address W. S- LITT LE , ■i-ommeraal Hurscri, t. R pcHESTER ;^ i8gi. The American Florist. 551 ESTABLISHED 1854. Qevine's Boiler Works. THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wrousfht Iron Hot Water Boilers. Capacity from 350 to 10,00 FRANK DAN BLISH, Att'y, 387 s. CANAL Street, CHIOA.OO. CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in any part of tlie U. S. or Canada Helliwell Pat, imperishable System, OR WITH putty. For further testimonials, illustrated catalogue oi estimates, address JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS. 69-73 Broadway, NEW YORK. Mention American Florist. PERUVIAN NITRATE SODA Should be belter known and more largely used by intelligent Farmers. Truckers. Florists. Nurserymen and Gardeners. Wherever NITROGEN or AMMONIA is needed NITRATE OF SODA supplies the want in the most available and cheapest form. Constant Supply in Warehouse. Cargo shipments from South America. Regular Direct Importations. Highest Grade. Original Bags. Quotations on application. CHAS.F. PITT & SONS, IMPORTERS, No. 31 South St. BALTIMORE, MD. FAY Currant GRAPES New Grapes— Esther. Kuoitwoud, Eaton, and all others new 4. old. Best and Cheapest. Small Fruits. Catalogne fru. GEO. .-S. JOSSELYN, Kridonin, N.V. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle.St.. CHICAGO. and INSURE Your PLINTS4WER5 SaveYourCoal n nnini steam>$-''hot water FLDRIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes for Steam. Hsizes for Hot Water. 15 sizes for Soft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. ll.i^ a Ma;;a7.iiio Fopd. Tlin.n-i ,,i,i X,, «i.^«. Kaves25pcr <<'■■■ III riK'l. i;\\f<:i uiiifnrin hrat notTBLE THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — Ail, GI,AZIERS' SUPPLIES.— tW Write for Latest prices. 552 The American Florist. Mar. 12, Index to Advertisers. AdvertlslDK Uates etcWO i tAKooheASt hv N F i .54*548 McCrea&Cole ' 1 MoCullOUghsSODBjI Brooks Sisters Brount A ^37 Mau Frederick. BuckbeeU W 5^7 538 May John N S47 548 Meehans Nurse Balst Robert J r 547 Meyer ■ Burns Jt Kaynor. MlchelPlant4SeedC0.6S(i 637 Miller, Geo. W. Carman R W 648 Moffatt G J Cefrey Letter Co 552 Moore Frank L.. Chlpma ~ , John L., A Co. Pierce Butler* PlerceoSl .651: PlersonFR&Co 645 .540' Pitt Chas F & Son 551 .651 Plenty Joaephi DownesWJ .%2 Reason Ellison &Kut l(;llwanger& Barry.... 548 Rlechers F A&Sohne536 BlyZDe Forest & Co. 54S Roemer Fred 543 Exeter Machine Wks. 652 _ _ Ferry DM* Co 513 Rural Pub Co 549 Field SB.... '- " "' . "- — — FIskChasH. .547 Sch;egel & Fottler. .5(1 BchulzJacob Frost James 541 Selover 4 Atwood.. FuIwellerPC 619 Shelmir 547 Situations. Wants.. Hageman Wm 543 SmlthCAFIoralCo.. Hail Association 544 Smith Henry. Bales, H. W Wi SpoonerWm O Hancock Geo . .546 Straui HesserWJ 517 Swayi Hews AH 4 Co 6,iU Hill EG 4 Co f37 Van Hooks J. Hltchlngs* HolUs George 637 Waban Rose. Hooker, H. M .Wl Ware Thos S 649 Hughes EG 549 Waterbury Rubber Co661 EH.. Hunter Frank D.. Jahn Bros JosselynGeo S.. .541 Weathered. Thos. W.. 552 6:18 WelmarBW 641 .651 WhilldlnPotCo 518560 Kane Thomas 4 Co... 662 WlllcorGB 549 Kennlcott Bros 641 Wisconsin Flower Bx.5ll Kift Joseph 538 Wood Bros 537 Lalng John 4 Son8536 648 YoungJohn 511 Larkin Isaac 616 1 Young, Thos. Jr 511 Call.is in ^-inch pots ready to bloom, $20 per 100. W. J. DOWNES. !<0. (- Large and first Class Stock of all the standard varieties of Teas and Hybrid Teas; also new varieties of merit. 2-inch, ready for shipping. Give us your order and we will send you GOOD, HEALTHY PLANTS at fair rates. New Trade List mailed upon application 10 PS R CENT DISCOUNT given from trade list prices on all trders booked before April 1st GERMOND&COSGROVE Sparkill Rockland Co N Y THE CEFREY FLORISTS LETTER CO. Maiirlacliire TEE BEST LETTERS IN THE MAEKET, fastener with each letter. WHEAT DESIGNS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. N. F. MCCABTHY,Mgr. I Address JOHN B. OLDEN, Asst. Mgr. I 13 Green St , BOSTON. r Rods included mt up rnmnlelp frelt'h B era in New York f r 1 iSO 00, and i Thos. W.Weathered's Sons, 46 & 48 MARION STREET. NEW YORK. MAMIrACTUREKS OK mprored ^O'lePS (shaUIng crates). PIPE and PIPE FITTINGS, for heating Greenhouses, &c. MvISTIKAXIKJG ArrARATl'S, for rai.sin}f Saslies in Greenhouses. • ALSO , horticultural ® I^uilders. Conservatories, Greenhouses, &c.. Erected in any part of the United t, with Boiler House 4x4 feet. Beating Apparatus 1 id) within 11)1' miles of New Yorlt Cily for i!{-j.'>.00 iener or ordinary mechanic can erect 1 . in one day. Greenhouse Heatings Ventilating mrcHlNQS 8» CO. *^ 233 Mercer Street, New York. Eighteen Sizes, feorraaalza Bire ]0BX jSeilePS ©addle Ji»Brlei>s, feer)ical Jseilers, J3bs2 ]^upr)ir)a w afer Reafepa Perfect Sash Raising Apparatut. 8«nci 4 oenta postage for Illustrated Catatlogru*. GREENHOUSE HEATING 1 STEAM OR HOT "WATER, i THE "EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and OURABILITY it has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. Works, :B2K:eter, N^. BE. Regan Electric Vapor Pumping Outfit. GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. high for 2 cts. EITHER FORCE OR TANK PUMP. No Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. WINB-MILL "NOT IN IT." KUN BY iSPAKK FKO-U .SMALL H.^TTEKT. You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, f«stf^r|fp!|jff 554 The American Florist. Mar. TO, Copyright, iSoi, by American Florist Coinpauy. Entered as b'econd Class Mail Matter. rvilLISHED KVERY ThURSDAV HV The AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. Subscription, |i.oo a year. To Europe, J2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. Boston, Mass , tary; M. A. nuNT. Terre Haute. Ind., trei The peventll annual meeting at Toronto, August, 1891, Florists' Hail Association. Florists' Protective Association. American Ohrysantln Pa., secretary. OUR TITLE PAGE How do you like the title page of this issue^ Weconsider it not onh' strikingly beautiful and expressive of the season from the florist's standpoint, but a triumph of the engraver's and the printer's art. The group of decorative and flowering plants was arranged and photographed specially for our ti'ile page and to our mind it most forcibly demonstrates the fact that nature herself furnishes by far the most efiective and beautiful material for an ornamental design. How the product of the artist's brush or pencil pales before this simple, faithful repro- duction of nature's own grace and beautyl Here art has simply brought together in an arrans;ement pleasing and grateful to the eye a few of the forms of beauty that boundless nature has so freely' given us, and has exercised its true function in simply permitting nature to give full expression to her charms. The arrangement of the group shown is worthy of a careful study. It is a beautiful exposition of true art in the arrangements of plants; to most eff'eetive- ly display the grace and beauty of each individual while combining all into an harmonious whole. At the top are specimens of Areca lutescens and a tall lil\' while just below appear a plant each of Pandanus Veitchii and Kentia Forsteriana; the two broad leaved dractenas are D. fragrans, each flanked by specimens of Araucaria excelsa, while at the base appear blooming plants of genistas and heaths and small plants of pandanus. Back of the bunch of lilies in the center are blooming plants of the "Paris daisy." We promised to make our Easter num- ber the handsomest issueof the American Florist ever published, and we believe vou will agree with us that it is all that was promised. Each copy of this issue has been mailed in a separate wrap- per to guard against possible injury in the mails and to avoid marring the beautiful title page with the printed ad- dress label. Our Illustrations. In this issue we present engravings of a large number of orchid flowers. All the sorts shown are not illustrated because of their value as cut flowers, for many of them are of no value for that purpose or are so high priced as to be beyotid the reach of the commercial florist; they are shown merely to give to that large por- tion of our readers who have but little if anj- acquaintance with orchids, some idea of the wonderfully varied forms of these often exquisitely beautiful and again fre- quently strange, curious and fantastic productions of nature. The colors of the flowers range from the most beautiful and pleasing shades imaginable to dull browns and even blacks and greens; in fact the shades of color are as varied and often as strange and surprising as the forms of the flowers. In the groups of flowers of a single genera we have endeavored to show as manv different forms of the tvjje as pos- sible" from the inaUri.il :it hand, the illus- trations beiiiu i.iiu;r,i\ L(1 mainly from col- ored plates issiKil with /.iiideiiia,a ]nibli- cation devoted exclusively to orchids. Whilewe have been unable to reproduce the colors, the forms of the flowers and their markings are accurately shown, though all are more or less reduced in size. As can be readily ituagined the cost ot so many beautifully executed engravings has been very considerable, but we feel assured that they will be so well appre- ciat:d by our readers as to fully repay us for the money and time expended. Orchids for Cut Flowers. The increasing demand for orchids as cut flowers induced us a few years ago to grow a number of winter flowering varieties; we find them but ver3' little trouble and they occupy very little valu- able space. In winter they do well sus- pended in a palm house from the roof and get only a daily syringing at the same time the palms get their watering. Few other plants would do well if orchids were suspended rather thickly over them, but palms will not show any ill effects as they require copious watering and s\-ring- ing nearly everyday in the year and are rather benefitted b3' the little shade these suspended plants throw over them. We grow most everything on blocks or in baskets to save bench room. Our cat- tleyas are all suspended, even those in pots; we lay a wire around the pot and attach three longer pieces twisted to- gether at the upper end into a loop, and hang them up. Another advantage in suspending is that snails, wood lice and cockroaches, so destructive to all kinds of orchids in most houses, can not possibly reach the plants and we are never both- ered with either ol these pests on the suspended plants. In our practice we have found cattleyas to do best on apple wood with very little or no moss at all; strong roots, some of them one and a half feet long, hanging in bunches away down below the block and these roots keep in a healthy condition, while potted plants will show more or less decayed roots in the pots or on the surface of the dressing. The treatment in summeris little difterent only more water is given. 1 have an old sash house with plenty of woodwork in the roof and small sized glass, where I keep azaleas in winter. By the middle of May the azaleas are turned out doors and after cleaning the liouse thoroughly all cattleyas and other heat loving orchids are hung up in this structure, the glass is shaded with naphta and white lead and the plants are sjt- inged once or twice a day, giving abund- ance of air in bright weather until the time arrives for the azaleas to go into winter quarters again. By this time the orchids will have finished their growth and arc removed to the palm house again. We also :;r(i\v n lot of cypripediums. mostly C. iiisi;;iie, liiit have to give them bench romn. .\nimiL;them are a fewvery good ones of the Chantini and albo-mar- ginatum type, which we got accidentally two years ago in a lot of newly imported stock, one plant being identical with C. insigneKimballianinn.anotherisan extra large sized Cliantiiii, much larger than the "type. Tliere were about 50 plants in the lot and no two of them are exactly alike, they all ditier in some feature. I purchased them at the time from Mr. F. Mau, and it is a mystery to many of us how and why this particular importation should have been so varied, while others would not bring us anj' but the old com- mon insigne or the Sylhetense. Another freak I have is a pure white Saccolabium gigantenmin bloom now for the first time. I bought it for giganteum, and in habit and foliage it is not dis- tinguishable from the type, at least I consider it n rarity, for I have never seen or heard of a jnirc white one before. Can some specialist give me a name for it? I should be very thankful. 1. B. Keller. Another season of orchid experience is now here. I am often asked whether the orchid flowers are now popular on ordi- nary as well as extraordinary occasions; my answer to such enquiries invariably is that if I had four times the quantity I could have disposed of them this season at remunerative prices. I am continually adding to my stock in the leading cut flower varieties of orchids and it seems the more I grow of them the less trouble I have in their cul- tivation and management. I know it will be a surprise to many when I sav that I am cultivatingfourhousesof them, each house 70 to 90 feet, with one young man and a boy, excepting in the potting season when two or three hands are added to the force so as to make a short job of it. .\s soon as a crop of flowers is cut from a species the plants are carefully put in either a place to rest in a cooler house or put into stronger heat and more moist- ure according to their requirements. Those for rest are placed in the roof and ends of cool houses; "no water," the moisture from syringing plants in the house beingenough to prevent shrivelling. The resting of the orchid is the greatest secret in their cultivation. Many species that are considered hard to flow.r and grow by many people suffer much from too kind treatment when they should be entirely left alone in a cool temperature. This rule applies to telias, Odontoglos- sum grande, O.lnsleyi, and many of the Mexican and South American orchids. Dendrobium nobile and D. Wardianum, the two best varieties for cut flower trade, should be gradually rested from October 15 in a temperature of 45° to 50° with just enough moisture to prevent shrivel- ling. About the beginning of the ^-ear many of them will be showing flower i8gi The American Florist. 555 OYPRIPBDIUMS. C. Druryi. C. Cannartiamim. C. Moensianum. C. Maesereelianum. buds all up the stem of the 1 growth and can then be safely put into a temperature of 65° to 75°, when in from twenty to twenty-five days they will be in a blaze of flower. My plan is then to keep them growing slowly till towards spring, when they are plentifully supplied with heat and moisture till growths are finished and bulbs firm; then water is gradually withheld till they are stored away to their needed rf st; they can then be taken into the warm house in batches of twenty or thirty at a time to suit the wants of the cultivator. Odontoglossum Pescatorei and 0. crispum are among the very finest and most useful orchids in cool cultivation. I grow them by the thousand in a cool house sunk well into the ground, roof steep so as to admit overhead almost the year round either resting or growing plants as occasion requires. I find the house ventilates easier by having a steep roof and plants overhead make just the kind of shade the odontoglots like. The side benches are solid, being cemented on the natural soil; overthe cementare racks made of 2-inch strips on which the pots stand; in the summer season water is plentifully used on the cement benches, which supplies plenty of moisture. I think this much preferable to stagnant water in tanks so often seen in horticul- 556 The American Florist. Mar ig, tural estiiblishtnents. Fresh water evap- orated two or three times a day makes a mueh better moisture than that from stagnant water. Odontoglots are now piishmg then- flower spikes freely and the plants should be earefuUv looked over every day and those that are showing flower spikes should be carefullv picked out and given a little more elevation, warmth and light, care being taken that thev are not ex- posed fullv to the sun's rays. Place a little loose cotton at the base of the flower stalk to prevent insects getting up to devour the buds. These little atten- tions are the meansof nuichof the success in the cultivation ot this lovely tribe of orchids; on the other hand if left alone they will bring nothing but disappoint- ment and discouragement to the owner. I have seen odontoglossum collections where they were permitted to take care of themselves show proof that the small snails and wood lice etc. had eaten up a great percentage of the crop; then of course the cry goes up: "Oh, they are hard to flower." Do not over-pot this class of plants; do not let them get water logged; do not let them get dry; do not keep them sopped with wet. Keep them cool and out of the draughts and every plant will repay for the care that should be given them. Care should be exercised at this season not to overheat the orchid houses. Give air by bottom ventilation on all suitable occasions, also bv top ventilation on every mild day, but avoid draughts if the air is cold. Cattleyas are now in their glory of bloom and shovdd have attention by shading, gentle ventilation and water- ings; keep paths and benches moist by frequent waterings; tie out the bloom, place cotton loosely at base of bloom stock, look out tor scale which must be carefully kept in check. I find frequent fumigation a great preventive of scale, as the male fly does not like the fumes of tobacco. My practice is to smoke the house always once a week, and often twice when the crop of any species of cattlej'a has been cut; not because the smoke damages the flower but because the smell of tobacco fumes are objection- able when carried in the flower. Cypripediums should now be carefully looked over to see that they have proper drainage and the sphagnum that has be- come decayed should be removed, the pot washed and fresh sphagnum that is in growing condition (by being kept out doors) should be used as material for re- potting. I find I can grow the cypripe- diums faster and better with nice fresh sphagnum and plenty of drainage than by any other way. Shade sufficiently so that they are not exposed to the direct rays of the sun, keep up plenty of moist- ure and a temperature of 58° to 70° and the cypripedium will prove a very satis- factory and interesting orchid to grow and will well repay all the efforts given to make their cultivation successful. Strange as it may seem, the hybrid vari- eties are more vigorous than natural species; all are as a rule easily grown and are now a much admired class of plants; their lasting qualities too are much appre- ciated by all lovers of choice flowers. Wm. Mathews. When writing to advertisers please mention the fact that you were induce 3 to write by the advertisement in the American Florist. You will benefit us by letting advertisers know that it is the Florist that is bringing them trade. Questions Answered by Mr. Thorpe. I The ansiL'crs given were in response to questions asked Mr Thorpe ajter the rnldnig of hts essay at Boston be/ore the Massachusetts Horticultural Socielv.A What is known of the new early varieties offered by European growers? This is a matter of importance to those who have no greenhouse. Mr. Thorpe replied that with one or two exceptions, the early flowering varie- ties raised in Europe have not given sat- isfaction owing to their being unable to withstand the excessive heat of our sum- mer. It will be reasonable to expect a few of the many early varieties offered by Deleaux will succeed but ho w many will have to be proved; the moist and temper- ate climate of France and England where chrysanthemums do well out of doors is very different from ours. Ifwe desire to succeed in raising a series of early flower- ing varieties to withstand the variations and vicissitudes of our climate, we must raise our own seedlings and save none but what stand the ordeal thej- arc sub- jected to. In other words they must be to the manor born. Deleaux claims for his set that they will begin to flower as early as July 15; we have already several pompons that would flower by that date providing they could be made to grow. I think what we retiuirc is a series begin- ning to flower not earlier tlian September 1, having the characteristics mentioned b}- me in my essay. M. E. Nichols is a variety having some of these good points; it is a sturdy grower, it has thick leathery leaves, the flowers are of medium size, rather undecided in color; it flowers about October 5. Harvest Queen is a good white asisalso Mdlle Lacroix, flow- ering about October 15; the flowers of the last two named are much better when grown under glass. Which is the best early variety for market cut flowers? Mr. Thorpe said that depended upon what color is desired. If white, Jessica; the best ^-ellow, Rohallion, followed by Gloriosum five days later or about Oc- tober 15; it is astonishing how much dif- ference five days make. In reply to a question as to what variety- remained longest in perfection, Mr. Thorpe said that depended on the time of year. The duration of bloom varies from fifteen to twenty days. By judicious selection and special cultivation chrysanthemums can be had in bloom from January 1 to December 31. The blooms probably will not all be up to first-class grade as to form, size, color and quality, as when flowered in the au- tumn, but will possess enough good points to make them acceptable. For ten years I have never been without chrysanthemum flovi'crs. We have but to remember they are herbaceous plants which when they start to grow, keep on urtil they produce buds and flowers, and if grown naturally, seeds, which com- plete their work. Do not Uiinl; nuicli is gained by thus interfering willi tluir natural time of flowering as wc know. sti.iw berries are best in June, just as t 111 \ s.mthemums are best in November. Is it wise to award prize medals for iRw \ arieties upon exhibition of the first flowers, or better to defer awards until the supei'ior character of the new plant has been established? Mr. Thorpe repliedthatthefirst year his seedling Mrs. Cleveland flowered he thought it a canital prize; it was propagat- ed and sold the following spring; when it flowered the second year instead of prov- ing itself a gem of the first water, it came down as low as third class. Yes, seed- lings should always be tested more than one season and no prize be awarded to an3' until its superiority in character and habit is fully established. He said also that it is unwise for a grower to offer to the public any new plant or flower until its merits are shown to be greater than existing kinds, especially when varieties are so numerous and in many cases so excellent. Is there any remedy that will kill the little hopper insect that so injures the plants out of doors during summer? Mr. Thorpe said that Prof. E. V. Riley of the department of agriculture at Washington, D. C, had taken a great deal of interest in the investigation of the enemy which attacks not only chrysanthemums but the asters, golden rod, and other composites. The female stings the stem of the plants to deposit her eggs, causing a disorganization of the sap which is shown b3' numerous ex- crescences. As a preventive the best remedy I know is a solution of one ounce of bitter aloes in four gallons of water and to syringe the plants with it twice a week from July 1, to the middle of August. If one desires to grow plants in the open ground to be shifted into pots for late blooming in the house, it is necessary such varieties should be those having compact habits, bright clean heal+hy foliage, those that do not suffer from the attack of either white mildew or black rust. This black rust is a peronospora closely allied to potato fungus. Ada Spaulding, H. E. Widener and Violet Rose, are kinds having many good and desirable qualities as mentioned before. There are many of the finest old style incurved flowers, which have representa- tives in Queen of England, Mrs. Shipman and Princess of Wales, that do not do at all well here, whereas in England they are most popular and give great satis- faction. I have }'et to see a really first- class dozen of these kinds in America. They have suitable conditions to make perfect flowers of these varieties that we have not here, and it must be the climate as we have as much skill and as good ap- pliances as any countr}' has. The question was asked if there had been 24 Chinese incurved flowers shown in America that would rank in England as first-class? Mr. Thorpe did not believe there had been 24 flowers shown in one stand that would rank as second or scarcely third class. In regard to specimen plants of the old incurved kinds he said they were not equal in quality to the cut flowers. That famous variety, Mrs. Runtlle and her two sports, always appear in eompetetive groups; in six varieties there are generally two out o( three Rundles, and in nine or more varie- ties it is almost a certainty that all are shown. A question was asked where the best twelve Japanese varieties originated: Japan, .\merica, France or England? Mr. Thorpe replied that at this date i8gi. The American Florist. 557 C. Curtisi. C. Van Houttcani CYPRIPEDIUMS C. Bellatulum. C. Harrisianum var. su])erbum. C. Elliottianum. C. Arthuriaiium var. pallidum. C. Microchiluni. probably the best twelve were direct im- portations from Japan, but by next year or the year after at the most, twenty-four American raised seedlings will be in culti- vation that will beat twenty-four from any other country, from the fact of there being so many engaged in raising seed- lings and also from the fact that the standard of requirements has been raised. There are now a great manv seedlings on probation; if they prove to be as good as when seen last season they will give us these additional good varieties. What are the very best late kinds to have in flower at Christmas? Mrs. Humphreys, Ethel, Mrs. H. J. Jones and Governor of Guernsey- arc ordi- narily late flowering kinds. But it de- pends a great deal upon the manipula- tion. If the plantsare allowed to become very dry in August and the wood ripens they will flower the middle of November, but if they are kept growing and the wood remains soft several weeks later, they will then flower in December. It is not a cjuestion so much as to when the cuttings are taken as it is how continu- ously they are kept growing after they are rooted, up to say eight weeks before they are required to be in flower; perhaps it would be better to take cuttings later rather than very early of late flowering kinds. In reply to a question as to the best six varieties for market cut flowers, Mr. Thorpe said he would not attempt that. He would prefer to name one hun- dred and did name fifty and more, and would leave the select choice to his ques- 5S8 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ VIEW IN ONE OP MR. WM. MATHEWS' ORCHID HOUSES, CATTLEYAS IN THE FOREGROUND. doner who would doubtless want them coming into the market from September 1, to January 1, consisting of all the popular colors such as yellow, white, pink, bronze and red and also a few fancy or parti-colored varieties; then as has been observed chrysanthemum flowers last about fifteen days. From the first of September to the first of January is four months or 120 days so it would take eight varieties of one color to cover the time; therefore it will be seen that at least thirty to forty kinds are required to fill the bill. Mr. Thorpe gave the follow- ing list of Japanese types as being of great merit, from Japan direct: W. H. Lincoln, Vohmteer, Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. Alpheus Hardv, Louis Boehmer, Kioto, Mr. H. Cannell, Christmas Eve, E. G. Hill, Comte de Germiny, G. F. Moseman and Robert Bottoraley. Twelve Ameri- can varieties: Violet Rose, Mrs. M. J. Thomas, Minnie Wanamaker, Harry E. Widener, Ada Spaulding, Carrie Dennv, G. P. Rawson, Excellent, Mandus, Miss Mary Wheeler, Mrs. Bowen and Cyclone. Twelve varieties raised in France: Belle Paule, Ceres, Etoile de Lyon, Margot, In- comparable, M. Bernard, Roi Japonais, Mme C. Audiguier, Boule d'or, Alcyon, Jeanne Deleaux and Valle d' Andarre. The best twelve English varieties: Elaine, Eynsford White, Sunflower, Martha Harding, Joseph Mahood, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Carew Underwood, James Sal- ter, Mrs. T. Jamieson, Stanstead Surprise, William Robinson and Mr. Mathews. In reply to a question as to the possi- bility of producing a blue chrysanthe- mum, Mr. Thorpe replied that a blue chrysanthemum was exhibited at Phila- delphia but unfortunately it was made of paper. However he fully believed we would live to see a genuine blue chrysan- themum . The old botanists declared that we could not have blue, yellow and red in the same species of plant, but we have blue, yellow and red hya- cinths and he saw no good reason why we should not get the same colors in the chrysanthemum. How limited were the original colors of the chrysanthemum flower. "They were a pale yellow, white and a very weak lilac shade, and from these have been elaborated all the colors and shades we now enjoy in this flower. This has been accomplished by very slow and persistent work in selection and cross fertilization and in the finding of sports. Notice how intensified have be- come the yellows and how many shades there are. The lilac has become pink of pure shading; then as to red,CulHngfordii often times when the flowers are closely shaded presents us with nearly a pure tone of red. The most pronounced pur- ple we have to-day is from the lightly tipped incurved Princess of Wales, being a "sport" named Violet Tomlin; it is really purple. Now we cannot get purple without blue, and to those who are hard at work in the field of development, a blue chrysanthemum would not be such a great surprise. Raisers of seedlings fre- quently see signs of a new departure four or five years before it actually takes place. The blue chrysanthemum may first be obtained from a sport. In reply to another question Mr. Thorpe said he did not believe the constitution of the chrysanthemum had been impaired by continual cross fertilization. On the other hand, the American raised seedlings of the past three years have decidedly more vigorous habits than those of years previous. Raisers of seedlings have now got to that point where they throw away all weakly seedlings, unless they have some new features which are desir- able to develop in future generations. When his seedHngsare aboutfour months old,beinggenerally then in 3-inch pots, he discardsall plants of puny growth and con- stitutional weakness, thus doing away with all the bother of and often the temp- tation to keep a weakling when in flower. Is the degeneracy of plants inherent in them or is it the result of the treatment they receive at the hands of the grower? Mr. Thorpe believed that all plants, just like ourselves, have a natural period of existence, providing always that they i8gi. The American Florist. 559 ODONTOGLOSSUMS 1. O. Vexillariuni var. piirpureum. 2. O. Rossi var. Mommianuni. O. Warocqueanum. 5. O. I'ro Skinneri. 6. O. Harryanum. 8. O. Halli var. Lindeni. 9. O. Radiatum. 10. O.Grande. 3. C). Wilckeanum Albens. 7. O. Coradinei Grandiflorum. 11. O. Nevadense. are surrounded with a natural environ- ment. The chrysanthenunn is an herba- ceous plant fulfilling the purpose ofits being is one year's growth, and its con- stitution is generally not only equal to its needs, but somewhat in excess; this enables us to multiply plants by cuttings which is simply an extension of the life of the paient plant and not a complete renewal of it as in propagation by seeds. Plants not raised in America, and propa- gated only by cuttings must have all the weakness of the original stock, with a short prospective existence. These re- marks apply to ])lants that shall be used as garden plants, where no artificial pro- tection is given tlian is afforded a gera- nium or other summer flowering plants. On the other hand in the raising of Amer- ican seedlings for a given purpose, as for instance a thoroughly reliable race of 560 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ ARRANGEMENT OP FLOWERS IN BOXES garden plants, if at any time during May five hundred seedlings are planted in the open ground, to which is given fairly good cultivation, there will come a time when some of these plants begin to weaken, that is they make no progress, and as the trying summer lengthens many others will drop behind until probably at the end of September, your five hundred seedlings have a representation of fifty healthy and vigorous plants only. It is these fifty then that have the constitution and the vigor you desire to propagate. I have often said that we ought to raise American plants for American gardens; a great many of the European novelties of all the plants are failures here. It is not that they are worthless but because the conditions they are subjected to is not to their liking. Mr. Thorpe said his experience had aftbrded him such positive proof as to the growth of chrysanthemums that he believes when cuttings are taken at a fairly early time it makes no ditTerence whether from a strong plant or a weak one provided always that they are properly treated afterwards. A cutting no thicker than a knitting needle if well cared for from the start should be as strong at two months later date as one that was originally as large as a pencil. Some believe that permitting a plant to produce only a few flowers tends to strengthen the plant; the fact is it costs the plant less efiort to elaborate one flower, than it does fifty. If a plant is allowed to carry all its flowers without disbudding what a task it has! A single shoot of some varieties has as many as forty buds formed and when we consider that each flower when open carries from 140 to 150 florets, the strain on the plant is a very severe one. You CAN NOT afford to take any chances on your spring advertising. The only way toreachthewHOLETRADEis through the American Florist. Notes on the Arrangement of Flowers in Boxes. One of the most important things in putting up a box of flowers, is to have the box. Several years ago I knew of old shoe boxes being used; one of the more enterprising firms that used them, had laliels printed, and when the boys had nothing else to do, not even tooth picks to stem, they could paste these labels on the tops of the boxes, leaving the picture of the shoe on the ends; some other firms that used shoe boxes thought that labels were a useless extravagance, so did without them. We find constant use for eleven differ- ent sizes of cut flower boxes, and shall add several more for Easter. Six of the boxes we have in two styles. These eleven sizes do not include pillow, cross, wreath or bouquet boxes. Every morning as soon as the fresh flowers come in, we select the flowers that have been ordered bj- n;imc; if these flowers are to be delivered in the morning, they are picked out and the one that is to pack them can determine what size box is best to use, always selecting one that will accommodate the longest stems with out bending; and it is quite as bad to put flowers in a box that is too large, as in one that is too small; in the former case many of the roses are apt to break off" their stems or get badly bruised by moving in the box. If the flowers are not to be delivered until the afternoon, they are selected and put in vases and put on the top shelf "in the vault;" in this way we are sure that our customers will get the varieties they want and that they will be ofgood quality; these flowers are never used for any other purpose un- less we are sure that we can duplicate them in time for the order. Many of our customers prefer to leave the selection of the flowers entirely to us, simply naming a price; this practice we try to encourage for several reasons; always, however, endeavoring to ascer- tain i'or what purpose the flowers are to be used; if for a person that is sick, we avoid using any that are very fragrant, but rather bright and well chosen colors. If they are going to a lady that we know to be a judge, we are careful to select specimen flowers, and if we have an\- thing very rare, give it a prominent place in the box; then other customers prefer quantity to quality, these also we try to accommodate. In many cases we know that society women have strong likes and dislikes; this one is partial to violets and valley, this one \o hybrids, this one "detests La France," that one has told us never to use smilax in anything that we send to her; "all the maiden hair fern that you want to, but no smilax;" these points we try to remember. Another thing we consider in selecting "cut flowers," is that they maylook well in the box; for instance, in picking out a choice lot, we first select the long stemmed ones, then the shorter, and finally the shortest, color always playing an impor- tant part; then as they lay on the shelf or in the pan, the one that packs them has a suggestion of how to do it, and can readily determine the size box to use. If the flowers are particularly fine, he will use one of the special boxes (as illus- trated). These boxes are made outofvery rough card board, with a double bottom so that the moisture \\\\\ not spoil them, lined with waxed paper, (as we do all of our boxes) tied with red tape and sealed with red wax, making a very stylish package. The sealing has been appreciated by many customers, as it insures the safety of the note or card and gives the pleasure of opening the box, to the one for whom it was intended. Many also know that only our best flowers go into these boxes. After the flowers have been arranged, if the colors are dark, we often sprinkle a few white violets, or light pansies over iSgi. The American Florist. 561 ffmsp\K:?{ 1. M. Spectrum. 2. M. Shuttleworthii. 3. M. Lindeni var. grandiflora. 4. M. Macrura. 5. M. Roezli. 6. M. Tovarensis. 7. M. Estrada;. S6: The American Florist. Mar. ig. the top, or if the eftect is light, we use purple violets or pansies (not blue), and then draw a veil of maiden hair fern or asparagus. It is often well when one color predom- inates to put in just a touch of its com- plimentary color; for instance, a handsome box of violets and valley, if you had a little piece of acacia, to curve on the top, as a bit of color, it would be beautiful, and the curved line that you naturally eouUl k'cl would be pleasing; this combi- nation would i,Mve pleasure to any person of refined lasie; senile would know why, others would ihiiik oiilv of the effect. H. H. Hattles. Watering and Ventilation. {Read bv George Corhctt before the Ciminnati Florisl's Society. January lo. ibgt.} Gentlemen of the Cincinnati Florist's Society. At your request I will give vou my experience on watering and ventila- tion. It may be of some benefit to the beginner. No operation in the greenhouse reqiures more care and good judgment than watering; and proper attention to this matter is frequently the key note to suc- cess. There is reallv no fixed rule that can be given that will properly api^ly to the various plants growing under quite different circumstances, so it is at once apparent that watering should be entrusted only to a man who is thor- oughly experienced and possessed of ex- cellent judgment. It must be borne in mind that injury is done not only by allowing plants to become too dry, but also bv giving water when not required. Speaking now of roses planted out on benches, in the winter mouths we endeavor to keep the soil a little on the dry side, as the soil is thereby kept sweet and the roots in a healthy condition, but as the sun grows strong and evaporation more rapid, great care must be taken to prevent wilting, which will greatly lessen the size and deaden the color of the flowers. The most suc- cessful florists in the country today are those who give close attention to water- ing. I venture the assertion that more roses are stunted by indiscriminate watering than trom any othei cause. Solid beds should be watered with the fact thoroughly understood that they are vastly different from raised benches. In fact the difference in value of the two systems depends altnost entirely on the care in watering. I prefer the raised benches for the reason that the beds are less liable to become oversoaked by careless watering and again the quicker drainage and evapo- ration of the benches allow us to give more frequent syringings than would be safe with solid beds. We all know the syringe is the best means of keeping down the red spider. The nature of the soil in which the roses are growing will govern watering to some extent. The side benches with several rows of pipe underneath will require the most water and the most careful attention. The soil will dry at the bottom of the bench first because of severe firing and the syringing is very liable to deceive the grower by keeping the surface moist, while the roots at the bottom of the bench are suffering. We use a trowel and examine the border to the bottom. In the short days of winter we never walk into a rose house and commence to water until we first make an examination of the soil and see just where the benches require water. When the soil becomes solid and would readily pass through a coarse screen then we consider it time to apply water and not again until the soil requires it. It is best in using the hose to run the water slow enough to give time to water the dry places only and keep clear of places where water would be. injurious. Avoid watering to such an extent that the substance of the soil is carried through the bottom of the bench, but give enough to show through. We all admit that mildew is generally caused by a cold draught and bad venti- lation, but over wet antl over dry benches will produce the same result. I don't believe in using water in winter any colder than the temperature of the rose house. We use water from a tower elevated about 25 feet and kept warm by a small flow and return pipe, passing down and into a furnace. This answers the purpose splendidly. Watering and syringing is done early in the day so that the foliage is well dried off before night sets in. Never be caught with foliage wet on a cold night. To create a moist atmosphere we use evap- orating pans filled with tobacco water which keeps green fly in cheek and also red spider. Probably the most dangerous kind of watering for the inexperienced to trifle with is manure watering. We never use any until the days lengthen and the soil becomes exiiausted and the plants are in good working condition to use it. VENTILATION. We have a portion of our roses growing under glass where we used zinc joints in the glazing, at the laps also some houses without the joints. This I can assure you has a great deal to do with the ven- tilation in severe weather, when very little can be given. A house where the joints are used is almost air tight, so there is no continual circulation of air coming in through the laps of the glass like there is in a house where they are not used. In the tight houses we gener- ally give a crack of ventilation in severe weather, just enough to change the at- mosphere, but where the joints are not used, the laps of the glass give sufficent in severe weather. In a tight house more care is required in the fall before firing commences. A small crack of ventilation should be left on all night for if there is the least amount of moisture around at night it will condense and a heavy dew settle over the foliage, which means a bad crop of fungus in the near future. This does not occur to such an extent if the house is not a tight one. September and October care in ventila- tion is more especially required, just before firing commences in earnest. At this period mildew often makes its ap- pearance. We fire very early in the fall, just enough to create a circulation of air and prevent the dew from settling over the plants. I may claim that mildew never troubles our roses and I think very little would be seen any where if a few essential points in ventilation were considered. Be sure you ventilate on the right side, and not "against the wind. Give very little at first and increase afterwards. Don't neglect to close up in time; better to reduce a lit- tle, rather than close up all at once. I don't believe that a plant house should be perfectly air tight at any time, any iiinrc than a sleeping room shoidd be. .\ VI r\ important point is to cool the jiijics iifl (|uick in the morning after severe firing, when we are sure of a bright dav. It is just as necessary to cool the wateroff quick as it is sometimes to warm it up quick. Those who use steam certainly have the advantage in cooling down quick and are not compelled to ventilate so early on a cold morning. In all our glazing now we are using the zinc joints and like our neighbor florists here believe them to be a great saving to us in fuel and glass. Answers to Qu The following questions are asked by a retail florist .and answered by Mr. Wm. Falconer: "Where can I buy the true Ehneagnus longipes?" Thomas Meehan & Son, Ger- mantown, Philadelphia, and several others. "The Trifoliate orangeis represented as being very meritorious. What about its hardiness and merits?" In sheltered places it is hardy about New York. Its flowers are white, fragrant and in bloom about or after the middle of May. The plant has strong spines and small some- what sparse leaves. It has fruited nicely at Flushing, L. I., but we require to test it further belore saying much about it. "When should we sow seeds of Pennise- tum longistylum?" For use for summer outdoor gardening sow at once — Feb- ruary or March— in the greenhouse, and grow on the plants in pots till planting out time in May. "What is the cause of the poisoning from Primula obeonica? Is there any preventive therefor?" Thelate Dr. George Thurbur. who made a microscopic exam- ination of the plant, was inclined to attribute it to the jointed hairs with which the leaves and other parts of the plant are so thickly beset, lireaking off and entering the skin and causing the irritation. There is no preventive except don't touch the plants; at the same time some people can handle them with im- punity. "Is there any danger of loss in trans- planting European beech trees or risk that they will not do well here?" The European beech does well here, witness the many fine specimens of purple and weeping beeches to be seen in so many gardens and which are varieties of the European species. And they can be transplanted with perfect safety provid- ing they are very carefully handled, their roots well preserved and kept moist and their tops cut well back. "What is the best variet3' of climbing hydrangea?" There is only one in gen- eral cultivation, namely H. scandens. It is illustrated in the Florist, page 567, Aug. 1,1888. The other plant sometimes confounded with this is Schizophragma hydrangeoides which is very much like the climbing hydrangea, but barely as pretty when in bloom. Indeed many of the plants in the trade sold as schizo- phragma are only hydrangea, for some years ago when these Japanese vines were introduced the name schizophragma was the one applied to the hydrangea, and thej' have Ijeen mixed up together ever since. But both are perfectly hardy and well worth growing. "Can't irisesof sorts be planted in early spring?" Certainly. Tufted irises like the Siberian and Ktempfer's can be trans- planted at any time; surface rhizomatous sorts like the German and crested can very well be planted in early spring, but it is better to plant bulbous irises as Iris reticulata and English ana Spanish irises in fall. If vou LIKE the American Florist give it your fullest support by confining your orders to those who advertise in its columns and mention the paper when ordering. i8gi. The American Florist, 563 1. C. Chocoensis var. Miss I 4. C. Schilleriana var. Amaliana. \ % '-^ ^:...> m^ ^ OATTLEYAS. 2. C.aurea. 3. C. Mossiae var. Warocqueaiu-i 5. C. Warneri. Something New. Tlie Florists' convention to be held at Toronto next August promises to be the most practical, interesting and nset'ul that has yet taken place, and it becomes every florist in the country to add to this in- terest. The Executive Committee have provided an excellent program, and they together with the local committee have made admirable arrangements for the holding of the convention, and now comes the Nomenclature Committee with, I hope, a glad surprise for you all. The synonomj' of the names of plants was so thoroughly gone into by the sev- eral sub-committees last year, that I find very little fresh material in this field, and hunting the rascals up is a harrassing "Ud disagreeable job, it is so hard to get convincmg proof against them, at the same time some ugly facts are accumu- lating. But we find the question of New Plants of very great interest indeed. The people want to know what plants are new and if these new plants, as they severally have got them, are true to name. Now as we as a committee are scattered over a thousand miles of country and cannot very well get together often to S64 The American Florist. Mar. rg, these new plants and compare , them with old varieties and pass an opinion upon their names, one of my colleagties suggested to me the advisa- bility of asking our vice-president, Mr. John Chambers, the superintendent of Publie Parks, Toronto, if he would grow and test anv new plant or plants whose identity is iii dispute, that the florists of the coiintrv would send to him for this purpose, aiid if he would so consent, then invite the florists to send such plants to him. Acting on this suggestion I wrote to Mr. Chambers who kindlj' replied as follows; "I entirely agree with your views on the matter and will only be too glad to under- take what vou have suggested. It would be interesting work for me and would un- doubtedly prove to beofgreat valueto our brother gardeners and florists. Any- thing vou mav have or know of anybody having, if vou will send it to me it shall have the best of care. I will appoint one ofmv voungmen to take charge of the same, and will also give it my personal supervision." Now brother florists this is an exceed- ingly valuable opportunity for you. If you have a new or uncommon variety of geranium, coleus, begonia, canna, dahlia, rose, carnation, fuchsia, or anything else send it to Mr. Chambers and he will plant it out or keep it indoors as will be bestfor the plant, and then when thecon- vcntion meets there in August not only will the Nomenclature Committee in full have an opportunity of examining and noting these plants, but the plants shall be right there, established and growing under the eye and criticism ofevery mem- ber who attends the meeting. They will not be special plants grown and primped up for the occasion, but matter of fact material. And if you have what you think is a misnamed plant send it there and let Mr. Chambers grow it and the committee pass upon it. One of the great advantages of these tests will be the fact th.at Mr. Chambers is an absolutely disinterested party; he is the Superintendent of Parks of the city of Toronto, and not in anyway interested in the florist business commercially; and he has both ample greenhouse and outdoor accommodation for these tests right be- side the hall in which the convention is to beheld. If you will cheerfully respond to this generous invitation extended to you by Mr. Chambers, \ni. will .-iilil a new and intensely inteixsliiii; Icilnn to our con- ventions and li.ivc ilie lii^uest possible kind of an advertisement for yourself. Wm. Falconer. Chairman S. A. F. Committee on Nomen- clature. Lilium Wallichianum Superbum. The introduction of this superb lily will again call attention to that group of Indian lilies, of which Nepalense, Neilg- herrense and Philippense are representa- tives. It is well known to cultivators of lilies that the members of this Indian group have always being difficult to manage, the trouble being that they are very excitable, delicate in growth and make but few roots. From information I have just received it is evident that Wallichianum superbum has none of the weaknesses of its relatives. When a plant grows six feet high and carries eleven flowers and requires scarcely any support, it certainly is a vigorous and different plant to the ordinary run of Indian lilies. It must be borne in mind that this group will not stand rough treatment; they must have the protection of ,a green- house from September to May. If Walli- chianum superbum ever gets cheap enough for florists to grow in quantity, what a magnificent Easter lily it will be. The coloring of its immense trumpet shaped flowers is most beautiful, a rich golden yellow and white inside, bronzy brown and white on the outside. The tvpe of Wallichianum was introduced to England in 1850. John Thorpe. Butted Glass in Glazing. Here is an engraving from the drawing sent us by Mr. H. Dale, showing the wooden cap used to hold the glass in place. A description of his method of using ap- peared on page 524 of March 5th issue. The Cut Worm. Will you kindly tell me of some remedy for the cut worm (1 think it is). It li.is got in among the sinilrix ,-m(l at iii,L;lit eats off all the young shunts ;iik1 leaves as fast as they appear. Some nights we pick off hundreds of the pests. It is like a caterpillar and burrows at the roots of the plants. Does this pest also attack roses or other plants? The sod I use is from an old pasture and is fine for roses. I think the eggs must have been in the soil, although the worms did not appear until a few weeks ago. Mac. In reply to your correspondent "Mae" the insect that is giving him so much trouble is what is commonly known as the cut worm ( Agrotis segetum). It be- longs to a family rather noted for its destructiveness to growing crops. They are very difficult to exterminate; perhaps the best way is to destroy the moths as soon as they can be seen, which is generally early in the summer. In Mac's case 'I would advise him to lay a few old boards loosely together and as soon as the moths are hatched out they will hide between these during the day, where with a little care they can all be destroyed as fast as they collect. This will prevent their depositing their eggs for next season's crop. With his present crop he will continue to have considerable trouble and his main chance against them is careful hand picking every evening after dark. If he can procure fresh soot from chimneys where bituminous coal is used, a liberal sprinkling of it over the base of the plants will help to prevent their eating so much of it and at the same time make the soil around the ])lants distasteful to the pest. If a few green leaves such as cabbage, turnip or lettuce are spread around they will gen- erally collect in numbers under them and are thereby more readily caught. We have tried many so-called remedies for this troublesome pest but have not yet found one that will wholly destroy them without at the same time destroy- ing the plants, as they bury under the soil during the day. The moth of this insect is easily distinguished, being of a dark gray color, rather heavy and a poor flyer by sun light; hence if the boards above referred to are turned over during the day the moths can be readily caught and destroyed. This pest does not usually do much damage to roses as they prefer to locate their eggs where there is some shelter nearly or quite on the surface of the soil, and as roses do not as a rule offer such protection the moths (fortunately) avoid them and go for such crops as smilax; but if a batchof their eggs should happen to get into the soil during the summer they would make short work of the young roses in fall and early winter. J. N. May. Coming Exhibitions. March 25-26, Montreal.— Spring exhi- bition Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club. March 31-April 3, Boston.— Spring ex- hibition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7-11, New York.— Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal. — Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. Y. — Spring exhibition Central New York Hort. Society. Aprfl 22-23, Baltimore.— Spring show Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. May 6-8, San Francisco. — Annual flower show California State Floral Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- ben-y exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1— i, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 15-17, Boston. — Annual ex- hibition of fi-uits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Chicago.— Fall exhi- bition Horticultural Societj' of Chicago. NovemberlO-14, Indianapolis.— Chrys- anthemum show Society of Indiana Florists. Shipping Cut Flowers. Will some experienced wholesale com- mission dealer in cut flowers give us the best method of handling cut flowers, giv- ing full and complete directions for pack- ing and shipping so that they will arrive in the best possible condition. Let us hear all about it through the columns of the Florist. S. [The subject has been touched upon sev- eral times in these columns but there is a great deal more that may be said and we hope the request of our correspondent will be complied with. It would be well to start with directions for cutting the flowers, for after care is largely thrown awa_y unless the flowers are cut at the proper stage of development. — Ed.] i8gi. The American Florist. 565 1. U. Jonesiam 0. Fhalfenopsis. r. majus. ONCIDIUMS. 3. 0. Orthotis. -t, O. Iridif'oliuin. 5. O. CuciiUatum. O. Lanceanum var. superbum. S. O. Macranthum. A Good White Daisy. A new white daisy of extra large size (from 1^4 to IV2 inches across) sells ex- ceedingly well with us in bunches for street wear or for boutonieres. We are selling the entire cut from Mr. F. Schneider in Attica, since fall, and cannot always supply the demand. The long stout stems and extra large size of the flowers is a peculiarity of this variety. Wegot it underthe name of'Snow-flake" and probably it is not identical with "Snowball" "of the Longfellow type, the flowers being uniformly of an extra size under the most ordinary treatment and never showing a yellow center. Its last- ing qualities cannot be excelled by any other flower, for we have kept some fresh for over three weeks. Even after being exposed to dry heat without water and wilted down completely, if sprinkled and the Stems placed in water, after an hour's time they will look as fresh and plump as ever and last for weeks in that condition. Whether daisy flowers will become uni- versal favorites for vi'earing remains to be seen, but even if not, this variety should be grown more tor forcing, as the flowers will be very useful to retail florists for making up funeral pieces, etc. The size of the flower and the purity of the color will at once recommend it to every- body. J. B. Keller. Harrisii and Callas. Will you kindly give me information as to the following matter: I have Lilium Harrisii that will bloom for Easter. Will they flower again this winter? If so, how should they be treated to produce second crop? Will the bulbs be exhausted to the extent that it will not pay to keep over to force next season. When callas are through blooming, which is the better way: To leave them in pots and keep dry, or remove bulbs, shake off" dirt, and keep bulbs absolutely dry? in starting up in the fall, after repot- 566 The American Florist. Mar. ig tins, is it advisable to place on beneli at once to grow or treat as other bulbs, and keep dormant, until root j^rowtli is well established? Encjuiker. LiLii'M Markisu.— Being ofa somewhat everjjrcen nature, if j'ou keep them moist and well ted after thev have done blooni- iin; Hkv inav make some fresh growths whicli will bloom in summer or fall, but it isn't certain or desirable. Better keep them growing for a while then dry them ofl" and completely rest them. They can be forced j'ear after year, but it isn't well to depend on these bulbs for early flowers or paying crops. Callas. — Better dry them off in their pots. As soon as they are repotted, stand the pots on the ground outside till they begin to root freely; or stand them on lienches in the greenhouse but don't force them. Let them root welland start slowlv at first. W. F. Crotons. After a period of comparative neg- lect there now appears a certain degree of interest in the notably handsome group of foliage plants commonly known under the above title. This title however is not now admitted to be correct by the leading authorities on nomenclature, the genus being referx-ed to Codi;cum, and in the course ofa few years the latter name will probably dis- place the now familiar croton. But it is not projioscd in these brief notes to discuss tlic iinnKiii 'atmc of these plants, Init ratlicr l" imntidn some of the uses to which they may lie put, this being of more interest to the average florist than the above, though the correct naming of plants is also an important topic. During the past two or three 3'ears the availability of crotons as bedding ])lants has been more or less discussed, and their highly ornamental character under such conditions has been jirovcd, among the notable examples of this kinil of bedding having been sonic large circular beds in Fairmniint I'ark, Philadelphia. These licils, situated near the southeast end ol ll..nicultural Hall have been filled during the past three seasons with a mass of many colored crotons, the bright coloring and luxuriant growth ot which coupled with the noveltj' of the display has attracted much attention from plant- lovers. The soil does not undergo anj^ special preparation in this instance, any more than is given to the other flower-beds, nor is this necessary, the most essential condition being a warm summer, while an additional advantage will be found in having a well-drained bed, for when placed in a low or boggy location success maj' not be so complete. The crotons are planted out in this latitude about the last week in May or first week of June, the time of course de- pending on the condition of the weather, and in the autumn are lifted before frost touches them. They root very freely when planted under congenial circumstances, and con- sequently may be readily lifted without suffering greatly from the removal, the best plan being to cut them back quite hard at this time, and then pot them in as small pots as the roots will admit, after which they should be placed in a warm house and syringed regularly in order to induce them to break again." It may be added that strong plants as well as strong-growing sorts should only be used for bedding, good plants fi-om •i, i^ or 6-ineh pots being preferable, while still larger ones may lie used to consid- erable advantage in large beds and in order that the plants shrdl be in good condition to stand the change they should be hardened olV in a well-venti- lated house some time beforehand, for if they were brought out of a close, warm house and planted in full exposure they would probably lose much of their foliage. Regarding the propagation of these plants it may be said that cuttings maj' fje put in at any season with reasonable success, providing thev be placed on 1)risU bottom heat, but early in llie siiring the voung plants will gr.iw <.n ni..ri- rap idly at that time than' .it any otlicr. Another instance in wliicli crotons were bedded out with very happy eflect was noted during the past sununcr in this vicinity, though in this ease these plants did not comprise the entire contents of the bed, the arrangement of which was as follows, the shape being an oval: In the centre were a few clumps of dwarf French cannas, these being sur- rounded with an irregular row of Eida- lia Japonica var, Fieus elastica and some Pandanus Veitchii, these in turn being encircled by a mass of crotons carelessly arranged, and to complete the whole a border of Aealypha musaica was added. The various forms and colors thus re]j- resented made a very pleasing combina- tion and provoked much favorable com- ment. But this is not the only use to which crotons are adapted, for beside being ex- tremely effective as exhibition plants they are also valuable for vases, window boxes, and in well-colored small plants they nia\' be used to advantage for mantel decora- tion and also for dinner-tables, and to keep the colors bright it should be re- membered that plenty of light is neces- sary. As to varieties there is an embarrass- iTient of good material now catalogued but the following are among the most satisfactory and are chiefly sorts that are readily procured. C. Challenger. — This very good variety belongs to the long-leaved section, the leaves being from T_' to l.S inches lonji when fully developed, ;ind .-diont 1' inches wide. They are ninch \ ,iric,L;.ited witli creamy white, tliis coloring becoming suffused with red as the leaves attain maturity. This variety is a strong grower and worthy of high recommenda- tion. C. Evansianus. — Another remarkably good sort and has bright green, slightly trilobed leaves, these being variegated with golden yellow when young, but afterward changing to various shades of crimson and orange-scarlet. C. Hanburyanus is also a useful sort and has quite large leaves that are orna- mented with golden yellow and crimson. This is also a very strong grower. C. Disrali is another good one, and has trilobed leaves about a foot in length, these having golden ribs and veins. Somewhat similar to the last is C. Earl of Derby, the leaves of the latter being of similar form and the variegation also somewhat similar, though contain- ing enough red coloring to render it dis- tinct from the preceding. ■ C. Interruptum. — This is quite an old sort but still a good one. Its leaves are long and narrow, sometimes twisted, and sometimes consisting only of the midrib for a space of an inch or two in the central portion of the leaf, this fact easily explaining its specific name. The color of the leaves of this variety is mostly purplish green with a crimson midrib, and as it is of quite bushy habit can readily be grown into a good speci- men. C. majesticum is also a good variety of the narrow leaved type, the foliage being from 15 to 18 inches long and quite nar- row, and when young is more or less marked with bright yellow, this after- ward turning to crimson. C. multicolor is another good bedder, and has irregularly shaped leaves that when mature are edged, marked and blotched with yellow, red and crimson. It is also a strong grower, and the odd sliapcs assumed by its leaves make it quite an effective plant. C. IJueen Victoria is also worthy ofa trial, and has oblong-lanceolate leaves about a foot in length and richly colored with yellow and crimson. C. Veitchii is another well-known and reliable sort, and produces leaves of simi- lar shape to those of the preceding, the variegation of which is composed chiefly of pinkish margins and veins, this being frequently reinforced with spots and blotches of yellow. The few sorts to which reference has been briefly made are all good and dis- tinct ones, but this list nmy be readilj- ex- tended by the addition of such as C. pie- tum, C. Hillianum, C. ••^ucuba'folium, C. Andreanum.C. cornutum.C. variegatum, and C. illustris, all of which are fine varieties and worthy of all the attention thev mav receive. W. H. Taplin. Passion Flowers. These are natives of the West Indies and other parts of tropical and extra- tropical America, and a few species, the May-Pop (Passiflora incarnata) for instance, are indigenous in our southern states; a few kinds also are found in Asia. Botanists recognize about 120 species, but only a few of these are in cultivation. But horticulttirists never rest at species, they push on to obtain varieties, and here they have suceeded in getting a white flowered P. coerule:,! they call Constance Elliott, several variegated leaved vari- ties, and so on. Both to florists and amateurs the pas- sion flowers are a very important race of flowers. .\s a rule they are easily propa- gated and easily gotten up into nice salable stock fit for mailing or express, and as they grow quite readily and gen- erally bloom freely, the amateur is usual- ly well satisfied with his purchase. They are mostly propagated from cuttings, and some of the sorts that are hard to strike are grafted on coerulea, and all the species can be raised from seed, but it cannot often be had. None of the fine species is hardy with us. Last ( '89-'901 winter I had roots of coerulea audits varieties and of incarnata live over out of doors and send up strong shoots in summer, but it was an exceptionally mild winter; in ordinary winters they get killed out. In a warm place and with a heavy mulching th?y might live along winter after winter. Planted out side in summer in sheltered but warm sunny places and in good ground they grow into dense far-reaching vines and often blossom abundantly, and in this way we can have them perfectly clean and enjoy them. In the greenhouse they are generally planted out in a box or border and run along under the roof or like any other running vine. Thev aiv capital for this work, only very subject to mealy bugs. Both 1'. raccniosa, which has drooping i8gi. The American Florist. S^7 CROTON VARIEGATUM. S68 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ clusters ol" red flowers, and P. Raddiana (Keriiiesiiia) also a rcd-flowcring: species arc oltcii thrown as permanent conserva- tory cliiui)!!!!; vines. One of" the most brifliaiu red tlowerina; ones of all is P. vitifolia l.n,n r:ma.na'. PassilU'i .1 \\ :ii?-iMii,nia is a new species from lira il, ami in-i liloomed in cultiva- tion at Kc ago. The leaves are threc-lobed, and the flowers are violet-purple and white and the blossom turns up at the end of the flower-stalk like the liowl of a Dutchman's pipe. It is i'rcc liloominjr and the flowers are sweetly scented. Hut it is a hard one to propa- j;ate in quantity. About six years ago we had another species, namely, P. Violacea from Brazil, and which is very similar to Watsoniana in habit, foliage' and flowers. I got it about five years ago Irom John Thorpe and have been keeping quiet about it hoping he or some one else of my friends would have taken it up as a novelty, but they haven't, and now I find it advertised both in American and European cata- logues. It is a lovely species, growing well and blooming outside in summer in great profusion. But there is no money in it; it is too hard to propagate. Among the other most popular species and varieties are P. quadraii^ulnris, tlie granadilla fruit of the West Indies, and its variegated leaved vaiitty; I", ca rulea (hardy so-called), Constance IClliott, .\rc- cn-ceil,and variegated-leaved; P. Pfordtii, continuous blooming, showy and excel- lent, but I am ill at ease about the name Pfordtii; P. edulis whose large, deep green, glossy leaves arc more attractive than its flowers; P. Loudoni, with hand- some purple flowers and P. Muiiroi.a hy- brid withshowy purplish viokl l.l..ss,ims. It may niUa-rsl sc.iiK- ..I \-..iir leaders to know win- the name I'assion I'hiwer w.as given to these vines. Let me quote from the Treasury of Bola)ty:—"'V\K name was applied from the resemblance afforded by the parts of tfie [ilant to the instruments of our Lord's Passion and its attendant circumstances; thus the three nails — two for the hands, one for the feet— are repre- sented by the stigmas; the five anthers indicate the five wounds; the rays of glory or some say the crown of thorns are represented by the rays of the 'corona'; the ten parts of the perianth represent the Apostles, two of them absent — Peter who denied and Judas who betrayed our Lord; and the wicked hands of his persecutors are seen in the digitate leaves of the plant, and the scourges in the tendrils." Wm. Falconer. Anthuriums. In this large group of warm house aroids many very attractive plants are to be found, though to the florist the showy-flowered species and varieties form the most interesting portion, while the many beautiful foliage plants also found in this genus are probably of more value to private collections from the fact that but few of them are capable of with- standing much exposure, and consequent- ly are of little value for decorating. Among the anthuriums that are notable for their flowers, I or rather for their spathes) the majority have been produced from two species, A Scherzerianum and A. Andreanum, either by means of seedling variations or by hybridization between the various progeny ofthesespecies. Cross- es between other species than these have also been made at various times, but the results appear to have been less striking. As to the particular place to which anthurium flowers should be as ' order to display their beauties to the best advantage it may be stated that they have been used with charming eflect in certain fine arrangements of orchid flowers, the singular form of the anthu- riums being specially adapted for just such a purpose as this, and the bright scarlet found in several of the varieties supplies a deficiency in color also, this being a shade that is scarce among orchids. The anthurium flowers also possess the additional advantage of great lasting qualities, in fact some li.ivelieen known to keep in good condition i>n the plants for fully three months and even when cut they are remarkable keepers. As stated above the anthuriums in gen- eral prefer warm house treatment, their growth being much more luxuriant under such conditions, but when in full flower they may advantageously be kept in a somewhat lower temperature, for instance about 55°, but if this be done the plants should receive less water at such time else the roots may sufiisr. When in active growth they require an abundance of water, both at the root and overhead, and moderate shading at all times. As regards soil, these plants need a light open compost, a satisfactory mixture being composed of equal parts of rough, fibrous peat and chopped sphagnum, to which should be added some good coarse sand, and some char- coal or finely broken crocks may also be included in the mixture if convenient. In potting some attention should be paid to drainage in order to keep these plants in good condition, as stagnant moisture will prove injurious to their roots, and to avoid this the pots should be half-filled with crocks, then keep the plant well up above the rim of the pot and press the compost only moderately firm. Some growers conclude the oper- ation by covering the surface of the soil with a coating of live sphagnum, this giving a very nice appearance and also being enjoyed by the plants, but is not absolutely necessary to their well- being. The propagation of anthuriums is usually effected by means of seeds, though division is the surest method of perpetu- ating any specially fine form, from the fact that seedlings vary greatly, and while one may be reasonably sure of get- ting some good ones among a batch of seedlings providing the seed be secured from a good variety, yet it is quite prob- able that there will also be a number of inferior forms in the same lot. If division is resorted to, it is best ac- complished quite early in the season, say in February or March, this being also a good time for the potting operation. In the matter of varieties there is now much room for choice, as in the past few years considerable attention has been paid to the hybridization and selection of anthuriums, especially in Europe, and doubtless similar results will be shown on our side of the water in the near future. The following briefly described forms are all valuable, some being especially large and fine. A. Scherzerianum, the typical form of which has oblong-lanceolate leaves that are from twelve to eighteen inches in length and two to three inches wide— the flower-stems being bright red and crowned with scarlet spathes, these being about three inches long by two inches wide. The spadix or flower-spike is com- posed of a large number of insignificant flowers closely massed together, and in color orange or yellow. A. Scherzerianum Wardii is a much stronger grower than the type, and pro- duces larger foliage and spathes, the lat- ter being very broad and of great sub- stance. A. Scherzerianum Cypheri is another fine form, and of strong growth, the spathes being of a crimson shade. A. S. Rothschildianum is the result of a cross between the typical variety and its white form (A. Williamsii) and seems to combine the characteristics of both parents, the spathes being creamy white and dotted or splashed with crimson. A. S. maximum is also a fine form of this favorite variety, and produces very large spathes of brilliant scarlet, these being nan'ower than those of A. Wardii and also longer, sometimes attaining a length of eight to nine inches. A. Andreanum has become quite well known in the fifteen years since it was introduced, and may be briefly noted as having very large ovate-lanceolate leaves of bright green and orange-red spathes, the latter having a curiously corrugated appearance from the prominence of the veins. The spathes.range from six to nine inches in length and about four inches in width, and are thrown up on long foot- stalks. Several forms of A. Andreanum have been named and sent out, among them being A. flore-alba, which is as its name indicates, a white flowered variety, A. grandiflorum, and A. Ferrierense, the latter having pink spathes. In addition to these, numerous hybrids of which A. Andreanum is one of the parents exist, and of these A. chelseiense, A. Froebelii and A. Archduc Joseph are examples. W. H. Taplin. Boston. The cut flower market still continues in a state of inactivity, although the de- mand is somewhat better on certain kinds of stock. Roses are very abundant and cheap. From present indications there will be a full supply of most varie- ties for Easter. Violets are abundant and were never better. The early date of the day this year will be favorable to the shipping trade which has grown to enormous projiortions within the past few vears. C."L. Allen of Floral Park, N.,Y., de- livered an instructive lecture before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Saturday March 14, his sub- ject being "The scientific education of gardeners." After defining education and speaking of the necessity of a proper training of the natural abilities, Mr. Allen spoke at length on the conflict sup- posed to exist between science and prac- tice claiming that there is no good cause for the existence of such a notion. He made a strong plea for intimate and har- monious relations between the gardener and his employer, and condemned in severe terms the practice of some garden- ers in expecting and even demanding commissions on all purchases made for their employers. .As to where and how practical education can be best obtained the essayist said that taking it for granted that the student has a fair rudi- mentary education to start with, the gar- den is the school to attend, where every plant, animal and insect is a teacher. Above all a young man should love his profession, else he had better stay out of it. Systematic botany, while not abso- lutely necessary to the gardener's educa- tion, will yet be a most desirable adjunct to it, and it will add greatly to his pro- ficiency. Scientific knowledge will be a great help in practical work. From the very nature of his business the gardener i8gi. The American Florist. 