BENJ. M. WATSON, Jmnnirn Plain. Mass. y\ JfAATATGA PlATN". ]VL:\SS. FLORISTS' PUBLISHINQ CO.. 520-535 Cazton Buildlns, CHICAGO. Vol. VI. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MAY 3 J, 1900. No. J3J. SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Kentias, Latanias, Ficus, Asparagus, Dracaenas, Etc. Ask for our DCDDCTIIATCn DAI MP Samples sent on price list on rLnrCIUMlLU rALIllOi request, .\ddress THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO. 1708 N. Halsted St. .CHICAGO. ASKETS FOR COMMENCEMENTS are one of our Specialties. To find the latest and best styles call on us. No old stock to work off. NOVEIiTIES FROU EXTBOFE and of our own creations. Prices right and trial will convince. M. RICE & CO. Importers, llaniifurtiirers and Dealers, 918 Fimert Street, - - PHILADELPHIA, PA. McKELLAR &, WINTERSON, 45, 47, 49 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. BOSES. Beauties, long $3 " meaium 1, " short Perle 2, Bride. Bridesmaid 3, Meteor 4 Kaisenn. La France.. 4, Roses, our sel'n, ass't. CABZTATIONS. We Leading Varieties. Extra select fancy $2 Fancy stock 1 Medium grade CUT Perdoz. ,00 to f4.00 ,50 to 2.50 ,75 to 1.00 Per 100 00 to 4.00 FLOWER PRICE LIST. DECOBATIVE STOCK. MISCELLANEOUS. Per 100 00 to .00 to OU to 6.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 handle all Per 100 CO .50 to 2.00 ,75 to 1.00 Callas and Harrisji..$S.00 Paeonias 3.00 Pansies 25 Daisies 50 Mignonette 1.00 Lily of the Valley ... 2.00 .Myssum 25 Narcissus 1.00 Tulips 2.00 Dattodils 2.00 Poeticus 2.00 Cape Jasmine 2.00 Sweet Peas .25 to $10.00 to 4.00 to 2.00 to 4.00 i.OO 4.00 to 4.00 to 3.00 to .50 Smilax per doz., $1.50 to $2.00 .■\sparagus.. " 5.00 to 6.00 " per string, ..50 .'\diantum....per 100, $0.50to 1.00 Common Ferns per 100, .25 " per 1000, 2.00 Gala.x Leaves " 1.50 perlOO, ,15 Prices subject to change nithout notice. Regardless of prices quoted we always Dill cut at lowest market rates. Wholesale Cut Flowers, All Florists' Supplies. Seeds, Bulbs, Baskets, Wire Work, Jardinieres, Ribbons, Bouquet Fins, Folding* Boxes, Cycas Leaves, Fertilizers, Vases, Wild Smilax, Wheat Sheaves, Plants and Cnttings in season. In fact Everythinff for Florists. If you do not receive our catalogue and price-lists, write us. OUR STOCK IS RIGHT AND AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. CO WM. F. KASTING WHOLESALE MM COMMISSION FLORIST.... ROSES, CARNATIONS And all kinds of Season- able Flowers in stock. Also dealer In Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. 481 Washington St., BIFFALO, N. Y. GIVE US A TRIAL. WE CAN PLEASE YOU. ...PRIMILA SINENSIS... From Best European Growers, ah leading varieties, including Alba, Chiswick Red, Kermesina Splendens Ccerulea, Rubra. In sepa- rate packets or mixed. Trade pkt. (250 seeds), 50c Double, red, white or separate 50c Cineraria and Calceolaria 50c We are prepared to nuote prices on your probable needs. Send list and get estimate. Forcing Bulbs W, W, BARNARD & CO,, 161 aiul 103 Kiuzie Street, CHICAGO. The Weekly Florists* Review. MAY 31, 1900 ESTABLISHED 1802 SEEDS Florists are invited to send for our quotations "" FORCING BILBS, ROMAN HYACINTHS. LILIIJM HARRISII, LILIUIVI LONGIFLORUM, etc., etc. We are large importers of HIGH CLASS BULBS. J.M.THORBURN&CO. (iBte o( IS John Street) 36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK VERBENAS. 60 CHOICE VARIETIES in bud and bloom. 2'A-inch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 3-inch pots, $3.50 per 100. GERANIUMS. 30 FINEST BEDDING VARIE- TIES in bud and bloom. 3'A-mch pots. $6,00 per 100. J. L. DILLON, - BLOOMSBURG, PA. Mention The Review when you write. A NEW ADr Per 100 10,000 Coleus, named, our selection, 2K-in $1.50 5,000 Geraniums. nii.\ed, 2ii-m 2.00 2,000 Grass Pink Pinks, 3-in 3.00 2,000 Verbenas, named. 2!i-in ....'. 1.00 1,000 True Maidenhair Ferns, 2!^-in 4.10 3,000 Iresines, 2 colors, 2!i-in 1.50 1,000 Red Vernon, 2K-in 1.5U 5(0 " strong, 3-in 2.50 500 Lvgodium Scandens, Climbing Fern, 25? in 4.C0 The Morris Floral Co. MORRIS, ILL. Mention Ttie Review when you write. OTTO SCHWILL & CO., Ploiists and Dealers in and Growers of Seeds. Proprietors of Memphis Nursery, Are Headquarters '"' SOUTHERN COW PEAS. Established 1819. Write for prices. 304 Front Street, MEMPHIS, TENH. Mention The Review when you write. Only 20,000 Young Roses Left American Beauties in 2. SJj and 3-inch pots. Perles in 2^ Maids m 2. 2% Brides in 2 and 2'2-inch pots. Kaiserin Victoria in " and Planting* Season jnst commencing^, ' lur stock consists of — WootoQS in 2, 2% and S-inch pots. Golden Gate in 2 and 2J4-inCh' pots. La France in '* Belle Seibrecht in " " We believe m shifting Voung Roses often. AM stock offered in 2'i-inch pots has been shifted from 2-inch and is equal to most stock advertised in 3 inch, and when we send it out is well established. Send 50c or $1.00 for samples and prices. Stock will please you and prices are right. Last Call for BEDDING PLANTS 5,000 Geraniums, in 3 and 4-in. pots, red, white, pink, salmon and mixed. Salvias, 2^2-in. pots. Vincas, 3 and 4-in. pots. Begonias, 3 and 4-in. pots. Cannas, 3 and 4-in. pots ■ Caladiums", 6-m. pots. Tuberoses. 3-in. pots. Boston Fern, 5-in. pots. Jleliotrope, 3 and 4-in. pots Verbenas and Pansies hv the thousand write or wire QEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL. 43 i West ; 28th Street, [ New York. \ WHOL.BSA.I^B FL.ORIST i fr^'VV w ^ 'w~v ^r^w^ ^'w ^ ^ « MOORE, HENTZ & NASH, Wholesale Florists, 119-121 West 23d St., New York. SHIPPING ON COMMISSION. Telephone 733 I8tli St. Orchids. .\rrived in perfect condition, a grand lot of Cattleya Percivalliana ; also, G. Mossiae. Write for price lists of Imported and Es- tablished Orchids. Lager & Hurrell, S;'!.".' Summit, n. j. NEW CROP FERNS NOW READY, $1 25 . ^ Per 1 000. m^ !i Send in your orders now Headquarters for LAUREL and PINE FESTOONING and WREATHS. CROWL FERN CO., - MILLINQTON, MASS. Mention The Review when you write. REED & KELLER, 122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK CITY. Manufacturers of WIRE DESIGNS n Florists' Supplies. Importers and Dealers i Pandanus Veitchii. Handsome Plants for Outdoor Decoration. In i-lncb pots, $1.50 each; $IS.OO a doz. Cool GroHn. JOHN WELSH YOUNG, Germantown, Pa. I'PSAL STATION, PENXA. K. K Pansies Worth Raising, Small Plants All Sold... None left but flowering plants from field at $2.00 per 100 and up. C. SOI.TAU Sc CO., 199 Grant Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. lAJways mention the Florists' Review whep writing advertisers. ARECA LUTESCENS KENTIA BELMOREANA LATANIA BORBONIGA""'w,r:.''.'°.^°''=^^:^^:'°'°'^"'^'^^^'"'^'''*''°^':"...$i.ooeach S-in. pot (3 plants), very bushy, 20 to 30 inches high $2.00 each S " " ■' 30 to 36 " 2.,')0 " 11 " " " TtoSfeethigh 20.00 " 3-in. pots, 4 to .5 leaves, 10 to 12 inches. .$3.00 per doz., $25.00 per 100 4 " 5 to 6 " WtolS " .. B.OO •• 50.00 B " 61eaves,20 o 24 inches 18.00 " 150.00 JOSEPH HEACOCK, Mention The Review when you write. WYNCOTE, PA. MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. June Weddings. Wedding bells in June liave a wel- come sound to the florist, tor there are always more or less flowers used at even the poorest of them, besides material is plentiful and cheap and there are many florists who prefer it so. We know plenty of men in the re- tall trade who have consciences and they often hesitate to charge prices which growers compel them to do, even putting aside the value of work and experience, but we'll leave that point for another day. In this paper we will discuss decorations with you. This is the month of roses, remem- ber, and they are lovely and appro- priate anywhere. Cut roses from the greenhouses will soon be very poor and scarce for a while, but there will be or should be an abundance of out- door stock, and it is the best to use. Even if the job be a small one it will pay you to attend to it properly and do your best, for there's no telling who'll see your work. The leading style in June decorations will be as natural as possible — that is to say, there will be very little formal or stiff arrangements. Pillars, arches and curtains of climbing roses will be pretty features. Don't go to any trou- ble in having clumsy, set frames made for them; the simpler the forms the better; what you need most is to se- cure plenty of suitable material and that is plentiful in the nurseries. There are many ways to make an farch of roses. If you cannot get the frame illustrated in this section a few weeks back, get a pair of Lombardy poplars or any other cheap tree, strip them to the stem, pot them and tie them in arch form. Get a lot of climb- ing roses, Baltimore Belle, Crimson Rambler, or any color desired, only one kind on each arch, though. Start in the center, tie the sprays loosely and naturally, cover the cut ends and make your work appear as if it were two pots of roses joined together at the top. This can be made in house or church. If you cannot get climb- ing roses in bloom, get the wood and tie the roses on in the glasses we have often mentioned. Be careful of this point: If you ar- range anything imitating nature, where people are close to your work, foliage and flower should face up- ward; where you work on balconies, frescoes, staircases or other positions where people look up to your design, then flower and foliage should face downward, with just a straggling bunch or two going the other way. Don't be too precise; nature uses no cords, the sun and light dictate her forms, and it's rarely you can improve on her models. Very fine work on mantel, mirror or arbor can be done in the same way, only it is best to have a few irregular steel wires fixed together as a frame for support. We don't mean a studied network of wires, merely a few you can attach your vines to and twist in any shape. In some elaborate decorations they will have a colonnade of columns made of plaster of Paris and modeled after those of the Roman Empire. For this purpose they are usually about eight to ten feet high. The an- cient method of decorating such col- fumns was to entwine them at regular distances with set garlands. What we consider the prettiest way is to cre- ate an irregular vine-like embracing design, covering very little of the pil- lar, each one being different. There are plenty of Ramblers and hybrid perpetuals at present growing in pots. Charming effects can be obtained by using them in clusters. Get Mexican jgreen jardinieres or any neutral col- ored pot. Shake most of the soil off the rose bushes, put as many as you can in each jardiniere, pack witliN„wet moss, let the branches hang lojfely and over, make it look like a wige pot of roses, and if there are many blooms on it will look better than all the vases and baskets you can fix — it will look well in any place. It's quite an easy matter to fix up long garlands of roses where you can get long branches to cut at, and don't begrudge paying for them, for they are much cheaper than bothering with short stemmed stock and its attend- ant troubles. Loose bunches of roses intended for ends of pews or to be tied to particular points, should be arranged loosely and with a drop spray finish; that is, have a bloom or two hanging downward. Whilst roses may be the principal flower used in most of the decorations, there are oth- ers which will look equally beautiful without them. Many brides have ideas and floral pets of their own, and it's very foolish to attempt to dictate to them, for most American girls be- come very imperious on this occasion. It is always good to inquire if she has any favorite flower; if so, give it prominence; she will appreciate it, and the act need not interfere with the general plan of your work. A pretty design can be wrought from almost any kind of material. The idea is the scarcest article. There are many kinds of flowering shrubs which can be used to great advantage, and whilst they may not be so clas- sic as the rose, yet where space and cheapness must be considered they are all right, for whole rooms can be cov- ered at comparatively small cost. Almost every June wedding calls tor an abundance of flowers, at least the parties expect it— that is, they look to get plenty for their money, be it small or large, and though it is wise to have your finer points worked out in goad material, the background can be made imposing at a small outlay. It is hard to understand how any-, one can be established in the retail business for the space of a couple of years without acquiring a knowledge of plants and flowers, their seasons and uses, but such there are. We can walk into any store on Broadway to- day and the simplest question will puzzle the most "high-falutin" man in the store; that's because smart ig- norance creates exorbitant bluffs; both are entirely despicable and un- necessary to first class trade. But again to decorations. There will soon be a fine assortment of outdoor flowers available, of which paeonies will be the leader. With them and others the grandest kind of work is possible, but if you want it to be impressive, don't scatter your ma- terial— that is to say, put most of your flowers in clusters and arrange them where they will show up best without jnaking it too palpable that you have done so intentionally; that's one of the great secrets of the art. Some girls love buttercups and daisies; you could not pay them a greater compli- ment than making their wedding ar- bor entirely of them, and let us state right here that just as fine work can be done with common filed daisies as with the choicest orchids. The price quality may not be there, but the art value can be. You must remember, though, that daisies do not grow downward over a balcony. On a back- ground of solid green you can make them appear quite at home, which is the proper element to aim at in all floral arrangements. It is all wrong to make the bridal arch or arbor entirely of cold white. It's a deathly color; try to induce your customer to allow you to introduce a little cheerful color somewhere to re- lieve the eye and cheer the thought. The Weekly Florists' Review. MAY SI, 1300. Most of the damp, narrow supersti- tions and heavily laden ideas of the people of to-day are traceable to the limited stock of flowers of other days, or the ignorance of the florist of to- day. White in flowers is supposed to signify purity (that's all very well in linen), but what do all the other flow- ers stand for? If we would take them for what they are supposed to repre- sent, they would have to be excluded from all decorations, and it would soon be God help the business. It's pure nonsense, weak imagery, to in- sist on a majority of white at all wed- dings, unless we wish to put them on a par with funerals. This June there will be many con- trivances some will say are new. Most of them are only so when exceed- ingly well done. Take, for instance, the flower gate half way down the aisle of the church. That's a very pretty idea. It falls flat, though, un- less the intent is carried out. You must not merely have a floral gate, but make it appear as if it were the entry to a flower garden. Th's can easily he done by tying loose bunches of flowers on the ends of the pews, etc., inside the gate. There are doubt- less many who have never seen the floral gate used at weddings. To them we will describe it. There is usually a section of the church reserved for the family and special guests; that reservation occupies from 15 to 25 pews from the altar: here a very light swinging gate is put aci'oss the aisle: it is completely covered with flowers: a small girl usually precedes the bridal party and holds the gate open for them. The approach to this gate is generally made beautiful by tying loose bunches of flowers on the pews. You can leave your ribbons at home — the church is no place for them: re- ligion conflicts with all that's vain, and it's scarcely fair to take advan- tage because it's a marriage cere- mony. We can all agree that there are very few things more beautiful and more impressive than a fine palm. It would be wrong to suggest anything that would in any way decrease their use. but every florist cannot afford to use them in quantity, and if they could the price would not justify them. To- day there are many prominent florists who pack a house full of fine palms on the least excuse. They spoil the trade, ruin their plants, and let us add it is done generally by those who have not paid for the plants. Of course just at present it might do your plants good and also advertise your shop to take them out once in a while for an airing, but customers can easily be spoiled. Where massive work is required the woods just now abound with fine green stuff. Maple and oak foliage makes a very effective back- ground to finer greens or flowers. Leave sickly smelling foliage and flowers out of your decorations, for they become insufferable in a hot room. The styles in bouquets will be rich, small, and loose, more inclined to the spray bunch shape, and they should be composed of the finest blooms ob- tainable. Very little ribbon will be used and scarcely any "shower" bou- quets. Keep in touch with what is in bloom in the herbaceous and rose gar- dens, but don't neglect the gems un- der glass. IVERA. ESTIMATES. "We are continually asked to give estimates on the cost of decorations, and our constant effort is to avoid giving them," was the remark of a well known retailer. "Sometimes we cannot avoid the issue, and when this is so we always deliver the estimate in person, as every one requires an explanation. There is always some one who will cut under you after he has been shown your figures, and many good flower buyers have fallen into the pernicious habit of getting estimates from several florists and giving the job to the one naming the lowest fig- ure. It is a mistake to be a party to one of these competitions. "The only remedy, when forced to give an estimate, is to personally go over the ground with the party and explain as clearly as possible what it is intended to do and how it is to be done, and the great difference in dec- orations that might be truthfully de- scribed in identical words. Explain that a group of palms may be few or many, that the individual plants may be fine and effective or poor and inef- fective: that they may be arranged by competent hands so as to enhance the beauty of the room, and that the same material in other hands might better be entirely omitted, and so on through the list. "Never make the mistake of reduc- ing your figures in order to get the order, and then skimp the material in order to come out whole. The customer may not be dissatisfied, in view of the low price, but when asked who did the work your name is given without any explanation that the price was inadequate, and the effect upon your reputation is decidedly unfavor- able. You would have done better not to have had the order. If for some special reason you take the order at a less price than you should have had. your best plan is to do the decoration right and pocket the loss. "Your reputation is a large part of your stock in trade, and it should be protected at all hazards. Never con- sider a decoration complete until you are satisfied with it yourself. If you feel yourself that it is all right the customer will nearly always be sat- isfied. Be sure to give full value every time, but insist upon a fair price, and on the average you will come out ahead, and at the same time be building up a reputation that will have a decided value. If you can make your customers feel safe in your hands you will have a powerful lever against the competition of the price cutter. "To be sure, there will be many an- noyances in maintaining your posi- tion. The one who makes the low fig- ure may get a job away from you. But bide your time. If the customer is worth having he or she will come back after one experience of the sort and will be a more satisfactory customer ever after. "Of course you will have to give your customer an idea as to the cost of a suitable decoration, but avoid giving a detailed estimate if possible. If. when you deliver your estimate, the cost exceeds the expectations, be prepared then and there to cut out certain details, if this can be done and still leave you a chance to do a cred- itable job. But get your order then. Nail it on the spot. If you go away without closing the matter the other fellow will get the order nine times out of ten. The man on the ground has decidedly the best of it." CREDITS. "The retail florists of every city should have an organization through which they might be kept advised of the experience of all with their cus- tomers as regards running accounts." is the thought expressed by a re- tailer in one of our large cities. "In every city there is a certain class who make it a regular plan to have the retailers carry their accounts for absurdly long periods. One of these individuals will run up an ac- count with me to the limit that I will stand, and then transfer his or her valuable trade to my competitor, Mr. Jones. When Jones reaches his limit. Robinson gets the business. Probably a year and a half has elapsed when they pay me up and start the rounds again. If the florists would act to- gether this little game could be nipped in the bud." A STORE TO YOURSELF. "Don't try to cut down expenses by renting half of your store to some- one in another business," is the ad- vice, very strongly emphasized, of a successful retail florist. "You lose much more than you gain." he con- tinues. "Have all the window room you can possibly secure and spare no effort to make your display attractive. And you don't need a great mass of ma- terial for it. Plit art. rather than quantity of material, into it. It is your opportunity to show your skill as well as your stock. It is your best advertisement and your greatest chance to show that you have ability as a decorator." PANICUM VARIEGATUM. This ornamental grass is being used in fern dishes and jardinieres by the Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, and it is a very effective addition. It is very MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists* Review. Pansy Table and Vase. Old-Time Floral Designs. readily propagated and is inexpensive to use. while adding a very desirable touch of color to the green foliage of the ferns. OLD-TIME DESIGNS. Some good work was done in the old days in spite of the fact that good ma- terial was much less plentiful than now. The pansy table shown in the ac- companying engraving was a work of art. It was designed by A. Le Moult, and won the Langtry cup at the first flower show given in the Eden Musee. The table was six feet square, all made of wire. It was mossed solid with green sheet moss, and completely made up of pansies. You will notice the folds at the corner to represent the cloth; yes, even embroidery was carried out on the margins, and the colors were arranged to represent figure work. It required fifteen thou- sand pansies on separate wires to do this work. The center was a vase, also made of pansies. and filled with hybrid perpetual roses. IVERA. PALMS. The Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, sow their palm seeds in 2 or 3-year-old tan bark and find it much more satisfac- tory than soil or other material. It is so porous that drainage is excellent, the seeds start better and the seed- lings are more easily lifted from the bed when started. The seeds are scattered very thickly on a bed of tan bark and a thin layer of the tan bark put over them. As the seedlings start they are lifted out and potted. A bed from which three batches of seedlings had been lifted was still thick with seeds germinating or still thinking about it. They have several houses of latani- as planted out. The 4-inch size plant- ed out in soil on the bench will make plants suitable to put into 5 to 8-inch in the fall. Growth is much more rap- id than when the plants are kept in pots. PAEONIES. Talking with Flint Kennicott, Chi- cago, brought out the fact that many paeony growers have yet much to learn about growing, cutting and ship- ping paeony flowers to the market. It appears that the finest long stem flowers that come to market have been disbudded and watched as carefully as fine carnations. While varieties vary somewhat in respect to time for cutting, the proper time for most of them is when the bud has not only shown color, but when one petal has begun to loosen. The paeony is a very gross feeder and the plants must be heavily fer- tilized to insure vigorous growth and tine flowers. He says that outdoor valley must also be heavily manured to insure first class flowers, and even such strong stuff as chicken and pigeon manure is used, it being of course first mixed with soil or other ma- terial. AQUATIC GARDENING. BV W.