569 1. A. SclicT^eriaiuiin. A. S. var. Mile. Lucienii ANTHURIUMS , S. var. Warucqucaiiuni. .\. S. var. Bispathaccum. K. S. var. Rothschildianum. Andreanum var. Mme. Closon. has to come in contact with more ob- stacles to be overcome than most classes of men. He must in a great measure be governed by the elements, which are capricious; he must perfectly understand all the conditions of so'l and climate and impossibilities are not infrequently re- quired at his hands. We are indebted to the gardener for all the scientific knowl- edge we possess in relation to plant cult- ure and development, and it matters not whether the student is to teach the art 570 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ or practice it, the garden is the school and nature is the head teacher. There is a great diflerenee between knowing a thing and knowing about it. The essay- ist emphasized the necessity of continual l)rogrcss, the l)est gardener being not tlie one who merely kcejjs liis business up to the times, but the one who keeps it ahead of the times, and pointed to the history of the business in this eountiy during the past fiftv vears, in wliich time the prac- lieo of gardening had made such rapid stiiiles and lUiwers had gradually come to be instead ol a luxury a real necessity. System, which carries'with it order and neatness, is a good working capital for any gardener. A neat garden is almost invariably a good garden, and the man- ager of such a one is sure to be successful. All that makes a plant valuable is its beauty, and beauty is never associated with 'filth. Therefore every gardener, amateur or professional, private or com- mercial, should encourage and stimulate a love for the beautiful; it is an antidote for all the asperities of life; it softens the hours of labor and sweetens the acer- bities of our natures. A studj' of the beautiful, whether in the plant, the tree, or the flower; whether in the conserva- tory or the vegetable garden, in the field or wood, in fact wherever found, will have a tendency to elevate and refine character and materially assist in pro- moting happiness. The gardener, more than any other man, is a child of nature, whose gifts, united with his industry, his experience and observation, will make old age beautiful and pleasant. The love of the beautiful never wearies or grows old; on the contrary', it increases with our years. When the active duties of life are over, the gardener has a rich fund of enjoyment and constant compan- ionship in the plants he loves. W. J. S. New York. Business continues to be very quiet. All kinds of spring flowers are plentiful, and the prospects are that there will be a good supply of everything to select from at Easter. Everybody looks forward to a good Easter and with favorable weather and good flowers, there is no reason why it should not be so. This season so far has been a very poor one. There are many very beautiful novelties and ingenious contrivances out and though lilies may have first claim, tie competition will be very warm. In bas- kets celluloid is all the go. They are made in all possible shapes and look verj' pretty when filled with flowers; round baskets of Dutch hyacinths in separate colors and others filled with growing lily of the valley will be very popular this Easter. Baskets of polyantha roses in pots will claim attention; azaleas in white pot baskets, genistas in yellow baskets, lilies in white and blue baskets all tied with handsome riljbons are ex- pected to meet with favor. Of course baskets of cut roses have their patrons and in this case wherever possible a growing plant will fill the center. No smilax should be seen on a basket of roses, but plenty of their own foliage and the flowers arranged in a natural manner have a great effect; baskets of growing carnations filled in with flowers of the same variety are pretty. Orchids brought to the front by the recent exhibitions will be popular. Dean, Keller, Pierson and Roehrs each have a splendid stock of flowering plants pushing on foi Easter, and report good prospects. Lilium Harrisii has it all her own wav this time. Ixia is a beautiful little thing, but too transparent; the present call is for masses of brilliancy. Freeman of Long Island says he has ship- ped ericas all over the states and thej' are becoming very popular everywhere, especially the A. Wilmoreana. He has a fine lot of A. persoluta alba and A. per- soluta rosea ready for the market. Stunipp decorated at Mme de Barrios' on the occasion of her reception and din- ner party recently. The table, oval in shape and eighteen feet long, was adorned with an immense center piece of pink tulips, which was thirteen feet long and oval; there was a twelve inch band of white tulips round the pink ones giving a pi-etty effect. Large boutonnieres ot Grace Wilder c.-irnations were used. He also liad a laii;e decoration for the Freundsi hall \ erein on the occasion of their iiias.|nrra(k liall on Saturday night. The liaiiilsoiue chd) house at 72d street and Park Avenue was turned into a gar- den scene. The ladies' reception room wastransfornied into a rose bower. The whole of the ceiling and walls was cover- ed with southern smilax among whi^h hung clusters of electric lights in light greenish globes. At the sides were banks of roses in i)ots;ni-,iii.L;ed in liaiiks<.f green moss here and tliese Icrniinu semi-arelies. The main stairuav Im' seveial llml.ts up was like a scene in tlie tropics, the eeiling all the way bcii.g liid with a variety of vines, with graceful palms, genistas and azaleas at the sides; small electric lights glittered among their flowers, giving a pretty efiect to the whole. The second floor represented a forest scene, the whole being studded with tall firs and other evergreens. The sides were scenes espec- ially painted and at one end of the room there was arranged a scene from a Dutch village. Small houses were built, through the doors of which the songs and bever- ages of the Fatherland flowed forth. The third floor was effectiveh' decorated and used for the dancing. H. H. Francis has a new Giant Migno- nette, it is a wonderful flower and Mr. Francis intends introducing it at the coming show. Mr. Chas. Bird is bloom- ing a variety of flowering shrubs and novelties for this occasion. Mr. Bird's Forsythia is very beautiful and exten- sively used at present. It is intended to have blooms of every carnation grown in the states at this show; a committee has been appointed to superintend the staging and classifiy- ing of this flower. Special premiums in addition to those already mentioned will be given to meritorious exhibits, the raiser's name to be attached to all car- nations. We invite our brother florists from all over to contribute to this feature. It is also intended to do the same in regard to roses and Messrs. May and Asraus Have made arrangements for receiving and projDerly staging any ex- hibit in the rose collection. It is the desire of the club to see what is grown and know what is worth growing. This is not merely a New York show, it is a national show. Entries have come from great distances and men prominent in horticulture from many states have promised to attend. Judging from the entries and the general interest taken here, it will certainly be an "eye opener." Get your novelties and fine flowers ready boys; we'll give you ample space and assist j-ou in the proper displaying of your goods. Let us have Boston, Phila- delphia, Chicago and other great cities' ideas in floral arrangements here. A complete list of prizes will be issued during the week. At the meeting of the New York Florist Club on Monday night there was much discussion on the public flower market question and from the majority of opin- ions expressed it was decided that such an institution would at present be fatal to the retailers. A silver cup was pre- sented to the retiring secretary, Mr. Allen, for his valuable services rendered the club and floriculture in general for many years past. Suitable presentation speeches were made by Messrs. May, Taylor and Anderson to which Mr. Allen replied with feeling, assuring those present that it would always be his am- bition to be lamong them in going up the hill as well as crossing the plain; he would cherish the cup and in days to come he hoped to drink from it to the many pleasant memories and achieve- ment's of the club. The elubintends tak- ing organized action in furthering the project of a Ijotanical garden and horti cultural school. John Young. Toronto. The Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Club held their regular monthly meeting on the 11th ir.st. The meeting was a very interesting one, though perhaps hardly as lively as the meetings of this very lively club generally are; many mem- liers probably had not quite recovered from the effects of the "late recent" elec- tions. Mr. G. Vair read a paper on "Growing lily ofthe vallej' for commercial purposes" which elicited a long discussion. It seemed to be the general opinion that there would be no trouble in producing as good clumps and pips in this country as can be imported, if the right treat- ment be given to them, bxit the knowing ones (who alwaj-s want to enquire what money can be got out of anything) seemed to think that they could not be grown for as low a price. However the club thought the subject had not been quite thrashed out yet and it will come up again next meeting, Mr. R. Marshall, florist, having promised to read another paper under the same heading. Various committees were appointed to look after matters connected with the coming convention and the chairmen thereof were instructed to call meetings at an early date and get matters into working order. Perhaps it might be of use to some members of the S. A. F. to know the names and addresses of these chairmen; here they are: Reception; J. Chambers, Supt. Parks and Gardens, Toronto; finance: J. H. Dunlop, McKenzie Ave., Toronto; print- ing and badge: S. E. Briggs, The Steele Bros. Co., Corner Front and Jarvis streets, Toronto; trade exhibit: T. Man- ton, EgKnton, Ontario; registration: H. Simmers, 147 King St., E. Toronto; en- tertainment: W. J. Laing, 401 Huron St., Toronto; decoration: C. Arnold, 521 Queen St., W. Toronto; introduc- tion: F. G. Foster, florist, Hamilton, Ontario; ladies: Mrs. Frazer, Spadina Crescent, Toronto; bureau of information: G. Vair, Chestnut Park, Yonge St., Toronto. Mr. J. E. Killen from J. C. Vaughan's establishment, Chicago, dropped in to the meeting and was heartily welcomed. The club is alway glad to see its Ameri- can cousins; if it were not for those con- founded tariff" walls no doubt it would have the pleasure of welcoming more of them. Mr. J. H. Dunlop read an extract from a private letter he had received from Mr. J. N. May fully endorsing the letter from Mr. Mendenhall, of Minneapolis, which i8gi. The American Florist. 571 PASSIFLORA WATSONIANA. [SEE PAGE 566.1 572 The American Florist. Mar ig appeared in a recent issue of the Ameri- can Florist. The president promised to write to you Mr. Editor at an early date giving his views and the views of this club on the matter. A florist drew attention to the fact that the editor of one of the local dailies seemed to have entered on a crusade against funeral designs and wanted to know if something could not be done to get the said editor to keep his mouth shut concerning this prohtable depart- ment of the florist's business. It having been jiointed (Hit that if the said editor got wind that anyone had raised any ob- jection to what he had said, he (the said editor) would "go for" funeral designs with even greater vigor and the last state of the said profitable department would be seven times worse than the first, it was decided that some influential member of the club should approach the animal, (the said editor) carefully and by seductively placing taffy before him done up in an advertisement for his paper, en- deavor to distract his attention from the subject. For my own part Mr. Editor, at the risk of being sat on and otherwise ill treated by the florists in this neigh- borhood, I must say that I think the said editor is on the right track. In my humble opinion the majority of funeral designs are a senseless abomination, in many cases barbarous and in most cases destructive of the beautj' of the flowers used in tlieirconstruction. Loose flowers, loose sprays and such like are far more natural and therefore more beautiful. Are they less profitable? E. Recoi) Rote*. New Haven, Conn.— The New Haven Chrysanthemum Club has dcided to give an exhibition next fall. WiLLiMANTic, Conn.— T. W. Garrity of Hartford will build greenhouses here this spring on Mansfield Ave. Albany, N. Y.— Michael Fink, for a number of years superintendent of Wash- ington Park , died March 12. Westfield, N. Y.— J. H. Dann built a greenhouse 36x51 last fall. He is mak- ing a specialty of carnations. Richmond, Va.— Mr. J. H. Harvey, the florist, has purchased additional land and will enlarge his place at Barton Heights. Kansas City, Mo.— Newell & Kidd have recently made decided improvements in their store at 16 West 12th street in the way of new and elegant fixtures, repaper- ing, redecorating, etc. Paterson, N. J.— At the fourth ward Republican primary held on the 12 th inst., Mr. H. E. Chitty, the florist, was nominated for alderman, receiving every one of the 594 votes cast. The morning Call of the 13th inst. published quite an extended biographical sketch of Mr. Chitty. Such a unanimous nomination is uncommon and Mr. Chitty certainly must be very popular with his fellow citizens. Petersburg, III. — A remarkable change in the weather occurred here re- cently. February 24th, at 2:00 o'clock the thermometer registered 7.S : at 4:00 o'clock heavy rains, showers and several times small hail fell; the hail was about the size of small peas and did no damage. At daylight the next morning the ther- mometer registered 19° above, making 13° of frost and a change of 54"^ in fifteen hours. The wind blew hard all day and night. Louisville, Kv.— The cut Howcr trade during Lent has been very brisk. We have had all we could do; had to send to Chicago and other cities for rose buds and carnations. Easter trade will be good as the orders are comins; in at a rapid rate. Chas, Schleeter has built three new houses this winter each lOOx 13 teet; he has six all together. The new California rose Rainbow is doing splen- didly with him; he has cut a good many buds and they are very fine. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. T order. Plant advs. not SITUATION WANTED-By a practical I Kurdener. '.i years experience in all br greenhouse woi ' ' ' ' ; private place preferred. 1ITUAT10N WANTBD- , White, Brookline. Mass. house and stove plants, hothouse grapes and other fruits under glass. No. l references, married, two children, private place preferred. Address K T. Lock Box 335. Riverside. Cook county. 111. I preferred; best of reierences: state ful grower and general propagator of all horticul- tural matter connected with the trade, or accessory to the nurseries, hard or soft wood, hardy herba- WANTED- $18 and t TS^'ANTED-Single man for greenh. With good references. H. Wise, Poo: W^ M. DUMMETT, Mt. Vernon, N. WANTED-A young man, unmarrieil. tliorouehly acquainted with rose and mushroom culture, private and commercial greenhouse Thomas Kane 137 Wabash Ave., Chicago. WANTBD- Position as head gardener, had 30 years experience in stove and greenhouse plants, good references Address Gahdeneh, care American Kloriat. Cbicago. WANTED- ended men need apDiy, situa Bw Yorl! City, wages $13 per \ve( 1) a C, care J W'' preferred— ■'one of o " and a hustler References. C. S. FiTZSiMMONS. Lansing. Mich 1 thoroughly capab lan preferred. Address, statin^g experie H. .]. Bkooks. Elgin, 111. W\''rIfe"thL';l of glass, anil want such a plant. It e and an established product of 16,000 feet vith capital to put up W^ growing; state wages W^ NTED-Salesman. a good live man to take commission for our Odorless Flower Chicago. Alsooneln Phlla- Food from the _ _„ delphia, Boston and Baltimore. Could he done other work. Large : Co, 121 Front St, New York. i for selling explained __ --,,-. M G R, American Florist. FOR S. one OR SALE-3300 feet 3-inch pii altogetlier at present heating 51,00 feet o glass; a bargain for some one. Address W.J. LAING, 415 Huron St , Toronto, Ont. 7.000 feet of glass. FOK SALE— A good chance, florist and i with 6U00 feet of glass, heated with h a complete located in t tants. and everything sold ov sell reasonable and on easy terms; reason lor sei ing want to go west in some other husiness. Kc 38 and 4U West Scott Place, Elizabeth, N.J. good retail and wholesale trade in general stutl; four good houses and lot of sash, full of stuir for early spring sales, one or more horses and wagons, four acres of land inside the corporation, city water work^ all over ih 3 ground best for celery growing: also lease of ti acres of good land H mile of railroad v^.A.isnrE:rD. rides. Mermets. Valleys Hyacinths. Callas and E« fhe'r"e7irdaf, Highland Park Fl Rare chance lor an enterprising florist, having some capital. Large home trade. Leading ship- ping trade in S. E Ohio. .Sales during first year will more than equal the parchase price. Land for sale or lease. Four houses stocked and equip- ped. Muvt sell for good reasons. E. L. KOKTBEN, Zanesvllle, <). IF YOU RETAIL FLOWERS . . YOU NEED A SET OF Long's Floral Photographs. This season we start iQ with the large nniuber of 125 dillerent subjects. Many of them new, ia both the "Imperial" (8x10 in negative .size) and the "Gem" l- inet photo size). PRICES WAY DOWN. SESD FOR CIRCULAR LIST. X>.A.1V'Ij IB. IjOIWCSr, Floi-ist, Int. -T . Violets, Young Plants. 40,000 Young Violet Plants are ready for distribution April 15th at I5 per 1000. SCHILLER & MAILANDER, NiLES Centre, III. F. A. RIECHERS & SOHNE, Act oes. Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. Specialties in Lilies of the Valley; Azaleas. Ca- mellias in sorts, best varieties in Palms and Dwarf Roses. Z^" Wholesale Catalogue on application. the New Black Hollyhocli, TI ".SaiuN Fl^KiJFF'.'siiir I them. ADIAXTUM CUXEATUM. Once transplanted, ready lor small pots, per 1000, $10 Well established in small z'v-inch pots, per 100, $3 .lOSKfH KIKT, West Chester, Pa. i8gi. The American Florist. 573 THE NEW ROSE This very valuable rose originated at the Waban Conservatories of E. M. Wood & Co., Natick, Mass. It is a SPORT from Catherine Mermet and identical with that variety in every characteristic, excepting color, which is a rich, deep, BRIGHT PINK; it sustains the same relation to its parent as Duchess of Albany does to LaFrance. The only objection to C. Mermet is its fre- quently pale, insipid color in cloudy weather; experi- ence has shown that the '^^^iTA.J^A.'^ retains its deep rich color in all kinds of weather; it will, without doubt, prove to be as valuable as THE BRIDE which is also a sport from the same magnificent variety. IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE SILVER MEDAL of the Mifsachusetts Horlir^ultural Society: of the Pennsylvania Horticul- tural S )ciety, and Certificate of Merit from each of the Societies in this country and Canada where it has been shown, ALL OF THE STOCK READY FOR DISTRIBUTION APRIL 15th IS sorvi3. On and after this date (March 12th) orders received for a limited number of j May 15th, 1891. ORDER EARLY. healthy plants, ready for delivery ORDERS BOOKED NOW, WILL BE FILLED IN STRICT ROTATION. From 2% -inch pots. From 4-incl- pots. I Plant, $ 1. 00 250 Plants, $100.00 I Plant, $ 1.50 50 Plants, $ 40 00 12 Plants, 9.00 500 " 175.00 12 Plants, 15.00 100 " 75 00 50 30.00 1000 " 300.00 25 " 25.00 100 50.00 The Mowing Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below: W. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHN N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Mich- igan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th & Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, P. O. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States ^nd Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. 574 The American Florist. Mar. 79, Orange, N. J. Mr. Alfred Hibbom of Dodd St , East (Iranjje will put one of his rose houses into smilax next season and will build a new carnation house 120x18. Mr. K. Forsch of Hamilton, Hast Orange, will build a new carnation house 100.\16. His carnations look very fine. Mr. T. H. Spaulding has added a new house 130x20 which he will use exclu- sively for tuberous begonias. He has many thousands of young plants. He had "a bed of these begonias last season that was a sight long to be remembered. The bed was 100x3 and the plants bloomed magnificently and the flowers were superb. As a result nearly every private place about Orange will have a bed of tuberous begonias the coming season. John McGowan has thirty-five seedling carnations that promise well. Among them are yellows, pinks, whites, scarlets and dark" maroons in addition to parti- colored ones. M. The Buffalo Florists' Club has issued an advance list of premium classes for its chrysanthemum show and floral exhibi- tion to be held next fall. Copies may be had on application to D. B. Long, secre- tary, 457 Main St., Bufl"alo, N. Y. Last week we told you it would re- quire nearly a ton and a half of paper for this week's' issue. Well, we had to raise the figures. It took nearly two tons of paper (3,870 lbs) to print this issue. Confine your orders to those who ad- vertise in the American Florist if you desire to give this paper your fullest sup- port, and please name the paper when ordering. We have a splendid stock of Kentias in lYz, 3 and 4 inch pots, which we offer at exceptionally low prices. Plants are of our own growing and are strong and stocky. 25 plants sold at 100 rates. In. pot In. high Per 100 KentiaForsleriana 2i-, — J 2 50 li 15 20 00 4 20 35 00 5 21 75 00 Kentia Balmoreana 2';^ - 12 00 ■.■.;:.!'.!!'.'.'.'.!! '\ 1.5 3500 5 18 75 00 To florists desiring large Roses for spring sales in the most popular varieties we can not recommend the following list too highly. Our stock is extra strong from 5-inch pots — field grown and Plants are larger than those usually sold from 6 inch pots. We offer the following from 5-inch pots at I25 per 100; 25 sold at 100 rates. ETOILE DE LYON, DUCHESS DE BRABANT, HtRMOSA, THE GEM, OOEENS SCARLET, MME. JOS. SCHWARTZ, MME. ETIENNE, LA FRANCE, MME. SCHWALLER, LOUIS PHILIPPE, MALMAISON, COQUETTE DE LYON. We have a limited number of the following from 6-inch pots at $35 per 100. HERMOSA, ETOILE DE LYON, MADAME ETIENNE, THE GEM. QUEENS SCAR- LET, DUCHESS DE BRABANT. DUCHESS OF ALBANY, 5-inch atSas; 4-inch at $15; 2^-inch at $6 per 100. ROSES FOR FORCING. We have an Immense stock of young healthy Roses for forcing made from growing wood. PEBLE DES .JAKDINS, PAPA GONTIER, LA FRANCE, CATH. MERMET, THE BRIUE, NIPHETOS. Price from 2!u-lnch pots $5 00 per 100, S-lnch pots *S.0O per 100. ALL the standard liedding Roses at $1 per 100, S40 per 1000 tj^end in your list tube priced. ROBT. SCOTT & SON, f9lh and Catherine Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A^EEciALzx. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JSRDIN8. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices ROSES FOR FLORISTS. diate Delivery. red field gr ordii Our Roses Resist Disease, Start Quickly, Grow Rapidly and Always give Best Results. All the Newest and Choicest Roses for Sale and Bloom. The famous New American Pedigree Roses- Henry M. Stanley, Pearl Rivers, Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Maud Litcle and Golden Gate. If you want to buy Roses send your lists and have them priced. Prices low, according to value of varieties and size and character of order. The New White Chinese Wistaria, the finest of all. New Chinese Double Purple Wistaria, very rare. Wistaria Sinensis, Magnifica and Frutescens. Fine Hardy Shrubbery, all varieties, cheaper and better than Imported. Ad » Spaulding, V. H. Ha i and 100 other newest a MOON FLOWERS. , ,. .... J «»...... ...-. Aipiieus tiaruy. i>yu THE BEAUTIFUL MANETTI.V VINE, i Addres" ' ' THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. E>. o. Hir^ry «ss CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. January Trade List. A full line of ' growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF BEST STAPLES: ROSES. CARNATIONS. BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported Iiidl PLANTS for CUT FLOWER GROWING Koses, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Ferns. 1 grow all the best varieties for this purpose. Whole- sale list now ready. Send for it before buying your stocii for planting. M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute, Ind. A very latg ing bedding stock of same The best a CARNATIONS Trade list t 3t of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. al greenhouse stock, application. JACOB SCHULZ, Xjoulsville, XKy. H. P. ROSES, strong, outdoor crown, Gen'l Jai Washington. Coquette, Mme. Masson, M. C. Wo La Reine, Blacft Prince, etc.. $1 60 a doz ; $12 a 100 CLEMATIS, large flowered, fine var.. $25 and perlOOt It4 00 per d UNTIIS, ■!M-ln. pots 7 per 100. In gor ' - — '■- CVCLAMKN t, H. P. ROSES, summer grown, fine young plant! lest sorts. J5.00 per 100; H5.00 per 1000. F. A. BALLER, Bloomingtou, III. irts.fl perdoz.; & Perslcum. best strains, id bloom, $1 doz. ; $8a 100. Good, well established Plants f'om 2-in. pots. $35 per 1000. in equal number from following sorts : Aline Sislev. Coquette de Lvon.Cath. Mertnet, Clement Nabbnand, Duchess de Brabant, Etoile de Lyon. Euphrosyne, Perles, Gerard Des Boise, Henri Meynadier, Mme. C. Perreau, Mar. Niel, Hermosa, Mme. Jos, Schwartz, Marie VanHoutte, Marie Guillot, Fr. Krueger, Mme. Car. Custer; Mme. Lambert, Malmaison, Mme. Camille, Mme. Bravy, Sombreuil, Ophelia, Susanah Blanchet, Queen's Scarlet, Vicomtesse de Wautier, Prin- cess Hohenzollern, Washington, Salfaterre, Mignonette. We will allow purchaser to strike out five sorts Hybrid Perpetual Roses, our selection, from 2-inch pots, I50 00 per 1000. For everything in the Florists line ADDRESS iMANZ &. NEUNER, IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Maoettia Stock, offer the best re- Bults to the tlorist blooming treelv and giving plenty of cuttings for propacating quickly. Fine plants Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN. (Boston), MASS. — ) f=?cd^e:^. ( — Large and first class Stock of all the standard varieties of Teas and Hybrid Teas; also new varieties of merit, 2-lnch. ready for shipping. Give us your order and we will send you GOOD, HEALTHY PLANTS at fair rates. New Trade List mailed upon application 10 PKR CENT. DISCOUNT given from trade list prices on all orders booked GERMbND'^& COSGROVE, Sparkill, Rpckland Co.. N. Y. i8gi. The American Florist. 575 ROSKS. --^#— ROSKS. Waban, Souvenir tie Dr. Passot, Mme. Pierre Guillot, And all the other NEW and Standard Varieties of Teas; Hybrid Remontant, including; HEINRICH SCHULTHEIS, which is by far the best early forcing Hybrid. This is the variety which Mr. Julius Roehrs has forced so successfully for the past three years. Also all the best varieties of ^ l^YBRiL) Tess, (Rhinos oni) gouRBONs. % For forcing, bedding, etc., etc., all of which 1 have an extra tine stock now ready for shipping at prices as low as any one can produce such stock for. New Price List to the Trade now ready. JOHN N. MAY, Si^immit, = = Ne\^^ Jersey. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. By special arrangement with lV\r. John H. Taylor, of Bayside, L. 1., 1 offer the following list of varieties to the TRADE. Mr. Taylor is one of the most successful growers for the New York market and has prepared a specially fine stock of JESSICA which has been grown by him for the past four years and has proven itself the best Early White in cultivation. It come into tlower about the 9th of October, thus having the lead of nearly two weeks over any other large white. It is a good shipper and never drops its petals. No grower can afford to be without this grand variety. Price, 12 plants, $5.00; 25 plants, ^8.00; 100 plants, $15.00. We also offer the following list of varieties in limited quantities: Rohallion, Mrs. S. Himiphrey, Walter W. Coles, Mrs. Irving Clarke, Miss Annie Hartshorn, Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Harry E. Widener, Mrs. G. W. Childs, Miss Mary Wheeler, John Lane, Edwin Molyneux, Mme. Louis Le Roy, Shasta, Miss Meredith, La Fortune, Miss Minnie Wanamaker, Mrs. Frank Thompson, Wm. Robinson, Mrs. J. A.Gerard, Excellent, Puritan, G. F. Moseman, Lilian B. Bird, H. Waterer, Pelican, Kioto, Domination. Mrs. Mary J. Thomas, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, And many other good varieties. Syringa, Wm. H. Lincoln, Lowest price quoted for the above on application. SUMMIT, - - NEW JERSEY. 576 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ fiHIli ^lK9ii@li@/4l» iFlL@Les@ir Sutecription $1.00 a Year. ope, $2.( Agate; No Special Positiun ^-inch $4.00 " " 3-inch S 00 Coleus Golden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2-inch 3.00 Vinca Rosea, very fine, 2^4-inct' 300 Vinca Alba, very fine. 2J-2 inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, very stiong, 3-inch 5.00 Dahlias, field grown roots 5 00 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock 8.00 Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. Palm Leaves rOR EASTER DECORATION. Have quantity of Phcenix Canariensis leaves, nice and clean, 10 to i2feetlong for church decoration, %\ e=ich Webster Sts.. New Urleaii ORANGE * BLOSSOMS, from 4 to 12 inches long, P. & D. at f I 00 per dozen sprays, R. E. SIMONS, Florist, 602 Magazine Street. NEW ORLEANS. LA. (JaNB pLflNT gTSKES MAKE THE BEST and CHEAP- EST PLANT STAKE. Stakes about s to 6 ft. long, %i 00 per 1000; 5000 at I2.75 per 1000; 10,000 $25.00. eight rates and F. WALKER & CO.. 644 Fourth Avenue, LOUISVILLE, KY. R.S. BROWN & SON OrcMils, Palms, Ferns, Harfly and Bet- iliiiE Plants, Etc, NO OKDEB FILLED FROM THIS LIST FOR LESS THAN $3.00. NOT LESS THAN FIVE PLANTS OF A KIND SENT. Acliyraatlius, 3 varieties $ 3.00 AbutiloDS of sorts ... 4.00-6.00 Afreratum, wltite and blue 3.00-4.00 Alyssum, 3 varieties 4.00 Alternanthera, 4 varieties 3.00 Acalypha tricolor 8.00-12.00 AcorusVariegata( fine for water) 4.00 Anemone Alba and Rubra 6.00 Anthericum Ploturatiini 8. 00 vlttiiUmi 6.00 Ampelopsis V.-itcliil ( notion Ivy 1 6.00-8.00 Aspidistni I.mi.la 16.00 Begonia Kix nts.ii|.j 6.00-8.00-10.00 " - flowering, JO best kinds 4.00-6.00 Calla, spotted lent 4.00-6.00-8.00 Crotons of sorts 8.00-16.00 Interuptum 1,00-8.00 Cactus, Lobster 6.00-8.00 Cnnnas, New French and others 5.0 i Cuphea ( Fire Cracker Plant I 3.00 Carnation, Silver Spray, G. Wilder and others 4.00 Coleus, "20 best varieties 3.00 new " 5.00 Chrvsauthennuus in many fine kinds.. 3.00-4.00-6.00 Louis Bochmer (Pk. Os- trich Plume 1 40.00 Chrysanthemums, Henderson's Royal Japan- Coronilla Gliuuii ViVr".!!" ".'... . .'.".' " ' h!iI0-12!oO Caladium, fancy l.-at 15.00 Es.ulenlinii - .. 4.00-6.00 Coccoliiba, fi-iii like fnliu^'e 6.00-8.00 Dracaena Indivisa 8.00 Echeveria (llauca 3.00-5.00 Rosea 6.00-8.00 Extensa lilobosa 8.00-13.00 Euphorbia Splendens 4.00-6.00-8.00 Fittouia. ? varieties 4,00 Feverfew 4.00 Fuchsia, ass., rieil 3.00-4.00-6.00 :\Irs. K (1 Hill 6.00-8.00 Storm Kill- 4.00-6.00 " Elizabeth Marshall, blooming, free white 8.00 Gladiolus, red 1.25 light shades 3.00 rod and light mixed 2.00 Geraniums, best single and double 3.00-4.00 '* scented of sorts , 4.00 " bronze " " 4.00 Mad.Salleroi S.O'J Hibiscus, assorted 4.00-6.00-8.00 Hydrangea, assorted 6.00-8.00 Ibaievsiukle Ilalleaua, sweet scented . . . .4.00-6.00 liiipatienssullani 6.01 Ivies EoKlish 4.0O-6.0O Parlor 3.00-4.00 •lasmine, night blooming 4.00 Grandiflornmand Bev.ilutum .. ..6.00-8.00 Moon Flower, white ','.. 4.00 Ipimiea Mexicnna 8.00-12.00 '' '• '* Leariilblue) 6.00 '• Hardy Ipomea Pandurata .. . 8.00 Moneywort, for baskets, etc 3.00 Mahernla Odorata 4.00-6.00 Perennial Phlox, assorted 6.0O-8.00 PileaArborea 3.00-4.00 Rosea, Everblooming, assorted 4.00-15.00 " Hardy, assorted 6.00-15.00 Salvias, assorted (Scarlet Sagel 4.00-6.00 Vincas. for baskets 3.00-4.0O-6.00 Verbenas, good named assortment 3.00 WaxPlnnts 8.00 Ferns in many kinds 6.00 • 4 in. pots, strong . 16.00 • 5 ■' ■' " 25.00 Hardy Plants in large variety 8.00 Orchids In good named varieties, our selection, each $1.00; per dozen, $10.00. Palms in good variety and size from 50 cents to $5.00 each and upward. No goods sent C. O. 1). to unknown parties. EOET.S. BEOWN & SON, Kansas City, Mo. i8gi. The American Florist. S71 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Fall line of FLOKISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Open until 7 P. m. Sunduys and Holidays 13 M. ALL SUPPLIES. .^*WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIQHTS AND SUNDAYS. •wiiiE DESiGiTs ijsr stock;. Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. store Open: Nights 9 P. M.; Sundays 8 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT IMi^OWKFe®, 1237 Chestnut Street, • - PHILKOELPHIA. Special attention paid to C, E, & S, S. PENNOCK, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 38 S. 161h Street, Ptiiladelphia, Pa. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale ComMiission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPKCIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. ELLISON & KUEHN, -^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 FIITE STItEET, ST. t,ouis, :iMO. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegrraph. . SHITH FLORAL CO., 77 7tli Street S. • - Minneapolis, Minn. ©Y/fioPeAafe MarXTeU. Cut Flowers. BOSTON ^■iittoo 3 00 0 4'nn Dailodiis, hyacinths;:::::::;; itoo Callas.. Roses Beauties """ '°"" .^s^tS-oo ■• BonSllene ■.\z%\^ :.' STSs'irriyeV ■:.•;. Romans, daffodils ...00^3.00 80.... Beauties '^'"^"^''^^ •X^ " I-alnna, Lnizets MagE " Mermets, Brides " Wootton. Bennetts. ^.^.. ::::::::. :iooliooo " Rth° chilis .■::■.;;;■.■.■.;•....•.:: " Hostes. Cusins, WatteviUes short ■;:.. ■■■"" -.75 Harri;ii,'shon:;::::::':::.:;; a^r::":^.::::-..:-: ■ ,ss Violets, double.'.'.:.:.'.':.'.';.;:: gmllax ; "i Adiantums CHICAGO f erie». Niphetoa •■ Mermets, Brides isIS Bennetts. Woottons . :600l S'OO Carnation., short Violets Wm. X gTEW?IRT, Gut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTON, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School St., near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mall, Telegraph, Telephone or Express promptly tilled. wEjt,CM :bi«os. WHOLESALE FLORISTS l(i.5 Tremont St., BOSTON, M*SS. We make a specialty of shipping choice Roses and other Flowers caretully packed, to ail points in Western and Middle States. Return Telegram Is sent immediately when it is impossible to till order. WHOLESALE CUT FLOWERS AND FLOBISTS' SUPPLIES. THOS. YOUNG, Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24th Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And the Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter season. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [ESTABLISHED 1877.) Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. W. A. JURGENS, WHOLESALE FLORIST 27 Union Square, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 WEST 30th stre:et, JVE^w York:. A. S. Kurns. J.I. Kaynor. BURNS & RAYNOR, WH0LE85LE FLORISTS, 11 West S^tlTk St., ISIE:W^ ^^CDF=gPC. C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. )VVHOLES.ALE ONLY. ( SPECIALTr.-niUng Telegraphic Orders. arASHIKGTGlM. D. C. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 7 Music Hall Place. BOSTOU. MASS. Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Uall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna tions always on hand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. 578 The American Florist. May. ig^ ®R« ^«a<^ Srac^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. Albert M. McCullough, Cincinnati, presi- Agricultural Seeds. C. K. Orcutt of San Diego, complains that liis local collector assesses liim 20 per cent dutv on Guadalupe Island Palm Seeds (Ervthea Edulis) as agricultural seeds. He' states the free list distinctly includes "fruits, green or dry, dates, palm nuts and palm-nut kernels," yet the col- lector refused to admit this claim. In conversation held with hun, he said all fruit or ornamental tree seeds were con- sidered agricultural seeds by custom officers. Mr. Orcutt says he would be glad to hear the proper definition oi agri- cultural seeds. [This is the old story which we have had occasion to relate before in these columns, namely that the present tariff law with its many revisions and changes, is subiect to the individual interpretation ofeach custom officer in America in ap- plying the law. The old axiom "Many men of man V minds" is here exemplified. Undoubtedlv duplicateinvoicesof a mixed lot of seeds,' plants and bulbs, could to- day be entered at ten different ports in the U. S. and at each port pay a different duty. We have suggested to custom officers that these disputed points should be made report of and that each importer should give his views in writiilg and let a meeting be held of the different collectors, or assistant collectors or an officer from each port, and these questions considered and a uniform rate made in each case. It is well known that many importers did not the past season pay any duty on cle- matis, while others have been charged duty on both roses and clematis. This duty on valuable stock like clematis and roses, amounts to as much as the entire profit, therefore some houses are getting two profits on their stock this year.] The Michigan Seed Co., succeed the Michigan Lake Shore Seed Co., at South Haven, Mich., except to liabilities. The Michigan Agricultural College propose to send samples of six of the most noxious weeds with their bulletins to farmers, attaching the seeds to a page of their bulletin with glue. They antic- ipate that this will ]irove a wonderful aid to the farmer in detecting the same among his seeds. APPLE SEEDLINGS. We now have on the road a large supply of FIRST CLASS APPLE STOCKS suitable for grafting or budding, which will arrive about the latter part of this month. Price fi; 00 per lOOO. boxed and freittht paid when FRENCfciBllED. We expect our last importation to arrive the last of this month. It has been kept moist and will be in excellent condition for Spring planting. No frost necessary to germinate it. ivice «2.oo per i.ushei. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON, March nth, 1S91. GERMANTOWN, PHILA., PA. Callas in 4-inch pots ready to bloom, |2o per n W. J. DOWNES, 906 Sherman Ave., Evaiistoii, 111 gjuiimmmmmmiiimmuimmiiiiimmiiiimmmii liuiuiuiuiiiiuiimuimi r^ID YOU ever plant seeds and then wait sadly for the green *~^ leaves that never cainc ? Burpee's Seeds are not that kind Yon plant them : they grow. That's one reason why Burpee's mail order seed business is the largest. 'inest Nov- To m.^ke new friends Burpee's Seeds Grow! for Burpee's Seeds we will mail ALL FIVE of these novelties Cannas, Pansies, Poppies, Phlox, Peas, For 26 Cents- Full c tions forcul- ach package. Seeds, BuU.s or 3urpee'sSeeds GROW! irect from Burpee. 16S pages, richly lis. Free to any ints. Write /o-,liv. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA A OrrUI'D Truffaut'8 Prize. Pajonv-flowered, choicest mixed, per trade packet 60 certs; AO 1 JliXt White, Scarlet, Blue, Purple, each per trade packet 60 cents; per oz. J3.50. Perfection Bxtra. double white, per OTYlfXffp PB^ AQ Eckford's Choicest Mixed. . J2.C0 BALSAM trade packet, 60c.; peroz.$1.6U. Hesi:!!*^^ i\.. I^reer", ■7X-* C!hoBtm i»ni i:j.,?i.33:Ei^i»ia:i.a.. ■ D. iM. Kerry & Co's ■ Illustrated, Descriptive and Priced ISEED ANNUALi a For 1891 will be mailed FREE f ■to all applicatits, and to last seas ■ customers. It is better than ev ^B Every person using Garden ■ Flower or Field Seeds. ^ft shouid send for it. Addres: ■ D. M. FERRY &CO. ■ DETROIT, MICH. ^ Largest Seedsmen in the world ( Do voti ^vant tlxe BEST SEEDS? If «o, send to SCHLEGEL A, FOTTLER, <;rowers and Importers, G. J. MOFFATT, Slaiiufacturer of ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application, \yhen wrltins MRS. J. S. R. THOMSON, Spartanburg, S. C. OFFERS TO THE TK.\DE, I'erlOOO Orchid Bpldendrum venosum $40 00 TlllandBia bracteata 40,00 " buVbosa 40 110 Crlnum Americana .'.' per 100 SI.". 00 Amablle " :».00 Pancratlu Over 200 other FRESH GREENHOUSE SEEDS, FBOM FKIZE FLOWERS. Trade Pkl PRIMULA, Fimbriata Rosea, Fimbri- ata Alba % .25 PRIMULA, Rubra & Alba, fern leaved .50 PETUNIA, Mammoth Double striped and blotched 50 VERBENA, finest mam. vars. mixed... .50 CINERARIA, finest mixed, hybrida i.oo CANNA, Crozy's new large fl'wr'g dwf .25 CENTAUREA, Candidissima 50c., Gym- nocarpa 25 BEGONIA, double mammoth tuberous rooted mixed i 00 BEGONIA, sgl. mam. tuberous rooted .50 GLOXINIA, finest ext. mixed hybrida .50 CHRYSANTHEMUM. CYCLAMEN, Giganteum, Album and Roseum Superbum 1.50 COBEA Scandens 25 Send for my Wholesale List of Flower Seeds FREE. This stock Is for the most critical trade. 1 solicit your orders. H. W^ BUCIvBEE, ROCKFORD. ILL. SURPLUS STOCK WV. HAVE YET TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING Surplus stock, crops of 1S90 : 1200 lbs. Colossal Asparagus Seed 500 '• Favorite Tomato 300 " Perfection " 250 " Paragon 3000 " Watermelon 35 ■' N. Y. Iinp. Eggplant " 1500 " Muskmelon 600 " White Spine Cucumber Seed 800 " Boston Marrow? Squash 125 " Bullnose Pepper 100 ■ Sweet Mt 40 " Crocopps Giant Pepper " 30 " Child's Celestial " " 25 •■ Red Cayenne 15 '■ Red Cherry WM. R. BISHOP, Seedsman, Burlington, N. - i8gi. The American Florist, 579 iJviFoi^a^ A^ivo^ ivE>\?v^s • NO DUTIES TO PAY ON BULBS. Having made special arrangements to supply the Wholesale trade and extensive growers, I am now prepared to book orders for fall delivery, AT LOWER PRICES THAN EVER BEFORE. for Roman Hyacinths, Paper White Narcissus, Narcissus Grandiflora, Freesias, Alliums, Lilium Candidum, Lilium Harrisi, Extra Strong^ Berlin Fips Lily, of the Valley, Azalea, Indica, Palms, etc., etc. Send in your estimates and I will quote Bottom Prices. As values will surely advance later on IlOW is the time to place yOUr orders. On hand for immediate delivery a limited quantity of Extra Strong IMPORTED Clematis. Address C. H. JOOSTEN, Importer of Bulbs and Plants, 3 Coentie^ Slip, NKW YORK. Export orders solicited for AmericanBulbs, Tree Seeds, Pampas Plumes, etc., ILYilVflULEy! H old, dorraa TRUE BERLIN PIPS. warranted in perfectly sound of 3,500 pips, »3 I; per l.OOO, »10; per 100, SI.. '>0. Order now, as stock is limited. TERMS CASH. A full line of Summer flowering Bulbs, Seeds, Plants and Florists' Supplies, furnished at low- est marketprices.) Catalogues free to applicauts. Address, . IS, Dr. J. li. Hill read a very inter- esting papef on "How plants climb." Augusta, Me.— Thomas McClunie, the rtorist of Hartford, Conn., has been given the contract for laying out and beautify- ing the grounds around the State Asylum for the Insane, located here. S.\GiNA\v, Micu.— C. C. Elwell, who has beeneonnected with the Allen Nursery Co., since its organization, has severed his connection with the firm and will start in the nursery business for himself. Norwich, CoNN.-Alfred Hunt hasleased the florist business on La Fayette street from Mrs. R. H. Goldsworthy for a term of years, and his name should be sub- stituted for that of R. H. Goldsworthy in the directory. Bay City, Mich.— The Bay County Horticultural Society is laying plans for a chrysanthemum show next fall. The society is considering the advisability of presenting a number of chrysanthemum plants to amateurs upon the promise that they will grow them for the exhibition. Utica, N. Y.— At the annual meeting of the Utica Florists' Club held March 12, the following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: President, Jonathan Aucock; Vice-President, Charles Seitzer; Secretary, J. C. Spencer; Treasurer, Chas. F. Baker; Executive Committee, Peter Crowe, William Mathews, J. C. Bigelow. It was decided to hold a flower show the coming fall. PLANTS ^!^ WANTED. 1000 Plumbago Capensis. 1000 Rhyncospermum Jasminoides. 1000 Canna Ehemanni. 1000 Clerodendron Balfouri. A. BLANC & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. "We will buy all Cactuses ofFeri None but well grown plants wan 200,000 plants is going off faster t Zirngiebel's Improved Strains OF WHITE ASTERS, PERPETUAI, WHITE STOCKS, GIANT MARKET and FANCY PAN- SIES; NEW HYBRID CARNATIONS, a cross between the Perpetual and Marguerites, and greatly superior for florists' use, in separate col- ors, PURE YELLOW, white, pink and red shades. Any of the above seeds in trade packets Also the choice NEW CONTINENTAL CAR- NATIONS for 1S91. Miss Moore, Mme. Gobet, Roi des Violets. Boutou d' Or, Geanne Morel, to be sent out in March. Send for Descriptive Ust of all to DENYS ZIRNGIEBEL, WEEDHaM, MASS. BEGONIAS A SPECIALTY. rs 10a per packet. Colleclions. 1 varieties, separate. 53. t;d.; 0 nan The cheapest and best procurable. Trade offer post free. Descrtotlve catalogue of Begonias. Plants, etc.. mailed free on application. JOHN LAING & SON, Seedsmen and Begronia Growers, FOREST HILL, LONDON, ENGLAND. ROOTED CUTTINGS. PARNATinN^' ^'^ ^"'"^ "°''^ ^P"^'' '^'' ^''^ ^^^^ \^a-^^ a large stock of the vStaud- UAnilAliUllOi ard sorts and Lizzie McGowan. Over 100,000 L. L. LAIHBORN, MRS. FISHER and SILVER SPRAY. Send for Descriptive List with prices. COLEUS, a choice assortment of the best bedders at $6.00 per 1000, 75c per 100; Golden Bedder or Verschaffeltii alone %-, 00 per 1000. CANNA EHEMANNI, strong roots at $7 50 per 100. EMILE LECLAIRE |;8 per lou. This is one of my spring specialties and is gotten up in first class shape for J6.00 per 1000; samples 10 cents. My Pansies are sold up to April and only a few left for then; they are the best in the market and delay will find them all sold. Orders are coming in for next fall; there is nothing like being on time. L.B.338. ALBERT M. HERR. LANCASTER, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TfiE QUEEN OF WHITE GflRNflTIONS ! ^ % Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. B^ Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ADDR.SS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson. N.J. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $i 50 per dozen; $12 ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $i< J. I«. FieKEJJMA.1V, ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $l( ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $io.co per 100; sso.oo E*ieE:E> CI«EMOH;TOJ«f, ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; I4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000. For well established plants from small pots, see ILLUSTKATED CATAI^OGUE-free. ROOTEIJ Cl'TTINGS, at prices per dozen, free by mail. Grandest New Pure Yellow. Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. o per 100; $90.00 per 1000. Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet, o per 100; SSo.oo per 1000. Glowing, Bright Scarlet. Delicate, Soft Pink. CHAS. T. STARR, Avondale, Chester Co.. Pa. THE NEW WHITE LIZZIE McGOWAN CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $12 per 100, or $100 per 1000. Summit, N. J., December 6th, 1SS9. Mr. John McGowan, Dear Sir: — I consider the Lizzie Mc Gowan Carnation the finest White in cultivation. JOHN N. MAY. Ready for delivery B'eb. 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, 50 at 100 rate. ADDRESS JOHN McGOWAN, 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF CARNATIONS. Standard and Fancy varieties, ready January ist. Stock healthy, cuttings rooted cool. A large stock of NEW WHITE CARNATION L. L. Lamborn. A liberal discount on large lots for later delivery. Send for wholesale price list. Wm. Swayne, P.O. Box 226, Kennett Square, Pa. CARNATlONpiSlF' FAIR ROSAMOND, J. R. FREEMAN, HECTOR, MRS. FISHER, WM. F. DREER, CHASTITY, SILVER SPRAY, TIDAL WAVE, GRACE WILDER, L. L. LAMBORN, CONSTANCY, EDELWEISS, EMILY LOUISE TAPLIN, ANGELUS, LOUISE PORSCH, NELLIE ELY, DOROTHY, DAY BREAK, and lixty other leading varieties. 100.000 ready now. Send lor price list, and secure your stock. iS<)t. The American Florist. 58 Ready Now! One hundred thousand Rooted Cuttings and young plants of CARNATIONS, including Silver Spray, Tidal Wave, Nel- lie Lewis, L. L. Lamborn and Fair Rosa- mond, and seventy-five other new and standard varieties, with Novelties of 1S91. Send for list, and order early to avoid disappointment. GEO. HANCOCK, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer KE>Br*XVKISS, a pure wliite sport of Chester Pride for the first time this season, (ai $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular of leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. ROSES AND GflRNflTIONS. I shall have for spring delivery a surplus stock of plants in 25^, 3 and 4-in. pots, in in the very best condition, of the following roses: AMERICAN BEAUTY. DUCHESS OF ALBANY. MME. HOSTE. SOUVENIR DE WOOTTON. LA FRANCE. MERMET. PERLE DES JARDINS. BRIDE and NIPHETOS. And of = CARNATIONS ^^^s SILVER SPRAT. TIDAL WAVE, PORTIA. AND PRESIOENT DE GRAW. All of the above stock will be in first-class con- dition and guaranteed to give satisfaction . Orders booked now to be filled at any time desired. I'rice list on application. O. p. BASSETT. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. r»Bj WITT :Bieos., Rooted Cuttings ot Carnations In great quantity, ready now. Also 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS ist s'ze at I7 00 per 1000. 2d size at J5 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. o^v:iviv^V{S, Per ICO ...» 8 OU 13 00 an use in exchange, l.OOli Carnations, Hooted Cut tings. E. S. NIXON & SON, Mention Amerio»u i- iufibi THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Neuie Lewis Carnation, riowers very large and full, and of a color before seen in Carnations — AN EX- QVISITE SHADE OF PINK. W J. PALMER & SON. Florists of Buflalo. N. Y. say: 1 had an opportunity of see- ng Nellie Lewis Carnation in full bloom on Jan. IJth, and a grand sight It was. I consider it a better and liner Pink Carna- tion than Grace Wilder. Though wers do not demand $1,00 each as we of late, they will get there just the )r decorative purposes and corsage bouquets, they unsurpassed A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago, lighted up the entire table. Don t fail to place your order at once, as we control the entire stock and have only a limited number of Price, Rooted Cuttings, per 100, $10.00. Plants, 2-in. pots, per 100, $12.00. VICK'S SEEDS Never Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who have planted them. VICKS FLORAL GUIDE for 1891, contains over loo large pages, hundreds of illustrations, colored plates, Best Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; $1,000 and |;2oo cash prizes. Price, 10 cents, which deduct from first order and it COSTS nothing. JAMES VICE, SEEDSMAN, Rochester, N. Y. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Vericbaffeltii, Crimson Verschaffeltii, Peter Henderson, Firebrand, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunset, Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples 01 the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS. NEW YORK CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per 1000, J25.00, many choice varieties $3 0° GERANIUMS. 10 to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 400 VERBENAS, iu good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUIH. dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2 inch, ready to shift 3 00 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2,'< inch 3 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, MO. (Independence Is well located for shipping, being sot I 1 Floris l(),()0<) Plants of the Lcadiii}; Strawberry * GANDY. As good as pot-grown, for sale. Price on appli- C. K. HOFFMEYER, Florist. Allegheny Cily, Pa. Mention American Florist. FRESH, FANCY FLOWER SEEDS. Improvea and Superior Strains of Show Flowers for Competitive Exhibition Purposes. ASTKR-Prize Cut Flower varieties. Buckbee's Snowflake, the tlneat pure white varie- ty ever introduced, either for cut flower work or peneral garden purposes. It is of fine form, very lastiDR, shows no discolored center, and I can rec- ipects. Trade packet ,'JOc. FANS\ -Gassier' blotched -Bugnot's Prize, superb blotched, large flowered QOth Giant, mixed. — Trimardeau —Finest mixed, superior quality.. —Twenty separate colors -st Send for my Wholesale List of florists greenhouse leeds Free, I solicit your trade. H. \V. BUCIvBEK, IJ-OCICFOItX), ILL- SALESMAN. Good wages. For sale— Everything for the garden. Trees, Roses etc, etc. at low prices Business long established. Best references. Write J. AUSTIN SHAW, 926 Fulton St., BROOKLYN, N. V. ;ncan Florist. 58: The a mer ican Florist. Mar. rg, Society of American Florists. COMMITTKK ON NOMBNCI.ATURK, 1691. ii.i.iAM KAi.coNKU. Glen Cove, N. Y.,Clialrniiin. B-COMMIT'I'KK (IN ROSKS- John N M^^ - ii i : .nil . N J.. Chairman. ,Ki>i;i iiiil Market 8t»., I'hila. B. Q. Hilt.. Richmond, Indiana. Chairman. ROBCKT CRAK). 4Wh and Market St8., Phlla. James D. Raynolus, Rivers ide, III. Sub-Committee on Palms and ferns : Charles D. Ball. Holmesbur^. Ha., < hairman. William R. Smith, U. 8. Botanic Garden Wash- ington, D C. ROBERT GEORGE. Palnesville, Ohio. Sub-Committee on Miscel. Gr-House Plants: RcillERT Phila- !RMA\, Newtown, L I., N. V. Charles U. Ball, Uolmesburg, Pa. Sub-Committee on Bulbous Plants : KHNST ASMt's. West Hoboken, N.J. Chair 1. KORSTERM «K, Newtown, L. I. N. V. A. B. Scott, I9th and Catherine Streets, Phili SUB-COMMITTEE ON HARDY PLANTS : William R. S.mith. U. S. Botanic Garden, \1 ■ ■ ,D.C., Chain Robert George The Nomenclature at the Queens Hotel before the S. A. F. c city next August. Painesvllle, Oh ind Catherine S Toronto, at K j invention takes reels, Phila. place In that Sold by the Seedsmen of America. THRIF JUICE. Liquid Insecticide for Scale, Insects, Mealy Bugs and Caterpillars. TOBACCO EXTRACT COMPOUND. For vaporizing and syringing to de- stroy Aphides, Red Spider, Blight and Mildew. SCROFULARIA. For Carpet Beetle, Roaches, etc. POWDERED TOBACCO. Neither dust nor dirt but fine tobacco. GRAPE DUST. A specific for Mildew on Roses, Grapes, Gooseberries, etc. COPPER COMPOUND. For preparing Bordeaux mixture i|aickly and economically. SOLUTION or COPPER. For Mildew, Blight and Rot. iphlet ou killing Insects and Fungus, BENJ. HAMMOND, Slug Shol Works, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON. N. Y. Mention American Florist. ' DREER'S Garden seeds Planth Bulbs, and RequiMites. Thevarethe rRiDB'u8¥"iSu*eViut?: leriy, mailed free to the trade only. HENRY A. DKEER, I'liUadelphia CUT S»d^II^AX. 1 make a specialty of Smilai. and am prepared to fill orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string till May Ist. Quality A I. .lOSEPH E. BONSALL, Telephone No. 15. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem, Ohio. Addn 200,000 VERBENAS. We have one of the finest and largest stocks of Verbenas in the country, entirely free of RUST AND MILDEW. Microscopic e xamination shows no trace of the verbena mite. Our collection of sixty varieties contains the Finest Old and New Varieties fully as healthy as seedlings, and beyond comparison in color and habit. We are able to root 30,000 to 50,000 per week and can fill all orders in a reasonable time. I'laiits. - - - per 100, »J 50: per 1000, »80.00: 6,000, sno.oo. Hooted Cuttings, " «I.UO; " Si 8.00: " »35.00. THE FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS WERE RECEIVED IN FIRST MAIL TO-DAY, FEB. 20th : Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 19th.-Uecelved verbenas. They were very satisfactory. Thanks for good count and nealthy stock. JA8. MILLBV. Canton, o., Feb. ISth.-Kecelved verbenas in Kood condition except Crystal (rellllcdi. All the others are splendid. F. KOI.THOFF. ALEXANUUiA. VA., Feb. Wth.-The plants arrived yesterday in good condition Thanks to you for your promptness and liberality. SAMUEL CHBVALLEY. SEND i.-oR Price I,ist. J. I^. I>ir^Z^O]V, :)Bloo»:i-]L®t»tJ.i?e;, f>^. VFRRFNAS ^'^^^^^ varieties. ^ -'— ' ^ ^ ■'— ' *~^ i ^ 1 V ice, $5 per 100 or S40 per 1000. GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2,'i-inch pots, - |2 per 100; I15 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings, 75c. per 100; Jy per loco J. Q. :Bvir«-o-w, DALSYSNOWFLAKE beautifully quilled, and average as large as a 50 cent piece: a great acquisition to florists. Price, $1 per doz. free by mail : $5 per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: ROCHESTEK, .Ian. 28th. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful dower both for tloral designs and put in with cut flowers, and ...^-.. ..-^ ..- , ^^1, banchesthey sell very rapidly ■ " ■ great many with"u8 for f une' of i cheaper I weeks. 1 feel I can- is useful tiower. Yours truly, F. .1. KELLER. M1S.5ION RinOE GRBENIIOUSES. CH.vn-.wonCA, TE.N.N-., March 1st, 'D'. Itiul our check for J5 00 for 100 mi lem to blooming well before Easti y the cut blooms, and at what pri< excellently that we would like to f Very resp't MAC OOWAN & COOK. S.— We add to our remittance: please send its e in Cut Flowers of the Daisies with shipment. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist, « Wyoming Co., ATTICA, NEW YORK. rfp/. The American Florist. 583 100,000 Chrysazithexnuzns For Florists' and Cut Flower Use Choicest varit-ties, healthy and true to name at lowest trade prices. J. Laoe 10 Molly Bawn 10 Mrs. W. Sargent 10 Mary Weightman 10 Mrs. F. Clinton 10 ^Mandus, extra s 'Early Varieties. Should you desire other varieti *T. Mnunuc'li, .-h-iir 'Harvest (.«.,•.•„, |,i 'Ivory, 1.111.- uliil.- Miss M. Wiilteis . M. Branett. extra. Cnronet Excellent L. B. Bird Mrs. A. C. Burpee *M. Bergman 'Early Varieties. Mrs. E. W. Ctarlt. Mrs. Trotter Mrs. A. Hardy.... W. H. Lincoln L. Boehmer in quantity, send list, and ! will be pleased to quote reasonable fifrures T. H. SPHULDING, 0RHNGE, N. J. GHRYSfliHTHEMUMS. dirysanttiemums. GHnysflNTHEMUMS Waterer's Novelties for 1891. - - ELDORADO, MARY WATERER, KATE RAMBO, M. P. MILLS, MRS H. A. PENNOCK (yellow violet rose), MRS. JOHN WESTCOTT. Also a large stock of MISS MINNIE WANAMAKER, the best whi[e in cultivation. Price list on application to H. WATERER, 109 South 71h Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA JOMIV A^VJEUTTK, Waverly Place, ELIZABETH, K. J. Now otlets his New and ll-auti ul Set of 13 Seed ling CHRYSaNTHEMUMS ot .Su-, ch dis Mrs. Francis Spencer, Mrs. G. W. Harrison, .lames S. Green, Mrs. J. White. Pink Beauty, BeU Green, Delivered Ap ratiii Mrs. Magee, Mon Ami Hngheg, Mon Cher, Conch and Chlnz. 1st. at Si 00 each; per Set of 3 for $9.00. MARCH OFFERS. Achtltea Gem (Pearl), new white Oowerinp hardy perennial, dowerlOK nearly alt summer, tine for Bortsts, mail 25 for $t 00. express .»( 00 per 100, pot Carnation Daisy (white) G. Chrysanthemu $1.10 per dozen. Petunia Snowdrift, Imp. 1) per doz , $6 00 per ItW Ex. Cloxinla-Hybrida Alba-n« stain ol delicate yellow express $!! 50 per 100. Pansies, Cassiers. extra , pot plants by pot plants by Heliotrope Mrs. Burgess, tin ■ aortsts' mail 12 for *1 t: 3milax, strong plants, express $3.03 per 100. 100 Ex. b S3 per 100 Ex. V. VIctrix, Lovely, Phenomenal :ing. Monarch. C. Halt, Blacli Pri r ItO E: Gleehoma, variegated, rooted cuttinus, ^2 per 100. Aster Seed, Trullauts' Perfection Imp., mixed 1S90 growth, I4 07. . Wc, oz,, 51.00. Address ELLIS BROS,. Keene, N. H. The folli ered i KIOTO, L. B. BIRD, H CANNELL, COLD. PURITAN. ClOBIOSUM. CULLIN3F0RDII, CRANDILFLORUM, M. E. NICHOLS, L. CANNING. E. (i. Hill tsin.oi) per 100 W. H. Lincoln 0.00 per lOJ Avalanche 8 00 per 100 Louis Boehmer 5. 00 per doz. H. K. Wideuer 1.50 per doz. aCDF^IvI -rF4CDI=?I=E: PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK. CHRYSSNTHEMUM8. WATER LILIES. lie tlnest New. Hare and Har.ly variet \VM TRICKER, I)()N(i.\N HILLS, S I., I SUBLUS FOR C1.SH, All Nice Clean Stock— Strong. Verbenas 2]i in 2)21. Geraniums, best sortf, 2'+ in 2J2C Cyclamen, 2'+' in , fine strain i Nc "Mums." standard sorts rooted cut- tings ic Iris, large while, heavy clumps 8c Fuchsia?, double and single, 2\ in 2',.c Gleehoma Hederacea. 2 '4 iu ;'.c Feverfew Gem, rooted cuUing- -40 Dahlia, Guiding Star 2/4 in. pot plants : Rose Ger. 2,'+ in : Achyranthus Gilsonii 2,V : A few Eucharis Ami zjnica American Florist, bound, full set. Zanesville, PREMIUM AMERICAN PANSIES. ^MdZ AND PLANTS, Grown by WM. TOOLE, Pansy Specialist, The fire in uncr of uur greenhouses did notaffect our supply of either seeds or plants, a* d we can fill orders for seeds now, and plants in their sea- son, including seedlings of Verbena, Salvia, Pe- tunia, Phlox Drummondii. etc. Pansy Guide and price list free. WM. TOOLE, Pansy Specialist, :^c*i't»i3oo, ■Wis. lollowing varieties Irom 2' -inch potsatScts. each: 50 els per dozen, or $4 per 100. Marvel, L B Bud, Earle of Carlisle, L. Canning, Yeddo, Mrs Langtry, Mrs, I. C. Price, Puritan, Mrs. Cainegie, Bouquet Blanche, Mrs. Rich, T. kio, Elliott, Con- dor, Mconl ght, Autumn Glow, Sam. Sloan, Gloriosum, Mme C. Audiguier, Mrs. Levi P. Morton and Culiingfordii. PANSIES. -Good strain, strong, transplanted, $1 00 per 100; J8 10 per lOUO. FEVKKFKW.-Little Gem, ,50 cents per dozen; S» 00 per 100. "^ • 4. J^,^'''"^,nS;r®"'''"*'' 2«'neh pots. $2 00 per 100; # 5 00 per 1000. PKAKL Tl'BEKOSE BDLBS. -}1.53 per ICO; $12 10 per 1000. A. R, ALDRICH, Florist, Springfield, 0. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. HOLUS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1891 need them. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 50 cents each; *;i.00 for the .set. GEORGE HOLLIS. South Weymouth. Mass. New Perpetual Blooming Dwarf SALVIA "A. A.WETTIG" fi@" Wiite for price?. JOHIV JHA.Itf'rj]^, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. LOW CASH OFFER. Verbenas. .Mammoths, no rust or mildew, stock plants 3 to 5 cuttings St (5 per lUO; Kcoted Cuttings fcOc per 100 Geraniums, double, best, and lateH new and old varieties, $a per ItO. Rooted Cuttii gs yi 50 per KO c Pansies, cold frame plants. 'Irimardeau and Cas- siers, extra flr.e. liOc. per 1(0; $6 per lOOJ, Roses Mermets, Brides, Perles, Gonliers, fine plants Jl per 100; Rooted Cuttings $1.50 per lUO. GEO. H. 15ENEDICT, Yorkville, N. Y. ) Japan and Germa Ka^mple - Lilies. Oriental Poppies, iitl Larkspurs, lot everylasting Pea. Pa!onia8, and Virginia Creeper, Honeysuckle, Vinca— 250 000 1 "'KRT Lo^v. Catalogue to any Nurseries, Ply WATSON, Old Colo 584 The American Florist. Mm ^9, Propagation of Dahlias. As Mr. \Vm. F. Bassett asks for infor- mation in regard to propagating dahlias by cuttings, I will state my experience With them. Makea good hotbed of fresh horse manure about the first of March, put seven inches of light soil on the bed and when the temperature has gone down to 65°, plant your stock plants. Keep close for a few da.vs, ard water sparingly. In the course of two weeks the roots ought to sprout freely and by this time another hotbed ought to be readv to receive the cuttings. I do not advise to put them in a cutting bench but put the cuttings directly into 3-inch pots, using two parts of soil and one of sand; plunge the pots in the hotbed, or if you are in a great hurry, fill the whole frame with empty pots close together, and then fill your pots with soil, pressing it gently with a broom; the cuttings can now be inserted in the pots very quickly. In taking the cuttings, do not use a knife, but break the cuttings oiT with the fingers; this I consider very important and should the cuttings have become too long, I had rather pinch the tops off, than to cut anything off the base. Shade and keep close a few days, but guard against steam from the manure, and they will strike very easily. After the cuttings are well rooted and hardened off, plunge them in the field three inches apart, that is if your object is to raise roots tor sale. As the roots expand they will invariably break the pots, but having been confined in a small space they are solid which is a great advantage for shipping. I never tried to raise cut- tings in the fall; even if it can be done, I do not see the advantage of doing so, as it necesitates keeping the cuttings in the greenhouse during winter. C. A. D. PANSIES. CARNATIONS. 10,000 Pansies of the Jennings strains now ready. Large flowering, fine plants by mail 60c. io<>; by express f5 per 1000. Carnation Snow Bird new, the finest white out, an immense bloomer, large flower, fringed & fragrant, extra strong grower, strong plants J1.50 doz.; $12 per 100. Pansy Seed f i 00 per packet, large. E. B. JENNINGS, box 76, Sou'hport. Conn. LAINGS' BEGONIAS ARE THE BEST IN EXISTENCE. Wherever Exhibited. Tubers, named singles. 12a., 18s., 248., Ills, and 428. per dozen; unnamed seedlings, 128.. 18s. and 21s. per dozen; bedding, choicest, ils. and <)s. per dozen; choicest named doubles, Irom 4?3. per dozen; un- named, very choice, 243. and Ms. per dozen; choicest mlied. 18s. per dozen. The cheapest and best com- bined procurable. Small quantities can be mailed by sample post. Trial orders solicited. Wholesale and retail. Catalogues free by post. JOHN LAINQ & SONS, ISegonia Specialists. Et<-., FOREST HILL, S. E. LONDON, ENGLAND. Tuberous Beoonias make line pot plants and bedded out make a grand show until killed by frost. Although not new. they will be new to most people. While they' don't look cheap, yet they are cheap; 100 plants mailed for S3 00; or mixed colors 82 75- Double ones, I4.50; mixed, $4.00. BRAUER & 8ICHTER. McConnelsville. 0 3 000 Oen'l Jacq. Rose plants, 4-in. pots, per 100, »1 00. Coleus Cuttings rooted, Verschaffeltli. Golden Bed- der. Golden Verschaffeltli and Sunset, per 100 75ct8. per 10C0,$i; 00. _ JOHIT BECK, Bridireport, Conn. Mention American Florist. TESTED SEEDS, Strictly Fresh. True to Name. SPRING bulbs;-:: Assortment Send for Samples. IMPLEMENTS. Handy Tools for the Greenhouse, Garden, and Lawn. If our florist trade list has failed to reach you please send for it. FORCING BULBS FOE FALL DELIVERY. Send us a list of your wants to estimate on. It will be lo your advantage lo place an Order early. Import prices tovich the bottom. Quality of stock the high water mark. Send us an order. 5fl^. iA£. BKRNMRD St CO., (Successors to Hiram Sibley & Co.,) 6 and 8 North Clark Street. - - - CHICAGO. THE NURSERY BOOK This valuable little manual has been facilities for its preparation, having been absolutely devoid of theory and speculatioi A Complete Hand-Book of Propagation and Pollination. By L. H. BAILEY, Editor of the American Garden. ompiled at great pains. The author has had unusual ded by many experts in many directions. The book is It has nothing to do with plant physiology, nor with any abstruse reasons of plant growth. It simply tells plainly and briefly what every one who sows a seed, makes a cutting, sets a grait, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new and original in method and matter. The cuts number almost lOO, and are made especially for it, direct from nature. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, forest trees. Among the contents are the following : Propagation by Seed. Propagation bv Cuttings. Propagation by Separation. Propagation by Grafting. Including Grafting, Propagation by Layers. Budding, Inarching, etc. Propagation by Polination. The Nursery List is an alphabetical list of all kinds of plants, with a short statement telling which of the operations described in the first five chapters are employed in propagating them. Over 2,000 Entries are made in the list. The following entries will give an idea of the method : ACER (Maple). Sapindacece. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as A. dasvcarfiiim, come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered, butbetterplantsareobtained by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter worked upon \m- ported A . po/rmorf hum stocks, either by whip or veneer-grafting. Maples can also be budded 111 audys seeds grow readily. Sow in rath seeds. When the seedlings appea to six inches in length, roa readily in sharp sufficient water to keep from flagg' "' ' ; days before pi If the i well drained, and apply water as for common light position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three I. Give a temperature of about 60°, and apply only itings are very juicy, they may be laid on dry sand OOOSEBEBBT! 'Seeds, tor the raising of new varieties should be sown as soon as well cured, in loamy or sandy soil, or they may be si ratified and sown together with the sand in the spring. Cut- tings, 6 to 8 inches long, of the mature wood, inserted two-thirds their length, usually grow readily, especially if taken in August or September and stored during winter. Stronger plants are usually obtained by layers, and the English varieties are nearly always layered in this country. Mound- layering is usually employed, the English varieties being allowed to remain in layeiage two years, but the American varieties only one (Fig. 27). Layered plants are usually set in nursery rows for a year after removal from the stools. Green-layering during summer is sometimes practiced for new Pri. ary style, cloth, wide margins. $1; Pocket style, paper, narrow margins, 50 cts. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Building, New York. Send for the only Descriptive List Issued in America. All Stock grown by ourselves, and guaranteeil as represented. No Ruropean TUBEROUS BEGONIAS F. J. MEECH &, SON., Charlevoix, Mich. 1«50 A.ores». l^e*rg:e A.ssort»x-ker»t. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, TKAKE LIST ON .V PPLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, GENEVA, N. Y. WHOLESALE LIST OF ROSES AND PLANTS NOW READY. Per 100 Carnations, Hinze's White $3.00 Koses, Monthly :vOO Co'eus and Alternantheras 2.00 Long list of general stock. Send for catalogue. HOOPESTON FLORAL CO., Hoopeston, IN. A BEAUTIFUL NATIVE GRINUM. , white, striped ( ■ flower, JIO per ICO. 6 to 8-in. diam., 50c. eacli ler oz.,i " " 15.00 Latanin Borbonica, 2'.i " " 8,00 : Reclinata, Ferns. We offer an immense stock of the following varie- ties in 2>.i in. pots, which if potted up at once will make splendid plants for spring sales: Adiantum Decorum, Cuneatum, Concinum Latum and Grandiceps, Blechnum Occidentale, Davallia Stricta and Fijiensis Plumosa, Didy- Mlscellaneous Plants. ' J. K. Freemiu".','. 2o'.00 W. F.Dreer 20.00 " Buttercup 6.00 Carnations: Anna Webb, Century, Ches- ter Pride, Dawn, Portia, Grace Wilder, Hinze's White, L. Lamborn, Pride of Keu- nett. Sunrise, William Swayne, strong, 2'i in. pots, $40.00 per 1,000 5.00 llydrangea. New Red Branched, strong ■plants in 4 in. pots 20.00 Roses. Catherine Mermet, Cels, Countess R. du Paro, Etoile du Lyon, Louis Richard, Mad. CamiUe. Mad. de Watteville, Mad. Cusin.Mad. Scipii.n Cochet, Mad. Jos. Schwartz, Mad. Margottin, Marie Guillot, Marie Van Houtte, Sunset, The Bride, Miniature, Perle D'Or, Queen's Scarlet, White Microphlla, Meteor, strong,nearly dormant, 4 in. pots on own roots 12.U0 Gen. Jacqueminot, Ulrich Brunner, La France, Duchess of Albany, Anna de Diesbach, Camille Bernardin, Duke of Albany, Duke of Edinburgh, Eugene Ap- pert, John Hopper, Jules Margottin, Lord Bac."in, Magna Charta, Marie Rady, Paul Neyron, Prince de Rohan, nearly dormant, 4 in. pots 15.00 Duchess of Albany and La France, a tine lot of dormant plants in 3 in. pots.. .. H.OO Mrs. John Laing and Mad. Hoste, 3 in. pots. 10.00 The April quarterly list will be readv April 1, ond will be mailed free to the trade only. PleaSD Henry Ml. Dreer, 714 Chestnut st , Pbiladelphia. ASTORIA NURSERIES, ASTORIA, Long Island City, N. Y. Our Catalogue will be sent free on application; but see here our Special List. Per 100 DRACitMA INDIVISA, 6-in. pots, 24 in, high . $18.00 " " 4 inch pots, 15 to 18 in. high . 8.00 •■ From fiats, 12 to 15 in. high 4-00 LATANIA BORBONICA, 4-in. pots, one or two characterized leaves . . le.oo •■ perdoz $1.50 Hydrangea Otaksa, 6inch pots 16.00 4-inch pots 10.00 -'Vmpelopsis Veitchii, 4-inch pots. ...... 8 00 5-inch pots 10.00 Heliotrope, 3 inch pots 6.00 Passiflora Constance Elliott, 4-inch pots . . 8 00 Pandanus utilis, 2!.,,inch pots S-oo " " from flats, seedlings . . . i.oo Achyranthus 6 varieties, 2';-inch pots,. . . 