^LTER RetZER. [E.vtracts from paper read before tlie Cfiicago Florists' Club, May IS.] [Continued from last week, j Heating. From the deepest part of the sec- ond pond, midway between the place where the pipes of the fli-st pond en- ter it and the shallow arm or branch, but about two inches below the sur- face, is where we have to locate the pipes that supply the water to the main pond. The reason for placing the last pipes where I have outlined are that if they are placed either near the opening where the pipes of the large pond enter or near the arm. the warm- est part of the water would enter the main pond. This would take away the heated water nearly as fast as it runs in. The water cooling off during the night would bring about too great ex- tremes of temperature — a thing that must be avoided. By placing the pipes several inches below the sur- face, we shall receive, not the warm- est water, but some that will remain at a certain temperature longer than the other. The heating of a pond by artificial means is but recent, and I may safely say since the queen of water lilies — the Victoria Regia — has come to our notice, have the ways and means been found to heat a pond to grow this na- tive of the Amazon. As this is about the only plant that is worth the trou- ble and the expense of heating a pond, I shall make but a few notes of the best way this can be accomplished. Where either steam or hot water is used for greenhouses or a residence, sufficient quantity of pipes must be laid to heat six hundred feet of sur- face, as this is the amount of space a full grown victoria requires. Of course, where it is wished to grow more of these queenly flowers more piping will be necessary and the amount will vary with the locality. Four flows, using two-inch hot water pipes, which will act as returns, are sufl[icient for this latitude. It is es- sential to have some sort of enclosure in which the victoria is grown to keep the water from intermingling with the rest during the early part of the sea- son. In course of time, the heating of ponds will be totally abandoned, as The Weekly Florists' Review. MAY 31, 1900. seedlings of the victoria will in the future be as hardy an annual as any other aquatic. Certainly more care must be taken in planting out, not venturing to do this before the nights are quite warm. Further details as to culture will be mentioned later. Planting. Probably this is the simplest as well as the least troublesome part of aqu- atic gardening. Plants which are to be potted into tubs need thorough drainage, and must have the soil well packed, though not tightly, to prevent it from washing out. The size of the tubs varies according to the require- ments of the plants. Spread the roots carefully and cover them with from three to four inches of soil. The pro- cess frequently practiced and even re- commended by some of placing the tubs into the pond iirst is ridiculous. The ease with which tubs of consia- erable size can be moved in water should never induce any one to go to the trouble of first having the tubs, then the soil and lastly the plants carted to the pond. Pot the plants where all the potting of the season is carried on, where pots, tubs, soil and other required material is at hand. After several tubs have been plant- ed, cart them to the pond where they can be immersed anywhere for the time being. If the ponds are covered with a layer of gravel or sand, the discoloration of the water caused by entering will be slight. It is quite necessary to place the plants into water immediately, or as soon after as convenient or possible, for if exposed to the action of the sun's rays for some time the result may be injurious and in some cases prove fatal. If the plants are to be taken some distance give them a good watering before taking them away. Where the planting is carried on in the open ground a plank may be laid across if the pond be small, thus sav- ing the trouble of wading about in rubber boots. The plants must be well set and the roots well covered and even weighted down if necessary with something to keep the plants from rising to the surface. If the foliage is completely immersed it mat- ters little, as the leaves will soon put in their appearance at the surface. The time of planting varies with the locality, the tender ones not be- ing planted out before the weather has become settled unless the pond Is heated, when the operation may be begun as soon as the frost leaves the ground or spring planting in general commences. All plants may be start- ed in suitable frames or greenhouses, thus bringing forth the flowers a few weeks earlier. Border Decoration. More stress upon this branch of aquatic gardening should be laid than is generally done, for much of the beauty of a pond would be marred by a badly kept or poorly decorated border. It would be like a beautiful bed of carefully selected plants with weeds several inches high for a border in- stead of a neat plant or a well kept lawn. It not only adds to the comple- tion of the pond but a certain beauty may be added to it. Just as the col- ors of acalyphas when used as a bor- derplant or intermingled with crotons will tend to heighten the colors ot the latter, so does a good border tend to heighten the beauty of the pond. One of the greatest mistakes too of- ten made is the planting or rather placing ot some artificial appearing piece of rockery upon which bamboos and the like are planted. Who ever heard of bamboos, cyperus or some other rushes growing upon rocks? Nothing would be more pleasing than a piece of natural rockwork over which the little forget-me-nots or the lysimachia is creeping, flushed here and there by the water as it enters from the supply-pipe. A bridge, even ot rustic design, gives the place an ar- tificial appearance. Have a bridge where one is requisite and have that a durable one. If nicely made, it may add to the beauty of the curroundings instead of the contrary. Fountains are out of place unless the pond and the surroundings are artificial and symmetrical. Simplicity, harmony and beauty are the three great things we must strive for, and when these are attained, we may rest assured that the sought for has been accomplished. To lay down rules which govern the planting and selection of border plants is difficult, as no two ponds are alike or enhanced by the same environ- ments. The rules laid down in land- scape gardening also apply to this, and must be followed if success is to be attained. The planting of a border depends much upon the surroundings and unless the place is large the rules mentioned before will apply. Never, if it can be avoided, have a gravel walk leading around the pond. The effects of beautiful foliaged bor- der plants are completely broken down by the yellow gravel. A lawn in perfect condition up to the very edge of a large pond will give the most pleasing effect when broken up here and there by the border plants. A gravel walk leading in front ot the pond is of no disadvantage, and no harm is done in having one. Let it approach not in a direct way. that is, having a right or oblique angle with perfectly straight lines, but let the site of that walk be carefully selected, as the effect produced upon one ap- proaching the pond must be most fa- vorable. If the pond is large and the sur- roundings in proportion and more than one point, so to say, reaches the climax, have the curves of the walks just touch upon these points. To the one passing the whole would seem as a panorama — one beautiful view is lost and another appears. This is the effect most sought for in landscape architecture, and is what we must strive to reproduce, even in the plant- ing of a pond. If there is but one point upon which our eye can feast, it soon grows monotonous and tire- some. Each step we take must bring something new to our view and each view should be distinct in itself, but the whole gradually leading up to the point where the greatest beauty is at- tained. If the intermediate changes do not exist, the stepping from the poorer to the higher form of decora- tion would be too great and the height of the latter would be considerably re- duced. Insects and Enemies. Of the numerous insects that are injurious to aquatics, none can be said to be troublesome if a sufficient quan- tity of fish are kept in the pond. Be- sides the beauty which the little gold fish add to the pond, they are invalu- able. With them in the ponds we need fear no insects of any kind. Frogs, beneficial as they are in pre- venting the increase of insects, ought to be done away with as soon as pos- sible. Besides feeding upon the gold fishes, they ruin ^he foliage. It is not uncommon to see a beautiful tender leaf of a victoria with a hole in it caused by these creatures as they leap upon it. Water and musk rats are about the most injurious. The dam- age done to a pond before their pres- ence is detected is often very great, frequently causing the destruction of the entire pond. In a granitoid pond we need not fear them, as to dig through the hard material is impossi- ble. As soon as they are detected, make war against them and do not give up until every one is killed. Trapping is the best way in which this can be done, unless one is a good shot with a rifle. Mice will frequent- ly devour the tubers of the nymphaeas and nelumbiums if nothing else is at hand. Turtles are the greatest enemies to aquatic gardening in the large natu- ral ponds. They feed upon the shoots of all plants. Besides having members of the ani- mal world to combat with, we have to put up with a few enemies of the vegetable kingdom. Of these the green slimes and other algae are the most formidable, sometimes complete- ly choking up all other inhabitants. It can be fished out with a rake or wire net. There is no way to prevent them, as the spores are in the soil. Strange as it may seem, but a fact it is, that a large quantity of fish of the German carp and the black bass will completely cause the disappearance of this pest. There is a leaf roller that attacks the leaves of the nelumbiums, but it can be eradicated by the use of the hellebore put on in the morning while the foliage is damp with dew. If dis- eases of any kind appear, the timely use of the Bordeaux mixture will pre- vent any further trouble. It we were to grow aquatics with no enemies to MAY 31. 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. contend with much of the interest would be lost. Seeds. The saving of seeds becomes quite necessary, as plants such as the vic- toria and a few others must be treat- ed as annuals and propagated by seeds. After fertilization has taken place and the flower is again under water, tie a piece of wire netting securely around the flower. This will prevent the scattering of seeds after maturity. Never use cloth, as it prevents the free circulation of the water, and fre- quently rots before the seeds are ripe. Seeds after maturity are to be kept in water at a low temperature, or moist sand, during the winter. The saving of seeds is only necessary with the Victoria Regia and its varieties. Eu- ryale ferox and Nymphaea Zanzibari- ensis. Though all of these plants are perennials in their native countries, they must be treated as annuals and seed sown every year. If the tuber of the Nymphaea Zan- zibariensis could be ripened or ma- tured, it would not be necessary to go to all the trouble, but being a truly tropical plant and in full vigor when the first frost comes, it is unable to mature. If the seeds of the nymphaea are allowed to fall upon the soil they will begin to germinate and produce plants the same year. These may be taken, potted, and immersed in the water until fall, when they should be taken up and cared for in a suitable place during the winter. The seeds of the Euryale ferox if left upon the ground will germinate the following spring and the young plants may be put wherever wanted. Sow seeds of the victoria in Febru- ary or early March in water kept at a temperature of 85 to 95. As the plants become large, pot them on, un- til the time is at hand for planting out. Propagation. Nymphaeas may be reproduced In two ways, by seed, if they are pro- duced, and by the division of the rhi- zome. Varieties are not ti'ue to seed and many unique hybrids are pro- duced by the planting of them. Seeds of most all germinate rapidly and flower the same season. The division of the rhizome is the most practical way and the only one through which varieties may be kept true. It is quite impossible to give here a list of hardy and tender aquatics and border plants, as some that prove perfectly at home here require pro- tection further north and these that are treated as tender varieties in the north become troublesome weeds in the south. For those not acquainted with the plants it is best to refer to some reliable nurseryman or florist in their vicinity. Violets. A crop that will need early atten- tion to prepare for next season is your double and single violets. There are many ways of growing them, and if you are successful with any system don't abandon it tor somebody else's advice. Some still plant them out and lift them in September. For this they should have a good deep and moist location, but not necessarily shady. Some keep them growing in 3 or 4- inch pots in frames till August or September and then .plant them on the benches. And many large grow- ers plant the young plants in solid beds about the middle of .lune and slightly shade the glass or remove a portion or all of the glass during July. August and September. The last could not be followed out unless the glass was butted; then it is no trouble. With a house facing south we have for several seasons planted in late June, and after a few days removed the entire glass, replacing it the last week of September; too early, I think, and next fall we will leave it off till the middle of October. Another hou^e, 20 feet wide, running north and south, we "planted the same time and re- moved only every fourth row of glass on each side. With the glass shaded this was a very cool house during summer. The first house always gave us the best violets up to New Year's, and then the north and south house was the best for the balance of the season. This has happened several years and always the same result. Use a rather heavy loam for violets and I am sure the solid bed is better than one bench. They do not want manure, unless it is thoroughly decayed, but violets like a liberal allowance of bone flour. You often see violet beds that are good and bad in spots. That is because poorly rooted plants were used. When plant- ing, throw away the poorly rooted plants; let them be only thrifty grow- ing plants, with a good bunch of roots, and you wont have unproductive spots. The single violet Princess of Wales is now a great favorite with all, and in some cities it actually brought a better price than the Marie Louise. They are very stylish and you want to grow it; 8 or 9 inches is room enough belween the plants for the double, but the single should have a foot. Geraniums. This is the time to put by a few dozen or hundred, according to your wants, of 4-inch zonal geraniums for fall and winter flowering. They are not wasted even it you do not have demand for their flowers, but they come very useful in dull November and when well flowered the plants are always in demand. Choose compact, healthy plants and pinch off all flowers and buds and if they need it pinch also the ends of the leading growths. You could by shifting and feeding produce some very large plants by next October, but those you do not want. A well flowered plant in a 6 or 7-inch pot is large enough. A shift in a week or two will do and in August shift again into a 6 or 7-inch. Always keep the buds pinched off till end of September. Pot firmly always for a geranium and use a good stiff loam. They can be grown outside plunged in a frame and covered with glass in case of pro- longed rains, or plunged on a bench in a good airy house is just as well, with little or no shade. The plunging is of the greatest importance, for the con- tinual watering that is otherwise need- ed soon impoverishes the soil, and the continual drying out which must occur when not plunged is productive of yellow leaves and is bad all round. This remark about plunging applies not only to these pot geraniums but to any plant you carry over summer. Bay Trees. Speaking of plunging, when Mr. Halfred Dimmock called on us a few days ago he said we ought to plunge our Sweet Bays and get our customers to do the same. He undoubtedly is right, I think, for appearance as well as the welfare of the plant. The sun pouring down on the tubs, which are a mass of roots in a very small space, must be a trying ordeal to them dur- ing summer. You will notice that those you have a few seasons have not that bright green color of the newly imported. Some of our customers ob- ject to this and in some situations it is not practical, but wherever vou can, get them down in the sod to the top of the tub. It has another advantage, they are then never blowing over as they do in exposed places, for in small tubs they resemble gentlemen who used to attend the early conventions of the S. A. F. and became top heavy. Poinsett ias. I hope you will not forget to put The Weekly Florists' Review. MAY 31, 1900. in cuttings of poinsettia as fast as you can get tliem witli 2 or 3 joints. Don't cut them clear back to tlie old wood or you won't get any more cuttings; leave one eye, which will break and give you another cutting. They root easily now with shade and a thorough watering twice a day. They are often neglected when first potted off. Keep them shaded for a week or two and moist: after they once get hold of the soil no more shade must ever be given them. We used to plunge them out- side years ago. Don't do it. A light bench with all the air you can give them is a much safer place for tlie summer months. I have written about these poinsettias for a good many years, and I fancy many good florists, if they honor me by reading these lines, say: "Oh. fudge, what's the good of growing theml " Now. last winter they were decidedly the leading plant and were sold with us singly and in pans and baskets and every form, and to be without them would to us cause a great blank. WM. SCOTT. CHICAGO. The Market. All the wholesalers report a phe- nomenal business for Decoration Day, several saying it was the largest ia their business experience. There wis a scarcity of good roses but plenty of everything else and the demand was sufficient to keep prices right up to the quotations, except possibly on some odds and ends and very low grade stuff. Of carnations there was sufficient and all moved at from $1.00 to $3.00 per 100. except in white, the latter ap- pearing to move rather slowly with some dealers, though large numbers were sold. There was a big lot of peonies on (he market and they moved well at fair figures. Some very good lilac came in from points somewhat north of us, that for this locality being pjactically over for the season. There were some Harrisii on the market and they sold fairly well. There seems, however, to have been a wide varia- tion in the selling price. We hear nf sales at $4 and others as high as $12 per 100, while some say the lange was from $6 to $8. One gratifying feature was that the local demand showed marked im- provement as well as that from out- side. All good roses were sold out early and there was some hunting for shipping stock at the last. It is estimated that no less than 20,- 000 dozen paeonies were marketed during the past week. In general stock for Decoration Day there was rather a shortage of good stock, an abundance of fair grade and poor stuff by the hayrack load. But all seemed to move at same figure, though the fakirs did considerable of the moving. Jasmines cleaned up well. Kennicott Bros. Co. sold large quantities and could have sold a lot of 10,000 more that were ordered but failed to arrive. They report that the Decoration Day trade broke all records for any holi- da.v. Common ferns went well, but smi- lax and asparagus were little called for. Daisies also were slow though they went well last year. After the wreckage had been cleared away on Wednesday it was found that the price of roses was still holding up pretty close to last quotations. There was a slight break in carna- tions, but everything was moving at satisfactory prices, grade considered. Various Items. A regular meeting of the Flovist.^' Club will be held at the usual place to-morrow (Friday) evening. June coming in on a Friday makes the first June meeting come very early in the month. Kennicoct Bros. Co. are receiving some splendid outdoor valley — as tine as any indoor grown. Pleniy of ler- tilizer is said to be the main cause of its excellence Aug. Jurg'.'a;-: has cut the last of his outdoor valley and is now cutting flowers from his first batch of cold storage pips. H. D. Caldwell, Paris. 