4.00 Coleus, all the leading vars., 2'-in. pots . . 4.03 Geraniums— Miss Gertrude, Castle Milk, Crys- tal Palace Gem, Mme. Thebaut. Mrs. Eleanor Bulkley, Lillian Smith, Rose Scented, Mme. Lemon and Gen. Grant. flS-Goods delivered F. O. B.in New York State if you wish them shipped by Freight or Express. Money Orders on Astoria. Long Island, N. Y. GREVILLEA ROBUSTA. for 4-incli •onp plants frm 2^1 SI 60 per dozen; JIO ( per 100, Tli( CHBYS4NTHE1WUMS-Many new sorts from Mn. pots$2,5l)perl00;»MperlC00. List mailed free. COL,EliS.-Twelve best bedding sorts. Rooted Cuttings $7.0J per lOOD. Samples of above mailed on receipt of stamps. John D. imlay, Zanesville, O. ROOTED COLEUS. GOLDEN REDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J. GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, TS. oents per lOO; ^O.OO %>&v XOOO. C-A-SH ^ATITH OE.DEE,. STE.01TG U-OOTED CTJTTI3SrG-S. JAPAN SNOWBALL. Blooms freely every Spring. Flowers unsurpassed for florists' use. Over $150 realized last Spring from flowers sold at wholesale, from less than yx> 2-year old plants. PRICE: 12 to 18 inches, $2 00 for 10; $18 00 per 100. 2 fi to 3 feet, $3 00 for 10; $25 00 per 100. Wholesale Catalogue with colored plate of .lapa HYDRANGEA PAN. GRAND for 10; f6.oo per 100; $50.00 per 1000. 2 to 2>^ feet, |i 25 per 10; $io 00 per 100. STATION G, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. wball free. Our one jear old plants are superior to any offered, and lower priced. 2 to 4 stems iS to 24 inches, 75c. 586 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ Oalt, Ont.— The C.alt lldrticullnial Society will hold its tall exhibition Sip- tcmbe'r 2 and 3, and a chrysanthemum show November 11 and 12. Hamilton, Ont.— At the last regular inoctiiig of the Hardeners' and Florists' Club, il was unanimously decided to hold a rose show in June and a chrysanthe- mum show in November. For the last tew weeks business has been decidedly flat. The two elections held recently probably had someeflectrn curtailing sales. James Wild's greenhouses at Barton were des- troyed by fire, March 1. Loss estim.nted at $3,000 or more. London, Ont.— -Vt the meeting of the Florists' and Gardeners' Club on the 2nd inst. the attendance was small, owing probably to the excitement incident to the Dominion elections. A communica- tion was received from the Montreal Florists' Club suggesting the offering of a cup by the various clubs as a national prize, but owing to the small attendance consideration ot the matter was deferred. .\ communication was received from the Toronto Florists' Club inviting the co-operation of tht London florists in receiving the S. A. F. in Toronto in August next, and the secretary was in- structed to reply that the florists of Lon- don would render every assistance in their power to make the visit of the S. A. F. to Canada one not soon to be for- gotten. The committee on chrysanthe- mum show reported progress and sug- gested that a guarantee fund be raised. .\ subscription sheet was passed around and in a few moments a sufficient amount had been guaranteed to insure against any deficiency. It was also decided to offera medal or cup for chrysanthemums at the show, which will be held about the second week in November. NEW SNDRfiRE PLANTS. ORCHIDS. ETC. ORCHIDS- jl Mexican, ( HARDY ri;i JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CASH, TO MAKE KOOM. Each KENTI A, Bel and Fost., 3 ft. high, 4 to 6 char- Bel, and Fo6't.."8'pecimens','3J4 feet hieh, 5 to 6 character leaves 5 OC Bel. and Foat., 2^ to d ft. high. 3 to 4 character leaves - 0( Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2\ ft. high, 3 to 4 character leaves 1 .SC Aspidistra variegata. 5 to fi leaves "^ — -leliana,2feethlgh E. W. WEIIWAR, IWt. Vernon, N. Y. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Largest Btocfe in the West. Over Sfty varieties of PA LMS at 6 cts. to $10 OO each . CTCAS RBVOLDTA, M cts. to $15 00 each. DRAC.ENA INBIVISA, AUSTRALIS and TEU- MINALIS, 5 cts. to 15 cts. each. CACTD3, ALOBS, AGAVES and YUCCAS. ^T- Send for price list. W. J. HESSER, Platlsmouth, Neb. 't%\m AT A BARGAIN, BY MAIL. 12 Dracaenas Aua 12 to 18 inches - Strong cuttiDRs of 20 i raisinn. not yet out, for 50 cents. Plants of tj ne Geraniums, 25 cents each; set J'.CO French Cann bulbs and seed. New Giant Perfection stock. p€ trade pkt. 25 cents. Aster Pa3ony perfection, whiti per trade pkt. 25 cents. Cosmos, white or mixe< per oz, 25 cents. Mignonette Machet, per oz i cents. ChrysKnthemum seed, from choice strain per pkt. 23 and 50 cents. S. IjtElVTOPH-, PiruCity.Cal. SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Hose Hill \iirscries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y New and RarePlantSj ORCHIDS PALMS, FERNS. Hardy Plants. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. PLANTS AND FLOWERS. Cheap as Good Roses A trial order w iU prove it. BRACKENRIDGE &. CO. Established 1S54. Govanstown, Md. Established and Fresh Imported plants, mostly useful for Cut Flowers, at very low prices. "Writ© £c>]f o«.r I*rio© Xjis?« FREDERICK MAU, p. O. Box 332. SOUTH ORANGE. N. J. DRAC^NA ISDI¥ISA. From 2-inch pots, per 100 K: per 1000 Ri. From 2^-in. pots, per 100 S5i per 1000 $45. From boiea, once, transplanted, per 100 $4; per lOOOf.W. GLOXINIA SEEDLINGS, From strictly first class Erecta grandlBora type- all tigered and spotted perlOOJS; per 1000*46. tW Ready for delivery April 1, 'HI. JA.H1V :bros., Clark's Point, New ISedford, Mass. PALMS. We have the below named Palms in quantity which if purchased now and shifted ahead will make very fine stock Spring and Summer: Latania Borbonici. -V in. Strong, sio per ino. 8 in. ,551:) per mo. 4 in., f^ao per 1(»0. 5 in., s,")() per lOO. (3 in., «7.") per inO. The last three are very strong with good, clean character leaves. Seaforthia Elegans, -h '»•. =^"» iht loo. a 'in., sS^-jo per loo. ChameropS Elegans FortUUia >" ■" i"- V<'^^^ ,U«'0(1 character leaves, %\{) per 100. 4 in., very strong, Sl>0 per 100. i; in., e.xtra strong, $.')0 per 100. Pandanus Utilis i" -'A i". pots, no per loo. Corypha Australis in •"> in- pots, $10 per lOO. 4 in., ^1^0 per 101). (', in., .S8.') per 100. A variety of other Palms, price and variety on application. Fancy stock such as OrotODS, Authuriums, -'oid iither liot house plants we have a Hue stock of. Flowering Begonias i" variety, i'^ in. pots, >^:\ per loo. A large stork of PaeonleS i" iill colors. Prices according to the size of the plant. Hardy Sunflower, ^- p*'r loo. Funkia or Day Lily, *8 per loo. Strong roots. Chrysanthemums, Named varieties of the I.est sorts, 200 kinds, •_' in. pots, !?;5per lOO. |^"Our Retail Catalogue with full description mailed on application. B. P. CRITCHELL 5 CO., cincinnhti. o. z8gi. The American Florist. 587 UNITED STATES Short Hills, N. J. U. S. A. Hextable, Swanley, Keirit, Kngland, Chrysanthemums PahBS^:Fohage Plants Hardy Plants Orchids Crypripediums Novelties One hundred thousand first-class plants, all true to name, now ready for delivery. Twent}' spacious greenhouses full of the largest assortment of healthy plants; gheapest in the market. Acres upon acres of the finest kinds used by Florists for cutting purposes. Special quantities of all the leading kinds for Florists' use. Valuable plants for cut flower purposes. CD o ;13 No Florist can afford to be without some of ^^ these long-lasting beauties. Grand Stock. ' — ' Prices low. ^ American, European and Japanese, also Nov- 5^ el ties from all parts of the globe in stock in our K ' two Nurseries. ^ PITCHER & MANDA, Nurserymen, * Seedsmen * and * Florists. 588 The American Florist. Mar. /p, Growing Violets. The proper handling of the stock year after year is to mj- mind one of the most effective preventives of the disease. The rotation of the crops as practiced on the farm is still more important in our oper- ations. We now make it a practice to renew our stock of violets frequently, securing the plants from as great a dis- tance as possible, and planting out in a different place each year, one where violets have never before been grown. The results of this plan have been very gratifying to us. We have had splendid crops of most excellent flowers, picking nearly 30,000 flowers for last Christmas and New Years. Otto Mailander. The New York dailies are certainly very liberal in their notices of exhibitions of flowers and plants. The splendid or- chid exhibition given recently at the Madison Square Garden, by Siebrecht & Wadley, received full column and even double column reports daily in all the leading New York papers, and what was of still ^eater importance to the pro- jectors ot the exhibition the same papers gave equally lengthy and elaborate ad- vance notices. These liberal advance notices were undoubtedly an important factor in making the exhibition a finan- cial success, and the daily press of New York should receive the thanks of the trade for its liberality. A correspondent writes describing a carnation at the establishment of Mr. John Moore, Little Silver, N. J., which is superior to Grace Wilder at that place, and which Mr. M. has named Isabella. He also advises us that a sample bloom has been sent, but it was either not re- ceived or was among a lot that faded without our being able to determine who sent them, through neglect to give name of sender on the package. To GIVE the American Florist your fullest support confine your orders to those who advertise in its columns and when ordering tell the advertiser that you ordered from his adv. in the Florist. Fifty-two pages this issue. I EASTER LILIES. Electro of this Cut (No. 9151), %\. A. BLANC, PHILftDELPHIA, PA. Largest stock of Florists' Cuts in ttie world. Cat J. C. Yaughan, "Book for Florists, " (mCAGO, READY. V._^ All Florists' Stock in Season. HARDY ROSES. Large 2 year Plants, Leading Varieties. Per 100 Si 2.00. Plenty of General Jacqueminot. All Florists' Stock in Season. MONTHLY ROSES. 2 1-2 in. pots, assorted, plenty of Etoile de Lyon, M. Neil and Marie Guillot. Per 100 M.OO. All Florists' Stock in Season. FORCING ROSES. Splendid Plants, 2 and 3 eye cuttings. Price List on application. Now mailed to all customers. WESTERN AGENT FOR THE WABAN. All Florists' Stock in Season. CLEMATIS Large stock of Jackmani and other varieties. Heavy 3 and 4 year plants assorted, per 100 $40.00. 2 year plants, per 100 $30.00. All Florists' Stock in Season. HYDRANGEA PANICULATA Fine imported stock, clean, 3 ft. straight growth, per 100 12.00. 2 ft. straight growth per 100 $10.00. All Florists' Stock in Season. J. C. Yaughan, "Book for Florists," READY. (mCAGO. i8gi. The American Florist. 589 Largest Growers in the World OF ROSES UNDER GLASS FOR CUT FLOWERS. 100,000 BUSHES XOW LWDER CULTIVATION.^ GUT FLOWER DEPARTMENT. ROSEBUDS: Puritiin, Hoste, Albany, La France, Bride, Mermet, Snowtlake, Watteville, Wootton. CARNATIONS: Mrs. Fisher, Grace Wilder, Silver Spray, Portia, Hinze's White. TULIPS: A superb selection. Roman Hyacinths and Lily of \'alle\ in any quantity desired. Ornithogalum Arabicum: We have a very large stock. It is the most satisfactory of new bulbs. Trumpets, Narcissus, Paper Whites, Spirea. Harrisii Lilies: An immense stock. \'iolets, Ferns and everything in the Cut Flower line. ROSE PLANTS. Roses of 1889: Roses of 1888: Any of these new roses except as indicated below we will sell you: OurSelectiou SilO.OO pf lOO Tour Selection 15 00 " " New Roses of 1890; Clotilde Soupert, Adeline Outrey, Cleopatra, Duchesse Marie SaU 1 Diilce Bella. Georges Karber, Mile. Marg.Fabisch. Mile. Marg. deThezil Marquise de Forton. I, May Rivers, Miss Marston James Wilson, Rheingold, GustaveNadaud, Sappho, J B Varrone, Soiiv, K. Goulain, Jeanne Guillaumez, Souv. de Dr. Passot, Kaiser Friedrich, .\ug. Guinnoisseau, Kaiserin Friedrich. Bona Weillschott, Mad. .\dolphe de Tarle, La France of iS8g, Mad.Marg. de Soras, Mad. de la Collogne. Mad. Marie U.ssher, Mad. Hortense Montefiore, Mad. Marthe de Bourg, Mad. Moser, Mad. Philip Kuutz, Mile. Annette Gamon, Madeline d'Aoust, Mile. Genevieve Godard, Selection »13 00 per lOO Tour ption 30.00 Standard Sorts: La France. -S3.50 PER 100. Bride, j Wootton, I Hoste, Watteville, Perle, Gontier, SnowHake. $4.00 PER 100. All the New Roses of 1891. ROSE PLANTS. Albany S6.00per 100 Puritan, g^rafted on Manetti stocks 35.00 " " American Beauty 12.00 •• " All the foregoing from 2 1-2 inch pots with our right to deliver at any time before May 20th. Cash with order 5 per cent. ofT. MANETTI STOCKS FOR Grafting Have proved a great success with us for forcing under glass, Si 8.00 per thousand. A NEW DEPARTURE. We have 50,000 plants of three new roses selected for forcing under glass of which we shall not sell a single plant. Why.' Because we know their merits and propose to control the sale of cut flowers from them next winter. We have all the European stock of these roses. 10,000 PALMS In Standard Varieties. G. STRAUSS & GO., WflSHlNGTON,kD. G. 590 The American Florist. Mar. ig^ Propagating Dahlias. Replying to the inquirj- of Wm. F. Uassett in the issue olMarch 5, page 520, Am. Florist, how to propagate dahlias. The old roots shoidd be divided and placed on a bench with bottom heat about January 1, cover with dirt and keep moist, but not too wet until the growth starts, then water freely. Begin to make cuttings as soon as the new growth shows two joints, cut just below second joint thus allowing a solid heel. No cutting will root where the stem is hollow. Place the cuttings in sand same as roses, carnations or any other green- house plant. C. H. Allen. Floral Park, N. Y. On page 520, Wm. F. Bassett asks for some information about the propagation of dahlias. My method is to plant the roots in the fall, as soon as they are thor- oughly dry, in boxes of drj' earth. These are placed under the benches and given no further attention until it is wished to start them into growth, when the roots are put on the benches and covered with earth. Shoots will appear in three or four weeks and when of sufficient size are pulled off and potted in ordinary soil in 2V2-inch pots. These shoots will root throtigh the pots in three weeks. When the growths are over three inches long it is well to cut the tops off and treat the same way. Care should be taken though to cut just below a joint as otherwise no buds for the following season will be developed at the base of the stem for new shoots to come from. Fall cuttings will root readily enough but will not mature in time to make roots worth preserving. The trouble with his dahlias probably comes from the fact of there being no dor- mant buds on the stems, which some- times occurs under the best conditions; at the temperature given they should sprout quickl}'. The most obvious plan for improving his canna is to raise seedlfngs from it or cross with other varieties and by judic- ious selections from the resulting plants, some improvement onthetype will doubt- less be secured. Areola 111. Percy W. Armstrong. Please mention the American Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. St.i^ri3lxis {Stools: " in variety "... 60 4 Agatha Celestis (blue daisy)" ... 60 4 Akenia Malvaviscus "... 60 4 Crape Myrtle, 3 colors zM in . . . i 00 Feverfew, Little Gem, 3 in . . . 75 5 Geraniums, standard sorts " . . 75 5 " scented 2 in . . . 60 4 Gnaphalium Lanatum "... 60 4 Geranium, Mad. Saleroi "... 60 4 Hibiscus, in variety 4 in . . , i 00 8 Ivy, English and variegated 2j^ in. 60 4 Lantana, standard sorts 2 in . . . 60 4 " best white 4 in . . . i 00 8 Mesembryanthemum Cor.Var. 2 in 60 4 Nierembergia Gracilis 2 in . . . 60 4 PileaMuscosa 2 in . . . 60 4 Plumbago Capensis 4 in . . . 75 6 Plumbago Capensis Alba 2 in . . . 60 4 Roses, Hermosa, M. Guillot, Mad. Jos. Schwartz, 2 in . . . 60 4 Roses, Bride, La France, Perle, Mermet, M. Guillot, Gontier, 3 in 75 5 Roses. Countess de la Barth,Cornelia Cook. Camoens Mad. Scipio Co- chet, Mad. Cecil, Brunner.M. Niel. The Bride, Souv. de St. Pier, GiantandGenl Jacqs, 2'^ in . . . 60 4 Verbenas, standard sorts, 2 m . . , 50 3 " Vesta, finest white, 2 in 60 4 cuttings I Verbenas, general collection. J7 per 1000 A. GIODINGS, Danville, III. OUR INTRODUCTIONS NOW IN GREAT DEMtNO. OKCHID CANNA (C. flaccida). Per TOO, $2 50; per looo, %io. BUTTERFLY OKCHID (Epidendrum venosum). Per 100 clumps, Jy; per iccxd, I50. SPIDER LII.T or Sea Daifodil (Pancratium). Per 100, I3; per 1000, fas. AIR PLANTS (Tillandsias). Per 100 (large), |6. This is extremely useful and beautiful in decorations, and very lasting. SWORD FERN (Nephrolepis exaltata) Strong plants, per 100, I3; per 1000, |2o. REASONER BROS., Manatee, Fla. Siebrechtt & Wadley, ^ gpBcmL ^ ^asTER ^ Offer. ^ Lily Harrisii and Candidum cut flowers or plants. Aza'eas in bloom, all sizjs, large stock, low prices. Rose Hill Nurseries. iNiEW I^OCHELLE, New yoRK. FLOWERS--EASTER Harrisii and Longillorum Lilies. Jr3 per 100 flowers and buds. L. i,ai rinths, mostly white, daffodils and 100. Lily of the Valley. Komans at pped safe by t 01 me country, we also have a J bealtby rooted cuttings of Utnze's SCHILLER & MAILANDER, 530 W. Madison St. CHICAGO. il^-L. AURATUM, H^-L. RUBRUM, «^-SPIDER LILIES, '■^°°^.^^'^^^'''" J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. LARGE STOCK SOUND BULBS. CLOSE PRICES. ^c VERBENAS S. W. PIKE FINE, HEALTHY ROOTED CUTfl ' &, CO., SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS. : H .A-fC U JS. I i8gi. The American Florist, 59 H. H. BERGER & CO., IIVlP'ORTEJieS OK JAPANESE BULBS. l,il. Auratum (Queen of Lilies), 6-; Per 100 1000 9-u in. cir. " Speciosum Rubrum 6-8 irge. spots i nual t. Lil. Speciosun Album. 7-8 i Lil. Speciosun Lil. Longiflorum, small, 4-5 in. circ. 3 ci medium, 5-7 in. " 4 5 large, 7-S in. " .s ?■ Theie last will bear quite as many fl owe best ■Bermuda " Forces equally early. C bore with ui twelve perfect lilies. Order 1 Ilrery August Ist. Lil. Tigrinum sp!endens, 7-9 in. . . 50 Lil. Batemanni, a beautiful, upright- growing, apricot -colored lily . . 6 oi Lil. Coridion, Citron, with dark spots 4 O' Lil. Coaco^or. Scarlet, with dark spots. Both fine for floral work 4 oi Lil. Elegans, or Thunb:rgi. Bright Lil. Elegans, or Thunbergi purourem. Ve'vety, dark c Lil. Elegans Incomparable, son, with flame colored \ Atr LiL Elegans Flore semi pleno. Half double crimson, with inside white Lil. Krameri. Small bulbs, i-l'- in. Lil. Krameri.' kitra Strong, bulbs 5-6 in. circ. . . . ■ ■ • Lil. Nerine. Red Gnernfey lily (beautiful) RARE VARIETIES. These we import only in small qui require special order if desired in ai thick, yellow, waxen petals, with dark spots 6 00 50 00 Lil. Leichtlini 3 co 25 00 " Brownii, or Lil. Odorum. Mag- nificent, trumpet-shaped, light yellow, purplish outside, extra strong flowering bulbs, 6-8. ... 6 00 50 00 Smaller bulbs, 4-5 inches 4 5" 4° 00 B'ack Lily of Japan (very interest- iig) 2 50 20 00 E egans Alice Wilson (pure yellow) 6 00 50 00 Prices I 0. b. San Francisco. Order Early, e.-- pecially il quantity is needed. Our orders must reach Japan by July 1st to insure best Bulbs. We begin de'ivcrv dctober ist. Time by freight to furtherest Eastern points, from 16 to 21 days I GOO Bulbs packed for delivery, average weight, 350 lbs Rate of freight, from $3.90 to $4.20 per 100 Uis, dependant on distance. Very liberal dis- counts to Dealers ordering largely and early. We select our Bulbs carefully, discarding all those decayed in transit from Japan, and send out only thoroughly sound, good stock. CHINESE NARCISSUS. Per 100 ICOO Extra fine large Bulbs, variety Lien ohu, best and most profuse Second best variety, smaller Bulbs, 7 00 60 00 We cannot deliver best variety before early p»rt of Seotember; early importations are made of half ripened Bulbs, which attain no good results. We must order now to secure best slock. CALIFORNIA LILY BULBS. erias, Calochortus in rich delivery in July. List too ri. S e wholesale catalogue. Lil. Auratum Rubrum Vittatum. ^Magnificent— a flower grown in inches from tip to tip $ Lil. Auratum Virginaje Alba. Pure white, broad golden band .... Per 10 Per 100 long for public.Tl Lil. Ilumboldli. I ai vuiii. itiaiiiiinuui. \.vjiuui- bianum, Washingtoaianum. Parryii, Pubescens, Pardalinum, all ready by October. See descrip- tion and prices in wholesale catalogue. Calla Ethiopica. In four sizes— Per 100 3-4 inch circumference |4 <» Lil. dots Order Early— Demand threatens to outrun ply— we have already booked orders for i thousands. Delivery, August to October. Japanese Seeds of Con mental Trees, Shrubs a Seeds, fully mentione* CALIFORNIA CONIFEROUS SEEDS. duce in the Eastern si Delphinium Cardinale, Nudicale. Lathyru; Superba, Romneya Coulteri, Cosmos, Stocks Smilax, all warranted good and fresh. Deciduous Trees and Shrubs fioiu Japan. Hardy East. MapltS in 20 choice sorts. Magnolias in 9 choice sorts. Styrax Japonica. and Obssia (plants and .'eeds). Syringa Japonica (plants and seeds), Hydrangras. Full description in wholesale lisc. EVERGREEN SHRUBS. TREES AND PLANTS. Camellias. Daphnes. Azaleas, Aralias, Euryas, Andromedas, rare Aucuba--, etc. CONIFERS. uaucaria Excelsa, Bidwelli, Cunt ibrel a Pine, hardy East, Cryptomeria ras. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. jrietu secure you the newest and choic of Chrysanthemums, although 1 Japan Per 10 Per 100 HERBACEOUS PAEONIAS. BAMBOOS IN SORTS. in best assortment from PALMS. Rhapis per shoot from 9 it ches Per 10 Per 100 From 2-6 ft., according to size; choicest stock ever imported of Cyoas Revoluta of the TRUE Long- Leaved variety, broad foliage— the only one valu- able to fl->rists. Freight per 100 Itts, $2.40 to $2 95. Roots and fronds cut oflf. Price per 100 lbs. f. o. b. San Francisco, $15; per 500 or 1,000 ibs. at $14.00 a 100 pounds. Send for our new Wholesale List, also Retail Catalogue, if desired. Send 3^our orders early for anything you ma}^ require. We do not GroW, we Import. Through some causes whole shipments of Bulbs or Plants sometimes arrive rotten, heated, or damaged to such a degree as to be unfit for delivery — correspondence and new orders at such a distance take weeks. If you wish "best stOCk at best prices, address us. :Bst»Tt»llcslxed 1S7S> r». O. :Box: ISOl, or H.H. BERGER & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 592 The American Florist, Mar. in Wall Flowers. Subscriber of Yonkers, N. Y., asks for some information about wall flowers. For three or four years past I have grown a few both in the greenhouse and out side with the best success. Shade in sum- mer while beneficial is not necessary, but in severe zero winter weather they are pretty certain to get scorched by the sun unless in a shaded situation such as the north side of a dwelling would affoi'd. In lieu of this evergreen branches make a perfect protection from the sun rays for them or any other plants of similar char- acter. They bloom more or less constantl}' from earliest spring until autumn frosts stop their growth. Seed for out door plants should be sown this month or next and will make strong plants by . next fall. Y'oung plants should be raised every season as they seldom survive the second winter. If it is desired to grow them in the greenhouse seed maj- be sown any time and managed the same as ten- weeks or other stocks. They will bloom in six or eight months, but better results are alway obtained from open ground plants lilted and potted in the fall. They make fine house plants, especially for those in whose windows other flowers will not thrive owing to lack of sun or heat. They will bloom finely in such places and are not injured by slight freez- ing. Percy W. Armstront.. Areola, 111. WiiE.N' corresponding with anv of our advertisers please say that you saw the adv. in the American Florist. TOBACCO STEMS FOR FLORISTS. p. C. FULWEILER )a3 Arch Street. FHII.ADEI.FHIA, PA. Mention American Florist. '"s^AMERICAN FLORIST Rfl.'S «E-«TRADE !-» DIRECTORY i florists, ^-of nurserymen, [seedsmen, OI' THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 180O. ADDRESS : American Florist Co. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. ^ ....... .7;;^* TTrn •~V;vt. ... r. ."Trv, .TvvTt iTn^ .TrTi^T^^vo"^* .T;;ri ^^^ Fo RI89I We are in better .shape than ever to give our critical friends in the Flori.st trade good service. Our Trade List has been mailed. Send fi.r a 1 opy if you have been omitted OUR STRAINS OF Aster Cyclamen Primula Mignonette Petunia .A.nd other iMarket Pla: fidenlly recommend tl of our Truffaut's I Perfection Aster as iproved Paeony-Floweri MUSHROOM SPAWN known, and is used by nearly all the large growers. -\Iways fresh and reliable. Don't \vaste your money on old spawn that was poor enough even when fresh. Get the genuine, fresh, well-spawned Milltrack from JOHN GARDINER & Co. 10 lbs., $1.20; 25 lbs.. 32.75; 50 lbs., S500; 100 lbs., ^8.00. Special rates on large lots. Our pamphlet, " Mushrooms for the Million," free. RoBlNsoM's " Mushroom Culture," new edition, 50c., post free. John Q/iRDmER 6^ Co. Seed and Kulb OroHels, Importers and Dealers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. T^iiiiiiiliTiiiiiUiiiiiirnT.i You will want .V full stock of the N'EW Large- I'LOWERINC Bego.vias this Season. They will be more popular than ever. I inmense -variety of colors, large and fine. Singles. S8.00 per 100; doubles, Si5.ooper 100. We pride ourselves on the quality . f our Gladioli this year— $1.50 ,ind JS2.00 per 100 for fine mi.\ed and superfine mixed. TriiEROSES ; large, plump and sound E.'icelsior Dwarf Pearls. S1.50. Caladr:.ms, extra ^elected large tubers, S9 00 per 100. Japanese Lilies, TiGRiniAS, Aiviaryi.lis,Etc — Fine Stock. ■^*^3S4 ZMt'jf m m Jli /| ili Hi Ji m m 'I /I li m /i i '1 'I /I I .//i //I //i 'i 1 1 liniliiiiiiTiiiiiifiriii iimliiTiiiiriiTiiil^ I T2LD TOE TKMXn 111 l.iiui.irv when 1 s,iid " 1 am on time." But how the tlorists did turn in .ind "bust lip "the time! When the ad. became a— well, prevarication, lei us s.i.v— I hadn't even time to think of it, and a kind customer tlnally hinted that it was stale, and— soinethins else! Well, I've been trying to scratch out and up and through the mountain of work January dropped on me from "all over," and think 1 can still print catalogues for the late comers: good catalogues, too. I thank you all, even though I've been heartily "cussed" for not being able to work my place more than 23 hours out of 24. Send along, now, anyway. J. HORACE McFARLAND. Harrisburq, f». CHRYSilNTHEMUM, Fine Plants, $5.00 Per Dozen. Cash. H.JW. eUCIvBEE, = - ROCIvKOKD, ILL. i8gT. The American Florist. 593 Begonias ! Begonias ! Begonias ! I was one of the first in England to handle Begonias, and for some years immense quantities passed through mv packing sheds annually, and I was very sorry to be compelled to relinquish their cultivation; HA.iRO^'' F'lvA.^NTJS then demanded all my attention, and these were first, but I have always " kept touch " with the Begonias, as I made up my mind to "pick them up" at the first opportunity. For some time past I have been assiduously working at the iSEJOOiPiri A., I have also been gathering from every known source everything considered superior, and I trust ere long to make my collection second to none. I purpose making — ^^BEGONIAS A GREAT SPECIALTY AT TOTTENHAM.^ My knowledge of this family is wide and the facilities for knowing every collection, both private and public, in England and the Continent, has enabled me to secure evervthing that I consider of great value, especially those possessing NEW POINTS OF MERIT, as my aim will be to WONDERFULLY IMPROVE THE BEGONIA. I am convinced that but few people can have yet any conception of the capabilities of the plant. I have an IMMENSE STOCK OF SINGLES AND DOUBLES, all carefully graded last season, containing every shade of color and those which yield flowers of the largest size combined with per- fection of form and improvement of type. In the hope of further developing this attractive flowering plant, I shall plant some hundreds of thousands for next season's show, and I shall be very pleased to exhibit them to any of my friends, who, I am sure, will be surprised at both quality and quantity. SPECIAL PRICES for Tubers for present delivery on application. ^DAFFODILS AND NARCISSUS. -1^ I shall have an enormous quantity of these to ofler for Fdll De'li-v^ry. as the season advances. Special prices on application a:'no]M:iVS s. wriVi^E>, HALE FARM NURSERIES. TOTTENHAM, LONDON. ENGLAND. ThOP Q a T T^ 2®'^^^ w®^l established, healthy free-flowering first season. Orchids that will bring a handsome return the Send for Catalogue. WILLIAM MATHKWS, ^^ob^k: sariij©E^^, x-rnricz:.A.. l^:E^^Ar ^^(ZDFRI-t. Lilies, Etc. for Easter HARRISII, LONGIFLORUM, CANDIDUM. Prices on Application. GERANIUMS, Single & Double, of the leading var- ieties, 2Ji-in. pots, at $4 per 100; $35 per icoo. HYDRANGEA OTAKSA, from 5 to 10 inch pots, 815 to I50 per hundred. W. A. BOCK, N. Cambridge, Mass. Mention American Florist. Association Flora, Bosi(oop, Holland. NOW ON HAND IN NEW YORK: 25,000 Dwarf budded Roses in sorts. 3,000 Rhododendrons in sorts. 3,000 Azalea Mollis and Pontica in sorts. 2,000 Clematis, extra strong plants. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens, Conifers, Paeo- nias and other herbaceous plants. PLANTS FOR FORCING AND DECORATING. Address p. OUWEBKERK, P.O. Box 1845, NEW YORK CITY. Catalogue on application. Mention American Florist. 1 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Breen Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING ol all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HARTFORD & NICHOLS, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTOI*. MASS. CI.EMATIS-3. white, blue, purple, 25 cents. Fine ( plant** In box. Sample post free. CUCUMBEKS-Rolllseon's Telegraph, 60 eeeds 25ct«.; 126 seed 8, 60 cts.; ICOO seeds. 12.50. 10 Show varieties, 26 cents. Large stock of both. ' A. BROUNT, RotherBeld, England. 594 The American Florist. Mar. /p, Discounts to Amateurs. What discounts are the proprietors of private places entitled to on plants, seeds, bulbs, etc.? Should they receive the same discount as the florist, who buys to sell again; even il" they buy the sameamoimt? Inquirer. [\Vc believe the rule is supposed to be that even where ([uantity purchased at one time is the same," the consumer should be charged a higher rate than the regular wholesale price to dealers, though it' he buys in large quantities, he is eii- titled to" a rate somewhat lower than if he bought the usual small retail quan- tities.—Ed.] Mr. Thomas Meeiian, Germantown, Philadelphia, lor many years editor of the Gardeners' Monthly which ceased with the death of the publisher a few years ago, has issued a prospectus of a publication to be named "Meehans' Monthlv" and to be published by him- self and'three sons. It will be devoted to general gardening and wild flowers and will undoubtedly find a place for itself The subscription price is $2 a year. The new publication has our best wishes for its success. Ple.^se do not fail to mention the American Florist every time you write an advertiser. PRACTICAL TESTS. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOB.N'IA, AQBICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, BERKKLBV. August 22. 1^89. MESSRS. Morris, Little & Son, Brooklyn: Gentlemen— In reeard to the sample of Insecticide Bubmitted by you for trial, I beg leave testate that the preparation has been used on the Univer»lty grounds with tbe following results: First, four ounces of the Insectlciile were added to one gallon of water and applied to wooly aphis on apple trees with a spray pump. The Insects were killed i r touched by the ? Second, Ion of water and application made by spray to tl greenfly on rose bushes; the insects were killed o Hll sprigs reached by the spray. The amount of m ... ... — :..„., V .,-i....x^t ,yas too small I nts, which would I ipectfully. B. J WICKSON, Agricultural Grounds. tubmitteil for experi admit of large scale desirable (Signed) very etticacious in destroyi: to plants, without all'ecting regard it as the be: " ' JOHN HENDEKSON (X 40a fifth Dear 8irs-We i good q effective Insecticide we have ever used. You queens, n. t.. Dear Sirs— 1 have been using Little lince last September and have no hesi immending it as by far the best Insecticide I eve ised. While it is sure death to all insects, there 1 10 trace of the compound left on the foliage o )lants. Please send us 5 gallons more at you larliest convenience. Respectfully JAMES MACKAl PHILADELPHIA, PA Dear Sirs— I have been using your everal months for washing Palms, t Lud 1 find it valuable for that purpose Kespectfully. destroy scale, JOHN BURTON. 1287 BUOAD Dear Sirs— I have used Bug and must s Respectfully yours. BROOKLYN, N. V. 's Anilpest for Mealy le only remedy that I DAHLIAS a. GK<>K(iE. 60 choice sorts. All the best varieties. Field grown roots of Large- flowered, Pompon, Cactus and Single, $7.00 per ico; f6o.oo per 1000. NEW BEGONIAS. GEORGE— The strongest grower and most showy of this class; leaves large with distinct palmate center of bronzy green. $3.00 per doz. REX— In fine assortment of named kin GERANIUMS. SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE— The Bnest novelty in year.s. Siooo per loo. NEW, of the Bruant race, for [8go. f3.oo per doz. STANDARD VARIETIES-Best bedding sorts. J4.00 per ico; J35.00 per 1000. 200,000 ROSES, i„cli,di„g all the standard forcing varieties and the new Red Mermet (Waban), at lowest prices. A full stock of Bedding Plants, Chrysanthemums old and new, Hardy Shrubs, Clematis, field-grown Roses, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Small Fruits, Grape Vines, etc. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS FREE. THE STORRS & HARRISON CO., Painesville, L^iil^e Co., Ohio. In Preparing- for the Spring Trade Don't Overlook PLATYCODON GRAJVDIFLORUM. One of the Best Hardy Flowers, and of Real Merit, s. but Rlooms all Summer till cut florists' use. Two varieties. Deep .; $.; 00 per 100. COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA. A fine, hardy bright golden yellow flower, on long, wiry stems, well above the foliage. Blooiuine all Summer, desirable as cut dowers, very stylish and sells well, try it. Extra large clumps, held grown I2.U0 per doz : 2 I'ch. pot grown, 50c. per dcz ; *3.l0 per 100. Correspondence solicited. Pardy as a Fhlox by frost. We are gr( Blue and Fure Wh Note —The above, it planted early 1 choice d Bouquet. Large, tine Beld-grow DAHLIAS. oom freely all next seasoi ds (list on request). Single, Large Fl Cactus U. Per 100 .Jap. Allja c .76c per doz. ji; 00 per VoO.'. Giant Daisy, white, clun.i Ainpeiop'tis V Chrysan^lieiii Achillea and j< Caladiiim Ei>( Eulalia Vnlvitata, new.2i2 Chrysanthemums, best new and .c?iotbs i/> 1 ^pdpep whites, Daffodils 6ind 'iVjd^<."o+ber hJc^reisSL/s, ^lipS, >A ^;agreeable odor, and takes the place of liquid manure which is always so difh- cult to obtain, and unpleasant 10 handle. We ad- vi:e every one who grows flowers to give the KX- CELSIOR FERTILIZER a trial." 121 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK. 596 The American Florist. Mar. /p, Carnation Lamborn. In reference to tarnation Lamborn my experience has been this: After two sea- son's trial I find it a capital summer bloomer, and it docs well in houses as lonfj as the sun is high, but in latter part of November, December, January, Febru- ary and March it is positively of no value for cut flowers. The stems are iveak and brittle, flower does not expand, and it is well nigh impossible to get it into growth. I with several others, have dis- carded it, and my advice is, do not plant it. C. E. Baumann. Rahway, N. J. Hot Water Under Pressure. In March 5 issiie Subscriber asks mc to answer a few questions and I cheerfully comply. I consider three 2-inch pipes equal to heating as much as two 3-inch, and four 2-inch equal to two 4-inch pipes. 1 prefer the expansion tank directly over the boiler with aircocks on the highest points of the pipes. In regard to fuel we use 20 per less by above system, than by using steam. C. A. D. Blie Roses.— a correspondent sends us two letters he has received from nur- serymen, one enquiring where he can get a supply of blue roses and the other send- ing a straight order for them, evidentlj- without the slightest doubt that the plants would be at once forthcoming. There seems to be still abundant room for education, even among the nursery- men. Our correspondent says: "We have numerous enquiries of this sort from amateurs but to receive them from nur- serymen is to say the least surprising." Detroit.— The greenhouses of Charles Warncke at Woodmere, which were des- troyed by fire December ith last, have been entirely rebuilt and are now in good running order. Charley's fellow florists came to his assistance and stocked him up, so that he is in shape for the Easter trade. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, so JV. ^tlTi (Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ESTABLISHED. 1866, FLORAL DESIGNS The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (withfo.so for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. PA. Mtntlon Am«rlosn Florlit. ♦^ EVERGREEN CUT FERNS. Especially for Florists' Use. $1.50 per 1000 Ferns. SPAGHNUMMOSSfoYr'- UnnlO I MAo I ntto th'an"he" Blue Sp?uce. 'aTso Bali feel high. Special attentiun to supplyiDK carload lor •" =.- ^ CITY STAND DURING THE HOLIDAYS, 47TH ST., and LEXINGTON AVE.. NEW YORK 9.); orSi;.00 per Write for term Write for Prici L. B. BRAGUE, Hinsdale, Mass. catalogu PLANET JR. IIPROTED FAEM AND GARDEN TOOLS FOR 1891. BETTER. Both Horse and Hand, THAN EVEK; better and more money saying. We can goodly num- sre. Among I teeth; Market Gardener's Ac Beet Grower's Special Horse Hoe with Pulverizer; Special Furrower, Marker and Kidger, adjustable wings; Sweet Potato Horse Hoe, four tooth with vine turn- er; Heavy Grass Edger and Patli Cleaner; m bined; Special Steel Leveler and Pulverizer combined; all interesting, nothing practicaror perfect. Some improved things too are grafted upon our oP WHEEL, Instantly ad.iustable for depth, is a great feature; put o wise. Nor have our Hand Seed Drills been forgott ' ' ' ' Single Wheel Iloes, Garden Plows, Grass Edeers, Etc do Dot forget that no novelties are adopted by us without actual and therefore guarantee everything exactly .them here, but our new is free and Interesting. V tools will meet your eye these Gardener's Harrow, Cu capital LEVEK Bented Send for Catalogues i Pliiladelphia, Pa. 'theMALTESE cross BRAND THEVERYBESTor GARDEN & lAWN mmm '4 iFyour dealer doesTiothaveil,5eTid direct loHiemanuI^clurm m ^ « 17OLAKEST. CHICAGa lTHEGinTAPERCHAaRUBBERMrG.CO RUNDLE-SPENCE MFG. MANUFACTURERS OF CO., Greenhouse* Pipe * and * Fittings, QUALITY GUARANTEED. 193 LAKE ST., 63-69 SECOND ST., CHICAGO. II.I.. MII.WAPKEE. WIS. PERUVIAN NITRATE SODA used by intelligent Farmers, Truckers. Florists. Nurserymen and Gardeners. Wlitrever NITROGEN or AMMONIA is needert NITRATE OF SODA supplies the wanl in the most available ami cheapest form. Constant Supply in Warehouse. Cargo shipments from South America. Regular Direct /mportaticns. Highe-st Grade. Original Bags. Quotations on application, OHAS.F. PITT & SONS, IMPORTERS, No. 31 Sottth St. 1 BAI.TIMORE. MD. THE CEFREY FLORISTS LETTER CO. MaDllfactlire THE BEST LETTERS IN THE MARKET. sizes 1 Vinch and 2-inch, SS Wl per 10(1. Patent fastener with each letter. WHEAT DESIGNS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. N, if. McCARrHV.Mgr. I Address JciiiN B.0Li>i:N,As8t.Mgr. 1 13 Green St.. BOSTON. i8i)i. The American Florist. 597 FEW WORDS ABOUT CYPRESS LUMBER. _ And like all good things has come to stay. A few say with the old fogy around the corner that Pine lumber is good enough for him. This little adv. is not for his kind, but for the wide- awake men who find it pays to build in their repairs at the same time they build their house. The time has gone by when it paid to build a so-called cheap commercial greenhouse. CYPRESS IS BRIGHT, STRAIGHT GRAINED AND DURABLE, in short it is the best wood we know of for greenhouse use. We ought to know something about its good qualities, having worked it largely for ten years past where durability was a requisite. We called the attention of Florists to this feature at the second National Convention at Philadelphia. Our customers write, ''We never knew what good lumber meant be/ore" and ''the Cypress you sent us is way ahead of white Pi?ie in quality and we hope in durability." Our carpenter says he never worked such good lumber. We are familiar with greenhouse construction, and make a specialty of SASH BARS, CUTTERS, RIDGES AND SASH, ETC. Our bars are carefully packed in iron-bound crates, and always reach their des- tination in good shape. We make but one quality of goods and that the best. We solicit orders from European Florists. .'iDDRESS FOR ClRCin,.^RS ."VND PRICES, IiOCKXiAND XjiUMBXSR CO., LOCKLAND, OHIO, U. S. A. LITTLE'S ANTIPEST we still lead, others m to follow Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORKIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Send for circulars ami price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY STREET, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. To whom was awarded the Only First-Class Certificate of Merit for "Standard" Flower Pots, at the Sixth Annual Convention of the Society of American Florists, held at Boston, Mass., Angus'. 22d, 1S90? We were. Why? Be- cause we manufactured and exhibited the only true "Stand- ard " Flower Pots, and of which we claim to be the only manufacturers at the present time. FOR KEDCCED PRICE LIST, ADDRESS THE WtilLLDIN FOTTERY GOMPflNY, 713 & 715 Wharton St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. AGENT FOR XEW ENGLAND STATES: M. J. McCarthy, 27 & 29 Otls street, Somcrwille, Mass. Edited by . WEBmCH, Florists' Letters. Emblems, Monograms, Etc. Tlie«e letters and designs are made of the best Injmor- t)cr€an&ipirth Published tflonthly GERMAN PTG. AND PUB. ASSC. niiwauKee, wis. . p„f,jf Jj^.f Katbcjcbcr fiir 5clb unb fjaus. st. Lou's. - MO. '"■■■•■'"' THE FARMER.- Practical Adviser for Field and Fireside. ••••;;::::::■■•• Acknowledged the best German africultnral and horticultural publication in the U. 8. Subscribed for _ d thoroughly perused by farmers, gardeners, florists and amateurs. Circulation 30,000. I Reliable firms, only, who deal In goods of practical value for our readers, are accepted as advertlserB. I Rate, 10 cents per agate line each insertion. No discount for any length of time nor for any amount of ' space used. Forms close on 20th of month preceding date of Issue. florists who wish to advertise where It will do good, or who may wish to present this pub premium to their German customers will please address L. BLANKEMIER, SI*. XjOxtis, •aa.o. Postage, loots, per lOU. W. C. KRICK, Br'dway, Brooklyn. N.Y. Rochester, N. SEEDSMEN write to The Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, O., for samples and prices before ordering elsewhere. SHEEP MANURE, ^ natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of suppl3'ing all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTIM and ECONOMICAL Pulverized. 100 lb. bag $3.00; Ton $40. ( WM. ELLIOTT dk SONS, Compressed. " $2.50; Ton $35. \ 54 and 56 Day Street, N. Y. says, "This new tool is the finest thins cents; i dozen, $1.85, postage paid. VII Weeder and handy digger. Tatenttrd Nov. 25, '90. bv leading Florists and Seecsmen. John Lewis Childs rden work we have ever seen." Sample to the trade 20 W. B. CLEVES, Binghamton, N. Y. 598 The American Florist, Mar. /p, Buffalo. The annual election of the Buffalo Florists' Club was held the evening of March 11, at the Audubon Club parlors. There was a large attendance and the election resulted as follows: President, William Scott; Vice-President, John F. Cowell; Secretar3-, Daniel B. Long; Financial Secretary, George Asnius; Treasurer, Joseph H! Rebstock; Members Executive Committee, E. J. Mepsted, William B. Miller, Charies Keitseh. The meetings of the clubs will be held until further notice on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at the Audubon parlors. An inviting supper had been spread in one of the club-rooms and after the meet- ing the members sat down to it. When it had been done full justice President Scott spoke of what had been accomplished by the club during the short period of its history. He showed that the club had already done much to advance the inter- ests of floriculture in Bufialo. The finan- cial condition of the club he said, was satisfactory. The secretary, Mr. Long, responded to the toast, "The Buffalo Florists' Club," and among other toasts were; "The Grower," Wm. C. Keitseh; "Science in Floriculture," J. F. Cowell; "The Retailer," W. A. Adams; "Art in Floriculture," J. M. Palmer; "Pastimes of Our Business," E.J. Mepsted; "Green- house Plants and Park Decoration." Supt. William McMillan; "The Amateur Florist," J. L. Moore; "The Economy of Heating," E. L. Cook; "Division of Labor in Our Business," J. H. Rebstock; "The Ladies of Our Business," William Belsey; "Our Young Members," George Asmus; "What There is in Soil," B. Myers. THE STANDARD VENTILATING MACHINERY Received the high- est HONORSat Buffalo, N.Y. and at Boston, Mass. Flo- rists Conventions. And it was Conceded by all judges to be the easiest working and the strongest and most durable machine in the mar- ket A public test made by I,. R. Taft of the Michigan Ag- ricultural College in other leading ma- chines were repre- sented, The ard ors and has been the result chines. With my new conn impossible for the top whi flattering hon tng many sna- s of shaft it is great fault of all others. Remember I discarded the Sprocket Chain Machine two years ago, and have sold since over 500 of the ST A N D A R D MACHINES. Send for catalogue of prices and illustrations to E. HIPPARD, Youngstown, Ohio. GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — SXXi GLAZIERS' SUPPLIES.— Diagram Showing V.^ .^X. J^ U • ow perfect drain- The Only pot with Patent Perfect Re and ventilation Drainage and Ventilated Bottom, sconred. These pots are all Standard sizes and shapes, tte same that carried out of Boston the ONLY First-Glass Certificate of Merit, Parties who 1 HIGHLY COMMENDED by the New Jersey Horticultural Society at their Chrysanthemum Exhibition, at Orange, N. J,, November 4th, 1S90. It will be to your advantage to send _ for prices before purchasing elsewhere, pot say tiiat hereafter they will use no other. and 3^axii»f*»ot-»»rc)ci c»«»ly Toy THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., whI^?on%VrIet Agent for the New England : tcH, M. .1. McCarthy, 27 otis s , Philadelphia, Pa. lerville, Mass. STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND JARDINIERES IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE. — Although forced to play a minoi part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS & CO., N. Cambridge, Mass. AHEAD OF EVERYTHING. We Follow None, Prize or No Prize. Our latest improvements in machinery produce a Standard Pot which for lightness, smoothness and durability, has never been equaled. Customers buying of us will SAVE ONE-THIRD IN FREIGHT. And to prove this, we give below a table showing number in Crate and WEIOET of same, which speaks for itself : 1 Crate. Weight. SIF»FIvBJ, ; our pots i II will be seen at a glance, third lighter than formerly, and yet we claim that owinK to the superior quality of our clay and im- proved machinery, ihey are stronger than any pot In the market, and we frankly ask you to make the test. 1^"Sem> I'lni Prr'es. a^oledo, Oliio. REDUCTION ^^^^^^^^ f'-OW^R P^^T CO ^T.-BaClal J''F:'Ft. 1st, 331 3 per cent. Discount off List on all orders for full thousanila of our IHeponsii Flower Pojs. OF WATERPROOF PAPER. Address for all information, OUK WHOLESALE AGENTS, AUGUST ROLKKR & SONS, - New York. K. & .J. FAKQUHAR & CO., Koston, Mass. Who furnish samples by mall, postpaid, on receipt of For 3>s F. W. 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Trade is still very slow but all feel as- sured of a good Easter trade. That there will be an abundant supply of flowers is eertain. The Horticultural Society of Chicago rt'ill give the fall exhibition or chrysan- themum show; at least the exhibition will be given under its auspices and it will supply the cash to provide against any dehctencv though members of the Florist Club wil'l have to attend to the details of arrangements. At the meeting of the Florist Club held last Thursday a committee was appointed to arrange a schedule of premiums for the fall exhibition and other matters in con- nection with the exhibition were con- sidered. The present status of the horti- cultural department at the World's Fair was also discussed, (^ne new member was added to the roll in the person of Mr. Samuel Batson now of Maywood 111., formerh- of Orilla, Out. At the adjourned session 211 was the best score. Joseph Curran mourns the loss of his baby girl, an only child. The loss is a severe one to Mr.'Curran for he was ex- ceedingly fond of the little one. For the fall exhibition there will be a guarantee fund of $1,000 provided by the Horticultural Society to be used in case of a deficiency. The society also has under consideration a plan for a Horti- cultural Hall. The societv found the same difficulty that the Florist Club had experienced in securing a suitable place for the holding of exhibitions. Mr. E. Mailander has purchased the liusiness of C. & A. Frauenfelder at 1602 West Madison St. CLEAR — -^ D A N D CYPRESS/ SASH / BARS g JOHNL. DIEZ&CO. 1 530 North Halsted Street. A L CHICAGO, ILL. PLANT BED CLOTH. CHEAP SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS on H NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO., 27 South Street, - - NEW YORK. HAIL Lock the door BEFORE the horse is stolen. Do it KffO W I JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. A., Saddle River, N.J. GREENHOUSE HEATING. W. B. SIZHR, PRoPKinTOR. ARTHUR HATFIELD, SUPT. FR.ANK DAN BLISH, Att'y. ESTABLISHED 1854. 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What is wanted to make up an economizing Heater is a combine of the above; that is, a maximum of heating surface exposed to the direct acting fire, assisted by clear, unobstructed circulation with the least possible amount of friction, therefore a glance at the illustra- tion of the NOLAN HEATER or an appeal to its unparalleled record is more forcible than common. The actual rating of all heaters is conceded without a doubt that they are overrated from 20 to 50 per cent., with the single exception of the NOLAN, hence fancy the complete satisfac- tion this heater will render when it is actually the successor of any other heater with its absolute rating 25 per cent, above its standard rating, therefore the superiority of these heaters was manifested prior to the closing of the very first season, '86, and it stands today without saying, owing to its sterling merits and mars elous degree of economy rapidly approaching the front, as it is universally testified to by those who go to make up the multitude that are using them that it is the PIONEER of all Hot Water Heaters, barring none. The durability of these heaters are second to none, the world over. The fact that every heater that has ever been manufac- tured by me is existing and in actual operation today shows conclusively its pre-eminent staying powers. 6o The American Florist. Mar. ig^ Index to Advertisers. Advertising lutes etoS-t. Aldlne Printing Wks 697 AldrlohAR 68S AllenSLACo 5» Association Flora . . . .69J Astoria Nurseries 486 Baker Af red K f_\ BallerF A..^... .,..-.6.4 Barnard WW»Co...584 Kennloott Bros 677 Lalng John & SonB680 684 Lartiln Isaac 681 La Kocne s titabi 677 BergerHU *<■".. '1 ^ ' ',"; Bird K WASon '■ ^ '' "' Bishop WR ■'•J J'^"' Blankemeler \....._ ■:■'■ ;\'<^ J'" Blanc A ."-SOi^J »l""B Rnpk Wm A !>*'•> Mau t* Bonsai JOSE 682 May John N.^ BrackenrtdKe4Co....6«i-. 1 Meech t J * t Michel Plant4SeedCo.676 Crosscup & West.. Crltchell B P & Co UeVeerJ . Oevlne's Boiler Wks. .fW DeWlttBros...... 681 ulei,JohnL.,*Co....t.OO Dillon, J. L 682 Dlngee&ConardCo ....674 Eicelsior Fert Co 895 Moffatt G J 678 Mullen Geo 577 NanziNeuner 574 National Fibre Co 600 Nixon ES&8on 681 Nolan Wm B 6U1 Keck John Reed A Keller.. Renard Joseph.^ Rural Pub Co. Saul John Schellhorn John Schneider Fred. Selover A Alwood.. Slebrecht* Wadley 586 690 Slevers John H 674 Slpfle Dopffel & Co.... 598 Simons RK 676 Glbsonjc" :.:..°..:..::579 SpauldlngTH. G ddlngs A 890 Spring City Nul urlfflth.N.8 6S1 SpoonerWm H Co....( ,.683 urtfllth. ^ „ ^ Gntta Percha & Rub- Halem^wni: ::;:;: ::579 , steffens n.:.::::;:.696 s?? Hail Association 600 Stewart. Wm. J. Hammond, Ben).. 6Sr '"' * ~ "" Hancock Geo 58., «u. , - Harms B J 877 1 Swayne Wm . Hartford & Nichols.. .693 Teas B \ .^.. HartjeJonn 533, Thomson Mrs HenaersonJohnCo...674 | ThorpeJohn. Herr, Albert M.. HesserWJ...... Hews A H & Co . Hill EG &C0.... Hlppard K Hltchlngs* Co.. Hoffmeyer CK. , 531 Hollis deorge. 683 Hooker. H. M ...598 Hoopeston Floral Co. 534 Hulsebosch Bros 679 Hunt B H 67T HuntM A 8,1 Hunter Frank D 577 Imlav John Kane Thomas & Co. ..602 Vick J Waban Rose.... Walker F&Co. Weathered. ThoB.W..6Q2 Weimar KW 580 Welch Bros.- 677 WhllldlnPotCo 697 693 Woodruff W B 682 Young John 577 Tonng. Thns. Jr 577 ZirngiebelD 580 Nymphaea Odorata Under Glass. RepU'ing to the query by "K" would say that Nvrnphtea odorata can not be profitably grown under glass. Maiden, Mass. Benj. Grey. P. D. Q. X>lease aOooido C^uiolvly. Other men who know a good thing are taking hold, and if you don't want to be too late take our advice and decide quickly to be one of the favored few. If you have not received our proposi- tion regarding the Lincoln Coieless Pear, send for it. It is a chance of a lifetime. Our address? Certainly, THE SPRING CITY NUR- SERIES CO.. Huntsville, - Alabama. THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS, HORTICULTURAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, Greenhouse Heating and Ventilating. Garden Frames and Hand Lights. Greenhouses and Conservatories erected of wood and iron combined, or wood alone, in any part of the United States or Canada. THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS, 46 & 48 MARION ST., NEW YORK. Greenhouse Heatings Ventilating mrctHNQS «, CO. 233 Mercer Street, Hew York. 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"not in it." rvs by sp.\i:k fuom small hatteky. — You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest, : THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, G^Jep^J Sforli^t ! Q-jerij flur-iSep^man ! Q^9ep^J ^ee^man ! SHOULD HAVE T"^ f 1K» 113^ ^"^ ^T^ d~^ 'M^^ "'tT' OUK TBAUE M-J X J^C^ JtV ^^ A %J J^^ M. • Address AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. i8gi. The American Florist. 603 "ff^r/Jlvl^'II/m/H. Mar. ig, The American Florist. i8gr Chicago, III., March To the Readers of the fmerican Florist — Dear Sirs : — The many illustrations brought be- fore the public in the Ainierican Florist show the style of our work and are a decided proof that our pro- cess is the best adapted for illustrations for Catalogues, such as plants, flowers (as above), fruits, bulbs, deco- rative designs, greenhouses, and in fact all articles the catalogue men desire to bring before the buyer, in the most natural and perfect representations. We make the cuts direct from the object or from a good, clear photograph in any size wanted. The reproductions of colored lithographs and dif- ferent colored flowers receives special attention and we can make perfect photographic cuts in black and white like those shown in this publication. Will be pleased to furnish estimates. Respectfully^ PHOTO-TINT ENGRAVING CO., General Designers and Engravers, Chicago. ffmsrica 13 ••thB Prow 0/ ths TIsssbI thBTB may Ib mora comfort Emidships, but WE are lbs Srst ta touch Unkaawn Seas," Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MARCH 26, 1891. No. 147. ITLHiii Lik^mm^Lm lFik@i!9o@7 ! Second-Class Mail Matter. Published every Thursday by The American florist compaity. Subscription, |i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. tary; M. A. HUNT, Terre Haute. Ind The seventh annual meetinK al Toronto August, 1891, Florists' HaU Association. Florists' Protective Association. American Chrysanthemum Society, John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. T.. presldi Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Phlladelp Pa. , secreury. CONTENTS. Spring Show Penna. Hort. Society 605 Various orchids (illustrations) 607 Various orchids (illustrations) 609 The carnation controversy 610 Lamborn carnation 610 The carnation contest 610 Cannot consent to act 610 Notes from Bay Ridge, N. Y 611 Basket of spring flowers (illustration) 611 Our orchid illustrations 612 New York 612 Cincinnati 612 Philadelphia 612 New York Horal notes 612 Basket (illustration) 613 Baltimore 613 Older fuchsias 613 New roses 613 Hotbeds 613 Tne color chart 614 News notes 614 Catalogues received 616 Coming exhibitions 616 Violet crops 616 Woodlice 616 Seed trade 618 Sied warranty 618 Narcissus and Romans 620 Dahlia growing 622 Hot water circulation 624 To drive away ants 624 Calystegia pubescens 624 Steam heating 626 Heating hot beds 626 May the Easter sales be larger than ever and at fair prices. We are receiving numerous congrat- ulatory letteis regarding our Easter number. Spring Show Penna. Hort. Society at Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society threw open its doors to the public on Tuesday evening, the 17th, to view one of the best spring shows, yes, in some particulars the best spring exhibition ever held by the society. The displays of orchids made by both H. A. Dreer and the Evans' Rowlandville Nurseries — whife not out in great variety —there were many interesting features of the collection. Mr. Evans broke away from the old and beaten track and dis- played his plants on a cedar tree. The tree was secured erect and must have been quite ten feet high; the limbs were shortened to within a few feet of the trunk and the dendrobiums and other plants were suspended therefrom. There were three or tour dozen plants of D.Ward- ianum, well flowered, and among which there were a number of the better varie- ties. Nearer the base were a few plants of the Mexican tulip ( Cattleya citrina ) with its beautiful yellow flowers, and some Odontoglossum crispum. Around the base of the trunk were bedded in moss many anthuriums and several species and varieties of cypripediums. The one which attracted the most attention was C. Harrisianum. Thereason forthiswas on accoutit of the announcement recently made of the death of John Dominj',atthe ripe old age of 75. This hybrid cypripe- dium was the first one ever raised in cul- tivation from seed, and Mr. Dominy was the raiser. It is the result of a cross be- tween C. villosum and C.barbatum; Mr. Dominy naming it after Dr. Harris, of Exeter, England, who first suggested the possibility of crossing orchids, particular- ly cypripediums. In H. A. Drecr's exhibit were: AngrcC- cumcitratum,C}-pripedium Harrisianum, C. Lawrenceanum, C. villosum, C. niveum, C. argus, C. callosum, C. Lowii, C. venustum, Dendrobium primulinum, D. Devonianum, D. transparens, Phala;- nogsis amabilis, P. Schilleriana, Leptotes bicolor, Odontoglossum Rossi raajus, Cattleya TrianjE, Oncidium ampliatum, Chysis bractescens, and two very large plants of Cyrtopodiuro Andersoni. This orchid had never been seen here before. It is an excellent one for exhibition, and decorative purposes generally. It makes such a large plant and its immense spikes of spotted yellow flowers are very attract- The new or rare plant for which Thos. Long received first premium was Spathi- phyllum pictum. It is an aroid and sug- gests the dieflenbachia, a member of the same family, but the leaves of the former appear to have more of an erect tendency of growth than the latter. According to Nicholson the proper name of this plant is Rhodospatha picta. Mr. Long, who is gardener to \. J. Drexel Esq., had also a rare and choice collection of palms. I noticed in it Chamjedora elegans, Livistonaaltissiraa, L. Hoogendorpii, Geonoma Seemanni, Phoenicophoriuin sechellarum, Areca Verschaffeltii and several others. A new azalea named Vervaeneana was exhibited by James Dean, Bay Ridge, Long Island. It is certainly the best azalea in cultivation. It is similar in marking to old Souv. de Prince Albert, but the flowers are larger and brighter in coloring. It is a double flower of great substance and measures fully six inches over. Mr. Dean has upwards of two thousand plants of this variety. So well did he like it, that when in Europe last summer he secured all the available plants of it that he could get. Half a dozen of Azalea rustica were shown by Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N. J. The flowers are mostly double and they appear to belong to the mollis sec- tion. It is perfectly hardy and forces quite readily. k collection of decorative plants came from the conservatory ot the president — Mr. George W. Childs. A large plant of Latania borbonica occupied a prominent position in the hall; its broad and spread- ing leaves made it conspicuous and add- ed much to the effectiveness of the decor- ations. Mr. John M. Hughes, the super- intendent at Wootton, is very proud of this plant and justly so, as it is question- able if there is another such plant within many miles that would be available for this purpose. The carnation display was better than has ever been attempted heretofore. Mr. H. E. Chitty carried oft" many of the prizes in the different classes. His 25 Tidal Wave were very fine. Mr. J. C. Chambers' Grace Darling was away ahead of Grace Wilder. Mr. Chambers' new va- riety is an acquisition; the flowers are larger than the Wilder, equally as good in color and apparently a stronger grower. "The Mammoth Pearl" is a new one, though it was put on exhibition by both Mr. Chambers and Mr. Edward Swayne; but whether it came from one place or not, I had no means at hand of finding out. It is verj' large, white dashed occa- sionally with pink. Mr. John McGowan had Lizzie McGowan, Louise Porsch and two others on exhibition. One in color reminded us of rose Mme. Cusin, though there was more yellow in thecar- nation. It was verj- pretty. Louise Porsch is a yellow of the style of Buttercup, though the flowers of the new one were not as large as the Buttercups put on exhibition by Mr. Chitty and Mr. Chas. T. Starr. It is however more j-el- low than the old sort, not having so many red stripes. We are assured that Louise Porsch is a healthy gi-ower and a free bloomer. The seedling carnations sent by Messrs. 6o6 The American Florist, Mar. 2b, E. G. Hill & Co. created a sensation on being presented to the public. Both John Westcott, of Pennock Bros., and Robert Kift, of Jos. Kitt & Son, declare they have never seen such magnificent carna- tions before. Mr. Westcott further said that he is beginning to think that John Thorpe was not joking when he predicted that flowers of the carnation would be four inches across inside of five years. Most of Messrs. Hill's carnations were on stout and erect stems, large flowers, do not burst the caly.\ and were decided and pleasing in the shades and colors. The petals were not in a confused mass, but were nicely disposed and this is an excellent character to develop in carna- tions. In noticing the most striking among them the descriptions shall be as brief as possible: — John Thorpe struck me as being the star of the aggregation. It is large in size and delicate pink in color. Sea Gull seemed to be the best white, though White Dove came very close. Mme. Reynolds, delicate pink; Mme. Albertine, blush, large; Frank McGregor, red, large; Exquisite, white delicately striped pink; Ben Hur, soft pink; Vulcan, crimson, large; Snowbird, pure white; Mary Hill, delicate pink; Fred Dorner, scarlet, large; Evangeline (22 flowers of this were sent, which were cut from the seedling plant), pure white. They were received in good order, but the warm exhibition hall and the escape of the death-dealing illuminatinggasvery soon caused them to wither. Carnations, which everybody knows, generally speak- ing, remain in good condition much longer than roses, but it was not the case at this show, the Divine Flower show- ing signs of distress some time before the roses. Mr.Starr'sWm. F.Dreerattracted a good deal ot attention; it is large in size and a shade of pink different from any other varietj' with which I am ac- quainted. It is lighter in color than Cen- turv and that tvpe, yet darker than the Grace Wilder. The Lilium Harrisiis exhibited by Mich- ael Samnion, gardener to Joseph M. Shoe- maker Esq., were the finest ever seen in Philadelphia; the foliage was pei feet and the flowers were numerous and ofgreater substance than is usual in this variety. The "Gardiner Prizes" brought out some very interesting contributions. Henry Surm an, gardener to E. W. Clark Esq., secured most of the prizes. The Japanese miniature trees exhibited by Dr. Edward H.Williams fairly divided the interest with the other main features. It is said that the trees exhibited are from 50 to 125 years old, yet the^- are only about two feet high. They look as though they belong to the retinosporaor cupressus famih-. It is said that there have been none brought from Jajjan since the centennial year— 1S76. They have attracted a good deal of attention, prov- ing a sfood drawing card, as the daily papers gave very full accounts of these artistic creations of the skillful, patient and persistent Japanese. The cut roses as usual were much ad- mired. Thej' were superior in some in- stances to any before exhibited. This is true of Mr. John Burton's UlrichBiunner, Baroness Rothschild, Mrs. John Laing and Mme. Gabriel Luizet. His Mme. Cusin were finer than any ever before seen here, and his Brides and Mermets were fully equal to the best. The Waban naturally created a good deal of interest. It was two days late in getting here, though it came through in fair condition. It is identical with Mer- met — excepting in color, which is darker than is seen in the best produced by the old favorite. There were two competitors for the dinner table decoration. Messrs. Jos. Kilt & Son had a neat and prettily ar- ranged table, mostly made up of Bride roses, double dafi'odils and lily of the val- ley. Pennock Bros, was a study in pink; many fine La France and pink hybrids were used in their's, as well as some good Brunners, and a vase of orchids formed the center piece. There were some well arranged baskets, bouq nets— brides and bridesmaids— which were interesting, apparently, to the young ladies. Another of the most attractive features was a collection of rare and curious cac- tuses. This exhibit was made by Mr. A. Blanc, who has made the collecting of cactuses a specialty. The number of plants exhibited was but a small portion of Mr. Blanc's extensive collection, which numbers many thou- sands of plants. That they are favorites wilh the ladies was amply shown by the crowd that gathered in this part of the hall, and the many exclamations of aston- ishment and delight. Some of the plants seem to give cause for merriment also, and indeed there are manv curious forms among them. We noticed one marked the "Dude's Cane," and indeed it does look like the carved head of a cane, at the end of a long stick. The most remarkable and the most val- uable plant shown was a monstrosity of the common snake cactus (Cereus flag- elliformis). This is a freak of nature which occurred on the common sort sev- eral years ago, and which by careful se- lection and no little skill has been propa- gated by Mr. Blanc, until he has the strain permanently established. The plant is composed o'fa mass of curiously contorted and twisted heads— nest-like in shape— from the center of which a normal branch of the plant is seen laying coiled up just like a living green snake. The plant is a most valuable and unique specimen, and Mr. B. is said to have refused $200 for it, it being a pet of his. Perhaps the most beautiful plants shown are two specimens otEchinoeaetus Grusoni, named the "Golden Cactus." At night these plants are shown at a disad- vantage, but in the day time their trans- parent glassy spines give them the ap- pearance of balls of gold. This is consid- ered the most beautiful echinocactus known, and was named in honor of Mr. Gruson, the celebrated manufacturer of Magdeburg, Germany, who is a most en- thusiastic cactus fancier. It was discov- ered a few years ago by Carlos Thieme, a German botanist, growing on the side of a Mexican canyon, and in order to obtain the plants he had to be lowered by means of a rope to a depth of 200 feet. As the plant does not appear to bloom until it becomes very bulky, it has been impossi- ble to propagate it as yet, and only one plant of blooming size has so far been ob- tained. Close to these were three very curious monstrosities, one of which has assumed the form of human brains. This is called Mamillaria nivea eristata, and is without a duplicate. The giant cactus of Arizona and New Mexico is represented by a bulky plant about four feet high— Mr. Blanc's larger specimens being too heavy and too large to move. This is the Pila-haya or Sa- guarro of the Indians, and sometimes reaches a height of 50 to 60 feet, with sometimes three or four branches at the top, looking like gigantic candelabrum. The fig-shaped edible fruit grows on the top of the plant, and from the great height of the latter, it would be very dif- ficult to remove them, did not this re- markable species itself afford means of reachina it. The old stems when decayed split into a number of thin poles, and by the aid of these the traveller is enabled to knock down the fruit. The Pimas at the old mission of Xavier del Bac had a large stock of Saguarro fruit, which is used for food in various ways. A most curious monstrosity of this cac- tus is in the owner's collection, but as it weighs nearly a ton, it could not be re- moved without danger. It is in the form of a large coxcomb shaped head, eight feet in circumference. This head was on a plant 40 feet high, growing at an eleva- tion of 200 feet on the sideofamountain, and great difficulty was experienced in obtaining it. It is the only specimen known to exist and is called Cereus giganteus eristatus. Next we noticed two specimens of the diameter of a flour barrel, and called In- dian fish hook cactus (Echinocactus Wislizeni). The spines of this are re- curved and exceedingly sharp, and being furrowed, the Indians readily tie a line to them and use them with good effect for fishing. When water cannot readily be obtained the Indian takes his knife, scoops out the top of the plant in bowl-like form, and thissoon fills with the watery juice, affording a very palatable drink to quench the thirst. In contrast to this huge cactus we find the little turbine wheel or Echinocactus turbinifbrmis, a great curiosity-, carved as if it were a pin-wheel in motion. This little gem produces ffowers in abundance at this season of the year, each of which is as large as the plant itself. Althougli onlv two inches in diameter it is valued at $10. The little and rare Hatchet Cactus was also well represented by a cluster of sev- eral heads. It is covered with small tub- ercles each of which when removed is the exact shape of a hatchet. Man}' other rare cacti were shown, one particularly beautiful Brazilian sort, en- tirely covered with white spots. Another (E. CornigorusI with hooked spines so strong that a twenty-five pound weight can be lifted with them. The young ladies at the hall seemed to be particularly interested in several speci- mens of the Old Man Cactus. Three of these were nearly four feet high. This is one of the curiosities of plant life which always attracts attention, and its ap- pearance is certainly sufficiently strange to excite some surprise, as the plant is en- tirely covered with long white hairs. In young specimens this gives the appear- ance of the head of an aged person. This is a native of Mexico. It is called Pilo- cereus senilis. Many other pilocerei are shown, several are covered with what ap- pears to be the finest kind of silk. The rainbow and theeandlecactus were also shown. The former bears most magnificent flovi'crs five inches in diam- eter, exhibiting all the colors of the rain- bow. The plant itself is encircled with a regular ring of pink and red spines. The candle cactus is the one of which the Indians sav, "The spines fly at you." When touched they actually burrow into the fingers, and are extremely hard to re- move. Thevare also said to be poisonous to some people. The short branches of this plant droj) off in ureat quantity, forming a barrier around the tree as if to warn careless approachers. Rats gather them and build enclosures around their nests as a protection against snakes. Many of the most curious looking i8gi. The American Florist. 6df '"'■^HR ■"1 VARIOUS ORCHIDS. Cattleya Triana: var. Antux. 2. Cattleya Gibezias. 3. Vanda Denisoniana. 4. Cattieya Labiata var. Autumnal: 5. Anguloa Ruekeri var. media. 6. Vanda Tricolor. 7. Anguloa Uniflora. 8. Vanda Suavis. 9. Vanda Superba. 10. Vanda Suavis var. Lindeni. 11. Anguloa UniHora Alba. grafted plants were show^n grafted on the top of another. A beautiful one bore the name of Echinocactus scopa Candida cris- tata. It is a semi-circular head of closely set whites pines. The Living Rock (Anhalonium fissui-- atum) looks like a work of art, shovving the most intricate and delicate carving. It is one of the most difficult plants to collect, its color and appearance being so similar to the rocky formation among which it grows that it is scarcely dis- cernible at a few feet distant. Until a lew years ago this plant used to be valued at $20 and $25 for very small specimens. 