111., was a re- cent visitor. Having sold his green- houses and business, he is at present enjoying a little vacation. The growers of and dealers in bed- ding plants report an immense busi- ness. A shortage in geraniums is al- ready noticeable. The geranium seems to have taken a strong, fresh grip on popular favor. As to cannas. few local growers bother with them. One of the large seedsmen offers them to the public at such low rates that the florists say they cannot afford to handle them in competition with him. It is reported that James Jensen has been succeeded as superintendent of Humboldt Park by L. de Thier. ST. LOUIS. Market Conditions. Business has been very poor during the past week. Transient trade ha-> entirely disappeared. There is an oc- casional wedding or funeral order to be had, but with the street car strike still on it looks bad for the trade in general. Decoration Day is not looked for- ward to with any very great expecta- tions by our local dealers, as the lit- tle extra demand is mostly for the cheaper grade of flowers. Outdoor va- rieties, such as lilacs, snowballs, spi- raeas, tulips and narcissus, which are generally on hand at this season of the year, are already out of bloom. Peo- nies are about the only outdoor flower to be had in any great quantity, and are selling at present from $3 to $5 per 100. The quality is only fair. The bulk of the home grown stock will be in this week. Cape jasmines are in from Texas and are sold at the com- mission houses at from 75 cents to $1 per 100. The blue cornflowers are in and sell at 25 and 35 cents per 100. Roses and carnations are very abun- dant and job-lot prices prevail. The few Beauties that come in are in de- mand and the top price is $2 per dozen. The best price for roses is $4 per the very best, but very few bring that figure: $1 and $2 is the price for the bulk of the stock. Some very fine Jacques are in the market, rather short in stems, which sell at $2 per KiO. Meteors, though, have the call over them, as they keep much better, have longer stems, and sell at about the same price. A few cool nights the past week have mildewed the roses very badly. Carnations are still very plentiful and fine, but the demand for them is light. No good reds In the market just now. Most of the carna- tions are sold at $1 per 100, and, of course, cheajer ip, 1,OCO lots. A very few extra fine varieties brought $1.50. Sweet peas are plentiful and very fine. The demand fairly good at 25 and 50 cents per 100. Smilax seems to be in good demand of late at 15 cents per string. Notes. Arthur Ellison returned from Chi- cago last week. He spent a very pleasant week with the craft, which will be long remembered. Mr. Potts, who came here from Chi- cago and opened a store on Finney avenue, a few months ago. has tired of his venture and is offering his place for sale. John M. Hudson is reported some- what better this week, but it will be some time before he will be able to be about. The extracts in the last issue of the Review from the paper on "Aquatic Gardening " by Walter Retzer, and read by hi ii before the Chicago Flor- ists' Club, were read with interest by the St. Lo\'is florists, who still have pleasant rei ollections of their former club member. It's a case of our loss and Chicago's gain. We read in the last issue of the Re- view of tie marriage of our old friend and form °r citizen. Billy Kasting. to Miss Anni La Tour. We don't kliow the youui ; lady, but we do know "Billy," a ad we congratulate Mrs. Kasting o a her choice, for we know that Mr. Kasting possesses all the good qualities of mankind. One morning last week quite a crowd of retail florists and growers, who were at one of our wholesale houses waiting the arrival of the ex- press wagons with consignments, were talking about the street car strike and how it hurt their business. One c f the number spoke up and asked if anyone in the crowd could tell him why the street car owners were like the cannibals. We all gave it up. and he told us. "Cannibals cut up men to eat. and the street car own- ers cut the men down so low that thev MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists* Review* Establishment of Ktz, M. M. Ayres, Sf. Louis. can't get anything to eat." I woa't mention the name of the originate r o' the joke, as he might receive offers from some professional manager to enter the burnt cork arena and then we would lose a bright light in the florist business. There is nothing new to report about the bowling club. The membeis will not come down and bowl if they have to walk home. From the looks of things at present we may not have a team to represent St. Louis at the S. A. F. convention in New York. But we have some twelve weeks yet to think over the matter, and maybe after all St. Louis will send a team. On next Monday night we will start the .June series and we do hope that as many as can will be on hand. We are promised by that time that the street car strike will be at an end J. J. B. BUFFALO. Since warm weather has arrived plant men are very busy and on the eve of Decoration Day we are a little more than busy and instead of writing gossip we should be filling vases, or saying, "Yes, ma'm, your work shall surely be done by Saturday night." And then you fret and fume and try to think of 50 jobs all at once and then you nearly curse the business and in two or three week's time we will be saying what fools to fret, we got. through in plenty of time. The season is about one week be- hind the normal this year and outside flowers are in great abundance. The truck that is carried to the cemeteries is awful and the demand for green- house flowers is consequently light. Valley is just right and no rains to spoil it. Lilac is just in its first flush of beauty. Late tulips are plentiful and so are the double white narcissus, and in this city of homes and gardens thousands have their own flowers. Those that do want a little choicer quality can easily be supplied, for there is an abundance of carnations. roses and sweet peas. Decoration, or, as it is known in some states. Memorial Day, will be kept as usual, and what makes us rushed is that of late years everybody wants their vase filled and on their lot by the 30th. I don't blame them for it is time, but when you have to handle 300 iron vases and get them all on the right spot, "Section A. A., north half of lot 311, stone marked John Thomas," it makes you hustle. I notice this year an increase in the quantity of plants at the grocery stores and some of very fair quality too. I don't believe they make a cent by it but bother with them just be- cause their neighbor does. It has lit- tle effect on the retail greenhouses, in fact if we had all the old women who turned round and looked at a dozen geraniums and then purchased one, we could not wait on them. Some time ago we received a circu- lar fiom the Philadelphia committee about the bowling. As the contest is in New Y'ork I don't see what a com- mittee of Philadelphia men has to do with it. I..ast year going up the De- troit river we had a great meeting. Much of that will be unnecessary this year. The quantity of hot air that es- caped in that cabin was something awful. We now have our officers and I approve of them highly. Kift is a man of action, quick to decide and the essence of fairness. The secretary is A. 1, and the treasurer is a dandy. I only hope that far western man can get to the seaboard. Last year at De- troit there was two hours of valuable time wasted wrangling over absolute- ly nothing on the alleys. The princi- pal rule or law is every competitor must be a resident florist of the city he plays for and a member of the S. A. F. All the rest is easy and it mat- ters not in what order the clubs play. If New York is drawn to play against Philadelphia and Chicago is No. 3. If Philadelphia is not ready let Chicago step into their place. What's the dif- ference as long so we get our turn on each alley? I should like to see the Hon. Patrick O'Mara made master of ceremonies on the alleys at New Y'ork because he has the snap and com- mand and executive ability enough to spread over several wards (that's no pun of the carnationists — I mean po- litical wards). If the prizes to be given by the association can be pur- chased and presented at end of game to the winners it will be a great im- provement over last year, but we were new then and could not help it. Mr. Charles Havenith, of Belgium, who was almost a year with W. S., sails tomorrow for his ancestral home, Contich, Belgium. Charlie says he thinks he will find when he gets home that much that he has seen and ob- served will be of benefit to him on his father's large establishment and we wish him a pleasant voyage. No rain here to do any good since the snow went, about nine weeks. We need irrigation much more than Colo- rado. W. S. PHILADELPHL\. The Market. There is little if any change in busi- ness over last week with the exception of bedding stuff for which there is a big demand. Geraniums have sold well. Cannas are very scarce. Prices: Beauties, $1.25 to $3.00 per doz.; Brides, Maids, Kaiserins and Golden Gates. $4 to |S; Meteors and Perles. $4 to $6; Liberty ?S to ?15. Carnations, ordinary, $1 to $1.25, fancy, $1.50 to $2.50; daisies, 50 cents to $1; callas, $6 to $10; Harrisii, $10; valley, $3 to $4; mignonette, $3; sweet peas, 50 to 75 cents; adiantum, $1; as- paragus, $50; smilax, $15 to $20; pae- onies, $4 to $5; cornflowers, 50 cents. A visit to the establishment of Chas. Mechy is time well spent for there is to be seen a fine lot of well grown roses, geraniums, etc. He also grows a fine lot of azaleas and lilies for Easter. In pot chrysanthemums he grows from 8,000 to 10,000. He has just finished planting about 20,000 roses out of 2-inch pots. These are planted out in the open garden and are intended lor next spring's sales. James Cole, of 55th and AValnut streets, is seriously thinking of giving up growing roses, as from a 150 ft. house, planted to Brides and Maids, he realized only about $75.00. He intends growing two houses of carna- tions which he hopes will pay him bet- ter than the roses did. Mr. Cole does quite a business in bedding plants, having two wagons engaged in deliv- ering about the city. A visit to G. Aschmann's place found him busy filling orders for bedding. He says this has been his banner sea- son. 10 The Weekly Florists' Review. MAY 31. 1900. The department stores are making a big display of bedding stocl<. They are offering geraniums, heliotropes and fuchsias out of 4-inch pots at $1.25 per dozen. We noticed also a fine lot of Tea roses out of 3-lnch pots at $1.00 per dozen. We had for our visitors the past week Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth, Allen- town, Pa. ' R NEW YORK, Trade Conditions. The eve of Decoration Day finds us with a cold spell and flowers not over plentiful. Roses and general stock from the greenhouses have shortened up considerably and many of the out- door flowers have been held in abey- ance by chilly weather. The condition of trade is satisfactory, that is to say It's as good as any other year, per- haps a shade better for the above day. Prices have advanced just as far as they dare, which is not saying much. Down at the 34th street market Tues- day morning there was a tremendous rush, several hundred buyers were there at 6 a. m. and in twenty minutes after every flower was gone. This might sound prosperous, it certainly looked that way, but it is necessary to have fresh stock early in your store these days, and time is money to most retailers. Very few roses come to this 34th street market but almost everything else is there a plenty. Harrisii brought 10 cts; paeonies (officinalis). 75 cts to $1.00 per doz.; carnations, $2.00; corn- flowers, 8 cts. a bunch; stocks, 25 cts.; peas, 8 to 10 cts per bunch; and so on. Flowering shrubs such as deutzia, syringa, snowballs, etc., went rapidly at good prices, and the general indi- cation is for a first class cut flower trade the next few days. The same condition seems to prevail at the plant market. Anything good, especially geraniums, sold well not- withstanding the fact that a large per- centage of the trade done here is through peddlers. Just at present strawberries are coming in by the train load, the peddlers buy them for 2 or 3 cents a quart and many of them desert the plant market in favor of the fruit. However, a very large trade has been done, especially with plants intended for cemeteries. We visited these places and from what we saw we were inclined to arrive at the con- clusion that plantsmen, that is those having good stock, would have no cause for complaint. Our daily papers have been flooded with descriptions of the CJark-Morris wedding which took place on Tuesday and we hope any in the trade will not have got hysterical over it. You know when some men get a job and give out figures you must divide them by 90. If you read of a decoration costing $5,000 you can feel sure that a few hundued doiiars were begrudgingly spent on flowers and the market never ripples. Still this newspaper talk does good — a vast amount of good. Thor- ley had the work at the church and adopted some of the suggestions given in the Review. Thorley, like all the rest of good fellows, knows which is the best paper. A vast quantity of lilies and flowering shrubs were used in the decoration and the impressions were summery. The Convention. Committees are working hard to get the convention machinery in perfect condition. It looks as if the trade show will be an imposing one and why ■shouldn't it? New York is no village. The sporting crowd are evidently pre- paring to outshine all others. It's a pity brother Kift didn't think of New York when appointing his committee, but they're all good fellows. There promises to be some feeling over the matter of selecting teams in the differ- ent cities. Those who have faithfully stood by the bowling clubs long before convention talk became so loud have a right to a voice in the make up of teams. There is usually partiality shown to a few prominent men at the last moment; that's not American and should not be tolerated; if a man thinks himself too good to join a bowling club he ought to be consid- ered too good to be on a team, speci- ally for convention purposes. There's too much money and pride at stake this year for any doubtful transaction. Various Items. The New York Gardeners' Society may hold their annual strawberry show in connection with the national rose show at the Eden Musee, June 13. In any case their quarterly meet- ing will be held some day during the show. It is hoped they will assist in having the private gardens well repre- sented at this exhibition. The New York Society of Horticul- ture will hold a general meeting at 19-21West 44th St.. 4 p. m., Wednesday. June 13th. The constitution and elec- tion of permanent officers will be the principal topics. J. W. Withers is all importance just now; a daughter ar- rived on Saturday last and all's well. Bobbink & Atkins have just received an immense stock of kentias; they are in all sizes and we never saw a finer or cleaner lot of plants. This firm re- ports a splendid trade in palms and bay trees. Bowling. Bowling last Monday night resulted as follows: 12 3 Roehrs 144 167 152 Traendly 152 154 156 Schultheis . ..-. 99 137 139 Hafner '.'. 135 145 J79 OMara 145 138 155 Schenck 154 149 179 glhott 94 151 Donlan 130 133 142 J. I. D. WILKESBARRE, PA.— Ira G. Mar- vin has opened a new establishment near Oaklawn and Hanover ceme- teries. PITTSBURG. 'Various Items. Cut flower trade is very good for Decoration Day. Stock is not so plen- tiful as two weeks ago, when much went into the ash barrel. Lilies are rather scarce now and bring 10 to 12 cents. F. Burki is sending in some good Spanish iris. He is right on top with quality in carnations. Plant trade has been booming the last week and there seems to be no more first class stock on hand. There never has been such a demand for good plants as this spring and if the growers had asked more they could easily have gotten it. Good geraniums in bloom and French cannas are not to be found now, but lots of greenish looking stuff is on the market yet. Geraniums in 4-inch sold at $S per lOO, Double and single petunias sold well, when in bloom, and for more money than geraniums in same size pots. Randolph & McClements are filling a great many porch- and window boxes covered with birchbark. The bedding out, at the parks, is now finished and looks fine despite the very dry spring we are having. No rain of any account since the 18th of April. Carnation men are watering their plants in the fields. The severe frosts in May seem to have hurt only Flora Hill, the rest of them stand it all right even those planted only a couple of days before. Paeonies are not going to be plenti- ful as the frost and dry weather crip- pled the buds. Lilacs were also very scarce this spring. John Bader is building a $12,000 residence. Who says there is no money in the florist business? BAER. KANSAS CITY, MO. It is a pleasure to call on the craft here, for you invariably hear the same remark — that "trade is all right." Flowers of all kinds are of good quality and enough to supply the demand, except Beauties. Roses alone are beginning to feel the effects of hot weather. Quite a few small decora- tions during the present month have prevented an oversupply of stock. In this respect we are fortunate, because it has a tendency to keep prices firmer and to preserve the equilibrium. The past winter has been a prosper- ous one for the florists here — in fact, for the merchants in general, and to note the enormous amount of building going on one is easily convinced that we are in a rapidly growing city. In all branches of trade there is plenty of employment, and while we are hav- ing a few strikes, yet labor troubles have not assumed the alarming pro- portions as in some of the laTger cities. Six weeks ago our enterprising Kan- sas City Times offered through its col- MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. m umns three liberal premiums for the best kept lawns during the coming summer. Several of our public spir- ited citizens soon followed suit with similar offers, which has greatly helped to stimulate trade for the p'.ant men. A visit to the greenhouses finds the owners of these establishments too busy to be sociable; each one is work- ing an extra force of men at grading and sodding, which in this line has been unusually large this spring. Twenty minutes' ride by electric railway from the business center of Kansas City and you land at West- port, otherwise known as the Hyde Park district. Fifty years ago West- port was a trading point with the In- dians, and 'twas here during the Civil War that General Price fought some of his greatest battles. During the past twenty years this now fashionable suburb has under- gone an evolution, such leading busi- ness people as the Armours and many other wealthy citizens have built large residences of modern architec- ture, and the spacious lawns sur- rounding these mansions, sloping to the sidewalks, are worth going many miles to see. Bridal wreath, Vibur- num Opulus and other fancy shrubbery are planted in groups and now are a mass of bloom. The streets are wide and well shaded on both sides by old elm trees. Mr. George Kessler, our park super- intendent, has taken unto himself a wife. H. J. M. SAN FRANCISCO. Various Notes. Since the new charter went into ef- fect in this city the public squares are beginning to look like places of pleas- ure— what they were intended for. Heretofore the gardeners who did the work on our squares happened to be men with a "pull," and political influ- ence can transform a shoemaker into a gardener almost any day. A change has been made, and from this time forth Superintendent Mac- Laren of the Golden Gate Park will have charge of all work on the pub- lic squares, and under his direction the work so far looks as if it had been done by a gardener. A fine lot of trees and plants of various kinds have been planted in Union Square, and makes the place look as if every- thing was being done on the "square. " Bennett Bros, have purchased a piece of land on Locksley avenue, Claremont, Oakland. One house, 80x 35 feet, has been erected; other houses will follow. Carnations will be grown, also pot plants suitable for market sales. Mr. Robert Armstrong of Fernwood has just returned from San Diego. Cal., where he has been on his wed- ding tour. Mr. Armstrong reports that part of the state in very bad con- dition, owing to the absence of rains during the past three years and the total failure of the large carnation fields on account of the drought, Sheppard & MacGowan of Piedmont, Cal., are resting their immense plan- tation of roses under glass and are very busy at present pruning and cleaning up and working the soil, get- ting everything in readiness to start the plants into growth for fall bloom. At the Golden Gate Park conserva- tories a fine lot of potted calceolarias are to be seen this week and are much admired by visitors. Rhododen- drons in full bloom are to be seen and are a mass of color where they are planted in groups. Anemones and tulips are in full bloom and sev- eral large beds of Tulip Gesneriana are simply grand. A few plants of Genista Andreana in bloom are to be seen in the borders and look much like a calceolaria when seen in the dis- tance. It will make a good plant for the park and more of it ought to be planted . j. n THE CULTIVATION OF FLOWERS. [.Address delivered bv Dr. W. S. Whitmore at Oceanic, N. J., May IS.] Gentlemen of the Monmouth Co. Horticultural Society: In presenting my humble effort for your consideration, I do not claim to have exhausted the subject. Could I write a volume there would, still be things beyond me, and left unsaid. It is not within the province of man to embrace all the significance of my subject, and I merely touch upon the possibilities when I briefly present my sketch. It is a theme, that has made man famous in poetry and song; has placed artists upon the highest pedestals of fame; has brought joy and sunshine into myriads of lives and households, and will go on like the brook forever. The cultivation of flowers was among the first arts. When God created the garden of Eden, he became perforce the first gardener. He filled it with beautiful flowers, that it might be both a delight and joy to our first parents. Of their kind and character. Biblical history gives us no knowledge, so we are obliged to turn to mythology for our information and description. It Is said that the trailing arbutus was the richest in beauty, foliage and fra- grance, of all the floral kingdom. It was styled the flower of Eden, by reason of its attributes, and was Eve's favorite. When desolation was visited upon the garden, and Eve was banished therefrom, the little arbutus elected to go with her. The Lord in punishment robbed it of its beautiful foliage, but by reason of its attachment and loyalty to Eve, allowed it to retain its fragrance. Its companion was what we now know as the night blooming Cereus, which was relegated to Adam, and was his favorite. The same condemnation was visited upon it, and in addition to the loss of its beautiful foliage, the Lord decreed that it should never raise its head or bloom in the sunlight again, and so on through all the vocabulary, each flower of Eden has its mythological history, and though but fiction, is suggestive of beautiful thoughts and associations. In the cultivation of flowers, the elements which are stored away in the recesses of the seed are brought into activity l)y man's agency, enabling the light to act upon them and delight the eye. They have the colors given them by nature. They are beauties of her majestic bounty. Man's genius, acting through a perfect understanding of nature's laws, has afforded us the wonderful creations of the floral king- dom; the marvelous colors and com- bination that delight the eye and make the gardens and the homes veritable heavens upon earth. Nature's best efforts in the growing of flowers, are so cleverly improved upon by the artist gardener, that art can be what it is, because the gardener is what he is. Who can express the joy of coloring as produced by the gardener? The gleams in the brooklet; the shimmer in the sunbeams; the mellow softness in the morning mist; the flash of color in the song-bird's throat; the depth of tone in the ivy leaf; the sheen of silver phosphorescence of the tropic seas, and the cold gray of the October morning, these and every shade of col- or are known to the expert florist. Thej' make harmony of color a life study, and are truly learned in the crossing and hybridizing of plants and flowers. All lovers of nature are born for the loving of flowers, and only require the encouragement of the gardener's mas- terwork to develop their latent gift, and direct their work toward beauti- fying the home, improving their knowledge and love of fiowers, and stimulating the effort of the gardener to nobler and greater productions. This innate talent intelligently direct- ed and assisted by the true gardener, is what will make them better fitted to disseminate this love of the beau- tiful, and cultivate it in the coming generations. The gardener is natu- rally endowed to create and improve on nature, and is, therefore, in a posi- tion to cultivate and instruct, and by this means is medium through which the improvement of man's love and ideas are enlarged, and the increased cultivation of flowers is encouraged, and new loves created. Thus the flo- rist gardener is, not only the instruc- tor, but, the creator of new loves and new ideas, and, also, new lovers of na- ture's sweetest creation — flowers. Thus I hold, the profession of gardeners is one of the noblest that tames the in- tellect of man. Rome had its Caesar, to whom all nations bowed and paid tribute to his power, yet in all his might and majes- ty he could not raise a single flower. England had her William the Con- queror, and France her Napoleon, but with all their knowledge and power they could not propagate a single bud. 12 The Weekly Florists' Review^ MAY 31, 1900. piiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiii;iiiiii»iiiini!!iiiiii:»iiiiii:;iiiliiiiiiii!niiiiiiniii!»iiiiliiimiiiiii^ I PRICE LIST. m ROSES. m Beauties, long per doz., $3.00 B " medium " 1.50 1 •■ short ■• 1.00 B Brides and Maids per 100, 4.00 to .'i.OO m Meteor " 4.00 to 5.00 S Perles " 4.00 ^ Roses, seconds " 3.00 m CARNATIONS. S Standard sorts, select per 100, $IM g Fancy, select " 2.50 p MISCEI>I0 m DECORATIVE. a -Asparagus per string, $ ,50 g Galax, green and bronze per l,lljt>. l.fjO s per 100, .20 ■ Ferns $2.00 per 1,000 ; .25 s Ferns, Maiden Hair, choice " .75 = Sniilax perdo.^. 