6o8 The American Flortst. Mar. 26, The spineless cactuses were well repre- sented by the Bishop's Mitre. This at a glance appears scarcely to be a living plant, so rigid and unpUmt-like are its Ibrnis that we might imagine that it had been carved from a piece of stone. What seemed to be an artificial subject was an enormous specimen of Tcstudi- naria elephantipes, sometimes called Ele- phant's Foot or Turtle's Back. It is a large mass of what appears to be bark carved into curious angle forms, and this is the body of the plant. From the cen- ter of the upper part a number of climb- ing stems grow to a height of 20 to 30 tut It is hirnished with delicate smilax- likr li>lia.L;i, densely covered in summer w ith fine aiaiia-likeflowers. The interior piirlioii ul the plant is edible and used as food by the Hottentots. This plant was imported at great expense and trouble from Africa, and it is said to be over 250 3'ears old— weighs 150 pounds. A few plants in this collection that are five years old havetrunks not largerthan a walnut. It is really not a cactus, but is, when obtainable, grown with them. The collection represented plants ob- tained from all parts of the world, as well as a few nativesof theUnited States, Mexico furnishes the largest numlier. South America and Brazil come next. From Asia and Australia there are some few specimens, and Africa is represented by a number of euphorbias. Altogether about 250 plants were shown which does not represent more than a fourth of the varieties in Mr. Blanc's collection, and these, owing to want of space, were small specimens. An exhibition was not in- tended, and was not decided upon until a few hours before the oi^cning of the show, hence, and owing to the cool weather, some of the large plants, 8, 10 and 15 feet high could not be shown. For next fall a show is promised that will eclipse any thing of the kind ever seen anywhere. Judging from the interest taken in this show by the visitors it is easy to see why cacti have become so popular. This, however, is due greatly to the ease with which these plants are grown. They stand rough treatment with impunity, live and bloom for months without water and endure the heated atmosphere of liv- ing rooms better than plants usually employed for that purpose. Fine beds of cacti are displayed every summer in the rear of Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park. The Black Easter lily, or Arum Sanc- tum, a native of Palestine, where it is found on the Mt. of Olives, was also ex- hibited by Mr. A. Blanc, although it was past its prime. There was also another curious arum from Palestine shown by him, which had big black spotted flowers. It attracted a great deal of attention. The exhibition has been extremely well patronized, the number of visitors on the first night being three times larger than last year. The following premiums were awarded: PLANTS IN POTS— GROWERS ONLY. Orchids— For collection of plants in bloom, 1st C. F. Evans. Falms— For collection of 25 varieties, in not over 10-inch pots, 1st Thomas Long, also special premium of $10. Azaleas — For 6 plants, 6 varieties, not over 8-inch pots, 1st W. K. Harris; 2nd H. B. Surman, gar. to E. W. Clark, Esq. Azaleas — For 2 plants, 2 varieties, 1st W. K. Harris. For collection of 25 plants, different varieties, in bloom — IstH.Oraham'sSon. For Feins— 12 varieties, 1st Thomas Long; also special premium of $15, 2nd Robt. Wark, gardener to C.H.Clark, Esq. Ferns— For specimens, 1st Robt. Wai-k. Carnation.s— For 12 plants, 1st J. W. Colflesh. Hydrangeas— For 6 plants, 1st II. (Ira- ham's Son; 2nd W. K. Harris. Hydrangeas — For specimen, 1st W. K. Harris; 2nd H. Graham's Son. Spirea Japonica ( Astilbe)— For 6 plants, not over 8-inch pots, 1st W. K. Harris. Cineraria — For 12 plants, 1st Thomas Long; 2nd H. Graham's Son. Marguerites— For 6 plants, 1st W. K. Harris. For new or rare plant — 1st Thomas Long, gardener to A.J. Drexel, Esq., for Spathiphyllum pictum. Bedding plantsin bloom— For50plants grown in 4-inch pots, 1st Gebhard Hus- ter, gardener to Mrs. J. A. Heyl. Hyacinth— For 25 plants, not more than two of a kind, in not over 6-inch pots, 1st Henry Surman; 2ndWm.Berger. Hyacinths— For 12 plants, not more than two of a kind, in not over 6-inch pots, IstHenry Surman; 2nd Wm.Berger. Tulips — For 6 varieties, 6-inch pots, 6 of a kind in each pot, 1st William IJerger; 2nd Henrv Surman. Tulips— For one box of 50, 1st W. K. Harris; 2nd Henry Surman. Tulips — For 12 varieties, 12 6-inch pots, 3 of a kind in each pot, 1st Wm. Berger. Narcissus— For 24 single trumpet vari- eties, 1st Wm. Bergtr; 2d Henry Surman. Narcissus — For 24 double varieties, 1st William Berger. Narcissus— Tazetta (Polyanthus). 30 plants, 10 sorts, 10 7-inch pots, 3 bulbs in each, 1st Henry Surman. Spring bulbs — For general display, not less than 25 pots, in not over 6-inch pots, 1st Henry Surman. Lilium longiflorum — For 6 plants, not over 10-inch pots, 1st W. K. Harris. Lilium Harrisii— For 6 plants, 1st Michael Sammon, gardener to Joseph H. Shoemaker; special mention for excellence of growth; 2nd W. K. Harris. Specimen lily, any variety— 1st Michael Sammon, for Lilium Harrisii. THE "GARDINER" PREMIUMS. Of the special premiums for spring bulbs offered by John Gardiner & Co. — plants in pots — Henry Surman, gardener to E. W. Clark, Esq., received first for 12 named hyacinths, 12 varieties; 25 named tulips, 5 varieties; pot of narcissus, any variety; specimen lily, any variety; pot or box of lily of the valley; specimen cyclamen; pot or box of Ornithogalum Arabicum; pot or box of freesia and pot or box of poh'- anthus narcissus. William Berger re- ceived first for box or pot of trumpet daffodils, and second for 12 named hya- cinths, 12 varieties, and 25 named tulips, 5 varieties. CUT FLOWERS. For carnations, special mention to Ed- win Lonsdale for collection of seedlings, and to John McGowan, Orange, N.J , for five vases containing seedlings and the Lizzie McGowan. H. E. Chitty, Pater- son, N. J., received first premiums for collection of cut blooms not over 12 of a kind; 25 blooms, scarlet; 25 blooms, white; 25 blooms, striped on yellow ground; 25 blooms, crimson; and 25 blooms, any other color. He also took second for 25 blooms, pink. Joseph Hea- cock received second for collection cut blooms not over 12 of a kind; J. E. Chambers first for 25 blooms, pink.' For collection cut blooms of pansies, first to John F. Harris, second to Joseph Heacock. In the rose classes for growers first premiums were awarded to John Burton for Perle des Jardins, Th: Bride, Sunset, Merniet, La France, Mme. Cusin, Mme. G. Luizet, Mrs. Jno. Laing, Baroness Rothschild, I'lrich Brunner and Souv. de Wootton. Joseph Heacock took first for Niphetos, W. F. Bennett, Gontier. Amer- ican Beauty, Mme. Hoste and anv other variety (Pierre Guillot). In the rose classes for florists only first premiums were awarded to Pennock Bros, for Perle des Jardins, W.F.Bennett, American Beauty, La France, Mme. Cusin, Mme. G. Luizet, Mrs. Jno. Laing, Baroness Rothschild. Ulrich Brunner, Magna Charta, Puritan and any other variety ( Watteville). To Joseph Kift & Son for Niphetos, The Bride, Gontier, Mermet and Jacqueminot. To Heron & Nisbet for Sunset and Souv. de Wootton. DESIGNS, ETC., OPEN TO ALL. For basket of flowers — 1st Joseph Kift & Son; 2nd H. Graham's Son; 3d La- Roche & Stahl. For 6 corsage bouquets— 1st H. Gra- ham's Son; 2nd Joseph Kift & Son. For plateau of flowers, 20-inch basket, oval — 1st H, Graham's Son. For bride's bouquet — 1st H. Graham's Son; 2nd Pennock Bros. For pair bridesmaid's bouquets— 1st Joseph Kift & Son; 2nd Pennock Bros.; 3d H. Graham's Son. For vase of roses — 1st H.Graham's Son. TABLE DECORATIONS, OPEN TO ALL. For dinner table decorations, 12 by 4 feet, plants or flowers or both, 12 covers (six ladies and six gentlemen), with favors, no dishes— 1st Pennock Bros.; 2nd Joseph Kift & Son. PLANT DECORATIONS— AMATEURS ONLY. For decoration of growing plants, not over 100 square feet— 1st Robert Wark, gardener to C. H. Clark, Esq. PLANT DECORATION— COMMERCIAL GROW- ERS AND FLORISTS. For decoration of growing plants, not over 100 square teet— 1st Kift & Son; 2nd A. Lutz. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. For collection of vegetables, not less than 6 varieties— 2nd Gebhard Huster. SPECIAL PREMIUMS. To A. Blanc, special mention and pre- mium of $50 for collection of cacti. To John M. Hughes, gardener to Geo. W. Childs, special mention and premium, $50, for collection of decorative plants. To H. A. Dreer, special premium of $25 for collection of orchids, etc. Special mention for exhibit of Japanese dwarf evergreens, by H. A. Dreer. Special mention to Pitcher & Mandator new hardy azalea "Rustica." First time on exhibition in this country. Certificate of merit to James Dean, Bay Ridge, L. I., for new doxible azalea Ver- vceneana. First time shown in theUnited States. Special mention to the W. H. Moon Company for evergreens in pots. On Thursday evening the exhibits of cut roses were mostly renewed and the battles were valiantly fought over again. In the growers' list John Burton took first for Perle, The Bride, Mermet, Amer- ican Beaut}', La France, Cusin, Mrs. Jno. Laing, Baroness Rothschild, Souv. dc Wootton and Mme. Hoste. To Joseph Heacock for Niphetos, W. F. Bennett, Gontier, Sunset and Pieire Guillot. To Edwin Lonsdale for Mme. G. Luizet and Ulrich Brunner. A special prize was awarded to E. M.Wood&Co., of Natick, Mass., for the new rose Waban. In the florists' list Pennock Bros, re- i8gi. The American Florist. 609 VARIOUS ORCHIDS. brassia Caudata var. Hieroglyphica. 2. Galeandra Devouiana vai". Uelphiuia. 3. Epidendrum Atropurpureuni. 4. Catasetum Decipiens. 5. Trichocentrum var. splendens. 6. Comparettia Falcata. 7. Phaius Humbloti. Catasetum Fimbriatum. 9. Dendrobium Bryraerianum. 10. Trichocentrum Albo-purpureum var. striatum. 11. Sophronitis Grandiflora. 12. Bollea Pulvinaris. 13. Cirrhopetalum Pulchrum. ceived fiist for Perle, W. F. Bennett, Sun- set, Mrs. Jno. Laing, Magna Charta, Puritan and Souv. de Wootton. Joseph Kift & Son for Niphetos, The Bride, Gon- tier, Mermet, Mme. Cusin, Jacqueminot, Ulrich Brunner, Pierre Guillot and Mme. Hosts. To Heron & Nisbet i'or Amerfcan Beauty, La France, Mme. G. Luizet and Baroness Rothschild. Great credit is due to John Westcott, superintendent of exhibition, David Beam, chairman of the committee of arrangettients, and his able vice-cbairman John NisWt, who bad eharge of the cut flower exhibit in the foyer. Through Mr. Nisbet "s system in keeping all the classes together the matter of judging was much simplified and consequently facilitated. The advenisinp and the preparation of the advance notices was w-ell taken care of by Mt. fieorgt C. Watson, of Joh>< 6io The American Florist, Mar. 26, Gardiner & Co., and to him is due very largely the success of this spring show of 1891. The daily papers gave good notices as the show progressed; especially was this the ease with'tlio f'nblit /.,■,/<,•",/•, that is lorti culture. It is a matter worthy of record that while the weather was on one or two days blustery and cool, it did not rain or snow during the whole of the exhiliition, which is something quite unusual during our shows in this city. A fine lot of plants from Mrs. Harry Ingersoll ( Fred R. Sykes gardener) suffered so much with the cold weather during transit that they had to be returned. Edwi.\' Lonsdale. The Carnation Controversy. There is no doubt but what the readers of the A. F. have learned a great deal about profit and loss, about numbers of flowers to the square foot, and many new solutions in arithmetical problems. But there is one thing yet remains to be done, and it will forever remain, and that is to absolutely present the best white, the hi'st pink and the best scarlet, so that without doubt this selection does uni- versally as well in one place as another. For instance, with me Hinze's White so far beats all the whites I have tried;. Ma v Queen beats Grace Wilder, and E. G. Hill beats Portia and all other scarlets, and until I can obtain a better one than any of those named I must continue to grow these. And it is this actual experience that makes the difference of opinion and not that all carnations grown have no merit. It is but a short time since I saw a crop of "Snowdon" that could not be beaten, a crop of "La Purite" e(iually as good; these were the best varieties foi- the position they are in or they would be replaced by others. Now coming down to the best white carnation I have ever seen, as I saw Lizzie McGowan growing at Mr. Mc- Gowan's during the season of 1890, tak- ing all the good points it possessed, it certainly was the best; but it remains to be seen whether its good properties will predominate over all other whites now that it is distributed. I have seen superb flowers of Mrs. Fisher, but Mrs. Fisher is not doingequally first rate in all places. The same remarks apply to Lamborn, to Swayne and Silver Spray. Now let us reason together over all" these positive differences in opinion and experience. Given 100 plants of 10 white varieties growing side by side in the same soil, sub- jected to the same treatment in all par- ticulars, the one proving the best has a right to be named the best in that com- petition. In ten competitions at 10 different places it is safe to say there would be a widely different result. In my Opinion and from my experience it is the soil that has a great deal to do with the perfect elaboration of all plants, and this is a very ambiguous statement I will admit. We talk about light sandy loam, good bodied loam, strong loam and clayey loam. The component parts of all soils differ according to the number and quan- tities of material in their composition, and there are as many varieties of soils as there are acres on the continent when it comes to differences. Chemistry will yet help us to solve some of the pi-o'blems "we are now blindly battling with, but it is slow work. (oiiN Thorpe. Lamborn Carnation. Bd. Am. Florist:— I was somewhat surprised to read in the last (March 5) issue of the Florist that Mr. Nicholson, of Framingham, Mass., not onlydoubted but actually disputed the correctness of my figures as given in mv statement printed in the Florist of February 19. For Mr. Nicholson's information I will simply state that all necessary deduc- tions are made before being carried to the net column, and that that column represents only actual results, and I have every reason to believe is absolutely cor- rect in every particular item. Mr. Nicholson suggests that by some very peculiar process of refiguringi could greatly reduce the value of the majestic column of figures set up bv me, and that the total should be not "$3,237.50 but $1,099.50. Permit me to call his atten- tion to just one small item which alone will cause him to change his views on the subject and I think convince him of the weakness of his defences and the utter untenableness of his position. It will be observed in my statement of February 19 that I allow "and deduct 50 per cent as cost of production in every case, which in the case of rooted cuttings of Lamborn carnations which are sold at $15 per 1000, would be $7.50 on each 1000 sold, but in the ease of Lizzie Mc- Gowans which are sold at $100 per 1000 I also deduct 50 per cent as cost of pro- duction, which will amount to $50 on every 1000 sold; now as a matter of fact which tnust be patent to every reader of the Florist, the McGowans cost me no more to produce than the Lamborns. and as Mr. Nicholson charges me with the sale of 30,000 Lizzie McGowans the difference on that item alone would be $1,200 in favor of my sales and the mag- nificent column of figures which I have reared. And again in Mr. Nicholson's sale price of his carnations which was, I believe, settled at 2V2 cents, 50 per cent was de- ducted as cost of production, which in his case would be 114 cents per flower, but in my case I believe I clearly demon- strated that the sale price of my white carnations was 10 cents, a 50 per cent deduction from which would be five cents or almost four times more than the value of the deduction made from Mr. Nichol- son's. Now, if Mr. Nicholson has the time he can figure the matter out, and I am satisfied he will find he has consider- able to add to instead of deducting from my majestic column of figures, which I can assure him is none too large or too majestic when the necessary attendant expenses are taken into account. I do not think that Mr. N. will fiud himself prepared to say that it costs me four times as much to grow carnations as it does himself. I have not the time to go over and dissect Mr. Nicholson's last letter, in fact I think as far as a demonstration of the subject is concerned there is no need of it; neither have I the disposition or desire to take advantage of his exposed position; if he will make a careful survey of his last letter and compare it with a former one he will I think thank me for this hint. And although he has been sharp in his criticisms I still have nothing for him but the most kindly expressions of good will, and as a new beginner I congratulate him upon the satisfactory results of his enterprise, and if it is ever my good for- tune to meet him face to face I shall greet him cordially. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. f., March 14-, 1891. The Carnation Controversy. The editorial remarks on page 540, issue of Florist March 12, I ftdly agree %yith. I believe when a matter of that kind is reduced to a mere exchange of sarcastic and acrimonious inuendoes the sooner it is stopped, the better; I also believe however, that the editor of the Florist, and its readers generally, will agree with me that whenever I have taken the trouble, and spent the time to write anything for its pages, it has always been with the hope and expecta- tion that it would be for somebody's good and for the purpose of assist- ing in the elucidation of some ques- tion at issue; my letter of January 12, was no exception, and why so many attacks should have been made upon me in behalf of that letter I have never yet been able to comprehend. But I must confess that I am only too thankful for the occurrence, for it has advertised me, and increased my business beyond any- thing that I could have reasonably hoped for. Being the assaulted party! have the right of firing a parting shot, but for the sake of harmony an(f good \vill, I will waive even that right. To Mr. DeWitt I will simply state that we are all liable to make mistakes, espee- ialh^ when writing in a hurry, and I own up to making one of $12 50 on my 2V2 per cent, annual tax, which he was not slow to notice, and in his hurry to note it down he made a still greater mistake about the same instant. H. E. Chittv. P. S.— I will state here, if I have never done so before, that my soil is quite light, and I find that where it was packed down solid while setting out the plants, there thev do the best. The Carnation Contest. Ed. Am. Florist:— I write now to state that I accept Mr. Lombard's terms as specified on page 532 March 12 issue of the Florist, and that I pledge myself if alive and well to comply with all the conditions he names, provided, however, that Mr. Falconer is willing to accept the task. I have not enjoyed the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with that gen- tleman any more than has Mr. Lombard, but am perfectly willing to entrust him with my end of the contract. There will be time lor Mr. Falconer to notify us in the interval whether or not he is willing to assume this position. H. E. Chittv. Paterson, N. J., March IS. Cannot Consent to Act. Ed. A.m. Florist:— While I sincerely ap- preciate the kind compliment paid to me by Mr. Lombard in the carnation matter, I cannot consent to act as the referee. Should Mr. Chittv agree to refer the matter to me, as suggested by Mr. Lom- bard, kindly put my disinclination to serve in as pretty a way as j-ou can. Sincerely, Wm. Falconer. [We could think of no better way than printing the letter as received. — Ed'.} iSgi. The American Florist. 6ii Notes From Bay Ridge, N. Y. BY WM. FALCONER. Bay Ridge is on the south shore of Long Island and adjoins Brooklyn. Taking the Hamilton St. Ferry (at South Ferry) New York, and the Hamilton St. horse cars and a transfer to the steam motor carsin Brooklyn, to the city limits 1 found myself the other day at the door of my warm and happy friend Mr. James Dean; fare from New York to Bay Ridge seven cents, time about half an hour. Mr. Dean is a quiet but exceedingly j^enial middle-aged gentleman, thor- oughly practical in his calling and suc- cessful in business, and one of the largest growers of Easter plants in the country. He is also a member of the executive com- mittee of the S. A. F. He has a large greenhouse establish- ment. Most of the houses are span- roofed, 175 feet long by 22 feet wide, and tliere are also lesser houses ofequal length and a long lean-to pit. All are heated by hot water. Genistas, azaleas, trumpet lilies and hydrangeas are grown in im- mense quantities for the Easter trade, and there are houses filled with palms, ferns, Dutch bulbs and some other plants. About genistas; Technically I should say Cvtisus canariensis and C. c. var. racemosus, but I might as well try to get the people to call a lemon verbena an aloysia, or a scarlet geranium a pelar- gonium as to get them to call a cytisus by any other name than genista. By common usage we have made genista a common name in the same way as we have made verbena, dahlia, fuchsia and azalea common names, and as it is easy to speak, easy to remember, apt and beau- tiful, why shouldn't we stick to it? Mr. Dean grows thousands of genistas from two to seven or eight feet high and aims to have them in full bloom at Easter which is easy to accomplish as they bloom naturally at this time of the year. For large specimens he prefers the typical canariensis because of its freer habit and the more open, arching and graceful arrangement of its gilded branches. The "lesser plants are about equally divided between canariensis and its variety racemosus. Of recent years, however,' he has devoted much painstak- ing to raising new varieties from seed, en- deavoring by selection and breeding to get rid of the stiffness of form of the typical genistas and secure something of an open drooping habit, for fashion is objecting to stiff forms among all decorative plants. And he has certainly succeeded in breaking upthe race, indeed so much that the exact identity of the typical species and its variety is lost, and a progeny of forms intermediate between the two, and with some leanii.g more to the one than the other, and not a few differing materially in foliage and habit from both parents. From among the multitude he has picked out one plant over which he is exultant, and he declares that he will not sell it for a penny less than $1,000! It is ofthe racemosus type and bushy, but of an open, graceful, almost drooping nature, and its golden racemes are more inclined to droop than stand erect as in the ordinary form, in fact some of them actually hang down like those of a laburnum.' "Sell it for less than a thousand dollars!" exclaimed Mr. Dean, "indeed, I won't." "Why, from this one plant alone I can get up a thousand plants by this time next year." The genistas are grown in pots in sum- mer as well as winter because it planted out in summer they don't lift well in fall. Thev are plunged outside in summer. though. Once or twice in summer and again in early fall the smallish plants are cut in a little to keep them compact and shapely, but the large plants are allowed their natural freedom. Hvdrangeas. I never before saw so many of these grown together. The varieties arc Thomas Hogg, Otaksa and "rosea." But this "rosea" is more a form of Japonica than the rosea which was introduced from Japan a few years ago as a new species; it is a very beauti- ful variety, however. The hydrangeas are mostly two or three year old plants and according to size are in six. eight or ten inch pots. Their stout, short-jointtd wood, fine thick foliage, and massive heads of blossoms speakeloqucntly forthe masterly style in which tlicy arc handled. They are raised from cuttings in spring. planted out in summer and mulched and watered if necessary, and lifted and pot- ted in fall, then ke'pt in a cold frame till New Year's, when they are started on their way for Easter, 'kt lifting time, in order to get them into moderately small pots the earth is pretty well shaken away from the roots; frost is never allowed to reach the plants in the cold frame lest it should injure the blossom buds; the plants are never dried off and no attempt is made to get them to shed their summer leaves, indeed, they don't do it. Lilies. Just imagine a spacious green- house 175 feet long by 22 feet wide solidly filled from end to end and side to side with Lilium Harrisii in full bloom and graded on the slope and as evenly as if they had been set to a straight edge, and looking over their heads you could not see one green leaf for snowy blossoms, and you will have a picture of the interior of one of James Dean's greenhouses. Ten thousand bulbs of L. Harrisii he grows, and one bulb in a 5-inch pot to several in an 8 or 9-inch pot, and the plants run from about 2V2 feet to ZV^ or 6 feet high. I did not see any longiflorum or can- didum lil.es. The bulbs are received in July or August and at once potted, set close together in a frame out of doors, watered and then mulched over with hay or straw and left there till November," when they are brought into the greenhouse. A night temperature of 40° to 45° is maintained till about New Years when it is increased to 60° or 65° or a little more in dull weather. He gets them well rooted to begin with, then starts themearly enough so as not to have to rush them, and in order to have stout, stocky stems and good foliage and the flower buds well developed six weeks before Easter. Then by a moderate temperature and increased ventilation he is able to produce just as firm, substantial and lasting blossoms as those of any longiflorum. The first thing done every morning when the lilies begin to open is to go over them and pick out the anthers, so that the snowy trumpets shall not become stained, or the duration of the blossoms shortened by fertilization. Do you save any of your old bulbs for anotheryear? I asked Mr. Dean. "Never," he replied, "it wouldn't pay. As soon as we are done with them we dump the bulbs into the rot pile and start afresh." Azaleas are grown in immense quantity and distributed in several greenhouses. One large nouse was a sight to behold! Along the center of the middle bench was a thin row of tall, flowing genistas, and then the whole bench as well as both side benches was one solid mass of medium sized flat headed azaleas, an unbroken sea of bloom. Then there were large specimen plants of various dimensions, and one of Dr. Moore in full bloom, as well flowered a plant as I ever saw. Something strange about the cultiva- tion of azaleas is the fact that Mr. Dean finds it eh; aper to buy his plants in Ghent than raise his own stock. Nice young stock can be bought over there at a reasonable figure, but the prices asked for ;^rge plants are prohibitory; indeed, the stock of large plants in Belgium is very limited. And too, he tells me that while common varieties among small stock are low priced enough, the finer varieties are quite expensive; at the same time he in- sists the finer varieties are the ones that command the readiest sales and biggest prices here, hence are the most profitable to handle, even if they cost a little more to begin with. Among his prettiest azaleas in bloom were Bemhard Andreas, deep rose, double; Cocarde Orange, bright, deep red; Comte de Chambord, blush, white edge, upper segments spotted with crimson; Dr. Moore, deep rose, semi-double; Em- press of India, white, rose and carmine, double; Herman Seidel, bright purplish rose, double; Le Flambeau, dark claret; Madame Camille van Langenhoven, white striped with crimson; Madame van der Cruyssen, rose, deep spot on upper segments; Roi d'HolIande, bright crim- son; Sigismund Rucker, rose bordered with white; Souvenir de Prince Albert alba, a splendid white; Madame Bernard Andreas, a remarkably fine double white, and Madame Herman Seidel, a very dis- tinct double camellia-like white. And there were many others, but, sub rosa, I couldn't pronounce their names let alone spell or remember them. But Mr. Dean is to be equal to this emergency, he has set aside a collection of fifty distinct vari- eties, all properly and distinctly named, and is going to exhibit them at the forth- coming flower show in New York. The greatest of all his azaleas, however, is Vervaeneana. This is a new yarietj' with very large semi-double variegated flowers of fine form and substance. The segments are white with a broad central blotch of pink, and pink markings on the central area. Not only has he secured a large stock— many hundreds— of this fine azalea, but he also has got old Mr. Ver- vaene's son to come over here from Ghent to grow them for him. In the summer months he turns his azaleas out of doors and plunges them in open frames in which he had grown pansies in winter and spring, and in full sunshine. 6i The American Florist. Mar. 26. His palms were of usable decorative size and included Cocos Weddeliana, ken- tias, areeas and livistonas. And his ferns, mostly adiantums, pterises and the like, were from seedling state to 6-inch pot plants; just anything needed for mantel banks, border trimmings, filling boxes or baskets, or if need be furnishing cut fronds. A large number of adiantums are used by the retail florists as pretty plants for store or room decoration and to cut the fronds from as they are wanted. A large pit which is used for forcing lily of the valley in winter is used in summer for growing seedling ferns. Basket of Spring Flowers. The basket shown in the illustration was arranged by Florist Wm. Burns, New York. In shape the basket is like a wide-open satchel. The handle is thin and made of rush. The basket is filled with yellow pansies, violets and lily of the valley in one side, and Roman hya- cinths, mignonette and for-get-me-nots on the other, with a cluster of Mermet Our Orchid Illustrations. We failed to get the complete set of orchid illustrations into last week's issue so we present some more in this number, making practically a continuation of the series of orchid plates. We shall have more to present in later issues. New York. Business continues to be exuemely dull, the inclement weather adding{if possible) to its dullness. All the stores are being stocked with Easter novelties in every imaginable shape and design, and the windows are filled with blooming plants. Elaborate preparations are being made for the Easter trade and every store will have an exhibition of flowers and plants. Easter coming so early this year it was feared the supply of flowering plants would be short, but later reports from all sides assure us that there will be an abundance of everything and the variety and quality has never been equaled. Many novelties in Dutch bulbous flow- ers are here for the first time and the new genistas and azaleas are very beautiful. Manda's double azalea is a beauty and valuable on account of its fine color and lasting qualities. Dean has some things under cover that will surprise visitors to the coming show. Cut flowers are and will be plentiful; plenty of hybrids and little demand. There was nothing to note in decora- tions during the week with the exception of the one executed by Alex. McConnell for the dinner given to Gen. Fitzgerald and stafl" by W. L. Flanagan, 53 West 39th street. The house was handsomely decorated with palms and orchids, the table being adorned with miUtary de- signs, the center piece being a large field gun made of violets and Jacqs. Never before hasthere been suchinterest taken in and good will shown towards any undertaking as the coming exhibi- tion. It is theone absorbingtopic among all, and everyone is working with great determination for its success. Every grower and retailer of note has entered in some of the classes, and it is expected that many from a distance will be present. The best reputed judges of the country have been appointed for the different classes of plants l^Jnd a committee of lead- ing society ladies will sec to the designs and decorations. Canada and the ma- jority of the states will be represented. Don't be left out if you have anything that will add a lustre to your name; send it on. Society in general has taken the matter up and committees within com- mittees are being formed to ensure its financial success; it will be the grand fete of the season. John Yoiing. Cincinnati. At the 28th monthly meeting of the Cincinnati Florist Society February 1-i, the attendance was the largest that they have had for some time. The special order of business for the evening was to discuss plans for the building of a flower market which were presented by special committee appointed at last meeting, and drawn by a prom- inent local architect. This building when completed will be the finest and I believe the only one in the United States that is used exclusively by the florists and seeds- men as a place to display and sell the products of their labor. The building will be constructed of glass and iron prin- cipally and will cost when completed $15,000, to be erected under the bequest of Mrs. Holroj'd. Oneof ourgrowers surprised the society by producing a Niphetos rose that meas- ured 6V2 inches across. This bloom was supported by a stift' stem, something that is very seldom seen with this rose. Mr. E. E. Hill, of Richmond, being present favored the society with quite a little talk on the carnation, which at present is taking a leading part in flo- rists' circles. Mr. R. Witterstaeter had on exhibition several very fine specimens of carnations, and to this gentleman is due the honor of growing the finest car- nationsbrought to the Cincinnati market. A paper on the carnation was read by Mr. R. Witterstaetter which I send you for publication. He was tendered a vote of thanks by the society. Mr. E. G. Hill ventured the opinion that an extra large bloom of the carna- tion could not be grown without burst- ing the calyx. Mr. Hill also stated that he thought carnations should be grown from seed and that the stocks should be changed and that carnations should only have a limited amount of water, and especially overhead. E. G. Gillktt, Sec'y Cincinnati Florist's Society. Philadelphia. The collection of cut roses at the spring show of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society was very fine. John Burton put his best foot forward and out of 13 entries received 12 first prizes. Taken altogether the show was very good and financially much better than last season. The outlook for Easter is good. There seems to be plenty of stuff about, and at this time, March 21, wholesale men say that their stock is nearly all engaged. There promises to be lively times in the retail trade. H. Graham's Son has rented the store at 1516 Chestnut street, next door to Pennock Bros., for Easter week, and there are rumors of several other un- occupied stores being taken by ambitious florists. There are also a "few of the growers who have arranged for a city store at Easter time. Jacob Becker and Robert Craig have rented stores on Market street, in the center of the city. Palms are moving very well for this season. Mr. CD. Ball says he wasnever before so busy at this time of the year. New York Floral Notes. The exhibition by Messrs. Siebrecht and Wadley at the Madison Square Gar- den, March 4 to 12, was spoken of as an orchid show, but while these were decid- edly the main feature, all kinds of flowers were shown. On the Madison Avenue side of the gar- den was laid out the Dutch garden, after a plan taken from the period of 1500. This old Dutch garden was enclosed with cedar frames about 10 feet high. The beds of box wood on the inside were finely laid out in the centre with tulips of red, j-ellow and the Cottage Maid; around the side beds of the Dutch garden were hyacinths, crocuses, and lily of the valley; the double pink hyacinth was there, with Dutch hyacinths of a light purplish color; these contrasted beauti- fully with thcRosamundi tulip, and with the Leonides, a salmon colored one. The weeping spruces, the blooming bay trees, and the fine hedge of this Dutch garden were quite a novelty in these parts, and something long to be remembered. From the Dutch garden we go into the English garden, where the orchid display was made. The collection of orchids from Rose Hill Nurseries occupied three banks and one bank was where the show of Mr. Kimball, of Rochester, New York, took place, and here his gardener, Mr. Savage, was during the whole week of the exhibition. In Mr. Kimball's exhibit were 52 cypri- pediums of great beauty, and of much value. There were odontoglossums, coe- logynes and dendrobiums with now and then a zygopetalumor anoncidium. This orchid bank and the three others of Messrs. Siebrecht and Wadley were each surmounted by a fine palm of Seaforthia Elegans; in all of these banks the cattle- yas were the most numerous orchids ex- hibited,someof these were ver3' rare, and all of them were exceedingly beautiful. Outside of the four orchid banks were beds of azaleas with rhododendrons in the centre; then there were beds of ciner- arias with genistas in the centre, and primroses around the edge. These beds the first day they were shown were love- ly indeed. On the sides of the English garden were beds of Marguerites and pandanus and young palms, with here and there a fine lily. There were also on the sides of the gar- den six cocoanut palms from Trinidad, and ten cabbage palms from Florida; these palms were decorated with Florida moss, and some were hung with nepen- thes. In the Spanish garden were three trees of Dicksonia antartica, which were especially beautiful. A bird's nest fern in this Spanish garden was also admirable. Opening from the grand collection of orchids was a scene of the Ponce de Leon Hotel Garden at St. .Augustine, which was very beautifully arranged. From this there was a passage up a flight of stairs to the entrance to 'the Italian garden, where were placed a pair of palms of the rare Pritchardia Grandis; these valuable palms were well worth a trip to see, and they were examined by a great many who could appreciate them. In this Italian garden was a bower of greens, whichwas surmounted by a large stag horn fern; there was water trickling down from one side of the bower, which fell into a largevase beneath. The image of Mercury placed conveniently at one side of this Italian garden, vi-as so ar- ranged that it could be seen and studied from the Dutch garden, at the end of the hall. On the rise of the Italian garden, at both sidesof the stairway, were groups i8gi. The American Florist. 613 of orchids, in which there were many handsome ones placed. A plant of Phal- ienopsis amabilis Sanderiana attracted much attention. There was a fine display of orchids in the Italian garden, which were sent here by Mr. Arnold; these were placed on one of the palms. A Cattleya Trianfe alba was placed among these, and this at- tracted much attention, as it was said to be the rarest flower in the garden; it was perfectly white, with only a spot of lemon color on the lip. The decorations for the Langdon-Car- rol wedding March 3, were arranged by Hanft Bros. The hallway of the house was festooned with asparagus and tulips around the woodwork, which were put on the walls very handsomely to where they opened into" the library. The wed- ding pair received their guests in this library, before a handsome group of plants in pots, among which were genistas, azaleas and rhododendrons. On the mantel pieces were American Beau- ties, lily of the valley, and pots of acacias. The parlors and dining room were only trimmed with flowers on the mantel pieces but here were many fine orchids. Klunder made a very handsome piece of orchids which was si.x feet in length for Mrs. Sloan's dinner; this was a round basket running six feet both ways and was filled with a variety of cattle- yas and dendrobiums; there were on the table four gold vases filled also with orchids. F. k. Benson. Basket. The illustration shows a basket ar- ranged by Florist McConnell, Nevi- York. The form is spoken of as spade shaped. The large roses are .American Beauties and the smaller ones Mme Hoste. Lily of the valley is used in front and on the handle, the latter being tied with a rib- bon. Baltimore. The annual election of the Florist Club resulted in the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Wm. Fraser; vice-president, E. A. Seidewitz; treasurer, Wm. B. Sands; secretary, Henry Bauer; financial secretary, Jno.Wiedey; librarian, Chas. M. Wagner. The reports of the treasurer and finan- cial secretary for the past year showed a most encouraging state of things, and taken together with the very popular gentlemen elected at the meeting pro- duced a general jubilation, which was heightened by the remarksof Mr. Stewart secretary of the S. .A. F., who at the re- quest of the retiring president favored the club with a very complimentary speech and expressed a wish that the desire to have the S. A. F. meet in Baltimore in 1892 might be gratified. Owing to the election several impor- tant papers and discussions were post- poned of which something will be heard in the future. Businesshas settled down to something like a Lent dullness, varied by an occa- sional ripple in the way of a reception, all minds being intent on the usual pre- Easter calculations; "Will my be in in time?" Fill the blank with what vou will. MAck. Cincinnati. The 29th monthly meeting of the Cm- cinnati Florists' Society was held at the Metropolitan Hotel. The attendance was fair. General order of business, the discussion relative to holding a chrysan- themum show the coming fall, which was finally carried unanimously. Mr. B. P. Critchell favored the society with a paper entitled 25 years' experi- ence as a florist in Cincinnati. This was very interesting and was listened to with a great deal of pleasure. Business for the last few weeks has been rather quiet. Still our different florists have all had something to do and have turned out some very handsome and artistic floral work. The Easter trade promises to be very good, both for the wholesale and retail dealers. E. G. Gillett, Secretary. March 14. Older Fuchsias. With most plants the trouble is over after wintering them, but with fuchsias it is then the trouble begins. They love a temperate and humid atmosphere, but the thing they love is ordinarily missing in this country, and has been very notice- ably so during the past few summers. During the spring what beauties we see: tassel-hung and perfect specimens of symmetrv and luxuriance. But alas, at the first' bright smile of old King Sol their beauty has "faded and gone," and our once flowery and leafy fairy-tree is transformed into a naked skeleton. Im- aginative people may derive some satis- faction from these leafless stems by shut- ting their eyes and feasting the beauties that once clothed them, but for prosy people there is little pleasure in them. From what I have seen and heard the purchasers of fuchsias are largely of the latter class. Have you not had yourcus- tomers look at your fine spring fuchsias, express their admiration and then say: "No, I don't want them; they are beau- tiful here, but they never grow tor me." Yes, you hear it often, and know that it is only too true. The fuchsia is universally admired, but its popularity and sale, for this reason, is annually declining. Of course there is a large business done in them still as early window plants, but the numbers of those who buy them later on, or to plant in their yards, is yearly growing less. As beautiful a flower as is the fuchsia, and so much admired by all, it ought it possible be saved from complete relega- tion to that class of flowers that only "bloom in the spring," and I think it can be. The remedy that occurs to me, is to save our luxuriant "yearling" spring plants, so green and beautiful, wholly for early spring or window plants, and under no circumstance recommend themfor any other purpose. .\nd recommend for planting out, only plants two years and more old, since my experience is that under the treatment given the young and tender plants these older ones will grow and bloom in the handsomest kind of style. Last year on the green before one of the statelier mansions of our town we saw in a tub a fuchsia six feet high, leafy, and a pertect shower of bloom; and that in the midst of the warmest weather. The variety was Black Prince, and for satis- faction the gentleman hadn't a plant he prized more highly. "As easily wintered as a potato," said he. "In the winter I have it in the cellar, and keep it drv; that's all." This is as matters should be, and in it there is a good suggestion. What think you? Ernest Walker. Louisville, Ky. New Roses. Three of the new roses of 1890 have bloomed with us at Western Springs: Triumph de Pernet, brilliant red, with good habit and fine form, and if it should prove free blooming it is likely to be a very desirable rose for forcing. Madam Elise Lambert, white, double, with a beautiful rosy tint in the center, marked as C. Soupert is occasionally. The flower is of good size and is sure to prove a desirable variety for bedding, though rather too short a bud for a florist's rose. Eliza Fugier, the bud in shape is like Niphetos and its external appearance almost pure white, but looking into the rose it shows a yellowish tint of the same shade as Madame Hoste and is hardly likely to excel that variety. J. C. V. Hotbeds. The following notes on the preparation and use of hotbeds as practiced by head- gardener Stromback, at Lincoln Park. Chicago, may be uselul to some at this season. Horse manure and straw is the favorite material. It is sometimes mixed with tan bark or leaves from soft wooded trees, and not infrequently with both. For a frame to be started in February or March the manure is laid in a cone shaped pile irom six to ten feet high. When starting the pile care is taken to place in the center manure that has not been frozen, and on this is poured from one-half barrel to a full barrel of boiling hot water. It is then covered with the other manure and built up in a cone shaped pile as before mentioned. The object of the hot water is to insure the heating or fermentation of the manure in cold weather, for unless the manure is quite fresh and none of it frozen lermen- tation might not otherwise take place. In about six or seven days the pile begins to heat and it is then turned thoroughly from top to bottom, mixing the heated with the unheated parts. It is consid- ered very important that this operation be done carefully and thoroughly. The pile is then again built up into cone shape. In another five or six days the manure is ready for the frames and is of a dark brown color. 6i4 The American Florist. Mar 26, For this latitude it is t'ound that for a frame made up in early March and for such plants as alternantheras etc., that require from 70° to 75" bottom heat, a layer of manure about two feet thick is necessary. It is laid in the frame evenly, care being taken to nii.x the hot and the cold manure toj^ether, and then packed down hard. If a cooler temperature than that noted is wanted the manure is Itaeked down very hard; the harder it is packed the less heat will come to the sur- face. For alternantheras three inches of rot- ten tanbark or mixed rotten manure and soil is laid on the surface and on this the |)lants are jjlaced. Other materials are sometimes used for laying on the surface, all that is necessary is that it is some- thing that the heat may readily work uo through. Sand is never used for this pur- pose as it packs too tight. For cooler frames, for geraniums etc., in March and early April a one foot layer of the heating material is found to be sufficient. It is packed and covered in the way before described. The frames have mats or shutters, which are placed on the beds every night until danger of sharp frost is past. And as a matter of course ventilation is re- ligiously attended to. In late spring, on fine days, the sash are entirely lemoved during the greater part of the day. The Color Chart. I have been very much interested by the recent articles on color, but confess to a feeling of disappointment. There is a difficulty at the root of the matter, which is probably not appreciated by those who have always associated with those who understand the correct signification of such terms as magenta, solferina, ma- roon etc., but to those who like myself get these terms from their application b3' the general public there is nothing definite about them. Such terms as red, vellow, pink etc., are more definite, yet I find flowers which to me convey the impres- sion of pink are oftener called "rose" or "light rose." I have tried consulting the dictionary and I find that maroon comes from marron a chestnut, yet most of the flowers which I find described as maroon are far brighter than any chestnut and to my eye come much nearer to purple or crimson or a mixture of both. I can see no way out of the difficulty short of a set of colors in enamel, as suggested, all properly labeled and in some form con- venient for distribution and reference and I for one, hope the "International Color Conference" wiir'materialize"at an early day. Wm. F. Bassett. Hammonton, N. J. San Francisco. — At a meeting of flo- rists, nurserymen and seedsmen held March 2d, it was decided that the forma- tion of a club would be of great benefit. Eleven new names were added to the roll of intending members of the club and a committee was appointed to call another meeting two weeks later for the purpose of perfecting the organization by the election of officers. Buffalo.— W. J. Palmer & Son, suc- cessors to W. J. Palmer, have moved into a new store at 304 Main street. The store runs through to Erie street giving two window spaces at each entrance. The new store is furnished with all the latest improvements, including two large antique oak ice boxes and 25 feet of show Washington, D. C— John H. Ley is about to commence business here and will buy land and erect about 10,000 feet of glass, chiefly for ornamental plants and orchids. Mr. Ley was for eighteen j'ears in business at Croydon, near Lon- don, England. SITUATIONS. WANTS, FOR SALE situation WANTED-ByapractlCHl florist-pprl- B C, 26 South 4lh slreel. Ua SITUATION WANTED- Bj a practical gardener and tlorist; '2fi, single; In pri ' " " ' ' place near Chicago. Address iinerclal nerican Floris SITUATION WANTKD-Byaflrstclass florist and 7 gardener; married; best of references— private lace preferred. Address Florist, of references. Address, statin : honest. Good wages expected. Ad- " ■ "DENER, care P. J. Deusler. tional Home, Milwaukee. Wis. RELIABLE, care American Florii of executlTe ■ accessory ■rdy herba- Chicago. H. Wise. Pomfret.Co WANTED knowledge ot general greenhoi bedding out. Apply at with thorough M. DUMMETT, Mt, Vernon. N. Y. and vegetable g,i WANTED— A young man, unmarried, thoroughly acquainted with rose and mushroom cuiture. private and commercial greenhouse " abash Ave., Chicago. Thomas K.^ WANTBD-Immediately. florist competent to ri can sell, single American ust be a practical WANTBD-An assistant I place, single preferred: florist, sober, industrious and honest good ator and maker up. Permanent place. Address with terms and references. W. B. WOODRI-FP, Macon, Ga. WANTED-I have a store and an established trade that will take the product of l.'i.tlUu feet of glass, and want partner with capital to put up W.'care American Florist. Chicago. W" ANTED— A flrst class r I the florist of \b 000 feet of glass where ( . grower, on nd industrious. Send wages and references Wanted at once. Ke.mble floral Co., Oskaloosa, low w ANTED-A strictly first classman as a forema must have had a large experience and be ab give the beat of references; am wiUinK to pi WANTED— A reliable man with good reference to take cliarge ot a small farm at Bristol. U, 1 Cottage, greenhouaes, graperies attached to keep i good order and run at his own expense. Uent tree For further particulars apply by 1 N'STON.Swan Poin W ANTBD-Capable man with business qualiflca- itry home place in suburb of a large city on necessary outfit fur atore in a large city estab- in good locality, doing good liling explained on appUca- M G R. American Kiorist. FOR SALE-Agoodc with SUOO feet of gl ;ood houses and lot of sash, full of aluH for spring sales, one ur more horses and wagyn«, 1 all over ili^ ground best for celery growing: sase of tlac^es of trood land '-<. mile of railroad n; price HfJ^. will sell un terms. Address & EASTER LILIES. Electro of this Cut (No. 9424), $1. A. BLANC, PHILADELPHIA, PA. k of Iflorists' Cuts in the world. Cata- logu DAISY SNOWFLAKE Daisy Snowflake -This Daisy, if treated like Violets, will give splendid retur stowed upon it. I grow it by the not supply the demam" " abor be- flowers'just cut. The as, tine white and weeks after being looks as fresh as other flowers are borne on stout beautifully quilled, and av piece; a great acquisition t Price, $1 per doz. free by mail ; $6 per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAY3 ABOUT THIS DAISY: Hochester, Jan. 28th. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful flower both for floral designs and put in with cut flowers, and when tied up in smaU banchesthey sell very rapidly with us for funeral designs. We use a great many in place of carnations as it is cheaper and covers almost the same space, and keeps fresh cons derable longer. Be sure and send me every I'aisy you can cut. as I cannot get them fast enough for my cus- tomers. They say it is the best cut flower tt buy because it keeps jresh for 2 to 3 weeks. I feel I can- Tours truly, F. J. KKLLKB. MISSION RIDGE GKBBNIIOUSBS. CHATTANOOGA, TEX.V., March Ist, 'il'. FKEn. Schneider, Dear sir:— We received our Daisies yesterday, and Daisies they are ! En- closed please And our check for S5 OUfor 100 m. re plants. Please send them as soon as you can, as we want to getthera to blooming well before Easter <"^an you supply the cut blooms and at what price/ They ship so excellently that we would like to get Veryrespt ' MACGOWAN 4 COOK. P S.-We add to our remittance; please send its FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist Wyoming Co., ATTICA, NEW YORK. ling CHKY-SAKTHEMUMS Mrs Fiaiii-is Spencer, .Jean Ulanc, Mrs. G. W. Harrison, Enid, .Tames S. Green, Mrs. Magee, Mrs. J. White, Mon Ami Hughe' Pinit Beauty. Mon Cher, Beli Green. Cnncli and Chlnz. Delivered April ist, at Si oo each; per Set of 13 for $9.00. i8gi. The American Florist. 6is We have a splendid stock of Kentias in i'/i, 3 and 4 inch pots, which we offer at exceptionally low prices. Plants are of our own growing and are strong and stocky. 25 plants sold at 100 rates. In. pot In high PerlOO KentiaForsteriana 2H; » ■> =n * 2 50 76 00 ROSE>S. To florists desiring large Roses for spring sales ia the most popular varieties we can not recommend the foUowiag list too highly. Our stock is extra strong from 5 inch pots— field grown and Plants are larger than those usually sold from 6 inch pots. We offer the following from 5 inch pots at I25 per 100; 25 sold at 100 rates. ETOILE DE LYON, DUCHESS DE BRABANT, THE CFM, MIME. JOS. SCHWARTZ, LA FRANCE, LOUIS PHILIPPE, aUEENS SCARLET, MME. ETIENNE, MME. SCHWALIER MALMAISON, COOUETIE DE lVoN. We have a limited number of the following from 6-inch pots at I35 per 100 HERMOS.4, ETOILE DE LYON, MADAME ETIENNE. THE GEM, QUEENS SCAR- LET, DUCHESS DE BRABANT. DUCHESS OF ALBANY, 5-inch at 825; 4-inch at $15; 2!4-inch at $6 per 100. ROSES FOR FORCING. We have an immense stock of young healthy Koses for forcing made from growing wood. PKRLE DES .lABDINS, PAPA UONTIEK, LA FRANCE, CATH. MEBMET, THE BRIDE, NIPHETOS. Price from 2Vlnch pots $6 00 per 100, 3-inch pots S3. 00 per 100 AM, the standard bedding Roses at U per 100, $40 per 1000 Send inyour list to be priced. ROBT. SCOTT & SON, t9lh and Catherine Sts.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. dirysanthemums. The folio arieties 1 > offered at *4.00 per 100 KIOTO, L. 8. BIRD, H.CANNELL, GOLD, PUI^ITAN. GLORIOSUM. CULLINGFORDll, GRANDILFLORUM, M. E. NICHOLS, L. CANNING. E. «. Hill » 10.00 per 100 W.H.Lincoln 6.00 per Wu Avalanche S 00 per 100 Louis Rnehmer .1. 00 per doz. H. E. WJdener 1.50 per doz. PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK. GHRySflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send 100 strong plants, one hundred different kinds, all good ones, my selection, for $4, or will send 200, each different, and contain- ing all the most valuable and popular kinds of the past season, tor $S.oo. All Plants Guaranteed to be in First-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to O. F». :BiVSSE>TT, HIWSDSLE, ILLIWOIS. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MOLLIS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1891 need them. Best quality and lowest price. 36 to 50 cents each; «.3.00 for tlie set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE MOLLIS, South Weymouth, Mass. READY MAY 15. ncU Pots. From 4 inch Pots. 1 Plant, f l.OO. 250 Plants, J'.OO.OO. 1 Plant, $ 1 60. 60 Plants, MO 60 Plants ?ooo- 1000 Plants, 300.00. Plants, .60.00. The (ollowing Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below : WM. J. STEWART. 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOH// N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario ROBT. CRAIG, 49th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pencsylvania, Ohio and all S'luthern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, P. 0. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. H^OSEJS. I^OSES. WABAN, SOUVENIR DE DR. FASSOT, MME. PIERRE GUILLOT, And all the other NEAV and Standard Varieties of TEAS; Hybrid Remontant, in- cluding HEINRICH SCHULTHEI^, which is by far the best early forcing Hybrid. Thisis the variety which MR. JULIUS ROEHRS has forced so successfully for the past lh>ee years. Also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS, CHINAS AND BOURBONS, For forcing, bedding, etc., etc., all of which I have an extra fine stock now ready for shipping at prices as low as any one can produce such stock for. New prick LIST TO THE TRADE NOW READY. JOHN N. MAY siJBX nx xrc. T9 :e3 -W" j; JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES ^sPEciAi^. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JflRDlNS. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Catalogue of Prices Now Ready. "THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW " bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. atlon American Florist. SURPLUS STOCK. PerlOO Primula Obconica, 2j4-inch I400 " " 3-inch S 00 Coleus Golden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2-inch 3-oo Vinca Rosea, very fine, ajs-incb 300 Vinca Alba, very fine, 2yi inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 300 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, very st.ong, 3-inch 500 Dahlias, field grown roots 5 00 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock 8.00 Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. St. Xioiais^ aAo. srican Florist. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low on the Manettla Stock, offer the best re- sults to the florist blooming freely and giving plenty of cuttings for propagating quickly. Fine plants for sale by the 100 or 1000, at low rates. Price Lists to applicants. Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN. (Boston), MAS.S. A very large stock ol young Roses of the I ing bedding and forcing varieties. Also Ij ; lead- large stock of same in s and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ. Xjouis-ville, XCy. 6i6 The American Florist. Mar. 26, f LH!E /Al«iE1SLI©/41N lFlL@Le!!gT ub-crlption $1.00 a Year. Cash with Order So SpeeinI rosition tii: uiits. 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, lopei ) times. 20 per cent; 5J times, 31 per ce« No reduction made for large space. The Adverllslnft nepartme l-'l.oHlST Is for Florists. Seed :-half inch space not accepted. Adilress THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. In the hurrv of getting up the late advertisements for last issue a most un- fortunate error occurred whereby the engraving of the ventilating apparatus manufactured by the Quaker City Ma- chine Works was placed in the adv. of Mr. E. Hippard instead of the engraving of Mr. Hippard's apparatus. We pre- sume there are red hot letters on the way from both these advertisers. We very much regret the blunder and trust that we shall be forgiven in view of the enor- mous rush of work at the time. If some of our i-eaders in want of ventilating apparatus will place immediate orders with these gentlemen we have no doubt they will be considerably mollified. Both the apparatuses are good and readers would do well to look into their merits. The advs. will be found in this issue, each with its proper cut. We should have stated in last issue that the engravings of Croton varie- gatum, anthuriums and Passiflora Wat- soniana were made from colored plates issaed by L' Illustration Horticole. An- other fact that should have been noted, but was overlooked, is that the arrange- ment of plants and flowers shown on the title page was by Mr. H. H. Battles of Philadelphia, who very happily worked out for us the idea suggested to him. As A SAMPLE of what some people ex- pect Mr. Manda sends us a postal card recently received bj- the U. S. Nurseries. It reads: "Please send catalogue. If you have plants for free distribution please send me some." Replying to E., we do not know of such a party at Chicago, and think you are correct in j'our belief that he is a fraud. Catalogues Received. Fred W. Kelsey, New York, nursery stock; Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville.Pa", nursery stock; Ketten Freres, Luxemljurg, Europe, roses; Max Deegen, Kostritz, Germany, plants; Shady Hill Nurseries, Cambridge, Mass., nurserv stock; The Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn, cur- rants; Selover & Atwood, Geneva, N. Y., nursery stock; W.J.Hesser, Plattsniouth, Neb., plants; Gillett & Horsford, South- wick, Mass., hardy plants; Harlan P. Kelsey, Linville, N. C.,nurserj' stock; W. L. Swan, Oyster Bay, N. Y., plants and seeds; Falls City Wire Works, Louisville, Ky., florists' wire designs; Thomas S. Ware, Tottenham, London, England, har- dy plants; same, climbing plants; same, hardy florists' flowers; same, hardy per- ennials and Alpine plants; W. & J. Birk- enhead, Sale, Manchester, England, ferns. Coming Exhibitions. March 25-26, Montreal.— Spring exhi- bition Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' Club. March 31-April 3, Boston.— Spring ex- hibition Mass. Hort. Society. .\pril 7-11, New York. — Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. Y.— Spring exhibition Central New York Hort. Society. April 22-23, Baltimore.— Spring show Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. May 6-8, San Francisco. — Annual flower show California State Floral Society . June 6, Boston. — Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1-4, Boston. — Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 15-17, Boston.— Annual ex- hibition of fruits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston. — Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Chicago. — Fall exhi- bition Horticultural Society of Chicago. November 10-14, Indianapolis.— Chrys- anthemum show Society of Indiana Florists. SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Violet Crops. Will some of the correspondents of the Florist kindly give me an estimate of the number of salable blooms that should be cut from a house 100x11, with 800 square feetof bench room, from the Marie Louise double violet, and for the same space from the Victoria Regina single violet from Oct. 1 to April 1. J. L. Woodlice. Will some of your numerous corres- pondents please tell me and others the best way of destroying that abominable pest to orchids, viz: woodlice. (iERMANTOW.N. T"i?iflMERicAN Florist Co.'s DIRECTORY ( florists, ^-of nurserymen, [seedsmen, OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 18QO. ADDRESS : Americax Florist Co. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Rare Plants i Rose Hill iXurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. V '^^^^"'* "'#!^,, ORCHIDS u . ^. "^^ "palms, Hardy \;„ " ^"^^ CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. A FKKSH CONSHiNMK^T OF MEXICAN ORCHIDS Such as Laslia anceps (winter blormer), Laelia albida. Cattleva cdrina (ext.a fine). Epider.d um vitellinum majus, Odoiiloglossum aureum (true), Odontoglossum maculatum, Oncidium ornithnr rvnclium, etc.. etc , at very low prices. Write for price list. :F-«:E33:Enicit Tsa.A.-v, P.O. Box 322. ^ioiith Orange, N, J. CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE AND PARVIFLORUM. Fine plants »,S 00 per 1(10. tniSKS BOOKBO : [.1. DEI.IVKRY. JAS. GILCHRIST, Florist, GUEIPH, CANADA. Abutilon Eclipse, 2 i Gjlden Bells, Agatha Celestis (blue daisy)" Akepia Malvavisctis Crape Myi tie, 3 colors 3'.. ii Gnaphalium Lanatum "... Geranium, Mad. Saleroi " . . Hibiscus, in variety 4 in . . . Ivy, English and variegated 2'.; in. Lantana, standard sorts 2 in . . . best white 4 in . . . Mesembryanthemuin Cor.Var. 2 in Nierembergia Gracilis 2 in . . . PileaMuscosa 2 in Plumbago Capensis 4 in . . Plumbago Capensis Alba 2 in . . Roses, Hermosa, M. Guillot, Mad. Jos. Schwartz, 2 in . . . Roses, Bride, La France, Perle, Merinet, M. Guillot, Gontier. 3 in Roses.Countessde la Bart h, Cornelia Coolc. Camoens Mad. Scipio Co- chet, Mad. Cecil, Brunner.M. Niel. The Bride, Souv. de St. Pier, GiantandGenl Jacqs,2'3in, . . Verbena', standard sorts, 2 in . . . " Vesta, finest white. 2 in \-erben . gene 1 collectii ■per A. GIDDINGS, Danville, III. Tuberous Beoonias in six separate colors, per 100, J3; mixed, 12.75. Double, J4 50; mixed, {4 00. Try some this summer, it will pay you, and you will want them again. BRAUER & RICHTER. McConne/sfille 0 ROOTED CUTTINGS \a all the leadii k v.iiielies hi 75 cent< per ino; |6 00 per 1000. MRS. S. P. CUSHING, Weymouth, Mass. MRS. FISHER CARNATION. J nice pot plants. Dec struck, at fl IX) per IIK M, E. HUTCHINSON & CO., Portsmouth, N. H. i8gi. The American Florist. 617 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) A.11 F'^lo-wer-s in Season* Foil line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. ALL SUPPLIES. *S*WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORISTS DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS. wiitE; xiESio-isrs iiJ" stock:- Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nights it P. M.; Siiiidays 2 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegraph. — SMITH FLORAL CO.. 77 7tli Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. ) WHOLESALE ONLY. I SPECIALTY.-FilUng Telegraphic Orders. WASHINGTOM. D. C. Lilies, Etc. for Easter HARRISII, LONGIFLORUM, CANDIDUM. ieties, zJi-in. pots, at $4 per 100; $35 per icoo. HYDRANGEA OrAKSA, from s to 10 inch pots, Si: to $50 per hundred. W. A. BOCK, N. Cambridge, Mass. CATALOGUES. ^ 1 MAKE 'EM, WITH CUTS ■ AND "KNOW HOW." J, Horace McFar^and, n^imisBXTK-a-, i-A. Cut Flowers. BOSTON, March 3.1. EASTEB PRICES AS QlTOTEn IX ADVANCE. Koses. Hybrids. Jacqs 1S00®25.00 Bon Silene 4.00® 5.00 Niphetos, Gontiers 6.00® SOO N\ cotton. WatteviUe 8.00 @ 10.00 Mermets, Brides 8*®1000 Perles, Sunsets tiUO@800 La France 10 00 ® 15 00 HarriFii lilies 12 50 ® 16 00 l.ongifiorum 20 00 Candidum COO® 8 00 Astilbe. Btoc68 3 00® 4.00 Callas 18.(0® 20.00 Carnations S.OO® 500 Valley, tulips. Romans 4C0 Daffodils, P. W. narcissus 1.00 Violets ."5 Pansies 100 gmilai -'■='00 Adiantums 1.50 Adiantum Farleyense 20 00 Asparagus ."JOOO Heath, per bunch 50® .76 Orchids, per boi lOOOQ.SOOH English primroaes per bunch .15 Niw 70BK, March 2.1. EASTEK PRICES. Roses. Beauties, Hybrids 15 00 ® liO 00 BonSilene 2,00® 4 00 •• Gontiers 4.00® fi 00 Perles, Niplietos, Souvs 600® 800 Mermets. Brides 8 00 ® 12 OU Wattevilles, Cusins 8.00® 1200 Hostes 6.00® 800 La France 10 00® 15.00 Albany 10OO@150O Woottons 6 00 a 8 00 •• Jacqs 1000®:i000 Romans, datrodils 200® 4.00 Valley, tulips 2.W@ 4 CO rarnatione. long 2.00® 3 Oil smiiax ■.'.■. .".'.v. .'..'."..■.■.■.■.■.■.'.■.■.■.'! .' .'.".'.'.'.V.'.'.'. w.m Harrisii 12 00 @ 15 00 l.ilac per liuncb - 100 PHILADKLPHIA. .Murctl 21. Hoses, Beauties 20.00® 40.00 Brunners 50.00 La France. Albany '• 00 ® 10 00 Laings, Lnizets Magnas 26.00®40t0 .Mermets, Brides S 00 ® 10 00 Wootton. Bennetts 5 tO ® 8.00 Perles. Niphetos 3 00 ® 5 00 R ithschilds 4000 Hostes, Cusins, Wattevilles 600® 800 Carnations long l.OO® 150 Valley '. .'.'.'.■.■.'.■.'.■ '.'.'.'. !'!'^^!!^^^!^. 3 00 @ 4'ob Harrisii. short 600 Harrisii, long 10.00 Tulips 3.C0® 500 Datrodils 400 Violets, double Xi ® .60 SmilBX 2000 Adiantums 1.00 CHICAOO, March 25. EASTEK PKICES. Boses, Bon Sllenes 400® 500 i-erias, N'iphetos 400® 6.0O Mermets 6 00® 10.00 Brides 10.00@1200 Beauties 1.5.00® 30.00 •• Gontiers 5 00® |-,.00 Bennetts 600® 9.00 La France 8 CO ® 10.00 Jacqs 12.00® IS 00 Albary 10 00 Carnations, snort 1.00® 2 00 Carnations, long 2 OO ® 300 Carnations, long, lancy 3,00® 4.00 Valley, Romans 4.00® 5 00 Callas 1000®15,00 UarrlBli 16.00® 20.00 Candidum, short 400® 5.00 Candluum, long ■; 00 ® 10.00 Violets 75® 1.00 Bouvardia 1.50® 2 00 Tulips 3.00® 6 00 Daffodils 4.00® 5 00 Dutch hyacinths 6.00® 8.00 a;^ums:::::::::::-;:.;;;;;;;;;;;::;::;:^g|1:gS Wm. 3. gTEWHRT, Gut Flowersi Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^ 67 Bromfleld Street, BOSTON, MASS. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON. MASS. Also entrance from Hamilton Place through Music Hall. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna tionsalwa\ son hand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESALE FLORIST 20 West 24tli Street. LILY OF THE VALLEY, a.nd the Choicest ROSES for thn fall and winter seasou. W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. (ESTABLISHF.Ii 1877.) Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St., NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 WEST 30th Street, A. .S. Hums. J. I. Kayn«r, BURNS & RAYNOR, WH0LE8SLE FLORISTS, 11 -West sistiT^ St., J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wholesale Commission Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 4136 Walnut Street, CINCINNATI, 0. SPECIALTIES: ROSES, CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT VI^O'WElH^, 1237 Chestnut Street, - - PHILSDELPHIA. Consignments Solicited, t^pecial attention paid to shipping. Mention Amehicax Flokist. ELLISON & KUEHN. ^wholesale^ FLORISTS, 1122 nuE SXS.EET, ST. I^OiTIS, :ivxo. WHOLESAI.£ CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. 6i8 The American Florist. Mar. 26, SRtt 3e8<^ Ira^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. ALBERT M. McCuLLorr.H. Cincinnati, presi- dent; JOHN KoTTl.KR, Jr., Boston secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. Seed Warranty. }iave carefully read "A practical guaranty" in your number of March 12. It seems to me any practical man will at once brand it a delusion and a snare. It seems to lie a guaranty made out of an old sieve and will not liold water. The best guaranty to get with seeds is, buy them from some good honest, intelligent seed house. It has been proven to the full satisfac- tion ofevery seedsman that they cannot af- ford to guarantee seeds, and to undertake to make them do so, would drive out of the business any house that is worth a law suit. Not many years ago a farmer bought of a New York house a small quantity of cabbage seed. He claimed that he planted the seed, that it grew well but failed to make heads, so brought suit for the recovery of the crop. The case was tried in a New York City court, before a jury of Chatham street clothiers. The plaintiff had a smart lawyer who man- aged to prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the cabbages did not head up, but if they had headed, he would have had so many thousand heads. He also proved that cabbages were scarce that season and sold readily for 8 cents per head, which would have amounted to so much and gave judgment for the plaint- iff for $2,500 (Two thousand five hundred dollars) for one and one-half pounds of cabbage seed (lV2lbs. ), purchase money $6.00if I recollect right. At that rate it would not take a very large bag of this kind of cabbage seed to ruin most of our seedsmen. If our friend who wants to give a "practical guaranty" gets a small dose of that New York cabbage medicine, it will either kill or cure him. There were some very strange things shown up in that trial. The plaintiff produced in court the paper bagin which the cabbage seed had been delivered to him some 18 months or two years previous and which he had saved in a drawer until the trial. There was nothing to prevent that man ( had he been so disposed ) from going to another seed house and buying as much rape seed as he did cabbage, plant the rape and destroy the cabbage seed, only keep the paper bag until he got ready to make the seedsman pay for his crop, without the trouble or expense of mar- keting, easily proving by his neighbors that his cabbages did not head and were worthless. It was this case which caused the seedsmen to prepare and adopt the disclaimer so generally used now on invoices and catalogues in the seed trade. Seeds. Readers of the Florist who know of positive errors made by U. S. Appraisers in duties levied and collected which have never been refunded, are invited to send us full particulars of their cases. We know there is wide spread dissatisfaction and believegood causefor it. How much we can locate we are anxious to know, and believe if we secure sufficient and ef- fective data it will be the beginning of a much needed reform. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., — ^ WHOLESALE^ — Seed Growers and Merchants. Carry one of the most complete and extensive stocks of GARDEN SEEDS in the United States. We make a specialty of GRQWI NG PEAS and BEANS, AMERICAN TURNIPand CABBAGE SEEDS, ONION SETS and PURE SEED POTATOES. We cater to the Jobbing trade WRITE FOR PRICES. -^ :iVOW -^ RE^iVOY. -^ Per 100 Per lonn I UDbRUObO, f'ine Large Bulbs fi 00 f 7 50 n nrvirviiir finemixed 125 'o 00 ItLn I II S EXTRA CHOICE I 75 500 UUMiyiVLUtI, SHAKESPEARE 7 5° Also Importers of ;Bvtll3«» for* IMoi*i:»t«». Dutch and Roman Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus and True Bermuda Lilies, (L. Har- risii ) Special import offer for Fall and Summer of 1891 NOW READY- ^° not fail to write for it. Liberal terms, fair prices, selected quality and square business treatment. Address Z. DE FOREST ELY & CO., 1301 and 1303 Market Street, ■ PHILADELPHIA. PA. and 246 North Broad St. P. O. BOX 1176 Registered Cable Address, DEFOREST, Phila. TELEPHONE 129S. A CjrrUD Truffaufs Prize, Pie-jny-aowered. chnicest miied, oer trade packet 60 cents: per eiz. »2 00 Ai5 1 Jl/Jl White, Scarlet, Blae, Purple, eacli per trade packet 50 cents; per oi. $3.50. "D A T C! A M Perfection Extra, double white, per C!TS)'Xr'T?T TJP A Q Eckford's Choicest Mixed, JjAJu^AiVl trade packet, 60c.; per oz. $1.60. i5 VV l!i Jli 1 lllj AO per oz. 30 cents; per ii., »! HO. Henry A.» IJr'eer, 7X4 Cbestzmt Street, - - f>»[X IL..A.X>f:UFXXX.A.. nSE VU'MWSRli^ flower seed. IJyv Hdklk^ Aw **IhUiJ choicest strains for fi.osists. *-"— mTMlTP^* "^ I K!> I trade list n<.» rea.l.v, and BI^^BBHHII^H^H^^KS free on thFbest. f '^^°^^,L^°^i^,fr!..^,s°'^^' ;rated. Descriptive and Priced ■ ' NEWYORK, STATION E. ^Fafi^i.^'^i'^I'F^REE^f W. W. Barnard & Co., 'llap^icams'and'i'o bstseason-sM 6 &a North Clark Street. CHICAGO. !TtPI?: f SEEDS, BULBS, IMPLEMENTS. should send for it. Address H ' ' D. M. FERRY i CO. > ' Please write u^. if von fail t<. receive our trade h't DETROIT, MICH. B i lor Klorlsts. Largest Seedsmen in the world ■ ; lllustratel Seed Catalogue mailed free to any G. J. MOFFATT, ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When wrltlns for prices, pieaee state sizes and quantity wanted. Do voi_a ^vant tVie BEST SEEDS? If so, send to SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER, i^oSTOPa-, - - Ba:.a.ss. Jos. F. DiCKMANN has commenced the seed business at Gravios and Oregon Aves., St. Louis, Mo. Parsons &SonsCo. Kissena Nurseries. Flushing, N. Y. offer Rhododendrons Hardy Azaleas. Vor other rare and old pl.iiits >ce i~at.iIoi;ue. I a?wa.i»«:t rooax And will sell Geraniums : Named, 2W-ineh pots *'i CO per 100 Mixed, •• •• 2.0U •■ Named Rooted Cuttings 1.50 Mixed " ■' 100 ■• New Achillea alba fl. pi. (Tue Gem) 2-ln. pots 3 60 JAMES FB08T, OreenvUle, O, i8gi. The American Florist. 619 VERBENAS. NOW UKAIjY. General Collecllo Rooted Cuttings Per 100 Per 1000 . . $3.(10 $25 00 400 3000 Uellotrope Kooted luttlriKs. m Ageratum Salvias Splendens. ;■ Fewerfew. The Gem Rooted "i BeKonias Rubra. MetaHica, etc Lemon Verbenas strong. Ijear Vlncaa, strong, 1 year old AmpelopslB Veitchll. met, Bride, Mme. ciisin KI1SE8, extra! met. Bride, " Watteyille. Sunset, La V Sllene,8afrA I olants, Perles, Me WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors t . C. WOOD & BRO..) FISHKILL. N. Y. PERFKCTLT FREE FKOM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings, Mammoth strain, 100 $3; per 1000 $25. Rooted cuttinffs of same, 100 %\\ 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2j.^-inch, $3 per 100. Primroses, double, per 100 $12,00. single, per 100 $8.00. Geraniums— latf St Novelties. I.atania borbonica, 5 inch I4.00, 4-inch $ per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Gontiers, Perles, Niphetos and 50 \ per 100 or $35 per >.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or S40 per 1000, GEO. W. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2'/2 inch pot--, - $2 p;r 100; 5'5 per 1000 R oied Cuttiug.o, 75c. per 100, fy per 10:0 Address J. O. :BV»«*rO-W-, FismciT L isr. Y. K. O. MIIvL. «Sfc CO., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List A lull line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. R'-SES. CARNATIONS, BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported FLOWER SEEDS lor florists. E. G. HILL & CO., Richiuoud, Indiana. PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Largest stock in the West. Over Ofty varieties ot PALMS at 5 cts. to $10 00 each . CTCAS REVOLCTA, 5Dct8. to*15 00 each. DRAC^NA INDIVISA. AUSTRALIS and TER- MINALIS, 6 eta. to 16 cts. each. CACTU3, ALOES, AGAVES and VUCCAS. I»" Send for price list. W. J. HISSSER, Plattsmouth, Neb. at $10, $15 and K Draejena ind, and $12 per 100. all sizes; Smiiax. Echeverias Alternanlheras etc. Also the new and leaoitg varieties of t'oieus. Gera- niums, Chryaanihemunis. Koses, Violets and other stuck. Write tor price list. 'HENRY SMITH. 130 Monroe St Grand Raoids. Mich. V ROSES, , Heine, 31 r^i Mme. Ma ,$I Mat Dwered. fine ■ per 100; $3 00 and $4 OJ per dozen . HYACINTHS. 3li-ln. pots, named s 7 per 100. Ingondcondit (JTCLAMEN Glganteun very choice stock in bud and bloom. $1 doz r shipping. ORDER NOW FOR SPRING TRADE Hardy Shrubs for Eastern Gardens. JAPAN MAPLES in 20 choice sorts. Japan Magnolias; Stellata, Conspicua, Par vi flora, etc. Tree & Herbaceous P «Ss COP CO., West Gro-^'e, Pennsylvania. JAPAN SNOWBALL. Klooms freely every Spring. Flowers unsu-passed for florists' use. Over J150 realized last Spring from flowers sold at wholesale, from less than 300 2-year old plants, PRICE: 12 to 18 inches, $2 00 for 10; $18 00 per 100 2 ' ,' to 3 feet, $3 00 for 10; $25 00 per 100 Wholesale Catalogue with colored plate of .lapan Snowball free. UVRDAMRCA DAM RQAMn Our one ) eat old plants are superior to any offered, niUnAWOCH Vnn, OnHWUi g„j lo^gr priced. 2 to 4 stems 18 to 24 inches, 75c. for 10; |6.co per 100; $50 00 per 1000. 2 to 2,'i feet, $1 25 per 10; $1000 per 100. STATION G. GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. 200,000 VERBENAS. We have one of the finest and largest stocks of Verbenas in the country, ettirelv free of RUST AND MILDEW. Microscopic examination shows no trace of the verbena mite. Oar collection of sixty virieties contains the Finest Old and New Varieties fully as healthy as seedlings, and beyond comparison in color and habit. We are able to root 30,000 to 50,000 per week and can fill all orders in a reasonable time. I'laiits. - - - per 100, »3 50; per 1000, *20.00: 5,000, *!»0.O0. kooted Cuttings. ^ " »1.«0; " » 8.00: - *35.00. THE FOLLOWING UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS WERE RECEIVED I il FIRST MAIL TO-DAY, FEB. 20th : Bl-FFALO. N. Y., Feb. 19tli.-Received verbenas. They were very satisfactory. Thanks for Boodeount and eilthv stock J At. mi1jL,c.\ CANTON, O . Feb. ISth.-Received verbenas in good condition except Crystal (relllledl All the others — .lonHiH f • KUljltlOrf . iioiiuiu. _ __ __^ _^_,_ „^. _, i,„H „o..<.,.rt»^i„ good condition. Thanks to you f"T your SAMUEL CHEVALLKY I yesterday i .. VA.. Feb. 19th. -The plant liberality. >Rici! I.isT, J. Iv. I>II-'I-rOP8', :^loo»:»:i»t>vii-e» Qderful -VERBEITJi. DOXT FAIL ; Head y now^'tj'tor ™c t' 12'for SI ; 25 for $1 50. Hea stock, perfectly healthy. By the 100 and 1,0;0 March an J April. See other special offers. J. C. GIBSON. WOODBURY. N.J 3 UOOGen'l Jacq Rose pi! den Verschaffe .,$6.00. JOHN BECK, Bridgeport, Conn Verschaffeltli, Golden Bed. der, Golden Verschaffeltii and Sunset, pe ' per lOtXI, - ■ "" TRY DREER'S Gar D EN SEEDS I'lanth Bulb9, and K.ciui«ite». The" are the • .-Ht Ht the lowest prices. I'liAUK LIST issued quar- rerlv, mailed free to the 620 The American Florist. Mar. 26, Narcissus and Romans. In answer to "lin-inch thick for bottom and sides, and the ends one inch stufl". These boxes hold fifty Paper White or Von Sion, sixty Roman hyacinths and the lai-ger kinds of tulips and seventy-two of the smaller kinds of tulips. The material for these boxes, sawed out at planing mill, costs about five cents each. I have vi'ith the help of a boy, often put seventy-five of them together of an evening, after the men were gone home and other florists were out at "lodge meeting." Buffalo, N. Y. W. vScott. Mealy Bug on Coleus. How can I kill the mealy bug on my coleus without killingthe plants? Is there any way to accomplish it, other than hand picking? A. B. S. R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOia, HOLLAWD. HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs, Whole- sale Importers should write us for orices. LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS. WM. HAGEMAN. Ighth and MrKeaii Sts., Philadelphia, P iole anent for Ihe U. S for the United Hamburg a erlin Growers. Otlice Uaajburg Pferdemarkt, 29 Highest U. S. reference furnished as to quality. |mportant;.».Florists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue o( too pages is uow being mailed to you Should you not receive a copy within a few days, uotify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest atd best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contains over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of syr ononis in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages raailtd on application. Price I3 per 100 Our name does not appear in the ptrnphltt, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Our litt of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per cz ; |i .00 per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year thi-t ChrysanthejEum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. SYNDICATE BULB GROWERS, Ollioiiles, var. France. SPECIAL CROP OF White Roman Hyacinths, AND OTHER FRENCH BULBS. li^-L. AURATUM, li^-L. RUBRUM. H^^^SPIDER LILIES, LARGE ^^ STOCK ^^ SOUND sj^ BULBS. ^^ CLOSE ■ ^ PRICES. TILy™kVflLLEy I ,^ TRUE BERLIN PIPS. 1,000. »9 OO 5 to 7-inch " 4S.0O 7 to 9-iiich " 70.00 9toll-incli •• lis. 00 LILIUM LONGIFI.ORU.M same price and 8l/.»s as above Delivery in August Plea.'e order before May and oblige, Vnurs respeclfuily. HULSEBOSCH BROS., P. 0. Box 3118. NEW YORK CITY ■vrioi.w"«'THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY. THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS ffE OFFER OEY STRONG FIELD GROWN BULBS FROM OnR OWN [rROnNDS IN BERBniA COPTBIGHTED, 18!)0, BY F. E. PIBBSON, TARRYTOWN, N. Y. From a photograph taken the week bejore Easter, iSgo, showing a view tn one of^ our new iron greenhouses, here at Tap'ytj. ojeet , This 18 not only the best by far ot all lilies led, and the flowers being especially effective use for forcinn for the Easter market only. JI Easter time-hence the name winter from early in Decembe width b\ 140 in length, oj easily hand for florists' TX. rally I crop oJ Litium Harrisii in full bloom. This house produced oz'er rs,ooo flowers for Easter. if all lilies for winter blooming, but it is one of the most profltable flowers that can be grown by florist corative purposes, always command large prices. From its name some have, thought 11 wan a uuio i lot exclusively so; it derives its name from the fact that. In Bermuda, grown in the open ground, it luuncaoio. j.lly"-but by growing it in this country in the greenhouse, with successive lots, it can be had in bli after Easter; in fact, by special culture, all the year round, or as long as cut flowers are in demand. The fact . holidays adds particularly to its value, as it flils In at a time when flowers are usually scarce and must be potted early in August, something depending upon after treatment andthe temperature th vn bulbs are indispensable, as in Bermuda the bulb reaches its hij ' y— before bulbs In our own country have hardly begun to make for their perfect growth, are particularly strong and healthy blooms at rhich this Lil; 1 use. We 1 forced occasionally tha L proper place. I ylnter flo um Harrisii flowers will rs shipping splendidly. by folh ? to a large New York grower, mproper handling. If cut as s< iVlll The _ „ __ _ es; "The Lilies came in excelli The Fort Worth Nursery Seed and Cannlne Co., Dallas, TexaB lur packing. We would not have thought they would hav "The Lilies a lurchased 30.000 acknowledging packing." ) kept for - — — :-- or nowers sninoea last easier. JcaB, wriies ought they would'liave carried so far packed dry." THIS VALUABLE LILY IS OUR SPECIALTY. We grow the bulbs by the acre on our own grounds in Bermuda, We were the first to grow it in large quantities and to ofTer it at reasonable prices, and w havealwaysbeenrecognizedby the trade as HEADQUARTERS FOR THE BERMUDA EASTER LI LY : supplying the trade as we do, both in this country and in Europe, and we hold by far the largest and the controlling stock of the genuine variety in the market. The extent of our operations in this bulb alone will be best understood when we state that we expect to sell from OUR CROP of 1890, over ^ HiVUvi^ A. :iviirvivio]v bui^bs. -i^ "the iscrupulous or ignorant parties to plant L. Longiflorun ilxing the stock irretrievably, the " --■ -- .-. e growers as the genuine variety. stock rapidly v inces where thi bs offered at p ere large loss has resulted, and dealers should look with suspicion c _ _ _ "Mixed Bulbs" only being offered at reduced rates. Large powers or dealers in this bulb shoiUd write us for special prices, stating quantity of bulbs desired, and we will give lowest estimate on the same by return mail. F. R. PIERSON & CO., TARRYTOWN, HEW YORK, U. S. A. OUR FREESIA BULBS ARE NOW READY FOR DELIVERY. They are of unusually fine quality, nearly twice the size of Bulbs usually sent out. Intending purchasers should write us tor samples and prices, stating quantity wanted. »22 The American Florist. Mar. 26, Dahlia Growing. I submit the following in response to the query about the propagation of" dahlias: About March 1, place the tubers on benches and partly cover them with damp ashes. Keep a temperature of about ()3°. When the cuttings get two or three inches long take them oft" at the base and with a small knife take out the bottom eyes leaving only two or three at the top. By this means bushy plants on a single stem are secured. Prick them out in sandy soil and as they root pot off carefully into 3-inch pots. When well established harden them by placing out in cold frames, protected from frost until the season to plant out. Cuttings struck in February' do not succeed so well out of doors as those struck the beginning of ■ April as the earlier struck cuttings make meagre plants as well as taking up house room longer. In planting out, a firm stake should support the leader and each of the branches should be tied out to lesser stakes as the plant grows. T'nnecessary shoots should be pinched out. By following this plan fine flowers are produced on bushy, shapely plants, such as to be crcditalile to any garden. WORKINGMAN. Ready Now! One hundred thousand Rooted Cuttings and young plants of CARNATIONS, including Silver Spray, Tidal Wave, Nel- lie Lewis, L. L. Lamborn and Fair Rosa- mond, and seventy-five other new and standard varieties, with Novelties of 1S91. Send for list, and order early to avoid disappoint nient. GEO. HANCOCK, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer KXSEJr^WBJISS, a pui white sport of Chester Pride for the first tim this season, (it $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. Send for circular o( leading varieties and se' ;ral new seedlings of merit. Rooted Cuttings ot Carnations In great quantity, ready now. AlsD 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st sze at f 7 00 per 1000. 2 3 size at J5 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unlonville, Chester Co., Pa. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will be ready by Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. Carnation Cuttings. Boxed off and well established. Send for Price List. BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA Mention American Florist. ROOTED CUTTINGS. PARNATinN^' All sold until April ist, will then have a large stock of the Stand- UAnllAMUIlOi ^rd sorts and Lizzie McGowan. Over 100,000 L. L. LAMBORN, MRS. FISHER and SILVER SPRAY. Send for Descriptive List with prices. COLEUS, a choice assortment of the best bedders at |6.oo per 1000, 75c per 100; Golden Bedder or Verschaffeltii alone |7 00 per looo. CANNA EHEMANNI, strong roots at jy 50 per 100. EMILE LECLAIRE |S per luu. This is one of my spring specialties and is gotten up in first class shape for Jt6 00 per 1000; samples 10 cents. My Pansies are sold up to April and only a few left for then; they are the best in the market and delay will find them all sold. Orders are coming m for next fall; there is nothing like being on time. I..B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ THE QUEEN OF WttlTE GflRNflTIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. J^" Send for price and descriptiTe list of this and other sorts. ADDRESS H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. Mention American Florist. I^oote^cl Cvittir^s?^. NOW READY. UNSURPASSED IN QUALITY. GOI-,r>Bj:iV OA.TI5, - - - Grandest New Pure Yellow. ROOTED CurriNGS, $1 50 per dozen; |i2.oo yer loo; $ioo.do per looo. ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; $11 J. le. FHtREjikrA.iv, ROOTED CUTTINGS, $1.25 per dozen; Jio.oc OOiNSTA.lVO'V, ROOTED CUTTINGS, Si. 25 per dozen; Jio.co I^^REM^ CREJIOHTOI^, ROOTED CUTTINGS, 60 cents per dozen; $4.co per 100; $35.00 per 1000. For well established plants from small pots, see ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE-free. ROOTED CUTTINGS, at prices per dozen, free by mall. Magnificent, Fringed Rose Pink. a per 100; $90.00 per 1000. Fragrant, Crimson Scarlet. 0 per 100; SSo.oo per 1000. Glowing, Bright Scarlet. 3 per 100; SSo 00 per loco. Delicate, Soft Pink. CHAS. T. STARS, Avondale, Chester Co Pa. LIZZIE McGOWAN THE NEW WHITE CARNATION. ROOTED CUTTINGS, J12 per 100, or |ioo per 1000. Summit, N. J., December 6th, 18S9. Mr. John McGowan, Dear Sir: — I consider the Lizzie Mc Gowan Carnation the finest White in cultivation. JOHN N. MAY. Ready for delivery Feb. 10, 1S91. 500 at 1000 rate, 50 at 100 rate. ADDRESS JOHN McGOWAN. 363 Main Street, ORANGE, N. J. ^^FRED CREIGHTON. ROOTE D CUTTI N GS of this Superb Pink Carnation. $4.00 per hundred; $30.00 per thousand. From the original stock, which has not been forced or in any way made to produce an extra quantity of C W EAP Cuttings at the expense of the future well doing of the same. To give all a chance to see what kind of flowers this stock produces, I will send a few florets, free of charge, to any in the trade who apply to me by letter. Send for new list, in which are described and priced some novelties and standard kinds. GEORGE GREIGHTON, NEW HAMBURGH, N. Y. F. A. RIECHERS & SOHNE, Actces, Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. Specialties in Lilies of tlic Valley; Azaleas, Ca- mellias in sorts, best varieties in Palms and Dwarf Roses. I3ir Wholesale Catalogue on application. Ascleplas Tuberosa. Lobelia Cardinnlis, Platy- oppies. Hibiscus, lers. Virginia Creeper, Bi •neyanckle, Vlnca-260,0«0 fine ints VKHT LOW. Catalosueto *TSON, Old Colony Nurseries, i8gi. The American Florist, ^23 HENRY A. DBEER, - - PHILADELPHIA. Special Offer of Novelties and Specialties in Plants and Bulbs, Bulbs and Roots. Amaryllis Formosissitna. Tretea Alba... .\iiiorphophallus flivleri, first size.. Isize " " tliirdsize... Begonias, tuberous rooted, large Caladium Esculentum, first size 9.00 '' *' second size 7.00 " third size 5.00 Cannas, Dwart French, in 12 very fine va- rieties, offered for the first time during? Canna Ehemanni 7.U0 " Emile Leclerc 7.00 " Bobusta Perfecta 7.00 " Premises de Nice 7.00 " Souv. de B. Des Champs 7.00 " Brenningsii 7.0O Dahlias, strong ground roots 10.00 Gloxinia Crassifolia Grandiflora 8.00 Lilivim Auratum, strong bulbs 9.00 Lancifolium Album 18.00 " " Kubrum and Roseum. 10.00 Madeira or Mexican Vine Roots 2.00 MillaBiflora 4.2.'i Tigridia Pavonii Vines and Creepers. Akebia Quinata, strong 2',i in. pots . . 6.C " " 3 " " .. 8.C Ampelopsis Veitchii " 3 " " .. 8.C Aristolchia Elegans 3 " " .. 16.C " Cjmbifera 2(4 " " .. 15.C Clematis, hardy, 25 leading varieties 30.e Honeysuckles, Halleana )2Uin.pots. 4.(1 Evergreen and Variegated (4 " " . lO.C Ipomea Leareii 6.C Noctiaora fi.C " Mexicana 8.i Pandurata 8.1 Ivies, strong 4 in. pots lo.c WistariaSinensis, 4in. pots 15.C Hardy Plants. Arundo Donax 12.f " " Variegata 15. ( A'luilegia Glandulosa 6.1 Coreopsis Lanceolata, strong clumps 1 old . pots Clematis Davidiana, 3 in. p( Delphinium Formosum, 1 y Eulalia JaponicaZebrina . '^ " Variegata Hemerocallis Kwamso fl. pi Hardy Pink Snow, clumps " '^ " 8 choice varieties. ) varieties . mochlcena Truncutula, Lastrea Aristata Varie- gata, Lastrea Opaca, Nephrolepis Exaltata, Onychium Japonicum, Polystichum Capeuse and Silklobium Cicutarium. *6.00 per 100. $50.00 .\diantum Pubescens, Pteris Argyrea, Cretica Viir., Hastata, Leptophylla, Palmata, Serrulatft and Tremula. 85.00 per lOJ. $40.00 per 1,000. Per 100. Dracwna Fragrans, 3 in. pots $ IB.OO S0.( Indivisa, ■2%, Pampas Grass, strong, 5 in. pots Larpentie, clumps 1 Grandiflora, blue and white .... Uvaria Grandiflora, strong Platycodi Tritoma Palms. This is an excellent time to stock up with young plants for growing on, before the stock is potted up. We offer many thousands of all the leading Per 100. Areca Lutescens, Sin. pots 15.00 Caryota Sobolifera 3" '* Ureas, fish tail palm, 3 in. p- Chamierops Excelsa, 3 in. pots. Cocos Wedelliana, 2'4 " " . 3 t* 1. Corypha Aostralia 2*4 ** " Kentia Belmoreana, 2H " " . . " Fosteriana, 2'.i "■ " . Latania Borbonica, 2',i " *•■ . ** " 3 " " . Phcenix RecUnata, 3 " *' . Miscellaneous Plants. Carnation, Golden Gate J.R. Freeman " W. F. Dreer. " Buttercup Ciirnatious: Anna Webb, Century, Ches- ter Pride, Dawn, Portia, Grace Wilder, Hinze's White, I.. Limborn, Pride of Ken- nett. Sunrise, Williaoi Swayne, strong, 2Vi in. pots, ^40.00 per 1,000 Hydrangea, New Red Branched, strong plants in 4 in. pots Roses. Ferns. . pots, 1 stock of the following varie- h if potted up at once will oake splendid plants for spring sales: Adiantum Decorum, Cuneatura, Concinura Latum and Graadiceps Blechnum Occidentale, Davallia Stricta and Fijionsis Plumosa, Didy- Catherine Merraet, Cel^, Countess R. du Pare. Etoile du Lyon, Louis Richard, Mad. Camillo. Mad. de Watteville, Mod. Cusin, Mad. Scipifii Cnchet. Mad. Jos. Schwartz, Mad. Mar-.xtin. Marie liuillnt, Marie Van H'nitt''. Smi-'-t, Th.- Uriilf, Miniature. P.- [ie l''i»i-. i.-h-m-i,-^ s.arlt-t. Gen. Jacqueminnt, Ulrich Brunner, La France, Duchess of Albany, Anna de Diesbach, Camilie Bernardin, Duke of Albany, Duke of Edinburgh, Eugene Ap- pert, John Hopper, Jules Margottin, Lord Bacn, Magna Charta, Marie Rady, Paul Neyron, Prince de Rohan, nearly dormant, 4 in. pots Duchess of Albany and La France, a fine lot of dormant plants in 3 in. pots., Mrs. John Laing and Mad, Hoste, 3 in. pots. The April quarterly list will be readv Ap and will be mailed free to the trade only. 1 send your business card for a copy. Henry A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut st , Philadelphia. Per 100 CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per looo, $25.0x3, many choice varieties $3 oo GERANIUMS, lo to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 4-oo VERBENAS, in good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUM, dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2 inch, ready to shift 3 00 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2j^-inch 3 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Address N. s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence la well located for shipping, being Smiles east ot Kansas Cltv.) GREYILLEA ROBUSTA. Kin for $1 50 per ( CHRYS4NTHEMITMS-Many new sorts, from in. pots $2,50 per 100; *J0 per ICOO. List mailed free. COLEUS.-Twelve best bedding sorts. Kooted atl.mt ■lOOO. Violets, Young Plants. 40,000 Young Violet Plants are ready for distribution April 15th at $5 per 1000. SCHILLER & MAILANDER, NiLES Centre, Ili.. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Vertchaffeltii, Crimson Verscbaffeltii, Peter Henderson, Firebrand, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunse', Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples 01 the ings strong : 20 sorts mailed for 25 ' healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS, NEW YORK ^lon American Florist. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J. GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, ^S oents per lOO; «e.OO per lOOO. C-A-SH: ^^^-ITH OE/I3EIJ.. STK-OITO- U,OOTEI3 CUTTIISTG-S. ALTBRNANTHERA ACREA NANA. 40c. per lOO; »3.50 per lOOO. Mention American Florist. PANSIES. CARNATIONS. 10,000 Pansies of the Jennings strains now ready. Large flowering, fine plants by mail 60c. 100; by express $s per 1000. Carnation Snow Bird new, the finest white out, an immense bloomer, large flower, fringed & fragrant, extra strong grower, strong plants I1.50 doz. ; |i2 per 100. Pansy Seed ^i 00 per packet, large. E. B. JENNINGS, box 76, Soulhport, Conn. Cabnation, Violet and pansy Grower. SPECIAL OFFER FOR GASH, TO MAKE KOOM. Each KENTIA, Bel and Fost., 3 ft. high, 4 to 5 char- Bel, and FoBt.,"8peci ■■igh, 5 to 6 character ' el. and Fost., 2}-* character leaves Shi feet Bel. and Fost., 2H to 8 ft. high.' 3 to 4 ii ftihigiiVs'toi . and Fost, character lea^ spidistra variegata. 6 lo 6 leaves. E. W. WEIMAR, Mt. Vernon, 624 The American Florist, Mar. 26, Hot Water Circulation. Mv greenhouses lay on a side hill lacing south." The grade is about three feet in twenty. I want to build two more houses and the only available space is on the grade above my present establish- ment. I can grade down so that, the level of new greenhouses will be only four feet above that of the old ones. Is it ad- visable to attempt to heat the new houses from the boiler now in use in my old houses? Boiler carries 1,800 feet of 4-inch pipe and the new houses will re- quire 1,100 feet more. Enouirer. Elm Grove, Wis. To Drive Ants Away. I have waited a week to see if any solution to the trouble of "ignoramus" was offered. He complained of an in- vasion of ants in his greenhouse. I knoiv of one, as I have found it sure deliverance and that is tansy leaves— just common green garden tansy. Lay or scatter the leaves about wherever the ants are, and they will depart. Would it not be a good idea to grow a little tansy in green- houses? HORTENSIA M. BL.4CK. I'ark Ridge, 111. Calystegia Pubescens. The plant advertised in the catalogues this year as Calystegia pubescens, if it is the plant I think it is, is the meanest thing to spread that ever was planted. It is known here as the "California rose " and if the ones that plant it in the open ground are not scratching around to get lid of it next spring, I miss my guess. Planted in pots or boxes it makes a very nice plant as it can be trained on some kind of support. It has a very handsome double pink flower about the color of a Hermosa rose. Mrs. E. Kirksville, Mo. In the directorv change Elmer Reeves, nurseryman, from Waukon, Iowa, to Waverlj', Iowa. PLANTS «^^ WANTED. 1000 Plumbago Capensis. 1000 Rhyncospermum Jasniiiioides. 1000 Canna Ehemanni. 1000 Clerodendron Balfouri. small p'ants. Send sample and price. Smaller quantities accepteJ. A. BLANC & CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. We will buy all Cactuses offered at a fair price. None but well grown plants wanted. Our stock of 200,000 plants is going off faster than we expected. APPLE SEEDLINGS. We now have on the road a large supply of FIRST CLASS APPLE STOCKS suitable for grafting or budding, which will arrive about the latter part of this month. Price f*i 00 per 1000, boxed and frei^tit paid when not less than 5,0COare taken. FRENCH GRAB SEED. We expect our last importation to arrive the last of this month. It has been kept moist and will be in excellent condition for Spring planting. No frost necessary to germinate it. price $12.00 per huahei. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON, March nth, 1891. GERMANTOWN, PHILA.. PA. THE NURSERY KOOK has been prepared with the utmost pains. It embodies the experiences of many experts. The author has been engaged in its preparation for many months and has visited nurseries and men for the par- ticular purpose of acquiring knowledge upon technical points. The whole volume has been read and criticised by Professor B. M. Watson of the Bussey institu- tion, one of the best propagators in this country. All available authorities have been consulted, and particular parts have been submitted to experts. The fruit matter has had the criticism of leading nurserymen, and the head propagator of probably the most important nursery in America has been freely consulted. The orchid matter has been prepared by W. J. Bean of the Kew Royal Gardens. The instructions in the nursery list — which gives the definite methods for each plant —have been read by at least four persons. It is written in a simple, practical style. It contains in compact form about all the knowledge there is on propa- gation of plants of every kind, hitherto scattered in many books or entirely un- written. Every florist wants it. About 300 pages; numerous illustrations. PRICE, in library style. Cloth, wide mareiDg, SI. 00. I'ocket gtyle, paper, narrow margins, 50 cents. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Buildint;-, New York. FLOWERING SHRUBS VINES. A N immense stock of the leading varieties of all sizes. Small, for Transplanting, and Larger, for Retailing and Ornamental planting. Send for Trade List, and favor us with a list of wants to price. THE WMI. H. MOON CO., Morrisville, Pa. ^ nstublished Over SOYears. Larfffst and Most Complete Stock in the United States. FRUIT TREES and ORNAIVIENTAL | ||hikV Evergreens, ROSES, Shrubs, Grapes, Hardy Plants, Paeonies, Small Fruits. ELLWANGER & BARRY, Mount Hope Nurseries, ROCHESTER N.Y. Ml rated and FREE. ISO A.Gr&^. I^^fs^ A.(Sis>orti::i:a^ejnt. TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, TRADE LIST ON .VPPLICATION. SELOVER & ATWOOD, - - GENEVA, N. Y. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick, (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG, PA. MenttOD AmsrlOAn Floriiit. DRAC^NA INDI¥ISA. Fr<)m2-incll pots, per 100*3; per 1000 SIV From 2^-in. pots, per 100 $5; per 1000 $45. From boxes, once, transplanted, per 100 M; per 1000 $3o. GLOXINIA SEKULINGS, From strictly first class Brecta grandlBora type- all tigered and spotted perlOO*.'); per 1000 Wi. ir Ready for delivery April 1, '01. Clark's Point, New Bedford, Mass. Flort««. MUSHROOM SPAWN (iK\ri\E MILLTRKK inil,>'J.->ll>!.5UlbslOOII» tl.L>(l«'i.15 (15.00 (8.00 10,000 Plants of the Leading Strawberry * CANDY. .\s good as pot-grown, tor sale. Price on appli- "^ '""c. K. HOFFMEYER. Florist, Allegheny City. P». Mention American Florls*. i8gi. The American Florist. 625 "STflNDflRD" FLOWER POTS Wishing to reduce our large stock of "Sto.rxclaLrcl" PMo^xrer" Ir*OtS at once so as to make room for extensive improvements and alterations, we offer extraordinary Ot:l1: I*r*ioes until May 25th, 1891. We secure lowest freight rates, deliver free on board and make no charge for packages. These pots are all ''StO-Ixdarci" sizes and no old stock. Special quotations given to buyers of large quantities. Do not let long dis- tance stand in the way of ordering, as pots can be shipped safely all over the country. When writing us please mention quantity and sizes desired that we may quote you lowest prices. For prices address THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 and 715 Wharton Street, - PHILADELPHIA, PA. GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — ALI, GI.AZIERS' SUPPLIES.— |y Write for LateBt prices. IF YOU RETAIL FLOWERS YOU NEED A SET OF Long's Floral Photographs. This season we start in witli tlie large naniber of 125 ditVerent subjects. Many of tlieni new, in itoth the "Imperial" (8.\10 in negative si/.e) and the "Gem" (lali- inet pliofo si/.e). PRICES WAY DOWN. SEND FOR CIRCULAR LIST. I3.A.Pr'Ij IB. Ij03VC3r, r-loi-lst. 2sr. H. BAYERSDOEFER & CO.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS UQZZ, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING HARTFORB & NICHOLS, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTOX. MASS. HALis: !FSi^ ;d moles in lawnBLparka The only PERFECT (guaranteed to catch molea where all other traps falU. Bold bj Beedsmen, Agricoltaral Implement and Hudmn dealers, or sent hj expreu on reoeipt of 83«00 by H. W. HAIjEIS. RIDOEWOOD N. J. STANDARD FLOWER POTS AND JAROINIERES IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE. — Although forced to play a tninor part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS & CO., N. Cambridge, Mass. AHEAD OF EVERYTHING. We Follow None, Prize or No Prize. Our latest improvements in machinery produce a Standard Pot which for lightness, smoothness and durability, has never been equaled. Customers buying of us will SAVE ONE-THIRD IN FREIGHT. And to prove this, we give below a table showing number in Crate and WEIGHT of same, which speaks for itself : size. No. in Crate. Weiizht. I It will be seen at a glance, that our pots are one- rd lighter than formerly, and yet we claim that to the superior quality of 1 machinery, ihey are stror market, and we frankly ask |^"Send for Prices. SII*PJ"IvE^, I>OI*I^JP*E^rv -raovi®e, IV. ^^. STANDARD FLOWER POT CD. Toledo, Olxlo. REDUCTION Neponsii Flow&r Pqis, OF WATERPROOF PAPER. Address for all information, AUGUST ROLKEB & .SONS, - New York. R. & .1. FAKQUHAR & CO., Boston, Mass. Who furnish samples by mail, postpaid, on receipt of For in cts. 11 cts. U cts. n cts. 23 cts. one dozen 2M 2i* 3 3^ 4 inch pots. F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, East Walpole, Mass. Flor 6.6 The American Florist, Mar. 26, Steam Heating. Hi). .\m. Florist.— In answer to en- quines in regard to automatic working of steam trap described in article on rose house, page 516, will say: From 20 lbs to 30 lbs of steam is carried and so long as the pressure does not fall below 20 lbs the action of the trap is as regular as clock work, taking all the condensation directly to boiler. If pressure falls below 20 lbs the trap works slowly and water will gradually back up in pipes, but as soon as steam is raised the trap works it all off without trouble. All fittings should be absolutely tight and if so there will be little or no waste of water and the boiler will very seldom require pumping up. Nemo. Heating Hotbeds. Will some one of the readers of the Florist tell me what has been done in the way of heating "hotbeds" by steam or hot water? There should certaiidy be many advantages in this method of heat- ing frames. Jas. THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: 1st. Give the number of saahes to be lifted. 2nd. Give the length and depth of sashes, (depth the thickness and width ol Mention American Florist. Ventilator Maciiinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHODSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the od'v Certificate of Merit at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. Mention American Florist. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER, -^ CLEAR C\ PRESS. ^=- Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. ^F" SencJ for circulars and estimates . LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND^ Hamilton Co., OHIO. ■ Twinkle twinkle little Star, How I wonder what you are." YOU NEEDN'T WONDER IF YOU ARE A WIDE - AWAKE FLORIST TOU KNOW THIS STAR. It is the trade mark of the only perfect fertilizer for flowers. EXCELSIOR ODORLESS FLOWER FOOD. We don't ask you to take our word for it. Send for sample and convince yourself that none other equals it for producing strong, healthy growth and profusion of flowers. No Florist with any Snap A can Afford to Lose the OPPORTUNITY WE OFFER g^ OF INCREASING HIS TRADE. AWAY MONEY WE ARE GIVING To RETAIL Florists as FOR Increasing their Note Our Offer, 32 Prizes, Amounting to S400. If you don't know the particulars, WRITE TO US. Prices to those working for prizes, |io per gross; $$ per }'■• gross; f 2 50 per '+ gross. OUR NEW MAGNIFICENT PANEL SHOW CARD is a work of art, beautiful in coloring and design. We cannot afford to give it away except with orders for goods. we mail a package to any florist — — — — for trial for 10 cents. EXCELSIOR FERTILIZER CO. 121 Front St., NEW YORK. SHEEP MANURE, a natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTIM and ECONOMICAL. Pulverized. 100 lb. bag $3.00: Ton $40. (_ WM. ELLIOTT &. SONS, 54 and 56 Sey Street, X. T. Compressed, " $2.S0: Ton $35. j APRAY Mb FRUIT TREES I VSNES PERFECT FRUIT ALWAYS SELLS AT GOOD PRICES.CataloeueB ing all injurions insects to Fruits mailed free. IjarRe Ntook of Frmt Trt-fs, \ i LinLE'SANTIPEST A Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. .Seiul for ilrrulars and price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY STREET, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. Mention American Florist. i8gu The American Florist. 627 ESTABLISHED 1854 Devine's Boiler Works. Boiler THE FLAT TOP TYPE Wroudit lion Hot A^atei Boilers Capacity from 350 to 10 000 feet ol lOur inch pipe Send for New List FRANK DAN RUSH, Att'y, 387 S. CANAL Street. CONSERVATORIES, GREENHOUSES, ETC., Erected in any part of the U. S. or Canada Helliwell Pat. Imperishable System, OR WITH PUTTY. For further testimonials. Illustrated catalogue or estimates, address JOSEPHUS PLENTY. HORTICULTURAL AND SKYLIGHT WORKS. 69-73 Broadway, NEW TORE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST OF ALL. FIR-TREE OIL INSEGTlGIDE-soluble, FOR PLANTS.-To make a solu (ng or cleansing purposes— Halt-a-Pi: Oil to ten gallons of water. For Green and Black fly, Thrip. An Wooly Aphis, etc.— Hal£-a-pint of tt 10 two or tour gallons of water, or tablespoonfuls to the pint. _ For Red Spider and Caterplllar-Ha Fir-Tree Oil to two gallons of water, spoonfuls to tile pint. For Mealy Bug. Blown or Wliite Pint of the Fir.Tree Oil to four or water, four to eigbt tatilespoonfuls ic For Mildew and Blight on Fruit or a-Pint of the Fir-Tree Oil to a gallon t Used with warm water it is quick* Scale-Half-a- the pint! ' Foliage— Half- water IS necessary. FOR A ing Vermi parts of w day. In or Pot Vessels. NIMALS.-For SI (ialT i wet the affected part each may be used stronger. For ng-worm apply ''for birds infected with fara- SITES.-Pot a tablespoonful of Fir-Tree Oil in one quart of warm water and dip the bird in it. taking care that its eyes are protected, hold the bird hand for one minute, then dip into cleai water; this may be repeated. If i rsolu pray producer. Sold in Bo/ltes and Ti«s. Manufacturer-^. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. SOLD BY ALL SEEDSMEy. — Wholesale Agents — A. ROLKER & SONS, NEW YORK. and INSURE Your FLOW[BS SaveYourCoalS n nninA steamp^^^hot water FLORIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes forSteam. Usizes for Hot Water. 15 sizes forSoftCoal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. oe"nlV„7SfrVrve^TSnir'^o?i°^lan^;?a«nT„?,-^f-ff; narranted In every respect and guaranteed to give satlsia^^ „1 tVd Stalls. Send for new oatalosriio. Address PIERCE, BUTLER & PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. Regan Electric Vapor Pumping Outfit. GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. hig-h for 2 cts. EITHER rORCE OK, TANK PUMP. /Vo Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. WIND-MILL "NOT IN IT." Rl N BY SPARK FROM S3IALL BATTEliT. You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, RUNDLE-SPENCE MFG. CO., MANUPACTURERS OP Greenhouse* Pipe * and * Fittings, QUALITY GUARANTEED. 193 LAKE ST., 63-69 SECOND ST., CHICAGO, ILL. MILWAUKEE, WIS. Mention An 7HEMALTESE CROSS BRAND THEVERYBESTor GARDEN & LAWN if vour dealer doesTiolliaveil.scTid direct to IheTnanufaclurGTS " — I70LAKEST. .CHICAGa \ if your dealer doesnot naveii.scTid direct to me™ iTHEGllTTAPERCHA&RUBBERMrG,CO. SPRING STEkl GALVANIZED.' Patents. The rights se use with all the conseqi Sole MPg and Owners ( ed to us render each in ces thereof. For price lthe.SM - - ■ ■ FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes. ^2 inch to 42 inches diameter. The making, vending, or use of any Serviceable Armored Wire Bound Hose not of our manufac- ture is an infringement on one or more of our ividualdealeror user responsible lor such unlawful and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO., Gr'ip A rnwred Nose Patents. 49 Warren Street, New York. ESTABLISHED. 1866 I Wire D Lock the door BEFORE I is stolen. Do it KJO-W I JOHN G. ESLEB, Sec'y F. H. A., Saddle Biver, " ' Manufactured br 335 East 2l8t Street. - NEW TORK. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La SallelSt.. CHICAGO. 6,8 The American Florist. Mar. 26, Index to Advertisers. Barnard W W 4 C Bayeradorfer H * Co.BSS BeriterHH&Co m BlrdFW*8on. ■■■■^ Burns *Raynor M7 BurrowJ Q^ .'W Carman BW... ^2C Cefrey I-etter Co 028 Chlpman Bros 6J8 ChUtyHK. m Crelghton George.. ..<>22 CuBfilngMrsSP Jj.lj; nlvtlM's Boiler Wksili^n DeWltt Bros i;K ulei, John L., * Co. .. .••.']) Elliott w'm 4 Sons. . . r.2i. Blllson4 Kuehn Mi Kllwanger 4 Barry. ...(21 BIyZDe Forest 4 00.1.18 s4Co. Jahn Bros ... Jennings B B Kennlcott Br Larkin Isaac 622 La Koone4 8tatil HIT Lockland L.umberCo..62H Long Daniel B 626 MoBrldeAlex 623 MoFarlandJHor'ce617 t Mcilowan John 62Z Man Frederick 616 MayJohi " Miller, Geo. W Moffatt G J 618 Moon W! Pterson F B 4 Co. . Plenty Josephus.. Quaker City Moh i Reed 4 Keller 627 Rlechers V A & Sohne 622 Rolker,A.4 8on« 618 Rundle SpenceMfg Co627 I Wk8.i'.28 I Rural Pub Co., Field lil8 I Schiller 4 Mallander..623 " Sch;( Schnelde Freaeo W 617 Sohulz Jacob. Frost James 618 \ Scott Robt & f Gardiner J & Co 624 I Selover a ■- GibsonJ C Glddlngs A Gilchrist James.. Gutta Percha 4 Rub- Slebrecht4Wadley.. SmlthCAFloralCo.. Smli .625 , SpoonerWm H 616 HBllock,V.H.,48on..62U I Stabl \Vm 6^1 Hammond, Ben] 628 I gtand'rdFlowerPotCo626 Hancock Geo 622 1 Starr CbasT 622 HarmsEJ 617 Steffens N 627 Hartford 4 Nichols. ..626; Stewart. Wm J i;17 Henderson John Co... 616 1 Strauss C 4 Co 617 UerendeenMtg.Co.. 628 1 Syndicate ot Urowers62a Herr AlbertM 622! ThorpeJohn 6I0 HesserWJ 619 Van der 8cbootR4Son62j Hews A H4Co 625 Vaugban J C 620 Hill EG 4 Co ''19 Waban Rose 615 HlDoard K 626 Waterbury RubberCo627 B\vv_ ^^ ^28, Watson BM 622 624 I Weathered ThOB.W.. 628 615' WeimarEW 623 626' WhilldlnPotCo 626 Hlppar Hltchll Hoffmeyer C I Hollis jeorge Hooker. H. M.... HughesEG Hnlsebosch Bros. Hunt E H Hunter Frank D. 617 Wood Bros. 1 Flower Bx.Bl CAPE COD PINK POND LILY. For price list, Plants and Cut Flowers, address the original cultivators, ChlpnTian Bros., S.\NDW1CH, (Cape Cod). MASS. THE CEFREY FLORISTS LETTER CO. ManuOctlire THE BEST LETTERS IN THE MARKET. sizes IHi-inch and 2-lncb. $2 OU per lOU. Patenl fastener with each letter WHEAT DESIGNS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. N. F. MCCARTHY, Mgr. I Address John B.Oi.hen, Asst. Mgr. I 13 Green St.. BOoSTN. and 48 Marion Street. NEW YORK. HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF TH08. W, WEJTHERED'8 80N8, '= HORTICULTURAL BUILDERS AND MANUFACTDR] GreeniiouseHeatingiVentJIatingApparatus ^M^. CONSERVATORIES GREENH0DSB8, 4c ERECTED IN ANT PART OF THE UNITED STATES or CANADA. •Jli- IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPES ind PIPE FITTINGS MANOFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR HEATING GREEN- HOUSES, ETC. A thoroughly Portable Span Roof Greenhouse, 12x8 feet, with Boiler House. 4x4 feet, Heatli ,„rf i7„.,.n„.,__ I,..., .--lurtg^ „„(, yp complete (freight prepaid) within 100 miles of New ■■ 1 New Turk forS260and - ' ' t325 or delivered < or ordinary mechanic can € Greenhouse Heatings Ventilating ttifcHlNQS «» CO, Sand 4 cents postagre for 255 Mercer Street, Hew fork. HiSd Isafferrjs oj jSaileps, Eighteen Slzea, feBPnnaoJza Kire Jsax J^eileps ©aJjle Jsaileps, Sorjical j&a'ilzrs, ]©asz J&urr)iT)a wafer Re af era Perfect Sash Raising Apparatus, istrated CatalQGfu*. GREENHOUSE HEATING 1 STEAM OR HOT "WATER.! 11 THE "EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DURABILITY It has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, 32 Oliver Street, BOSTON. FURMflN BOILERS FOR STEAM OR HOT WATER HEATING. BURNS SOFT OR HARD COAL. 56 STYLES AND SIZES. ECONOMICAL-SUBSTANTIAL-SAFE C. STRAUSS & CO., Washlngtoi Theyc .J AS. VICK, Seedsmai easy to i „ FREU KANST, Supt. Chicago Parks, Bollere HERENDEEN MANUFACTURING CO., Vine Street, GENEVA iTiff l%mm§m fijmm Rmenca 13 ' l^B Ptdw Df t^3 F sse\ there maj te r- e c -/ rt JJ^i^ships but we are the Srst ta touch Unknown Seas." ¥ol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 2, 1891. No. 148. ITifiiiE ikwEm^m lF(L@Lei!@7 Published every Thursday by The American Florist Company. Subscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications lo AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle .Street. CHICAGO. Societv of American Florists. M. H. Norton, Boston, Mass.. president; John Chambers, Toronto. Ont., vice-president; WM. J. Stewart, 67 Bromtleld St., Boston, Mass., secre- tary; M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute. Ind., treasurer. The seventh annual meetiuK at Toronto, Ont., August, 1891, Florists* Hail Association. Florists* ProtectiTe Association. es Information to membersregardlnK the flnai landing and business integrity of those in Ih H..B. BKATTY, Sec'y. Oil City, Pa. American Ohrysanthemu John Thorpe, Pearl River.J" Edwin Lonsi Pa., secretary. CONTENTS. The Carnaliou 629 Orchids— cultural notes 630 At Toronto next August 630 New York fl iral notes 630 Various orchids (illustrations) 631 Washington, D. C 632 The winter in Krance 632 Baltimore 632 Various orchids uUustrations) 633 London 634 Scarlet Easter flowers— cannas 634 Coming exhibitions 634 Returns per square foot 634 Leaves of advice from a limb of the law XXV. 634 A boiler transaction 634 Begonia ClementinEe (illustration) 635 A visit to James Dean's, Bay Ridge, LI... 636 Not so Criminal 636 Table decoration (with illastratioa) 637 Philadelphia— exhibition echoes 637 New York 6j8 Chicago 638 Boston 638 Obituary— Allen Lloyd 638 News notes ... 639 Ball decoration (with illustration) 639 We are still growing 640 Catalogues received 640 Sensible and pleasing 640 Cyclamens 640 Seed trade 642 —Customs regulations 6(2 — Bulb dealer's talk on shipments 642 —Seed warranty 642 Washington 644 Providence 646 Minneapolis 646 An unpleasant "development" 646 Providence 648 Taste in arrangement 648 A carriage bouquet holder 648 Regarding the ' problem" 650 A new use for flowers 650 Wood for propagating 650 The Carnation. \R€ad be/ore the Cincinnati FtofisVs Society bv R. IViltcntaettci:] I firmly believe that the carnation is on the eve of a glorious future, and it will be our duty to promote the popularitj' that she is now being lavored with by giving her better treatment and bringing her before the public in the most perfect condition. I think the carnation will run the rose a closer race than the chrys- anthemum, for she possesses a grace the chrj'santhemum can never lay claim to. With the advent of newer and improved varieties, I hope to see Mr. Thorpe's prophesy fulfilled in regard to his ideal 4-incli flowers. The interest which is being taken in the carnation by the public was never more evident than at our late chrysan- themum show when the visitors lingered with admiring glances at the different vases of the carnation and could not resist the temptation of inhaling their fragrance. This was quite a contrast to the chrysanthemum tables with their vases of ill smelling flowers. When the chrysanthemums first came into popular favor, quite a number of growers in the east were crying down the evil as thej^ thought because it was not a paying crop. Will this be the case with the'car- nation? I think not; for she will have friends without number to see her put forward and she will repay us by in- creased profits, as was the case with the chrysanthemums. The carnation up to within a few years has been a secondary- crop with most of us, and treating her in most cases to the poorest house room we had. But now things are changing as the demand for fancy blooms is proving, and the grower will find it to his interest to give her as good a house as the rose. A light dry house is the carnation's delight and will repay the grower if he will give her the same attention the rose is receiving today. We all know from experience that whatever we grow to perfection, success has only been attained by study- ing the wants and nature of the plant and strictly giving the attention which it requires. Such I found in the case of the carnation. When I first began the grow- ing of the carnation, I threw away as many cuttings as I rooted, simply because I did not know or study its needs. I tried to root in a temperature of over 60° and using almost anj' kind of w(>od; now my practice is entirely the opposite. My propagating bed is over a brick flue and on the west side; the house is heated by a line of pipes under the bench of an adjoining house on the east, the furnace onlj' being used in very severe weather, the temperature of the house being kept between 45° and 50°. Here they root within four to six weeks, according to variety; the Buttercup will always take a week to ten days longer, being one ot the most stubborn to root. There are alwaysa number of cuttings in taking out a batch to be put back for another trial. In selecting my cuttings I prefer those on the flowering stem from the flower down to within the last two or three shoots, which I consider too val- uable for cuttings, as they make the next crop of flowers. After placing the cut- tings ill the sand I press the sand firmly about it, and water heavilj', and never let the sand show a lighter color, from that time until they are rooted. With this treatment I never have to throw away any more cuttings. After they are rooted I put them in 2-ineh pots and plunge them in cold frames and harden them. I think this practice very beneficial for clay soil. In lifting the plants in the fall, in very sandy soils I don't think there is any thing gained in potting. I generally plant in the open ground as soon as it is dry enough to work, or about the latter part of April. I plant in beds of five rows, sixteen inches apart, and ten inches apart in the rows, allowing twenty-four inches be- tween the beds. Should there be danger of the ground becoming too hard, before the weeds appear I begin cultivating, using the Planet Jr. wheel hoe which I consider indispensable in working my out door crops. Of course where ground is no object the easier way would be to plant further apart and use the horse cul- tivator. I use the wheel hoe as often as necessary to keep down the weeds and the soil in a mellow condition and in the dry summer months, as often as we have a rain no matter how light it be, for this helps to retain the moisture. To get compact plants, topping must be attended to during the growing sea son every ten or fourteen days. The last topping to be done depends on the time the blooms are wanted and according to variety. If blooms are wanted for late fall and winter months, of such varieties as Grace Wilder, Wm. Swayne, Prest. DeGraw, Silver Spraj^ and Tidal Wave, the last topping should be done between August 15 and September 1; that will bring them in about the first part of November; and such varieties as Hinze's White, Sunrise, Portia and E. G. Hill about August 1, and Buttercup between July 15 and August 1. Carnations should alwa3'S be housed before frost, generally beginning about September 20, or sooner if the weather is cool enough. 630 The American Florist, Apr. 2, I shade the house it" the glass is clear by going over it with a hand broom and a bucket of muddy water. This is very easily cleaned off by the rain and it is very desirable should the rain be followed by a dav or two of cloudy weather. Take off' the shading as soon as the plants can take the direct rays of the sun without wilting. I never lift more than a hundred plants at a time and clean off all the dead leaves before planting and again after the plants are established. Keep them as clean as you would your roses. I plant the back row of the bench the full length of the house first, then stake and tie with white twine, every plant, no matter if they have flowering shoots or not; the plant should never be allowed to become wilted as it can be easily prevent- ed by throwing water on the paths and under the benches, and frequent syringing with the hose. Keep on the ventilation night and day until there is danger of the thermometer falling below 40°; then the house should be closed down for the night. Never let the thermometer rise above 60° before the ventilation is put on in the morning; this should be prac- ticed until severe weather sets in. No matter how badly flowers are wanted never force your plants at this time of the year, for they are in no condi- tion to be forced. Our main object is to get them as strong as possible before the dull weather sets in. At this period wateringshouldbe carefully done. Never water overhead or syringe them, as the water settles in the axils and can never be evaporated in the brisjhtestdayatthat time of the year. Should this occur very often you will notice that the stem and leaf at that point will become a reddish brown in color, after which the carnation dies. Buttercups show this sooner than any other variety. Watering is done in the winter months only when the top soil shows a decided light color, and only enough is given to penetrate two-thirds the depth, unless it be the bench over the flue, and then just enought to show through. Your success largely depends upon the judgment you use in watering during the winter months. In this respect you cannot be too careful especially on the bench over the flue. Your soil should be in condi- tion to work without balling within four or five days, if not, then they have received a little too much water. The night temperature is kept at 50° and not very particular if it should fall to 42° to 45° by morning. But on the night of the first and second day the plants are watered. I am most particular at keep- ing the temperature at 50° all night. The day temperature is kept at 50° and 55° on days that fires are needed and 60° to 70° on bright days, and ventilation given for a couple of hours at noon or sooner, should the thermometer run higher than 70°. The demand for long stem carnations is so great now that we can onlj- use at the most about one-fourth short stems to the whole amount. There is no difficulty in cutting Grace Wilder, Silver Spray and Lamborn without sacrificing many buds. The contrary is the case with Wm. Swayne, Tidal Wave and Buttercup, con- sequently these will have to be cut in sprays, cutting the first flowers short, which will leave two to four blooms to the spray, according to the strength of the shoot. To get good size flowers in these sprays, I prefer to have plants with from five to eight strong flowering shoots when lifted in the fall; my choice of Butter- cup is from four to six shoots. The greatest evil that exists among us today is crowding the plants on our benches. The sooner we do away with this the better, for the carnation needs as much air to circulate around it as most anything else. Cultural Notes. Peristeria elata is a terrestrial orchid from Panama; the native name is El Spirito Santo— the Holy Ghost Plant. The center of the flower is in the form of a dove, from which the plant also gets the name "dove flower." It is very suc- cessfully grown and flowered at Whitins- ville, Mass., by Mr. Geo. McWilliam, gardener to Mrs. J. W. Lasell. At the convention in Boston last August, he exhibited two plants; one in a 12-inch pot had 12 spikes, 34 flowers, and buds to open onthelongestspike; andasmaller plant had 8 spikes all very well flowered. The flowers are very sweet-scented. To grow it successfully a stove temperature is required. Mr. McW. does not dry ofl" his plants thoroughly as some growers do. In winterweak liquid manure water is given about twice each week, which keeps the bulbs plump, and gives them strength to send up their flower stems in the summer. Cnelogyne cristata is a very useful orchid. From two plants in S-inch pots purchased in 1885 Mr. McWilliam has increased the stock to 26 10-inch pans. These now produce from 30 to 55 spikes, some bearing six flowers, the average being five to the spike. Where fine white flowers are required, these will fill the bill perfectly. When in growth a tempera- ture of 55° is given; in summer plenty of ventilation is given both side and top of the house, and the plants watered with weak manure water; when finished growth, more light and some sun to ripen oft" the bulbs are given, with only enough water to keep the bulbs from shriveling. The coelogyne should be more extensively grown in every orchid collection, the pure white of the flower, with its rich yellow stripes in the throat, make it fit for and gives a rich finish to anv floral arrange- ment. ' W. S. At Toronto Next August. Opinions seem to be somewhat divided here with regard to what has been said and written about the entertainment part of the convention. Some are dis- posed to advocate less jolHfication than has been the rule in the past, while others think that the pleasure part ofthe annual meetings are a verv important considera- tion as it is an acknowledged fact that florists are a hard-working stay-at-home class of men and to such an annual relax- ation from business is to be encouraged. The trouble seems to be that each city where the society has met has vied with the preceding one in showing what thej' could do when they tried. If this is to be the rule, Toronto is in a rather less favor- able position then any place where the society has met before. Coming as it does after Boston, it is to be feared the rule will be broken, badly broken, as we have neither the wealth nor experience to compete with the Hub of Creation. However I do not think we will be guided by Mr. Mendenhall's advice and give our visitors a diet of porridge, although Mr. M. can have porridge if he wishes it, and we will not press him to indulge in anything stronger than tea and citj- water. But if Mr. M. means that the entertainment this year must of necessity be meagre, all I can say is he don't know Canada. We "sturdy Cana- dians" do not live on porridge, corn cake and maple syrup; it might perhaps be bet- terforsome of us if we came a littlenearer that diet. But joking aside I think the Toronto Club will try to be guided by what is thought best for the welfare ofthe society and endeavor to curb any ambitious desire to eclipse Boston, and on the other hand not allow them to go home and say Toronto is the meanest place they ever struck. For my part I intend advocating giving our attention to the ladies and leaving the male persuasion to care for themselves, which they are generally quite able to do. Would it not be well to have a little dis- cussion on this subject in your paper, if vou are willing? W. J. Laing. Toronto, Ont. [We are quite willing to give space to a discussion ofthe subject. — Ed.] New York Floral Notes. Easter this year has come so early that there are but few novelties in the flower market. Genistas are quite plentiful and are well filled with flowers; these have never been grown of such a fine size before; they are the one yellow flower of which we have an abundance. Acacia pubescens is quite behind hand this season, the little we haveseen of it is not showy atall,and it is very high priced as usual. The Acacia paradoxa is in market quite plentifully, but this is not a beautiful flower. The bulbous flower, Star of Bethlehem, is in market, and pretty magnolia bushes are brought in; these have eleven and twelve flowers on them. The only real novelty ofthe season is moss roses and baskets of sweet clover, which comes in white and pink, and is brought in by a Jersey grower for a few of oui florists who can afford to pay for it. The clover basket is quite the rage, it is small and flaring, and is filled with white and pink clover, which has a satin ribbon about it with a bow on the bottom ofthe basket. Mr.J.D.Bodenotl20Broadway, lately made a design six feet high for Mr. Enos's fimeral, which was elaboiate and decidedly new; on the top portion of it was a wreath of La France roses and lily ofthe valley; the space all the way down the shaft was covered with Asparagus tenuissimus, which was very handsomely put on; then there was an anchor of about 24 inches composed of violets. The base was made resting on white lilies; a satin bow of white ribbon was tied on the wreath at the top of this piece, the ends of which extended to the bottom of the design. This piece was a ver3' beautiful one. The Klunder Company made an espe- cially beautiful Easter decoration at Grace Church, where the white trimmings and stone work of the altar looked particu- larly fine trimmed with the lilies. A crown of these was placed on the altar, which had a garland of Jacqueminot roses thrown over it, and a group of genistas on each side of this. A cross 9 feet in height was placed on the commun- ion table. This company also arranged the flowers at St. Bartholomew's Church, where there was an elaborate cross of pink and white roses. iSgi, The American Plorist. Hi en drobium Sttaliotes. 2. lonopsis 'aniculata var. 6. Aganisia Cyanea. 7. Agani sia Tricolor. . Spathoglott VARIOUS ORCHIDS, ma. 3. Restrepia Antennifera. 4. Miltonia Bleuana. Miltonia Spectabilis. 9. Stanhopea Ruckeri. i gustorum. 12. Zygopetalum Gibez'se. Mr. William Burns made an excellent display of plants and flowers in the con- servator}' which adjoins his store, and which opens from it with folding doors. The genistas and palms were placed high up in the conservator}' at the laack of the other flowers, and there were beautiful azaleas among the many plants here shown. Thomas Gordon has succeeded his brother, Fred Gordon, at No. 71 Broad- way. He has had a fine stock of Easter plants, and has made up many pretty de- signs for sale. The bandeaux of flowers now seems to be the fashionable trim- ming for the neck of a bridal dress; this makes a beautiful trimming if done with lilies of the valley, and it will probably be very much worn during the Easter wed- dings; it can also be put on with daisies, which is al way s afavorite flower in spring. 6^; The American Florist. Apr. ^, Mr. McConiiell lias had a very fine stoek otKaster plants and pretty designs in baskets. He decorated the Fourth Street Methodist Church with a large cross of flowers over which a wreath of red roses was placed. The Kev. Dr. Eaton's Cluirch was also trimmed with lilies, genistas and palms. McConnell's store was elaborately trimmed on the outside with beautiful genistas, which made the whole block fragrant. Thorley took a store m 28th street for his Easter display of plants, as his own store was ot insufficient size to hold them all. Bogart also had an additional store located quite near his regular sales- room. Other florists were obliged to hire extra stores over Easter to display their stocks of plants. F. A. Benson. Washington, D. C. Our Easter floral trade in Washington is greatl3' stimulated by the constantly improved displays some of our more en- terprising florists annually make during the last week in Lent. Fisher, Freeman, Garden and Hale, Gude, Studer, Strauss and others all make a fine display, and evidently are well repaid for their trouble, but the Smalls this year have excelled all their previous efforts. In their large double show window, deepened by an additional platform ex- tending back, they depict the familiar egg rolling scene which for years has been a special feature of Washington child- sport and takes place every Easter Mon- day in the well turfed grounds south of the Executive Mansion, where the gently sloping mounds arc peculiarly adapted for the purpose. In the place of turf lycopodium in its various shades in shal- low pots on sand has been most artisti- cally employed by the Smalls, the efiect of gently sloping mounds being rendered strikingly natural. The walks are of selected gravel and various dwarf vari- eties of ferns, palms, azaleas and a few clusters of Rothschilds were made to serve an excellent purpose as evergreens and flowering shrubbery, with tall single specimens of palms in the background to represent trees. Prettily colored little eggs lay around and miniature nurses and children in gay attire are earnestly engaged in sport, while from afar peer forth two astonished white rabbits. The whole sceneisasit were encased by arched walls of trailing plumosa, while overhead from a gothie dome lined with the berried wild southern smilax hung pendent an immense floral egg, studded with precious gems from which at night electricity emitted beautiful rays of light. A mirror on one of the walls imbedded in maiden- hair ferns gave depth and effect to this fairv scene from real life. Along the center of the spacious store room on a low stand some thirty feet in length are banked from both sides potted cinerarias and hydrangeas, cordon upon cordon of superb Harrisiis,from the ridge emerging in the center a magnificent C. australis with at either end equally per- fect specimens of C. revoluta. At the base boxes densely packed with growing hyacinths of every shade of purple and blue, red and white alternating with variegated tulips, narcissus and jonquils constituted a brilliant and effective border. The tall mirror in the establishment was encased in a frame of potted Spirea japonica laid on slanting shelves with gracefully inserted tufts of ferns, a huge specimen overhanging the top in lux- urious plentitude of fronds. On one side stood a fine large L. auratum in bloom, and to match on the opposite side a tall Areca lutescens, while a marvelously per- fect roseate azalea covered the entire front, the reflection of its bloom adding gi-eatly to the general effect. The rose bank was another attractive feature of this display. It consisted of one of the long tiled counters being tiered to the wall; as a border a continuous line of the exquisite broad leaved fern was used; to impart variety two large circular baskets, one filled with lilies of the valley, the other with purple violets, were set midway in the back of this border; all else was made up of potted maidenhairs, Spirea japonica, and in hidden vasesgreat clusters of the choicest roses, specimens which at any floral show would command prizes; here were Magna Charta, Beauty, Albany, Watteville, La France, Neron, Bride,' Puritan, Jacq, Mermet, Ulrich Brunner, Rothschild and others, a verit- able embankment of the most superb specimens of roses. A floral representa- tion of the east front of the U. S. Capital served as a frieze and background to this rare bed of roses. A very artistic feature, and perhaps the most perfect, consisted in covering on slanting shelving one of the walls com- pletely with Adiantums gracillimum, cuneatum, decorum and other varieties of maidenhair ferns, inserting an oval mirror in the center, the bordering or frame work of which was an exquisite piece of artistic work. Belowthe mirroron a lowcounter was a display of orchids of rare beauty— a dozen or more vases filled with cat- tleyas, more especially of aurea and Warneri, and one large hanging basket filled with odontoglossums, including the highly variegated Wilckeanum albens, Harryanum andGrandiflorum. Ateither end of the counter stood large round baskets, the one filled with lilies of the valley, daisies, etc., the other with large yellow daisies, mammoth sprays of mign- onette, etc. Two other projecting windows on the north front were banked, the one with assorted hydrangeas of imusual size of bloom, flanked by deep purple cinerarias and a background of palms; the other window had as centerpiece a well propor- tioned ivy cross twelve feet high, a grow- ing vine twining around it and a white floral tablet diagonally across the tront, studded with precious gems which at night emit electric rays. An assorted foreground of flowering plants with palms and crotons formed a backgrotnid. In the rear of the storeroom rises a dense bank of growing tulips, narcissus, jonquils, etc. massed in closely packed boxes. Latanias, A. lutescens and gen istas occupied every available space. All this show in the heart o( the city, free to all for a week or more, no wonder the place is crowded from carl3' morn until late at night. Such a display is not only highly educational to a community, but also has a most wholesome effect upon trade in general, and while it ben- efits the enterprising firm conceiving it at the same time it stimulates business all along the line for their less fortunately situated professional brethren. Z. ' The Winter in France. The winter of 1890-91 has been a hard one for all Europe, and in France it will be long remembered as one of the most destructive in the annals of horticulture. The harm has been caused not so much by the severity of the cold as by its sud- den and repeated attacks, and the entire lack of snow during most of the season. The winter of 1880 was more severe as to actual cold and of longer duration, but did far less damage. Last was cool and rainy and the autumn very late so that in November roses were still blooming in the open air as far north as Paris; toward the end of the month, the thermometer fell in 48 hours nearly and in some places quite to zero F. Work as they might, few growers could shelter and protect more than a very small pro- portion of their stock and the losses were immense, most plants being in full vegeta- tion. This sudden lowering of tempera- ture was repeated twice, each thaw being followed by a worse "cold snap" than its predecessor. It will be some months yet before the damage can be estimated, but it is certain that there has been sad havoc made among the roses, a large proportion of the soft-wooded ones, teas. Noisettes and Bengal being entirely lost. Many private gardens have been com- pletely desolated. Rhododendrons are looking very badly, laurels, ornamental Japanese shrubs, photinias, indeed most ornamental plants have suffered. In the park at Versailles, I noticed a hedge row in which nearly halfthe plants were killed. Yoimg peaches and almonds have suffered , while most other fruit trees haveescaped. In the north, plane trees, chestnuts and most nut bearing trees have sustained considerable damage, the bark and trunks bursting from top to bottom during the severe frosts. The market gardeners lost terriblj', and salads were almost beyond price, even at the great Halles Centrales; there was almost a famine of potatoes and carrots, which sold at immense prices; cabbages, leeks, spinach, turnips and beets, indeed all vegetables were insuffi- cientlj- protected and are almost a total loss. The following estimate of the losses of the growers for the Paris flower markets only, was furnished by the secretary of the society, and we translate from the Revue Ho'rticole: "The fourhundred reg- ular growers for the Paris open air mar- kets may be divided into 3 classes: 1st, rose growers; 2nd, those who sell plants from the open ground; 3rd, those who sell pot plants or their flowers. "The rose-growers, about SOinnumber, have lost most, and it will take three or four j-ears to renew their stock inasgood condition as before. Their losses are esti- mated at $200,000. "The second class contains about 150 growers, all of whose plants were de- stroyed. Forty of these estimate their loss at $80,000. "The last class, about 200 growers of pot plants, will sustain a loss of $100,000 to $180,000, and a great many of them will be forced to give up their business, having lost their stock plants as well as yoimg stock. "Beside these 400, there are estimated to be about 0,000 florists and nursery- men in the immediate vicinity of Paris, to many of whom the winter has been truly disastrous." F. L. V. Baltimore. At the last meeting of the Gardeners' Club Mr. Seidewitz read a paper on the profits of rose growing. He showed that the margin is very small, even under fav- orable circumstances, and that there is nothing to justify the investment of cap- ital in rose growing as a business. One gentleman in our neighborhood who was earning a salary of $2,000 a year and who thought there was a mine in rose growing has returned to his former call- ing well satisfied there is nothing in it. Five years time and $8,000 tell the tale. Plans were matured lor the carrying out of our spring show and our secretary i8gi. The American Florist. 633 "51 Pilumna Nobilis. 2. Trichopilia Suavis ■ 6. Miltonia Spectabilis var. Moreliana. VARIOUS ORCHIDS, alba. 3. Epidendrum Nemorale. Zygopetalum Rostratum. 5. Ccelogyne Pandurata. Catasetum Bungerothi. instructed to invite our brethren from Washington to come over witli the re- quest that tliey select three of their num- ber to act as judges. Our Cut Flower Exchange is working admirably under the auspices of the club. We were Hufortunate at the start in getting a dishonest manager, but since we secured the present incumbent every one is satisfied. Nearly all the growers and dealers are in it and it has become the recognized channel of trade inourcity. One firm of commission men in Phila- delphia has done us great injury by send- ing large weekly consignments of cut roses here. They send a man with them who on reaching'Baltimore hires a wagon and makes the round of the stores. They are sent on to be sold (and the store- keepers are aware of it) on the principle that half a loaf is better than no loaf, 634 The American Florist. Apr. 2, and if the writer knows or is conversant with the cost of production he questions if there is that same in it, especially when we take into consideration railway fare, a man's wages and wagon hire. We don't want to be understood as hindering any of our brethren in sister cities from working off any of their surplus stock in ours, what we wish is that they consign their stock to the recognized channel of trade, viz., the Florists' Exchange, No. 120 N. Liberty street. Our manager, J. J. I'erry, has reason to believe he could handle "the produce that is flooding our stores once a week, and make equally if not better returns to the consignors than thev are gettingunder the present system and so regulate matters that a living price can be had for all. I only wish our brethren in other cities were conversant with the benefits to be derived frorn an exchange as it exists here. I went into it reluctanth' at the beginning and soon pulled out, having detected dishonesty. Now I am thoroughly of the opinion it is the proper way to conduct our business; the supply and demand can be nicely regulated by an adrcit manager and living prices maintained. It is a boon to us; the only flaw I have seen is the one mentioned, and I for one regret to see members of the craft in other cities being so badly hurt, as they must of necessity be according to the prices at which they are selling the produce sent to Baltimore. If it is over-production I suppose it will rectify itself, if it is capital that is doing the mischief, that also will in time do the same. The trouble is the innocent often suffer with the guilty. Most other call- ings are passing through a crisis and we ought not to expect ours to be an excep- tion to the rule. Certain it is we are passing through something when roses are consigned in large quantities to our city and are being sold at the purchaser's own price, which is half price, and from the rich cities of the north. John Donn. London. The new bouquet called the "Shower," was carried by several of the debutantes at the Queen's last drawing-room. It is an elaborate affair, of the most graceful and airy lightness possible, and its dainty sprays fall to a length of 12 to 20 inches. One was yellow, entirely of Narcissus obvallaris combined with the rich brown foliage of mahonia and ivy leaves, lightened by tiny bunches of the natural Agrostis pulcheila, which was almost as effective as Asparagus tenuissimus in a light boucjuet. The narcissus were ar- ranged into a semi-round bouquet, falling into a long full spray, behind and below which hung on narrow yellow ribbons several small sprays of narcissus and agrostis. A bow of yellow ribbon at the hand completed a very artistic effect. Another of cattleyasandodontoglossums with maidenhair ferns and lavender rib- bons was very beautiful. F. L. V. Scarlet Easter Flowers — Cannas. What have you got? Geraniums are hardly "quality," carnations or nastur- tiums are out of the question except as cut flowers; Begonia coccinea and B.sem- perflorens var. gigantea rosea could be used to good advantage, still they are not enough. Now, just imagine how a group of Star of 1891, Madame Crozy or T. S. Ware cannas in full foliage and full bloom would look associated with the rich green palms or snowy lilies. Azaleas are gay but stiff; about the cannas in pots there is no stiffness and they have fine foliage and brilliant gay blossoms. And there is this also in their favor: In the case of lilies, azaleas, hydrangeas, etc., as soon as Easter is past their season of profit is past also, but this is not the case with our finer cannas; serving at Easter does not mate- rially injure the plants, and we take them back and divide them and grow them on with all our might for they are gilt edged stock to handle. Happy indeed on this score is the florist this spring who has a good stock of these three cannas. For years to come you can not overstock the market with this quality of material, for remember, they are plants that appeal to the million more than to the millionaire. It costs very little to grow them in sum- mer and you can winter them under the benches, no crop is easier to handle. W. F. Coming Exhibitions. March 31-April 3, Boston.— Spring ex- hibition Mass. Hort. Society. April 7-11, New York.— Spring exhibi- tion New York Florists' Club. April 14, Los Angeles, Cal.— Rose show Southern California Floral Society. April 16-17, Syracuse, N. Y.— Spring exhibition Central New York Hort. Society. April 22-23, Baltimore.— Spring show Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. May 6-8, San Francisco. — Annual flower show California State" Floral Society. June 6, Boston.- Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24., Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1—4, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Societj'. September 2-3, Gait, Ont.— Fall exhibi- tion Gait Horticultural Society. September 15-17, Boston.— Annual ex- hibition of fruits and vegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. November 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. - November 10-13, Philadelphia.- Chrys- anthemum show Penna. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Chicago.— Fall exhi- bition Horticultural Society of Chicago. November 10-13, Minneapolis, Minn.— Chrysanthemum show Minneapolis Flo- rists' Club. November 10-14, Indianapolis.— Chrys- anthemum show Society of Indiana Florists. November 11-12, Gait, Ont.— Chrysan- themum show Gait Hort. Society. November , New Orleans, La.