2.U0 s Extra select and inferior qualities g cbarg'ed for according' to value. ^ Choice stock will always be shipped, when S procurable, unless otherwise ordered. = :illlL mil: iiillllillllrii America had her Washington, than ■whom the world has seen no greater general, yet he, like all the rest, was ignorant of what he loved the most — the cultivation of the flower. Go with me if you will into the church where tapers burn and vestal choristers sing their hallelujahs to the first gardener and Creator, the great Jehovah, and what is the first tribute we lay upon the holy shrine? Sweet flowers, em- blematic of Christ's purity and love. Follow me to the festal wedding, and what do we behold? The same tribute to this holy and sacred ofliee— flowers. Go further with me to the homes of the dead, who sleep their long sleep In their tents of green, and what do we see? The same loving tribute— flowers. And so on, through all the phases of life; in joy or in sorrow; in darkness or in sunshine; the one great monitor that speaks our love and our grief, our sadness or our pleasure, is the same sweet creation of the gardener's handiwork — flowers. This love of the beautiful opens ev- ery day a wider and more useful fleld for the gardener. The flower is not a simple fad to be cultivated for a few days and then cast aside. They were on earth when the sons of morn- ing sang together; they will gladden the eye until the resurrection. Thus the gardener is the happy Instrument through which this love of flowers is perpetuated. Practical men are made poetic by the beauty which is about them, and this love for the flowers grows upon them and is transmitted to their chil- dren. Hence societies are formed, and the gardeners vie with each other to create new and beautiful ideas in the cultivation of flowers. Witness the constant rivalry for supremacy at the flower shows throughout our land. The struggle for prizes as a reward and recognition of their efforts. The cynic will say: "Of what use are they?" "What do they bring?" "What are they worth?" "What is a ribbon worth to a soldier?" High thoughts, bright dreams, the ambition to create and improve. It is the desire of every true g.ir- dener to succeed, and every success brings a betterment of his condition. It does not come without care and thought. Before anyone can be an artist in his art, he must first be a workman at his trade, and it is only by giving close attention to this di- versified and comprehensive study that these possibilities are acquiie:!. Thus many men are florists, but the want of thoroughness in their early studies is always apparent. This thought should be an incentive to stimulate the gardener to renewed ef- forts for the mastery of his profes- sion. Every great epoch in the history of the world brings with it a usefulness for flowers. Let me cite one example, the conflict between the North and the South. When the war was over, in the South, where, under warmer skies and more poetic temperament, sym- bols and emblems are better under- stood than in the practical North, the mothers, widows and children of the confederate dead went out to decorate the graves of the fallen. With what? Was it with gun and sabre? No. Was it with insignia of heraldry? No. With what, then? With simple flow- ers, casting them, unconsciously, alike upon the unmarked resting places of the federal and confederate dead. Oh, what a revolution of feeling did this create in the hearts of the people of the North. It aroused feelings of am- ity and friendship. It allayed sec- tional animosity, and it gave birth to a general day of decoration. And what has been the benefit to florists? Hundreds and thousands of gardeners are employed throughout the length and breadth of our land, engaged in the cultivation of these beautiful gems, that our honored dead may sleep beneath a wilderness of flowers. Flowers, sweet flowers, they will ever continue to play their part; will bring joy to the sorrowful; happiness to the afflicted. They will glaiiden the heart of the bride; they will be sweet emblems of love to the departed. They are indigenous to all climes; on the summit of the snow-clad hills, greet- ing the first sun of the early morn; in the wild wood where the foot of man has never trod. They are in all homes and places. There is not in the his- tory of the world one other creation that bears the same relationship to all our moods; that expresses our thoughts; that conveys the echo of our. hearts: that has the same influence upon society; that enriches, ennobles, and cultivates the good within us, as this noble effort of the gardener's handiwork — flowers. DETROIT, MICH.— The death is an- nounced of David Ward at his home at Orchard Lake, 30 miles from this city, aged 77 years. He leaves an estat; estimated at $30.0i>0,00i:i. accumulated largely in the lumbering industry. He was the father of C. W. Ward, the well known florist of Queens, N. Y. NAPERVILLE. ILL.— J. J. Rohr & Son contemplate enlarging their glifs surface. MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. 13 SAMUEL S. PENNOCK. Wholesale i American Beauties and Valley Until further notice, will be open from 6:30 a. m., to 10.00 p. m. Our Specialties. Mention Th*? Review when you write. riorist 1612-14-16-18 Ludlow St., Philadelphia, Pa. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. As previously announced, the fii-st summer exhibition of the American Rose Society will be held in the win- ter garden of the Eden Musee, New York City. June 12. 13 and 14. Latest details may be had by addressing the secretary. Mr. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St.. Xew York City. WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. Advertisements under this head 10 cents a line, an average of seven words to the line. FOR SALE — At once — Four acres, two dwellings, bam, eleven greenhouses, 18.000 feet d s. glass: in a thriving: town of 20,000 inhabitants; good shipping trade and local market ; Ifs.ooo.oo cash, balance on time. Address E. Haentze, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. WAXTED— Experienced man for teas and mum stock to work under foreman. Salary $25 00 and board per month to begin with. Poehlmann Bros., Morton Grove, III. WAXTEI*— Florist, mu?t be sober, industrious and good designer. Write, stating experience and wages with board. D. C. Noble, Columbia Ci y. Ind. TKT ANTE I )— Second-hand 4-in. soil pipe and fittings ; ■" must be m good unable condition; also din use a 20-liorse power boiler of hoHzuntal pattern. Address D. C, Noble, Columbia City, Ind. SITLWTIOX WAXTKD-A permanent situation as manager of commercial place, new one preferred. Will beat liberty July 1. Am up-to-date in every de- partment. North-eastern Pennsylvania preferred. Ad- dress Practical, care Florists' Review. T\7^ AN'TED— A few good men as assistant rose grow- ▼7 ers and helpers. Apply to Basselt & Washburn. Hmsdale, III. T\/' ANTED— Immediately, a willing young man, be- »" iween l'.» and ■*.') years old, who has had two or three years' expenence in rose houses; wages $2.") and board perinonth : steady employment. Address G. O. Wilson, Fruitvale, Alameda Co., Cal. WAXTED— Two young men, able to take charge of a range of rose houses; must be txperienced; references. Apply Emil Buetlner, Park Ridge, 111. WANTED TO REXT-A place in good condition of from um to am It, of glass. Address Scotch, care of Florists" Re\new. FOR SALE AT BARGAIN. 8 Greenhouses nearly new, hot water heat, dwelling, ottice. 4 lots, A SNAP if sold soon. Good reason for selling, HENRY DIERS. Sibley. III. Tor Sai>d! THE MORRIS FLORAL CO.. At MORRIS, Illinois, 61 miles west of Chicago, doing a retail and whole- sale business. Incorporated 1S97. Doing a busi- ness that increased every year; increase of busi- ness over 1899 was $1,282.61 up to April 1. IRK). Reason for selling: .A. Mitting, present secretary and manager, retiring, and there is no one else in the company who understands the tiorist business. The plant, with 2 houses, barn and ti acres of land, cannot be built (or $20,000 to-day. If you mean business, come and see it. Terms. $3,000 cash, balance good paper. For sale to the highest bid- der. .Mi bids will be opened on fuly 1st by the directors. 1^. MITTING. Secretary. Morris, 111., May 15,1900. PITTSBURG GUT FLGWER GG., Ltd. WHOLESALE FLORISTS. Long Distance ■Phone 2167. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. Write for Price list. Mention The Review wD«>n vnti w-r No. 504 Liberty St., PITTSBURG, PA. Cabbage !======Cabbage! H. Succession, Early and Late Flat Dutcfi Drumhead Savoy and other varieties, field-grown plants, lie per lu(i, $1.(]0 per 1 10, $ri.W per lO.OOu. OEIEBT. White Plume, Golden Self-Blanching. Giant Pascal. New Rose and other varieties, 10 acres will soon be ready, 1,'ic per 100, $1,00 per luOO, J-^..^ per lO.OOu. (Large enough now for transplanting at 7,5c per lOCO.) TOMATO, Stone Paragon. Royal Red and other varieties, held-grown. 1.7C per IcU, $1,00 per 10 U, J.S..50 per lu.OOO, .^ny of the above plants by mail, add 10c per 100, C,\SH WITH i.iRLiEK,* R. Vincent, Jr. & Son, Sa^^tand."''- Mention The Review when you write. FOR SALE. 240 acres of land on Isthmus of Tehauntepec. State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. For full particulars write ROLAND HUGHES, 846 New York Life Bldg., KANSAS CITY. HO. FOR SALE at a great sacritjce. STOCK OF PLANTS AND SIX GREEN- HOUSES with latest improvements, steam heat, etc. ; opposite cemetery: large ground fronting main street in prosperous town close to Chicago ; street car passing the door; best opportunity to secure excellent investment and well-paying business. Reason for selling owner going to Europe. 5^ SCHALLMANN & CO.. Room 1204. IJ8 Washington St., CHICAGO. FOR SALE, A fine farm of 439 acres of rolling land, under cultivation. A fine dwelling, good water, plenty of fruit trees. Au excellent opportunity. Write for particulars. Price $6, BOO DO. A large plant situated in a large town in Ohio. 60,000 feet of glass. A modern place fully equip- ped and stocked. Three dwellings; city store, furniture and equipments. Reasons for selling and price will be furnished on application. .\ny of the above named properties is a bar- gain and those desiring to purchase will do well to communicate with us. Tnese are only a few of the properties that we have for sale and leasing. CUITU 9. CUITU 345 Sixth Ave.. OMIln Ob omlln) fittsbubg, pa. p. O. Box 869. Mention The Review when you write. Always mention the Florists' Review whcr writing advertisers* John B. Ferguson, Wholesale Florist, 444 Sixth Awe., PITTSBURG, PA. Long Distance 'Phone 2985. We Command a Good Harket. Consienments Solicited. TWO NEW ADVERTISING SOUVENIRS COR THE F.ORIST. Floral Fancies, Language of Flowers Ilitluse m poetry and sentiment. Of special interest to young people. Elaborate in de'^igning, handsome and attractive. Inexpensive. Simples 4 cents in stamps. DAN'L B. LONG, Publisher, Buffalo. N. Y. Mention The Review when you write. Cut Flower Exchange, 404 - 41 2 East 34ih St., New York, NEAR THE FERRY. Open Every Morning at 6 o'clock for the sale of CUT FLOWERS. Wall space for Advertising purposes to Rent, J. DONALDSON, secretary. Mention The Review when you write. Edward B. Jackson, Wholesale Florist. BABDT HERBACEOUS FI.AITTS OIT^Y. In any quantity for the least money. STAMFORD, CONN. Mention The Review when you writs. R ose Plants Good, Healthy Stock. BRIDESMAIDS, KAISERINS, BRIDES 3-inch, $4.00 per JOO; $35.00 per JOOO. 2,' > -inch, I $3.00 per JOO ; ' J $25.00 per 1000. Cash ■writli order. MARTIN A. MAGNUSON, 3309 N. Western Ave.. CHICAGO. IX.I;. Mention The Re\iew when you wrlta. u The Weekly Florists' Review. MAT 31. 19(10. A LETTER TO FRITZ. Mr. Fritz Blumenschneider. Dear Friend: I have read your complaint about low prices in the Review of May 24, and will say, if you are sell- ing roses and carnations at 15 cents a dozen you are one that ought to be hung. If this hits you in the ''ger- nick," I am sorry. If the florists would have a little friendliness and love, one for all and all for one, we would soon have bet- ter prices. We are too jealous of each other, and cutting prices don't do any good to anyone. The depart- ment stores, the grocerymen and the undertakers take the business out of the retailer's hands, and it is not a bit nice of a wholesale grower to charge a brother florist $1.50 per 100 for car- nations and sell equally good flowers to a department store for 50 cents per 100. The storeman sells them at cost in order to draw customers to his store, expecting to make a profit on other goods. The undertaker goes to the wholesale man, buys the carna- tions at 50 cents a hundred and makes up funeral work for his customers himself. Every groceryman sells plants at reduced rates. Now, what is there left for the florist? You must not blame the who'esale man for selling all his stock, good and bad, if he has a chance, for to sell is business, but let him sell to florists only. Be honest and upright; don't do as some do: stand yourself up be- fore a batch of hybrid perpetuals that belong to a brother florist and out of pure envy tell the public they are tea roses. . Let florists be friends the world over. That is the only way to better our prices and our business. I. 0. S. WHAT IS IT WORTH? ■Would a book containing the re- sults of your life's experience in the trade be worth $5 00 to you? Of course it would, if arranged so you could in- stantly refer to any of your past ex- periences— failures as well as suc- cesses. Would it be worth $5.00 to anyone else in the trade? Certainly it would, for the daily experience of any practical man is extremely valuable to all others. But when it is the life experience of a notably successful and practical m.an, it is doubly valuable. That's what The Florists' Manual, by Wni, Scott, is. Would you like a copy? Send us $5.00; we do the rest. " STRAIGHT AND SOBER." He was very much intoxicated and had to be helped into the store by the cab driver. He wanted the flor- ist's advice in everything, and after some flowers had been selected he wanted to write a note to go with them. After much effort he produced a scrawl and asked the florist his opin- ion about it. It read. "Dear Clara: I am straight and sober now and want to see you for just a short time before I go away." E.H.HUNT THE "OLD RELIABLE" FOR Wholesale Gut Flowers Hunt's Flowers Go Everywhere. 76 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO. Mention The Review when you write. Bassett& Washburn 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, 01. Wholesale Growers of />■ IT ri AlVrDC and Dealers in LL I rLUTTLIfO Greenhouses at Hinsdale, III. Mention The Review when you write. A. L mANDALL Telephone [I k.^| wiiolesalB Flofist, 4 Washing-ton St., ducag-o. In our new and enlarged quarters we are bettet prepared than ever to handle your orders. Mention The Review when you writ*. WHOLESALE DEALER IN GROWER OF ROSES. CUT FLOWERS. J. A. BUDLONfi, 37-39 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL. Mentloa The Review when you write. WEILAND AND-RISCM WHOLESALE FLORISTS Mention The Review when you write. Maplewood Cut Flower and Plant Co. GEO. M. KaiOGG. Pres. Growers of CUT FLOWERS at Wholesale. Regular shipping orders eiven special aitantion. We have the largest plant west of Chicago. store: 906 Grand Ave., KANSAS CITY, MO Greenhouses; Pleasant Hill, Mo. Mention The Review when you wrlt» The Cincinnati Cut Fiower Co., mcmSo!' Wholesale Florists. Consignments Solicited. Special Attention g:iven to Shipping Orders. Mention The Review when you write. WIETOR BROS. Wholesale Growers of Cut Flowers. All telegraph and telephone orders given prompt attention. 5J Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. Mention The Rfvi^w whon *-ni a-^-r. BENTHEY & CO. F. P. BENTHEY. Mgr. WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION CoDSJgnments Solicited. 41 Randolph St. CHICAGO. Mention The Review when you wrlt» C. A. KUEHN Sr Cut Flowers and Florists' Supplies. Manufacturer of the Patent Wire Clamp Floral Designs. A full line of supplies always on hand. Write for catalogue and prices. 1122 PINE STREET. ST. LOUIS, MO. Mention The Review when you write. ": Berning WHOLESALI FLORIST, J322 Pine Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. The Ppvlew when you write. ELLiSON & TESSON, WHOLESALE SHIPPINQ FLORISTS 3134 Olive Street, ST. LOUIS, MOb ...Home Grown Stock... Mention The Review when ynii writ*^ AN INSECT INFESTED FERN. She was very angr.v and told the florist he would never get another or- der from her. "That fern you sold nae was infested with insects. The under sides of the leaves were thick with them. I cut the leaves all off to get rid of the insects and now the plant has died." "But. madam, those were not in- sects; they were spores, the seed of the fern plant." ? ! ! ! Exit madam. YOUR MEMORY. Is your memory perfect? Can you always remember the little changes in practice that you decided last year to make this year? If not, you will find The Florists' Manual, by William Scott, a most useful memory refresh- er. It is a complete reference book for commercial florists and costs |5.00. If your memory is not absolutely per- fect it will save you $5,00 a month by enabling you to correct omissions due to oversight and forgetfulne.?s. MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review, 15 KENNICOTT BROS. CO. agreed to break the record and did so, filling every order received for Decoration Day, Meteors and Perles being the only things that were a trifle short. QUOTATIONS AT DATE ARE ROSES, - - FANCY STOCK, $4.00 to $5.00 per 100 CARNATIONS, " " $1.50 to $2.00 PAEONIES, $3.00 to $5.00 per 100 ALL, OTHER FLOWERS AT AS LOW BATES AS THE MARKET WU^L ALLOW. Kennicott ^ 42-44 E. Randolph St., iV.j CHICAGO, ILL Th* T?»v1«»TP ■when vnn «rr1t Extra Strong METEOR ROSE PLANTS 3^ -in. Pots, Now Kemly. Surplus stock from plants reserved for our planting, at the low price $2.50 roo $20.00 fooo Address jHE FLORAL EXCHANGE, Inc. Ederely, Bncks Co., Pa. The home of the famous new Rose. "The Queen ot Edgely," KT*v".r *" Mention The Review when you write. Extra Fine Meteor Rose Plants READV TO PLANT AT ONCE. 500 (rom 3'4-m. pots, $4.00 per 100. lOOO (rom 3-m. 3.50 or the lot lor $50.0O Wanted — 300 Bride and 200 Maids, from 3-inch or S'^'s-inch pots. J. r. AMMANN, EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. Mention The Review when you write. ASPARAGUS SCANDENS DEFLEXUS. This is the name ot an asparagus that the Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago, are much taken with, and they are worlving up a stock of it as rapidly as possible. The form Is similar to that of Sprengeri, l^ut it is much finer and has several other desirable char- acteristics. We believe it will be ex- ceedingly useful. It is not a new va- riety, but is one whose good points have been overlooked. Special Offer .^ 15,000 Meteor ^^2^^^ Wishing to clean out our Rose Plants so as to ^-in 6.00 \incas, 2'4'-in., 3.00; 3-in 6.00 ^'^-in., 8.00; 4-in 10.00 S-in 15.00 Terms Cash or C. O. D. GREENE & INDERHILL, - WATERTOWN, N. Y. Mention The Review when you write. j Burpee's Seeds Grow | Mention The Review when you write. 10,000 Excellent STOCKY 4-INCH LATANIA.... BEADY FOB SHIFTING. $20.00 per hundred ; $190.00 per thousand. WALTER RETZER & CO., 20452059 clarendon ave Successors to Albert Fuchs, CH ICAGO, I LL. Mention The Review when you write While They Last. 40,000 -GERANIUMS.. 40,000 Geraniums, strong 2'^-in .choicest varieties in cul- tivation, true to name : S. A. Nutt, Bruanti, La Favorite, White Swan, Mrs. J. M. Gaar, Frances Perkins, Mme. Bruant, Mrs. E. G. Hill, Beaute Poitevine, Athlete. American Wonder and Mme Jaulin. These are all strictly first-class bedders. All cders will be filled the day they are received at ?-•?;') per UK); fri.llll per HHKI. ."»iMi at mint rate. Rose, strong 2 Hi-in., ■2>rtc; strong ,' in., t.'c. Mme. Salleroi, strong 2-in , $lj'>lt per Kill. First come, first served. 20th Century Verbenas and the choicest collec- tion of dble. fringed Petunia^, strong 2-in.,S'2. Oil per 11)0. Co'eus, strong, -J-in., choicest varieties, 5-'.(i(i per HHI. Fuchsias, rooted cuttings, 10 choicest varieties, $1,1111 per mt: 2-in„ -*c. 25,000 2><-in<:h Roses, no finer stork grown. Brkles, Perles, Meteors and Maids, $3.00 per 100. Kaiserin and Golden tiat;e. S-i.OO jierlOO. Guaran- teed sailsfat'tory in every respect. Smilax, strong seedlings, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000 by mall. Kxtra strong 2-ln., $1.25 per 100; SiO.OO per 1000. Vincas. ;>00 large 4-in. and 5-in. pot plants at $1.00 per doz., to make room; strong -^-in.. '.ic. Asters. New Giant Comet (true), lavender, pink and white and pure white, strong -'-in , $1. .'ill per HHI. Cash wiih order. South Side Floral Co., Springfield, III. Mention The Review when 3'ou write. Always mention the Florists' Review when writing advertisers. FOR SALE. ]>Iarie Louise Violets.,.. 20,000 sand rooted cuttings will be ready June -0. Tliese cuttings are clean and free from disease. Please come and see for yourself. The abo\e cuttings are $15 'H' per HHlil; cash witli order, (Drders booked now. Also, clumps of Marie Louise Violets at $iXK> per KHI — clean and full of well rooted runners. C. I.AWBiTZEir. Flat Rock Greenhouses Bhiuelseck, N. Y. (On tbe Hudson.) Mention The Review when you write. E. G. Hill & Co. Wholesale Florists, RICHMOND, INDIANA. Mention The Review when you write. R. C. and 2 ^^ -inch Pot Plants. per VQ Coleus, best red, yellow and assorted $ -'-0 Moon Vines, white 1 '0 Santolina Chamoeropsis. \er>' strong 1 UU Ageratum, blue, white and P Pauline. 2H-in. pots. I 50 Salwa .Splendens, tall and dwarf, strong, " 2 W) Cobea Scandens, In to -1 inches. " ** 'S.W Chrysanthemums, long list of best varieties, strong, ■-'V.inch pots 2 00 Altemanthera. red and yellow, -'-o-in. pots 1.T5 Cash with order please J. E. JACKSON. GAINESVILLE, QA. Mention The Review When you write. MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. J7 Chrysanthemums. A laree list oi the Best New and Leading; STANDARD VARIETIES. Strong, healthy, vigorous plants, from 2-inch and 2'-:-iach pots. There are none better: most of our customers lell us there are none so good. Send for complete list. The CARNATION still following PI A|\T5 le't: GENEVIEVE LORD from s«nd, grand stock, $10.00 per 100: $75.00 per 1000. AMERICA, GOMEZ AND MACEO $5.00 per 100. JOOST, PINGREE, $2.50 per 100. GOLD NUGGET, $3.00 per 100. H. WEBER & SONS, OAKLAND, MD. Mention The Review whefn you write. Chrysanthemums FOR ALL PURPOSES. NOVELTIES *ND STANDARD VARIETIES.... Send us a list of your wants for LOWEST CASH PRICES NATHAN SMITH & SON, ADBZAN. MICH. Mention The Review when you write. CHRYSANTHEMIMS!! Cullingsfordii Mrs. Jerome Jones Qlory of Pacific Mrs. S. T. Murdoclc Minerva Mme. P. Bergmann Ivory Pose Owen Mrs. J. G. Wlillldin Tlie Queen And other varieties from 2'A-m. pots, fJ.OO per 100, A _4. _. _ Semple and Victoria Plants, ^Sl Ar from seed bed, ^ 25 cents per 100, $2.03 per 1000. Cash with Order. R. VINCENT Jr. & SON, White Marsh, Md. Mention The Review when you write. INCREASE YOUR SALES CLYDE The New Mammoth Single Scarlet Geranium, Bruant Type, $3.00 Per Doz. W. E. HALL, Clyde, O. E. G. HILL & CO., - - Richmond, Ind. Mention The Review when you write. Always mention the Florists' Review whea writing advertisers. Sells at Sight NEW CARNATIONS. GEN. MACEO G H. CRANE 6I.ACIEB MOBNING GI.OBT. SI per do/., 86 per lOO, 850 per looO. GEN. GOMEZ ) 75c per doz., 85 per UBS. G. M. BBADT \ 100, 8^0 per 1000. WHITE CI.OUD GOI.D NUGGET / SOc per doz., 84 per S 100, 830 per lOUO. 2:) at 100 rate. We are now ready to receive orders for strong rooted ClTTI^GS MBS. JAS. DEAN, 83 per 100, $25 per 1000 MBS. THOS. W. I,AWSON, 83 per doz.. 814 per 100, 8120 per 1000 OIiYMFIA, 82 per do/., 812 per 100. 8100 per ICOO THE MABQUIS ) 82 per dpz.. GENEVIEVE I.OBD $10 per 100, ETHEI. CBOCKEB \ $75 per 1000 2.i0 at ICOO rate. We have Fine Large Stocks and will deliver only Fine, Strong, Well-Rooted Cuttings. THE COTTAGE GARDENS, - QUEENS, N. Y. Mention The Review when you write. SMILAX From Pots, Beady Now. 81.50 per 100 ; 815.00 per 1000. AsparagusPiumosns rrom 3-in. Pots, ready July 15th. 86.00 per 100; 850.00 per 1000. You will make no mistake in sending me your order. This stock is of the same high quality as that furnished last season. Samples furnished to new customers if desired. ALBERT M. HERR, Lancaster, Pa. ir*ntlon The Review when you write. Expert Carnation Grower Wants Position on Large Place, I would like a position as expert carnation grow- er on larg..' commercial place. Fully competent to take full charge if desired. Am English, 43 years old, married, one child tJ years old. Have always attended strictly to business and succeeded in building up a fine business for last employers. Habits strictly correct and character and industry have been always commended. Address CABKATIOK. care Florists' Review, Ca.^ton Bldg., Chicago. GERANIIMS. S. .