— Chrysanthemum show New Orleans Hor- ticultural Society. November , Buffalo. — Chrvsanthe- mum show Buffalo Florists' Club. November , Washington, D. C— Chrysanthemum show Washington Flo- rists'Club. Returns Per Square Foot. In determining the comparative profit- ableness of the various ros«s and other flowers some growers have adopted a system which gives them the cash returns per squar: foot. This has several advan- tages as it gets to the point at once and covers all such matters as productiveness at the best selling season, quality of bloom, etc. A large and successful eastern grower has favored us with a copy of his record for one season and we print it below. In his accompanying note our corre- spondent says: "It is necessary to state that the Bon Silenes, Gontiers and Mer- metswere thrown out about two months earlier than the other kinds in order to make room for plants. About 5 per cent of mv stock was sold at retail and is not included in this list, but would I judge cover all varieties. The measurements cover the entire ground space of the houses, paths as well as benches. I paid no commission for selling, sales being by contract or on orders direct to the place. I have not carried out the fraction in calculating the receipts per square foot." Sq. ft, of Total Rec'ts space. Receipts, fq ft. Perle and Sunset, 2,500 $1,582.55 $.63 BonSilene 700 276.80 .39 Niphetos 450 368.03 .81 Bennetts 1,100 732.54 .66 La France 1,540 1,063.14 .69 Bride & Mermet, 2,000 1,148.06 .57 Am. Beauty 1,440 1,003.05 .69 Gontier 500 215.49 .53 Mme.G. Luizet... 1,800 949.30 .52 Bar. Rothschild.. 600 286.15 .47 Heliotrope 500 158.38 .30 Smilax 6,500 2,641.45 .40 Asparagus ten.... 1,500 695.37 .46 Begonia Clementinae. We present herewith a beautiful illus- tration of this begonia which bids fair to be one of our most popular ornamental leaved sorts. The leaves are olive green tinged with reddish brown and blotched with silver. It is so easily grown that it will no doubt be very useful as a pot plant. Leaves of Advice From a Limb of the Law. I^For Young Florists ) XXV. A BOILER TRANSACTION. Pray calm yourself, you are as red as a pcEony. You are fairly boiling over. Boiling over? Yes, that expresses it ex- actly. Oh, I see, trouble with that boiler of yours. Well, when you have let ofl" sufficient steam to render it safe for mc to sit down and talk it over with you I'll do so. But before you say a single word let me remind you of a warning I gave you at the time. Don't want to hear it hey? Of course not, no manlikes to be reminded of his mistakes, buti shallnot be silenced. I am either your legal adviser or I am not. When you purchased that boiler and told me that your contract with the seller was that he should send a man over to your place to set the boiler I said to you: Don't fail to have a memorandum from him containing specifications of what work is to be done and how it is to be done, quality of brick, number of layers, quality of cement, and also a gtiaracty that the boiler will do certain service. You pooh poohed the idea, said it was a very simple thing and that the man had assured you it would work satisfactorily. Well, you went ahead and now you see the consequences. You are at loggerheads with him. You have been obliged to call in another man to do the work over again before the boiler would work sat- isfactorily. Now comes the afterclap. The first man renders a bill for the full amount due him just as if his work had been performed properly. You ask me whether he has a legal claim for the full amount. It all depends i8gi. The American Florist. 635 BEGONIA CLEMENTINiE upon the contract you had with him. I assume that he guaranteed that he would set the boiler properly so as to rnake it answer the purposes for which it was bought. In that case you have a right to deduct from his bill all the extra ex- pense to which he put you, and if you could prove that your stock sufi'ered from his failure to set the boiler as agreed you would have a claim for damages against him for all loss directlj- occurring from his neglect or lack of skill. This is a plain proposition, but in the event of a law suit it would be necessary for you to have expert testimony to show that he failed to do his work in a proper and skillful manner. Such a law suit might easily call for the expenditure of more money than the boiler is worth. Therefore I advise arbitration if possible. Let both of you agree upon some one expert to examine the matter and report what deduction if any should be made. Or possibly you and he by talking the 636 The American Florist. Apr. whole transaction over might be able to reach a settlement yourselves without the interference of any outside party. I'm a lawyer, but an honest one. Don't laugh, it is not a joke. I am not trying to be funny. Now I come to another phase of this question. If it be that after the boiler was set in accordance with the coTitract with the seller, then for some reason over which he had no control it would not work — say because there was not draught enough, or because from the peculiar position of your houses, then in that case you would be obliged to make all the changes at your own expense. You see this puts a different aspect on the matter. I may sell you a good stove, but I don't guaranty that your chimney has a strong enough draught to make it draw. I may sell you some patented device, but I don't guaranty that it will work well under all circumstances, but only under given circumstances. So if the boiler man said: "I'll set that boiler so and so," and you acceded, but upon the trial being made you couldn't get the result you sought for, why you'd have no right to fall back upon him and say: "I find your boiler doesn't work well, you must set it over again." You perceive it all depends upon whether there was any breach of contract upon the boiler man's parts. If a man changes his mind that is his own business and he must pay for it. Now it may be that you made a "loose contract" with this boiler man. What I mean? Well, I'll explain. Suppose you contracted with him that he should set the boiler properly and no more. In that case it would be for experts to testify whether he kept within his contract or not. "Properh'" might mean one thing or it might mean another. It might be properly set when it only yielded one half of the steam you needed. Loose contracts arc often worse than none. In no transaction should a man be more careful than in making a con- tract with a mechanic. Have everything set down in black and white, everything specified. A mechanic has an advantage over you. He may lien your premises for an unpaid account. A mechanic's lien may be foreclosed: it means a legal contest. It is vexatious. Therefore, in case you can effect a set- tlement of this matter you must not pay the bill until you first examine the record to see whether the boiler man has liened your premises or not. In case he has you must secure a satisfaction of the lien be- fore you settle with him. Anyway, this transaction should teach you a lesson. While it may be true that disputes do arise even when there is a written contract, yet they are not so apt to occur, and if they do arise you stand so much better when the matter comes up in court. The law loves a careful business man — one who keeps his accounts in perfect order and who never allows himself to be caught napping by a dishonest or subtle adversary. I once knew a man who kept a daily journal for twenty years before he gained a single material advantage hy so doing, but at last his reward came. By reference to an entry in the journal it was possible for him to prove a will made by his uncle to be a forged one, and thus by a single stroke of a pen he earned a cool $20,000, for with the will out of the way he was the sole heir to his uncle's estate" I'm glad to see that your high color has gone down. You are now in a better condition to think the boiler matter over. Don't force a fight unless you are quite sure you are right. Uncle Blackstone. A Vi: to James Dean's, Bay Ridge, L. Ivvcry florist who has read Mr. Jas. Dean's most practical essay on the "Im- portance of the Easter Plant Trade and How to Prepare for it" will naturally think that Mr. Dean's place iswellworthy of a visit at this season of the year, and so Mr. J. N. May and Mr. Robert Kift and the writer found it to be. Lilium Harrisii occupied a great deal of space and they vv-ere in excellent condi- tion. Mr. Dean pointed out the evil eff'ects in undue forcing of these standard Easter plants. He had occasion to pre- pare some plants that were to be used in decoration a few weeks before Easter, and the plants in order to get them into bloom in time were subjected to a tem- perature of 75° at night; the result was the plants were tall and thin and the flowers lacked substance. Not so with his regular Easter stock. They had been brought on in a night temperature of 60° or a little more, and the difference was quite marked. The plants wore ample foliage of a deep rich green and the flow- ers were large and of great texture. The question was raised about the superiority of longiflorum, as having naturally more substance than its close relative, but Mr. Dean was quite confident that the older variety could not be any better in that respect than those before us, and we cer- taiuly agreed with him. The azalea is accorded a very prominent position here, and they were a grand lot; a pair was pointed out to us that had been sold to one of the leading New York florists. The price per pair was $100, and a very beautiful pair they were, fine in bud and bloom and symmetrical in shape. We also saw the new one, about which we have heard so much, and not one word more in its praise has been said than it deserves. It is certainly a re- markable plant, one that every person who has a greenhouse will want at least one. Its name isVerva^neana. Mr. Dean liked it so well when he had it in bloom last year that he went over to Europe last summer and bought up all theplants of it that he could find. This is sufficient evidence of its value, for Mr. Dean is one of the most conservative men in the busi- ness. The flower is very large and double, it measures six inches over, in color it is variegated, delicate and bright pink with a crimson blotch in the center. We con- gratulate Mr. Dean on being able to control upwards of two thousand plants in various sizes of this notable green- house plant. The cytisus or genistas are another prominent feature here. Plants from ten feet high to the tiny plants in small pots were here in large numbers, especially the latter; and another batch in 8-ineh"pots were a very useful size, as they were a nice shape and well flowered. But what proved to be very interesting were a lot of seedlings which the proprietor has un- dertaken to raise with the end in view of improving this useful class of decorative plants. Out of somehundred, which were in bud and bloom, there were no two alike, some were remarkable for the larger racemes, others for the individual florets being of larger size, while again some plants assumed a graceful weeping habit. One in particular struck us all as being of rare merit, and we do not hesitate to say it will be heard of in the not far distant future. A valuable quality in the genista is the facility with which it may be prop- agated, so that, if this plant retains its valuable peculiarity, we will not have to wait very long before it is put upon the market, which will be welcome news to all who are interested in spring flowering decorative plants. There were other things of interest to be seen here; ferns in great variety and in good shajje, also the leading species of palms for florists' use were in various sizes and in excellent health. A lot of Cocos Weddeliana were the best I had ever seen. They were growing in 3-incli pots, a foot to eighteen inches high, and of a healthy dark green color. A lot of Latania borbonica were pronounced the finest batch in or around either New York or Philadelphia. I cannot concludewith- out saying that I was more than pleased with my visit. Edwin Lonsdale. Not So Criminal. Mention is made in an exeharge of the "criminal waste in spending thousands of dollars for the flowers that decorated the rooms at a recent Philadelphia wed- ding." It is strange that some people confine their ideas of wastefidness to ex- penditures for objects that cannot be eaten on such occasions. We hear very ^e.^ complaints of the wastefulness in spreading salads, creams, terrapin, cro- quettes and pates before people who have all breakfasted well, and all expect to have their dinners when they go home, but the flower trade, that employs hun- dreds of estimable and enterprising men and women, is held to be the one extrav- agance becaxise its efforts and the effects of its skill are almost as fleeting as the hues of an exquisite sunset. All the same, money spent in floral arrangements and decorations is well spent, if the spenders can afford to spend money at all. Of course this is opposed to our native Phil- adelphia ideas— Quaker-Anglo-Saxon and German descended— that heavy feasting is akin to godliness and permitted, while other things are vanities. It is becoming the custom to send wedding flowers to the hospitals afterwards, and who shall say that the costliness does not, in two ways, redeem itself? First, because flow- ers are the most beautiful things with which we can surround ourselves or wel- come our guests among; and secondly, because just that little taste of being participants in the wedding — by the roses, if not by the cake— must have made a joyous day wherever those flowers went. Extravagance is a pui ely relative term. There is high authority, you know, for condemning the grudging spirit over a certain alabaster box of precious oint- ment, "which might have been sold for much and given to the poor." Now, to patronize the poor raisers of flowers, now widespread over the country, is certainly as proper an object as to help the food caterers along. Most things are relative in this world, and it may be less extrav- agant for a millionaire to spend five thousand dollars on one orchid than it is for Stokes Newington to order a plate of ice cream. All the luxuries of life, in their preparation, furnish employment to some- body, and it is entirely an individual accountability how much money is spent in keeping good trades going" and art- crafts flourishing. To overfeed people who do not need food is much more of an extravagance, but even that keeps the caterers and the dealers in choice pro- visions alive and thriving. One might as well say that it is criminal to put wood carvings up as the wainscot of a room i8gi. The American Florist. ^n TABLE DECORATION because paper, plaster or paint will do as well. That we have artist-artisans in West Philadelphia who can follow out even the elaborate teak-wood carvings of India, in this rich wood, is certainly mat- ter of pride, but it nobody was sufficiently proud of his library to wish to stall his books in these exquisite surroundings such artists would not make their bread by their skill. While the Household puts as the highest individual quality of all, that sort of in- tegrity which always makes its home within its means, and is never a.shamed iif whitewashed walls and rag carpets, Init very proud of them and happy in them when they mean independence of debt, it is folly to insist that people with large incomes, beyond their needs, shall give all this awaj- as alms. It is far better to give most of it in orders for work; in emplovment to all the trades and occupations that ingenuity can de- vise. And so let the flower grower and seller rest assured that the Court is with W^m.— Philadelphia Public Ledt^cr. Table Decoration. The accompanj'ing illustration showsa table decoration recently arranged bv Florists A. M. & J. B. Murdoch, of Pitts- burg, regarding which they write: "This royal luncheon in pnrple and pure gold was given by Mrs. Robert Pitcairn, wile of the vice-president of the Westing- house Air Brake Co. Mr. Pitcairn is also prominent in railroad circles. A few such orders would soon rob Lent of its accred- ited dullness. "The design is a wheel of violets nine feet in diameter placed on a King Ar- thur's table; the cloth was of violet satin overlaid with white gauze edged with lace. Eight thousand violets were used. "All the details of the table were car- ried out in the same color; little baskets of violets in which were hidden purple confections were at each plate. "Raised a little above the hub of the wheel on wire supports was a Jack Horner pie containing the favors. To these were attached ribbons leading to each plate. This at first somewhat con- cealed the beauty of the wheel, but 'when the pie was opened' and the ribbons re- moved it showed to good advantage sur- rounded as it was by a service of pure gold said to be one of the costliest in the country. "Purple tapers surmounted by shades of the same tint shed their soft light from golden candelabra upon a table which for beauty and richness could not have been surpassed. "Among the parlor decorations were seen some fine specimens of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum and D.densiflorum, the pride of Thomas Fitzgerald, Mrs. Pitcairn's gardener." Philadelphia. HXmmTION ECHOES. There are two distinct classes in which roses are exhil)ited,onefor the dealerwho has the right and privilege of buying his flowers where he pleases, the other for the grower who is in honor bound to ex- hibit nothing but what he has himself gi-own. It has come to light that some roses have been purchased by growers and have been exhibited in the growers' class. This is disreputable and the man- agement of these exhibitions should see to it that if it is not stopped the unscrup- ulous grower must not only be disqual- ified but publicly exposed. Mr.Chas. P. Lanibis wearinga supreme smile these times since Mr. John Burton carried off so many first premiums for cut roses at the recent show. The Hon. John is to be congratulated that he has the services of so worthy a manager as Mr. Lamb during his absence attending to his public duties at Harrisburg. A mistake was made in reporting the weather in connection with the spring show. It rained in torrents on Friday- afternoon and evening — the last day. E. L. You WILL benefit the Florist by men- tioning it every time you write one of our advertisers. 638 The American Florist, Apr 2, New York. Mr. Parsons, Superintendent of Parks, says there will be new attractions in the shape of flower beds in all the parks next sninmer. It is about time Mr. Parsons, or all the principal cities oC the world New York is the poorest in floral decora- tion of its parks. It is true we have a lieautiful park in Central Park, abound- ing as it does in lovely bits of natural scenery its equal may not be found in any city of the Union, but it is only a natural ])ark. New York is surrounded with sim- ilar scenery and the mechanic and the shopgirl find but little rel-ef in studying turf and tree. U was recently pioposed to spend a verylargesum in widening the bridle road to facilitate society's fads, the muddy paths and monotonous grass was good enough for the poor. Men are appointed park commissioners who know nothing whatever of horticulture, and the florists here have shown a marked indifference to the matter. What is wanted— vi'hat we must eventually have —is flowers, flowers to gladden the soul of the weary, flowers to smile with the light of the sky. We may have a fine collection of flowering shrubs, but many of them arc dead or dying. The her- baceous plants are very poor. There are no specimen conifers or rhododendrons or azaleas, no herbaceous borders with here and there a clump of Yucca Fila- mentosa and iris. There are plenty of rocks where Sedum acre could spread its golden mantle in early spring, or which could be covered with our own Lysi- machia Nummularia or Aubretia pur- purea, ot the thousands of beautilul Alpines. There are cosy nooks where the most delicate of flowers could be enticed to bloom; there are lakes and jjonds where aquatics would be in their glory. The plots each side and along the mall could be and should be made a picture of loveliness. There is every facility in Cen- tral Park to make it one of the finest and most interesting in the world. The New York Florists' Club, I am glad to be able to saj', will take chc matter in hand and firing pressure to bear in the right (|uarter. Jottn Yiunc. Chicago. The Easter trade was very satisfactory. Florists report an increase in the total volume of sales of from 2.5 to 100' ( over last year, and the average increase is cer- tainly not less than 40' . . The bulk of the sales were of loose flowers and I)loom- ing plants. Of those who do not handle plants sales are reported to be from 75 to g.TO loose flowers, but little made up work being called for. Retail prices ruled about 10y< lower than last j-ear, but immense quantities of flowers were sold and taken all together it was the most satisfactory Easter we have ever had. Every onesold out clean and could have sold more if it had been obtainable late in the day. There was ashortageofjack roses — many more could have been sold: the samemay be said of white carnations. Violets sold well at 50 cents a bunch. Candidums were poor but Harrisiis were fine. Tulips were the only noticeably slow stock. There was but a limited call for them and the supply was with diflSculty worked off. Florist Tom Rogers was struck by a State street grip car while driving re- cently and sustained a bad bruise on his head and a compound fracture of the right leg. An office boy at Vaughan's seed store stole the c^sh box one night recently and fled the city. He was caught the next day in Missouri and all but about .$75 recovered. Among recent visitors to the city were Paul Berkowitz, of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, and Chas. Dannacher, of l)avcn])ort, Iowa. Secretary W. J. Stewart, of Boston, paid the city a flying visit just before Easter. Samuel Pearce has a sport from the Bennett that resembles that rose in every waj- except that it is a climber. The schedule of premiums for the fall exhibition of the Horticultural Society has beenadopted and will soon beprinted and distributed. A total of $2,000 is oftered and there will undoubtedly be a lively competition in some of the classes. There will be two competitions in cut flowers of roses and carnations, one on the first day and a repetition on the third day of the exhibition, thus keeping up the display in these classes to the end of the show. While chrysanthemums will still be one of the leading features it is in- tended to give greater prominence to other flowers than heretofore, so that it will be a general late fall exhibition rather than purely a chrysanthemum show. Nothing new regarding the Hort. Dept. of the World's Fair. Uirector-tieneral Davis is in Florida and nothing vi-ill be done until his return. Boston. When the figures are all in it will be found that Easter trade fjr 1891 will compare favorably with any of its pre- decessors. The weather could not have been improved had it been made to order, and the weather is quite an item at such a time, not only to the giowcr who looks for its assistance in hastening or retard- ing his crops, but to the dealer who fears most of all the disastrous possibility of a stormy Ivasttr Saturday, and knows from cxpii iiiKT the inspiriting effect of a brij;lit sunny s|iring day upon the tran- sient "slujupcis" upon whose patronage so much of Easter success depends. The flower stores were simplj- packed with buyers all day long and far into the night, and the loaded delivery wagons constantly departing bore arnple testi- mony to the liberality with which the customers were spending their money. Thedemand for violets was unprecedented and it seemed as though there was no limit to the number that could be dis- posed of. The sale of lilies, principally Harrisii and longiflorums, surpassed all previous records. This is true of both cut blooms and plants. There seems to be a decided reaction in favor of the longiflorum as compared with Harrisii. Customers are beginning to know the diftercnce between these two, and they are learning that the Harrisii, although much larger and whiter, is no equal for its rival in keeping qualities and in general tidiness as a pot plant. One or two of the larger dealers found their store space too small and hired extra iiccommodations when avail- able. There had been considerable spec- ulation in advanc as to the result on the market of the increased supply of lilies. It was plain to .sec that the number of Harrisiis in readiness for Easter was very much greater than ever before, and all reports from other parts of the country bore a suggestive similarity, and predic- tions of a disastrous collapse in the lily trade were freely made. Early in the week there were a good mauy frightened ones, but by Friday night it became apparent that the scare was groundless, and instead of a glut there was in many quarters a positive scarcity, and no doubt a good many more lilies might have been sold could they have beEn obtained at the last moment. One of the large growers, finding the dealers unwilling to take chances by buying or engaging his stock in advance, and being himself disinclined to takethe responsibil- itj' of holding the same till the last min- ute at his own risk for their accommoda- tion, decided to "take the bull by the horns," and straightway secured a vacant store in an eligible location for Easter week. Advertisements of Easter plants at wholesale prices did the work only too well. The stock melted away like magic and would have been easily cleaned out had it been twice or three times as big. The general quality of flowers in the market was remarkably good. This was no doubt owing largely to the early date and the steady cool weather. Violetsand ]iansies wereexcellent,so werecarnations. Of stocks, spirea, heath, lily of the valley, hyacinths, etc., there was an abundance. Roses averaged well in ipiality and there was a fair supply of all the leading vari- eties, with the exception of Bon Silencs. Prices were somewhat lower than in pre- vious years. Very little design work ap- pears to have been done. In addition to the supply of hlies of various kinds the market was well fur- nished with seasonable plants, such as azaleas, genistas, spireas, tulips and hya- cinths in ])ans, primulas, cvelamens and the like. ■ W.J. S. In the death of Mr. Allen Lloyd of In- dianapolis, there has passed from our midst one who was in all probability the oldest living representative of floriculture in this part of the country. Born in the state of New York in l.SOS, he settled in Lafayette Ind. soon after his marriage, and being a great lover ofboth floriculture and horticulture, nearly fifty years ago he gave up his entire timetoits pursuit, following it almost uninterrupt- edly until his death, March 10. He was one of the first toseethe advan- tages of, and to advocate holding a state fair, and after it was an established fact, was one of the first to exhibit flowers, fruits and vegetables, his exhibits lieing not only a credit to him as a grower, but going far to create a taste in others, in those early days when so little was known of them in a sparsely settled and compar- atively new country. Since its inception, he has been very much interested in the state chrysanthe- mum show, and though for the past few years he has been in feeble health, his in- terest never flagged. While living at Lafayette, on the place now occupied by Mr. F. Dorner, he often shipped plants to both Indianapolis and Chicago, and was doubtless the first out- side grower to appear in either of these now great markets. A kind husband and father, a good neighbor, a genial gentleman, he will be greatly missed, not only by his compan- ion who survives him, but by all who have had the pleasure of his acquain- tance. H . nga verv •chids to Mr. H. E. CHlTTviscontributinga veri interesting series of articles < the Faterson N. (. Call. When writinc. .■ulvertise that you saw the adv. in t Fi.or'ist. iSgi. The American Florist. 639 BALL DECORATION. Recoil riotciS. Philadelphia.— Louis C. Baunianii, a well known florist of Gennantowii, died March 20, aged 65 years. A wife and daughter survive him. St. Louis.— S. Kehrmann Jr. secretarj' of the EUeard Floral Co. is confined to his bed, the result of an accident while on his way home on a cable train, but heexpects to be able to attend to business in a week or ten days. Detroit.— Fire in the Detroit Opera House March 18 resulted in damage by smoke and water to the amount of sev- eral hundred dollars on the stock in the store of Mr. S. Taplin, whose place of business is at the right of the foyer. Oakdale, L. L — The conservatories on the estate of Wm. K. Vanderbilt were de- stroyed by fire the morning of March 21. Many rare plants were ruined and several unique specimens were lost. The fire originated from a defective flue. Theloss is estimated at about $75,000. Jersey City, N. J.— Patrick H. Nugent, the florist, died March 19, of pneumonia. Mr. Nugent was born in Ireland and came to this country when a young man. In 1861 he was employed by .Andrew Reid and learned the business with him. Mr. Nugent leaves a wife, daughter and three sons. New Orleans.— The New Orleans Hor- ticultural Society will hold a chrysanthe- mum show next November. An advance list of premiums to be ofl'cred has been issued. The premiums foot up to $252. Copies of the list may be had on applica- tion to the secretary, Mr. Chas. Wise, Third and Prytania streets. Hartford, Conn.— The exhibition of spring flowering bulbs held by the Hart- ford County Hort. Society March 24- and 25 was a decided success. There was a S])lendid displa3\one of the best ever made here. The leading prize takers were A. X. Picrson ofCromwell, Captain J. W.Crane, John Coombs, J. H. Bardain, Stephen Delbar, all of this citv, and B. E. Beemer ofWethersfield. Jamaica, N. Y.— The Linniean Club of Jamaica is an association that has just "been organized for the diflusion of botan- ical knowledge, the encouragement of practical floriculture and the preservation and cultivation of our native plants, shrubs and trees. In addition to lectures and publications adapted to adults, it is proposed to furnish instruction for chil- dren in the rudiments of botany and the best methods of cultivating flowers and fruits, and to have semi-annual flower- shows at which prizes shall be given." Miss. M. L. McCormick is president and all the other officers also are ladies. "The Catalogue Tax" in Canada. I would say to J. E. K. page 542, that the origin and history of this tax are well known here among the trade. and I don't think some of our "mail" men object very much to it. You see the flood of"States" catalogues is stopped immediately they enter Canada, and the persons to whom they are addressed are notified and asked to pay the duties; many of them pay not knowing beforehand what they are pac- ing for, and when they receive the cata- logue they are thoroughly disgusted and won't then order from that catalogue at any price. But our wide-awake mail men not only send their catalogues to Canada but also pay the duties on them. The re- cipients get a beautifully gotten up and interesting catalogue with all expenses prepaid; this at once makes a good im- pression and inspires confidence. W. F. Add to the directorv list Fred C.Smith, Ashland, Wis., as F, Ball Decoration. The decoration illustrated was for a dance at the Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N. Y., and was arranged by Phillips. The flowering plants used were azaleas, gen- istas and daisies. Thclargepalmsconceal- ed canary birds which sang beautifully and added much to the interest of the occa- sion. The festoons were of ivy, smilax and roses. The large square window was dressed with palms and genistas. Society of American Florists. COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE. IC.Il. William Falconer. Glen Cove, N. Y., Chairman. Sub-Committee on Roses; John N. Mav. Summit, N J., Chairman. Robert Craio, 49th and Market 8ta., Phila. Ernst asmus. West Hobolien, N. J. Sub-Committee on Carnations Edwin Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, I*a. Chairman. John Thorpe. Pearl River, N. Y. E. G. Hill, Richmond, Indiana. IB-COMMITTBB ON CHRYSANTHEMUMS John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y. Chairman EDWIN Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Phlla. JOHN N. May, Summit, N. J. IB-COMMITTEE ON BEDDING PLAMTS B. Q. Hill, Richmond, Indiana, Chairman. ROBERT Craig. 49th and Market Sts., Phlla JAMES D. RAYNOLDS, Riverside, 111. Botanic Garden 1 ROBERT GEORGE, Palnesville, Ohio. SUB-OOMMITTEE ON MISOEL, GR-HOUSB PLANTS Robert Craui, 4iith and Market Sts., Phila- delphia, Pa. Chairman. I. FORSTERMAN. Newtown, L I., N. Y. Charles D. Ball, Holmesburg, Pa. SUB-COMMITTEE ON BULBOUS PLANTS: ERNST ASBins. West Hoboken, N. J. Chairman. I. KORBTERMAN. Newtown. L. I. N. Y. A. B. Bcott, 19th and r - - -Committee on Hardy Plants: WilllamR. S.MITH, U. S. Botanic Garden iDtrton, D. C. Chairman. ROBERT GEORGE, Palnesvllle, 0hi( A.B.SCOTT, I9th ! 3 Streets, Phlla. The Nomenclature Committee will m t the Queens Hotel, Toronto, at 9 A. elore the 8. A. F. convention takes 1 city next August. 640 The American Florist. Apr. Subr.crlption $1.00 a Year. To Europe, $2.00. lenls, 10 Cet 1, S1.40; Colu Cash with Order. No Special Position GuarHnteed. Discounts. 6 times, 5 per cent; 13 times, 10 per The Advertising Departmerit of the Amekican Florist Is for Florists, Seedsmen, and dealers In pertaining to those lines Only. I^lease to Orders (or less than one-half inch space not accepted. Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. WE ARE STILL GROWING. This issue completes 652 pages of Vol- ume 6, which is 20 pages more than the whole number of pages in Volume 5. And there are 18 numbers yet to come in the present volume. These will add at least -400 pages, making a total fbr Vol- ume 6 of ovtrl.OOO pages. Quite a book for one dollar. Admirers of the Florist will no doubt be interested in the following illustration of its steady growth: Volume 1, 438 pages. Volume 2, 532 pages. Volume 3, 586 pages. Volume 4, 610 pages. Volume 5, 632 pages. Volume 6, 1,080 pages. As will be noted the current volume shows an increase of more than 600 pages over Vohmie 1, New York is going to have a Botanical Garden in one of its new parks, and it is going to be gotten up on such a magnifi- cent scale that it will rival the Botanic Garden at Kew, England, themost impor- tant botanical garden in the world. Good. We want such a garden and there is no reason on earth why we should not have it. And it is mooted that the assist- ant director of the Kew gardens may be proflered the directorship ofthe New York garden. Can it be true that in this pro- gressive and prosperous country with a population of seventy millions of people no one can be found able enough and wil- ling to fill such a position? Sofarasabil- ity is concerned we have abundant mate- rial in this country without importing it from England. Give us American citizens whose hearts and interests are American for American institutions. Under the heading "Not so criminal" we print in another column some com- ments on the use offlowers, which recently appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and regarding which a corre- spondent sending us a copy says: "This deserves more than a passing notice. Let it be read over and over again; and when OLC is told ofthe fearful waste of money, and 'what a sin it is to spend so much for things that only last a day,' havethis article handy." Arrangements for thesixtecnlh annual meeting of the Arnerican Nurserymen's Association at Minneapolis, Minn., the first Wednesday in June, are beingrapidly completed. President S. M. Emery, a Minnesota man, is stirring up the twin cities ofthe northwest and the associa- tion will undoubtedly be well entertained on the occasion of their visit. The gov- ernor of Minnesota and the mayor of Minneapolis will formally welcome the association. We have received from Messrs. C. B. Whitnall & Co., Milwaukee, Wis., a copy of a pamphlet recently issued by them and entitled "Floral Art." It is filled with illustrations of fioral arrangements and contains some very pertinent com- ments on the use and abuse of flowers. It is, we judge, intended for free distribu- tion to their customers and those likely to become customers and will undoubt- edly prove a very eftective advertisement. We have received a copy of the first number ofthe Southern Floral Magazine to be ])ublished monthly at Clarksville, Tenn., by Morton & Titus. The sub- scription price is 50 cents a year. It is neatly gotten up, and as Mr. Morton is undoubtedly thoroughly familiar with the needs of southern amateurs he will certainly make it very useful to them. We should imagine that there would be an excellent field for such a periodical. W. T.— Don't recollect the number and as present volume not yet indexed it would take considerable time to look up. If specially interested send to Prof. Win. Trelease, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo., for the pamphlet in which rules and regulations are given. This would be preferable to our synopsis. A CALL reaches us for Schoenbrun vio- let plants. Any one having these would do well to advertise them. In this issue we continue our series of orchid plates. There are others yet to come. Catalogues Received. Harry Chaapel, Williamsport, Pa., plants and seeds; Astoria Nurseries, Astoria, N. Y., seeds, plants and bulbs; Orcutt Seed and Plant Co., San iJiego, Cal., seeds and plants; J. J. H. Gregory, Marblehcad, Mass., seeds; EUwanger & Barry. Rochester, N. Y., roses; W. W. Barnard & Co., Chicago, florists' seeds and supplies; .\. M.C.JongkindtConinck, Dedenisvaart, Netherlands, hardy plants and trees; John Hartje, Indianapolis, liid., chrysanthemums; John Henderson Co., Flushing, L. I., roses; Van Zanten & Nieuwerf, Beverwijk, Holland, Dutch flower roots. Sensible and Pleasing. Commenting upon the flower show to be given by the New York Florists' Club assisted by an influential list of pa- tronesses, in aid of a New York hospital, the New York Town Topics says: "It is a much more pleasing and sensible idea than the perpetual theatricals, which are used to obtain funds for charities." Cyclamens. There is nothing like a visit to a trade cyclamen grower's to enable tyros to pick up practical information, as any good gardener can take in at a glance what are the essentials to sticcess. It is one of the oddities of cyclamen culture, that rarely are better plants produced than are those which go into the London markets, and of these none again perhaps are better than are produced on the west side ofthe metropolis. That such should be the case is all the more remarkable, because the plants are usually at their best during the dead of winter iii these trade-growingestablishments. Although a fog-ridden locality, where of late it has been found needful to retard somewhat until the chrysanthemums have become exhausted. Cyclamen production in West Middlesex has somewhat changed hands of late, some old growers having fallen out and others have taken their place. One of the oldest and best still is Mr. Warren, of Isleworth, and one of the newer and best is Mr. May of the same locality. Each has a number of long low span houses erected for cyclamen culture at St. Margaret's. Probably there is little difference in methods of culture in both cases, but there is some in strain. Mr. May has certainly bred a remarkably fine dwarf giganteum strain, those ofthe pure white and persicum types being wonderfully fine and compact. The old legginess of the giganteum forms has been eliminated, the stems are not less stout, or the blooms less fine, but the relative height of foliage and bloom is far more evenly balanced, and indeed the plants so far as habit, robustness and size of blooms are concerned, seem to be perfection. Thus looking over Mr. May's or indeed other cyclamen houses, one is struck with the fact that the plants are very easily grown to such perfection. The houses are generally span in form, rather low, so that just head room is obtained and no more. There is the maximum of li'jht, with a minimum of wasted plant space, and as the stages are not more than 31/2 feet wide, the whole are easily commanded from the center alleys. The stages are of broad trellis or open wood work; warmth from the pipes below is thus more readily passed to the plants above, more air is accessible and not least, when fumigation is needful, and fly will visit even the cleanest and best cul- tured stock; the smoke can pass up under the leafage with greater facility than in the case when the stages are close boarded. Greenfly is perhaps the most troublesome pestof the cyclamen grower, and therefore he wisely fumigates the plants before there are numerous evi- dences of the pest abounding. It is easier to prevent than to cure when the pest has got good foothold. The houses are heated relatively; one or two have double the heating power others have. The cooler houses serve to keep the plants slowly growing, the warmer ones serve to fetch up a batch into bloom rapidly when specially required. Did not our trade grower possess such facility he would often be in an awkward fix with respect to the supplyingimportant offers. Only in the case of old corms left on hand the'previous year do we find many in pots, beyond the customary 4S's. All the earlier of the yearling production of some 6,000 are in these48's,and myriads are iti full bloom, while myriads of others are comingonin various stagesof growth to keep up the demand which concludes about the end of April. Mr. May finds it needful to secure his loam from Banstcad Downs, so that it is evident West Mid- dlesex gives soil which has unsuitable properties'. He sows his seed in pans during the months of August and Sep- tember, pricks ofl' the seedlings when strong enough to handleinto 5-inch pots, about twenty into a pot, in light and not at all damp soil. Keep them in these until good growth has been made, then shift singly into 60-pots and later into 48's,-in which they bloom with wonderful profusion. When some ten to twelve blooms are open the plants goto market, usually selling at good prices. In private gardens where, however, cyclamens are rarely done well, the blooms are valuable for pulling and they endure well. To gardeners, therefore, at this winter season a good batch of cyclamens in fine clean bloom is invaluable.— W. D., in Gar- deners' Chronicle. i8gi. The American Florist, 64 E. H. HUNT, WHOLESaLBpLORIST 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) A.11 If-Xo-w&rs in Se>Et.son. Fall line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washington Street, CHICAGO. All Cut Flowers in season. Orders promptly shipped. Open until 7 P. m. Sundays and Uolidays 13 M. ALL SUPPLIES. «3-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. C. H. FISK, WHOLESALE FLORIST& DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEN NIOHTS AKD SUNOATS. AA7-IK,E X>ESI<3-2SrS IN" STOCIC. Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nigtits 9 P. M. ; Sundays 2 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. All Flowers in season. Prompt attention given to shippine^ orders. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade Solicited. Write or Telegraph. — > SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7th Street S. - • Minneapolis, Minn. C. E, & S, S. PENNOCK, WH0LE8ILE FLORISTS, 38 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wliolesale ComiuisKioii Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. SPECIALTIES: HOSES, CAH NATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merciiants CUT FMLrOWERS, 1237 Chestnut Street. - - PHILSDELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 mTE STUEET, ST. ivouis, :ivxo. ©YV'fioPcAaPe MariCet*. Cut Flowers. •| Niphetos, Gontlers 2.00® 3.00 " Mermets, Brides Perles, Sunsets 500® 800 ::::: iSSi 'Z Heliotrope My^o^sotis, mignonette ;;;.:2oo®J:SS Harrlsii lilies -IK a Bon Silene.'.'!!.'!. !..!.. ..!.!... '■:• SSS ;;;:;:■;:;;;;; " Wattevllles.Cusins 2-W® <-gO •• La BYance: Aibany :.::;:.'::: : ; Valley ::::;8.oo®,IS Carnations .....looa^iM PHILADEL '.'?.'^O*0?^'4j-0O ;: {:li„*^?,Tai^e'trifa«nas-::;- ■••i-lilS •.;:'lS3 •• Perles. Niphetos '^^11 ■• Ho's^tl^Cusins-.WatteViires 5881 ?g8 Harrlsii, short S~.::::::..:::::::::::.::-. ■.:::: 3.co®'5;oo Violets, double Smilax Had good Kas'ter'trade. ..■.•.■.•.•jsia :: ^r^tZ^:::::::::::.::::::::. :::::: |gSliS:g§ ^'-""^Iggg c»rn»tioiis?"sLri-.-.-.:.;.:. ::,...:...■ CarnatlODS, long Carnations, long, fancy Valley. Romans rallaa ;.■:.•.■: 1.00® 200 Candiaum. long ■ • - '■■e?|Too ^e:^:ee=ee. •^^^^^IS!E Cut Flowers! Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ 67 Bromfleld Street, BOSTON, MASS. WHOLESALE FLORIST. Florists' Supplies Always in Stock. (Off School SI., near Parker House), BOSTON, MASS. Orders by Mail, Telegraph, Telephone or Express WHOLESALE FLORISTS 165 Tren.ont .St., BOSTON, M«S,S. We make a specialty of fchipping choice Roses and other Flowers carefully packed, to all points in Western and Middle States. Return Telegram is sent immediately when it is impossible to fill order. WHOIiESALi: CUT rLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESaLB FLORIST 20 West 24lh Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, And the Choicest ROSES for tha fall and winter seasou. W. S. ALLBN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET. NEW YORK. [ESTABLISHED 1877.] Price List sent upon application. W. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, No. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS 51 West 30th St, NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 West 30th street, A. S. I{urii8. J* I< Raynor. BURNS A, RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 11 West SStlx St., C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. IVVHOLESALH ONLY. ( SPECIALXy.-FUUng Telegraphic Orders. WASHIKGTOK. D. C. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTOft. MASS. Carna □ mediately when unable to filT orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. CAPE COD PINK POND LILY. For price list, Plants and Cut Flowers, the original cultivators, Ctiipman Bros., 64; The American Florist, Apt 9fta ^eacj Sra^a. SEED TRADE ASSOCIA TION. Albert M. McCullough. CiiicinuHti, presi- dent; John Fotti.er, Jr., Bostou, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- Customs Regulations. .\t the close of a communication with the caption agricultural seeds in the Eas- ter ntimber of the Florist the editor states "that the present tarifflavv * * * * " is subject to the individual inter- pretation of eachcustom officer in .\merica in applying the law," which with due deference to the editor's better experience, I do not think is in accordance with the facts. The chief officer of customs is undoubt- edly the one who enforces thelaw,butthe class and rate of duty is ascertained and reported to him by the appraiser and his decision is in turn subject to review by the Board of General Appraisers. That board is guided in its decisions by the statutes as to law, and by the evidence of reputable merchants, as to facts. The following decision will perhaps illustrate the method, and show that the collector of customs is not an irresponsi- ble autocrat in the imposition of duties on imports. R. C. decisions of the board ok general appraisers. Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C, Feb. 6, 1891. To Collectors and other Officers of the CusloMS:— The I'olInwinK decision of the Board of General ,\|i|)r;iiscrs atXewYork as to the classification ot iniiiortcd goods are published /or your infoi mation arid f^iiidance under the provisions of section IS of the act of June 10, 1890. O. L. Spaulding. (G. A. 273.) plants, free and dutiable— uhododen- drons, rose plants and clematis. Before the I'. S. General Appraisers at New York, January 26, 1891. In the matter'of the protests, 2881 * and 2S82 *, o( Chase Brothers' Company, against the decision of the collector of customs at Rochester, N. Y., as to the rate and amount of duties chargeabe rn certain live plants, imported per Ohdain and /Vr- siau Moitaich. December 13 and 15, 1890. Opinion by Sharretts. General Appraiser. The grounds of objection presented in these protests which relate to the consti- tutionality of the act of October 1, 1890, having been fully discussed and ruled upon by the board in G. A. 203, will uot be con- sidered by us in the present case. With regard to the claim of the appel- lants that five cases of rhododendrons, imported per Persian Monarch, December 15, 1890, should have been admitted free of duty under paragraph 666, it appears that the collector assessed duty thereon at 20 per cent, ad valorem, under para- graph 282, for the reason that the iin- porters are in the nursery business and do not force any plants under glass. We are of the opinion that the importers' inten- tion is not material, if the plants are of the kind specified in paragraph 606, and are chiefly used for forcing under glass for cut flowers or decorative purposes. The EncydopasdiaBrittannica, referring to rhododendrons, states that no ade- quate distinction can be drawn between this genus and azaleas; we find also, as matter of lact, that they are of a kind chiefly grown under glass. The claim of the appellants relative thereto is therefore sustained. Concerning the rose plants and clematis in question, which were also returned for duty at 20 per cent, ad valorem, under paragraph 282, we find, from theevidence before us, that they belong to a class of plants which arc chiefly used and gener- ally known as nursery stock and are rarely grown tinder glass. The assess- ment of duty upon them is accordingly affirmed. [Our correspondent R. C. is correct to this extent that all importers have a right to protest, (but few however have the time and disposition to make and follow such claims) but it is a fact well known to many of our large importers that the Secretary of the Treasury has in many of his decisions leaned toward the support of the local appraiser. The case men- tioned in this paper some time since in which the local appraiser saw fit toclaim a canna root to be a bulb is an example. This case was appealed and the Secretary of the Treasury sustained the decision of the appraiser (that it was a bulb) not- withstanding the Superintendent of the Botanical Garden at Washington fur- nished the importer a written note that in his judgment the canna was a plant. Such decisions as this prove that the sec- retary of the treasury has been in the habit of bolstering up the decision of the local appraiser, rather than seeking for facts in the case. Now that all appeals go to the Board of General Appraisers at New York, we may hope for better things, but look at the last clause in above decision of Janu- arj' 26 in which it is stated concerning rose plants "they belong to a class of plants which are chiefly used and gener- ally known as nursery stock and little grown under glass. The assessing of duty upon them is accordingly affirmed." Now while we are not in a position to give a copy of the invoice referred to, may we not tairly assume that although some of the roses in question were suitable and might be used for growing under glass, the determination was to assess 20'/r duty on the wholein voice. A similarcase to this has just occurred inthiscity. The appraiser holding that because a "certain lot of H. P. roses were received in the spring, therefore they were for planting out of doors and were assessable at 20'/i whereas the same stock in December was passed by him free, because as he says they might then be used for forcing under glass. The absurdity of such a position throws ridicule upon the whole system. Of course the duty was paid under protest and when the decision ofthegeneral board at New York is made on the case it will be reported in these columns. It would be well indeed if as R. C. says, the Board was "gtiided by the evidence of reputable merchants as to facts." We have ample proof that the Secretary of the Treasury was not; if the Board is, we have yet to learn it.— Ed.] The Bulb Dealer's Talk on Shipments. Occasionally a bone of contention, or perhaps, a case of misunderstanding, occurs between the florist and shipper ot bulbs when an order includes bulbs that mature at different times. F'or instance, if X, Y, Z & Co. receive an order from Mr. Smith, florist, for, say freesias, which are ready in June, Roman hyacinths and other French bulbs which are ready in August, Dutch hyacinths, tulips and other Holland bulbs that are ready in Septem- ber, and lily of the val'ey, spirea, etc., which are ready in November, in absence of instructions when are they to ship? If X, Y, Z & Co. make various' shipments of these bulbs at the time they arrive. Mr. Smith complains and probably makes a claim forextra expenses incurred by making so many shipments. On the other hand if X, Y, Z & Co. should hold Mr. Smith's order until September when it could all be filled with the exception of the lily of the valley and spirea, so as to save Mr. Smith the expense of receiving so many consignments, ten chances to one X, Y, Z & Co. would be hauled over the coals for keeping the early bulbs back. Now which is at fault in this matter— X, Y, Z & Co. or Mr. Smith? The bulb dealer thinks the party who orders is. Why? Because the dealer states in his list the different times at which the various bulbs are ready for shipment and in the absence of instructions from Mr. Smith he uses his best judgment in which several things have to be taken into con- sideration. The first is the distance which the bulbs have to be sent; the second is the propor- tionate quantities of early and late ma- turing bulbs ordered. For instance, if John Brown, florist, several hundred miles away, should order $20 worth of August bulbs and $100 worth of Septem- ber btilbs it is fair for the dealer to sup- pose the August bulbs are of minor im- portance to Mr. Brown, and considering the distance the bulbs are to be shipped, he probably holds them to forward with the September lot. Mr. Brown very likely writes X, Y, Z & Co. something like this: "My neighboring florist, Mr. Jenkins, bought his bulbs from A, B, C & Co. and received and planted them three weeks ago. I placed our order with you expecting that you could ship as early as any other dealer, but am exceedingly dis- appointed. My flowers will now come in three weeks later than Mr. Jenkins', and consequently I shall lose a thousand dollars," and the letter probably ends with a big claim for damages. X, Y, Z & Co. investigate the matter and find that Mr. Jenkins' order to A, B, C & Co. was only for August or early maturing bulbs, which of course would naturally be shipped on their arrival from France, or if Mr. Jenkins' order was of a •icncral nature he was smart enough to give in- structions when to make the different shipments. Now the bi'lh dealers request that as the time for booking orders is ap- proaching, that florists bear in mind in making out their orders the tiitie when the various bulbs will be ready for ship- ment, and give their instructions when they wish their bulbs forwarded. This will then relieve us poor bulb dealers from the odium of having been neglectful in regard to shipments, when in reality we have been stuilying the interests of the florists. BuLH Dealers. [Bulb dealers have struck a key note. There have been many misunderstand- ings; surely some, if not all, may be avoided by reasonable attention, and oil poured on troubled waters if instructions are carefully made when ordering. We expect further suggestions. — En.] Seed Warranty. Ten times out of twelve failures arc caused by too much ortoo little moisture, too deep sowing, protracted cold and often with rain, insects .-ida|)ted to every species of vegetable growth. I asked one man how he had sown his flower seeds, which failed to come up. "Oh, two inches deep, same as the peas and beans," he replied. If our injured friends would lay the failure ten times in twelve to these causes and theother two times to us they would come about right. For these rea- i8gi. The American Florist. 643 sons it is readily seen that a seedsman can not warrant his seed to grow, how- ever well assured he is himself of its vitality, and on this account we are obliecd to distinctly disclaim any re- sponsibility. If the purchaser could war- rant to us a knowledge of tlic proper treatment of his purchase, and weather suitable for germination, and also, free- dom from depredations by insects and birds, then it would be right to warrant them to grow and produce a crop. This is the unpleasant feature of the business — when a customer honcslly be- lieves you have imposed on him when you are quite certain of the contrary.— /«"/« King, in Produce Trade Reporter. Mr. F. Howcroft of Howcroft & Wat- kins, London, will visit America in April. Pleasr mention the American Flo- rist every time you write to an adver- tiser in these columns. ILy^VflULEY! TRUE BERLIN PIPS. warranted in perfectly ce per nrigioal case of 3,500 pips, »24; per 10,000, »90; p«r l.OOU, WIO; perlOO, «l.r>0. Order now, as stock is limited. TERIVIS CASH. er flowering Bulb.s, Seeds. A full line of Summer Plants and Florists' Sup] est marketprices.) Catalogues free to appl 18 BURLING SLIP. NEW YORK. Do vou ^vant tlie BEST SEEDS? If so, send to SCHLEGEL &, FOTTLER, r AN, care American Florist, Chicago. SITUATION WANTBD-By young German; mar- led; wants good position as flower or vegetable gardener. Good references. Address Otto Horst, 311 W. Huron St., rear, Chicago. SITUATION WANTED-I ber young gardener and vate place near New York. SITUATION WANTBD-Competent single Horlst and gardener, well posted in all branches of busi- ness. Only flrst class place will be accepted. State lull particulars. Address MAR.SHALL, care American Florist. SITUATION WANTED— By practical florist, prop- agator and landscape gardener; 20 years' experi- ence in his profession; German, single; private place preferred. Address He.n'rv Heller, Fancher Creek Nursery, Fresno, Cal. SITUATION WANTBI>- I gree By a practical florist in a place. Good rose and cut well up in growing general stock of lants. (iood references. Address A P. 211 West 31st Street, New York. SITUATION WANTED-By vingstone Place, New York. SITUATION WANTED-By a flrsl sional gardener and florist; 14 ye ; references. class profes- rs' experience ate place pre- SlTUATloN WANTED— By single man superin- tendent gardener on private place; thoroughly practical in tne cultivation of grapes. W, M4 East 47th i I years' experience. SITUATION WANTBD-By a young man, compe- tent to do general greenhouse work; also under- stands the forcing of roses, carnations and all kinds of bulbs for winter flowering. Address A J, care Mrs.G. R. Fravell, ;i22 Washington St., Marlon, Ind. SITUATION WANTBD-By a flrstclass and general plantsm^ ' " cut flower worker. Sober Good decorator and gardening, vegetables '!; strictly sober and tof references; state and fancy bedding i single; du years of age; strictly sot ous and honest. Good ■ ages expeci bP J. Deu! , by a practical w ANTBD-Cataloguesand price lists of all kind William Muller, Charieton Heights, Md. •rr^ANTBp-S.OOO plants of all kinds to sell c Colombia Greenhouse Co , Columbia, ' w ANTED— Competen ughly unden of small but growing coi preferred. Address wit commercial florist— must mercial place; single man terms and references. W ANTBD-I have a stoi trade that will take th« glass, and want partner an established jct of 15,000 feet w ANTED— A flrst class rose grower, o 000 feet of glass where cut flowers a ' strious. Send Wanted at onct Kemblb Floral Co., Oskalooa ^ANTEl 1 as a forema W^ TED-A reliable man with good references I take charge of a small farm at Bristol, U. I. Cottage, greenhouses, graperies attached to keep in good order and run at his own expense. Kent free. W^ ["glass, heated by natural gas. F°l! SAKB-B'Iorist'g \ K, American Flong rOR SALE— A good chance, florl with 5u00feet of glass, heated complete stock of plants for spring. and Feed store 1 the center of the city and everything sold ovei particulars addreF>s Mth 40.000 inhabl- )R 8ALE- four good houses and early spring sales, oni four acres of land insi works all over the gro e.>*tabll8bed florist and garden- 20 years successful standing; ' ssale trade in general stun ; lot of sash, full of slufl" for or more horses and wagons, ie the corporation, city water ind, best for celery growing: also lease oi u acres oi good land ^> mile of railroad station; price ¥4,£00. will sell on terms. Address G N, care American Florist. C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, - NEW YORK, IMPOKTEK OF Bulbs andPlants. W. W. Barnard & Co. 6 &8 North Clark Street. CHICAGO. SEEDS, BULBS, IMPLEMENTS. 5d Seed Catali .JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A^PEciALTv. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DES JflRDINS. All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices II THE RAINBOW. n Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards. 25 Post Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Mention American Florist. Q>9erij iJfori^st ! Q^scrij Ruf^er^man ! Q>9erij ^eeiUman ! SHOULD HAVE T^ f Xi* "MZj^ C^ ^X^ €^ ~K^ '^^^ OUR TRAUK M-J X XIC JlV ^^ A \J .MIC JC • Addre.. AMERICAN FLORIST CO., 54 La Salle St., CHICAGO. iSgi. The American Florist. 645 To florists desiring large Roses for spring sales in the most popular varieties we can not recommend the following list too highly. Our stock is extra strong from 5-inch pots— field grown and Plants are larger than those usually sold from 6 inch pots. We offer the following from 5-inch pots at $25 per 100; 25 sold at 100 rates. ETOILE DE LYON, HERMOSA, QUEENS SCARLET, MME. ETIENNE, MME. SCHWALLER, MALMAISON, We DUCHESS DE BRABANT, THE GEM, MME. JOS. SCHWARTZ, LA FRANCE, LOUIS PHILIPPE, COQUETTE DE LYON. aber of the following from 6-inch pots at $35 pei HERMOSA, ETOILE DE LYON, MADAME ETIENNE. THE GEM, QUEENS SCAR- LET, DUCHESS DE BRABANT. ROSES FOR FORCING. We have an immense atock of young healthy Rosea for forcing made from growing wood. PERLE DBS .JAKDINS, PAPA (JONTIEK. LA FRANCE, CATH. MER.nET, THE BRIDE, NIPHETOS. Price from 2'o-inch pots S5 00 per 101). D-inch pots $^. 00 per 100. ALT. the standard beddlne Hoses at SI per 100, WO per 1000 Send in your list to be priced. ROBT. SCOTT & SON, 19lh and Catherine Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA. ROSES. I shall have for spring delivery a surplus stock ofplantsin2".^,3and4-in. pots, in in the very best CO ■ ■ of the follow DUCHESS OF ALBANY, MME. HOSTE, SOUV. DE WOOTTON, LA TRANCE, MEBMET, FERLE DES JARBINS, BRIDE and NIPHETOS. All of the above stock will be in fiist class con- dition audguaranteedtogivesatisfacion. Orders booked now to be filled at any time desired. Price list on application. . BASSKXT, HINSDALE. ILLINOIS. O. r?n^F Glothilde Soupert, ■"% V-/v3L^ unqucs'.ionably the * \ best pot rose in exist- ence and profitable for cut flowers as well. There is more money in this plant fortte retail trade than any other known variety. We are head(iuarters for it. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. B>. o. Hiivrv «st 00., RICHMOND, INDIANA. Send for our January Trade List. A full line of the finest Novelties from prominent growers. COMPLETE STOCK OF BEST ST.^l'LES: ROSES. CARNATIONS. BEGONIAS. CHRYSANTHE- MUMS. ETC.. and the very best imported FLOWER SEEDS for florists. E. G. HILL. & CO., Richmond, Indiana. Mention American Florist. ng Roses of the lead- arieties. Also large stock of san The best and newest of CHRYSANI Mtmum CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ, H. P. ROSES, strong, outdoor grown, <;en 1 Washington. Cotiuette, Mme. Masson. .M. C. La Reine, Black Prince, etc.. *1 .Wadoz ; J12a CLEMATIS, large flowered, fine var.. $2o i perlOO; S3.00andl4 03 per dozen. HYACINTHS, 3>i-ln. pots, named sorts, .f I pe 7 per 100. In good condition for shipping. CYCLAMEN Oiganteum & Persicuni. nest s very choice stock in bud and 1 bests , fine ; READY MAY 15. I Plan 50.00. From 4-incIi Pots. 1 Plant, S1.50. 50 Plants, t40 00. 12 Plants, 16.00. 100 Plants, 75 00. 25 Plants, 25 00. The following Agents have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below : WH. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOH/f N. MAY, Summit, N. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Missi=siDpi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN, P. 0. Box 688, Chicago. for'lUinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. I^OSE^S. leOSEJS. WABAN, SOUVENIR DE DR. PASSOT, MME. FIERRE GUILLOT, And all the other NEW and Standard Varieties of TEAS; Hybrid Remontant, in. eluding HEINRICH SCHULTHEIS, which is by far the best early forcing Hybrid This is the variety which MR. JULIUS ROEHRS has forced so successfully for the past three years. Also all the best varieties of HYBRID TEAS. CHINAS AND BOURBONS, For forcing, bedding, etc., etc., all of which I have an EXTRA fine stock now ready for shipping at prices as low as any one can produce such stock for. New price LIST TO THE TRADE NOW READY. JOHN N. NIAY, s xj aa: aa: I T, - - - iv u -w o" e: fi s s: -v. ROSES FOR FLORISTS. R THREE HUNDRED AND We offer the largest and most comple propagated from weil matured field grow any stimulating material whatever. Our Roses Resist Disease, Start Quickly, Grow Rapidly and Always give Best Results. All the Newest and Choicest Roses for Sale and Bloom. The famous New American Pedigree Foses— Henry M. Stanley, Pearl Rivers, Mrs. Jessie Fremont, Maud Little and Golden Gate. If you want to buy Roses send your lists and have them priced. Prices low, accordic g to value of varieties and size and character of order. The New While Chinese Wistaria, the finest of all. New Chinese Double Purple Wistaria, very rare. Wistaria Sinensis, Magnilica and Frutescens. Fine Hardy Shrubbery, all varieties, cheaper and better than Imported. Maui Phpwc'inthomiime Harry K. Weidener. Ada Spauldlng, V. H. Hallock, Louis Boehmer. Mrs. New LnrySamnemUmS. Alpheus Hardy. Nymphea and lOO other newest and best vars. for all purposes. THE BKAl'TIFUI. MANETTIA VINE, new MOON FLOWERS, etc. Wholesale Price Lists FREE to Florists. .Market Gardeners and Dealers only. Address THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GRCVE, PA. Wc can now furnish in any quantity desired Debit and Credit Tickets of whicj we give below samples reduced oue-half in size. "'""ahc^' -r y 1 I Co V.,^.^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ •Scrv they can be readily distinRuisbed. Tbey are put ,it one block will have to be ca ' ' " ade anywhere— in the hous of keeping a record of your ITy" the field- oh a book- to back ; - , ^tofeood and afterwards filed. Tickets for each transaction in your keeper can readily work. With this simple and easy afford to neglect so important a matter ? Price of Tickets, postpaid, 100, 30c.; 300, 35c.: 300, 50c.; 500, 75c.; 1000, SI. 40. A»a:EJI«ICA.lV I5*rvOI«IST CO., S.a, Xja. Salle Sti-eet, C^IXI.CAXSrO' 646 The American Florist. Apt Providence. The Rhode Island Horticultural Society has voted to hold a chrysanthemum ex- hibition in November and will spare no pains or expense to make it the leading exhibition in the New England States. The exhibition given by the society last fall was a revelation to many of the vis- itors and has created a greater desire than ever before for exhibitions of the wonderful flower. The society has just held a very suc- cessful exhibition of spring flowering plants, and will hold a rose and straw- berrv exhibition in June. This old society seems to be roused from the lethargy into which it had fallen and is striving to take a front rank in the long line of horticultural societies in this countrv. C. W. Smith, Sec'y. Minneapolis. At the last meeting of the Florist Club it was decided to hold a chrysanthemum show November 10 to 13 inclusive. A committee consisting of Wyman Elliot, S. Y. Haines and E. Nagel was appointed to have full charge of the exhibition. They propose to have out a premium list at an earlj' date. Whether the state society will hold a chrvsanthemum exhibition next fall is still undecided. According to previous agreement St. Paul has the right to the show this vear. as Minneapolis had it last fall, and" if the St. Paul florists want it Minneapolis will turn in and help. A committee was appointed by the state societj' to work the matter up among the St. Paul florists and report at this meeting but failed to do so. N. An Unpleasant "Development." A well-known young man-about-town called at aleadingflorist'stheother morn- ing and mentioned that he had received a bill requesting him to pay $20 or $30 for flowers, and stated that he had never or- dered the flowers and knew nothing about them. Theflorist looked upthcorderthat had been received and found that itwasa letter written in a female hand, inclosing the man's card and directing that the flow- ers in question should be sent to the ad- dress of a young and popular married woman in society. The note had been de- livered by a District Messenger boy. On seeing the order, the young man insisted that it was all a mystery to him and that he had not written the note nor inclosed his card. He said that he had met the young married woman quite recently at belmonico's and that she had thanked him for a box oflovely flowers, but hedid not know what she was talking about. He asked, of course, what he should do about it and the florist responded that if he had not ordered the flowers he could not of course be expected to pay forthem. The bill was accordingly marked paid and the account was written off". Several other tradesmen have met with somewhat similar experiences and the question that has arisen is of course whether or not this is a new and ingenious device for running up trifling bills without the necessity of liquidating the indebtedness thus incurred. Nineteenth century civilization certainly shows a verv quaint development.— AVrc York World. If you like the American Florist give it your fullest support by confining your orders to those who advertise in its columns and mention the pajjer when ordering. ROOTED @TmGS. CARNATIONS AND COLEUS. arts later on. Send for prices on until May ist. Golden Bedder and Verchaffeltii 20,000 MBS. FISHER ready the early part of April; other what you need. I shall continue to propagat COLEUS in assortment. All the best bedders at }6.oo per icoo. if ordered alone, at 87.00 per :ooo. Fuchsias jxnd Petunias in Limited Quantity. Choice Sorts. SMILAX. This is one of my Spring specialties and is gotten up in first class shape, at $6 per 1000. Samples i c. CANNA EHEMANNI AND EMII.E I.ECI.AIBE. I am selling these at $5 00 per 100 to clean them out— they will not last long at the price. I..B.338. ALBERT M. HERR, LANCASTER, Pa. Mention American Florist. LIZZIE McGOWAN, ^ ^ TttE QUEEN OF WHITE GflRNATIONS ! ^ ^ Will be ready for distribution February loth, '91. Price, $12 per 100; $100 per 1000, for strong well rooted plants from cutting bench. Plants well established in small pots, $3 per dozen. J®" Send for price and descriptive list of this and other sorts. ...ms H. E. CHITTY, Paterson, N. J. Chrysanthemums. Catalogue with description of my two new sets now ready. Sent on application. The following varieties are oirered at $t.00 per 100 for cash : KIOTO, L. B. BIRD, H.CANNELL, GOLD, PURITAN. GIORIOSUM. CUtLINSFOBDlI, GRANDILFLORUM, M. E. NICHOLS, L. CANNING. E. G. Hill .»10.00 per 100 \V. H. Lincoln 6.00 per lOJ Avalanche 8 00 per 100 Louis Knehmer .5.00 perdoz. H. E. Widener 1.50 per do?.. PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Fine, healthy stock of all the finest Exhibition var- ieties now ready for delivery WATER LILIES. All the Hnest New, Rare and Hardy varieties. WIVL TRICKER, DONGAN HILLS, S I., N. Y. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. MOLLIS' SEEDLINGS OF 1890. Nine distinct and choice varieties. Prospective prize winners of 1891 need thetn. Best quality and lowest price. 35 to 60 cents each; S3.00 for tlie .set. Send for descriptive list. GEORGE MOLLIS. South Weymouth. Mass. ROOTED CUTTINGS In all the leadicg varieties at 75 cents per 100; |6 00 per 1000. MRS. S. P. GUSHING, Weymouth, Mass. CARNATIONS, standard sorts I3 00 DAHLIAS, choice, selected 8.00 BOUVARDIAS, best kinds 3.00 McCKEA & COLK, Battle Creek, Mich. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per 1000,^"'™ J25.00, many choice varieties I3 00 GERANIUMS, 10 to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 4.00 VERBENAS, in good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUM, dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2 inch, ready to shift 3 00 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2J2 inch ^ 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Address ^ s. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. (Independence is well located for shIpplnR. beinfi SmileseHHt of Kansas Citv.) T-iiiflMERicAN Florist Co.'s »i«TRADE8-e» DIRECTORY ( FLORISTS, ^-of\ NURSERYMEN, (seedsmen, OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Americax Florist Co. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. i8gi. The. American Florist. 647 Ready Now! One hundred thousand Rooted Cuttings and young plants of CARNATIONS, including Silver Spray, Tidal Wave, Nel- lie Lewis, L. Iv. Lamborn and Fair Rosa- mond, and seventy-five other new and standard varieties, with Novelties of 1891. Send for list, and order early to avoid GEO. HANCOCK, GRAND HAVEN, MICH. >D American Floritt. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. We offer B>I>b;K^V"VEISS, a pure white sport of Chester Pride for the first time this season, (Si $1.50 per dozen; fio.oo per 100. Send for circular o( leading varieties and sev- eral new seedlings of merit. .A."V01Ti:)A-IiE, ~E>Ji.. CARNATIONS. ROOTED CUTTINGS of New and Old varieties at the lowest price pos- sible to secure good stock from healthy plants. Seventy-five thousand will he leadyby Feb. ist. Send for catalogue or price list. ISAAC LARKIN, Toughkenamon, Pa. Carnation Cuttings. B jxed off and well established. Send for Price List. IDE? VATITT :BBeOS., BRISTOL. PENNSYLVANIA Rooted Cuttings of Carnations In great quantity, I'eady nnw. AlsD 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st s ze at #7 00 per 1000, 23 size at |5 00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. Carnation Cuttings. 30,000 L. L. LAMBORN. 10,000 GRACE WILDER. 10,000 PORTIA. Special prices on large lots. P. O. Boi 221;. KENNETT SQUAKE, PA. A SOLID ACRE OP HARDY PINKS SOLIDLY FROZEN into the ground, but will thaw out BRIGHT and EARLY. Orders booked now for Spring Shipment. THESE PINKS do not produce seed, but increase from the root, and live year after year in the open ground. Send for list to THADDEUS HALE, South Bylield, Mass. OTHER OiVI«IVA.TIO:?fS. Rooted Cuttings and Plants now ready. J. J. STSEK, Concordville, Pa. 40,000 Young Violet Plants MARIE LOUISE, resdy April 15th for distribution, at I5.00 per 1000. SCHILLER & MAILANDER, NiLES Centre, Illinois. THE LATEST AND GRANDEST NOVELTY OUT. Nellie Lewis Carnation. Flowers very large and full, and of a color never before seen in Carnations — AN EX- QUISITE SHADE or PINK. W. J. PALMER & SON, Florists of Buffalo, N. Y. say: Carnation in ri. 15th. and a grand eight it was. I consider it a better and flner Pink Carna- ildcr. Though not demand $1 00 each as we ,te, they will get there just the For decorative purposes and corsage bouquets, they are uusurpassed A bowl filled with them used at a dinner a short time ago, lighted up the entire table. Don't fall to place your order at once, as we control the eutire stock and have only a limited number of plants Pi ice. Rooted Cuttings, per 100, $10.00. Plants, 2-in pots, per 100, $12.00. VICK'S SEEDS NE\hs Disappoint, is the ver- dict of the millions who ha\e planted them. VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE for 1891, contains over too largi pages, hundreds of illustrations, colored plates, Best Novelties, all worthy of cultivation; |r,ooo and $200 cash prizes. Price, 10 cents, which deduct from first order and it COSTS nothing. JAMES VICK, SEEDSMAN. Rochester, N.Y. ROOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN REDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J. GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, ^S oerits per lOO; *e.OO per XOOO. C-A.SII -WITH OE-I^BE.. STUOITG- E.OOTEI3 CTJTTIKrO-S. STORM KING, CARL HALT, MINNESOTA, ELM CITY, MME. VANDER- STRASS, PURPLE PRINCE, PRES. GUNTHER, W. E. WAIT, DUCHESS OF ALBANY. Very fine plants from 2X-inch pots, $2 50 per 100. S, :b. X^IEJIvH), I«oselle, IV. J. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden Vertcbaffeltii, Crimson Veiscbaffeltii, Peter Henderson, Firebrand, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunse', Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples 01 the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted. ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS. NEW YORK APRIL WHOLESALE. NOW READY. The Largest and most complete TRADE LIST published in the United States, and what is more important to the florist, THE LOWEST PRICES. If you do not receive it regularly, send your address on a postal card to IWJcGREJGOie BROS., Sprli^gfielci, O. MeDllon , 648 The American Florist, Apr. Thomas Citrley on Harkiiess street ha promptness and li Send for Pe -The plants J. Iv. od condition except Crystal ( 1 yesterday In good c Blled). All the others V. KOLTHOFF. Thanksto you for your lMUEL CHEVALLBY VERBENAS. NOW READY. Per 100 Per 1000 General Collection 2^-lnch pots iS,.m S25.00 XX Mammoth Set, " " 4 00 30.00 " Rooted Cuttings 1.26 10.00 General Collection " " 1.00 8.00 COLEUS Golden Ver.ichaffeltii, Golden Bedder and Verschafreltii 1.25 lU 00 And 25 other best sorts l.OU 8 00 Heliotrope. Rooted Cuttings, named — 1.25 10. CO Calceolarias " " " — 1.50 Ageratum " " " — 1 25 Salvias Splendens, " " ..1.26 Fuchsias " " " .... 2 00 Fewerfew. The Gem, Rooted Cuttings.. 2.00 Begonias Rubra. Metalllca, etc. " ..2.00 Lemon Verbenas, strong, 1 year old dor. 11 00 Vincas, strong, 1 year old 8.1O "5 00 Ampelopsis Veitchii, strong plants 8 00 76.t)U Chrysanlliemums varieties and prices on ROSES, extra tine plants, Perles. Mer. met. Bride, Mme. Cusin. Mme, de Watteville. 8. D'un Ami, Niphetos, Sunset, La France, Cook, Gontier, Bon Silene.Safrano, 2M-inch pots 5.00 45 00 Duchess of Albany ■' " 10 CO Mme. HosteandSouv. deWootton ■• 6.00 Trade List of Florists' Stock Free. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.C. WOOD & BRO.,) FISHKILL, N. Y. STRONG ROOTED CUTTINGS, clean and sure to please, J5.C0 per 1000. CASH WITH ORDER. W. B. WOODRUFF, Westfield, N. J. PerDoz Per ] 00 Abutilou Eclipse, 2 in . . . | 60 «4 00 ■' Golden Bells, "... 60 4 00 " in variety "... 60 4 co Agatha Celestis (blue daisy)" ... 60 4 00 Akenia Malvaviscus "... 60 4 00 Crape Myrtle, 3 colors 3/^ in . . . i 00 Feverfew, Little Gem, 3 in . . . 75 5 00 Geraniums, standard sorts " . . 75 5 o" scented 2 in . . . 60 4 00 Gnaphalium Lanatura "... 60 4 00 Geranium, Mad. Saleroi "... 60 4 00 Hibiscus, in variety 4 in . . . i 00 8 00 3in . . . 75 5 00 Ivy, English and variegated 2'.. in. 6o 4 00 Lantana, standard sorts 2 in . . . 60 4 00 " best white 4 in . . . i 00 S 00 Mesembryanthemum Cor.Var. 2 in 60 4 00 Nierembergia Gracilis 2 in . . . 60 4 00 FileaMuscosa 2 in . . 60 400 Plumbago Capensis 4 in . . . 75 6 00 Plumbago Capensis Alba 2 in . . . 60 4 00 Roses, Hermosa, M. Guillot, Mad. Jos. Schwartz, 2 in . . . 60 4 00 Roses, Bride, La France, Perle, Mermet, M. Guillot, Gontier, 3 in 75 5 00 Roses.Countessde la Barth, Cornelia Cook. Camoens Mad. Scioio Co- chet. Mad. Cecil, Brunner.M. Niel. The Bride, Souv. de St. Pier, GiantandGenl Jacqs, 2'j in . . , 60 4 00 Verbena^, standard sorts, 2 m . . . 50 300 " Vesta, finest white, 2 in 60 4 00 Verbenas, general collection, $7 per 1000 75 A. GIDDINGS, Danville, III. CUT s^viiiyivx:. I make a specialty of Smilax, and am prepared to till orders promptly. Price, 20 cents per string till May Ist. Quality A 1. JOSEPH E. BONSAL,L, Telephone No. 13. 308 Garfield Ave., Salem, Ohio. PERFECTLY FREE FROM RUST. 20 vars. new seedlings. Mammoth strain, pc 100 I3; per 1000 J25. Rooted cuttings of same. 100 $1; 1000 $9. Fine stock Heliotrope, 2'^-inch, I3 per too. Primroses, double, per ico $12.00. single, per 100 $8.00. Geraniums— latest Novelties. Latania borbonica, 5-inch $4.00, 4-inch $3.( per dozen. Miscellaneous stock of all kinds. Mad. Hoste, La France S5.00 per 100. Duchess of Albany $7.00 per 100. Gontiers, Perles, Mermets, BonSilenes, Brides, Niphetos and 50 varieties of monthly roses, 84.00 per 100 or $35 per 1000. H. P.'s purchaser's choice, S6.co per 100 or 850.00 per 1000. H. P.'s, our choice, $5 per 100 or $40 per 1000. GEO. m. MILLER, 1748 N. Halsted St.. CHICAGO. Mention American Florist. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2;<-inch pots, - $2 per 100; {15 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings, 75c. per 100; jfy per loco Address J. o. :BtArjro^w, IFISHICILL IT. Y. DAISY SNOWFLAKE stowed upon it. I grow it by the thousands and can- not supply the demand for cut flowers, as it keeps freoh from 2 to 3 weeks after being cut. and then looks as fresh as other white flowers just cut. The flowers are borne on stout long stems, tine white and beautifully quilled, and average as large as a 50 cent piece; a great acquisition to florists. Price, $1 per doz. free by mail; $5 per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: Rochester. Jan. 2Sih. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful flower both for 1 designs. We i in place oi carnations as it is cheaper ana cover: almost the same space, and keeps fresh cons derabU longer. Be sure and send me every Jiaisy you cai cut, as I cannot get ihem fast enough fur mycus tomers. They say it is the best cut flower t'> bu3 because it keeps ireph for 2 to a weeks. 1 feel I can not say too much in favor of this useful flower. Yours truly. F. J. KELLER. MISSION RIDGE GREENHOUSES. Chattanooga. Tenx.. March 1st. '0'. Fred. Schneider, Dear sir:— We received oui Daisies yesterday, and Daisies they are ! En closed please find our check for JS.OOfor lOOmort plants. Please send them as soon as 5 gel them to blooming well before : Id like to get They ship so excellently tht some for Immediate use. Very respt MAC GOWAN & COOK. P. S.— We add to our remittance: please send ttj value in Cut Flowers of the Dalsieswith shipment. FRED SCHNEIDER, Wholesale Florist. WyomiDff Co.. ATTICA. NEW YORK F. A. RIECHERS&SOHNE,ActGes, Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. Specialties iu Lilies ot" the Valley; Azaleas, Ca- mellias in sorts, best varieties in Palms and Dwarf Roses. Z^~ Wholesale Catalogue on application. The American Florist. 649 SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y New and j^cKr..^, ORCHIDS Rare Plants if >'^;{m, u r t.C'\^l PALMS, Hardy 4„<',^J' Plants. "^^ FERNS. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. PLANTS AND FLOWERS. Cheap as Good Roses A trial order will prove it. BRACKENRIDGE &, CO. Established 1854. Govanstown, Md. A FRKSH CONSKiNJIKNT OF MEXICAN ORCHIDS Such as Laelia anceps (winter bloomer), I,a;lia albida, Cattleva citrina (extra fine), Epidendrum vitellinura majus, Odontoglossum aureuni (true), Odontoglossuin maculatuni, Oncidium ornithor- rynchum, etc.. etc., at very low prices. Write for price list. JAPAN MAPLES. MAGNOLIAS, Double-flowering Prun s, Tree and Herbaceous Paeonles, Iris, etc. All hardy East. NOVKLTV, iMINI.4lTlTKE PINKSaiul CON- IFICKS FKOM .JAFAN. CataloKue free. H. XI. :BBBec^EMe sa 00. p. O. Box 1501. SAN FK.VNCISCi), CAL. SPECIAL OFFER FOR CASH, TO MAKE ROOM. Each KKNTIA, Bel and Fost., 3 it. high, 4 to 5 char- acter leaves t 3 00 ■ and Fost., specimens. Sis feet Bel. and Fost., 2 to 2M ft. high, 3 to character leaves Aspidistra varieprata. 5 to 6 '-'■■■ Igh onditionfor PALMS AND DRACAENAS. Largest stocli in tlie West. Over tifty varieties of PALMS at 5 cts. to $10 OO each . CTCAS REVOLUTA, 50 cts. to f 15 00 each. DRAC.HNA INDIVISA, ADSTRALIS and TER. MINALIS, 6 cts. to 15 cts. each. CACTnS. ALOES, AGAVES and YUCCAS. I»- Send for price list. W. J. HESSER, Plattsmouth, Neb. DRAC^STA INDIVISA. From 2-inch pots, per 100 $3; per 1000 S25. From 2>i-in. pots, per 100 J5; per 1000 J45. From boxes, once, transplanted, per 100 $4; per 1000 $o.J. GLOXINIA SEEDLINGS, From strictly first class Erecta grandiflora type- all tigered and spotted per 100 $5: perl000$4o, ty Heady for delivery April 1, '91. J.A.XXIW :^xeos., Clark's Point, New Hedford, Mass. Mention American Florist. Tuberous Beoonias Six separate colors, per loo, I3; mixed, I2.75. Double, $4 50; mixed, I4 00. Sent by mail. The}' are not for spring sales, but you will aell them out during summer anil fall. Try it this year. BRAUER & RICHTER, McConnelsville. 0. JAPAN SNOWBALL. Blooms freely every Spring. Flowers unsurpassed for florists' use. Over fi50 realized last Spring from flowers sold at wholesale, from less than 300 2-year old plants. PRICE: 12 to 18 inches, $2 00 for 10; $18 00 per 100. 2',' to 3 feet, $3 00 for 10; $25 00 per 100. Wholesale Catalogue with colored plate of .Japan Snowball free. HYRRANRFA PAN RRANR our one) ear old plants are superior to any offered, niUnHMUCH THII. UnMHU. ^jjj j^^gj. pj.j^gj 2 j^j ^ g^gjjjg js to 24 inches, 75c. for 10; $6.00 per 100; $50 00 per 1000. 2 to 2j> feet, |i 25 per 10; Jio 00 per 100. STATION G, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA. YOUNG STOCK FOR TRANSPLANTING. CHOICE Specimens for Lawns, Parks, Cemeteries. EVERGREENS, FREQUENTLY SHEARED AND ROOT PRUNED. TWENTY ACRES devoted to the growth of choice Evergreens alone. Specimen Trees, Hedging, Dwarfs, for potting and Cem- etery planting. The Trade supplied upon liberal terms. THE WM. H. MOON CO., Morrisville, Fa. Seedlings and H. P. Roses. SEND FOR OUR PRICE LIST OF YOUNG H. P. ROSES, FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE SEEDLINGS. WE OFFER A FINE ASSORT- MENT AT LOW PRICES. Address COMMERCIAL NURSERIES. ROCHESTER, N. Y. EASTER LILIES. Electro of this Cut (No. 9421), Jl. A. BLANC, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Largest stock of Florists' Cuts in the world. Cata- logue of 4,000 cuts jI cents. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and dreen Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING oi all kinds always on hand. In fact anything that grows wild. HARTFORD & NICHOI.S, 18 Chapman Place, BOSTON, MASS. APPLE SEEDLINGS. We have now on hand a large stock of FIRST CLASS APPLE STOCKS suitable for budding or grafting. Sample on applica- tion. PRICE. $6 per 1000. BOXED AND FREIGHT PAID, i tha FRENCH CRAB SEED. Our large supply of this is now ready. It has been kept moist and is in excellent condition for Spring planting. No frost necessary to germinate it. Sample on application, price, $12 per Bushel Measure. THOMAS MEEHAN & SON, GERMANTOWN. PHILADELPHIA, PA. SURPLUS STOCK. Per 100 Pnmula Obconica, 2j^-inch J4.00 " " 3-inch 8.00 Coleus Golden Bedder and Setting Sun, 2-inch 3.00 Vinca Rosea, very fine, 2><-incb 3 00 Vinca Alba, very fine. 2% inch 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, strong plants 3.00 Echeveria Secunda Glauca, very stiong, 3-inch 5.00 Dahlias, field grown roots 5.00 Amaryllis Formossissima, very choice stock 8.00 Address MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO.. Mention American Florist. Asclepias Tuberosa. Lobelia Cardinnlis, Platy- codons, white Lily of the Valley clumps, $4 CO per HO. Rose and var. leaf LiJy of Valley, pips, »5 per 100. Kaempfer's Japan and German Iris. Golden. Lemc ble Brown Lilies, Oriental Poppies. Hibiscus, arkspurs. lot everylasting Pea.Paeonif " - ' ""' Virginia Creeper "' Bignonia, Celastrus, Honeysuckle, Vinca— 250 000 fine, hardy plants VERT LOW. Catalogue to any address. B. M WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass. 650 Thb American Florist, Apr.^, Regarding the "Problem." In regard to the article in the Florist of March 12, headed "A problem," I wish to state my experience with one of these combination concerns. For several years I had been sending flowers to a firm that is doing both a re- tail and commission business. The re- turns had for some time been very unsat- isfactory, so last Easter (1890) I con- cluded to send part of my stuflto another commission man on the same street, some two squares west of the combination con- cern. The following returns that 1 re- ceived speak for themselves: I sent each one 2,000 daisies, 2,000 alyssum and 500 mignonette. From the combination con- cern my returns were $17 and from the commission man the returns were $27. I wrote to the combination concern asking for an explanation, but am still waiting for a replv. The oniv solution to the problem, at present in" sight, is to let these combina- tion concerns severely alone. A Grower. A New Use For Flowers. Under the above heading the Pittsburg /"o.?/ prints the following: "The fad of one fashionable woman is to wear, not silver clasps on her gar- ters, but roses of the color of her stock- ings, savs an exchange. A gay maiden, who is blessed with a tiny foot, wears flowers at balls, dinners and receptions on her dainty slippers. A bunch of violets on a white satin slipper, and worn with a white gown, is a charming toilet. A pale pink rose on a suede slipper, with a gray and pink gown, is another bewitching toilet worn by this inventive young woman. Lilies of the valley also go well, with their green stems showing. Of course it is best to select a small flower for this purpose, a bud, or half-blown rose, or a small bunch of violets, the lat- ter being more easily managed and more becoming to the foot. But in any case the foot must be small." Wood for Propagating. Would like to ask through your paper if roses propagated from blooming wood or shoots are better for winter forcing than those propagated from blind shoots? Have not plants propagated from blind shoots a tendency to bear fewer buds and more blind wood than others? J. F. A. [This matter has already been very thoroughly discussed and the ])reponder- ance of opinion was that there was no difference.— Ed.] When writing to advertisers jjlcasc mention the fact that you were induced to write by the advertisement in the American Florist. You will benefit us by letting advertisers know that it is the Florist that is bringing them trade. (CATALOGUES. ^ 1 MAKE 'EM, WITH CUTS AND "KNOW HOW." J. Horace McFarland, Ths Aldine Printing Works, Cincinnati, o. for samples and prices before orderinj; elsewhere. 1 Mention The American Florist.l THE NURSERY BOOK has been prepared with the utmost pains. It embodies the experiences of many experts. The author has been engaged in its preparation for many months and has visited nurseries and men for the par- ticular purpose of acquiring knowledge upon technical points. The whole volume has been read and criticised by Professor B. M. Watson of the Bussey institu- tion, one of the best propagators in this country. All available authorities have been consulted, and particular parts have been submitted to experts. The fruit matter has had the criticism of leading nurserymen, and the head propagator of probably the most important nursery in America has been freely consulted. The orchid matter has been prepared by W. J. Bean of the Kew Royal Gardens. The instructions in the nursery list— which gives the definite methods for each plant — have been read by at least four persons. It is written in a simple, practical style. It contains in compact form about all the knowledge there is on propa- gation of plants of every kind, hitherto scattered in many books or entirely un- written. Every florist wants it. About 300 pages; numerous illustrations. PRICE, iQ library style, Clotli, wide uiircias, SI. 00. Pocket style, paper, narrow margins, 50 cents. The Rural publishing Co., Times Building, New York. SHEEP MANURE, ^ natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTim and ECONOMICAL. Pulverized, 100 lb. bag $3.00; Ton $40, (^ WM. ELLIOTT &, SONS, Compressed, " $2.50; Ton $35. ( 54 a^a 56 Dey Street, N. T LITTLE'SPPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a .>!ure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. U may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Clieap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Send for circulars and price list. R. W. CARMAN, General Agent, 291 AMITY Street, FLUSHING, Queens County, N. Y. Mention American Florist. •'SiYst thou a man di/ii;fnt in his I'lisiness, he shall stand before kings." Keep this motto before you always, and go in for our $50 prize. Remeiu- ber you make big profits, and in addi- tion'to all, you please your customers by selling them Excelsior Odorless Fio-a'er Pood it makes plants grow and bloom. It is plant fertilizer in perfection. SIO.OO per gross; 1-4 gross at the same rate. One trial pacJage tent (to florists only) on receipt of the cost of postage and patk.Dg, 10 cents. Excelsior Ferlitizcy Co., 121 Trent Street, NEW 'XORK. IF YOU RETAIL FLOWERS . . YOU NEED A SET OF Long's Floral Photographs. This season we start in with the large iiamber of 125 dill'erent subjects. Many of them new, in l>oth the "Imperial" (8x10 in negative size) and the "Gem" (cab- inet photo size). PRICES WAY DOWN. SEND FOR CIRCULAR LIST. tSgi. The American Florist, est «i STANDARD" FLOWER POTS Wishing to reduce our large stock of ''jSta.n.da.r'cl" In^lo^xrer* IPotS at ouce so as to make i-oom for extensive improvements and alterations, we offer extraordinary Ovit F*r*ioes until May 25tli, 1S91. We secure lowest freight rates, deliver free on board and make no charge for packages. These pots are all **{Sta.ia.clan*cl" sizes and no old stock. Special quotations given to buyers of large quantities. Do not let long dis- tance stand in the way of ordering, as pots can be shipped safely all over the country. When writing us please mention quantity and sizes desired that we may quote you lowest prices. For prices address THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 and 715 Wharton Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GKEEMOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the on'y Certificate of Me.-it at Buffalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. H. BAYERSDORFER & CO.. WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ESTABLISHED FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. Edition nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3.50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. PA. SEHD FOR A COPY OP OUR NEW TRADE DiRECTORy AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. STANDARD FLOWER POTS JARDINIERES IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE.— Although forced to play a minor part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS & CO., N.Cambridge, Mass. AHEAD OF EVERYTHING. We Follow None, Prize or JVo Prize. Our latest improvements in machinery produce a Standard Pot which for lightness, smoothness and durability, has never been equaled. Cu5tomers buying of us will SAVE ONE-THIRD IN FREIGHT. And to prove this, we give below a table showing number in Crate and WEIGHT of same, which speaks for itself : >.?'^®.',. '*°-.!™S,'''"'^- ^Si^!" ! It will be seen at a glance, that our pots are one- rd lighter than formerly, and yet we claim that reduction! s™^^'^'^ '''■OWER pot go. 33 'j per cent. Discount off List on all orders for full thousands of our Nepons&t Flowe,r Fojs. Toledo, Otiio. OF WATERPROOF PAPER. OUR WHOLESALE AGENTS. AUGUST KOLKKR * SONS, - New York. K. & .J. FAKQDHAK & CO., Boston, Mass. Who furnish samples by mail, postpaid, on receipt of For in cts. 11 cts. 14 cts. 17 cts. 22 cts. one dozen 2'i 2M 3 .% 4 inch pots. F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, £ast Walpole, Mass. Mention American Florist. 65: The American Florist. Apt Index to Advertisers. Barnard WW* Co BassettOP Bayeradorfer H & I BergerHHSCo... Bird K W * Son . . Mi'(iill.uit;lis Sons J MMI McFarlandJUor'oeBSO 661 McUrenor Bros lUT MeehansNurseries . UeVeeiJ A DeWllt Bros. ........ ulei,Jolinl..,*Co.. nillon, J. L. Dlngee*ConardCo . PlBkChasQ. Frese o W . . . GibsonJ C... GiddlDgs A... Hartford & Nichols. ..649 Henderson John Co. ..644 ilerp, Albert M «46 HewsAH&Co fiSl Hill EG &Co 'i45 Hipnard a «51 HoUis Qeorjie 64b Junter Frank D.. Jahn Bros Joosten CH Rlechers F A & Sohne 648 Bolker. A. St, 8on» 613 Rundle SpenceMfg Co652 SchulzJacob 645 Situations. Wants.. SmlthCAFIoralCo.. Swayne Wm 647 Syndicate of Grower86l3 Thorpe John 646 Wood Bros 648 WoodruffW B l'.48 Youngjohn 'Ul Young, ThOB.Jr 641 The MANY congratulatory letters our Easter number inspired are duly appre- ciated. We thank all lor their kind words and good wishes, and shall endeavor to do still better another time. YoL- CAN give the American Florist your fullest support by confining your orders to those who advertise in its columns, and when ordering mentioning the fact that you were induced to order bv the adv. in the Florist. Florists' Letters, Emblems, Monograms. Etc. letters and designs madeof thebestlmmor- al frames, having holes led in them to insert Lh-picks, by which they fastened to the design, e them atrial. You will And these gouds to be Su- Note— All infringers or tt-rs and designs will bo pro'^ecuted to the fullest Send for Sample. I. purple per 100. $3.00 :^)stage, loots, per 100. W. C. KRICK, Br'dway, Brooklyn. N.Y. II.; H. BAY Rochester, N. Y,; J, KOR SALB. THE CUTS USED IN ILLUSTRATING THIS PAPER. Write for prices ou any which you have seen n previous issues and would like. AMERICAN FLORIST CO. CXIIOJVOO. Regan Electric Vapor Pumping Outfit. Regan Engine Catalogu GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. higli for 2 cts. EITHER FORCE OR TANK PUMP. No Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. WIND-MILL "NOT IN IT." RUN BY SPAKK FROM SMALL ISATTERY. Tou turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, fTNEMALTESE CROSS BRAND THEVERJTBESTot GARDEN & lAWN ^s^ Fyour dealer doesnot haveit,seTid direct to Hiemanul^clurers THEGUTrAPERCHAaRUBBERMFG.CO.g°;S RUNDLE-SPENCE IVIFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Greenhouse* Pipe * and * Fittings, QUALITY GUARANTEED. 193 LAKE ST., 63-69 SECOND ST., CHICAGO, ILL. MILWAUKEE, WIS. THE CEFREY FLORISTS LETTER CO. Mannlactnre THE BEST LETTERS IN THE MARKET. sizes l!.s-mch and 2-inch, $3 OU per 100. Patent fastener with each letter. WHEAT DESIGNSOF EVERY DESCRIPTION N F McOARrai Mgr 1 AJdress JOHN B OLDLV Asst Mgr 1 13 Green St BOOSTN GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES — ALL GLAZIERS' .SUPPLIE:S.— W Write for Latest prices. c H Y O P T R CLEAR B E E s ~--J ^^^"^ n g CYPRESS / A N D i \ / V I \sash/ N 0 \ / 1 ^ K ) [A L s ^^ Ky A M , BARS ^ T I A \ / N T \_ 1 jOHr S.CO G JL. DIEZ S 1 530 North Halsted Street, A A CHICAGO. ILL Mention American t lorlst PLANT BED CLOTH. CHEAP SUISSTITIIT* h OR (.1 ASS on Hot Iji.Si^t, nHodium, I^Bf.-v-y. ^^^^gggr -> *^^^^g,|jf,„ U^ed by Florists, (. irdeiiers etc , in tor Tobacco Groners Iruteits fri lu Irost leailinK Dry Goods houses seedsmen Ho naively used be and samples apply NATIONAL WATERPROOF FIBRE CO.. 27 South Street. - - NEW YOBK. RmBTica is "the Prow af the FesseI; thsrs may he mars comfort Mmidships, but wb are the &rst ta touch Unknown Seas,' ¥01. VI. CHICAGO AND HEW YORK, APRIL 9, 1891. Ho. 149. iTihiii lMMm§^ lF(L@i!3i!gir Copyright, i8qi, by American Florist Compa Enteredas Second Class Mail Matter. Published every Thursday by The American florist Company. Subscriptic year. To Europe, Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. Society of American Florists. M H. Norton. Boston, 3HAMBBRS, Toronto. Ont. St., Boston, Ma ■e Haute. Ind.. _ ietlDK at Toronto, Ont., Florists' Hail Association. [nsureaRreenbonses against damatre by I JOHN u. ESLER, Secretary, Saddle Kive Florists' Protective Associatio American Chrysanthemum Society. John Thorpe, Pearl Blver. N. T . CONTENTS. Easter trade 653 Various orchids (illustration) 655 A corner at the recent exhibition (illus). ... 657 Boston 657 Philadelphia 657 New York 658 Prize group of orchids (with illus) 658 Will it be the same in 1893? 658 Spring exhibition Mass. Hort. society 659 Long Island notes 660 Orchids— Deciduous calanthes 660 — Orchid pests 660 Plants available for bedding 660 Montreal 662 Coming exhibitions 664 News notes 664 Steam heating 664 Seed trade 666 A favorable decision 666 Chicago 668 Preparing for an exhibition . 670 Violet crops 672 Soil for palms 674 The Chicago daily papers again make the nowfamiliar statetnent that Director- General Davis will organize the horticul- tural department of the World's Fair next week. "Ouien sabe." Some of the leading features at the spring exhibition of the Mass. Hort. Society will be illustrated nesX week. Full report of the exhibition of the New York Florists' Club in next week's issue. When writing advertisers please say that you saw the adv. in the American Florist. >i^ UUJ^ ''MV^X Reports from all Secti Ok.\nge, N. J. — Easter trade was far ahead of last year. The churches made some very fine displays of flowers and plants. Terre H.\ute, Ind.— Probably 25 per cent better than last year. Never had a better supply. Retail prices same as last year. Nearly all loose flowers— very little made-up work. A very satisfactory Easter. Nashua, N. H. — About 30 per cent larger. Supply of home-grown flowers much larger. Retail prices about same. Increase in call for blooming plants. Plenty of flowers. More satisfactorj- than in previous j'ears. Madison, Wis. — Somewhat larger than last year. Supply of home-grown flowers about equal to that at last Easter, but retail prices were a little higher. No change in call for blooming plants. More satisfactory than previous seasons. Portland, Me.— Largerthanlast year. Supply of home-grown flowers was larger, quality about the same. Retail prices were about same as last year. The increased call was entirely for loose flow- ers. More satisfactory than previous Easters. Providence, R. I. — About 25 per cent larger than last year. Supply of home- grown flowers was short but quality good. Retail prices were about 10 per cent higher than last year. Increase in call for loose flowers. The best Easter we ever had. Ft. Wavne, Ind. — Larger. Home-grown flowers first class, but not enough of them. Retail prices about same as last year; can get all we ask for good stuff". Good demand for plants. Increased call for loose flowers. Most satisfactory Easter have had. Memphis, Tenn.— About 25 per cent larger than last Easter. Better supply of home-grown flowers. Some increase in call for blooming plants, especially for Harrisii lilies. Sold more loose flowers than ever before. It was more satisfac- tory than previous years. Nashville, Tenn.— Much larger than last Easter. Supply of home-grown flow- ers was short and quality rather poor. Retail prices 25 per cent higher than last year. Decrease in the call for blooming plants. Demand was all for loose flow- ers. Decidedly best Easter we have had. OuiNCY, III.— Easter sales double those of last year. Supply of home-grown flowers was much finer than usual on account of clear weather. Prices.just the same as last year. Increase in the call for made-up work for churches. Had all the stuff we wanted. Best Easter we have had. .\tlanta, Ga. — Total sales somewhat larger, though supply of home-grown flowers was not so good as last year. Prices same as last Easter. Sales were all loose flowers. No more satisfactory than in former years. The cold spring rains have been most trying to the flo- rists in this section. Lawrence, Kan.— About 25 per cent larger than last year. Suppiv of home- grown flowerslarger and of betterquality than last Easter. Prices about equal to last year. Increased call for blooming plants. More loose flowers sold — but little made-up work. Much more satis- factory than any former Easter. Toronto, (Int.- About 30 per cent larger than last j'ear. Supply of home- grown flowers larger and of better quality. Retail prices were about same as last year. Increased call for blooming plants. Sales were nearly all of loose flowers, hardly any call for made-up work. A very satisfactory Easter. Newport, R. I. — About one third larger than last year. Supply of, home-grown flowers was large and of good quality. No change in retail prices from last Easter. More call for blooming plants, especially lilies. Very little made-up work was wanted— sales nearlv all loose flow- ers in boxes. Most satisfactory Easter we have had. New Bedford, Mass.— Much larger than ever before. Best Easter we have ever had . Supply of home-grown flowers larger than last year and of finer quality. Prices about same as last j-ear and no changein call for blooming plants. Plenty of stock to be had at fair prices. Didn't have to buy away from home. Big call for Harrisii lilies. Grand Rapids, Mich.— About 15 per cent increase. Supply of home-grown flowers was larger than last Easter, and retail prices were lower. Increase in the call for blooming plants and for loose flowers over made-up work. Most every thing was low in price and the people bought freely. Yes, most satisfactory Easter we have had. Bloomington, III.— increase with "-•"»- "' se wnn prices about same The supply of home -About 10 percent - -• as last grown flowers 654 The a AfERicAy Florist. Apr. g, was better than xisual. but would bave been still larger and better but for the dark and rainy weather during the week before Easter. However, even with this drawback this Easter was more satisfac- tory than any previous one. Ott.\wa, Ont.— .^bout 20 per cent larger than last year. Supply ol home- grown flowers large and of good quality. Retail prices about the same as last year. Increased call for blooming plants. Out- side of plants- sales were nearly all of loose flowers. Lost on what flowers were bought. On the whole this Easter was better than previous ones. New Haven, Conn.— More in bulk, almost the same in money. Supply of home-grown flowers was larger and better. Retail prices a little lower. In- crease in call for blooming plants. More loose flowers, less made-up work. No difficulty in getting all t he flo wers wanted . Compared with former seasons, buying was much closer but general volume the same. Salt Lake City, Utah.— About 20 per cent increase over last Easter, and a better supply of home-grown flowers. Retail prices a httle better than last year. Increased call for blooming plants, espe- cially Lilium Harrisii. Increase in call for loose flowers as compared with made- up work. Had all the flowers we needed except roses. Much better than any pre- vious Easter. Rochester, N. Y. — About the same as last Easter. Supplj' of home-grown flow- ers rather less than last j-ear, but quality was better. Retail prices were a little lower on most things. Decided increase in call for blooming plants. Very few set pieces were ordered. With the exception of roses there was a sufficient supply of flowers. Total receipts about equalled those of last Easter. Cleveland.— From 10 to 30 per cent larger than last year. Supply of home- grown flowers was larger and better. Retail prices about the same as last year. Good call for blooming plants. More call for loose flowers, but little made-up work. Carnations were scarce and high priced. Taking everything into consid- eration this Easter was more satisfactory than any previous one. Indianapolis, Ind.— About 10 per cent better than last year. Supply of home- grown flowers larger and better. Retail prices about same as last vear. Increase in call for loose flowers and blooming plants. Got all the flowers we wanted at fair prices. Bermuda lilies, carnations and hyacinths sold better than last year. Violets were slow. Yes, more satisfactory than any previous Easter. Springfield, III.— One florist reports sales a little less than last year; supply of home-grown flowers not as good nor as many; retail prices and call for plants both about same as last year; demand was for loose flowers— no designs; could not buy any cvit flowers that I could sell at a profit; good plants in bloom sold well; demand for cut roses and other flowers exceeded the supply. . Omaha, Neb.— Easter trade about the same as last year. We have had more and finer flowers this year tluan ever before, but the prices were not so good. Xo noticeable change in demand for blooming plants. Sold more flowers loose this year and not so manj' pieces. Would have had a much better trade had the weather been fine. It rained and was generally disagreeable here. Minneapolis, Minn.— About 30 per cent larger than last year. Retail prices about same as last Easter. The supply of home-grown flowers was larger and generally of better quality. Quite an in- crease ill the call for blooming plants. Call was mostly for loose flowers, but little made-up work. Taking everything into consideration it was decidedh' the best Easter we have ever had. Pittsburg, Pa.— From 25 to 40 per cent larger than last year. Supply of home-grown flowers was nearly double that of last Easter and the quality was better also. Retail prices were about the same as last j-ear except on roses which brought a little better prices. Calls were almost entirely for loose flow- ers to the exclusion of made-up work. The most satisfactory Easter we ever experienced. Denver, Colo. — Two florists report the Easter trade as from 33 to 50 per cent less than last year. The decrease was undoubtedly due to the execrable weather. Snow and hail fell on Saturday and there was a snow storm on Easter Sunday. The suppl}' of home-grown flowers prob- abh' equalled that of last Easter, though short on roses. Retail prices were about the same as last year. What call we had was nearly all for loose flowers. Utica, N. Y. — About 20 per cent in- crease over last Easter. Retail prices about same as last year. Increase in call for choice blooming plants. Also increase for loose flowers — made-up work falling off'. Supply of home-grown flowers was good. More satisfactory than previous seasons Buyers are getting much in the bad habit of leaving their orders for Easter stuff" to the last day, and the last stragglers are often greatly disappointed —as they deserve to be. London, Ont. — Sales were larger than last year. The supply of home-grown flowers was also larger and of superior quality. Retail prices about the same as last Easter, or a trifle better. Xo change in call for blooming plants. k\\ loose flowers — no made-up work. Owing to the earliness of Easter and the bad weather up to the day before, it was almost impossible for us to take out plants. Saturday being fine let us out of the hole to a certain extent. New Orleans. — Easter trade about one-third larger than last year. Supply of flowers was very large. Loose flowers are coming more and more into use. Very few blooming plants except bedding stuff. Palms and ferns were used for dec- orations. Very much more satisfactory than previous seasons because we had aii abundance of flowers. Whenever out door flowers are scarce here sales are small as few buyers will pay more than usual rates. Cincinnati.— About 20 per cent less than last Easter. Five days of rain cut sales badly. Supply of home-grown flowers was about equal to last year but prices were not as good. In blooming plants lilies and choice stock were more called for. What trade we had came in a rush on Saturday as it was the only dry day in the week. Plenty of flowers were to be had at fair prices. Would have been a good P-aster for us if we had been blessed with good weather. Montreal, Can.— From 30 to 35';i larger than last Easter. The supply of home-grown flowers was good, almost meeting the demand. Retail prices about same as last Easter. There was a decided increase in the calls for loose flowers. Bulbous rooted stuff was rather too plen- tiful this season, but it has been good ex- cept in the case of Dutch hyacinths which have not been up to the average. Taking everything into consideration the Easter trade of 1891 was the best we have had. Baltimore. — A small increase over last Easter. Better quantity and quality of home-grown flowers. Retail prices were considerably lower than last Easter. A great increase in the call for blooming plants. The weather on Friday and Sat- urday was indescribably bad, weather that the ladies would not venture out in, and retail sales were very small until Saturday night. No more satisfactory than previous seasons, though probably would have been had we had pleasant weather. Philadelphia.— About 15 per cent larger than last Easter. Increase would have been larger but for the unfavorable weather. Supply of home-grown flowers was very large. Retail prices were same as last Easter except on lilies, which were sold at prices about 30 per cent lower. Increase in call for blooming plants. Most stock was in full supply and to be had at fair prices. Even with the unfav- orable weather it was a more satisfactory Easter than previous ones and had pleas- ant weather prevailed it would have been much more so. Leavenworth, Kan.— About 20 per cent larger than last Easter. Home- grown flowers were about the same in quantity but of better quality. Prices were generally lower except on lilies. In- creased call for blooming plants. More calls for loose flowers and less lor made- up work. We can not buy elsewhere and make a profit. The churches seemed to decorate more than usual in the past. Most of the churches here were decorated principally with palms and blooming plants. Taken altogether it was most satisfactory Piaster we have had. Detroit, Mich. — From 30 to 50 per cent larger than last year. Supply of home-grown flowers compared favorably with that of last Easter. Retail prices ruled about the same as last year. Large increase in the call for blooming plants. One florist riports that such plants as fine roses, rhododendrons, azaleas, hy- drangeas and genistas were more in de- mand than lilies. There was plenty of stuff, no lack of anything. Quite an in- crease in call for roses and violets. The universal verdict is that it was decidedly the best Easter we have ever had. Racine, Wis.— Easter sales considerable more than last year, probably about 20 per cent. Supply of home-grown flowers was larger and quality better than last year with prices a little lower, especially on eallas. Large increase in the call for Harrisii lilies in pots. Cut flower sales in about same proportions as last year, but little call for made-up work. As sat- isfactory as any other Easter. Sales of pot plants would have been considerable more if good stock outside of lilies had not been short, the open season having brought other bulbous stuff" in too early. Albany. N. V.— Total sales larger, espe- cially ofpla'nts. Increase probably about 10 per cent. Of the supply of home- grown flowers there was not (|uitc so many roses, but twice the usual quantity of violets, carnations and bulbous stntl". Prices were about the same as last year. Increase in call for blooming plants. All the cut flowers were sold loose. Tlv i8gi. The American Florist. 6S5 VARIOUS ORCHIDS. 2. Calantlie Regnieri. 3. Warrea Li. 656 The American Florist. Apr. g, supply of roses was rather short. Among E hints azaleas were more in demand than ydrangeas. A great demand for plants averaging in price from 75 cents to $1. More satisfactory than any previous Easter. Louisville, Kv.— Much larger than last year, one florist reports his sales to be about double those of last Easter. Supply of home-grown flowers was short, not near as many to be had here as last year. Retail prices were higher, roses selling at from $2 to $5 a dozen. A big increase in the call for blooming plants of lilies, hyacinths and geraniums. Propor tion of loose flowers sold was about same as last year. Had trouble to get flowers from other cities. Every florist had all the work he could do. Could not fill all orders. The best Easter trade we ever had. Harrisburg, Pa.— Very little morethan last year. Supply of home-grown flow- ers was larger and of better quality. Retail prices were about same as last year. Increased call for blooming plants, especially for Harrisii lilies and white hj-acinths. Increased call for loose flow- ers. Had difficulty in buying additional supply at prices that would allow a profit. The weather interfered with sales. By Saturday noon we had two feet of snow and this interfered with our hauling out plants, making delivery so difficult that it was impossible to fill all orders for decorating. Davenport, Iowa.— From 10 to 25 per cent larger than last Easter. Supply of home-grown flowers larger and better. Retail prices fully as good as last year and in many cases buyers did not hesitate to pay extra good prices for really fine stock. Large increase in call for bloom- ing plants, especially for Harrisii lilies. Hardly any made-up work, call being almost entirely for loose flowers on long stems. Owing to the many orders for funeral work prior to Easter the supply of lilies and white carnations was rather short. Taking evervthing into consider- ationitwasour most satisfactory Easter. St. Paul.— About the same as last Easter. Supply of home-grown flowers compared favorably with last year con- sidering the earliness of the date. Retail prices about same as last Easter. Prob- ably not quite so many plants sold owing mainly to the bad weather. No made-up work— all loose flowers. Had plenty of flowers with the exception of hybrid roses and fancy carnations. On account of bad weather and miserable roads the Easter trade was hardly as satisfactory as in former years. The churches did not seem to decorate as generally asinformer years and when they did, they wanted former prices discounted a good deal. Hamilton, Ont.— About 30 per cent larger than last year with greatly in- creased demand for first class stock. Supply of home-grown flowers compared favorably with last year as to roses, valley and bulbous stock, but Harrisiis were hardly up to the mark. Retail prices about same as last Easter. In- creased call for well flowered plants. Increased demand for loose flowers and less call for made-up work. There was a decided increase in the demand for palms and fine foliage plants for church decora- tion by all denominations. Yes. Per- fectly satisfied with the Easter trade of 1891. Wilmington, Del.— One florist reports Easter trade as about the same as last year and another as less. One reports supply of home-grown flowers as not so good as last year and another as about as good on most stock and better on carnations. Retail prices were about the same as last Easter. One noticed an in- crease in call for blooming plants and another did not. The weather was very unfavorable. It snowed all day Friday and nearly all day Saturday. Had it not been for the unfavorable weather believe this Easter would have been most satis- factory one we have had as demand was good even under the adverse circum- stances. Kansas City, Mo.— Much larger than last year, increase of from 20 to 50 per cent. Supply of home-grown flowerswas larger and of better quality than at last Easter. Increased call for blooming plants. Further increase in call for loose flowers, very little for made-up work. The weather was very unfavorable all the week prior to Easter. It rained half the week and the remainder was cloudy, but in spiteof thesedrawbacksthe supply was large and quality good. People have all along been complaining about hard times, yet March 28 and 29 the demand for flowers and plants was enor- mous. Most satisfactory Easter we have had. Springfield, Mass —Much larger than ever before, average of increase probabh' not less than 50 per cent. The supply of home-grown flowers was very large and the quality excellent. Retail prices lower than last year. Increased call for blooming plants and still further increase in call for loose flowers. But very few designs ordered. Boxes of choice flowers for gifts were in brisk demand and off'- quality flowers or plants were not wanted . There was not enough Harrisii lilies to supply the demand and the stock of car- nations was earlj' exhausted, blooming plants and palms were all sold out with the exception of a few azaleas. Compe- tition among the retailers was sharp and prices were cut pretty close. Buffalo, N. Y.— From 25 to 30 per cent larger than last Easter. Supply of home-grown flowers was large and of good quality. Retail prices were quite as good as last year and a trifle firmer. Quite an increase in the call for good blooming plants; any quantity of choice plants could have been sold. A still further increase in call for loose flowers while the demand for made-up work has dropped to almost nothing. We had unusually favorable weather Saturday and Sunday. Taken altogether this was the most satisfactory Easter we have had here. Our experience this year has taught us that we ought to grow more and finer plants. Also that we can not depend on Eastern dealers on such occasions as their local demand takes all they have to sell. Richmond, Va.— An increase of fully 25 per cent. The supply of home-grown flowers was large and of better quality than last year. Retail prices were a trifle lower on cut flowers and about the same on plants as last Easter. Increased call for blooming plants in general, though one florist noted a falling off in the de- mand for astilbe. The same florist noted an increased call for blooming plants arranged in baskets. In cut flowers buyers called for them loose — but very little made-up work. While it was more satisfactory than anj' previous Easter the trade would have been larger but for the bad weather. The week before Easter we had rain, hail, snow and wind. Still the business on Saturday was the largest ever known here in spiteof the rain which fell all day. Des Moines, Iowa.— The demand was immense, but as we didn't have the flowers were unable to fill our orders. Cloudy weather for nearly a month pre- ceding Easter cut the supply exceedingly short. Some report sales as about equal to last year and others as less. One re- ports a decrease of 25 per cent in sales. But this was all due to the unfavorable weather and consequent short supply. Retail prices were about the same as last Easter. Perles and Niphetos retailed at $1.20 a dozen, Mermets and La France $1.50, carnations 50 cents, lilies 15 to 25 certs each. Demand was mainly for loose flowers in boxes, but little design or basket work. No increase in call for blooming plants, in fact some report a decrease. This was, however, undoubt- edly due to the miserable weather. Large increase in the call for violets. The de- mand was satisfactory, but as we couldn't meet it wegot no benefit from it. Milwaukee, Wis.— An increase of from 5 to 25 per cent over last Easter. Re- garding the supply of home-grown flow- ers one florist reports it as better in quality and larger in quantity and an- other as not so good as formerlj' and flowers scarce. Retail prices were about the same as last year. Increased call for loose flowers as against made-up work. One florist reports a decrease in the call for blooming plants, while another says, "As the supply of good plants was ex- hausted early we think the plant trade would have shown a large increase if we had had the plants to sell." The supply of flowers was decidedh- short of the demand and could not buy to make up the shortage. The main rush comes in now during the last three days, while we used to take orders weeks ahead. How- ever, taking everything into considera- tion, this F^aster was the most satisfac- tory one we have had. St. Louis.— Larger than last year. In- crease varied from 10 to 90 per cent with the various florists. One reports sales as nearly double those of last year, trade beginning four or five days in advance. One reports the supply of home-grown flowers as not so large as last year, while another reports the home supply as "Much better quality; all' home-grown this year; last year bought about 25 per cent; this year sold considerable to the trade." One reports retail prices as about same as last year and another as much lower on everything but roses, which were a little higher. Unanimous regarding an increased call for blooming plants. Also unanimous as to increased call for loose flowers as against made-up work. So far as can be learned all de- pended upon the home supply. The dark weather that preceded Easter made roses scarce and a little oflf-color. Some report a largely increased call for spring flowers such as tulips, hyacinths, daff'odils, etc. Taking every thing into consideration it was the most satisfactory Easter we have had. Evansville, Ind.— Total sales from 20 to 25 per cent larger than last j-ear at about the same prices. The supply of home-grown flowers was larger than last year and the quality was good as a rule. There was an increased call for blooming plants, especially for Harrisii lilies. Cut flowers were nearly all sold loose, but little demand for' made-up work. We could buy nothing at other iSgi. The American Florist. 657 ^o^^^:^^^. A CORNER AT THE RICBNT EXHIBITION AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK. points that could be shipped and reach us on time. One florist placed orders a week ahead for roses and carnations, but the commission man could not get hold of the stock in time to reach this cit^^ by Saturda.v. No doubt the demand would have been much larger but for the miser- able weather. The week preceding Easter was one of almost constant rain and up to Friday afternoon there were but few Easter orders received, and as a conse- i|uence we were compelled to force a week's sales within two days. The com- mission men could promise us nothing as the growers for some reason — good or imaginary— would neither sell anything or give any information as to what the supply would be. Such a state of affairs makes one more determined than ever to be independent of them, and when his own stock is exhausted quit selling and let the excess demand remain unsatisfied. Boston. There has been plenty of activity in the cut flower trade since Easter. There are a great many fine roses in the market, especially hybrids and Jacqs, which are bringing good figures and selling well. Carnations are somewhat scarce and bring almost as much as at Easter. Of smilax there is but little obtainable, and that is poor, but there is an abundance of Asparagus plumosa which is more than a substitute for it. The new crop of Adiantum fronds is now in, and they are abundant again. Pansies are good, in fact the general sup- ply of them seems to improve in quality every vear. Violets are still with us, but there are indications that the end is ap- proaching. Lily of the valley, tulips and narcissus in sorts are obtainable in any quantity. Spring weather having settled down in earnest, the street fakirs are swarming, and it is surprising to note the enormous quantities of flowers they manage to work off in a few hours. There is a rumor of a new wholesale commission house about to bcestablished in the city. Mr. S. j. Coleman, who has been fore- man and general manager for Mr. C. J. Power, of South Framingham, for the past ten or twelve years, is leaving him to take a similar position with Mr. J. M. Galvin. Mr. Coleman has the reputation of having raised the finest chrysanthe- mum blooms ever seen in Boston, and he has also made a steady success in the culture and sale of bulbous flowers. Mr. George Stevenson succeeds him at the Powers establishment. On Saturday, April 11, Col. Henry \V. Wilson will lecture before the Massachu- setts Horticultural Society on the "Hor- ticulture and vegetation of the Bahama Islands." The committee on revision of by-laws of the Horticultural Society re- ported at the quarterly meeting, April 4. There were two reports, the majority re- port making no material changes from the original bj'-laws excepting the intro- duction of the Australian ballot system of voting at annual elections, and the minority report recommending further that thesecretarj^and treasurer be elected by the society instead of being appointed by the executive committee as at present. The majority report was passed to its second reading, and in accordance with the rules lays over till the July meeting for final action. W. J. S. Philadelphia. When one considers the weather the Easter business here was good, very good. There were but two clear days, and these in the early part of the week. Thursday it was cold and chilly, Friday it rained all day, turning to snow at night, and Saturday there was from three to six inches of snowonthe ground; it finally cleared off about noon, and then the people made the last grand rally, and when the field was looked over Sunday morning there was rcallv verv little salable stuff left. The storm interfered to a considerable extent with the "speak easies." There were quite a number of these places set up like side shows to the circus, hoping to catch the stragglers when the big show was full, but the weather was "agin em," and less than wholesale rates prevailed before the daj- was over. It was the general opinion that more plants were grown and sold this year than ever before. Lilies were very plen- tiful, yet all good ones were sold. Hy- drangeas, while very fine, did not seem to strike the fancy as usual, and quite a number were left over. Good pot roses were very scarce the bad weather keeping them back. Of daftbdils and tulips, a number in G-inch pots, sold very well. Robt. Craig had a fine stock of this kind of stuff and sold entirely out. Easter lilies were sold for less this year than ever before. With the advent of the Harrisii they dropped from 50 cents to 35 cents per flower, which price pre- vailed until this season, when they fell to 25 cents and the "speak easies" asked from 15 to 20 cents. Growers say there is no money in raising lilies at less than 658 The a afer/cas' Florist. Apr. 9, 15 cents a flower. Wc believe this to be true, and when they attempt to sell at this price and deliver (as some of them do) one pot at a time, they will find still less for their trouble. The extra price for delivering plants at this busy season is a very large item in the expense account, and in the magnificent distances of this large city it sometimes amounts to the profit on the sale. Smilax is very scarce at this time, and can hardly be said to have been in ftdl supply at any time this season. Jaeqs are becoming plentiful, aud wholesale from 10 to 15 cents. Anderson has a house of Brunners and Laings just in; he did very well, as they were in great demand. Laings brought 40 and Brunners 60 cents. Business since Easter has been fairly good, and quite a number of entertain- ments are on for next week. Theodore Roehrs and Mr. Keller of Brooklyn paid a flying visit to this city a few days ago. Mr. Charles Mcehan, now with John Burton, is about to start in business for himself. He is laying out ground, and intends to erect three large houses the coming summer. V . New York. Easter trade was very good. Notwith- standing the unfavorable weather during the week, which greatly impaired the prospects and made buyers cautious, there was a good all-round business. Saturday was fair, and Sunday was an ideal Easter day, a Godsend to many a poor florist. All kinds of flowers were plentiful aud brought a good average price. Roses were fine, and just enough forthe demand. Tulips and hyacinths were not quite as good as in preceding years. Jonquils and narcissus were fine and sold well. Valley and violets were also fine and in good demand. But Harrisiis! Heavens, what a glut! Never before were so manj' cut lilies seen as on this Easter. They were everywhere in abundance. There was also a good plant trade. Easter is unHke Christmas or New Year's in this respect. The business is divided between cut flowers and plants, with a tendency towards the latter. Whatever longiflorums were to be had were very poor, but Harrisiis were in good condi- tion. There were many thousands of Harrisii blooms shipped here to private families from Bermuda which greatly interfered with the sale of local grown flowers. Hydrangeas were not quite as good as those of previous j'ears. Azaleas were very fine, some new varieties being very beautiful and acquisitions in color. Dutch hyacinths were poor this year; the growers say the bulbs were very soft when imported. Genistas were very fine. Roses in pots were somewhat a failure. There was quite a number of rhododen- drons around, but the azaleas over- shadowed them. If the scattered displays could have been gathered together in some great building it would have been a glorious sight; as it was each store made a beautiful display, in many cases addi- tional stores being hired to accommodate the increasing trade of some of our florists. Violet plants in bloom was a pretty little novelty' and sold readily at a dollar each. Of course cut flowers being on the average very fine and reasonable in price, interfered very much with the sale of plants, and where "plunging" had been resorted to there was considerable left on hand. It isestimated that 90,000 violets were sold at Easter in twelve of the prin- cipal stores here. Of course, speaking of New York, it must be understood to include Brooklyn. The ties between the two are made of iron, and John Weir lives half his time here. There is a very large flower trade done in Brooklyn and Mr. Weir does an enormous trade. Messrs. Phillips, Burges, Mallon, Wipperman and the rest report having done a very large business. In New York the reports vary, but some people are born grumbling, and taking fully into consideration their principal characteristics in life, we can reasonably suppose they will die so. Some have done a better Easter trade than they have ever done, others have done their usual and some say they did a poor business. Of course much depends on reputation. Tak- ing all in all it was a very good Easter for the business. Whatever plants were left were used in decorating the Seventh Regiment armory on Tuesday last. There was a regular convention of florists held in the building on that occasion, and never before was seen so many florists decorating one building. There was great fun and great competition. It was looked upon as a preliminary to the coming show. Each company had its own florist. There were ten of the principal florists of the city en- gaged to do the work and every style and class of decoratingwasshown. Each company's room was turned into a flower garden, and many beautiful decorations were shown. It was amusing to see how the soldier boys caught on to the rivalry and went around judging. Easter is gone, but our exhibition is coming, and everything talked about turns that waj'. There are a good many entries in many of the classes and the competition will be very warm. Every foot of ground is taken and it cannot be otherwise than the finest show ever given here. Both retailers and growers are well represented and the private conser- vatories of the state will exhibit for the first time in public their rarities. Mr. James Davis, for many years with Klunder, will decorate the hall for the club in a manner consistent with the oc- casion. Mr. Davis is responsible for the newsthat there will beacoupleof "Floral geysers" on Broadway next season. March 22 was visiting day amongst I the florists. Every plant grower within a radius of twenty miles of New Y'ork kept open house for the reception of buy- ers from the city; it was harvest day for the growers. It was a miserable day, the cold rain came down incessantly, but notwithstanding all this a large party of the retail florists of the city visited I5ay Ridge, the home of the azalea, genista and hydrangea. Mr. Weir's little village of glass was first visited. Here the party was received by Mr. Fred Weir, who kindly conducted us through thevast rangesof glass which were filled with plants in excellent con- dition. Mr. Weir first took us through the finest house of Asparagus plumosa any of the party had ever seen. It is a forest of beautiful green vines ranging from five to eight feet in height. Next was a house of fine specimen azaleas ef- fectively staged on the center bench with many hundreds of fine Dutch hyacinths on the side benches. From this we were led to a beautiful scene, a house of Portia carnations in full bloom; these was planted in the spring and grown under glass all summer; "they have done re- markably well." said Mr. Weir, and in- deed they looked fine. We counted as many as 150 buds on some of the plants. Next came a house of heliotrope consist- ing of all the leading varieties. A house full of callas with many hundreds of fine blooms was a pretty Easter picture. Another house filled with many thou- sands of Lilium Harrisii blooms made a magnificent display. Mr. Weir said he expected to sell fifteen to twenty thou- sand lilies at Easter in his stores. Houses of hydrangeas, genistas, spireas and jon- quils looked very fine. And a great feat- ure was the immense palms, some of which were in large tubs five feet below the surface. There was one gigantic Pan- danus utilis one foot through the trunk. Houses of tall Ficus elastica and fine specimens of Kentia Belmoreana were in fine condition. There are twenty-six large houses devoted to the cidtivation of flowers and decorative plants to par- tially meet the requirementsof Mr. Weir's enormous trade. A short distance from this is Mr. Dean's fine range of glass. Here we were met by the famous and ever genial grower, who conducted us through his magnifi- cent exhibition. This place has been so well described in recent issues of the Florist that anything further would be superfluous. There were several other places to visit, but the day was fast drawing to a close, leaving but sufficient time to pay our re- spects to Mr. Keller, who also has an ex- tensive place devoted to the growing of cut flowers and blooming plants. There we found some handsome specimen azaleas, notably Indica alba. Belle Grin- doise, Comtesse de Lamdre , Ouecn of Holland, etc., some of which were five feet in diameter and covered with bloom. Houses of Baroness Rothschild, Miigna Charta, Mme. de Watteville, etc., were looking remarkably well. Flowering plants never were so fine be- fore. We reluctantly left Bay Ridge, pay- ing but little attention to the inclement weather, knowing only that one of the grandest treats is a visit to the famous plant houses of Bay Ridge on Palm Sun- dav. John Young. Prize Group of Orchids. The illustration shows the group of orchids entered by Mr. Kimball, of Rochester, at the recent exhibition at Madison Square garden, N. V., pi-ojectcd by Siebrecht & Wadley. This was the prize collection. There were three more of these large mounds in the center of the gard'>n, and together they made a handsome central attraction. The or- chids were of various kinds, banked up on a stand with steps, and with a jjalm and ferns at the top. Will it be the Same in 1893? "The beautifid ferns, palms and other rare plants exhibited by Mr. Such, of New Jersey, in a side room of the horti- cultural building at the Centennial exhi- bition, Philadelphia, was the one redeem- ing feature among the contents of that great structure. This was unfortunate as it misrepresented the condition of American horticulture besides being a severe criticism on the patriotism of American horticulturists." I came acrossthese words in Robinson's work on ferns and they emphasize the necessitv of taking care that horticulture does not share the same il not ;i worse fate in Chicago in lS9;i than it did in Philadelphia in 1876. What have the i8gi The a mer ican Flori s t. 659 PRIZE Group of Orchids, associations of florists, nurserymen and seedsmen done to avert this imminent danger? Can they consoUdate on this (|uestion and make themselves the center round which all who have the welfare of horticulture at heart might gather- bringing the opinions of the leaders in horticulture into proper focus for shed- ding effective light on the powers that be? G. C. W. Spring Exhibition of the Mass. Horticul- tural Society. The annual spring exhibition opened at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Tuesday March 31, continuing for four days. On account of the abundant material for brilliant massing this show has always received much popular favor. With the exception of the last day of the exhibition tne weather has been exceed- ingly favorable, and this fortunate cir- cumstance together with the many novel attractions offered, has sufficed to bring out a most gratifying attendance. The extensive groups and solid plateaus of hyacinths and other spring flowering bulbs which were seen at" the spring ex- hibitions of a few years ago, and which were brought out mainly by the medals formerly offered by the Bulb T'nion of Holland for this class of exhibits, were missing, but in all other respects the ex- hibition of the present season was equal to the best of its predecessors. There were entries enough to fairly fill both of the society's halls without over- crowding. The entire center of the lower hall was occupied by two splendid groups of hardy spring flowering plants from the Bussey Institution and Harvard Botanic Garden. The collection from the Bussey Institution arranged by Chas. J.Dawson, assisted by his father'jackson Dawson, was the most beautiful feature of the exhibition, and was altogether one of the most artistic arrangements ever seen in the hall. Crocuses, violets, anemones, .scillas, hepaticas, primroses, trilliums, aquilegias and other pretty spring bloom- ing herbaceous plants nestled in little colonies among the rocks and mosses and looked as natural and contented as though they had always grown there, while from the center of "the group there sprang in luxuriant masses and delicate sprays, dicentras, Solomon's seal, etc., with andromedas, spirsas and various other spring blooming shrubs. Around this hall on the tables most of the cut flowers were shown, while on the stage was arranged a line display of con- ifers from W. C. Strong, among which were specially noticeable a large number of shapely specimens of Sciadopitys ver- ticillata. The exhibition of cut roses was not very large for the very good reason that exhibitors are required to keep these in good condition for four days, and the premiums oflered are so much out of pro- portion to the value of such flowers that growers who exhibit in this class must do so at a pecuniary loss. But tho.se that were shown were very fine speci- mens, and the continuous crowd in the vicinity of this section was a good indica- tion of the strong hold which the Queen of Flowers still maintains on the public favor. A vase of L'lrich Brunner from C. V. Whitten was remarkably fine, as were also Cornelia Cook, Madame Hoste, Catherine Memiet and Bride. A certifi- cate of merit for superior culture was awarded for the Brunners. Thos. H. Meade took a number of first premiums withvasesof superb Mermets, Brides ai.d Duchess of Albany. Somegood specimens of Baroness Rothschild and Capt. Christie were staged by W. H. Elliott, who also made a handsome chandelier decoration with Asparagus plumosa. There were no specially new roses shown with the exception of James Comley's "Oakmont," which received a first class certificate of merit, and .Augustine Guinoisseau from W. H. Spooner. This latter rose is also known as the White La France, but it is far from white. There was quite an extensive display of carnations. First prize for general collection went to C. Southworth, closely followed by R. T. Lombard as second. Mr. Lombard showed the new yellow carnation Golden Triumph, grown by John H. Pond, and was awarded a first class ceitificate of merit for the same. Among the carnations which were no- ticeably well grown were Mrs. Elliott, Hector, Mrs. Fisher, May Queen, L. L. Lamborn, Jeannette, Ferd Mangold, Orient and Florence. Seedlings were shown by Joseph Tailby, Geo. Seaverns and C. Southworth. Mr. Southworth showed iSiellie Lewis, which he claims sported with him from J. J. Harrison at about the same time it made its appear- ance in various other parts of the coun- try. From J. C. Chambers came Grace Darling, which has never been shown here before, and received honorable men- tion. The Grace Wilders and Mrs. Fish- ers exhibited by Jas. Tulis have never been excelled. A unique collection of cut flowers was staged by Harvard Botanic Garden, Robt. Cameron gardener, among which weremanycurious and interesting things. One of the prettiest was Alpinia nutans, bearing a beautiful pendent raceme of delicate pink tipped buds, which when open display an odd looking, fragrant, orange and scarlet corolla. The upper hall was devoted mainly to the azaleas, orchids and spring flowering bulbs. The stage was well filled with a display of evergreens from Temple & Beard, in which were some good speci- mens of Araucaria imbricata and Irish Vcws. The most extensive collection in the hall, and which was grouped with grand effect was that of Dr.C. E.Weld, Kenneth Finlayson gardener; 23 prize cards — 17 firsts, 7 seconds and 1 third — will give some idea of the size and merit of this group, whichincluded numerous specimen plants of acacias, azaleas, cinerarias, cyclamens and primulas, besides a superb collection of hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, freesias and other bulbous plants. Among the best plants here were an Erica Caven- dishii, which received first prize for speci- men greenhouse plant, and Indigofera tinctorea. The first premium for collection of orchids was well won by E. W. Gilmore. The gardener, Thos. Greaves, deserves especial credit for turning out such a superb stand of orchids with the limited resources at his command, for his houses are not large and make no pretentions to comparison with some of our more am- bitious orchid establishments. There were remarkably well bloomed plants of Den- drobiums Freemanii. Jamesianum and nobile, Cattleya TrianiE, Odontoglossums Alexandra triumphans, Rossii majus and luteo-purpureum, phalanopsls in several species and the beautiful little Oncidium concolor. Benj. Grey showed 50 varieties of den- drobium flowers, several of which were ((uite distinct and valuable. The best grown plants in the hall were two specimens of Dendrobium nobile shown by Mrs. Durant, Ed. Butler, gar- dener. These plants were very large and full, very symmetrical and were simply masses of bloom. Several superb speci- men azaleas were also shown bj' Mrs. Durant. A particularly fine one was Jean Verschaffelt. For three orchids both first and second premiums were taken by N. T. Kidder, Wm. Martin gardener. Among the best plants in this collection were Dendrobium Farmerii, a large pan of Cypripedium villosura and an unusually brilliant vari- ety of Lycaste Skinnerii. The azaleas from Mr. Kidder were skillfully trained and well bloomed. There was a large general collection of plants from the Bussey Institution, including some fine ranunculuses, hardy lilies, etc. To this display was awarded first premium for collection of spring flowering bulbs, also first for four hardy shrubs in flower. The shrubs shown were Pyrus baccata, Vibur- num plicatum, Mountain Laurel and double flowering almond. A pretty, pro- fuse flowering greenhouse climber, Rho- dochiton volubile from this exhibitor attracted much attention as a novelt3'. The customary fine contribution was made by John L. Gardner, C. M. Atkin- siiti gardener. It included greenhouse shrubs, orchids and spring flowering 66o The American Florist. Apr. 9, bulbs, and many premiums were won in the different classes. First prize tor four hard wooded jjreenhouse plants was awarded to Boronia meRastigma, Bor- onia heterophylla. Cborizema ilieifolium and Enostemoii intermodius. Thesewere all very finely grown plants, as were also the specimens of Eriostemon densifolius and Andromeda Japonica. The entire hall was scented by the delightful fra- grance of Boronia megastigma, which was noticeable even above the heavy odqrs of hyacinths and jonquils. Among the orchid's in Mr. Gardner's exhibit was a particularly good Dendrobium Ward- ianum. The group of plants from A. \V. Spencer, Robt. Blair gardener, was well arranged and contained some well grown speci- mens of azaleas, rhododendrons and hydrangeas. First prize for four azaleas was awarded here. Other large assorted displays came from J. S. Fay, W. S. Kwell &'Son and Mrs. E. M.Gill, and Norton Bros, showed some good anthuriums and orchids. A collection of azaleas comprising 50 dis- tinct varieties was shown byF.B. Hayes, James Comley gardener. H. H. Hunnewell.F.L.Harrisgardener, showed a number of well bloomed iman- tophyllums and a 12-inch pot of amaryllis bearing fully 50 expanded flowers. Rea Bros, had a dozen varieties of Primula Sieboldii, and W. C. Winter some good auriculas. No plant excited more admiration than a beautiful specimen of Cypripedium spectabile bearing fourteen spikes of flowers, grown by Jackson Dawson. Mrs. McKee, daughter of President Harrison, honored the exhibition with a visit, and among the other interested visitors from a distance were Mr. W. A. Manda, of Short Hills, N. J., Mr. E. V. Low and Mr. Alfred Outram, of London, England. Wm. T- Stew.\rt. Long Island Notes. BY WM. FALCONER. Shirley Dare as a Gardener (see New York Herald, March 15).— "The luxury of life possible to a scientific gardener within a few hours of any good town is beyond that of any man not a million- aire. * * There is hardly a town of 2,500 inhabitants in this country where a clever gardener could not by fifteen years of well directed work make himself the richest man of the place. * * * On every side we see the solid, stable fortunes made by men in horticulture who began as poor boys with their hands only, and had to work out theirown training. To- day the work is more of a science." Very pretty indeed, and very encouraging. But Shirley Dare omits to mention the name of any of these smart gardeners who have made "solid, stable fortunes" in this business. True, Peter Henderson was a millionaire and made every penny of it himself, but he had enormous, ex- ecutive business ability. Very few men in the business are gifted as he was and not very many are amassing fortunes in it. But on every hand the money-making class are the men more noted for execu- tive ability and business capacity than for scientific or practical attainments. Amateurs vs. Florists.— A good many florists complain that amateurs get hold of wholesale lists and endeavor to get goods at wholesale rates, and if they cannot do it as individuals, they will get up clubs and secure the reduction in this way. True, this is aggravating, but we have no jurisdiction in the matter. We cannot prevent the amateur from buying whatever he wants from whom and where he pleases, and at the very lowest rates possible. We do the very same thing ourselves in the case of glass, coal, etc. And while we can avoid, so far as we know, sending wholesale lists to ama- teurs, or selling to them at wholesale rates, we cannot prevent these lists from falling into their hands nor them from seeking the benefits of the wholesale rates. But we can discountenance it and use our influence against it. Big Mignonette.— Mr. Eugene Daille- douze, of Flatbush, brought me half a dozen sprays of his mignonette the other day, and they were the most massive I have ever seen. The sprays were cut 14 inches long, and the racemes of blossoms were 8 to 10 inches in length; the flowers are white with reddish brown anthers, extra large, tufted with green foliaceous bracts, and set very close together, and the full raceme was (5 inches in circum- ference. It is exceedinglj' fragrant. The six sprays together weighed exactly eight ounces. Like all other winter mignonette^ now-a-days it had been disbudded to the' one terminal spike. Clematis Davidiana.