\. Xutt and Bruanti, $100 p.T 100 without $7.00 with pots. .Mme.Salleroi,3-in„ $3.50 per 100. CANNAS, Star of '.H. also a mixed lot of Florence Vaughan, Burbank, .Austria. J. D, Cabos, etc., $8.00 per 100. CRABB & HUNTER, Grand Rapids, Mich. Mention The Review when you writ©. Carnation Plants. Iiarg'e stock of plants from Soil Beady for the Field. Write for prices on what you want. GEO. HANCOCK & SON. Grand Haven, Mich. Mention The Review when you write. Always mention the Florists' Review when writing advertisers. FINE STOCKY PLANTS Per 100 Centaurea Gymnocarpa, 2-in. pots $2.00 Oxalis rturibunda,.2-in. pots 1.50 OBraniUIDS, 2>^ and sin. pots, mixed 2..iii SinilaX, Jin. pots, per 1000, $8.00 1.00 A^ni)ri)?IIC Sprengeri, 2-m. pots 3,00 HapaiagU) pTumosus Nanus, 2-in. pots 4.00 Primroses, July 1st, Chinese, Obconica Gran- diflora and Rosea. Forbesi 2,00 JOS. H. CUNNINGHAM?- ^Delaware, Ohio. Mention The Review when you write. Orders Now Booked tor Fall Delivery ol CARNATION PLANTS... CHICAGO CARNATION CO., Joliet, III. Mention The Review when you write Carnations. F, OORNER & SONS GO. LA FAYETTE, IND. Mention The Review when you write. IMPORTANT. Before ordering any goods anywhere send in your list of wants for lowest GUABANTEED prices. F. W. 0. SCHMITZ, Jersey City, N. J. Mention The Review when you write. Variegated Vincas, strong plants twice transplanted ready 'f for 3-in. pots, $2.50 per lUO. RIDBECKIA. tine strong plants. 3-in., $3.00 per 100. FORGET-ME-NOT, winter flower- ing. 2Ii in. and 2J'4-in . |2.0i) per 100. DOUBLE ALTSSEM, White Paris Daisy and .l^eratum, white and blue, from Hats, $1.50 per 100. Cash with order please. Charles S. Outton, fi,i^st Holland, Mich. Mention The ReWew when you write. COLEUS. ROOTED CUTTINGS. \'erschatfeltii. Golden Queen; assorted kinds, usual prices, i;. H. FOSTER, 45 King- Street, Dorchester, Mass. Mention The Review when you write. J8 The Weekly Florists' Review. MAT 31, IS-W. CLASSIFIED PUNT ADVERTISEMENTS. Bate for advertisements under this head, lO cents a line net, per insertion. New advs. and changes most reach us by Wednesday morning at latest to secure proper classification in issue of Thursday. ABUTILON. Six leading sorts. $2.00 per iOO. The Geod & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. Abutilon Souv. de Bonn. 3-in., J4.00 per 100. Geo. L. Miller. Newark, Ohio. "The Classified Advs. bring big returns" Is the verdict of the advertisers. ACACIAS. Acacia Pubescens, 4 feet high, J2,00 each ; cash with order. John Boll, 549 Fulton St., Jamaica, N. T. Send in your order now for a copy of the Florists' Manual. ACALYPHA. Sanderi. S'i-in.. IS. 00 per 100. The Conard & Jones Co.. West Grove. Pa. Acalypha Sanderi. 2^-in.. 75c a doz. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. Acalypha Marginata, 2i^-in., HOC per 100. McGregor Bros., Springfield, Ohio. AGERATUM. Three kinds. Princess Pauline, blue, white and variegated. $2.00 per ICO. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield, O. White and blue from flats, $1.50 per 100. Cash. Chas. S. Dutton. 85 W. 12th St., Holland, Mich. ALTERNANTHERA. p. Major and A. Nana, from 2-in. pots, at $2.25 per 100, and $20.00 per 1000. Cash please. H. Stahlhut, New Lots Road & Shepherd Ave., Brooklyn, N. T. Alternantheras. Red and Yellow. 2-inch, at $2.00 per 100. John F. Horn, 20 North Sixth St., Allentown, Pa. 2-in. pots. P. Major, $1.75 per 100; A. Nana, $1.50 per 100 cash. C. A. Harris & Co.. Delanson, N. Y. Alternantheras, red and yellow, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. C. Otto Schwabe. Jenkintown. Pa. Alternantheras, 2M-in., $2.50 per 100. Greene & Underbill, Watertown, N. Y. ALYSSUM. 5.000 Alyssum (Carpet of Snow), new, much dwarfer and better bloomer than Little Gem. out of 3-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. Cash. Samuel V. Smith, 59 Goodman St., Rising Sun, Phil- adelphia, Pa. Double Alyssum, from flats, $1.60 per 100. Chas. S. Dutton, 85 W. 12th St.. Holland, Mich. Double Sweet Alyssum, $2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. Sweet Alyssum, 2-ln., $3.00 per 100. McGregor Bros., Springfield, Ohio. ASPARAGUS. Sprengeri, 2%-inch. extra strone:. $5.00 per 100; 3-inch, extra strong-, $7.00 per 100; 4-inch, ver>- fine, $1.75 per doz. ; 5-inch, very fine, ?2.50 per doz. Our Sprengeri are extra heavy stock with sprays a foot or more in length and should not be compared with young stock usually sent out. The Calla Greenhouses. Calla, O. Asparagus Sprengeri, 2-in., |3.00 per 100. A. plumosus nanus, 2-in., M.OO per 100. Cash please. Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, Ohio. Asparagus Plumosus, from 3-in. pots, ready July 15, «6.00 per 100: $50.00 per 1000. A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa. Sprengeri. 2i/4-in., $3.50 per 100; $30.00 per 1000. John A. Doyle Co., Springfield. O. Sprengeri. 2H-in-. $2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. If you read these advs. others would read yours. ASTERS. Semple's Asters, separate colors, $2.75 per 1000; mixed, large percentage white, $2.00 per lOOO; Queen of the Market (earliest), mixed, $2.50 per 1000. Express paid. A. & G. Ros- bach, Femberton, N. J. Asters, in pots, $1.00 per 100. Victoria and Truffauts. mixed; Semple's, 5 colors; Giant Comets, 4 colors. J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., Revere, Mass. Strong plants of Semple's. 'Vick's. Ostrich Feather, Queen of the Market, Truftaut's, 35c per :0O; $2.50 per 1000. J. C. Schmidt. Bristol, Fa. Asters, new giant comet, lavender, pink and white and pure white, strong 2-in.. $1.50 per IOO. South Side Floral Co., Springfleld. 111. Semple and Victoria plants, from seed bed, 25c per 100; $2.00 per 1000. Cash. R. Vincent, Jr. & Son. White Marsh, Md. Semples' Asters. 4 colors, strong plants, 100 for 40c; 300 for $100; 1000 for $2.50. B. A. Wallis. Jenkintown. Pa. Strong plants. Queen of Market. White and Mixed, at $1-00 per 100. J. W. Howard, Wobum, Mass. AZALEAS. Azalea Amoena. one of the choicest hardy, dwarf shrubs. Rooted cuttings. $4.00 per ICO by mail- $25.00 per 1000. From thumb pots, $5.00 per 100; 3V4-in. pots. $12.00 per 100. Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville. Bucks Co., Fa. The Florists' Manual, by William Scott, Is a whole Library on Commercial Floriculture. Send In your order now. Florists' Pub. Ck>., Chicago. . BASKET AND VASE PLANTS. Russelia elegantlssima. Grand new grace- ful basket or vase plant, rapid grower, always in bloom. Strong 2'A-in. pot plants. 75c per doz.; $4.50 per 100. The Calla Greenhouses, Calla, Ohio. Mexican primroses, good for vases. $3.00 per 100. McGregor Bros., Springfield, Ohio. Maurandya vine. 2i4-in., $3.00 per 100. Greene & Underbill, Watertown, N. Y. BEDDING PLANTS. Geraniums, 4- Inch pots, $6.00 per 100. Pe- tunias, fringed varieties. 4-in.. $5.00 per 100; 3-ln., $3.00 per 100. Artillery Plant, 4-ln., $5.00 per 100. Vernon Begonias, red and pink. 2'A-ln., $2.00 per 100. Coleus. Golden Redder and Verschafleltil, 2!4-ln., .$2.00 per 100; In va- riety, 2\4-in., $1.75 per 100: rooted cuttings, 60 cts. per 100. Altemanthera. red and yellow, 214-in., $1.75 per 100. Mammoth Verbena. 3- in., $3.00 per 100. Sweet Alyssum. Little Gem. 2^-in., $2.00 per 100. Trailing Lobelia, blue, 2-in., $1.20 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. Low expr. rates. J. S. Bloom. Rlegelsvllle, Pa. Bedding Plants, first-class stock. Candy- tuft. 2-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. Giant Dble. Mixed Wallflower. 3-ln. pots. $4.00 per 100. Petunias, in bloom, mixed. 2i/^-in. pots. $3.50 per 100. Stock, white, crimson, 2%-ln. pots, $3.00 per 100. Sweet William, fine. 2-in. pots; Dah- lias, single, mixed, 2-in. pots; Lobelia. Crystal Palace and Speciosa. 2-in. pots; Asters, Queen of the Market. 2-ln. pots; Asters. Semple's Branching. 2-in. pots. $3.00 per 100. Asters, from flats, same size. $2.00 per 100. 25 at 100 rates. Cash. Felix Bridger, Westfield, N. J. Bargain. Geraniums. Double Gen. Grant and Rose in bud and bloom, fine 4-in.. $5.00 per 100. Coleus. Verschaffeltii. and Golden Bedder. 21,4 and 3-in.. strong, $2.00 per 100. Verbenas, finest mixed. Phlox Drummondi. fine stock, 3>i-in. . in bud and bloom. $3.00 per 100. Lo- belia, trailing. Nasturtiums and Rose Geraniums, extra strong. 2". and 3-in.. $2.00 per 100. Stevia dwarf, best tor winter flowering, strong, 2'"-in.. $4.00 per 100. Cash please. Wni. S. Herzog. Morris Plains. N. J. Extra flne 2-in. stock. Altemanthera, 3 va- rieties, $1.50 per 100; $14.00 per 1000. Fuchsias, mixed. $1.60 per 100. Begonia Mctallica. $2.25 per 100. Coleus. Golden Bedder and Verschaf- feltii, $1.50 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. Mixed Co- leus. $1.35 per 100; $13.00 per 1000. Rooted cut- tings. Cxolden Bedder Coleus. 60c per 100: $5.50 per 1000. R. I. Hart, Hackettstown, N. J. Coleus, best red. yellow and ass't. ;:0c per 100. Santolina chamoeropsis. very strong, $1.00 per 100. Ageratum. blue, white, and Pauline, 2V4-in.. $1.50 per 100. Salvia splendens. 2i2-ln., $2.00 per 100. .\lternanthera, red and yellow, 2'i-in.. $1.75 per 100. Cash. J. E. Jackson. Gainesville. Ga. Ivv Geraniums. 3 colors. 60c. per doz. ; .A.lter- nanthera. red and yellow, $1.50 per IOO: Thun- bergia. 60c. per doz. ; Hardy Ivy. 60c. per doz, : Rose Geratiium. 60c. per doz. : Lantana, 2 kinds, 60c. per doz. ; Vinca. 4-inch, 75c. Yter doz. : 3-ineh, 50c. per doz. Cash with order please. A\ex. Schultz. Fhillipsburg. N. J. .\geratum. dwarf blue; Cineraria Maritlma; Coleus. Verschaffeltii and assorted, from 214- In $2 00 per 100; English Ivy, from pots. 3 to 4 feet $10.00 jjer 100: Verbenas, mammoth, Strang, from 3-in., $3.00 per 100. Cash with order. Jas. .\mbacher. Long Branch. N. J. Geraniums. Double Gen. Grant and mixed varieties, nice stocky plants, 4-in. pots. $5.00 per 100. Coleus Verschaffeltii. 2V4-ln. pots. $2.00 per 100. 200 White Verbenas, in full bloom, $2.50 per 100. Cash with order, please. G. Rummler, Nyack, N. Y. Coleus in 2-in.. $3.00 per 100. Cannas. 4-in., $6.00 per 100. Scarlet geraniums, 4-in., $7.00, 3-in.. $3.50 per 100. Begonias, 2-m.. $4,00 per 100 Vincas, 4-in., $10.00 per 100, extra strong, also 5-in. C. Handel. Batavia, 111. Centaurea Gvmnocarpa, 3-inch, $2.00 per 100. Ageratum, blue and white, 2-in., $1.00 per 100. Pansy Plants in bud (mixed) $1.00' per 100. Wm. Clark, Batavia. III. BEGONIAS. Rex Begonias, flne strong plants, 2%-In. pots, just ready for a shift. Magnificent, In- dianapolis. Mystery. Elegans and Whittier, $5.00 per IOO. Cash. Floracroft Gardens. Moores- town. N. J^ lOOO red Vernon. 214-in., $1.50; 50*) 3-In., strong, $2.50 per 100. Morris Floral Co.. Morns 111. Begonia Rex, 2i4-in., $4.00. 4-in., $10,00 per 100. Greene & Underbill, Watertown, N. Y. Begonia Erfordii. always In bloom. $3.00 per 100. McGregor Bros.. Springfield. Ohio. Eight varieties. 2'4-ln., $3.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. Begonias, 3 and 4-in. pots. Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin. III. BOUVARDIAS. Bouvardias from 2V4-in. pots, white and pink, $2.50 per 100. J. Palmer Gordon. Ashland. Va. BULBS. Just received. Fine stock of the following bulbs: Per ?"■ Dozen. 100. Caladium Esculentum, 5 to T-In cir.$ .50 $ 3.00 Caladlum Esculentum, 7 to P-ln. cir. .75 4.50 Caladium Esculentum, 9 to 12-in. clr. 1.15 8.00 Ca'adtum Esculentum, 12-in. and up. 2.00 15.00 100. 1000. Tuberoses. Excelsior Pearl. 1st class.$1.00 $7.60 TuV,eroses, Excelsior Pearl, medium. ..o 5.00 Send us your orders now. We also have complete stocks of Gladiolus, Cannas, Lilies and all spring bulbs. „, ,_ . McKellar & Winterson, 45-4.-43 Wabash av., Chicago. Send for our quotations on Roman hyacinths, Llllums Harrlsii and Longiflorum. etc, etc. We are large importers of high class bulbs. .]. M Thorburn & Co.. 36 Cortlandt St.. N,\v Yf.rk, PLEASE MENTION THE REVIEW WHEN WRITING ANY OF THESE ADVERTISERS. MAT 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review* J9 Warnaar & Co., late van Heemstra & Co., and Jac. Wezelenburg. Headquarters for Hy- acinths. Narcissus, Tulips. Sassenheim, Hol- land. Ask for U. S. references as to quality. R. Van Der School & Son, Wholesale Bulb Growers. Hillegom. Holland. Our bulb stocks, now covering an area of over 150 acres, are at present the largest in Holland. Est. 1830. Now booking orders for CALLAS and FREESIAS. Send for our quotations and sur- plus list of palm and other California seeds. Germain Fruit Co., Los Angeles. Cal. Forcing Bulbs. We are prepared to quote prices on your probable needs. Send list and get estimate. W. W. Barnard & Co., 161-163 Kinzie St.. Chicago. Tuberoses, The Pearl, 4 to 6 inches in clr- cumference, 15.50 per 1000; $25.00 per 5000, net Cash with order. Hulsebosch Bros.. Englewood. N. J. Bulbs and Plants for Fall and Spring deliv- ery. C. H. Joosten. Importer. 85 Dey St.. N. T. CACTI. Cereus grandlflorus (The Queen of Night Cactus). 2y2-in.. J2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. CALADIUMS Caladiums. started. 6-ln. pots, good stock $5.00 per 100. Geo. L. Miller, Newark, Ohio. Eseulentum. fine bulbs. $3.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. Caladiums. In 6-in. pots. Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin. 111. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. California Privet for hedges can be planted until July. Plants shipped with perfect safety. I offer 2-year-old. 2 to 3 ft.. $25.00 per 1000. 2- year-old. 2 to 3 ft., lighter, $20.00 per 1000, 2- year-ola. 1% to 2 ft., $15.00 per 1000. Not less than 309 sold at these low rates. I also have Privet cuttings at $1.60 per 1000. Atlantic Coaet Nursery. James H. Cornell, proprietor 6«« ttb Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey. The Florists' Manual, by William Scott, Is a whole Library on Commercial Floriculture. CALLAS. Calla Ethioplca, fine bulbs, doz., 50c; 100. $3.50. Little Gem (blooms when 6 Inches high), doz., 400.; 100, $3.00. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. CAMELLIAS. Camellias. 18 to 24 inches in height, well branched. 60c. each; $5.00 per dozen; $40 00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. CANNAS. Choice varieties from 4-inch pots. $6.00 per 100; $1.00 per doz. Austria. Egandale, Puerst Bismarck. Queen Charlotte, Mme. Crozy. Chas. Henderson. Alphonss Bouvier. C. Bisele, 11th and Jefferson sts., Philadel- phia. Pa. Fme French Cannas, Bouvier. Florencs \ aughan. Philadelphia, Gloriosa. from 4 and 4',i-in. pots, at $S.00 per 100. Will exchange for good Geraniums and Coleus in separate colors. D. B. Edwards, Atlantic City. N. J. Surplus Cannas. 300 assorted standard varie- ties. About one-third Mme. Crozy. the remain- der Charlotte. Asa Gray, Chas. Henderson, Egandale and other good sorts. $S.no per 100 from 3 and 4-in. pots. Cash with order. S. M. Harbison, Danville, Kentucky. Cannas, Star of '91, also a ml.yed lot of Florence Vaughan, Burbank, Austria, J D. Cabos. etc., at $8.00 per 100. Crabb & Hunter, Grand Rapids, Mich. From i)ots. Austria. Italia. Papa, F^ r7 Pierson. H. Vaughan. and Best Mixed, strong, from pots. $4.00 per 100. Cash. Jas. Ambacher, Long Branch, N. J. Cannas. only the best varieties, mixed, 4-in $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. C. Otto Schwabe, Jenkintown, Pa. 1000 cannas, good varieties in 4-in. pots, $5.00 per 100. C. L. Brunson & Co., Paducah, Ky. Cannas, 3 and 4-ln. pots. Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin. III. CARNATIONS^ tmS?'""'")?"''- The best of existing varietieT «,?^^°' Crane. Morning Glory. $6.00 per 100- S-^'lfonn"""- °,T/"' Bradt.'^Melba. y-'oo per J,^' .l^n£? P'^'" '"'"'■ White Cloud. $4.00 per 100; $30 0(^ per 1000; Mrs. James Dean. New lork. $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Scott. Mc- Gowan. $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000; Ethel Jt™^,,"',"" P".]'»- ?'5 PST 100; Olympii. extra strong, from soil or pots. $12.00 per lOO Gene- $10.00 p^rlio. '""■'' '•™"^' '""" ^°" ^ P"'^' The Cottage Gardens, Queens. N. T. Wm. Scott Carnation, out of. soil, $1 per 100 or $10 per 1000. Melba. out of soil. $1 per lOo' ?™* J!*"" "S"-- '^'="""' " P^"" 1''0' O"- ?9 per 1000. Flora HUi, $1.25 per 100, or $10 per 1000. General Maceo, $4 per 100. or $35 per 1000 Mayor Pmgree. $1 per 100. or $9 per lOOO. Cash with order. Carl E. Taube. Trenton, N. J. Large stock of carnation plant3~from soil ready for the field. Write for prices on what you want. Geo. Hancock & Son. Grand Haven. Mich. .i?n,?''^"'\*nn^2r?J''°'" '"''"^' S-'and stock. $10^00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000. America. Gomei and Maceo $5.00 per 100. Joost and Pingree, $2.50 per 100. Gold Nugget. $3.00 per 100 H. Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md. A fine lot of rooted cuttings of the follow- mg: Mayor Pingree. Bon Ton, Wellesley Armazindy. Jubilee and Genesee, $2 00 per 100 Buttercup (fine) $3.00 per 100. Jos. Renard. Unionville, Chester Co.. Pa. From 2l4-in. pots and soil. Maceo and Crane. $5.00 per 100. White Cloud, Mrs. Bradt and Gomez. $4.00 per 100. Cash. A. Nelson Notch Road. Paterson, N, J. Carnations, novelties and standard sorts Catalogue free. F. Domer & Sons Co.. La- Fayette, Ind. Best new standard varieties. Write for prices. Satisfaction or money refunded. Carl Hagenburger, W. Mentor, O. Orders booked now for fall delivery of car- nation plants. Chicago Carnation Co., Joliet, III. Leading sorts, 2V4-in., $2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Leading varieties. Whiti^Ivory. Midge. Bergmann. Robinson. Wanamaker. Kalb. \\ oodford, Jerome Jones, Independence Weeks Yellow— Golden Trophy. Henderson. Johnson' O. P. Bassett. Whilldin. Modesto. Yellow Queen, Bopnaffon, Lincoln. Sunderbruch Pink - Ivory. Glory of Pacific. Montmort. Morel, Perrin, Murdock. Bronze— Chas. Davis. Red— Geo. W. Childs. The above out of 2V.-in. pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per lOOO. Als5 white- Mayflower, Western King. Yellow- Golden Wedding, Yellow Jones. H. E. Reiman. Red- Defender. Schrimpton. Bronze— Lady Hanham, out of 2y2-ln. pots, $3.00 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Gretchen Buettner, fine late white. $2 50 per 100; $22.00 per 1000. Orders of 600 or more of not more than 12 varieties will be filled at 1000 rate. Terms cash with order, satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Secure your stock by ordering in advance. We are the largest growers of Mums in Illinois. Poehlmann Bros.. Morten Grove, III. Glory of Pacific. Perle Lyonnaise, Ivory. Miss M. M. Johnson. A. C. Avery. Pres Smith, Mrs. H. Weeks. Mrs. W. K. Vander- bilt. Pitcher & Manda. Eda Prass. Cullings- fordii, pink Ivory. Mrs. Perrin. Admiral Dewey. Frank Hardy. Yellow Good Gracious. Louis Boehmer. A. T. Ewing. Minerva. Silver Cloud, Mrs. O. P. Bassett. Marion Henderson. Florence Pullman. Simplicity. Bonnafton. Fisher's Torch and Mrs. Egan. Fine plants from 2>:-in. pots. $1.50 per 100. Fairview Floral Co., Beatty. Ohio. Following from 2i/4-inch and soil. $2.00 per lOO, $18.00 per 1000: Bergmann. Lady Fitzwy- gram. Glory of Pacific. M. Henderson. Lager, Bonnaffon. White Monarch. Yanoma. Mrs. O. P. Bassett, Maud Dean. Robinson. Ivory. Belle of Castlewood. Cash with order, pleaee. A. Nelson. Notch Road, Paterson. N. J. Cullingsfordii. Glory of Pacific. Minerva, Ivor.v, Mrs. Whilldin. Mrs. Jerome Jones, Mrs. S. T. Murdock. Mme. Bergmann, Rose Owen. The Queen and other varieties from 2V2-in. pots. $2.00 per 100. Cash. R. Vincent. Jr. & Son. White Marsh. JId. 2-in. pots. $2.00 per 100; $16.00 per 1004. Fisher's Torch, Culllngtordll. J. C. Vaughan. Glory of Pacific, Pink Ivory, Major Bonnaf- fon, Mrs. Perrin and 25 other varieties. J. A. Doyle Co., Springfield, Ohio. Chrysanthemums for all purposes— novelties and standard varieties. Send us a list of your wants for lowest cash prices. Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian. Mich. Chrysanthemums, all the best new and lead- ing standard varieties. Btrong. vigorous plants from 2 and 2V4-in. pots. Send for complete list. H. Weber & Sons. Oakland. Md. Hardy pompon, fine varieties, in pots. $8.00 per 100. Thomas Meehan & Sons. German- town. Pa. Major Bonnaffon. and 30 kinds, from 2\4-ln. pots. $2.00 per 100. J. W. Howard. Woburn, Mass. Chrysanthemums, only monev making varie- ties. $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1000. C. Otto Schwabe. Jenkintown. Pa. Large list of the best varieties, strong 21^- in.. $2.00 per 100. J. E. Jackson. Gainesville. Ga. Chrysanthemum undulatum fl. pleno. In pots, $2.00 per 100. Cash. J. Loenrer. Boone. Iowa. Leading varieties. 2^-in,. $2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. CLEMATIS. Splendid plants, as per following list, in best possible condition for imniediate planting: Jackraanni, purple; Superba, grand Improve- ment on Jackmanni; Grand Duchess, splendid white; Marvel, snow white; Mme. Andre, red; Ramona, lavender; Gen. Grant, crimson; Hen- ry i, large white; Star of India, purple, red barred ; Gypsy, maroon ; Duk« of Norfolk, blue; Oountess of Lovelace, double lavender; Princess, blue and white; Duchess of Edln- , burgh, double white; Kermesina, red; Mme. B. Veillard, pink; Gen. Wolseley. lavender and red; Belle of Woking, beautiful double blush; 15 cts. each; $1-70 per dozen; $14.00 per 100. 25 at 100 rates. All strong', glowing plants. C. Panlculata, a fine lot. in three sizes, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 per dozen. F, A. Bailer, Bloomington. 111. Cheap for cash. Clematis Pani'^ulala. Strong- healthy seedling:s, ready for 2-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. Send for samples. Frank Jen- cek, 37 Webster street. Newiwrt. R. I. Clematis panlculata, pot-grown. $60.00 per 1000; 2-year field-grown, $90.00 per 1000. The W. H. Moon Co., Morrlsvllle, Pa. OLIVIAS. Imported large flowering CUvIas, 6 and 7- Inch pots, $6.00 per doz.; 3 and 4-in. pots, $2.50 per doz. Jno. G. Heinl & Son, Terre Haute, Ind. COBEA, Cobea scandens, IS to 24 inches, 2^4-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. J. E. Jackson, Gainesville. Ga. COLEUS. 800 2V^-in. coleus; fine, clean stock. 20 va- rieties, good percentage of Golden Bedder and Verschaffeltii. $2.00 per 100 or $14.00 for the lot. Cash. A bargain. John Beimford, Wilton Junction. Iowa. Coleus, $20.00 per 1000. From pots, extra fine. Plants of the following varieties: Crim- son Verschaffeltii, Golden Bedder, Glory of Autumn, and Little Jim. John Scott, Keap St.. Brooklyn. N. T. Crimson Verschaffeltii. Golden Queen. Gold- en Bedder, and Mixed Rooted Cuttings, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 2-in. i>ots. $1.50 per 100. Cash. C. A. Harris & Co.. Delanson. N. Y. Coleus, 2^-in.. $3.00 per 100. Golden Bedder, Victoria, Crimson Verschaffeltii, fine plants. Cash. Henry Engler, 4651 Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 40.000 Coleus. Verschaffeltii and other varie- ties, in 2i2-inch pots. $2.00 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. Alexander Mead & Son, 349 Lake ave., Greenwich, Conn. Verschaffeltii., Golden Queen. Assorted kinds. Usual prices. L. H. Foster, 45 King St ., Dorchester. Mass. Verschaffeltii. Golden Bedder, Queen Vic- toria, 60c per 100; $5.00 per 1000. C. Otto Schwabe, Jenkintown, Pa, PLEASE MENTION THE REVIEW WHEN WRITING ANV OF THESE ADVERTISERS. 20 The Weekly Florists' Review. MAY 31, 1900. COLEUS- Continued ]0.000 coleus. named our selection, I'S-in-, $1.50 per 100. Morris Floral Co.. Morris, III. Coleus, strong 2-in., choicest varieties, $2.00 per 100. South Side Floral Co., Springfield, 111. Coleus, 2',4-in., $3.00 per 100. Greene & Underhill, Watertowr, N. T. Lea-ling sorts. 2U-in., $2.00 per 100. The Goo;l & Reesj Co.. Sliringfleld. O. CROTONS. Ten leading sorts, 2U-in., doz., 40c.; 100 ?2.;o. Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. CUT BLOOMS. Northern Florists who never had direct ship- ments of Cape Jessamine Buds from us should try at least a small shipment this year. We have 2.000 customers at points north of Mason and Dixon line. Season: (Grandiflora) con- tinues until June 10th. Supply: Ample to fill all orders. Quality: Guaranteed equal to or bet- ter than any other stock available at this date. Guarantee : Fresh and fragrant condi- tion on arrival at destination at any express point in U. S. or Canada. Express Rate: 20 per cent less than cut flower rates and in some instances even more favorable. Prices: 75 cts. per 100; $6.50 per 1000. 