— A year or more ago I sent some plants of this hardy border plant to Mr. George Savage, ot Rochester. I met him at the orchid show in New York the other day, and he told me: "They grew splendidly, but I can't see any beauty in them; in fact, so far as beauty is concerned I would mostassoon have a stinging nettle in my gardeni" No, no, George, I will not side with you in this matter. Deciduous Calanthes. These will now havestarted and should be at once shaken out ol pots and care- fully looked over. Thoroughly clean of all traces of scale or mealy bug. Use clean pots and plenty of drainage, over which place a little clean sphagnum. The best material for potting is good fibrous loam mixed with a few broken potsherds and a little broken charcoal and some small rough bits of old cow manure about the size of peas. Fine soil is often injurious by its washing down into the drainage. As growth advances give a careful watering with weak cow manure water once or twice a week. As soon as the blooming period is over, the leaves have fallen and the bulbs are ripe, carefully withhold water and store them on a shelf or bench in a temperature of 55° to 60° till season of rest is over and they again show signs of starting to grow. Be careful that they leceive no drip or water during their period ot rest. Wm. Mathews. Orchid Pests. I will answer Germantown p. 616 by another question. How are woodlice a pest to orchids? I am aware of the popular belief that they eat the roots, etc., of orchids, but I have never vet been able to catch them at it. I have personally handled some 500 suspended specimens continuously for some six years, and in every instance where an injury has occurred to roots, or flower shoots, 1 have found slugs hid- den in the cylinders. Wood-lice may or may not have been present. If they alone were there I neverfound any injury. I use two pounds of soap and two tablespoonsful of kerosene boiled slowly together in a gallon of water until the soap is perfectly dissolved and the oil Wended. This amount poured boiling hot into twenty gallons of water I use as a "dip" for all orchids, and it materially checks all scale except the Japan scale and the white cattleya scale. Slugs, worms and wood lice get to the suriace in a great hurry when the plants are immersed and are then killed. I have not found a better plar!,but hope to hear of one. I would be especially glad to hear of some proportion of soap and kerosene that will certainly cook the varieties of scale I have mentioned without also cooking the plants. Trenton, X.J. James MacPherson. Plants Available for Bedding. There evidently being in some localities a growth of opinion in favor of greater diversity in bedding, there will undoubt- edly be a demand felt for plants suitable for this purpose, and for that matter such a demand maybe encouraged by the judicious use of some of the said plants in attractively arranged beds in the front of a florist's establishment. These home displays, as they may be termed, are certainly beneficial, for they not only show that a man takes some little pride in his surroundings, but they also help to induce others to try to do likewise, and in this way do more to encourage a demand than the most e:ab- orate catalogue description can do. It will of course be understood that nothing derogatory toward catalogue advertising is intended in the foregoing remark, and for that matter the value of that method of encouraging businessistoo well known to need defense in these columns. But to return to our subject, there are several very handsome plants that are well-suited for this purpose found in the ficus, prominent among which are F. elastica,F.Chauvieri,F.macrophylIaand F. macrocarpa. The first-mentioned species, F. elastica, needs no description here, and F. Chau- vieri may be briefly described as bearing some resemblance to the former, though having somewhat thinner leaves and more prominent veins. This species has been in ctiltivation for many years, but does not seem to have attained great popularity. Ficus macrophylla, sometimes termed the Australian Banyan, is a strong grow- ing member of this extensive genus, and produces large foliage of dark green color and having rather prominent veins. F. macrocarpa is a smaller grower than what we might term the typical ficus of florists, F. elastica, but makes a compact mtich-branched plant with dark green somewhat ovate leaves that are about four to six inches long and broad in proportion. Another advantage pos- sessed by F. Macrocarpa is that it roots very readily and without any tongtieing or mossing as is frequently practiced with F. elastica. Another elegant plant for large beds is Cvperus papyrus, the papvrns plant of the 'Nile, which tlirows up' its graceful heads of narrow leaflets to a licight of eight to ten feet. It should be rcnicni- Ijcred, however, that this plant is prac- i8gi. The American Florist. 66 1 ticall}- an aquatic, and unless planted in very moist ground requires frequent watering. Cvperus alternifolius and also its varie- gated form are both good bedding plants, and are much more dwarf in habit than the preceding. The varie- gated form referred to can only be propa- gated by division or by cutting, these rooting readily in water, as in a tank or other water vessel in a warm house, while C. papyrus and C. alternifolius may be easily obtained from seeds, the seedling plants being more shapely than those obtained by division. The various forms of New Zealand flax or phormium are also valuable outdoors, their sword-like, almost upright leaves giving a pleasing variety of habit when seen in a foliage bed. Among these the typical New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax, is a good one to begin with, its leaves reaching a length of five or six feet under favorable circum- stances, and are of dark green color with brownish margins. P. tenax variegatum is also highly ornamental, the leaves being more or less striped with yellow, while P. tenax Vcitchianum is probably the handsomest of all, though of smaller growth than the preceding, the leaves being narrower than those of the type, and are beau- tifullv variegated-with stripes of creamy white. P. Cookianum variegatum (also known as P. Colensoi var) is another good form, and bears a certain resemblance to the last-named, but is not quite so well variegated. Bambusa metake is also a valuable jjlant for mixed borders, and has the ad- ditional recommendation of being per- fectly hardy, at least in this latitude, for near here it is not only hardy but ever- green too. It has bright green leaves of lanceolate lorm and six or eight inches in length, and the habit of the plant is rather compact and branching, though very graceful. Bambusa metake may be propagated by division or by seeds when the latter are obtainable. The acalyphas are another useful group of ornamental foliage plants suitable for bedding and are apparently gaining in favor each season. Of these A. musaica is one of the best, and presents a variety of bright coloring in its marbled leaves of various shades of bronze and crimson. A. marginata is also good, the leaves being large and the color varying from olive to bronze, with a yellowish margin. A. Macafeeana is another fine sort and has very large foliage, the latter being chiefly of various shades of red and crimson. The acalyphas can be almost as readily propagated as coleus, and floiirish under similar conditions, and will doubtless be verv largelv used as their merits become Ij'tter understood. W. H. T.\plin. Philadelphia. San Francisco.— The Florists' Club of Cahfornia has been organized with ofii- cers as follows: President, Emory E. Smith; Vice-President, P. J. Keller; Re- cording Secretary, M. H. Wilkins; Finan- cial Secretary, C. W. Shaw; Treasurer, C. H. Baker;" Directors, A. Carbone, D. Westcott, F. Shileley and H. McGowan. The club starts out with a membership of +-t. Yon WILL benefit the Florist by men- tioning it every time you write one of our advertisers. SITUATIONS.WANTS, FOR SALE. be Inserted at AflvertlBements under thl« he rate of 10 cents a line (seven words Ion. Cash must accompany order. PU - ols. large springs, gxcellent water, location healthy, at railroad sta- tion, a small capita! required. Very few chances SITUATION WANTED-By a young, reliable i by first of .luneor July. growing roses an. other kinds of ( ! place near New York. 1 llorist. 21 years old. SITUATION WANTBD-Competent single and gardener, well posted i ■"" " ' "" ness. Only first class place wi full particulars. Address SITUATION WANTED— By practical fiorist, prop- agator and landscape gardener; 20 years' experi. ence in his profession; German, single: private place preferred. Address Henky Heller, Fancher Creek Nursery, Fresno. Cal. SITUATION \VANTEI)-As foreman in a flrstclass commercial place-roses and such as the market demands. Thorough knowledge of the business. Keferences. Address Flubist. ir.j'.l Cliurch St., Frankford. I-hila , Pa. OITIATION WANTBD-By a young man; married, thoroughly experienC' d in rose growing. Can ice from last place. Add lomfield St., Hoboken, N. lATION WANTED-By perienced gar. in iurnish Hrst New England States preferred. ' class references. Address K. care Wm . J . Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St. , Boston rooms. Very capable to take c coniQiercial or priva ed. Satisfactory rfe I devoted all his liness. Very successful rose ■ 'ng about forcing mush. w ANTED-Cataloguesand price of stock to start ■ '" " ' WILLIAM MUI.l Charleton Heighl WANTED charge of pal ability. Addres harls Amazonica for sali are American Floris FLORISTS ATTENTION.-Any ( Krieg Any information will be thankfully re- ceived by his brother. Last heard from in Chicago three years ago. Address Alfred Krie*;. care C. Strauss & Co., box 122, Washington, D. C. FOR SALE— A good chance, fiorist and eeed store with 51X10 feet of glass, heated with hot water; a complete stock of plants for spring, prominently located in the center of the city with 40.U0O inhabi- tants, and everything sold over the counter, will sell reasonable and on easy terms; reason for sell- ing want to go west in some other business. For particulars address 38 and 40 West Scott Place, Elizabeth, N. J. SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY, Rose Hill Nurseries, NEW ROCHELLE, N. V New and ^^^^ ORCHIDS Hardy '^: ■ S Plants. ,-^" FERNS. CUT ORCHIDS AT ALL TIMES. Tuberous Begonias a Specialty. A FRKSH CONSItiK.IIKxT OF MEXICAN ORCHIDS Such as Lcelia anceps (winter bloomer), I.a^lia albida, Cattleva citrina (extra fine), Epidendruin vitellinuminajus, Odontoglossum aureuiu (true), Odontoglossuiii niaculatuin, Oncidium ornithor- rvnchnm, etc. , etc , at very low prices. Write for price list. I-. O. Box :122 South Orange, N. J. w ANTBD-Pract w ANTBI)-Afiretclas8fiorist;mu8tbeagood ro grower and able to grow orchids. Apply 1 sr, giving references and wages. C R Wlil.IAMS. room 600. Rand, McNally Building, Chicago, PVft^ ROOTED rOLEUS. GOLDEN BEDDER, VERSCHAFFELTII, HERO, FIREBRAND, J GOODE, YEDDO, KIRKPATRICK, GLORY OF AUTUMN, CHICAGO BEDDER, T-S oerxts per XOO; »e.OO per lOOO. C^SH ^^TITH OE.X)EE,. STE.03SrC3- E,OOTEI3 CJjrCTXISlG-S. F^L-rc::p^^ii=^^ STORM KING. CARL HALT, MINNESOTA, ELM CITY, MME. VANDER- STRASS, PURPLE PRINCE, PRES. GUNTHER, W. E. WAIT, DUCHES." OF ALBANY. Very fine plants from 2%-inc\i. pots, $2 50 per 100. ® ROOTED ® COLEUS CUTTINGS. Golden Bedder, Golden VeriCbaffeltii, Ctinison Verscbaffeltii, Peter Henderson, Firebrand, Glory of Autumn, Sunray, J. Goode, Crimson Bedder, Sunse-, Etc. Ten strong Cuttings each, of above ten varieties, by Mail, One Dollar. Twenty fine sorts, including above, five of each, by Mail, One Dollar. Write for prices on larger lots by Express. Samples 01 the 20 sorts mailed for 25 cts. All cuttings strong and healthy, labeled, and well rooted. I ALEX. MCBRIDE, ALPLAUS, NEW YORK 66, The American Florist. >r p, The spring exhibition of the Montreal Gardeners' and Florists' CUil) was a very beautiful display and an advance upon the club's previous efforts. A very fine collection of orchids was shown liy Hon. J. J. C. Abbott, and to it was awarded the silver cup given bv Pitcher & Manda of Short Hills, N. J.' First prizes were awarded to Wm. Wilshire, gardener to Hon. J. J. C. Abbott, forl2stoveorgreen- house p'lants, 12 orchids and 3 orchids; to Joseph Rennett for 12 pots flowering bulbs, C pots tuUps,3 single and 3 double, 12 pots tulips, 3 pots narcissus, 3 pots lilv of the valley, 3 Spirea japonica, 6 roses Mermet, G The Bride, 6 Perle des Jardins. 6 Niphetos andO roses any other variety; to J. Bland for IS hyacinths in at least 12 varieties, G Liliuni llairisii, :! Deutzia gracilis and specimen Heutzia gracilis; to John Doyle for 3 Primula sinensis, 3 Primula obconica, specimen hydrangea and 3 special prizes for roses; to P. McKenna & Son for specimen azalea, G roses American Beauty, 12 red carna- tions, 12 white carnations and 12 pink carnations; to W. J. Horsnian for 3 pots eallas, 3 hydrangeas, and specials for mignonette^ primulas, pelargoniums and cyclamens; to Wm. Bell, gardener to Mr. Robert Mackay, for specimen orchids, specimen imantophvUum and hanging basket of ferns; to j. Walsh for 6 table plants; to J. Kirkwood for 3 Lilium Har- risiiand special for 3 calceolarias; to Jules Betrix, gardener to Mr. Andrew Allan, for 3 amaryllis; Mr. Betrix and Wm. Bell divided the honors of first on collection of flowering plants and bulbs the judges considering their collections of equal merit; in this class 2nd went to J. Kirk- wood, 3d to Joseph Bennett and specials were recommended to be awarded to J. Bland and P. McKenna & Son. Specials were also awarded to A. Pinoteau for 6 plants Lilium Harrisii, and to Geo. Trus- sell fortri-colorgeraniumsand3potroses. At the annual meeting of the club officers for the ensuing term were elected as follows: President, Mr. James Mc- Kenna; 1st Vice-President, Mr. T- Walsh; 2d Vice-President, George Trussell; Treas- urer, Mr. J. Dunbar (re-elected ) ; Secretary, Mr. Walter Wilshire (re-elected); Assist- ant Secretary, Mr. J. Johnson; Corre- sponding Secretary, lilr. Joseph Bennett; Executive Committee, Messrs. John Eddy, J. Bland, W. Wilshire, William Whiting, William Evans,Jr. The reports presented were all of a satisfactory character. Always mention the Americ.vn Flo- rist when writing to advertisers. Lizzie McGowan MD OTHER CHOICE C11RN11T10N8. PATERSOW. N. J. Carnation Cuttings. 30,000 L. L. LAMBORN. 10,000 GRACE WILDER. 10.000 PORTIA. Special prices on large lots. -WJM. s'w-a.yi^h;, P.O.Boi»l. KENNETT SQIIAHE, PA. Mention American Florist. i:*A.iwi:BOieiv and OTHER CiVFeJBj WITT :bi«o»., BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA. VERBENAS. NOW READY. General Collection 2W-lnct X.Y Mammoth Set, " " Rooted Cuttings.. Per 100 Per 1000 Bedder and VerschatTeltil And 25 other best sorts Heliotrope, Booted Cuttings, named.. Calceolarias ** " " .. Salvias Splendens, " " " Begonias Kubra.Metalllca, I _ Lemon Verbenas, strong, 1 year old dor. 6 00 Vincas, strong, 1 year old 8.10 Ampelopsis Veitchll. strong plant: appli KOSi umsvarietiesand prices on I fine plants, Perles. Mer- Wattevllle. 8. D'l Sunset, La France, Silene, Safrano, 'ook.Gontler. Bon nuchess c Mme. Hoste and aouv Trade List of Florists' Stock Free. WOOD BROTHERS, (Successors to I.e. WOOD &BRO.,) FISHKILL, N. Y. SURPLUS VERBENAS. SPEAK QUICK! THIS OFFER FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. 2 '2 -inch pots, - $2 per 100; $15 per 1000 Rooted Cuttings, 75c. per 100; I7 per 1000 Address J, Q. :Bt.XrrO-W, IFISHKZILIi ISr. Y. CARNATIONS, standard sorts 1:3.00 DAHLIAS, choice, selected 8.00 liOUVARDIAS, best kinds 3.00 McCREA Si COLE, Battle Creek, Allch. i8gi. The American Florist. 663 To florists desiring large Roses for spring sales in the most popular varieties we can not recommend the following list too highly. Our stock is extra strong from 5-inch pots— field grown and Plants are larger than those usually sold from 6 inch pots. We offer the following from 5-inch pots at J25 per 100; 25 sold at 100 rates. ETOILE DE LYON, DUCHESS DE BRABANT, HERMOSA, THE GEM, QUEENS SCARLET, MME. JOS. SCHWARTZ, MME, ETIENNE, LA FRANCE, MME. SCHWALLER, LOUIS PHILIPPE, MALMAISON, COOUETrE DE LYON. We have a limited number of the following from 6-inch pots at $35 per 100. IIKRMOSA, ETOILE DK LYON, MADAME KTIKNNK. THE GEM, QUEENS SCAR- LET, DUCHESS DE BRABANT, DUCHESS OF ALBANY, s-inch at $25; 4-inch at $15; 2>/i-inchat}hper 100. ROSES FOR FORCING. We have an Immense stock of young healthy Koses for forcing made from growing wood. PEKLE DBS JARDINS, PAPA UONTIER, LA FRANCE, CATH. MERMET, THE HRIDE, NIPHETOS. Price from 2,in-inch pots $5 00 per 100, .3-inch pots Ji 00 per 100. ALL the standard bedding Hoses at Jl per 100, $(0 per 1000 Send In your list to be priced. ROBT. SCOTT & SON, 19th and Catherine Sts., PHILADELPHIA, PA. On^F Glothilde Soupert, ■^ V/v3l-^ unquestionably the ■ A best pot rose in exist- ence and profitable for cut flowers as well. There is more money in this plant for the retail trade than any other known variety. We are headcjuarters for it. J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. All the best varieties for forcing, and also for bedding out, in 2 and a'Mnch pots, $4.50 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. Own selection, $35.00 per 1000. Roses in 3. 4 and s-inch potsat lowest rates. Also greenhouse and bedding plants. .^r- Price list free on application. ADPRESS A.. r^A-UB^, 1210 E. Broadway, LOUISVILLE, KY. DAISY SNOWFLAKE esh from 2 to :i weeks after being cut, and then looks as fresh as other white tlowers just cut. The flowers are borne on stout long stems, fine white and beautifully quilled, and average as large as a 50 cent piece; a great acquisition to florists. Price, %\ per doz. free by mall ; J.'j per 100 by express SEE WHAT F. J. KELLER SAYS ABOUT THIS DAISY: Rochester, Jan. 28th. Daisy Snowflake is quite a useful flower both for floral designs and put in with cut flowers, and when tied up in small bunches they sell very rapidly with us for funeral designs. We use a great many in place of carnations as it is cheaper and covers almost the same space. and keeps fresh cons'derable longer. Be sure and send me every liaisy you can because it keeps Iresh for 2 to 3 weeks. 1 feel 1 can- not say too mnch in favor of this useful flower. Yours truly, F. J. KELLER. MISSION RIDGE GREENHOUSES, Chattanooga, Tenx.. March 1st, ''.i'. FREi). SniNEiDER, DEAR SIR:— We received our Daisies yesterday, and Daisies they are '. En- closed please And our check for f5 00 for 100 more plants. Please send them as soon as you can. as we want to get them to blooming well before Easier, ("ian vou supply the cut blooms, and at what price? They ship so excellently that we would like to get °" "^ ' Very respt ' MAC GOWAN & COOK. P. S.-We add to our remittance; please send Its Rooted Cuttings of Carnations In great quantity, ready now. Also 25,000 PEARL TUBEROSE BULBS 1st size at I7.00 per 1000. 2d size at I5.00 per 1000. JOS. RENARD, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa. From 4-i nch Pots. 50 Plants, $.0.00. i75 00. RKADY MAY 15. From 3H-luch Pots. I Plant, S 1.00. 2.M Plants, 12 Plants, 9 00. 500 Plants, 50 Plants, .10 00. 1000 Plants, 100 Plants, .50.00. The following Agenli have been appointed to sell the Rose in the respective territories given below : WM. J. STEWART, 67 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass., for the New England States (except Connecticut) and Quebec. JOHM N. MAY, Summit, H. J., for Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Indiana and Ontario. ROBT. CRAIG, 49th and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania, Ohio and all Southern States, east of the Mississippi River, and District of Columbia. J. C. VAUGHAN. P. 0. Box 688, Chicago, for Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and all States and Territories west of Mississippi River and Canadian Territory west of Ontario. European Acents : WM. PAUL & SON. Waltham Cross, England. I^OSE>S. ROSE>®. WABAN, SOUVENIR DE DR. FASSOT, MME. PIERRE GUILLOT, And all the other NEW and Standard Varieties of TEAS; Hybrid Remontant, in eluding HEINRICH SCHULTHEIS, which is by far the best early forcing Hybrid Thisisthe variety which MR. JULIUS ROEHRS has forced so successfully for the past thiee years. Also all the best varieties of HVERin TEAS, CHINAS AND BOURBONS. For forcing, bedding, etc., etc., all of which I have an EXTRA fine stock now ready for shipping at prices as low as any one can produce such stock for. NEW PRICE LIST TO THE TRADE NOW READY. JOHN N. NIAY, IZISEI Y. JOHN HENDERSON CO. ROSES A^EEciALTv. ROSES. THE CLIMBING PERLE DE8 JARDINS, All the New and Popular Roses, Plants. Now Ready. Catalogue of Prices "THE RAINBOW." Cut blooms of "THE RAINBOW" bring a Higher price than paid for any of the hybrid teas in the San Francisco market. Strong plants from out doors in best possible condition for shipment. Per dozen, $4.00. Per hundred, $25.00. Per thousand, $200.00. Special rates given for quantities from 5,000 and upwards, 25 Post Street, - - SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Rooted Cuttings Carnations. we oner MSUtSI-/^^ tsissttm, a pi white sport of Chester Pride for the first ti this season, (gi $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per io( Send for circular of leading varieties and s eral new seedlings of merit. ROOTED CUTTINGS In all the leading varieties at 75 cents per 100; $6 00 per 1000. MRS. S. P. CUSHING, Weymouth, Mass. IMPORTED H. P. ROSES, Worked low ( Address WILLIAM H. SPOONER, JAMAICA PLAIN, (Bostou), MASS. young Roses of the lead- ng varieties. Also large .stock of same in 5 and 6-inch pots. The best and newest of CHRYSANTHEMUMS. CARNATIONS and general greenhouse stock. Trade list mailed on application. JACOB SCHULZ. 664 The American Florist, Apr, g, fiHiii [i^mEmmm lFik@isi!@ir Sub'.criplion $1.00 , Aaverlistiueuls No Special Position Guaranteeil. Discounts, 6 times, 5 per cent ; 13 limes, 10 per cent; 36 times. 2o per cent; 52 limes.30 per cent. No reduction made for large space The AdvertlslnK Department of the Am FLOKIST is for Florists, Seedsmen, and de wares pertalnlnK to those lines Only. I' remember It. s Orders (or less than one-halt inch space not accepted. Advertisements nuist reach us by Mommy I ZT' Address THE AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. Chicago. Coming Exhibitions. April 14. Los Aiigek-s,Cal.— Rose show Soutliern I'alifornia Hort. Society. April 1(5-17, Syracuse, N. Y.— Spring exhibition Central New York Hort. Society. Apri'l 22-23, Baltimore.— Spring show Gardeners' Club of Baltimore. May 6-S, San Francisco.— Annual flower show California State Floral Society. June 6, Boston.— Rhododendron show Mass. Hort. Society. June 23-24, Boston.— Rose and straw- berry exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. September 1—i, Boston.— Annual exhi- bition of plants and flowers Mass. Hort. Society. September 2-3, Gait, Ont.— Fall exhibi- tion Gait Horticultural Society. September 15-17, Boston.— Annual ex- hibition of fruits and yegetables, Mass. Hort. Society. Noyember" 3-6, Boston.— Chrysanthe- mum show Mass. Hort. Society. NovemberlO-13, Philadelphia.— Chrys- anthemum show Peiina. Hort. Society. November 10-13, Chicago.— Fall exhi- bition Horticultural Society of Chicago. November 10-13, Minneapolis, Minn.— Chrysanthemum show Minneapolis Flo- rists' Club. NovemberlO— 14, Indianapolis. — Chrys- anthemum show Society of Indiana Florists. November 11-12, Gait, Ont.— Chrysan- themum show Gait Hort. Society. November , New Orleans, La. — Chrysanthemum show New Orleans Hor- ticultural Society. Noyember , Buffalo.— Chrysanthe- mum show Buftalo Florists' Club. November , Washington, D. C. — Chrvsanthenium show Washington Flo- rists' Club. November , Providence, R. I.— Chrysanthemum show Rhode Island Hort. Society. November , Bay City, Mich. — Chrysanthemum show Bay County Hort. Society. As WILL be seen by the reports we pub- lish in this issue the Easter trade of 1891 has been generally moresatisfaetory than any former one. In nearly every case the demand forblooming plantsand forloose flowers is still on the increase, showing that the tide of popular favor is setting still more strongly in this direction. The increased sales in spite of the \cry un- favorable weatherthat prevailed in many sections shows a remarkableexteiision of the demand and indicates tha"! there is but little possibility of a falling off in Easter sales in the near future so long as stock can be supplied at fair prices. A IIALU-DOZKN Jacciues received from Mr. N. Singler, Washington Heights, 111., arc the best specimens of this rose we have ever seen. The blooms are very large and of good color and are on very long stems dressed with most magnifi- cent foliag* The leaves average 3V2x2V'2 inches and several exceed 4 inches in length. He also sends us ji bunch of Silver Spray carnations, and the blooms are of excellent quality. Rg rioCei). Gkrmantown, Pa.— George Laughlin, the florist, died March 2S. Hknvku, Colo.— Aug. SehcnUel has re- moved from SIO UHh Street to l(!3r> Arapahoe Street. Dover, N. H.— The gieenhouscs of Harrj' Johnson were badly damaged and the stock ruined bv fire on the night of April 2. Kalamazoo, Mich.— Mr. T. S. Cobb, late of the cemetery greenhouses here, died at Rock Ledge, Fla., March 22, aged 72 years. Toledo, O.— George A. Heinl entirely refitted and refurnished his store recently and made a beautiful display the week prior to Easter. Minneapolis, Minn. — The regular meet- ing of the Minneapolis Florists' Club will be held at the West Hotel, Saturday April 11, at S p. m. Utica. N. Y.— At the meeting of the Florists' Club April 1, the Executive Com- mittee was directed to make arrange- ments for a fall exhibition. Los Angeles, Cal.— The name of the Southern California Floral Society has been changed to Southern California Horticidtural Society. At the meeting held March 23 an essay on roses was read bj' C. E. Brydges. Indianapolis, Ind.— Jens Larsen. a well known florist, having an establishment on Twenty-third street, died March 25. This is the second florist Indianapolis has lost this year. Wm. Bertermann, of Bcrterman Bros., is in California, where he will remain for a few months. Harrisiu'RG.— McClintock & Opper- man succeeded L. E. MeClintock last July. Last summer they bought the greenhouses on Jos. Schmidt's place, pre- viously rented bj' Mr. McClintock, and moved the buildings to a new location on Cameron Street, where they now have five large houses. They are built on the side of a hill which has a grade of IS feet to the 100 feet, one house running along the ends of the others, connecting them together. The houses are heated by steam in 1-ineh pipes from a 25 horse- power boiler. They intend building two more houses the coming summer. The new address is 1023 South Cameron Street. Steam Heating I have read the replies in legard to southern floriculture, and I desire to add my mite to the discussion and endeavor to gain a point or two in favor of steam heating. Thus far I have read but one article in favor of steam (by Mr. Geo. Hinraan, Atlanta, Ga.), all the others being in favor of hotwater. I think that it is an injustice if the merits of steam heating are not duly considered before its superiority is denied. 1 admit that Imay be a trifle biased in niv opinions, but I also wish to say that I have had no per- sonal or actual experience with hot water and that I only speak of what I know and withhold all suppositions and theories. I don't think that any one can make any comparisons unless they do so from actual experience in handling the two systems of heating under very similar conditions, so I will only refer to the merits of steam heating. It may be that steam is more expensive and more waste- ful in fuel in a warm climate than it would be further north, and that for this reason hot water would be better, but still I believe that steam is the best, tak- ing into consideration all conditions of climate, etc. To begin with, all low pressure steam boilers are fitted withautomatic dampers which represents the saving of a consid- erable quantity of fuel. When heat is required it does not necessitate heating such a large body of water and the open- ing of a valve allows the steam to circu- late through the pipes, and automatic air valves allow the air which may have collected in the pipes to escape, and thus insures acomplete circulation. It ismore convenient and easier to regulate the temperature in a house that is piped with several 11 4-ineh pipes than it is in a house with only a few 2 or 4-inch pipes, espe- cially in laft spnng and early fall. If there is a sudden rise in the temperature the. valves can be closed and in a few minutes radiation ceases. The work of fitting and piping a house is not nearly so laborious, as I know from experience that it does not require as much muscle to cut and thread a li4-ineh pipe as does a 2 or 3-ineh pipe. If all pipes are placed in position so that there is a continuous down grade in the entire piping of a house, and care is taken to keep all return pipes above the water line in the boiler, and also to have an automatic air valve at the lowest point of each pipe or set of pipes, there is no reason why steam heat- ing should fail to give entire satisfaction. In my opinion steam is unapproachable in any climate or under any condition where prompt, effective work is required. Rahway, N.J. John W. Salino. T"ii?AMEBICAN FLORIST P.O.'S »s-«TRADE»-3» DIRECTORY I FLORISTvS, ^-of^ nurserymen, (seedsmen, OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, IKE8S: American Florist Co, 54 La Salle Street, CHICAGO. i8gi. The American Florist. 665 E. H. HUNT, Wholesale Plorist 79 Lake Street, CHICAGO, (Successor to Vaughan's Cut Flower Dep't.) Full line of FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. KENNICOTT BROS. WHOLESALE FLORISTS, 27 Washing'on Street, CHICAGO. OpenunuT 7™P."»l. Suriiluys an/uoaways^l'l M. ' ALL SUPPLIES. *B-WIRE WORK A SPECIALTY. A. L. RANDALL, (SUCIKSSOK TO) WHOLEs'aLE FLORIST & DEALER IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO. OPEV NIGHTS AND SUND.iYS. -va^ir-e: i3ESTC3-3sr=; iir stock. Wholesale Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, And Florists' Supplies. 89 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. store Open: Nlglits !) P. M.! Suudays 3 P. M. Wholesale Cut Flowers, 66 Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO. All Flowers in seai^oa. Frompt atteution giveu to Bhipping- orderg. CUT FLOWERS. The Western Trade So'icited. Write or Telegraph. • SMITH FLORAL CO., 77 7th Street S. - - Minneapolis, Minn. C. Strauss & Co. GROWERS OF CUT FLOWERS. IW'HOLESALH ONLY. I SPECIALTY. -Filling Telegraphic Orders. WASHINGTOW. D. C. C^13e j£»S!»£»i:i:»ii:ies». About April 21th we will be prenared toship CAPE JASAMINK and MAGNOLIA BID-* in large quan- tities to any point in the North safely Also Gray Moss Magnolia Foliage, Cut Kerns, and a yariety of oiher evergreer 9: also Magnolia seedlings and plants in any size When you have a big decoration it will pay you to corresuondend with us. Prices on appli- cation. Gi' I trial. FT, WORTH NDSERY, SEED AND CANNINI} CO., 910 Main Street, DAI.L.\S, TEXAS. till orders promptly. Price. 20 cents per string till May Ist. Quality A 1. .lOSKPH K. BONSALL, Telephoue No. 15, 308 Garfield Ave.. Salem. Ohio. P/TALOGUES. ^" 1 MAKE 'EM, WITH CUTS AND "KNOW HOW." J. Horace McFarland, SIAmHSBTJ-IlG, FA.. ©Y^'RofeAaPe MartCetA, L France, Jacqs Violets .,,, Bml'lax Adiantums Candidum, Spirca Myosolis. u Mermets. Brides ,,., Wattevilles. Cusins Hostes La France, Albany, Tulips . DatTodil! Carnatic Smllax, Mermete, Brides ;: fr^^ii'c. r,li5@ 0:06 , ... ..'■^■°''®lgS ctSStlSSI'.fong'.vv.v.' ..... OarnatlnnB. long, fancy Valley. Itomans ■,::v,;;;:. 2uol soo 3110® iro .•.•.io'o'o°lili§ Candi uiu.long ;;:,;,;,::' 00® 10:00 I .511 ® 2 CO Gut Flowersi Florists' Supplies -^ WHOLESALE. ^^ 67 Bromfield Street, BOSTOIVI, MASS. N. F. McCarthy & co. Wholesale Florists AND JOBBERS IN FLORISTS' SUPPLIES, / Music Hall Place. BOSTON. MASS. We keep a large supply of Fancies and Carna tions always on hand. Return telegrams sent immediately when unable to fill orders. AUCTION SALES OF PLANTS SPRING AND FALL. ' DREER'S (Garden seeds attheloii rRADE LIST issued ( terly. mailed free to THOS. YOUNG. Jr.. WHOLESaLE FLORIST 20 West 24lh Street, LILY OF THE VALLEY, A.i:d tlio Choicest ROSES for the fall and winter season. Mention American Florist^ W. S. ALLEN, Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers 36 EAST 23rd STREET, NEW YORK. [Established 187T.] Price List sent upon application. M. F. SHERIDAN, Wholesale and Commission Dealer in CUT FLOWERS, NO. 32 W. 30TH ST., NEW YORK. Orders to be shipped will receive prompt attention. FRANK D. HUNTER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN CUT FLOWERS SI West 30th St., NEW YORK. JOHN YOUNG, WHOLESALE FLORIST 53 WEST 30TH STREET, .4. S. Burns. J- !• Kaynor. BURNS &, RAYNOR, WHOLESALE FLORISTS, XI -West S*!*tli St., J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS, Wliolesale Coininisslou Dealers in CUT FLOWERS 134 & 136 Walnut Street. CINCINNATI, 0. SPECIALTIES: ROSES. CARNATIONS AND ORCHIDS. LaRoche & Stahl, Florists and Commission Merchants CUT H^I^OWEJI*®, 1237 Chestnut Street, • - PHILaOELPHIA. Consignments Solicited. Special attention paid to shipping Mention amekica.v Fi.okist. ELLISON & KUEHN. -^WHOLESALE^ FLORISTS, 1122 mSrEl STE-EET, ST. r^oxjis, ivxo. WHOI.ESAI.E CUT FLOWERS AND FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. THE WISCONSIN FLOWER EXOHANOB. 133 MMOa Btrest, MILWAUKII, Wl". 666 The American Florist. Apr. 9, 9fta $00^ ilra<^0. SEED TRADE ASSOCIATfON. Albert M. McCullough, Cincinnati, presi- dent; John Fottler. Jr., Boston, secretary and treasurer. The ninth annual meeting at Cin- cinnati, June, iSgi. at A Favorable Decision. l'Ki:l'; ICXTKV— I-OKCINO I"[..\NTS, C I.IAS. AZAI.E.\S, AND I-ATAOKKl. Bclbrc tlic V. S. General Apprais New York, February -t, ISOl. Ill the matter of the protest. 27«4b, ofO. Ries- ling, against the decision of the collector of customs at Savannah, Ga . as to the rate and amount of duties chargeable on certain came- llias, azaleas, etc.. imported per Russia, via New York. Opinion by Shakretts, General Appraiser. The itnportation consists of camellias, azaleas, and lapagerias, which the col- lector reports "are intended for nur.sery stock, the importer being a nurseryman and gardener." Duty was therefore as- sessed upon the plants at 20 per cent, ad valorem, under paragraph 282 of the act of I lolobcr 1 , 1 StW. The importer claims that the plants arc of a kind generally "used for forcing under glass for cut flowers," and arc therefore exempt from duty under jjaragraph 666. The plants being of a kind chiefly used in the manner and for the purposes pre- scribed in paragraph 666, the fact that they can be grown to a limited extent in the open ground in certain localities docs not change the result. It would be itiani- fcstly impossibletodcterminetheintcnded use of each individual plant, and it would not be proper to classify the same |)lants differcutl}' at the several ports in accord- ;ince with the varied temperatnre of the country. It is sufficient that the plants in tiuestion are of kinds chiefly grown under glass, and this appears to be the case. In fact, azaleas, which form a por- tion of the importation, are specifically enumerated in paragraph 666. Theclaim of the importer is accordingly sustained. [The above decision supplied us by our correspondent K. C. indicates a very fair intention on the i)art of the General Board of .\ppraisers. We hope the3' will keep on in the lint of work indicated above. — Ed.] It is reported that a bill will be pre- sented to the Illinois legislature making it a criminal offense to plant shade trees in winter with bare roots. I.NDiANAPOLis.— F. C. Hniitingtoii has returned home much im])roved in health altera Slav of four months at Thomas- ville. Ga. When you write an advertiser tell him that you saw his advertisement in the Florist. FLOWER SEED. CHOICEST STBAINS FOB FI.OBISTS. IXill trade list now ready, and maileil free on application. August Rolker & Sons, lao West 24tli Street, NEW YORK. STATION E. G. J. MOFFATT, ENVELOPES OF ALL KINDS. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Samples and prices on application. When writing lor prices, pJeaae state sizes and quantity wnrnted. Z. De Forest Ely & Co., — ^WHOLESALE ^ — Seed Growers and Merchants. Carry one of the most complete and extensive stocks ofQAPDEIN SEEDS in the United States. We make a specialty of GROWING PEAS ''°'l BEANS, AMERICAN TURNIPanl CABBAGE SEEDS, ONION SETS a°d PURE SEED POTATOES. We cater to the Jobbing trade. WRITE FOR PRICES. Per loo Per looo TIIRFRH^F^ DOUBLE PEARL 1 UUolVwOL^O, Fine Large Bulbs Ji oo $ 7 5o ri nrMrviiic fine mixed 125 10 co IlLn I (1 S EXTRA CHOICE i 75 1500 \J\S\\U\\J\^\JO, SHAKESPEARE 7 50 Also Importers of Dutch and Roman Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissus and True Bermuda Lilies, (L. Har- risii.) Special import offer for Fall and Summer of 1891 NOW READY- Do not fail to write for it. Liberal terms, fair prices, selected quality and square business treatment. Address Z. DE FOREST ELY & CO., 1301 and 1303 Market Street. ■ PHILADELPHIA, PA. and 246 North Broad St. P. O. BOX 1176. Registered Cable Address, Deforest, Phila. TELEPHONE 129S. I MPoRTANT.'^ Florists. Our new trade list of 50 pages and our descriptive catalogue of 100 pages is now being mailed to you Should you not receive a copy within a few days, notify us and we will send you one. Without any desire to brag we assure you we have the largest and best col- lection of Chrysanthemums in the country. All stock is bloomed before propagated from. Our list contains over 600 varieties. We also publish a list of syDon\ms in our catalog. Pamphlet of "Summer Flowering Bulbs" 20 pages mailed on application. Price J3 per 100. Our name does not appear in the pamphlet, therefore it is highly valuable for those having a counter trade. Onr list of dormant bulbs is the largest and finest of any in the country. We have so much of interest to florists and others in our catalog that we cannot begin to mention any. Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea, proved of great value last year as a cut flower. We have a large stock of fresh seed at 10 cents per oz ; Ji.oo per lb. You will bear in mind we told you last year that Chrysanthemum V. H. Hallock was a good one. You will hear from this later on. We also recom- mended Charity and White Cap on our last years set as being particularly valuable for florists' use. Prices in quantity on application. H^-L. AURATUM, li^-L. RUBRUM, H^-SPIDER LILIES, ^"^LS'^^-rir J. C. VAUGHAN, CHICAGO. 1 ARfiE STOCK SOUND BULBS. CLOSE PRICES. W. W. Barnard & Co., 6 &8 North Clark Street, CHICAGO. SEEDS, BULBS, IMPLEMENTS. lUuBtrated Seed Catalogue mailed free BEST SEEDS? If so, ssenci to SCHLEGEL & FOTTLER, Growers auci Iiiipi>rter9, tSgi. The American- Florist. 667 THE LARGEST AND FINEST LILIUM AURATUM BULBS EVER IMPORTED. We have ONLY 100 CASES LEFT of our importation of 500 CASES of LILIUM AURATUM OR GOLDEN JAPAN LILIES. These Bulbs range from 10 to 14 inches in Circumference. They are the FINEST lot that has ever arrived in this coun- try. They are packed in soil-EACH CASE CONTAINING 50 BULBS, and ■will keep perfectly sound until June. PRICE PER CASE, $6.00. 5 Cases at $5.75. 10 Cases at $5.50. 25 Cases at $5.25. 50 Cases at $5.00. ALSO 25 CASES LEFT OF ASSORTED VARIETIES AS FOLLOWS: 12 Lilium Auratum, 6 Lilium Tigrinum Flore Pleno, 6 " Elegans, 6 " Elegans Flore Seini Pleno, 4 " Speciosum Album, 6 Lilium Speciosum Rubrum, 6 " Batemaneii, 6 " Tig:rinuui Splendens, AT $7.50 PER CASE, OR FIVE CASES AT $7.00. Also 50,000 DOUBLE PEARL TUBEKOvSEvS Hanging in size Ironi 4 to 7 inches In circumference, at $7.00 PER 1 ,000. Also 10,000 Galadium Esculentumor Elephant's Ear- Bulbs. l-ine Inrgi size l.iillis, ranging from 11'. to 16 inches in - Irice, $8.00 to $15.00 F ROBERT BUIST.Jr., ■ighing I 4 lbs. each. Ironi 11'. to 16 inches in circtimfereuc rice, $8.00 to $15.00 PER 100, according lo size ':S„^r,=.T.".°:r,r•• Philadelphia, Pa, TILY^VflLLEY! I ^ TRUE BERLIN PIPS. Price per original ca.se ol 2,500 pips, «34: per 10,000, isno: p^r l.ooo, »10; per 100, Sl.50. Order now, as stock is limited. TERMS CASH. A full line of Summer flowering Bulbs, Seeds. Plants and Florists' Supplies, furnished at low- est marketprices.) Catalogues free to applicants. Address, 18 BURLING SLIP. NEW YORK. C. H. JOOSTEN, 3 Coenties Slip, - NEW YORK, IMPORTER OF Bulbs £°dPlants. PRICES ON APPLICATION. SYNDICATE OF- BULB GROWERS, Ollioiiles, var. France. SPECIAL CROP OF White Roman Hyacinths, AND OTHER FRENCH BULBS. LILY OF THE VALLEY Very Strong Flowering Pips. Offers for the AUTUMN, in L.\RaE gDANTlTT. JULIUS HANSEN, Pinneberg, Germany. arge dowering, dozen. The latter 1 stock. Splendid roots. CYCLAMENS-Giganteum fine, healthy, home considered, $1.C0 per dozei YOUNG H. P. ROSES, from 2l6- nurserymen, suitahle for planting out. Choice i'ersieum, strong s, qualltj pots foi R. VAN DER SCHOOT & SON, HILLEGOM, HOLLAND. L.4RGEST Growers of HYACINTHS, TULIPS, NAR- CISSUS, SPIR/EA, LILIES OF THE VALLEY, ETC. Headquarters for Forcing Bulbs. Whole- sale Importers should write us for prices. FRAUARIA INDICA, L. i^Hi'w^- BERRVof Upper India; handsome flower and Iruit. Excellent for permanent rocltwork. Hardy. 50clB. per dozen: $3.00 per hundred. THOMAS J, OBERLIN, Sinking Spring. Pa, SPECIAL LOW PRICE Lilium Harrisii and Longiflorum Bulbs Having juetreturne a from a trip tn the BermudHs where I went to have a good look after the Easter Lilies, and having made arrangement with the larg- est growers of those beautiful bulbs for a large quan- tity of their crop, we are now able to offer good, healthy and pure bulbs— June and July delivery, at the low rate of : Per 1000 4 to 6-lneli clroum » 35.00 5to 7-incli " 4S.00 7 to 9-inch •* 70.00 9toll-iiicU •* 116.00 LILIUM LONGIFLORUM same price and Sizes as above. Delivery in August. Please order before May and oblige. Yours respectfully, HULSEBOSCH BROS., P. 0. Box 3118. NEW YORK CITY. 668 The American Florist, Apr. p, Chicago. Mr. A. i:. Whittle ot AliKinv, N. Y., paid tlic cilv a Hying visit Inst wick. Mr. O. 1". Hassilt of Hinsdale has returned I'roni his sojoinii in Florida nuieh improved in health. Mr. Otto Weinhoeber ot" ;!7(l Center Street, a llorist well known to the Chi- ea.ujo trade, died April 2. Dick Coglan, until recently with Kcn- nieott Bros., is now with Peter Kirscht at Niles Center. Easter Sunday was a remarkably pleasant day, but for a week or more previous the weather was as bad as it could be. And while lliesupply of ll.uvcrs for Hastor was lari;e, had the wc.ithcr been favorable the cut would liavc been Since Ivaster trade has been fair with ^ PEARL RIVER, NEW YORK. GHRYSflNTHEMUMS. —All Prize Takers of 1890.— I have over 250 varieties of the very- best Chrysan- themums exhibited last year, and am now pre- pared to furnish plants at moderate prices. Will send ICO strong plants, one hundred different binds, all good ones, my selection, for$t, or will send 200, each different, and contain- ing all the most valuable and popular kinds of the past season, for JS.oo. All Plants Guaranteed to be in Firsl-Class Condition. Send for descriptive circular giving full descriptions and prices to O. F». ESASSEJTT, HIWSDALE, ILHWOIS. GHRYSftNTHEMUMS. Mistletoe, Mermaid, Eda Prass, Innocence, and a few of the others, any number of any variety, 50 cents each; 85,00 per dozen. Grown from my own seed, gathered tiom choice flowers (ertilized by the Chry.'aiithenium Bee. Ready May 1st, Si.ooper doz.; S; co per 100. CHOICE STANDARD SORTS of over 100 varieties. Strong plants, god for cuttings for April and May propagation. I-'rom JS.co to 810.00 per 100. Send for estimates. FRED. DORNER, La Kayette, Ind. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. The finest and most complete collection in the country. The choicest and finest sorts are the cheapest, as you will find when )0U sell the blooms in November. ]f, in the rush of the season's work, you have neglected to stock up with Chrysanthe- mums, here is an opportunity to do so at once. NO 1. We will send vou 100 plants in 20 finest vanelles. to include WIDENER. MOLLIE BAWN, MRS. W. K. HARRIS. SHASTA. MRS. WM. BOWEN. JOHN LANE, E. G. HILL. IVORY, and others equally good, for $10.00 O 2 . We will send 100 iilants in 20 fine sorts, not quite so recent introductions as No. i, but all sterling varieties like EXCELLENT, H. CANNELL. INTERNATIONAL, KIOTO, MARVEL. MISS M. WEIGHTMAN, T, C, PRICE. MRS. W. SARGENT, for $6 00 NO- 3 1.0 plan'-" '" llie 20 f-i'lowiiig varieties: CULLINGFORDII. ELSIE. GRANDIFLORUM. JNO. THORPE, L. B BIRD. L. CANNING. MRS. A. BLA^C. BELLE POITEVINE. ADVANCE. MRS. I. CLARK, PURITAN. TWILIGHT. E. lONSDALE, MRS. F. CLINTON, W, H. LINCOLN. W. W. COLES, VIOLET ROSE, MRS. F. THOMPSON, WHITE CAP and TOKIO, for $4.00 NO. 4. We will .send 100 plants, one o NO. 5. too plants, TWO of kind, for . labelled, choice new and older sorts, $10.00 $8.00 our own and THE TWO OSTRICH PLUMES : -^,----- $.00.^,00 t, LOUIS BOEHMER. $40 ( N. B. -With every jtio oo order we will send, GRATIS, our NoveKy J. IH. JORDAN; magnificent incurving variety, light silvery pink, with rose shadinj^s. The finest pinK variety extant for cut flowers. (Single plants, Ji.oo each.) French Novelty, IVILLE. MARIE HOSTE: magnificent creamy white striped amaranth; this won two First Class Certificates from the National Chrysanthemum Society of Great Britain in the recent fall exhibits. (Single plants, fi.oo each.) CARNATIONS, ROSES, rur;!;;^''''^'^'"'""'*'''' 8^°" Write for prices on anything vou may need. E. G. HILL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. CHOICE * CHKY^ANTHEMUiMvS Each .\DVANCF, 4e ADA SPAri.DING ... .- fc AURIOLE Sc AVALANCHE Sc CULLINGFORDII 4C E G. HILL Sc EXCELLENT 40 G. P. RAWSON 8c G. F. MOSE.MAN 40 KIOTO 4C HARVEST QUEEN 6c IVORY 8c JOHN LANE fc M. WANAMAKER icc T. J. EMLEN IOC MRS. LIBBIE ALLAN loc MOLLIE BAWN 8c MRS W. SARGENT Sc MARY WEIGHTMAN 8c MRS. HICKS ARNOLD 8c MRS. BENJ. HARRISON • ' • 8c Not less than 6 plants of a kind. Price fur ALL AMERICAN NOVELTIES FOR Each MRS. W. BAKER 8c MRS. J. S. FOGG Sc MRS. A. BLANC 4c MRS. A. C. BURPEE 5C MRS. J CLARK 4C MRS. A. HARDY 5c MRS. JOHN WRIGHT sc MARY WHEELER 4C MANDUS 8c PRES. HARRISON loc OCTOBER BEAUTY 4c PEERLESS 8c REWARD Sc ROHALLION ICC SNOW DROPS 8c SUNFLOWER 8c T. C. PRICE. . . _ 5C W. H. LINCOLN 5c W. W. COLES 4C LOUIS BOEHMER 40C Price rIIVG^KK «S5 OOIVA.I«I> CO., West Gro^'6, PennsyK'ania. FLOWERING SHRUBS VINES. A' N immense stock of the leading varieties of all sizes. Small, for Transplanting, and Larger, for Retailing and Ornamental planting. Send for Trade List, and fdvor us with a list of wants to price. THE WM. H. MOON CO., Morrisville, Pa. APRIL WHOLESALE. NOW READY. e Largest and most complete TRADE LIST published in the United States, and what is more important to the florist, THE LOWEST PRICES. If you do not receive it regularly, send j'our address on a postal card to 3VJoGieEJOOI« :BieO«S., Springfield, O. Mention Amerlo^n Flortst. CHRYSANTHEMUMS, Per 1000,*^"'°° $25.00, many choice varieties $300 GERANIUMS, 10 to 20 splendid sorts... 3 00 ROSES, all the best standard vars., my selection 4.00 VERBENAS, in good varieties 2 50 ALYSSUM, dbl. white, nice young pits 3 00 CANNAS, in six splendid vars 3 00 DOUBLE WHITE FEVERFEW, strong 2 inch, ready to shift 3 00 HELIOTROPE, Garfield (best purple) 2;<-inch 3 00 SALVIAS, scarlet, white, black & var 3.00 Address N. S. GRIFFITH, Jackson Co. Independence, Mo. ence iB well located (or shipping, beins of KanSHs CltT.) F. A. RIECHERS & SONNE, Actces, Import and Export Nurseries, HAMBURG. GERMANY. specialties in I.ilies ol tlic Valley; Azaleas, Ca- mellias iu sorts, best varieties in Palms and Dwarf Roses. ^e~ Wholesale Catalogue on application. Parsons&SonsCo. Kissena Nurseries, Flushing, N. Y. offer Rhododendrons Hardy Azaleas. toi nihcr raro and oUl plants see Catalogue. Mention American Florist. 5,000 Hydrangeas. Per 101 0T.\K8A. THOS. HOGG, ROSEA, WHITE FKlN(iED, Sand 1-inch pots. ...S4 OCSfi 00 and $8.01 iNN A Khemannt, strong 1 ' OLK.VIATIS. 6 best sorts. 1 year old. PAUL BUTZ & SON, New Castle, Pa. iSgi. The American Florist. 67 W. S. LITTLE'S SPECIAL LIST (-TVo. f5.) OP STOCKS, SEEDLINGS, ETC FOR NURSERYMEN AND FLORISTS, IBC COOHy SSTOBi^VGIS. THE ARTICLES ENUMEKATED ABE STORED IN OUR CELLARS AND COLD HOUSES. THET ARE IN BEST POSSIBLE CONDITION, AND mainly for our own planting, nurserymen and florists to ob at a moderate cost. A QUALITY, having been obtained offers an excellent opportunity for Ltpply of these articles for their use FRUIT TREE STOCKS. , medium, well rooted . Pear Stocks— Imported i year. Imported i year. Quince Stocks— imported extra Plum Stocks— Myrobolan, ist cl Cherry— Mahaleb, ist class . . Mazzaid, isf -'-" Gooseberry, Industry- YOUNG ORNAMENTAL STOCK, SEEDLINGS, ETC Per 100 I'er IIK Acer Plalanoides—( Norway Maple) 2 years, fine J 3 00 $200 " Pseudo Platanus (Sycamore Maple) 2 yrs., iS to 24 inches. 225 125 AInus Imperialis Asplenilolia (Cut-leaf Aldsr)2year layers . . . 6 co Althea— (In variety) grafted, 12 to 16 inches 7 00 Aristolochia Sioho (Pipe Vine) 2 year layers is 00 Betula Alba (White Birch) 2 years, transplanted.. Castanea Vesca (Spanish Chestnut) : CorylusAvelana (Filberts) in variety. 8 t to 18 inches . . 15 inches fting the large flowering Clematis Viticella— 3 years, (for sorts) strong pi Flamula— 3 years, transplanted 12 00 Corchorus Japonica (Japanese Globe flower) 2 yrs., transpl'td. 4 00 Crataegus Oxycantha — (For budding the double flowering Thorns) i year, first class 2 50 " Pyracantha— 3 years, transplanted, 5 to 8 inches . . Son Deutzia Gracilis— 2 years, transplanted, strong 5 00 Fagus Purpurea (Rivers Purple Beech)— Grafted, 2 feet .... 30 00 Forsythia Fortune!— 2 years, 12 to 18 inches 300 " Viridissima— 2 years, 10 to i6inches 2 75 Ginkgo Biloba (Maiden Hair Tree)— i year, 6 to 8 inches. ... 6 00 Ligustrum Vulgare— 3 years, transplanted 2 00 Ovalifolium— 3 years, transplanted 3 00 Uiriodendron Tulipifera (Tulip Tree)— 2 years, transplanted . . 600 Lonicera Coccinea— 2 years 7 50 tyear year " Sinensis— 2 years . Magnolia Acuminata— 2 years, transplanted, 6 to S inches . . . 12 ( Tripetela (Umbrella Tree)— 2 years 15 1 Soulangeana— Seedlings, 8 to 12 inches 181 Populus Bolleana— 2 year cuttings 7; Platanus Orientalis— 12 to 20 inches 7 : Quercus Americana Rubra- 2 years, 2 to 3 feet 51 Palustris— 2 years, 10 to 14 inches 51 Rhus Cotinus (Purple Fringe)— 2 years, 10 to 15 inches 4; ROSA MANETTI-(For budding), ist class 2; Sambucus Aurea (Golden Elder)— 10 to 14 inches 5 . Spirea Van Houttei— 2 years, 8 to 10 inches, fine 4 ( Syringa Persica and Persica Alba— 8 to 12 inches 6 . Tamarix Africana— 2 years, 2 t03 feet 41 Tetrandra Purpurea— 2 feet 4 ( Weigela Rosea— 2 year, 10 to 12 inches . Vanegala — 8 to 10 inches. Amabilis— 10 to 12 inches. . . . Yucca Filamentosa— 3 years, fine Per 100 Per 1000 YOUNG EVERGREENS. Arbor Vitae (American)— 3 years, transplanted Abies Balsamea — 2 years and 3 years, transplanted 3 00 ; " Excelsa (Norway Spruce)— 2 years and 2 years trans- planted, 9 to 12 inches 2 50 1 " Nordmaniana— 2 years and 2 years transplanted 400 Pinus Austriaca (.\ustrian Pine)— 3 and 4 years transplanted, " Cembra (Swiss Pine) 12 to i8 inches, fine compact plants 20 00 Montana (Dwarf Pine) — 12 to 18 inches 400 2 " SylvBstris (Scotch Pine)— 14 to 18 inches 400 2 " Strobus (White Pine)— 2 years and 2 years transplanted. 400 2 EVERGREENS— Rooted Cuttings. Ready May ist. These are strong cuttings, thoroughly rooted, of some Evergreens alvi those we planted ourselv grew. We pack them in s carriage in perfect conditi- Arbor Vitae— Siberian Tom Thumb " " Hovey's Golden Box-Tree " Dwarf splendidly rooted Juniper — Irish, Swedish and American Retinispora (Japan Cypress). The following varieties we have found hardv and very desirable, viz: R. Pisifera, Plumosa Aurea, Filifera, Squarrosa CLEMATIS— Young Stock. We make a specialty of the Clematis, and have ; Per 100 Per 1000 3ck of fine young plants of some of the best ' . We offer these at such prices as we believe will be -vmeu and Florists desirous of replenishing their nch pots, " veil rooted. Per Perl Price.— Purples, laven RHODODENDRONS. We are enabled this vear to offer some very fine Rhododendrons at un- usually low figures. The plants all have blossom buds, well branched heads and bright, clean foliage. In fact they are first class in every respect. Perdoz. Per 100 Named sorts— grafted, 12 to iS inches, with blossom buds . . S 6 00 $40 00 STANDARD ROSES. ith good roots and handsome tops. As a whole they are Fine plan the best lot we nave ever in Assorted varieties, mostly ' ported. ybrid perpetuals . Per 1 ■^ ^^OU^IVO ^ I^O»E>S, ing more than doubled the prodi 3f young Roses. The varieties a I planting. The plani or for shifting. Our 1 g capacity of our Rose hou es are principally hardy and well t propagated t* " Alex. Bachmetieff, AchilleGonod, Annie de Diesbach, Bertha Baron, Baltimore Belle, Baron Taylor, the follow Beauty of Walthani, Blanche de Meru, Baronne Prevost, Belle of Normandy, Charles Lefebvre, Caroline de Sansal, Climbing Jules Margotti Climbing Victor Verdier Coquette des Alps. Comtef se de Serenye, Doctor Hogg, g good varieties and others, vi: Doctor Andry, Fisher Holmes, General Jacqueminot. Jules Margottin, John Hopper, La France, in. La Reine, Leopold Hausburg, ;s during the past two years, we are able this se sted HYBRID PERPETUALS, such a :__ -, :___, .^ -nd in the best possible conditii > Odier. Magna Charta, Marechal Forey. o; per Marie Rady, Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Mme. Alfred de Rougement, Mme. Victor Verdier, Madame Trotter, Mount Carmel, Paul Neyron, )oo $50 00 5.0C0 plant LSon to offer to the trade a very we grow in large quantities for n either for planting in the open Pre.'ident Lincoln, Perle des Blanches, Pierre Notting, Prince Camille de Rohan, Queen of Prairies, Reynolds Hole, Reine Marie Henrielte, Sir Garnet Wolseley, Sir Joseph Paxton, Sydonie, Seven Sisters, Triomphe de I'Expositiou. Purchaser's selection pei Our selection— a good assortment ( if the best varieties. . . Ir*IvA.I«TrS INC ^ ISJCHC I»OTS.-We have a limited quantity of 1 growing in four inch pots. The plants are 10 to 18 inches high and very fine. Price, S8 00 per hundred ■aa.A.TSSl'r'jyi. srrOCICS. Fine Imiaortecl, r»oi- 1.00, ^2. SO; F>or- bove varieties propagated last summer Address W. S. LITTLE, COMMERCIAL NURSERIES, Rochester. N. Y. ^1. The a mer ican Fl ori s t. Apr. 9, Violet Crops. Ill answer to J. L. ( page f.Ui I he should pick from r>t),bO() to C.O.OOO salable blooms iVoiii October to April. I have 1,200 plants, and have sold 22,375 blooms from October 20 to April 1. I would like to hear if any other tcrowcrs have done better. The house will hold 3,000 plants, and 1 feel sure had 1 had this number of plants I could have cut (50,000 blooms. The 1,200 plants mentioned will give me 10,000 blooms this month. I w juld also like to state that I do not believe in the existence of such a thing as a "violet disease." I have grown violets for ten vears, and have never seen any disease. ' I have had a batch of plants that did not do as well as others, but it was neglect on my part thai caused tliem to go back. IK'lowismvcut from October 20, 1890, to April 1, 1S91: t)clober 1,200 blooms. November 3,325 Decemtx-r 1,750 lanuarv 3,575 Februarv 3,275 March...". 9,250 Total 22,375 JOH.N WlEDE V. Mt. Washington, Md. When writing to advertisers please mention the fact that you were induced to write by the advertisement in the .\.\iERic.\N' Flortst. You will benefit us by letting advertisers know that it is the pLOkisT that is bringing them trade. DOUBLE HOLLYHOCKS. CKIMSON, CRKAM, FINK, PISKI.SH SALMON, WHITF, TKLLOW, PALMS AN1> D.tAC'-KNA-, the in the we^t at S.i 00 per lUU to Jl iiu, S each. CycEH revoluta, bl'c to S 5 OO W. J. HESSER, Plattsmouth, Neb. FLORAL DESIGNS. The help for Cut Flower workers. 162 pages, colored plates. E litiou nearly exhausted ; speak quick. Address (with I3. 50 for the book) J. HORACE McFARLAND, Box 655. HARRISBURG. Pi. DRAC^KA INDIVISA. ;Tom 2-inch pots, per 100 S.5; per lOiO $2.5. From iH.-m. pot3, per 100 $5; per lOCO Il5. Krom boxes, once, transplanted, per 100 fl; perlCOOtSo. LiLOXINIA SEKDLINGS, Krom strictly first class Brecta grandlfiora type- all tigered and spotted per 100 $5; per 1000 $45. ty- Ready lor delivery April 1, 'ul. Clark's Point, New Bedford, Mass. Mention American Florist. MUSHROOM SPAWN ^READY APRIL lOth,'^ PRICE LIST OF Plants for Florists. Mailed fiee on appMcaticn. I MICHEL PLANT AND SEED CO. St Louibi, Mo CONCERNING % ^ DOUBLE PETUNIAS ROOTED CUTTINSS. ^_^„ " sorts best fringed i I.IU 7 sorts. 2'/.i inch pots 2 00 ALTERS ANTHEKA AUKEA. rooted cuttings .60 ACQTRANTHUS LINDENU, " " ..50 COLEUS, 15 sorts, " " .I'O HELIOTROPE, white and purple. " " .BO CUPHBA (Cigar Hlant), " " .60 AOBRATU.M.whiteand l.lue, " " .'lO GERANIUMS. 10 best double and single 1.20 2^2-i Pot plants by express. Cutlings by mail. Sen tamns forsamplK. All labell.d but £-mch pot ge: iniuins. C-\sn with ouder. Lock Box 77, Upper Saiidusk]', Ohio. Louis Chretian, 2 ic 4 cts. Manicaia Aurea, 2 in 10 c.s. Rex in variety, 2 ir 4 c:s. Smilbx, frcm seed boxes. ..per 100, 30 cts. JOS. E BONSALL. SALEM, O. Tuberous Beoonias Separate colors, per 100, I3.00; mixed, $275. Double, |4. 50; mixed, f4 CO. BRUUER & RICHTER. McConne'sville 0. 40,000 Young Violet Plants MARIE LOUISE, ready April 15th for distribution, at fj.oo per 1000. SCHILLER & MAILANDER, NiLES Centre, Illinoi.s A SOLID ACRE OF HARDY PINKS SOLIDLY FROZEN into the ground, but will thaw out BRIGHT and EARLY. Orders booked now for Spring Shipment. THESE PINKS do not produce seed, but increase from the root, and live year after ytar in the open ground. Stud for list to THADDEUS HALE, South Bytield. Mass. GAPE COO PINK POND LILY. For price list, Plants and Cut Flowers, address the original cultivaors, Chlpivian Bros., S.VNDWICH, (Cape Cod), MASS. CHAS. HEINIG, SHARON, PA Propagation of Plants. .\ CuMl'LKT]-; HAND-BOOK OK TROPAGA- TION AND rnLLINATION. THE NURSERY BOOK has been pre- pared with the utmost pains. It em- bodies the experiences of many ex- perts. The authcr, Prof. L. H. Bailey, editor of T/if . Iiiuvnan ( harden, has been engaged in its preparation for many moniliF, acd has visited many nuiseries and specialists, gatheiing material upon technical points outside of his practice. The whole volume has been read and crit- icised by Prof. B M. Watson, of the Bus- sey iBS.itution, one of the best propa- gators in this country. All available au- thorities have been consu'ted, ard par- ticular parts have been submitted to ex- pertF. The fruit matter has had the crit- icism of leading nurserymen, and the head propagator of probably the most important nuiseiy in Ameiica has bten freely consulted. The Orchid matter has been ptepartd by W. J. Bean, of the Kew Royal Gardens. The instructions in the nursery list, which g.ves the definite methods for each plant, have been read by at least four persons. The book is ab- solutely f'evoid of theory and speculation. It has no hing to do with plant physiol- ogy; nor with any abs ruse reasons of plaut growth. It simply tells plainly and briefly what every one who sows a seed, makes a cutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new and original in method and matter. The nearly 100 illustrations are made especially for it, direct from nature. The book treats of all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees and shrubs, forest trees. CONTENTS. Chapter i-Seei>A(:e. ChapterHI— Layekaoe. CnArTERlI-SEl'ARATION.CnAl'TERlV-CrTTAUE. Cn.\PTER V— GRAFTAtiE. Including Grafting, Bud- ding, Inarching, etr. CUAPTEB VI-NURPERY LIST. This Is the great feature of the book. It Is an alpbabetical list of over 2,000 varieties, with a short statement lellingnbich of ihe operations described in the Srst Ave chapters are employed in propagating them. The following entries will give an idea of the method: AC£R (Maple). Sapindacese. Stocks are grown from Btratifled seeds, which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as A. daaycarpum. come readily if seeds are simply sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered, but bet- ter plants are obtained by grafting. Varieties ot na- tive species are worbed upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter-worked upon imported A. polymorphum stocks, either by whip or veneer-graftirg. Maples can also be budded in summer, and they grow readily from cuttlDgs of CacteiB. Fresh ell drained and apply water as for com- 1 seeds. When the seedlings appear, remove light position. Cuttings from mature shoots. I length, root readily eand. Give a temperature "--■■•"-- apply only suff • ■ • ' ? cuttings sharp L 60 degrees, and from flagging. I very Juicy, they may be laid on -aldays befor " GOOSKBKRKY.-Seeds, for i varieties, should be sown as soon as well cured. In ititled and ring. Cut- water to keep from flaggil . _. „ iry Juicy, they may be laid ry sand for_8_everal days before planli instrted two-thirds their length, usua aiiti aioredduringwinter Stronger plant allv ontalned bv layers, and the English are" nearly always layered in this country, hiyenng is usually employed "■ " " " ,7 "nfi l.Tg. 27 ""La" - ie"st'oo'i8*'oreen'-la°er'- Limes practised for new CllAI-TER VIl-POLLINATION. Price, library style, cloth, wide margins, $: rocket style, paper, narrow margins, SO Cts. The Rural Publishing Co., Times Building, New York. i8gu The American Florist. 673 «« %mmW FLOWER POTS Wishing to reduce our large stock of ''Sta-ndaLrcl" IMo^^^'er* ]F*Ot;S at once so as to make room for extensive improvements and alterations, we offer extraordinary Otlt I^irioes until May 25th, 1891. We secure lowest freight rates, deliver free on board and make no charge for packages. These pots are all **S1;0-ncla.r*cl" sizes and no old stock. Special quotations given to buyers of large quantities. Do not let long dis- tance stand in the way of ordering, as pots can be shipped safely all over the country. When writing us please mention quantity and sizes desired that we may quote you lowest prices. For prices address THE WHILLDIN POTTERY CO., 713 and 715 Wharton Street, - FHILABELFHIA, FA. norBI.E THICK GLASS FOR GREENHOUSES IF YOU RETAIL FLOWERS . YOU NEED A SET OF Long's Floral Photographs. This season we start io with the large iiomber of 135 dirterent subjects. Many of them new. in both the "Imperial" (8.\10 in negative PRICES WAY DOWN. SEMD FOR CIRCULAR LIST. Z3.A.]V'Xj -^. XiOIVCSr, IFlox-ist, BXJI'Fjft-LO, 3sr. -^ . H. BAYERSDORFER & CO., WHOLESALE FLORISTS' SUPPLIES ONLY, PHILASELFHIA, FA. 3,000,000 HARDY CUT FERNS MOSS, Sphagnum and Green Sheet. BOUQUET GREEN & FESTOONING HARTFORD & mCHOLS, Chapman Place. BOSTON. MASS. IIALE^ mOLE TRAP rkt. For destroyinK ^rround moles in lawns^arKe sardena and oemeterieB. The only PEItiiliCI mole trap m eiiHMcce. IJuaranteeil t moles where nil otber traps falL< BoedBmen, Asricoitnr^ Implemect and I deAlen, or sent by exproiM on receipt of S3I«00 b} H. W. HAIiES. BIDGfiT'7 .X>0 N. J. STANDARD FLOWER POTS JARDINIERES IN GREAT VARIETY. NOTE.— Although forced to play a minor part in the Prize Pantomime, we nevertheless produce the best Standard Pot in the country, and members of the S. A. F. soon found that to get such they must send their orders to A. H. HEWS &, CO., N. Cambridge, Mass. Mi>ntiOF»I!'FEJIv At CO., S>-ractuBe, SHEEP MANURE, a natural invigorator for plants and lawns. This is a plant food of great merit, prepared with a view of supplying all the elements necessary for the perfecture of plant life. QUICK, LASTIM and ECONOMICAL. Pulverized. 100 ib. bag $3.00; Ton $40. ( WM. ELLIOTT &. SONS, Compressed. " $2.50; Ton $35. \ 54 ^nd 56 Dey Street, N. Y OPRAY Mb FRUIT TREES I VSNES Ilia prevented by UBiDB CAliCLOlUn or 5 SELLS AT CO ^ _ _ wled free. LarKe 1 Berry Floats u Bottom Prices. Address } 674 The American Florist. Apr. p, Soil for Palms. Will some- icaclcV ol tlic I'l.duisr give the positions that some of the most used palms orrovv in naturally— if in high and ilrv or low moist places. Some of the palms I grow have very large long roots that lift the plants out of the pots. I suppose they grow naturally on dry soil. Seems as though we could treat these plants more intelligently when we know the conditions under which they grow naturally. 1 often see in the Florist that peat is to be nii.\ed with the soil for plants. The peat I know is the black soil that is found around springs where leaves and grass has lain only partly rotted for ages. Is that what is referred to? It looks as though it was of no value. Walkerton. Ont. W. RtssELL. Shading Greenhouses. Is a preparation of white lead the best thing to apply as a shade, for summer only, and if so, what is best to use with it tor thinning, turpentine or naptha? Am almost afraid to use white lead fear- ing it may not come off in fall and then again whitewash requiies apphnig st\ eral times during the ,enson Si DSL Kim R THE CEFREY FLORISTS LETTER CO. Manttfacinre THE BEST LETTERS IN THE MARKET. sizes Hu-inch and 2.|nch, $2 00 per lOO. I'atent lastener with each letter. WHEAT DESIGNS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. N. F. McC4KTHV,Mgr. I Address ■UiHN B. Oi.iiEN, ABst. Mgr. 1 13 Green St . BOoSTN. Mention American Florist- Breathes there a florist with soul so dead. Who never to himself hath said I'll have Excelsior Flower Food, Because 'twill sell and 'cause 'tis good. If svich there be, go mark him well; Of him his fellows stories tell Of slowness great — his business dull; No brains at all are in his skull. ;^10.00 per gross; 1-4 gms.s uf the same rate. Excelsior Fertilizer Ok FLORISTS. NURSERYMEN and SEEDMEN WANT WINDMILLS THE EVANS CHALLENGE VENTILATING APPARATUS. ^Rs* or WHEN WRITING FOR ESTIMATES, PLEASE GIVE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS: Ist. Give the number of sashes to be lifted. 2nd. Giveihe length and depth of sashes, (depth Ventilator Machinery FOR ALL CLASSES OF GREENHOUSES EITHER FOR TOP OR SIDES. Awarded the od'v Certificate of Merit at Bufifalo Convention. Patented Dec. 10, 1889. Write for Catalogue before order- ing elsewhere. YOUNGSTOWN, O. REDUCTION sxivcz: f':E::B. let. 33 1^ per cent. Discount off List Neponse>t FLOWE.R Pots, OF WATERPROOF PAPER. OUR WHOLESALE ACENTS, AUGUST ROLKKR * .SONS, - New York. R. & .J. FAROUHAK Si CO., Boston, Mass. Who furnish samples by mail, postpaid, on receipt of *-"-,. 3 S^i 4 inch pots. F. W. BIRD & SON, M'frs, Kast Walpule, Mass. Mention American Florist. SASH BARS VENTILATORS, RIDGES, GUTTERING AND LUMBER. -^ CLEAR CY PRESS. ^ Bars all Shapes up to 20 feet long. LOCKLAND LUMBER CO., LOCKLAND, Hamilton Co.. OHIO. If you like the A.merican Florist give it your fullest support by confining your orders to those who advertise in its columns and mention the paper when ordering. LITTLE'S ANTIPEST Valuable Discovery of the 19th Century. SILVER MEDAL AWARDED HV THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1890. This preparation is a sure destroyer of the Scale, Wooly Aphis and Insect Pests of any and all descriptions. It may be as freely used in the conservatory, garden and greenhouse as in the orchard or vineyard. It is non-poisonous and harmless to vegetation when diluted and used according to directions. It mixes instantly wi h cold water in any propor- tion. It is Safe, Sure and Cheap. No fruit grower or florist should be without it. Senil for elroulHrs «nd part each tirush each FOR »IRDS INFECTED WITH PARA- ~ '' tablespoonf ul of Fir-'" SITES. -Pu care that its eyes are protected hand for one minute, thei may be repeated dip 1 the taking 1 in one n tepid necessary a much may be used with a spray producer. Sold in Bottles and Tins. Manufacturer— £. GRIFFITHS HUGHES, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. SOLD By ALL SEEDSME.V. WHOLESA! A. BOLKER & SONS. NEW YOBK. SaveYQurCoalfflMJi n nnini steam.j>°hot water FLORIDA HEATERS FOR GREENHOUSES. 19 sizes for Steam, Usizes for Hot Water, 15 sizes forSoft Coal THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IN USE. ir.T. n Ma(r:iiliio F«.*d. Throws out JTo «a». Save» «S per (rnt In fnol. ( :i\ is u uniform heat day and night. FuIl.Y uarr»iil4'd in .■\t-ry rfsppct and guaranteed to give satisfac- I niu-d SIl,'t,^^. K^nd for nen- ralaloiriie. Address PIERCE. BUTLER & PIERCE MFC. CO. SYRACUSE, N. Y., U. S. A. Regan Electric Vapor Pumping Outfit. "~ GASOLENE FOR FUEL. Guaranteed to PUMP 500 GALLONS of Water per hour 100 ft. high for 2 cts. EITHER FORCE OR TANK PUMP. Ho Fire. No Boiler. No Danger. No Engineer. WIND-MILI. "NOT IN IT." RUN BY SPARK FROM SMALL BATTERY. You turn the Switch, Pump does the rest. THOMAS KANE & COMPANY, RUNDLE-SPENCE MFG. MANUFACTURERS OP CO., Greenhouse* Pipe * and * Fittings, QUALITY GUARANTEED. 193 LAKE ST., 63.69 SECOND ST , CHICAGO, ILL. MILWAUKEE, WIS. ^hemaltese cross brand THEVERVBESTor GARDEN Bc LAWN m if your dealer doesnot haveit;SeTid direct to IheTnanul^clurers THE EUTTAPERCHA&RUBBERMFii.CO.g^S FOR WATER, AIR, STEAM, ACIDS, OILS, LIQUORS, GAS, SUCTION, And for any and every purpose for which a hose can be applied. Sizes. \i inch to 42 inches diameter. The making, vending, or use of any Serviceable I STEEL GAIVAN^ED.'^TOP^W^ fuVe °U ln'^infringemen"°on one°o?mo"'of o'ur Patents. The rights secured to us render each individual dealeror user responsible tor such unlawful use with all the consequences thereof. For prices and discounts address WATERBURY RUBBER CO., Sole Mf'g and Owners of all the Sphuul/r Grip .4imoie,i Hose Patents, 49 Warren Street. New York. ESTABLISHED. 1860, I Wire D Lock the door BEFORE the l is stolen. Do it SIO'W I JOHN G. ESLER, Sec'y F. H. Saddle River, I 335 East 2l8t Street. - NEW YORK. HOW CAN YOU GET ALONG WITHOUT OUR TRADE DIRECTORY? AMERICAN FLORIST CO.. 54 La Salle St. CHICAGO. 676 The American Florist. f>r. g, Index to Advertisers. AdvertlslDK Hates eUrtU 1 Larkln Isaac. lerser llrdK IJosK Brauer * RIcbter BulsiRobtJr ... Burns * Kaynor.. Cu^hlnuMrsS 1' n«vine's Boiler Wk! De Witt Bros utei. John L., & Co. , niuon, J. L ningee&rionardCo . Elliott Wm 4 Sons.. Ellison* Kuehn Ely Z De :" nlSSeedCO 672 ..f7U wrllBth. N.8 1170 Qntta Percha 4 Rub- ber Mfg Co 675 Hall Association 676 Hale Thaddeus 672 a ales, H.,4Son. ,BenJ Hancock Geo OberllnThoaJ.. Parsons & Sons ('0....67U Pierce Butler* Plerccii'S Plerson FRiCo in> Plenty Josephus 'n.i Randall Al'. >■<■:■ ReckJobn " >• Reed & Keller rni, Renard Joseph t>i;i Rlechers F A&SohneB7U Rolker, A. * Sons im Rundle SpenceMfg Co676 Rural Pub Co 1172 Schlegel & Scholz Jacob.. in Scott BobtA Son.. Situations. Wants 661 SmIthCAFIoraICo 6(S Smith Nathan & Son.. 668 SpoonerWm U 663 Hews A H & Co . Hill EG &Co.... Hlppard B Hooker, H. M.... HughesEQ Hnlsebosch-Bros. Hunt K H Hunter Prank D... Stewart, Wm. J Strauss C A Go . Streby SO Swayne Wm tea Syndicate of Growers667 TnorpeJohn 668 U S Wind Engine & Pump Co 674 Van der 8chootR&8on667 VaughanJC 663 666 Waban Rose 663 Waterbury Rubber Co675 Weatbered. Thos. W. .676 WeimarK W 668 WhllldlnPotCo 673 Flower Bx.i>'i5 Society of American Florists. COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE, KM. ILLIAM FALCONEU, Glen Cove, N. Y.,Chairma SUB-COMMITTEE ON CARNATIONS: Bdwln Linspale, Chestnut Hill, Pa.ChaIrn: John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y. E. G. Hill, Richmond, Indiana. SUB-COMMITTEE ON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. John- Thorpe. Pearl River. N. Y. Chairman. EDWIN Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Phlla. John N. May, Summit, N.J. SUB-COMMITTEE ON BEDDING PLANTS ; E.G. Hill. Richmond. Indiana, Chairman. MOBUKT CRAIG. 49th and Market sts., Phlla. James D. raynolds, Rlverdde, 111. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PALMS AND FERNS ; Charles D Ball. Uolmesburg, Pa., 1 halm WILLIAM R. SMiTH, U. 8. Botanic Garden Wash- ington, D C. Robert George, Painesvllle, Ohio. SUB-COMMITTEE ON MISCEL. GR-HOUSE PLANTS Robert Craig, 4ath and Market Sts , Phila- delphia. Pa. Chairman. I. forster.man. Newtown, L. I., N. Y. CHARLES D. BALL, Holmesburg, Pa. SUB-COMMITTEE ON BULBOUS PLANTS: Ernst asmus. West Hoboken, N.J. Chairman. 1. FoR8TERM»N. Newtown. L. I, N. Y. A. B. ccoit, 19th and Caiherlne Streets, Phlla. SUB-COMMITTEE ON HARDY PLANTS: WiiLiAM R. Smith, 0. S. Botanic Garden, Wath ington, D. C . I hairman. Robert George. Painesvllle, Ohio. A.B. Scott, lath and Catherine streets, Phlla the day SEHD FOR A COPY OP O0B NEW TRADE DIREGTORY AMERICAN FLORIST CO., Chicago. Thos. V/. Weathered's Sons, 46 & 48 MARION STREET. NEW YORK. MANUFArTlTKEUS Of Improved ^oilers (staafei«K crates), PIPE and PIPE FITTINGS, for heating Greenhouses, &c. G.4I.VAN125ED SCKE-W EVES and "WIRE for Trellis Work. horticultural© guilders. Conservaiories, Greenhouses, &c.. i thoTfmghlF Portablo Span Knof Greenhonse, 12i8 feet, with Boiler House 4x4 feet, Hea'lni? Apparatus and ■ntilatiog Rods included, nnt up mmnlefBi freight prepaid! within l(Mi miles of New York City for iS'.J.'S.OO. or •slivered on cars in New York for !^'i60.00. an(l any gardener or ordinary meohanio can erect i. in one day. Greenhouse Heating tf Ventilating ^ HlfCHlNQS 8, CO. 233 Mercer Street, new York. Hi^e Tjaffepgs of Jdezlepa, Eighteen Sizes, t-eiTuaalza r»ipc j^ex JSeilePs SaJJle Jsaileps, ttarjical Jsaileps, jSase JSupr)ir)^ Wafer pcafePd Perfect Sash Raising Apparatui. 8*nci 4 cents postage for Illtjstrated OntJBloirLi.i., GREENHOUSE HEATING 1 STEAM OR HOT WATER. THE ''EXETER," For SAFETY, ECONOMY and DURABILITY it has no equal. EXETER MACHINE WORKS, SALESROOM, .33 Oliver Street, BOSTON, Reduce your Coal Bills. THE ETURMAN >^0T WATER AND FOR GREENHOUSE HEATING, Give a uniform heat niglit end day. Can be run with less attention, and with great saving in coal. Awarded Certificate of Merit by Society American Florists in IS.sn and also lS:iO. Write for new illustrated Catalogue giving valuable tables and showing how to correctly pipe a lioiisp for Modern Steam or Hot Water Heating. Address HERENDEEN MFC. CO., 26 Vine St., GENEVA, N. Y. Rmerica is "the Prow ol the JIbssbIi there may be mare comfort Mmidships, but we are the Srst ta touch Unknau/n Seas.' Vol. ¥1. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 16, 1891. No. 150. IFiHiiE ttkmMm§Lm ^mm^ Published every Thursday by The American florist Company. tubscription, $i.oo a year. To Europe, $2.00. Address all communications to AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY. 54 La Salle Street. CHICAGO. SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOKISTS. M H. Norton, Boston, Mass., president; John CHAMBERS, Toronto, Ont., vice-president; Wm. J- Stewart, 67 Bromfleld St., Boston, Mass., secre- tary; M. A. HUNT. Terre Haute, Ind., treasurer. Tbe seventh annual meeting at Toronto, Ont., August, 1891, FLORISTS' HAIL ASSOCIATION. Insures greenhouses against damage >iy 1 ,10HN Q. BSI,BB, Secretary, Saddle Rive FLORISTS PROTECTIVE ASSOCIAIIUN. Gives Information to members regarding the flnai clal standing and business Integrity of those in th trade. H. B, Beatty, Sec'y, Oil City, Pa, (lERICAN CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. Pa. CONTENTS At Toronto next August 677 Our London letter 677 Our A-nerican roses 678 Group of hardy plants atexhibltion (illus ) . . 679 The Brooks place, Milton, Mass 679 The variegated cutworm (with fig 1 680 Exhit)it at spring show Mass. Hort Soc. (illus)68o Kuphorbm Jacquini^aora 680 Orchids at spring show Mass. Hort. Soc, (illus)68i The Eucharis. 681 Star of violets and Roman hyacinths (illus.). . 682 Catalogue tax in Canada 682 Cultivat^onof the cineraria 682 Cinerarias at Dr. C. E. Weld's (illus.l 683 JasminumDuchessof Albany 683 Hail 683 Carnations-Hinze's and Hill 684 Orchids— Vanda c