500 at 1000 rate. C. W. Benson, Alvin. Tex. Cut paeonies, pink and white. $4.00 per 100. ash. Mrs. A. H. Austin. Charlestown. Ohio. Cash CYPERUS. Alternifolius. 2^.2-in., $1..'0 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. "The classified advs. are a great conveni'^ ence," is the verdict of the buyers. CYCLAMEN. My specialty. Cyclamen perslcum splendens giganteum. Finest strain in the world. Now ready to ship a splendid stock of plants in four separate colors, 2-In., $4.00 per 100; $35.00 per 1000; 2i^-in., $5.00 per 100; $40.00 per 1000. Satisfaction guaranteed. Paul Mader, East Stroudsburg. Pa. Giganteuni. 2'2-in.. doz.. 30c.; 100. $2. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. DAHLIAS. Dahlias, strong tubers, large collection, at 6c each. W. & T. Smith Qo., Geneva, N. Y. Dahlias, whole roots, assorted, $3.50 per 100. Cash. W. D. Bussing. Westfield, N. J. DAISIES. New Marguerite. A great novelty for 1?00. Having about 700 plants left I make this last offer to the trade. Get it. The greatest nov- elty on earth. Yellow and white, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, blooms every day in the year. Fine for cut flowers, also for pot plants. See adv. in Review of April 19. Get it or next spring you will wish you had. Sis plants, 75 cents; 12 plants. $1.25; by mail, postpaid. S. Lenton, Long Beach, Cal. Double daisies. Bellis perennis, white and pink, in flower. $2.00 per 100 from frames. E. & C. Woodman, Florists, Dan vers, Mass. WTiite Paris daisy, from flats, $1.50 per 100. Chas. S. Dutton, 85 W. 12th St., Holland. Mich. Anthemis, dble. yellow Marguerite, 2i/4-in-, $4.00. 3-in., $6.00 per 100. Greene & Underbill, "Watertown, N. Y. Anthemis, double yellow, 40c per doz.; $4.00 per 100. McGregor Bros.. Springfield, Ohio. DRACAENAS. I have a few Dracaena Australis. Broad, green leaves, strong seedlings grown in open frames. I offer them at $10 per 100i-in., doz., $3; per 100 $20. The Good & Reese Co., Springflsld, O. FORGET-ME-NOTS. Forgetmenot, winter fiowerlng, 2% and 2Y2- In.. $2.00 per 100. Cash. Chas. S. Dutton, 85 W. 12th St., Holland, Mich. Strong clumps of Victoria Forget-me-nots, ready for 4-in. pots, $4.00 per 100. J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., Revere, Mass. FRUIT PLANTS. Moore's Early Grapes (genuine). Bearing vines, 2 yrs. trans., $2.00 per 100. Chas. B, Homor & Son, Mt. Holly. N. J. FUCHSIAS. In variety. 4-inch pots. The selection of sorts to remain with us. Price, %iiM per 100. Packing free. Cash please. J. E. Felthousen, Schenectady, N. Y. All the best varieties, double and single, 2i..-ln.. $1.50 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. Fuchsias, mixed, 2i,t-inch, $1.50 per 100. Root- ed cuttings. 750 per 100. W. H. Parsil, Sum- mlt, N. J. Fuchsias, rooted cuttings. 10 choicest vari- eties, $1.00 per 100; 2-in., $2.00 per 100. South Side Floral Co., Springfield, III. Fuchsias, 2Vi-in., $4.00, 3-in., $6.00 per 100. Greene & Underhill. Watertown, N. Y. GERANIUMS. In l-inch pots, in bud and in bloom, com- posed of the following varieties: Beaute Poit- evine. La Favorite, Marguerite De Lyas, Ruy Bias. Van Dale. E. G. Hill, Jas. Garr, Mrs. F. Perkins. Alphonse Rlccard, Wilhelm Pfit- zer. and several other No. 1 varieties, all In fine condition or no sale, $5.00 per 100. Cash. J. E. Felthousen, Schenectady, N. Y. Strong, stocky plants in full bloom. Per 12 Per lOO Alphonse Ricard, scarlet $1.00 $8.00 Mme. Jaulin, peach pink 1.00 8.00 Mme. Buchner and Eulalia, white.. 1.00 8.00 Beaute Poitevine, salmon l.OO 8.00 Marvel, crimson 1.00 8.00 Phillips & Dodge, BlUerica, Mass. Dbl. Grant, de Tasepede, Glolre da France, Ball of Snow and other equally good varie- ties, from 2'/3-inch pots, $2.60 per iOO; from 4-in. pots, $8.00 per 100; one-year-old stock .plants, $12.00 per 100. John Reck, Bridgeport, Conn. 1800 Fine Geraniums, from 4-inch pots, in bud and bloom. 750 Mme. Jaulin, 400 Dbl. Grant or Heteranthe, 250 J. Ricard, 200 Mme. Bruant, 200 E. G. Hill, $5.00 a 100. Cash with order. R. Pabst, Rutledge, Del. Co.. Pa. Geraniums. 2V4-ln.. $2.00 per 100. Red, pink and white, 4-ln., In bud and bloom, mostly double, best bedding var., $5.00 per 100. Ivy geraniums, 2Vi-in $2.00 per 100. Cash or C. O. D. C. G. Nanz, Owensboro. Ky. Geraniums, 2%-ln., S. A. Nutt, B. Poite- vine, Rlccard, Grant and La Favorite, ready for 4-in.. $3.50 per 100; 4-in., $6.00 per 100. Cash with order, please. A. Nelson, Notch Road, Paterson, N. 3. Mme. Sallerol Geranium, 3-ln., $3.00 per 100. Strong, bushy Heliotrope, Geraniums and Fuchsias, 4-in., $7.00 per 100. Periwinkles, 2- In., $2.50 per 100. Cash with order. Henry Engler, 4651 Lancaster Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa. Geraniums, per 100. Mars, 2-ln., $6.00, 3-In., $8.00; S. A. Nutt, 2i4-in., $6.00; La Favorite, 3-ln.. $6.00; Mme. Sallerol. 2-ln.. $3.00. 2>4-ln., $4 00, 3-in., $8.00; Ivy, 2Vi-in., $4.00: • Greene & Underhill, Watertown, N. T. PLEASE MENTION THE REVIEW WHEN WRITING ANY OF THESE ADVERTISERS, MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review, 21 Geraniums, well established plants, 2%-ln. pots, best varieties, double and single. Our selection, $2.50 per 100; 120.00 per 1000. Ivy Geraniums, best double, J2.50 per 100. John A. Doyle Co., Springfield. Ohio. Good varieties, from 4-in. pots. $5,00 a 100, Strictly cash with order. L». I. Neff, Florist, 218 Sixth street. Pittsburg. Pa. Queen of the West, Bruant, Gen. Grant, ex- tra good, 4-ineh pots, |7.00 a 100. Cash. Geo. A. Rackham. SSO Van Dyke Ave., Detroit, Mich. Geraniums S. A. Nutt. in 4-ln. pots, also Eruanti at $7.00 per 100 with or $G.OO per 100 without pots. Crabb &■ Hunter, Grand Rapids. Mich. For Decoration Day. 10.000 Red Bruant gera- niums, large plants in bloom, 2i^-in., $2.00, 3 and 4-in., $4.00 per 100. C. L. Brunson & Co., Paducah, Ky. Geraniums, double, single and ivy. All the best sorts. Fine plants from 2 and 2i«-in. pots, $2.00 per 100. Fairview Floral Co.. Beatty, Ohio. Geraniums, strong. 2',2-in., choicest varieties In cultivation, true to name. $2.75 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. South Side Floral Co., Springfield, 111. Geraniums in 2V2 and 3-inch pots, mixed, $2.50 per 100. Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, Ohio. Geraniums, the best bedding varieties, 4-in., $4.00 per 100; Ji^-in.. $1.50 per 100. E. C. Keck. Washington, Iowa. Only the best standard varieties, 2'^-in. pots, $2.50 per lOO; $20.00 per 1000. C. Otto Schwabe, Jenkintown, Pa. Geraniums. Exquisite, Bismarck, $2.50 per 100; $25.00 per 1000. Jos. Laihr & Sons. Springfield, O. Geraniums. 30 finest bedding varieties in bud and bloom, 3^-in.. $fl.00 per 100. J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa. Geraniums, 5000 in 3 and 4-in., red, pink, white, salmon and mixed. Geo. A. Kuhl. Pekin, III. Mme. Salleroi geraniums, strong 2V2-in., $2.50 per 100. J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., Revere. Mass. Pink Beauty. 3-in. pots. $3.50 a 100. Cash. C. A. Harris & Co.. Delanson. N. Y. 5.000 geraniums, mixed. 2yi-in.. $2,00 per 100. Morris Floral Co., Morris, 111. Apple geraniums. 2H-in., strong. 3c. H. Steinmetz, Raleigh. X. C Mme. Salleroi, strong, 2V4-in.. $2.50 per 100. J. M. Smely, Aurora. 111. GREVILLEA. Robusta, 2'^-in.. $2.50 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. If you read these advs. others would read yours. HARDY PINKS. The following varieties of hardy "Sweet May" pinks, strong 2-in. pot plants: Abbotts- ford, Alba Fimbriata. Attractive, Her Ma- jesty, Juliette. Old Fashioned. New Mound, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. The. Calla Greenhouses. Calla, Ohio. 1,000 grass pinks. 3-in.. $3.00 per 100. Morris Floral Co., Morris, 111. HARDY PLANTS. Phlox. Very fine, J4.00 per 100; our selec- tion, $3.00 per 100. Mme. P. Langier. Terre Keuve, Hector. Jules Juoy, J. H. Slocum, Queen, Bouquet Fleure, Jean de Arc, Premier Minister, Aurora Borealis. Richard Wallace, Alceste. Epopee, White Swan. The ElizabetU Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 25 elms, 5 to 8-in. caliper; fine specimens, with well developed heads and excellent roots. Also other large stock. Send for price list. Samuel C. Moon, Morrisviile, Bucks Co., Pa. New Deutzia Lemoinei, 2i2-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. Spiraea Anthony Waterer, 2*/2-inch pots, $2.00 per 100. Jacob Thomajin, 312 N. Goodman St., Rochester, N. Y. Yucca Aloifolia. Very strong plants, 4 years old, nice for vases and lawns, $20.00 per 100; $3.00 per doz. Cash with order. August Wenk, Tannersvllle, N. Y. An immense stock of both large and small sized deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. Correspondence solicited. The W. H. Moon Co., Morrisviile, Pa. Hardy phlox, choice assortment, 2»;.-in $! per 100. Rhododendrons, 2 colors, "crimson and pink, each, 75c.; doz., $7.00. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. Perennial Phlox, in variety, rooted cuttings by mail, $1.00 per 100. Strong 2-in., $2.00 per 100. Cash or C. O. D. C. G. Nanz, Owensboro, Ky. Arbor-Vitae, 3 to 4 ft. and 2% to 3 ft. Cali- fornia privet, 2 years. Oak Park Nurseries M. F. Tiger, Patchogue. N. Y. Rudbeckia, fine, strong plants, S-ln.. $3 00 per 100. Chas. S. Dutton, 85 W. 12th St., Hol- land, Mich. Rhododendrons, assorted, 2-ft. plants, at 40c Azalea pontica at 50c. Mollis at 30c W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva. N. Y Arundo Donax varlegata,, 5o. Eulallas three varieties, 3c. H. Steinmetz, Raleigh. N. C. Sweet Williams, from frames, $3.00 per 100. E. & C. Woodman, Danvers, Mass. HELIOTROPE. 12 varieties, 2-in. pots. $2 per 100. Cash. C. A. Harris & Co., Delanson, N Y. In 4-in. pots. Geo. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111. HIBISCUS. Ten leading sorts. 2"2-in., $2.00 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. HYDRANGEAS. Otaksa, Hortensi.^i. Monstrosa, Thos. Hogg, 2(4-in., $2.50 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. 200 fine Otaksa in bud and bloom. 5, 6 and 7-ln. pots, $25.00 per 100. L. J. Stuppy, St. Joseph, Mo. Otaksa, Thos. Hogg, Red Stem, 4-in. pots, 12o each. W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y. IVIES. English Ivy, 2-in., $3.00 per 100. Cash. Henry Engler. 4651 Lancaster Ave., Phila.. Pa. 21,4-in. per 100,, German, $1.50; English, $3. The Good & Reese Co.. Sprlngfl?ld, O. LANTANAS. Leading sorts. 2'i-in.. $2.00 per lOO. Weep- ing lantana, per 100. $1.50. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield. O. LOBELIA. Lobelia, 2V4-in., $3.00 per 100. Greene & Llnderhill, Watertown. N. Y. MOONVINES. Moonvines. from 2'^-in. pots, $2.50 per 100. J. Palmer Gordon, Ashland, Va. Moonvines. blue, $3.00 per 100. McGregor Bros., Springfield. Ohio. Moonvinas, white. $1.00 per 100. J. E. Jackson. Gainesville. Ga. OLEANDERS. Double pink, yellow and white, 2>^-in., $4 per 100. The Good & Resse Co.. Springfield., O. ORANGES. Otaheltc, 2ti-in., $2; 3-inch, $4 per 100. The Good & Reese Co.. Springfield. O. ORCHIDS. Orchids! To be closed out at once. The Koffman Collection. Walden, N. Y. Well es- tablished, prolific bearing Cj'pridedium. in per- fect condition, will be sold by the hundred or thousand growths. Choice specimens, also a few rare Dendrobium and Coelogynes. J. B. Bloomingdale. 7S Fifth Ave.. New York. Arrived in perfect condition, a grand lot of Cattlyea Percivalllana and C. Mossiae. Write for price list of imported and establish- ed orchids, cherry wood baskets, moss and peat. Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N, J. Strong, well established, healthy plants, at $9.00 per doz. Fern roots of best quality. $1.00 per barrel. W. Mathews. Utlca, N. T. PALMS, ETC. ARECA LUTESCENS^ l"in- ll\ ?-!'",''"'A '° '" ^ '"• '"«h ^°'2^00 8-in. pot (3 plants), very bushy, 30 to 36 m. high 2 jD 14-In. pot (3 plants) very bushy, 7'to 8 ft.! 20 00 KENTIA BELMORBANA. S-ln. pots, 4-5 Ivs, 10-12 in. high . ..°3M $ x'w 4-ln. pots, 6-G Ivs, 15-18 In. high . .. 6 00 50 00 6-ln. pots, 6 Ivs, 20 to 24 In. high., isloo 15000 . LATANIA BORBONICA. Each ll^-J"^- ,5 '° " '^^' "" '" 36 in. high by 42 in. wlda ° unn JOSEPH HBAOOCK, WYNCOTeVpa REDUCED PRICES ON LATANI i' BOR- BONICA. Inch Inches No. Price Per Re- pots, high. Ivs. each. M. lOo" * J!-l? 4-5 .16 1.50 13.00 ! H"S 5-a .40 3.50 32.00 6 20-22 5-6 .55 5.00 46.00 These plants are all strong, ready to pot up For other varieties see wholesale list from which a discount of 10 per cent, will be given on all orders accompanied by cash W. J. HESSER, PLATTSMOUTH. NEB. Per 100: Latania borbonlca, 2i,-in $4 00- .)-in., $8.00. Phoenix reclinata, 3-in .«;s Oo' Phoenix canariensis, 2i,4-ln., $3.50. Areca lute- fi'''"''i,--^"'"v. *■'■'"'■ Washingtonla filifera, 2^- in.. ?I.aO. Livistona rotundifolia. 3-in.. $2 00 a dozen. Aspidistra lurida. 2i»-ln .MOO p=r IW- The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O.' 10,000 excellent, stocky 4-ln. latanias. rea^ for shifting, $20.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000 Walter Retzer & Co., successors to Albert Fuchs, 2045-59 Clarendon Ave., Chicago, le^o'p'er"'^'^ "'""'■"• ''•'*-"'■• **-^- '-'"■■ Greene & Underbill, Watertown, N.. Y. ..irn?.^"""'' "^'eitchll, cool grown, handsome plants, ,-in. pots, $1.50 each. John Welsh Young. Germantown. Pa. Pandanus utilis. 3-inch, $1 a dozen. Veitchii fine color, 3-inch, $3 a dozen. John H. Ley, Good Hope, D. C. Latania borbonlca, fresh seeds, $1.50 per 1000 by express; $2.00 per 1000, by mail. Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Fla. Washingtonia filifera, 2%-in., $4.00 per ioo Greene & Underbill. Watertown, N. Y. PANSY PLANTS. For Pansy Seed see under heading "Seeds Pansies. Small plants all sold; none but flowering plants from field at $2.00 per IOO and up. C. Soltau & Co.. 199 Grant ave., Jer- sey City, N. J. Panpy plants, in bloom, extra choice colors, stocky plants, $1.00 per 100; JS.OO per 1000. Cash with order. C. A. Harris & Co , Delanson, N. Y. 10.000 mammoth French pansv plants. Bug- not s and Cassicr's strain. Cold-frame grown In bud and bloom, $1.25 per 100: $12.00 per 1000. Converse Greenhouses. Webster, Mass. Strong field-grown plants In bloom, good assortment, sti-ong stocky plants. $1.25 per 100; $10.00 per 1000. Cash with order. Carl Swenson, WInsted, Conn. Pansy plants, bud and bloom. $2.00 per 100. Medium plants, $1.00 per 100; $8.00 per 1000. Greene & Underbill, Watertown. X. Y. PETUNIAS. Petunias, choice selection of double fringed, 2-in., $2,00 per 100. South Side Floral Co., Springfield, 111. ^^ Petunias, single, 2',4-ln., $3.00, 3-in., $5.00; double, 2'.4-in., $6.00. 3-in., $8.00 per 100. Greene & Underhlll. Watertown. X. Y. PRIMROSES. Chinese, obconica grandiflora and rosea, Forbesi, ready July 1. $2,00 per 10*). Cash please. Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware. Ohio. -V2-in., per 100: Chinese and obconica, $2.50: Forbesii (Baby). $2.00. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield.. O. Baby Primrose. A good thing. 2u-in., i bloom. $?..0:-in., $2.50 per 100. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O. Marie Louise, 3-inch pots, $2.50 per 100. W. H. Parsll. Summit. N. J. MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS. The following out of 2V2-in. pots, unless otherwise specified, per 100: Lemon , verbena, $1.50; Achania malvaviscus. $1.50; Apple Gera- nium, $2.50; Ampelopsis Veitchii. $2.50; Agathea coelestis, $2.00: Anemone Wliirlwind, $2.00; Antigonon leptopus, $2.50: Amaryllis equestre, $5.00; Blue spirea. $2.50; Cest'rum (night blooming jasmine), $2.00; Cryptomeria japonica, $2.50; Campylobatrys regia, $2.50; Carex japonica variegata, $2.00; Genista cana- riensis, $2.00; Honeysuckles (Chinese evergreen. Red Coral, Halliana and Golden Leaved), $2.00; Impatiens Sultani, $2.50; Jasmines gra- cillimum and grandiflora. $2.50; Jasmine Grand Duke, $3.00; Justicia ^2 kinds), $2.00; Laurestinus. $3.50: Lemon of Sicily. $2.50; liinuni trigynum, $2.00; Matrimony vine, $2.00; Meyenia erecta (white and blue), $2.00; Ma- hernia odorata, $2.00; Myrtus communis, $2.50; Nierembergia, $2.00; Pomegranates, $2.00; Plumbago, Larpent and sanguinea, $2.50; Passiflora Constance Elliott, $2.50; Rhyncosper- mum jasminoides. $2.50; Russellia Juncea, $2.50; Stapelia. $2.00; swainsona, pink and white, $2.00: Strobilanthes, $2.00; Sanseviera zeylanica, $2.00. The Good & Reese Co., Springfield,, O. Peperomia Maculosa, in 3-in. pots, $4.C0 per 100. Bramble Rose, fine large pure white, pro- fuse bloomer, always clean foliage, 6-in. pots, $1.00 a doz. Ginger Plant, Zanzibar Officinalis, 4-inch pots, strong, $15.00. Impatiens Sultani, 4-in. pots, $8.00 per 100. Cobaea Scandens, staked, 4-in. pots, $10.00 per 100. Nasturtiums, 4-in. pots, $7.00 per 100. Crab Cactus. .3-in. pots, $4.00 per 100. Phlox Dnimmondi, very dwarf, 3-inch pots, $3.00 per 100. Centaurea Gymnocarpa, out of 2H-inch pots, $2 50 per 100. Lobelia Grandiflora, 2V4-in. pots. $4.00 per MC. Lace Fern, 2V2-in. pots, $6.00 per 100. Varie- gated Stevia, 2-in. pots, $3.00 per 100. Cash. Samuel V. Smith. 59 Goodman St., Rising Sun, Philadelphia, Pa. Polystichum prolifercum (lace fern). 3-in.. $7.00 per 100; mailing size. $2.50. English ivy and Dracaena indivisa, 2V2-in., $3.50 per 100. Ampelopsis variegata, $1.00 per doz. A. & G. Rosbach. Femberton, N. J. Centaurea gymnocarpa, 2-in., $2.00 per 100. Oxalls floribunda. 2-in., $1.50 per 100. Cash please. Jos. H. Cunningham, Delaware, Ohio. Cobea scandens, 2i4-in., $3.00. 3-ln., $5.00 per 100. Greene & Underhill, Watertown, N, Y. Sanseviera zeylanica, 5c. H. Steinmetz, Raleigh, N. C. 3,000 Iresines, two colors, 2»4-in., $1.50 per 100. Morris Floral Co., Morris, 111. The Florists', Manual, by William Scott, Is a complete reference book for commercial florists. TO EXCHANGE. Century Plants. One with leaves, 4'4 ft. long, a splendid plant: 2 plain green leaves 2',2 ft. long; 1 green and yellow, leaves 2 ft. long; a number with leaves IV^ ft. long. Some fine Banana Plants. 6 to S ft. high. Also 2 Rubber Plants, between 4 and 5 ft. high, from tub, with 7 or 8 branches on, fine plants for shipping. For sale, or will exchange for R. C. Carnations. For price, write to I. B. Ctoles, Florist,, Woodstown, N. J. To exchange. Caladium esculentum and Agave Americana, 3 sizes, for carnations or other stock. J. M. Lamb, Fayetteville, N. C. To exchange. Marie Louise violet nlant, CuUi^s'°or%%l°:'"' !■"■ D-^i-brelkcirJiuon cuttings, or Frances Joost or White Cloud. Robert Chesney, Montclair, N. J.' chIn^e""for°^^^^'""^. "'^'"'^ <=h^ap. will ex- cnange tor dbl. petun as, sage benonfaa chrysanthemums, or carnations, rioted ' W. T. Hillborn, Newtown', Pa. 300 Brides and 200"^iIi3s~from 3 or T^ITir P°"- J- F- Ammann, Edwardsvllle, 111 CANE STAKES. ordt?° ?v'^ W^K^f^' ■^■■"i "'"' l*""' -^^^h with oraer. u. w. Hendrix. Bowling Green, Ky. ^COLORED^LAfEsTETcT Colored plates, seed packets, engTi^^^iiTTTr Vredenburg & Co., Rochester, N T CUTJl^WER^OXESr ~PECO^ATIvFMATEmALr' fn^^i™ ^<^'>^'<^=5-' Green, for decorating, or Dried read? fnf'n?' ,'""' P«P"ed Presslk Leaves ready tor painting; smal est to largest slzp- St., New York. Every florist ought to insure his glass against hail. For particulars address John G. Esler, Sec'y, Saddle River, N. J. We make special greenhouse putty. Price on application. Lord & Burnhani Co.. Irving- ton-on-Hudson, N. Y. 250 boxes. iex24. double strength A. $3-S0, F. O. B., Springfield. The Elder & Tuttle Co., Springfield, Ohio. Importers and jobbers of greenhouse glass. Wheeler-Stenzel Co., 12 Sudbury St., Boston, Mass. Send for Lucas on Glass. Four pamphlets tell all about it. John Lucas & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Greenhouse glass a specialty. Sprague, Smith Co., 207-209 Randolph st., Chicago. Greenhouse glass. Benjamin H. Shoemaker, 205 to 211 No. Fourth St., Phila., Pa. INSECTICIDES. TOBACCO STEMS, the good, strong kind only. 60 cts. per 100 lbs.; bales 450 lbs. TOBACCO DUST, the black stuff, 2 cts. per lb.; 50 to 1000 lbs. H. A. Stoothoff. 116 West Bt., New York City. NIkoteen. Does not Injure the most sensi- tive plants. Endorsed by prominent florists. Used for fumigation or spraying, indoors or out. 200 lbs. of tobacco in one pint of Niko- teen. Sold by seedsmen. Circular free. Skabcura Dip Co., Chicago. Slug Shot kills Insects on currants, etc. In use since 1880. Is effective and safe to use. Sold by seedsmen everywhere. Send for free booklet on bugs and blights to B. Hainmond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. TOBACCO STEMS, the good, strong kind only, 60 cts per 100 lbs. ; bales 450 lbs. TOBACCO DUST, the black stuff, 2 cts. per lb.; 50 to 1000 lbs. H. A. Stoothoff, 116 West St.. New York City. Nicomite (patent) Vapor Insecticide. A cer- tain killer of insect pests. Sold by seedsmen. Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co., Louis- ville, Ky. PIPE AND FITTINGS. CAST lEON GREENHOUSE PIPE in 9-foot lengths. and pipe fittings, valves, etc. GREENHOUSE BOILERS, conical, sectional and self-feeding. THOS. W. WEATHERED' S SONS, 46 and 48 Marion St., NEW YORK. Full line of pipe and fittings. Send for latest prices. S. P. Conkling, 20 East Atwater St., Detroit, Mich. Iron Pipe and Fittings. Rundle & Spence Mfg. Co., 63 Second St., Milwaukee, Wis. Iron Pipe and Fittings for florists. The Kelly & Jones Co., Pittsburg, Pa. POTS. Standard Pots. We are now ready to sup- ply a superior quality of Pots in unlimited quantities. Catalogues and price-lists fur- nished on application. A. H. Hews & Co., North Cambridge. Mass. Standard Flower Pots. If your greenhouses are within 500 miles of the Capitol, write us; we can save you money. W. H. Ernest, 28th and M Sts., N. E.. Washington, D. C. Flower Pots of all kinds. Standard Pots a specialty. List and samples free. Swahn Pottery Mfg. Co.. Box 78, Minneapolis, Minn. Factory, Marshall and 25th Ave., N. E. Red Standard Pots, wide bottoms, well burn- ed and porous. Reduced prices. Harrison Pottery, Harrison, Ohio. Flower Pots. Before buying write us for prices. Geo. Keller & Son. 361-363 Herndon St. (near Wrightwood Ave.), Chicago. For the best Plant Tubs, address Mann Bros., 6 Wabash Ave., Chicago. POT HANGERS. Krick's Flower Pot Hanger. Just the thing to display your plants by hanging them on the walls, etc.. especially when crowded for room. No. 1 will fit 2 to 5-in. pots, 30c per doz. ; No. 2. 5 to S-in.. 40c per doz. ; No. 3, S to 12-in., 50c per doz. Sample pair, 10c postpaid. W. C. Krick, 1287 Broadway. Brooklyn. N. Y. PUMPS. The Kinney Pump. For applying liquid ma- nure it has no equal. Sent prepaid for $2.50. Without spraying valve, $2.00. Address The Hose Connection Co., Kingston, R. I. RAFFIA. When in want of Raffia, write Jacob & Alli- son, Importers, 63 Pine st.. New York. Send In your order now for a copy of the Florists* Manual. SPHAGNUM MOSS. We are headquarters for Sphagnum. Just received several carloads. Per bale, $1.00. Six bales, $5.0©. Ten bales. $7.50. Write for prices on large quantities. McKellar & Winterson, 45, 47, 49 Wabash Ave., Chicago. We gather our moss and it is the best to be had. Bales. 4^4 feet long, 18 inches wide and 20 inches deep, weighing when well dried 40 lbs., 80 cents per bale; 10 bales, $7.00. Green moss, $1.00 per bbl. Z. K. Jewett & Co.. Sparta. Wis. $1.00 for 5 bbl. bale, fresh and clean. H. R. Akers, Chatsworth, Burl. Co., N. J. SUPPORTS- Tendrils for wire supports to roses and car- nations. Hold plants firmly but with free- dom. Write to H. Thaden & Co., 23 So. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Wire rose stakes. H. F. Llttlefleld, Worces- ter, Mass. WIRE WORK. C. A. Kuehn, 1122 Pine st.. St. Louis, Mo., manufacturer of the Patent Wire Clamp Flo- ral Designs. A full line of supplies always on hand. Write for catalogue. We are headquarters for Wire Work. McKellar & Winterson, 45, 47, 49 Wabash ave., Chicago. _^_^ Reed & Keller. 122 W. 25th St., New Yorlt, Manufacturers of Wire Designs. TAXING FLORISTS. .afe.' (ConllDiied from last week ) I find from enquiry of our assessors, of which we have five at $3,500 each, and all they can make liesides, that first they value the land and then the greenhouses as inipi-ovemeuts, but they are easy on the gi'eenhouses. They would not make any difference whether your houses wei-e filled with Zygopetalum Mackayii or Lysimachia nummularia. I don't remember an as- sessor ever looking into the place ex- cept to ask you to come out and have a cigar or leave an order for flowers for a dead assessor. And being sen- sible assessors they know that green- houses are of no value to move or dis- pose of. When we get the sensible Henry George theory adopted there will be no nonsense about taxing people for their industry. The Georgian system is not yet well understood: like other great reforms always were, it is yet in the great minority, but land only is what should pay taxes for municipal government and incomes for federal needs. Our assessment this year is abcut $18.00 per thousand of valuation. Some get off cheap and some get it in the neck. WM SCOTT. Buffalo, N. Y. ORANGE, N. J. Orange, N. J.— On May IS five thou- sand chrysanthemums and 1.0(»0 salvia plants were distributed to as many school children in the Oranges .and Montclair by the New Jersey Floricul- tural Society, which has been arrang- ing for the distribution for several months. The children who received plants were also given a pamphlet just published by the society on the care of chrysanthemums, and suggestions for the beautifying of city door yards. In the book is found a statement to the effect that three cash prizes and a number of certificates of honor will be awarded by the society at its fall exhibition for the best chrysanthe- mums grown from the plants distrib- uted. NEW HARTFORD. N. Y.— Fire de- stroyed Mr. E. T. McQuivey's barn last week and did considerable damage to one of his greenhouses. Some dam- age was also done to the contents of several other houses, and only by prompt work was a calamity averted. The fire was believed to be of incen- diary origin. PLEASE MENTION THE REVIEW WHEN WRITING ANY OF THESE ADVERTISERS MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists'^ Review. 25 MILWAUKEE. Decoration Day trade was in every sense a corlier. The supply was about equal to the demand. Orders were placed early in many instances, espe- cially on carnations and prepara- tions were made for a large sup- ply. The call was mostly for common stock and good seconds in roses went almost in preference to the high priced grades. Fewer kicks are registered for this holiday than any other. As long as the price goes with the quality the stock usually answers its purpose. Out-door valley was plentiful. Jasmine was but little call- ed for due to sufficient supply of white carnations. In plants, good stock in sizes ready to set out was scarce. Blooming geraniums were scarce and prices stiffened up considerably. Ow- ing to the cold spring much of the spring stock is considerably behind, but it is expected the demand will continue and clean up the bulk of the stock. GEO. W. POST CHECKS. The bill before Congress to establish "Post Check" currency seems to be a move in the right direction. Briefly stated, the proposition is to have the government print its paper money in the form of a blank check which shall pass from hand to hand as our present currency does while blank, but may at any time be turned into a check payable only to some certain individu- al or firm by filling out the blank. It is then a check on the national treas- ury, and when used is retired by the government and a new one issued in its place. This is to be supplemented by frac- tional paper currency that may be used in the same way. The plan cer- tainly has the merit of simplicity and would greatly facilitate the ordering of goods through the mails. ALL WORK AND NO PAY. Everybody on Walnut Hill knows "Unc' Rube." an old colored man, who has earned his living for the past twenty years cutting lawns, clipping hedges, trimming trees and laying sod, "Unc' Rube" is an ancient colored individual, and the story of how he branched forth as a contractor last summer and how he suddenly decided to perform all labor by him- self after a day's experience "bossin' de job" is best told by L. C. Hamer, the well-known real estate man. "Unc" Rube" had saved up some money, which he invested in two brand-new lawn mowers, some rakes, a scythe and a couple of sickles, and determined to let others do the labor while he collected the coin. He notified a couple ef small colored boys that they could obtain w-ork if they wanted it. and an hour or so later the boys stated they bad secured a job cutting the grass on Mr. Ham- er's lawn, on Kemper lane. As it happened, the boys did not start early at the w^ork and darkness fell and found them with but a small patch of clipped grass to their credit. A knock at the door brought Mr. Hamer, who was confronted by one of the boys, who ex- plained: "Please, sah. we all cyan't finish de gress until mawnin' !" "All right." answered Mr. Hamer. "Come around and complete the job to-morrow." "But, please, sah!" murmurred the boy. "kin yo' all gib us de money foh de job dis ebenin'? Mammy's sick an' dey ain't nothin' to eat in de house." "AM right." said Hamer. producing the price. 75 cents. "Just leave \'Our lawn mower and rakes here so that I will know you mean to come back. I'll lock them up in the wood shed, where they will be safe." The boys agreed with surpri-sing alacrity, pocketed the money and left. Late the next afternoon "Unc' Rube" ar- rived boiling over with rage. The boys had no sick mother and had spent the money and were carefully keeping out of the " aged darky's way. And "Unc" Rube" was forced to cut the remainder of the grass to secure his mower, which he did with an exceeding bad grace, muttering: " 'Clare to goodness, don't know what dis wor' am comin' to! *Unc" Rube* doin' de wuk an' dem boys shootin' crap wid de moneyl" — Cincinnati Enquirer. IP YOU have not already done so, please send us an accurate list of those in the trade that receive their mail at your postoffice, and greatly oblige the publishers. THEY LIKE THE REVIEW. You have made a splendid paper of The Review. ,TAMKS MORTON. Olarksville, Tenn. 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HITCHINGS & CO, 233 MERCER ST., NEW YORK. GREENHOISE BlILDERS Hot Water Boilers, Pipes, fittings Send Four Cents for Catalogue. And Ventilating Apparatus 26 The Weekly Florists^ Review. MAT 31, 1900 Following lire a few sample pages (not consecutive) of The ruoRisTS' Manual. By WILLIAM SCOTT. The book contains over 200 pages more in same style, handsomely bound. It is a whole library in itself Price, JS 011 and is a complete Reference Book for Commercial Florists _ ^ Delivered. PUBLISHED BY THE FLORISTS' PUBLISHING COMPANY, Caxton Bldg., Chicago. ABUTILON. Greenhouse shrubs with drooping, bell-shaped flowers, ranging in color from pure white to crimson and purple, mostly erect in growth. A few of the species will endure a few de- grees of frost, but they are best treat- ed as cool greenhouse plants during our winters. The hybrids now both in beauty of leaf and flower far sur- pass the true species. They are largely used in sub-tropical flower gardening, growing very freely in our warm summers and are fine ornamen- tal plants for the conservatory, and can either be grown as specimen plants in pots or trained to pillars or raft- ers. As a commercial plant, except for flower gardening, they are not of great value, being strong growers and occupying too much room for their value. They are easiest propagated from the young tender growths. If desira- ble to increase your stock in the fall, September is the best month, keep ing the sand very moist and not al- lowing the cuttings to wilt from the heat or sun. The plants lift from the open ground perfectly in October and if cut back during the winter will give you lots of cuttings which root most easily in the ordinary propagating bed. A. vexillarium is a drooping species and used largely in hanging baskets, veranda boxes and carpet bedding. For a drooping plant for a vase they should be propagated in September from the young shoots of plants grow- ing outside. By spring these should be in 3-in. pots and are most useful for the purpose described. Abutilons are troubled with few enemies. The hose will keep down mealy bug, and aphis seldom appear. Any soil that water passes freely through will grow abutilons, but much manure should be avoided, as most of the kinds are very free growers. The following varieties are fine decorative plants: Savitzii, green and white fo- liage; Mrs. J. Laing, strong grower, flowers bright rose; Souvenir de Bonn, variegated foliage, orange flowers; Infanta Eulalie, compact grower for pots, flowers pink; Boule de Niege. pure white; Thompsoni plena, free blooming double orange. ACACIA. A very large genus of shrubs or trees. Those of most commercial val- ue are from temperate regions, South Australia and New South Wales. Some of the species, armata, for instance, make neat, compact plants for pot culture, while pubescens, one of the most graceful of all, is splendidly adapted for training on a pillar or wall of a light, cool house. A tem- perature of 45 degrees in winter will suit the commercial species, but their flowering can be hastened several weeks by more heat and at all times an abundance of water. They are most free flowering and the prevailing colors are lemon and yellow. In a temperature of 45 to 50 degrees most of the species flower from February to May. A good loam with a fourth of leaf-mould or in the absence of the latter, Jadoo. will grow any of the acacias, but the soil should always be in that condition from proper drain- age that water passes freely through it. They are propagated from the half ripened wood in May or June, that is, the shoots made the previous spring. Place the cuttings in pans of sand or leaf-mould and sand and place the pans in a cold-frame, which shade on hot days and keep close till growth begins. When rooted, pot off and grow Acacia Pubescens. MAY 31, 19CK). The Weekly Florists'' Review, 27 third turfy loam in coarse lumps and one-third chopped sphagnum, to which add some charcoal. Although the roots delight in moisture it must not be stagnant around them, and the pots should be filled within a few inches of the rim with broken crocks. Keep the roots and the potting material well above the edge of the pot and cover the surface of the compost with live sphagnum, in which the young roots thrive. They must be given an abund- ance of water in summer, but much less in winter. It is not only the water they receive on the surface that bene- fits them, but they require a humid, warm atmosphere. The best time to increase your stock of alocasias is in the spring by divid- ing the stems or rhizomes, which when first taken off and started should have a close, moist and warm temperature and be away from all draughts of air. A Wardian case on the greenhouse bench with some bot- tom heat is the ideal place. The leaves are large, from one to two feet in length. All are beautiful, varying in coloring and markings from the well known A. metallica or cuprea, a dark metallic bronze, to A. longiloba. green with silvery markings. Among the best species and hybrids are those above mentioned and A. hy- brida, A. Jenningsii, A. Johnstonii, A. Sedenii, A. Thibautiana, A. variegata, and many others, all beautiful plants for the private collection. ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. This universally liked plant is com- mercially known the world over as Lemon Verbena. It is classed as a de- ciduous shrub and is the sole repre- sentative of the genus. Where hardy I doubt whether it is quite deciduous. It makes a fine plant when planted against the wall or pillar in the green- house, but it is as a sweet scented plant for our gardens that we most prize it, and every mixed border, and every garden large or small has one or more. The florist finds this a most useful plant for cutting in the summer time, for what can be more welcome in a bunch of flowers than a few sprays of the sweet Lemon Verbena. Don't sell out clean in the spring. Save a dozen plants and shift them on, plunging them outside in pots in sum- mer. At the approach of frost bring them in and stand them under your lightest and coolest bench and give them only water enough to keep the wood from shrivelling. In early Feb- ruary we shake them out, shorten back the unripened and weak wood and start them going again in fresh soil and pots, with us a 4-inch. Placed in a temperature of 55 degrees, in a few weeks they are covered with young growths which are just the thing for cuttings. They root easily but not nearly so surely as many of the soft- wooded plants. I prefer the sand to be a little warmer than the house. Keep the sand well soaked, twice a day is not too often, and never let the cut- tings wilt from the sun or dryness. In April we shift them from a 2-inch to a 3-inch pot and plunge in a mild hot-bed, where by the middle of May, with one pinching, they will have made fine, bushy plants. They want lots of syringing to prevent red spider, and if the proper fumigation is regularly giv- en they will not be troubled with fly. A florist should always be supplied with them for they are usually diffi- cult to procure when wanted. ALTERNANTHERA. It seems as though it would have been almost impossible to carry out the wonderful designs in carpet bed- ding had we not had these little plants to serve us. Carpet bedding came into its greatest popularity shortly after the introduction of the alternanthera, some 30 years ago. It may be that their great fitness for that style of bedding helped to make it popular. Certain it is that alternantheras owe their pop- ularity to carpet bedding. Nothing troubles the alternanthera but cold weather. They are all tropical plants, growing freely in our warm summer months but only just existing in the greenhouse during winter in a tem- perature of 60 degrees. They are propagated by divisions or cuttings. In the former method the plants are lifted from the beds after the first slight frost, and after their tops are shortened and trimmed up they are stored away in a few inches of soil in flats. After the first good watering they are best kept rather dry till the following April, when they can be torn to pieces and either potted singly or again planted in flats and started growing in a warm, light house, or what is better, a hot-bed. Where very large quantities are needed the old plants are generally depended up- on. Where only a few thousand are needed I prefer the cuttings. Prepare some flats two inches deep and any convenient size, in which have one inch of light soil and one inch oi sand. About the middle of August take off the cuttings from the plants outside and put them thickly in the sand. In a few days in the greenhouse they will be rooted and can be kept on any bench or stood out of doors till cold weather arrives. In the flats they will winter well and are little trouble. Keep them rather dry during the dark days and away from cold and damp. When potted off in April and placed in a hot-bed they make splendid little plants by bedding out time. They root and thrive like the proverbial "weed" if kept warm. There is no trouble in wintering any of them except the one that is the most valuable, which is known in many places as A. paronychioides major, but which I feel sure is A. paronychioides magnifica. which is much the highest colored of all. In elaborate bedding room is found for most of the culti- vated varieties. If you cannot give them a temperature of 60 degrees dur- ing winter the next best thing is to give the fiats a light, dry position and be sparing of water till the warm days of spring arrive. The most useful are A. paronychio- ides magnifica, almost scarlet when well colored, but not such a robust grower as the others; A. versicolor,, bright rosy pink and bronze green; A. spathulata, reddish pink and brown shaded with bronze and green; A. am- abilis, rose color and orange; A. am- oena, orange red and purple; A. tri- color, dark green edge, center of leaf rose striped with purple veins and or- ange; A. paronychioides aurea nana, the best of the yellow or golden leaved sorts. In very warm rainy seasons they grow so fast that the beautiful mark- ings of the leaves do not show at their best. They should never be planted in a very rich soil. Their great adapt- ability for bedding is because they can be sheared to any sharp line and can be kept very dwarf. AMARANTHUS. Strong growing tropical annuals having feathery spikes of flowers and highly colored leaves. They are very suitable for the mixed border or for large sub-tropical beds. It is on ac- count of the showy markings of the leaves that they are mostly grown. They should not be planted out till settled warm weather, with us the 1st of June, but they grow very luxuri- antly in the warm months. They re- quire deep, rich soil to obtain the best results. Sow the seed the latter part of March in pans in a warm house and transplant when large enough to- handle into flats, placing them two or three inches apart. The moist heat of a hot-bed suits them finely. If ex- tra good plants are required they can be shifted from the flats singly intO' 3-inch pots, and nowhere will they do so well as in a hot-bed. A few of the handsomest are: bi- color, foliage green and yellow; hypo- chondriacus, large spikes of crimson flowers; salicifolius, narrow drooping leaves, orange, carmine and bronze; sanguineus, blood red leaves; tricolor, a very handsome species with carmine and yellow leaves. AMARYLLIS. The Belladona Lily is the true ama- ryllis and the fine plants generally known as amaryllis are really hippe- astrums. Several other genera are closely allied and as their cultivation is the same the cultural directions here given will include hippeastrum, crinum and vallota. They are bulbous but not herbaceous although resting partially during winter. They seed freely and if sown at once and the young plants grown on in a warm house and rested slightly dur- ing the winter, will flower the third' year. They can also be increased by the offsets from the old bulbs. If you obtain the dormant bulbs start them in a little bottom heat, keeping the bulb near the surface of the soil. They flower when making 28 The Weekly Florists' Reviev^. MAT 31, 1900. which you have only to cut off and pot. The rarer species are too expensive for the commercial florist and in too little demand, and the larger species require too much labor and room to be of any profit; they are best left iu the hands of the private gardener. AGERATUM. Since the wane of the carpet bedding and the return of the popular flower- ing plants to flower garden favor the ageratum has been in constant demand. A. Mexicanum is the only species in which we are interested. By selec- tion many improvements have been made, a more spreading and dwarf plant has been produced as well as a variation in color. It is well to try the new varieties as they are dissemi- nated as they are very inexpensive and frequently great improvements on existing varieties. I have found that when propagated by cuttings for a few years a variety will often lose its character and grad- ually revert back to the original type. If I were asked what was the easiest of all plants to propagate I would say that the ageratum was absolutely the one, and so it is. Nothing but the most willful neglect will cause a batch of cuttings to fail. New varieties are, of course, raised from seed, which can be sown in January and the seedlings will flower freely by the following June. It is by cuttings that our varieties are perpetuated. Lift a few old plants and pot into 5 or 6-inch pots before frost. Keep them cool and light till after Christmas, when you can begin propagating. It is well, however, not to propagate too early as the plants get stunted when not shifted on and it does not by any means pay to have this cheap bedding plant in larger than 3-inch, or at most 4-inch pots. The cuttings root freely with or with- out bottom heat and the plants grow rapidly in a temperature of 50 degrees. Their only enemy is red spider, which must be kept down by frequent sy- ringing and the weekly fumigation. New varieties of both the blue and white are being constantly sent out. The dwarf, compact sorts are the most valuable. The variegated variety of Mexicanum Is of little value. ALLAMANDA. Few plants bring back childhood's days more vivdly than the showy al- lamanda. Though not a commercial florist's flower it hardly has a rival as a hot-house climber. The leaves are sharp-pointed, oblong, and come three or four in a whorl. The flowers are funnel shaped, 3 to 5 inches across and rich yellow. AUamandas are usu- ally seen trained near the roof where they do well and add greatly to the beauty of the house. They are also grown as specimens trained to a bal- loon-shaped or flat wire frame 3 or 4 feet high. In a competition for a number of flowering stove and green- house plants in any horticultural exhi- bition in Europe the allamanda would be sure to be one. The only use the florist could make of the flowers, rich and fine as they are, would be to take sprays of the vine covered with flowers for the decoration of mirrors or chandeliers. For an elaborate golden wedding they would be a glori- ous acquisition. Plants covering a large roof space would need a tub, and I have seen them planted in the border at the end of the house. A turfy loam with a sixth of cow manure, adding a tenth of charcoal to the compost, suits them well. They are from Equatorial Amer- ica, so you will know what they want in temperature. Most of the species flower in June and July, but Schottii, one of the finest, flowers in August and September. They are little troubled by insects of any kind, syringing and fumigating keeping them clean with- out any trouble. In the spring and summer they want lots of water; in the darker winter months much less. In our hot summers they require shade from the brightest sun, but only or so of the last year's growth will root easily in our ordinary propagat- ing benches where there is a little bot- tom heat, making each cutting with two or three eyes. Remember they are from the tropics and should not be exposed to a lower temperature than 60 degrees at any time of the year. Of the several species and hybrids the following can be selected as the best: A. Chelsonii, yellow, large, flowers in July; A, grandiflora, pale yellow, large, flowers in June; A. no- bilis, bright yellow, large, flowers in July; A. Schottii, yellow, throat striped with brown, very free bloomer, the best known and best for all pur- poses. ALOCASIA. These beautiful stove plants are grown entirely for the beauty of their leaves. They delight in our hot sum- mers under glass and must not be al- lowed to go below 60 degrees in the winter months. They require shade in the bright days of spring and sum- mer, and where the house is heavily shaded they will be greatly benefited Alocasia Metallica. enough to .keep them from burning. They like the light, which they get in abundance when trained to the roof. In the late winter months, before they begin to grow, they should be pruned back as we do our hot-house grape vines, cutting back the previous year's growth to two or three eyes. If you wish to propagate them the last toot by a little fire heat at night. In shaded houses during rainy weather and cold nights, even in summer, there is a dampness and stagnation that is very uncongenial to most plants, and exotics in particular should have a little fire heat. The compost in which they delight is one-third fibrous peat or Jadoo, one- MAY 31, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. 29 THE FLORISTS' MANUAL. After reading Mr. ^\'nl. Scott's Manual, we wish to say tliat we consider it without equal as a book of reference for busy florists. GEORGE M. KELLOGG. Pleasant Hill, Mo. Mr. Scott's superb work, "The Florists' Manual." was indeed worth waiting for. When compared with the amount of practical infor- mation it contains, the selling price, $5.00, seems a mere bagatelle. Oakland, Md. H. WEBER & SONS. It is the best book ot the kind ever pub- lished. There is more in it than in any other book I have ever seen. I am delighted with it. Chicago. JOHN THORPE. The copy ot the "Florists' Manual" was duly received. 1 am very well pleased with same. The more I read it the better satis- fied I am with it, and there are one or two articles alone in it that are each worth all you ask for the book, for everything is made so plain and all details are right to the point. I trust you may have a good and ready sale lor the same. M. S. WORDEN. North Adams, Mass. The only fault to be found with it is when you get reading it the midnight oil is liable to run low and you have to go on to gas or reluctantly break off, either going to bed or first taking a look over the houses to see if the temperature tallies with the Manual. Hartford, Conn. GEO. S. OSBORN. We are in receipt of "The Florists' Manual," by Mr. Scott, and may say it is the right book for the florist, published at the right time It is what we all need. BOBBINK & ATKINS. Rutherford, N. J. .\m mucli pleased with the Manual. It is just what I have been looking for. Something that we can understand, and enjov reading. Etna, Pa. M. N-A.UMAN. I am very much pleased with the Manual. It is just what we have needed for a long time. N. ZWEIFEL. Milwaukee, Wis. It is certainly a neat and handsome book and does you credit. BEN.1.\MIN H.\MMOND. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. y. It Is a work of art and should be in tlie hands of all live florists. Its useful and in- structive contents cannot fail to b^ a benefit to all in the trade. C. C. POLLWORTH CO. Milwaukee, Wis. I greatly appreciate the Florists' Manual. It is a splendid text-book. JOHN WELSH YOUNG. Germantown, Pa. The Florists' Manual is worth five times the price. It is just what a busy florist wants. Columbus, O. B. BUEHLER & SON. Am well pleased with the Manual. It is a practical, everyday helper, concise and to the point. W. A. KENNEDY. Milwaukee, Wis. Am very much pleased with the book; it Is very handy for reference. Macomb, 111. F. E. BONH-\M. Unlike so many of our books, it has the very flavor and essence of actual experience. Ithaca, N. Y. L. H. BAILEY. We find the book very useful as a refer- ence in answering the many Questions about plants that we receive almost every day. Philadelphia. JOS. KIFT & SON. We have gotten much valuable instruction from the Florists' Manual and prize it highly. Franklin. Tenn. TRUETT BROS. The Florists* Manual is a gem. No florist can afford to be without it. Madison, N. J. A. J. BAUR. If everyone has enjoyed your book as I have it's a successful publication. It is different from our usual horticultural works, being plain and concise— just what one wants. Flushing, N. Y. H. D DARLINGTON. I am more than pleased with the Florists' Manual. OTT BROWN. Cape May City, N. J, Manual to hand. Am well satisfied that it IS the best work of its kind ever published Joliet, III. JAS. HARTSHORNe". No progressive florist, old or voung, can afford to be without the Florists' Manual, The old florist needs it, for reference, to aid a defective memory, and the young florist wants it as a guide in this progressive era of the florist's business. J. T. "TEMPLE Davenport, la. The Commissioners ot Parks and Boulevards some time since directed that a library be started of such books as deal with subjects pertaining to park work, and to that end an order has been given for a number of books, among which is your "The Florists' Manual " After reading this book carefully, I am greatly pleased, and wish to congratulate you on the practical manner with which you have treated the subject. The book is placed where it will be acces- sible to all of our greenhouse employes, where this board expects to reap a reward many times the cost of the book. Respectfully yours, COMMISSIONERS OF PARKS AND BOULE- VARDS, R. J. CORYELL, Genl Sup't. Detroit, Mich. The book is written for the working garde- ner, and Mr. Scott's reputation is so well secured that he will find among his garden- ing friends a host of genuine admirers. As a writer on practical gardening subjects, he is a recognized authority. * • • Mr. Scott has long been an employer and knows what information young gardeners, or those with little experience, need, and he has his whole subject so perfectly at command that he can give the most desirable and essential informa- tion in the clearest language and with satis- factory brevity. The book is a distinct and important gain to the practical garden liter- ature of this country, and it should be in the hands of every gardener, and everyone else engaged or interested in ornamental horticul- ture. The price of the book is $5, which seems somewhat high, but for useful information it is worth every cent of it.— Vick's Magazine. Florists' Manual, by William Scott. Pub- lishers, Florists' Publishing Company, Chi- cago. Price, $5. From advance sheets of the Florists' Man- ual, kindly sent us by the publishers, as well as from those which have appeared from time to time in the trade press, we have formed an idea of the general scope and usefulness of Mr. Scott's book, and we now hail with a great deal of satisfaction the work as a com- pleted whole. Several handbooks of a more or less similar nature, dealing with commer- cial plant culture in America, or some por- tions ot it rather, have been placid on th» te^^'is^'iL""^ ''^^'^^'"S- whicK'Th'ey "cSnvey ha\e, as the years rol ed by, become to ^ greater or less extent obsolete o^lng to tht ?h»t'H'"'^T "'"'ability in methods, etc , 'o which ? '^'^""^ ^"taining, as it does, matte? which IS strictly up-to-date, and thirouihiv practical, should meet with a ready ac?ej^ S°l ^?;™:'S ="' engaged in the industry upon wh ch It treats. The caliber of Mr Scott'^ wfn''1''"°"''*'" '"^i«"rs horticultural, 7s too well known to the trade to require any elabo- ration at our hands; suffice it to say that he same soundness of doctrine, and master- tul handling of every subject dealt with, gen- erally characterizes the text of the book now before us. Nearly 200 individual items are discussed, and, as regards plants, largely those of commercial value, the staples of the tradl change"^ ^'■'"''^'' attention.-Florists' Ex- The Florists' Manual, by William Scott Florists' Publishing Co., Chicago. A feferl ence book for commercial fiorists The author's first aim in preparing thi.s work was to fill a long felt want among flo- r,'.lJl~o^, book describing the best plants com- n.ercially, with cultural advice founded on ex- perience Viewed in this light, it is a valu- able and instructive work, very complete in Its details. But it need not be confined to circulation among florists and others com- mercially connected, although gardeners and amateurs need not expect in it a work ex- actly fitting their requirements Rather judge it through the author's own words, i e • "If those who favor us with a perusal of its. pages glean only one hint which may help them • » • they will have received value tor their money." A work resulting from Mr Scott s long and varied experience, "from selling a bunch of violets over the counter to planting a tree or seeding a lawn or build- ing a greenhouse," cannot but throw out many hints of value to any one interested in any line of horticulture or flower gardening. The comparatively small index confronting the re- viewer at first is far from encouraging, but as the purpose of the author is more clearly brought to light, it is better appreciated. It shows the intention to treat of the most de- sirable and profitable things to handle— a con- densation which many will enjoy. Many in- teresting subjects are brought to head'ings, such as "Easter Plants," "Watering," "Decor- ations." "Potting," "Bedding Plants," etc Not the least of value to the possessor ot this book are the beautiful halt-tone illustrations, numbering more than 100, and thoroughly ill- ustrating the subjects treated. Critical per- sons may object to the interspersing of adver- tisements with the reading matter, though it is not made very obstrusive; yet it must be- remembered that the work is designed for com- mercial purposes, and not strictly as a library book. — Meehan's Monthly. THE FLORISTS' MANIAL... By WM. 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ITarsery Seed Florists' Ventilating Machinery, The latest and best. In three varieties. SELF=OILING, Prices for everybody. AM sruaran- teed to be first class. Send for catalogue and prices. The E. Hippard Co.. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Mention The Review when you write. HITCHINGS & CO: 233 MERCER ST., NEW YORK; GREENHOISE BOILERS PIPES, FITTINGS AND VENTILATING APPARATUS Send Four Cents (or Catalogue. .,. GREEMIOKSE BUILDING Mention The Review when you write. MAT 31. 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review^ 31 THERE arc choice cuts of lumber just as there are choice cuts of meat. ■ The avera^ge man can't tell a choice cut of meat till he eats it. Fewer still can tell a choice cut of lumber till it has stood the test of time. If your butcher is an expert he can tell ^ood meat at si^ht. If he isn't, you are pretty sure to _get poor meat. Every man that runs a mill isn't an expert jud^e of lumber. Fewer still are familiar with the peculiar requirements of lumber that enters into greenhouse ma- terial. We have made it a special study. You are welcome to the benefit of our wide experience. ^JFIonInger^ Every Description HAWTHORNE AVE. V Mention The Review when you write. riiiPEEi i s 1 IT COSTS 4 CENTS FOR EACH 600 FEET OF P -^ FLOOR SPACE r» , DOES NOT INJURE THE MOST SENSITIVE PLANTS- ENDORSED BY PROHINEHT FIORISTS- OUT- 200 IBS. or TOBACCO III ONE PINT Of IIKOmil \ SOLD BY SEEDSMEN --—CIRCULAR FREE-i I SKABCURA DIPCO.CtllCACO. ' » QUICKLY Docs IT. ^^ Mention The Review when you write. ^»J*i NICOMITE (patent) Vapor Insecticide POWDER. No labor required. Harmless to bloom and foliage. A certain killer of ALL GREENHOUSE BUGS. SOLD BY SEEDSMEN. The Tobacco Warehousing and Trading Co. LOUISVILLE, KY. Mention The Review when you write. Tif^ e WiLUAM Scott Is a book of 224 large pages (same size as those of the Florists' Review), and contains about 200 ar- ticles on commercial plants and cultural operations, each giving " the meat" only, from the personal ex- perience of a thoroughly practical man who is in daily touch with each department of the business and who has that rare quality of being able to tell others what they want to know. Thearticles are arranged alpFiabeticaUy. like those in an ency- clopaedia, and in an instant one can turn to the sub- ject upon which light is desired at the moment. The book is illustrated by over 200 fine half-tone engrav- ings. It is A Complete Beference Book for Commercial Florists and is a whole library on practical commercial flori- culture in one volume. It is very handsomely and substantially bound in half leather, with specially designed title in gold. Price, $5.00 Carriag-e Prepaid. CAXTON Florists' Publishing Co., booing. Chicago. Holds Class Firmly See the Point IS" The Vun lieyper Per- fect eiuzlne I'olnts are the best. No riehtB or lefts. Box of IDIO points 75 cents, postpaid. IIENKY A. DKKEl!, 71* Ihe.tnul St.. Pbil.., P.. Always Mention the.... Florists' Review When Writing Advertisers. ■■/. d TME Illustrations ' 3J0U«NAL , ''" "" ARE MADE BY BrinKerhoff&Bamett Eng.Co 300-306 Dearborn St . K? •SliSs 5i3iif( Always Mention the.... Florists' Review When Writing Advertisers. 32 The Weekly Florists^ Review. •MAY 31,- 1900. '^«»^s*^"iLiE«»^-^«- Horticultural Architects and Builders Greenliouse Boiler, 29 to 59 Erie St.. CHICAGO. AND MANUFACTURERS OF HEATING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS. Boilers made of the best material, shell, firebox sheets and beads of steel, water space all around (front, sides and back). Write for information. WILKS Hot Water Heaters. Best made for GREENHOUSES. MAGAZINE All Steel. Simple. Strong, Durable. Send for Catalog;, etc. S. WILKS MANFG. CO. 63, 65 S. Clinton St. CHICAGO. H U N D R E DS of Florists are using our Pulverizers. You can regulate it. Send for list of testimonials. Patent allowed Febru- ary 27, IflCO. No. 1. $5.00; No. 2. $10.00: No. 3. $20.00 THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY CO., North TonawaDda, N. Y. Mention The Review when you write. 1 m iH EVANS' Improved CHALLENGE iti VENTILATING APPARATIS. \VrJte>(or Illustrated Catalogue Quaker City Machine Works. RICHMOND, IND. GREENHOUSES AND CONSERVATORIES Erected Complete with Our Patent Iron..... Construction Plans and es- timates on ap- lication, either >r structures complete or foi material only ready for erec tion. New Sectional Hot Water Heater For Large and Small Ranges. Highest Economy. Moderate Cost. Greenhouse Construction Catalogue ; also Greenhouse Heating and Ventilating Catalogue mailed from our New York Office on receipt of five cents postage for each. NEW YORK OFFICE. St. James BIdg.. Broadway and 26th Street- GENERAL OFFICE an'd WORKS. Irvington-on-the-Hudsdn, N. Y- LORD & BURNHAM CO. GREENHOUSE HEATING and VENTILATING Horticultural Architects and Builders. Winners of the Hig:hest Award at the World's Fair, the Dean Gold Medal, Madison Square Garden, for best Amateur Greenhouse: Certificate of Merit, So- ciety American Flonsts, and the Silver Medal for iSq8 ot the New York Florists' Club. We would call your attention to the followine letter in reference to our New Sectional Boiler: Keaf Street Greenhouses, Brooklyn, N. Y., March 23. igoo. Messrs. Thos. W. \Vea theked's Sons, 46 and 48 Marion Street, New York City Gentlemen. — 1 purchased from you last September, one of your Sectional Hot Water Boilers for my green- house at Flatbush, and was so well pleased with the re- sults that I bought another one for my Keap Street Greenliouses, taking: out another make. Anything I might say would not be too high praise for your boilers. They work ptrfectly, and I am pleased to say that so far I have saved in coal one-half of the cost of the boilers. They will therefore pay for themselves in another year, a result which I consider remarkable I would be pleased to reply to anyone desiring the actual proof of above. Yours very truly. Signed, JOHN SCOTT. P. S— Kindly book my order for anoUier boiler. I .will let you know later when to deliver it. J. S. PnnoorwatnrJQC RraonhnilCOC Cfn Erected complete of our Patent Iron Frame Construction, or of Wood UOnSerifdIOrieS, UreennOUSBS, ClCi, and iron combined, or wood alone. Hot-Bed 3ash, Frames, etc. Conical Boilers, seven sizes, and Self-Feeding Boilers for Small Conservatories. 1859. Send 4 Cents Postajie for Illustrated Catalogue. Established High Grade BOILERS iilSU For GREENHOUSES. STEAM AND HOT WATER. GIBLIN & CO., lltica, N.Y.I g THOS. W. WEATHERED'S SONS, 46 & 4« Marion St. (New Elm St.) N.Y. HITOrilNGS dc GO 233 MERCER STREET, NEW YORK. GRBBNMOU&B BUILDING, VENTILATING APPARATUS HOT WATER BOILERS, PIPES AND FITTINGS. SEND FOUR CENTS FOR CATALOGUE.. -,. FLORISTS' PUBLISHINO CO.. .S20-535 Caxton BulldlnK. CHICAQO. Vol. VI CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, JUNE 7, J 900. No. J 32. SEND FOR PAIGE LIST. Kentias, Latanias, Ficus, Asparagus, Dracaenas, Etc. pV,^e'?i^roL PERPETUATED PALMS, ^^-p'--^'- request. Address THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO. 1708 N. Halsted St. .CHICAGO. ASKETS FOR COMMENCEMENTS are one of our Specialties. To find the latest and best styles call on us. No old stock to work off. NOVELTIES FROM EUBOPE and of onr own creations. Prices right and trial will convince. M. RICE & CO. Importers, manufacturers and Dealers, 918 Fimetl SIreel, - - PKIUDELPHIA, PA. McKELLAR & WINTERSON, 45, 47, 49 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO. BOSES. Perdoz. Beauties, lone $3.00 to $4.00 " « meaiura 1.50 to 2.50 short 75 to 1.00 Per 100 Perle 2.00 to 4.00 Bride, Bridesmaid... 3.00 to ."i.OO Meteor 4.00 to 5.00 Kaiserin, La France.. 4.00 to 5.00 Roses, our sel'n. ass't. 3.00 C&BNATIONS. We handle all Leading Varieties. Per itiO Extra select fancy $2.^0 Fancy stock 1.50 to 2.00 Medium grade 75 to 1.00 MISCEI.I.ANEOUS. Per 100 Callasand HarrisJi.$lS.OO to $10.00 Paeonias 3.00 to 4.00 Pansies 25 to ..50 Daisies 50 to .75 Mignonette 1.00 to 2.00 Lily of the Valley ... 2.00 to 4.00 .^lyssum 2.5 Sweet Peas 25 to ..50 Smilax perdoz., 1.50 to 2.00 .\sparagus.. " 5.00 to B.OO Ser string, .50 ), .50 to 1.00 Common Ferns per lOO, .25 " .....per 1000, 2.00 Galax Leaves, 100, l."ic, 1000. 1..50 PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. We have a fine assortment of BASKETS f^'^"'' SCHOOL CLOSINGS ^^^r same at ifreatly reduced prices. Special attention given to assortments, $5.00, $10.00 and up. Parties leaving selec- tion to us will be sure of getting nothing hut strictly good standara styles, as we have no other. Give us your order now together with your needs in CUT FLOWEBS. WM.F.KASTING OS HOLESALE COMMISSION FLORIST.... BOSES, CABNATIONS And all kinds of Season- able Flowers in stock. Also dealer in Florists' Supplies and Wire Designs. 481 Washington St., BIFFALO, N. Y. GIVE US A TRIAL. WE CAN PLEASE YOU. HUNDREDS OF FLORISTS ARE USING DUR PILVERIZERS. YOU CAN REGULATE IT. Send for list of testimonials. Patent allowed February 27, 1900. No. 1, .$5.00; No. 2, ."HIO.OO; No. 3, ,'P20.00. THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY CO., NORTH TONAWANDA. NEW YOBK. 34 The Weekly Florists' Review. JUNE ESTABLISHED 1802 'S SEEDS Florists are invited to send for our quotations FORCING BULBS, ROMAN HYACINTHS, LILILM HARRISH, LILIIJM LONGiaORlJM, etc., etc. We are large importers of HIGH CLASS BLILB3. J.M.THORBURN&CO. (Late of IS John Street) 36 CORTLANDT STREET. NEW YORK VERBE^AS. 60 CHOICE VARIETIES in bud and bloom. 2!Mnch pots, $2.50 per 100; $20.00 per 10<.)0. 3-inch pots. $3.50 per 100. GERAMIMS. 30 FINEST BEDDING VARIE- TIES in bud and bloom. 3'~-mch pots. $li00 per lUO J. L. DILLON, - BLOGMSBURG, PA. Mention The Review when you write. A [NEW ADr Per 100 10,000 Coleus, named, our selection, 25i-in $1.50 5,000 Geraniums, mixed, 2K-in 2,00 2,000 Grass Pink Finks, 3 in 3,00 2,000 Verbenas, named, 2^-in 1.00 1,000 True Maidenhair Ferns, 2ii-'m •l,(,0 ' 3,000 Iresines, 2 colors, 2K-in 1.50 1,000 Red Vernon, 2!i-in 1,50 J SCO " strong, 3-in 2,50 500 Lvgodium Scandens, Climbing Fern. 21,4 in .-.. 4,C0 The Morris Floral Co. MORRIS, ILL. Mention The Review when you write. OTTO SCHWILL & CO., Floiists and Dealers in and Growers of Seeds. Proprietors of Memphis Nursery. Are Headquarters "" SOUTHERN COW PEAS. Established 18ti9. Write for price?, LS304 Front Street, MEMPHIS, TEKN. Mention The Review when you write. This is All A-l Stock! 1500 Kalserins. 2^^-incli pots I • » a-^^^i,-i T>-^i^.,= 1500 La France, " " (■*■* Special Prices. We believe in shifting Voung Roses often. All stock offered m 2'i-inch pots has been shifted from 2-inch and is equal to most stock advertised as 3 inch, and when we send it out is well established. 2000 Bridesmaids, 3-inch, 5000 Bridesmaids, 2 '.-inch, 1500 Bridesmaids. 2-inch, 500 Golden Gate, 2i--lnch, 500 Meteors, 2i2-inch, 1500 Perles. 3-inch, 3O0O Perles, 2M-inch. ....WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION.... Send $1,00 for samples of what you want. Vou get enough this way to tell what you are buying. Money back if you are not pleased. Write 2.3 Greenhouses. ^%^,r^ k t^,,,,, ^^.-.^.m., >■> lio.ouo Feet of Glass. GEO. A. KUHL, PEKIN, ILL. Mention The Review when you write, 43 i West I 28th Street, \ New York. \ -J- I T{rHOL^BSA.L.B PL^ORIST MOGRE, HENTZ & NASH, Wholesale Florists, 119-121 West 23d St., New York. SHIPPING ON COMMISSION. Telephone 733 18th St. Orchids. .Arrived in perfect condition, a grand lot of Cattleya Percivalliana ; also, C. Mossiae. Write for price lists of Imported and Es- tablished Orchids. Lager & Hurrell, fiiZ'r^'lt"'. Summit, N. J. t, 4 . NEW CROP FERNS ,#5. T ■/ NOW READY. S^-.be' ■■ $1-2S .Send in your orders now. Headquarters for LAUREL and PINE JESTOONING and WREATHS. CROWL FERN CO., - MILLINOTON, MASS. Mention The Review when you write. REED & KELLER, 122 W. 25th St., NEW YORK CITY. Manufacturers of WIRE DESIGNS LToe^lrsin Flofists' SuppHes. Pandanus Veitchii. Handsome Plants for Outdoor Decoration. In ;.|ncb pots, l$l.50 each; $l!<.00 a doz. Cool Grown. JGHN WELSH YOUNG, Germantown, Pa. rP.S.XL ST.\'riii\, PENNA. K. R, Pansies Worth Raising;, Small Plants All Sold... None left but flowering plants from field at f2.00 per 100 and up. C. SOI.TAU & CO., 199 Grant Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Always mention the Florbts' Review whep writing advertisers. ARECA LUTESCENS KENTIA BELMOREANA 6-in. pot (3 plants), very bushy, 21 inches high $1,00 each .s ■• " •■ 26 to 30 " 2,00 " 4-in. pots, 5 to 8 leaves, 15 to 18 inches. .$ti.00 per doz., $30,00 per 100 t) " 6 •■ 20 to 24 " ..18,00 " 150,00 KENTIA FQRSTFRIANA i-.p°'-*'°•r^-•-•/l/°lf'■'?.''".•;»S''""''°'••^t■Sg•'"■■'°" IXLIIlin I UIIUI L.lliniin „ .. ^ ■ iStoSJ ■• ,. 1.2.-, each, $15.00 per doz. .W'r"*"-'"" JOSEPH HEACOCK, WYNCOTE, PA. Mention The Review when you write. JUNE 7, 1900. The Weekly Florists' Review. 35 ?.<*^.^^.<*^i*^*9t.*=a<»=R-. <«^.'*??..<*^. («^.i, 1^ ...THE... RETAIL FLORIST. •■yr»ii'^r^"4fe»l"'yr»i''yr»)"sJr»>'-fe^"'sr^"'yr»)'yf>) •fer^"a^.-»i'yr»)'4Jr»l 'i^-»)'-y.-»^"fer»l'^r»!i"'yr»l New York Windows. The florist's window is always a matter of great interest to almost everybody. Many florists look upon the time and expense used in making them presentable as so much thrown away; they imagine the people will come and buy flowers independent of window displays. Perhaps it is so, but the people were attracted first in some way and that was by the win- dow. Did you yourself ever go out and study what attracts the eye of the general public most? No matter in what line of business it may be, that which is artistically arranged not only gives pleasure to the beholder but induces a more substantial pat- ronage, and this applies more to the florist than any other, for when people are tired of looking at the humdrum of general commodities, their eyes love to rest on beautiful flowers; that's where they get a full interpretation of "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." The florist's window is an expen- sive luxury, but its proper mainte- nance is not only desirable — it is nec- essary, and no good business man or woman can ignore its importance. The methods employed are as variable as other things requiring thought, each no doulit having qualities measured by individual taste or capacity of see- ing. Florists' stores or shops in this country differ very much from those of Europe, and in no point more so than in window displays. Here, of course, owing to very hot weather, it is necessary to keep many of our finest flowers in ice-boxes, and many hy- percritical people will not buy flowers which are shown in windows, whereas in Europe everything is put in the window and the price, too, is usually shown. This method has been and still is occasionally tried here, and the results are scarcely s.itisfactory. Americans care not for price; if they want a thing they buy it, and in many cases to see and admire means to pur- chase. By this we don't wish it un- derstood that it is necessary to make your window display merely an index of the stock you may have, for the average customer goes into your store expecting to be able to get any kind of flowers or plants there. A shabby window will turn him away from your door or cause her to doubt the qual- ity of your flowers, both of which should be avoided. There are many ways to look at window decorations and much of it depends on location and cii'cum- stance. The vast majority of florists will remain satisfied with the same old way of conducting affairs merely be- cause they are making a living or try- ing to, and ambition is dwarfed like a Japanese shrub. This class are not justified in judging the appreciat on of others. But thei-e are a great num- ber of progressive fiorists who3e am- bition is boundless; they are always on the watch for improvement. It is they who have made the business what it is and it is always a pleasure to be with them. Now, it can in no wise be consid- ered egotistical to assert that New York will always be the art center of this continent; it is safe to pred'ct that she is destined to be to the world in every other art what she is even to-day in floriculture, and this means no discredit anywhere, for we know the very best of artists can be found in obscure towns, but wealth is continually concentrating and cen- tralizing in New York; wealth in- dulges in luxury and that usually de- mands the best that is; consequently, whilst just as good in everything may be seen elsewhere, the eyes and ears of the progressive will always be turned to the metropolis. In this way we endeavor to inform you of a few important items, and this time it is of window displa.vs. Whilst Broadway may boast of some of the finest florists' stores in the world.